virgin-galactic
The space race is heating up, with Richard Branson's space tourism business, Virgin Galactic, revealing its plans to go public by the end of 2019. Billionaire Richard Branson's space-tourism venture, Virgin Galactic, is reportedly preparing to...
China Tech Digital Currency
Last year, massive cracks emerged in Jack Ma’s sprawling internet and mobile empire after Chinese authorities scuttled  the much-anticipated $37 billion Ant Group listing. Jack Ma is the founder and former-CEO of Alibaba Group Holding...
netflix-streaming-war
The streaming war is heating up, and industry veteran, Netflix is struggling to adjust accordingly. But not all is lost for the streaming pioneer. Despite the release of several popular programs, Netflix revealed that they had...
Latin America Renewables
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) are teaming up to promote renewable energy investment in Latin America and the Caribbean, backing the energy transition in the region. IRENA and the...
Last year pretty much devastated the restaurant industry, with estimates that more than 110,000 were permanently closed and 5.5 million jobs were lost. As states are easing restrictions on dining and things are slowly returning...
Avengers
Marvel’s been at it for over a decade, with 21 movies to boast so far; but its fourth Avengers movie, “Endgame”, broke the mold--for everything from the audience to earnings, raking in a massive $1.2 billion and...
Pandemic Middle Class
The global pandemic ravaged the world’s economies across the board, diminishing standards of living and pushing millions into poverty. In the process, the world has seen its middle class shrink by tens of millions.  Prior to...
luxury_retail
A decade ago, with the majority of stores exiting, Euclid Square Mall in Ohio was temporarily used by religious congregations who held services in abandoned retail stores. Two years ago, Amazon announced plans to build...
With Whatsapp under criticism for promising to share your data with owner Facebook, presumably more secure messaging apps Signal and Telegram are on fire following the social media shakeup in the wake of the deadly...
facebook
Advertising hatred of Facebook is spreading as fast as social media-generated fake news.  Facebook is taking a nose-dive precisely because advertisers are fleeing what has become a toxic environment. It’s been enough of a culling to...