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While the average person can easily switch between the Uber and Lyft car service apps, investors aren’t so lucky. Both Uber Technologies and Lyft Inc have created some pretty stiff rules for potential investors. As the companies head into another series of fundraising efforts, [...]Read more

Radu Bercan / Shutterstock.com Although major U.S. chains reported improved holiday sales in 2014, many remain cautious as 2015 got underway. The holiday quarter saw profits that were collectively up 10.9 percent – but the outlook for this calendar year may not be so bright. [...]Read more

Luxury car brands like Bentley, Ferrari, Lamborghini, Maserati and Tesla have been delving into new product categories that have little or nothing to do with their auto brand. But it’s been paying off in spades. These automakers have successfully tapped into lifestyle [...]Read more

In a scenario that sounds like it is right out of the Mad Men-era, Angelia Li, a teller at China Everbright Bank, was told that her promotion was denied because of her gender. Quoted in a New York Times article, Li explained that she was told “It’s a good thing you girls take [...]Read more

Ready to enter or improve your results in the pet product market? There’s plenty of business to be had but smart pet brands recognize the importance of strategic pet product advertising and marketing, including direct response TV, online, print and catalogs.Read more

Spotify, the streaming music service, has grown by leaps and bounds in just two years. The company recently announced that its subscribers now top 15 million – which flies in the face of many skeptics who think that people won’t pay for music online. The company offers both [...]Read more

Although Google doesn’t offer cell phone service directly (yet), the company has a major stake in the software that runs cell phones. Now it is trying to turn that influence into pressure on the government to make cell phone service easier to offer and access for millions of [...]Read more

As Amazon.com has grown its Prime Instant Video originals department, the formula has pretty much been the same: Have a development team create a pilot for a show, showcase that pilot on the streaming service, and have audience members vote for which one they’d like to keep. [...]Read more

Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX), the private rocketry company founded by Elon Musk, has received $1 billion in investments from Google Inc. and Fidelity. Although both corporations contributed, Google’s investment has analysts wondering about the Internet company’s [...]Read more

With nearly 70 million unique visitors, Pinterest is a good place for brands to be. But the company has struggled to prove that its $5 billion valuation is accurate. Without attracting advertising and growing advertising income, Pinterest may have trouble sticking around [...]Read more