Hershey Raises Its 2021 Outlook Over Halloween Sugar Rush

After reporting better-than-quarterly expected results, Hershey Co. raised its annual sales and profit estimates on Thursday, driven by expectations of high demand for its chocolates and sweets during the “biggest ever” Halloween season. After the epidemic halted trick-or-treating gatherings last year, demand for the company’s products such as Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups and KitKat chocolates…

Amid The Global Chip Shortage Smartphone Market Share Being Gained By Apple

The iPhone maker Apple Inc has been able to fare the global semiconductor shortage much better than other mobile phone makers and has as a consequence been able to claw into the other mobile phone makers of its competitors, as is evident from analysis of data providers. According to data from market research firms Counterpoint,…

Facebook Name Change a Branding Exercise? No Changes Will Happen For Facebook Users

Facebook, the world’s largest social networking platform, has changed its company name to Meta pot Meta Platforms in an apparent surprise decision. Mark Zuckerberg, co-founder and CRO of Facebook, announced the new platform, which would bring together apps and technology under one unified business identity. However, for users of the company’s social media services –…

Twitter’s Third Quarter Profits Slide As It Settled A Long-Running Lawsuit

After paying $809.5 million to resolve a long-running lawsuit, more than $500 million was lost by the social media company Twitter in the three months ending September. In 2015, accusations of deceiving investors about user engagement were leveled against the social media behemoth. The quarterly sales revenues of the company increased by 7 per cent…

VW CEO Believes The Bar For Electric Vehicles Is Being Set By Tesla

While showering praises for Elon Musk’s Tesla, the CEO of Volkswagen Group also welcomed the idea that the two companies would compete in the future. After being requested by the German automaker’s CEO, Herbert Diess, Musk spoke to VW officials via video conference earlier this month. Musk’s presence was verified by Diess on Twitter and…

Google Ad Surge Helps Alphabet To Earn Record Profit

Higher-than-expected third-quarter ad sales were reported by Alphabet Inc, the parent company of Google, indicating that the company is overcoming new limitations on tracking mobile users and that online shopping remains as popular as ever as the holiday season approaches. Google sells more internet ads than any other company, thanks to its search engine, YouTube…

Dutch Research Institutes Being Visited By Billionaire Alibaba Founder Jack Ma: SCMP

According to the Hong Kong-based daily newspaper – South China Morning Post (SCMP), Alibaba Group founder Jack Ma has been touring Dutch research institutions to further his interests in farm technologies. The report quoted sources with knowledge of the matter. Since publicly criticizing China’s regulatory structure in a speech last year, the Chinese billionaire has…