Prime-time television commercials and full-page ads in national newspapers would be run by some of the largest tobacco companies in the United States. But eagerness for their products is likely too be spurred by the campaign. “More people,” one ad says, “die every year from smoking than murder, AIDS, suicide, drugs, car crashes, and alcohol,…
ices was announced by the company chairman Gordon Cairns as the company’s annual general meeting in Melbourne on Thursday night, adding that the chain was all set to take Amazon head on. “We want to be obsessive about our customers, their needs and how we serve them better,” Cairns told shareholders. “If we do not,…
Ryanair cabin crew would be required to sell more of perfumes and scratchcards to on board passengers or face “disciplinary proceedings” and forced changes in their working hours, the crew have been warned. There were allegations earlier that the airline staff were encouraged to sell products in exchange for bonuses, which have been denied by…
CSX Corp of the U.S. is going to make a number of change sin its freight transportation rules from next year. Apart from charging fees at new tares for freight shipments to Mexico, the company has announced hiking of charges for customers who to not manage to load or discharge railcars within fixed deadlines or…
With regards to all of the issues that a related to issued and outstanding CanniMed shares, a special committee has been formed by the company that comprise of independent directors as the company anticipates that there can be a formal offer from Aurora Cannabis Inc., the former company announced recently. The anticipated offer for merger…
The new funding round, led by Alphabet’s CapitalG, saw its valuation boost by $500 million to $11.5 billion. As per U.S. share authorization documents filed in Delware, Lyft Inc is raising an additional $500 million in funding led by Alphabet Inc’s CapitalG. The new funding round is an extension of the $1 billion round that…
With Thailand’s central bank giving the go ahead, non-cash transactions are being adopted by even street vendors in Bangkok. Technology’s ubiquity has spread to even street food vendors in Bangkok where they are now accepting payments through Quick Response (QR) barcodes that can read by smartphones. Thailand, famous for its street stall that offer everything…
Talks about a possible merger between Axalta and Dutch peer Akzo Nobel came to an end after an all-cash offer was made to acquire U.S. coatings company Axalta Coating Systems Ltd by Nippon Paint Holdings Co Ltd. While confirming the news, Nippon Paint termed it as “a proposal” to Axalta.’ Talks of a merger between…
About 7,000 wing-manufacturing jobs at Wales would be put at risk duet Brexit uncertainties, as the United Kingdom is running the risk losing out its “crown jewels” of the aviation industry to China, Airbus has told British MPs. A shift of the business to Asia could be accelerated by reduced long-term investments due to reduced…
The case refers to alleged patent violations by Comcast on TiVo’s X1 set-top box. Comcast has said it will go on appeal. On Wednesday, the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) ruled in favor of Rovi Corp, now known as TiVo Corp, while prohibiting Comcast Corp from importing and selling certain types of Rovi’s Xfinity X1…
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