(Reuters) – Yum Brands Inc , the owner of Pizza Hut and KFC restaurant chains, said executive chairman and former CEO David Novak plans to retire in May. The company said it plans to appoint a non-executive chairman from the board. Novak was appointed chairman in January 2015. (Reporting by Yashaswini Swamynathan in Bengaluru) Join […]
The Powerball lottery drawing for Wednesday evening has an estimated jackpot prize of $450 million. While that’s a huge amount of money, buying a ticket is still probably a losing proposition. Consider the expected value When trying to evaluate the outcome of a risky, probabilistic event like the lottery, one of the first things to […]
Names, addresses and voting records were among the exposed voter information. read more >>> Source : BankRate.Com
Here’s how you know diversity is not something most businesses take seriously: They spend more time talking about the issue — crafting diversity mission statements, conducting bias trainings — than actually doing anything about it. The message is, even though there aren’t many women or people of color at the top of our company, we […]
NEW YORK, Jan 5 (Reuters) – The top U.S. airlines said Tuesday that they have raised fares in the first industry-wide hike since June, moves that may offset increasing labor costs but draw the ire of customers. read more >>> Source : Reuters
Computers can be taught to understand many things about the world, but when it comes to predicting what will happen when two objects collide, there’s just nothing like real-world experience. read more >>> Source : PCAdvisor.Co.Uk
(Reuters) – Japanese automaker Toyota Motor Corp’s research and development company, Toyota Research Institute (TRI), said it hired a team of scientists and engineers to help drive research into artificial intelligence and robots. read more >>> Source : Reuters
Despite the sluggish economy, Canadians snapped up nearly 1.9 million new vehicles in 2015, making it a record year for Canadian auto sales. read more >>> Source : CTVNews.Ca
After an exciting first day of trading in 2016 stocks finished the day little changed on Tuesday after opening lower. First, the scoreboard: Dow: 17,146, -3, (-0.02%) S&P 500: 2,015, +3, (+0.1%) Nasdaq: 4,890, -12, (-0.2%) WTI crude: $35.80, -2.6% And now, the top stories on Tuesday: Vacation might not feel like it’s quite over […]
Recently, I wrote about how you can outsmart your evil boss. I wanted to empower you to stay calm and fight back with smarts rather than venom. For most people, quitting is not an option or the right answer when the boss gets a bit nasty. The most successful people master their emotions. Doing great […]
The annual Consumer Electronics Show is almost here, and soon we’ll see the newest products from virtually every major player in the tech industry. Last year, connected cars stole the show. And we saw a plethora of Internet of Things devices, 3-D printers, wearable health trackers, 4K and 8K ultra-high-definition televisions, drones and smart home […]
HeBS Digital, the award-winning hotel digital technology, website design, full-service digital marketing and website revenue optimization consulting firm, is promising hoteliers 20% growth in website revenues in 2016 with its new ‘20% Website Revenue Increase Guarantee’ promotion. read more >>> Source : HotelNewsresource.Com
FA Insights is a daily newsletter from Business Insider that delivers the top news and commentary for financial advisors. Buybacks and cash takeovers are at an all-time high (Trim Tabs) Investment research firm TrimTabs says money committed to cash takeovers and buybacks by public US companies hit a record $1.41 trillion in 2015. “It’s not […]
San Diego, Oakland and St. Louis tell the NFL that they want to move to the affluent Los Angeles area. read more >>> Source : CNN Money
How should you set executive salaries? read more >>> Source : BBC
The developer of Lumosity “brain training” games will pay $2 million US to settle federal allegations that it misled customers about the cognitive benefits of its online apps and programs. read more >>> Source : CBC.Ca
Women make up half of the workforce, but they may still be under-represented on corporate boards for decades. read more >>> Source : CNBC.Com
Until Monday, Faraday Future was a secretive California startup that was trickling out information about its business. But at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, it pulled the cover off a completely insane concept car that looks ready to run the 24 Hours of Le Mans…on the rings of Saturn. Naturally, a company that’s […]
WASHINGTON, Jan 5 (Reuters) – Samsung Electronics Co Ltd urged a U.S. appeals court on Tuesday to find that a jury in 2014 should not have made the South Korean company pay nearly $120 million to Apple Inc for infringing three patents. read more >>> Source : Reuters
Every New Year, food-related goals make their way to my top five New Year resolutions; however, after interacting with four young founders of two food-based startups in New York City, I’ve learned to keep a more wholesome mindset as goals around food and dietary consumption create a ripple effect around food waste, healthy living, and […]
Stocks eked out modest gains in late-afternoon trading Tuesday, one day after stiff losses threw the market back into a correction. The S&P 500 added 0.4%, and the Nasdaq and Dow Jones industrial average rose 0.2% each. Small caps got crushed with the Russell 2000 down 2.3%. Volume on the NYSE and Nasdaq was tracking […]
