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Deliveroo shares surge following DoorDash’s $3.6 billion proposed takeover
Shares of Deliveroo, the food delivery service based in London, are hitting three-year highs on Monday after it received a $3.6 billion proposed takeover offer from DoorDash. Deliveroo announced...
How the U.S.-China trade war is forcing countries to pick sides
One went to the United States. The other went to China. It was a sign of the times. While the Swiss president was in Washington last week to lobby...
IBM is supercharging its quantum computer efforts as part of a major five-year investment in U.S. tech
IBM plans to invest $150 billion in tech manufacturing, research, and development in the United States over the next five years. The technology giant announced this commitment in a...
The kerning on the pope’s tomb is a travesty
Last weekend, hundreds of thousands of worshippers lined the streets of Rome and Vatican City as Pope Francis was laid to rest. As a pope, he will be remembered...
More people are taking their Social Security benefits early. Should you?
While the talk about the future of Social Security might be part of the political white noise to people just entering the workforce, for people at the other end,...
Can coal make a comeback? West Virginians hold on to hope
The winner of this year’s West Virginia Coal Festival teen beauty pageant walks among the ruins of a community abandoned 70 years ago and imagines the rusted remains of...
Artificial food dyes are being phased out. Food companies are racing to replace them
As pressure grows to get artificial colors out of the U.S. food supply, the shift may well start at Abby Tampow’s laboratory desk. On an April afternoon, the scientist hovered over...
Energy drink brand Alani Nu surpasses $1 billion in sales as the functional beverage craze keeps on soaring
Energy drink company Celsius Holdings announced today that its subsidiary brand, Alani Nu, has notched more than $1 billion in sales over the past 52 weeks—representing a head-turning 72.4%...
It’s time to ditch the traditional offsite. Here are 4 ways to rethink your next corporate retreat
We’ve all been there: the windowless conference room, the stale coffee, the flip charts, the obligatory icebreaker, followed by hours of sticky notes and talk of disruption that feels,...
It took Kelly Slater years to design his new $168 surf trunks. Now, they’re the future of his business
Kelly Slater is the undisputed GOAT of surfing. The 53-year-old has won 11 world titles—including being both the youngest and oldest champ ever at 20 and 39, respectively—and has...
