Description: Apple is in advanced talks to buy rights to a gritty Israeli TV show called “Nevelot” (English translation: “Bastards”) and adapt it for the U.S., beating out bids from competitors including Showtime, FX and Amazon, according to several people with knowledge of the deal.
Source: CNBC.com
Date: Dec 06, 2018
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Description: Mobile video advertisers are on the hunt for ways to make their ads more engaging, and not just another commercial consumers have to tolerate. Rewarded video ads—also known as value exchange ads—seem like the answer. But are the benefits worth the cost?
Source: eMarketer.com
Date: Dec 06, 2018
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Description: The head of the union representing General Motors Co. workers in Oshawa, Ont. says he’s ready to do whatever it takes to save jobs amid the U.S. automaker’s global reorganization – even if it means mass walkouts in U.S. and Canadian plants.
Source: BNNBloomberg.com – video report
Date: Nov 28, 2018
Link: https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/dias-says-he-d-shut-down-every-gm-plant-to-save-oshawa-jobs-1.1174140
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Description: If all had gone according to plan, Carlos Ghosn would have been winging his way to Amsterdam on his corporate jet Wednesday night en route to a potentially critical meeting of senior members of the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Alliance — of which he has long served as CEO.
Source: CNBC.com
Date: Nov 30, 2018
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Description: Apple needs a new product, as iPhone sales slow and drag the company’s stock lower, and it has three possible winners in the pipeline already, according to HSBC analysts.
Source: CNBC.com – video report
Date: Dec 04, 2018
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Description: No more dinners with female colleagues. Don’t sit next to them on flights. Book hotel rooms on different floors. Avoid one-on-one meetings. In fact, as a wealth adviser put it, just hiring a woman these days is “an unknown risk.” What if she took something he said the wrong way? Across Wall Street, men are adopting controversial strategies for the #MeToo era and, in the process, making life even harder for women.
Source: Bloomberg.com – video report
Date: Dec 04, 2018
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Description: Why are we suddenly talking about canned tuna and millennials? The Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday that overall consumption of the packaged fish has declined by more than 40 percent in the United States over the last three decades, according to the Department of Agriculture.
Source: NYTimes.com
Date: Dec 04, 2018
Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/03/business/canned-tuna-millennials.html
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Description: After a three-year hiatus, the husband-wife duo behind Kiosk, the revered concept store, return with a new collection–just in time for the holidays.
Source: FastCompany.com
Date: Dec 04, 2018
Link: https://www.fastcompany.com/90274173/kiosk-the-cult-status-design-store-is-back
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Description: In the latest episode of “Behind the Numbers,” analyst Debra Aho Williamson joins us in the studio to talk about social stories—what she calls a 21st Century daily diary. What is it about stories that users and advertisers alike seem to find so appealing?
Source: eMarketer.com – podcast
Date: Dec 04, 2018
Link: https://www.emarketer.com/content/podcast-the-charm-of-social-stories?ecid=NL1001
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Description: How small businesses can start conversations with the right people and help build a solid online reputation — without breaking the bank
Source: FinancialPost.com
Date: Nov 28, 2018
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