Business Spotlight: Olympus Part 1 Posted February 19, 2022 Last year, Olympus shocked the camera world with an unexpected reveal — they would no longer be selling cameras. To many, this pivot away from its most famous product may have see…
Snowstorm keeps people overnight at Ikea Posted February 14, 2022 In northern Denmark, an Ikea showroom turned into a vast bedroom. Six customers and about two dozen employees were stranded by a snowstorm and spent the night in the store, sleepi…
Fears of rising baguette prices pose crunch for the French Part 2 Posted January 30, 2022 Continued from Part 1… France’s 67 million people are voracious consumers of the baguette. The country’s “Bread Observatory” — a venerable institution…
Fears of rising baguette prices pose crunch for the French Part 1 Posted January 29, 2022 A hike in the cost of wheat is alarming French households, which fear a possible rise in the price of the prized baguette, seen by many as a barometer
News Mash-up: Business Troubles Posted January 12, 2022 Amid a crisis, Facebook renames itself An embattled Facebook Inc. is now …
Business Spotlight: Domino’s Part 2 Posted January 9, 2022 Continued from Part 1… After the millennium, Domino’s went full steam ahead with emerging technologies, rolling out mobile and online…
Business Spotlight: Domino’s Part 1 Posted January 8, 2022 It’s not often that the value of a business can be measured in cars. However, that’s exactly the case for the pizza restaurant t…
Nintendo sees profit drop 19% as countries gain control over pandemic Posted January 6, 2022 In the worst part of the pandemic, people loved Japanese video game maker Nintendo Co. They turned to its products for entertainment when they were stuck …
News Mash-up: Business Troubles Posted December 27, 2021 Dubai expo defends worker accident rate Expo 2020 Dubai, a major world fair that opened Oct. 1, said on Oct. 3 three workers had died and 72 had been seriously…
Legendary electric guitar inventor Les Paul’s personal Gibson up for auction Posted December 21, 2021 A guitar that helped launch rock ’n’ roll is going up for sale. The “Number One” belonged to the inventor of the electric guitar, Les Paul. It will be auctioned o…