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Consumer Goods and Services
The man who taught Uber how to say sorry
2020-10-24 10:57:19| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Economist John List had a bad ride with Uber and never got an apology, so he showed them the best way to do it.
Category: Consumer Goods and Services
Burts Bees Presents Clinical Data at Integrative Dermatology Symposium
2020-10-23 21:41:06| Happi Breaking News
Brands natural lip and anti-aging skin care efficacy information is available online.
Tags: data presents clinical symposiumCategory: Consumer Goods and Services
UK-Japan trade deal to boost fashion and textiles
2020-10-23 16:47:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
The UK has officially sealed its first post-Brexit trade deal, after signing an economic partnership agreement with Japan in a move that will cut tariffs on nearly 99% of products traded between the two countries.
Category: Consumer Goods and Services
Information Technology
The Trials and Tribulations of Paying Ransomware Hackers
2020-10-23 13:34:00| TechNewsWorld
There's no question that hackers are getting increasingly ambitious -- the average ransom demand increased from about $29,000 in 2018 to more than $302,000 in 2019. U.S. law doesn't prohibit paying ransom per se; but when victims pay monies to people or organizations who have been sanctioned by the U.S. government...they get into more trouble.
Category: Information Technology
Manifesto Hatched to Close Gap Between Business and IT
2020-10-23 00:11:18| TechNewsWorld
The BizOps Coalition hopes to bridge the gap between technology investments and business outcomes through an effort called the BizOps Manifesto. The BizOps movement has gained traction with leading organizations, helping them to better align IT with business outcomes. But more needs to be done. That led to the Manifesto's creation.
Category: Information Technology
Open Source Defies Conflicts of Interest: Red Hat Tells All
2020-10-22 22:18:59| TechNewsWorld
Red Hat, a major provider of open source solutions, has never had a comprehensive document guiding associate participation in open source projects, until now. Perhaps under the influence of its recent purchase by IBM, Red Hat recently announced the external publication of its open-source participation guidelines. The company released the guidelines on GitHub under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license.
Category: Information Technology
Real Estate
Seven Must Reads for the CRE Industry Today (Oct. 23, 2020)
2020-10-23 19:10:00| National Real Estate Investor
Median rent for apartments in Manhattan has reached its lowest point in nearly a decade, reports The New York Times. J.C. Penney filed a sale agreement with landlords Simon Property Group and Brookfield Asset Management after weeks of delays and negotiation, according to Retail Dive. These are among todays must reads from around the commercial real estate industry.
Tags: today oct industry readsCategory: Real Estate
America Doesnt Need So Many Gap Stores. Gap Agrees.: Sarah Halzack
2020-10-23 16:59:00| National Real Estate Investor
The company plans to close about 350 Gap and Banana Republic stores in North America by the end of 2023.
Category: Real Estate
Eight Must Reads for the CRE Industry Today (Oct. 23, 2020)
2020-10-22 21:37:00| National Real Estate Investor
The National Multifamily Housing Council rent payment tracker found 90.6 percent of apartment households made a full or partial rent payment by Oct. 20. Apartment REITs are seeing a surge in vacancies, reports the Washington Post. These are among todays must reads from around the commercial real estate industry.
Tags: today oct industry readsCategory: Real Estate
Telecommunications
Triple Play Insights 2020 Q2
2020-10-23 14:11:43| Telecompaper Reports
The Triple Play Insights report recognizes the growing importance of triple and dual (broadband + TV) play plans in the market. The current position of each provider in the triple play market is clearly presented, as well as how the market positions have changed over time.
Category: Telecommunications
Cellnex to buy tower infrastructure of Play in Poland
2020-10-23 10:46:00| Telecompaper Headlines
(Telecompaper) Spanish operator Cellnex has agreed to acquire the tower infrastructure of Polish operator P4 from France's Iliad group. Under the deal, Cellnex will buy about 7,000 sites, and pay EUR 800 million for a 60 percent controlling stake in the company that will manage those sites. The newly-created tower company plans to invest up to EUR 1.3 billion into rolling out of up to 5,000 new sites over the next 10 years. Iliad launched a takeover bid for Play last month and is expected to close that deal by November. The agreement between Iliad and Cellnex is expected to complete in the second quarter of next year. At that point, Cellnex will have 73,000 sites in nine countries.
Category: Telecommunications
Airtel Africa revenue rises 11% in H1, customers up 12%
2020-10-23 10:22:00| Telecompaper Headlines
(Telecompaper) Airtel Africa's revenue increased by 10.7 percent to USD 1.81 billion in the first six months to 30 September from USD 1.64 billion in the same period in 2019. Revenue growth in constant currency was 16.4 percent in H1. The customer base grew by 12.0 percent to 116.4 million and data customers increased by 21.1 percent to 39.6 million from 31.9 million in 2019.
Category: Telecommunications