From city halls around the country to Washington, DC, and other world capitals, lawmakers and regulators lately have come under intense pressure to regulate upstart Internet market platforms such as Uber, Airbnb, UpCounsel, and Heal, as they rapidly transform entire sectors of the economy by providing simple and elegant new ways for buyers and sellers […]
Ford’s boss tells the BBC that his company is one of the leaders in self-driving car technologies. read more >>> Source : BBC
Asian electronic component makers are expecting Apple to cut procurement orders by about 30 percent in the coming quarter due to weaker than expected sales of the new iPhone 6S and 6S Plus, according to a Japanese media report. read more >>> Source : PCAdvisor.Co.Uk
No single asset class has been the market’s top performer year after year on a consistent basis. Unfortunately, no amount of skill or experience has enabled anyone to forecast how various asset classes will stack up in any of those given years. And as a result, those who try to predict and time the markets […]
HELSINKI, Jan 5 (Reuters) – Finland and Estonia on Tuesday agreed to explore the possibility of constructing an undersea railway tunnel between their capitals. read more >>> Source : Reuters
Tensions in the Middle East typically drive up oil prices but the Saudia Arabia-Iran conflict will further depress prices, says Stephen Myrow. read more >>> Source : CNBC.Com
(Reuters) – Twitter Inc is building a new feature that will allow users to post tweets as long as 10,000 characters, Re/code reported on Tuesday. read more >>> Source : Reuters
pikcha/Shutterstock.com What is a niche? According to Dictionary.com, a niche is, “a place or position suitable or appropriate for a person or thing, or a distinct segment of a market.” For many of us, everything about picking a niche evokes our deeply-held / innate sense of indecision, like what I experienced right now. I couldn’t […]
Sports apparel and accessories maker Under Armour revealed its new HealthBox — a 24/7 activity monitor that includes a wristband, scale and chest strap. read more >>> Source : CNN Money
The new high list on Tuesday stayed slim, but investors crowded into firearms stocks for a second straight session. Amid President Obama’s new policies unveiled Tuesday aimed to curb gun violence in the U.S., Sturm Ruger (RGR) stormed to a new high of 66.93. The stock gapped up at the open and rose 4.03 to […]
Twitter is reportedly thinking about taking the character limit on its tweets from 140 to 10,000. In effect, Twitter is thinking about effectively eliminating the cap on how long tweets can be. (This post, for example, is WAY less than 10,000 characters.) Some people couldn’t help themselves from showing how ridiculous a 10,000-character message would […]
Internet firm Yahoo has shut down its video hub Yahoo Screen after the website failed to attract viewers. read more >>> Source : BBC
WASHINGTON, Jan 5 (Reuters) – The National Rifle Association on Tuesday said U.S. President Barack Obama’s new gun proposals are “ripe for abuse” by the government, and the powerful gun lobby group vowed to continue to fight to protect Americans’ constitutional rights to bear arms. read more >>> Source : Reuters
BRASILIA, Jan 5 (Reuters) – Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff is analyzing changes to pension, tax and labor laws that would stimulate the country’s ailing economy without relaxing her government’s… read more >>> Source : Reuters
Lumosity claimed its brain games could improve mental performance and stave off age-related cognitive decline. read more >>> Source : CNBC.Com
Yahoo pulled the plug on an online video hub that had once been envisioned as the beleaguered company’s answer to Netflix and YouTube. read more >>> Source : CTVNews.Ca
The total net debt of Canada’s federal and provincial governments, which now stands at almost $1.3 trillion, is a growing problem that hurts economic growth and makes less money available for other spending, according to a research paper by the Fraser Institute. read more >>> Source : CBC.Ca
Exploit acquisition firm Zerodium is offering up to $100,000 for exploits that bypass Flash Player’s latest heap isolation protection. read more >>> Source : PCAdvisor.Co.Uk
Administrators of Rio de Janeiro’s iconic Maracana stadium have fired 75 percent of the staff ahead of the 2016 Olympics. The arena is to be used for up to nine months by Games organizers, who are bringing in their own workers for that period. Maracana administrators said in a statement late Monday that the layoffs […]
Britain’s biggest bank, HSBC, says its online banking services are steadily returning, after failing for a second day running. read more >>> Source : BBC
In a memorandum titled “Promoting Smart Gun Technology,” President Barack Obama pledged on Monday to promote further research into measures that would help prevent injury and death by firearms that are “stolen, misused, or discharged accidentally.” “Developing and promoting technology that would help prevent these tragedies is an urgent priority,” Obama wrote. So-called “smart guns” […]
* Buhari has promised to clamp down on corruption (Adds comments from Buhari’s spokesman) read more >>> Source : Reuters
January 2016 is expected to bring five AC hotels, AC Guadalajara Mexico; AC Cincinnati North/West Chester, OH; AC Boston North, MA; AC Marseille, France; and AC Queretaro, Mexico. read more >>> Source : HotelNewsresource.Com
Air Canada has asked the Supreme Court to intervene to overturn a court ruling that requires the carrier to keep maintenance operations in the country. read more >>> Source : CTVNews.Ca