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Day: January 15, 2017
LinkedIn’s head of recruiting says these are the 2 most common…
As LinkedIn’s head of recruiting, Brendan Browne in charge of bringing the best talent to a company dedicated to helping match employers and employees. Browne said that it’s part of his job as LinkedIn’s head recruiter to help hiring managers understand what talent is out there.
I tried the sushi burrito, the ‘mutant food’ San Franciscans…
” Mutant foods ” from the cronut to the ramen burger come and go, disappearing from social media as quickly as they blow up. But San Francisco’s passion for the sushi burrito refuses to die.
We tried the regional burger chain many people say is the best…
In-N-Out remains a mystery to me, and the wonders of Chick-fil-A have only recently entered my life, thanks to its aggressive national expansion. Whataburger has been an enigma for some time now – nearly every Texan I meet extols its many virtues, yet I’ve never set foot in one.
He ‘ought to be careful’: Trump chief of staff issues stern…
President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming chief of staff warned the head of a top government watchdog organization on Sunday to be careful of its public criticism of Trump. Reince Priebus blasted Office of Government Ethics Director Walter Shaub on “This Week” after he dubbed Trump’s attempts to separate himself from his business interests this week ” wholly inadequate .”
Trump Says U.S. Automakers Should Make Products in the Country
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said on Sunday that American automakers should starting assembling motor vehicles in the United States if they wanted to do business in country. “Car companies and others, if they want to do business in our country, have to start making things here again.
Davos Elites Struggle for Answers as Trump Era Dawns
The global economy is in better shape than it’s been in years. Stock markets are booming, oil prices are on the rise again and the risks of a rapid economic slowdown in China, a major source of concern a year ago, have eased.
Oil Prices Will Be Much More Volatile in 2017: IEA
Global oil prices will witness “much more volatility” in 2017 even though markets may rebalance in the first half of the year if output cuts pledged by producers are implemented, the head of the International Energy Agency said on Sunday. The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries agreed on Nov. 30 to cut output by 1.2 million bpd to 32.5 million bpd for the first six months of 2017, in addition to 558,000 bpd of cuts agreed by independent producers such as Russia, Oman and Mexico.
China, Europe Drive Shift to Electric Cars as U.S. lags
Electric cars will pick up critical momentum in 2017, many in the auto industry believe – just not in North America. Tighter emissions rules in China and Europe leave global carmakers and some consumers with little choice but to embrace plug-in vehicles, fuelling an investment surge, said industry executives gathered in Detroit this past week for the city’s annual auto show.
U.K. to Do – Whatever’ Is Needed to Be Competitive, Hammond Says
The U.K. will do “whatever we have to do” to boost its competitiveness if it fails to secure post-Brexit access to the European Union single market, Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond said in an interview published Sunday in a German newspaper. “If Britain were to leave the European Union without an agreement on market access, then we could suffer from economic damage at least in the short-term,” Hammond said in an interview with Welt am Sonntag.
Amazon Seeks FCC Permission To Run Mystery Wireless Tests In Washington
It is just a guess, but this experimental wireless communications technology that Amazon wants to test likely involves delivery drones. What would be more interesting is if it was actually a wireless service exclusive to their devices.
Trifecta Stocks: Now It Gets Really Interesting
The following commentary is an excerpt from the Weekly Roundup to Trifecta Stocks subscribers originally sent on Jan 13. Click here to learn more about this dynamic portfolio and market information service. As we tread into December-quarter earnings season, we’re seeing more investors start to question the rally over the last several weeks or how much more room there is to run.
Facebook will test ‘fake news’ filtering in Germany
Facebook users will soon be able to flag news stories as fake and the social network may subsequently label the stories as “disputed” in a test of fake news filtering tools starting soon in Germany. The test will send user-flagged stories to Correctiv, a third-party fact checker.
Explosive memos suggest that a Trump-Russia tit-for-tat was at…
An unverified dossier provided to US intelligence officials alleges that President-elect Donald Trump “agreed to sideline” the issue of Russian intervention in Ukraine during his campaign after Russia promised to feed the emails it stole from prominent Democrats’ inboxes to WikiLeaks. The dossier was part of an opposition-research project conducted by a former British spy , Christopher Steele, at the behest of anti-Trump Republicans and, later, Democrats.
