Fortune |
How Walmart Won Back Shoppers From Dollar General
Fortune The world's largest retailer hit its dollar store competitor, hard. Dollar General DG -17.63% has been cutting prices by about 10% on hundreds of staples like milk and eggs as it looks to keep customers who are drifting back to Walmart. WMT -1.40%. The … Dollar General's (DG) CEO Todd Vasos on Q2 2016 Results – Earnings Call TranscriptSeeking Alpha Price wars heat up as dollar store echoes Wal-Mart's battle cryCNBC Walmart Strikes Back at Dollar StoresBloomberg Business Insider –Wall Street Journal –USA TODAY –MarketWatch all 146 news articles » |
Bloomberg |
Uber Loses at Least $1.2 Billion in First Half of 2016
Bloomberg The ride-hailing giant Uber Technologies Inc. is not a public company, but every three months, dozens of shareholders get on a conference call to hear the latest details on its business performance from its head of finance, Gautam Gupta. On Friday … Economists see ride-hailing industry as ripe for competitionBusiness Insider Uber reportedly lost $1.27 billion in just six monthsThe Verge Did Uber just burst the sharing economy bubble?CNET Gizmodo –TIME –ZDNet –Los Angeles Times all 76 news articles » |
You may love your neighbors, but do you love their germs, too?
What happens when you combine Big Data and the push for more sustainable food systems?
Amazon, BMW and others are following the lead of Airbnb and Uber … and you should, too.
What if the oil colossus actually did commit to clean energy?
They were the first to offer pure sustainability-focused graduate management programs. Already leaders, what will the merger bring?
The UN’s Sustainable Development Goal No. 7 seeks sustainable, “modern energy for all.” Your company could be crucial to it.
Reuters |
Asian stocks slip on profit-taking; oil falls
Reuters A man stands next to an electronic board showing stock prices in Tokyo, Japan, August 18, 2016. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon. By Saikat Chatterjee | HONG KONG. HONG KONG Asian stocks edged lower on Wednesday as strong U.S housing data overnight … MarketsFast Asia Open: Oil gets a boostFinancial Times GLOBAL MARKETS-Asia stocks cement gains after recent rally, oil slipsReuters Africa Energy stocks hit in Asia as oil sinks, dollar weakChannel NewsAsia Gulf Times all 10 news articles » |
9news.com.au |
A Lesson for Qantas From Steve Jobs
Bloomberg David Fickling is a Bloomberg Gadfly columnist covering commodities, as well as industrial and consumer companies. He has been a reporter for Bloomberg News, Dow Jones, the Wall Street Journal, the Financial Times and the Guardian. Qantas reinstates dividend, plans share buybackMarketWatch Australia's Qantas clocks record profit after painful cutsReuters Qantas Posts Record $1.1 Billion Profit Amid RestructuringNew York Times ZDNet –The Australian Financial Review –Financial Times –The Sydney Morning Herald all 68 news articles » |