A large group of bestselling authors purchased a full-page advertisement in The New York Times to bring attention to the ongoing dispute between e-commerce site Amazon and publishing house Hachette Book Group.
A new report published by Green For All showed that a majority of minority voters (70 percent) stated that they were more likely to support candidates willing to increase resources to challenge environmental issues over candidates who reject such efforts.
What has attributed to this sales increase of the the graphic novels? Marvel and DC Comics are leading the way in comic books with Spider-man and Batman respectively, and also some lesser known comic book publishers are helping to boost sales in print and digital downloads.
The online television and movie streaming service Netflix has passed premium cable network HBO in subscription revenue, according to Netflix CEO Reed Hastings.
Food safety concerns were a factor in bad month for McDonald's McDonald's had their worst month in sales since March 2003, mostly because of food safety concerns in Asia and several problems in the United States, the company said Friday.
Sprint has a new champion leading its Kansas-based wireless service, and he is 6-foot-6 from south of the border. The No. 3 wireless carrier in the United States not only dropped its bid for T-Mobile earlier this week, it replaced its CEO with a Bolivian billionaire.
The number of unemployment claims filed during the week ending August 2 was 289,000 according the U.S. Labor Department on Thursday. The numbers represent a fall of 14,000 against the previous week's claim of 303,000.
Well, it may not reach the level of "charm," but Comcast is certainly trying to improve the generally offensive reputation it has built over the years, just as the federal government is reviewing its proposed merger with Time Warner Cable.
The Standard and Poor's rating agency said in a new report that the wealth gap in the United States continues to grow, and it is affecting the country's economic growth.
Amazon has been ahead of the competition but BN and Google are hoping to catch up. Google and Barnes & Noble announced a new service that threatens to undercut the famous undercutter of online book sales, Amazon, by offering free same-day service for subscribers.
Senegal is earning the most from interenet biz and four women came together to take a part in that, with a focus on increasing the number of women in the work force. The global average is 30% women in IT, but Senegal only has 14%.
Young with large families, stylish and bicultural, upscale Latinos are more likely to belong to dual income earning households. They're more likely to devise a plan for family finances, pay off debt, plan for a brighter tomorrow and own pets.
The Latino unemployment rate is 7.8 percent in the U.S., based on July's report from the Department of Labor, but despite the rate's increase, Latinos remain optimistic about their economic future.
Pew released an opt-in survey of technology and policy experts showing little consensus over what the next decade of artificial intelligence and robotics might offer. The need to overhaul the educational system to meet the needs of the next economy, however, was the one factor the experts agreed on.
Acquisition stopped for now According to the Wall Street Journal, Sprint, which is owned by Softbank, has changed its mind about buying the fourth largest wireless carrier in the United States for as much as $40 billion.
Latino entrepreneurs now claim a fifth of the U.S. market. And the 3.1 million Hispanic-owned businesses will contribute at least $468 billion to the U.S. economy this year.
