Facebook emotion contagion experiment backfires
The Facebook emotion contagion experiment carried out on nearly 700,000 unsuspecting users has triggered an…
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GM June sales 1% up on last year
GM June sales were 1% higher than in June 2013, marking its best June in seven years. Retail sales rose by 1% and…
Kroger Vitacost purchase agreed
A Kroger Vitacost purchase worth $280 million has been agreed by the supermarket giant and the vitamins &…
Goldman Sachs gender bias lawsuit
A Goldman Sachs gender bias lawsuit may be extended to cover more than a decade of alleged discrimination. Two…
Roche Seragon acquisition worth $1.725 billion agreed
A Roche Seragon acquisition has been agreed by the two companies. Seragon Pharmaceuticals, a San Diego based,…
BNP Paribas 8.97 billion dollar fine announced
The much-awaited BNP Paribas 8.97 billion dollar fine was announced yesterday after France's biggest bank agreed to…
Global health spending rose, pharmaceutical expenditure fell
According to the OECD Health Statistics 2014 report, global health spending rose while pharmaceutical expenditure…
BP seeks a compensation return
BP seeks a compensation return from a “vast number” of firms that inflated the losses in their claims. The British…
DuPont lowers profit outlook
DuPont lowers profit outlook for Q2 and the full year 2014, adding that sales in its agriculture business have been…
German government drops Verizon
Two weeks after announcing an investigation into eavesdropping allegations made by Edward Snowden regarding the US…
LSE Russell Investments 2.7 billion dollar takeover deal
The London Stock Exchange Group PLC (LSE) has agreed an acquisition deal with Russell Investments, the company that…
General Mills revenue dropped in Q4 2014
Multinational food processing company General Mills revenue dropped in Q4 2014 to $4.28 billion compared to $4.41…
iPhone 6 and iWatch production start in July
Production of Apple’s iPhone 6, its next model that comes in two sizes, is rumored to start in China in July, as is…
Nest Labs Dropcam acquisition set for $555m
The Nest Labs Dropcam acquisition is the latest move in Google’s quest to get more intimately into customer’s…
AstraZeneca selling future revenue rights
Is AstraZeneca selling future revenue rights in its quest to make itself acquisition proof? That is what is being…
Kroger sales increased 4.6 percent in Q1 2014
Kroger sales increased 4.6 percent in the first quarter of 2014, pushing shares up by 5.1% to $49.66 in early…