Business
7 Surprising Ways to Motivate Underperforming Employees
If you’re in charge of running a business, whether you oversee 5 employees or 5,000, chances are good that you’ve had days where you...
How to Start a ‘New Age’ Business
When starting a New Age business, normal small business principles apply. As with any other type of business, the key areas you have to...
McDonald’s suspends chicken nuggets sales in Hong Kong after Husi Food scandal
McDonald's has suspended sale of chicken nuggets and some other products in Hong Kong. The fast food chain said it had imported chicken and pork...
GM profits fall in Q2 2014 due to vehicle recalls
General Motors’ earnings have slumped because of costs related to its vehicle recalls. In Q2 2014, net profits fell 85% from a year ago, to...
5 Easy Ways to Safeguard Your Business
Has your business been affected by crime? Whether through fraud, shoplifting, vandalism or robbery, transgressions against your company can make you feel like closing the...
Top 10 ice cream parlors in US
Online review website TripAdvisor has released a ranking of the top 10 ice cream parlors across the US, based on its users' reviews and...
GM to recall 717,950 cars in US for varying reasons
General Motors has announced six more recalls covering 717,950 vehicles in the US for varying reasons, although none were related to ignition switch issues,...
Boeing reports high profits in Q2 2014 after strong aircraft sales
Boeing has reported high profits from April to June 2014 boosted by "strong" commercial aircraft sales. Boeing’s net profits rose 52% to $1.65 billion from...
Chrysler to recall 792,000 SUV’s over ignition-switch problem
Chrysler has announced it would recall up to 792,300 sport utility vehicles (SUV’s) to fix an ignition-switch problem, the same part involved in the...
Microsoft reports 7% profit fall in Q2 2014
Microsoft has reported a 7% fall in profit during Q2 2014. The tech giant said profit during the March to June period was $4.6 billion,...
Indonesia elections 2014: Joko Widodo wins presidential race
Joko Widodo has been declared the winner of Indonesia's highly contested presidential election. The election commission said Jakarta Governor Joko Widodo - widely known as...
Yahoo acquires app analytics company Flurry
Yahoo has bought app analytics company Flurry to help boost its advertising revenue from smartphones. San Francisco-based Flurry helps app developers analyze data about their...
Indonesia elections 2014: Election Commission to name next president despite controversy
Indonesia will name its new president, following a hotly-contested election that saw both candidates claiming victory. Most "quick counts" after the July 9 election placed...
Johns Hopkins Hospital agrees to pay $190 million over Dr. Nikita Levy tapes
Johns Hopkins Hospital has agreed to pay $190 million after some 8,000 women joined a legal case claiming a gynecologist had secretly recorded them. Dr....
Husi Food: McDonald’s and KFC stop using meat from Chinese supplier
McDonald's and KFC have stopped using meat from Chinese supplier Shanghai Husi Food Co following allegations it sold them out of date meat. According to...
Huawei sales rise 19% on smartphones in first six months of 2014
Huawei has reported a 19% jump in sales to 135.8 billion yuan ($21.9 billion) for the first six months of the year. The Chinese telecom...
RJ Reynolds to pay $23.6 billion to smoker widow
RJ Reynolds Tobacco Company - America's second largest cigarette company – has been ordered by a Florida court to pay $23.6 billion to the...
Malaysia Airlines shares close down 11% after MH17 crash
Malaysia Airlines shares closed down 11% in Malaysia following the crash of flight MH17 in Ukraine on route from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur. Some Asian...
Microsoft’s Xbox Entertainment Studio to close by end of 2014
Microsoft’s Xbox Entertainment Studio will close by the end of the year, Xbox chief Phil Spencer told employees in an email. Microsoft's plan to compete...
Google reports 22% revenue jump in Q2 2014
Google has reported a 22% jump in revenue in Q2 2014 compared to a year earlier. Revenue rose to $16 billion and profits were up...
Bolivia lowers age of legal child workers to 10
Bolivia has passed a law allowing children to work from the age of 10 as long as they also attend school and are self-employed. The...
Australia becomes first nation to abolish carbon tax
The Australian Senate has voted to repeal the carbon tax, a levy on the biggest polluters passed by the previous Labor government. PM Tony Abbott,...
Real Madrid tops Forbes World’s 50 Most Valuable Sports Teams List in 2014
Real Madrid has topped Forbes’ 2014 annual list of World's 50 Most Valuable Sports Teams. The Spanish soccer club, which won the Champions League in...
Bank of America profits fall 43% in Q2 2014
Bank of America has reported a 43% drop in its quarterly profits after a fall in mortgage revenue and a rise in legal costs. The...
Time Warner rejects 21st Century Fox’s $80 billion takeover bid
Time Warner has rejected an initial takeover approach from rival 21st Century Fox estimated at $80 billion. The takeover approach by the Rupert Murdoch owned...
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