How to Hire the Right SEO Company Understanding the steps that your hired SEO service would go through (in order to increase your rankings) is always recommended, especially if you want to make sure that you’re hiring the proper people to handle the entire process for you. In order to …
Read More »Google spins off self-driving car business as Waymo
Google has been an early leader in the self-driving car business, with millions of miles logged in its vehicles and an ambitious plan to create vehicles without steering wheels or pedal controls. Now, the company has announced a new direction: Google is moving its self-driving car unit out of Google …
Read More »Donald Trump: ‘No new business deals’ during presidency
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Trump will put his sons in charge, but some critics argue this is not enough Donald Trump has said his sons will run his businesses during his presidency but there will be “no new deals”. He tweeted he would “hold a news conference in …
Read More »The business of hedging
Image copyright PA We’ve all heard the phrase hedging your bets – but do you know what it actually means? “Hedge” has been used as a verb meaning to “avoid commitment” since at least the 16th century; it’s used in Shakespeare’s Merry Wives of Windsor, for example. It started being …
Read More »Barclays agrees to sell French retail business
Image copyright PA Barclays has agreed to sell its French retail banking division as it continues its efforts to streamline its business. Private equity firm AnaCap partners will take over 74 retail branches, a life insurance business, as well as wealth, investment management and brokerage operations. The deal – for …
Read More »UK’s current GDP growth rate won’t last, warns business body
Image copyright PA Image caption Stronger consumer spending helped to boost the economy in the third quarter “The business as usual” approach taken by many firms following the Brexit vote has helped boost UK growth this year, but it will not last, the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) has warned. …
Read More »Yahoo’s business tale comes to a totally anticlimactic end
Yahoo made slightly more money than Wall Street expected — and no one cares at this point. The company reported its third-quarter earnings, basically falling a hair above what everyone was looking for on its earnings and in line with revenue. But at this point the company is in the …
Read More »Business process platform Progressly nabs Ruslan Belkin and announces $6M Series A from 8VC
Progressly, a new platform for supporting growth within large enterprises, just got a big boost in both money and staffing. Ruslan Belkin, a former top exec from Twitter and LinkedIn will be joining the roughly two year old company. With the spotlight drawn, Progressly is taking the opportunity to formally announce a …
Read More »Microsoft’s Surface business skyrockets as the iPad’s slows
Microsoft saw revenue from its Surface line jump 38% over last year’s total, according to its most recent financial report. Released today, the report states that Surface revenue hit $926 million during the last quarter, up from $672 million last year. Even at this level, Apple’s iPad business is still …
Read More »Groupon Launches Its Own Food Delivery Business, Groupon To Go
Following its acquisition of food delivery service OrderUp earlier this month, Groupon is today announcing its own nationwide delivery and takeout service, Groupon To Go. The program is initially available in Chicago, where it has been in pilot testing with 500 restaurants since March, but the company says it will expand …
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