Audi CEO gets the boot
Suspended Audi CEO Rupert Stadler is leaving the automaker, parent company Volkswagen said Tuesday, more than three months after he was arrested as part of a probe into the manipulation of diesel emissions controls. Volkswagen said its supervisory board approved an agreement with Stadler that will see him leave with immediate effect. It said in […]
Home sales down sharply
The Greater Vancouver Real Estate Board says home sales across the region in September plunged more than 40 per compared with the same month last year. Statistics from the board show 1,595 homes changed hands in Metro Vancouver last month, a 43.5 per cent drop from the 2,821 sales recorded in September 2017. The board […]
B.C. companies in global race to perfect cannabis-infused beverage technology
As soda and beer sales fall in North America and legal marijuana sales spike, soft drink makers and brewers are partnering with cannabis companies to expand their market horizons. The trend has in turn spurred B.C.-based companies such as Tilray Inc. (Nasdaq:TLRY), Ascent Industries Corp. (CSE:ASNT), Emerald Health Therapeutics (CSE:EMH) and Chemesis International Inc. (CSE:CSI) […]
How Information Technology Can Be Used For The Betterment Of Society
The 1990s saw the proliferation of computers and the internet. Over the course of a couple of decades, the seminal development changed how people work, network and communicate. According to 2016 Gallup research of 15,000 adults in America, 43% said they spend at least some time working from home. And the percentage of those who […]
How Marketers Are Addressing the Technology Tsunami
Earlier this year, Scott Brinker unveiled the latest version of his now famous marketing technology landscape supergraphic. To no one’s surprise, the new graphic showed that the number of marketing technology solutions has continued to grow at a rapid pace. The 2018 landscape includes 6,829 technology solutions, up 27% from the number in the 2017 […]
Redefining Track and Trace Technology
The food and beverage industry faces an ever-increasing customer demand. The pressure is high for companies to achieve greater efficiency and more transparency, creating an immediate need for advanced technology and innovation. Track and trace technology such as radio frequency identification (RFID) can give food and beverage companies the capabilities needed to take their operations […]
Amazon vs. Apple — which should you own if you can only own one?
Both Big Tech companies are on the move, but in a comparison of stock-market returns, products and profits, one has an edge Investors have been increasingly reliant on Big Tech stocks in recent years. But not every tech company is created equal. The two biggest technology companies — Apple Inc. AAPL, +0.89% and Amazon.com AMZN, […]
Stocks’ 10-year return is about to spike upward
Retirees need to guard against tricks played with performance numbers The stock market is about to look a heck of a lot more attractive. But it won’t be because publicly traded corporations have become a lot more profitable, or for any of the other standard reasons why equities might legitimately become more attractive. On the […]
Ford’s stock falls after monthly vehicles sales drop; truck sales decline first time since December
Shares of Ford Motor Co. F, -1.29% slumped 1.2% in morning trade Tuesday, after the auto maker reported that September total U.S. vehicle sales fell 11.2% from a year ago to 197,404 vehicles, as truck sales declined for the first time since December 2017. Truck sales fell 9.9% to 93,408 vehicles, as F-Series sales fell […]
Stitch Fix shares tank after sales miss, but analysts remain bullish
Stitch Fix shares closed Tuesday down 35% Shares of fashion subscription site Stitch Fix Inc. tumbled 35% in Tuesday trading, as investors responded to a small revenue miss in fiscal fourth-quarter earnings and weaker-than-expected active client numbers. It was not the first time the stock was punished for earnings that analysts generally viewed positively. In […]