‘Comey acted in an outrageous way during the campaign’: Bernie…
Sen. Bernie Sanders suggested FBI Director James Comey should resign over how he conducted the FBI’s investigation of Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server while serving as secretary of state. e should take a hard look at what he has done.
Mega-mergers poised to get green light under Trump
Donald Trump Dem sen: Lewis’ comments on Trump ‘uncalled for’ Mark Hamill mocks Trump by reading Meryl Streep tweets as the Joker Priebus: John Lewis’s comments ‘irresponsible’ MORE ‘s incoming administration will be more favorable to corporate mergers, experts and business groups believe, marking a sharp shift from the Obama years. Trump’s team is tapping nominees who have offered support for scaling back regulations and oversight as companies in key industries look to consolidate.
China’s Wanda Reports 31 Percent Increase in Film Income in 2016
But the conglomerate’s overall revenue fell for the first time in 11 years, due to a slump in its core real estate business. China’s Dalian Wanda Group, lead by the country’s richest man, Wang Jianlin, reported a 13.9 percent drop in revenue for 2016, due to a slump in the conglomerate’s core commercial property business.
Critics say the episode is indicative of the sexism and harassment common at Chinese tech companies.
Chinese tech and entertainment giant Tencent has found itself at the center of a public relations firestorm after a sexually suggestive video leaked from an official company party. The clip, which has gone viral across Chinese social media, shows female Tencent employees kneeling in front of male colleagues on stage during a year-end event for staff.
Here’s One Thing Macy’s CEO Doesn’t See Changing in Crumbling Retail Sector
Shopping on the internet will probably continue to disrupt legacy bricks-and mortar retailers for the foreseeable future, but one thing is likely to remain constant throughout. That is the need for salespeople in the store to convert what shoppers do show up to actual spenders.
Amazon Could Be on Verge of Disrupting America’s Most Well-Known Clothing Stores
Amazon appears to have ambitions to upend the clothing industry, and retailers from Gap to Lululemon should be frightened. As TheStreet has reported , based on several recent job postings on Amazon’s site it’s planning to develop its own line of workout apparel.
Proposal funds rural high-speed internet
Phone bills would go up slightly under an Arizona Corporation Commission member’s proposal to help fund high-speed internet for rural schools and libraries in Arizona. The commission approved a sample order that estimates the year-long increase at 15 cents per month, reported the Arizona Capitol Times.
New LG smartwatches may be nearly ready to launch
Last week we reported on an LG smartwatch passing through the USA’s comms regulator – and now two more have followed suit. On Friday, we wrote about a mystery device with the model number W280 becoming certified by the Federal Communications Commission .
German Minister Dobrindt Seeks Recall of Fiat Cars, Bild Reports
German Transport Minister Alexander Dobrindt, escalating a months-long feud with Italy over vehicle emissions, said the European Commission must ensure that Fiat Chrysler cars that break pollution rules are taken off the market, Bild am Sonntag reported. “The Italian authorities have known for several months that Fiat, in the opinion of our experts, uses illegal shut-off devices,” the Sunday newspaper quoted Dobrindt as saying.
‘I want 350 million people to use my site’
If you’re trying to find the right job or you’re a business trying to find the perfect employee it’s a challenge wherever you are in the world. Churchill Nanje learned this the hard way after struggling to find people who were the right fit for his tech company.
How I Successfully Pitched Investors As A 22-Year-Old Startup Founder
My cofounders and I were 21 and 22 when we started Next Big Sound, and by far the biggest challenge we faced was in convincing investors they should trust us with their money. That was in 2009, and around that time Mark Zuckerberg was one of the youngest founders to have ever raised venture capital, at 19 years old.
How I Successfully Pitched Investors As A 22-Year-Old Startup Founder
My cofounders and I were 21 and 22 when we started Next Big Sound, and by far the biggest challenge we faced was in convincing investors they should trust us with their money. That was in 2009, and around that time Mark Zuckerberg was one of the youngest founders to have ever raised venture capital, at 19 years old.
Coal Recovery Too Good to Resist for World’s Biggest Shipper
Indonesia will exceed its coal production target for another year as miners cash in after prices recovered from a five-year collapse. The world’s biggest exporter will produce about 489 million metric tons this year, 18 percent above the government-mandated target, according to energy ministry forecasts.