Year: 2018

Pipeline constraints in the Permian Basin could stall the country’s main oil growth engine. …read more […]

Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg’s reputation as Silicon Valley’s golden girl is at risk, thanks to the company’s slow response to the Russian interference and Cambridge Analytical scandals.Citing numerous sources, The Wall Street Journal says her standing within the firm has been damaged because the company was under-prepared for the issues.Sandberg has publicly admitted this week that the firm was “too slow” to act on Russian misinformation. … …read more […]

Facebook investors might not “like” these survey results. …read more […]

With tobacco usage declining, partnering with the pot industry is a logical evolution. …read more […]

One has a bad main product, and the other one is a slowly sinking ship. …read more […]

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd’s billionaire co-founder Jack Ma will announce a succession plan on Monday to hand the reins of his sprawling empire to a new generation of leaders but will remain executive chairman for the time being. Ma will announce the plan on his 54th birthday and the handover strategy will stretch over a significant period of time, the South China Morning Post (SCMP) newspaper reported citing a company spokesman. Alibaba declined to comment but pointed towards the SCMP story when asked about Ma’s plans. …read more […]

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd’s (BABA.N) billionaire co-founder Jack Ma will announce a succession plan on Monday to hand the reins of his sprawling empire to a new generation of leaders but will remain executive chairman for the time being. Ma will announce the plan on his 54th birthday and the handover strategy will stretch over a significant period of time, the South China Morning Post (SCMP) newspaper reported citing a company spokesman. Alibaba declined to comment but pointed toward the SCMP story when asked about Ma’s plans. …read more […]

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd’s billionaire co-founder Jack Ma will announce a succession plan on Monday to hand the reins of his sprawling empire to a new generation of leaders but will remain executive chairman for the time being. Ma will announce the plan on his 54th birthday and the handover strategy will stretch over a significant period of time, the South China Morning Post (SCMP) newspaper reported citing a company spokesman. Alibaba declined to comment but pointed towards the SCMP story when asked about Ma’s plans. …read more […]

In a company update, Tesla CEO Elon Musk reports surging sales, urges employees to ignore the media, teases new products, and more. …read more […]

Is the former market leader becoming less relevant every quarter? …read more […]

What’s the first thing you think about when you read the word “quit”? In American vernacular, the word’s had a bad rap for a long time.

Quitting is often seen as a sign of cowardice. And like Gen. George S. Patton famously told his troops about to storm into German-occupied France some 74 years ago, “Americans despise cowards.”

But quitting and cowardice are not necessarily one in the same. Quitting is not a bad thing if done for the right reasons.

We’re in the midst (some say the end) of the longest bull market ever. The unemployment rate is looking good – and …read more […]