Uber Posts $1.2 Billion Loss as Growth Improves

The ride-hailing company’s third-quarter loss was not as wide as the record $5.2 billion in the second quarter.
Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/04/technology/uber-earnings-loss.html?source=Snapzu

Just Another Day In Academic Publishing: Professor Posts His Own Article On His Own Website, Gets Takedown Notice Alleging Copyright Infringement

William Cunningham is a professor of psychology at the University of Toronto. Like many academics, he posts his own articles on his own Web site to help spread knowledge and boost his standing in the academic community. You'll never guess what...
Read more: https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20191030/10483543290/just-another-day-academic-publishing-professor-posts-his-own-article-his-own-website-gets-takedown-notice-alleging-copyright.shtml?source=Snapzu

Adam Neumann and the Art of Failing Up

WeWork’s chief risk-taker found a kindred spirit with an open checkbook: SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son. Now he’s walking away from the wreckage with more than $1 billion.
Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/02/business/adam-neumann-wework-exit-package.html?source=Snapzu

How Pizza Hut stopped innovating its pizza and fell behind Domino’s

In the late ‘90s, Pizza Hut was an innovation powerhouse, with creations like Stuffed Crust and BigFoot. Today, the chain has been forced to shift focus from food to technology.
Read more: https://thehustle.co/pizza-hut-dominos-innovation/?source=Snapzu

Coca-Cola, Nestlé, and PepsiCo are the Top 3 Plastic Polluters on the Planet

An annual global audit from the  Break Free From Plastic movement has found the largest sources of plastic pollution.
Read more: https://www.onegreenplanet.org/environment/coca-cola-nestle-pepsi-top-plastic-polluters/?source=Snapzu

Google buys Fitbit for $2.1 billion

Google has just announced that it’s buying wearable company Fitbit for $2.1 billion. In a blog post announcing the news, Google SVP of devices and services Rick Osterloh said that the Fitbit purchase is “an opportunity to invest even more in Wear OS as well as introduce Made by Google wearable devices into the market.”
Read more: https://www.theverge.com/2019/11/1/20943318/google-fitbit-acquisition-fitness-tracker-announcement?source=Snapzu

News Digest - top news and stories about business and technology!

Grab a cup of coffee and enjoy the digest news regarding business development as well as tech development!
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