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• Tesla is gearing up for its annual shareholder meeting amid wild stock fluctuations and mounting pressure on Elon Musk (TSLA)

  10-06-2019 22:10 via feedproxy.google.com
  Tesla's annual shareholder meeting is set to kick off at 2:30 PM local time on Wednesday in California. 
  Investors will be voting to re-elect two board members, as well as on proposals relating to supermajority voting and a public policy committee. 
  A major proxy advisory service is urging shareholders to vote against Ira Ehrenpreis's re-election.
  Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories. Tesla shareholders will convene for the company's annual investor meeting on Tuesda
  
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• How the Beyond Burger and Impossible Burger actually compare to traditional burgers — and each other

  10-06-2019 22:07 via feedproxy.google.com
  The Impossible Burger and Beyond Burger are taking the food industry by storm — but many people are confused about how their nutritional information matches up. 
  We compared the Impossible Burger and the Beyond Burger's nutritional information in addition to looking at how the burgers matched up against their beef-based counterparts. 
  While the Impossible Burger and Beyond Burger have fewer calories and less fat than products from some burger brands, the plant-based burgers actua
  
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• Google's Stadia wants to make the hardcore world of PC Gaming more accessible for casual players (GOOG, GOOGL)

  10-06-2019 21:42 via feedproxy.google.com
  Google's Stadia is an upcoming video game streaming platform that will deliver many of the year's latest video games at 4K resolution with responsive controls.
  While PC Gamers often invest $1,000 or more to build a computer that's capable of playing games in 4K, Stadia Pro will offer players the same level of visual quality for $10 per month.
  Of course, owning your powerful PC has benefits beyond of playing games, but services like Stadia will make it easier for more people to experience top not
  
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• Tesla's monster rally rages on as analysts make an about-face ahead of the carmaker's annual meeting (TSLA)

  10-06-2019 20:45 via feedproxy.google.com
  Tesla surged on Monday after logging its best week since October.
  Some analysts are becoming increasingly optimistic over the demand picture for Tesla's cars after fears over demand drove shares lower by 46% this year. 
  One Tesla analyst upgraded the stock on Monday after he came away from meetings with electric-car makers in China more positive about demand there.
  The rally comes as Tesla is scheduled to host its annual shareholder meeting on Tuesday.
  Watch Tesla trade live.
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• Famed short-seller Jim Chanos explains how Silicon Valley unicorns have pushed prices lower — and why central banks are to blame

  10-06-2019 20:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  The billionaire short-seller Jim Chanos says deflation in the US economy is being distorted by Silicon Valley unicorns.
  Chanos says that through low interest rates and easy access to capital, the Federal Reserve is helping businesses stay afloat that would've sunk otherwise.
  The founder of Kynikos Associates delivered the comments to roughly 60 attendees at a recent event at the Indian Harbor Yacht Club in Greenwich, Connecticut.
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• Trump is touting a farm deal with Mexico that doesn't seem to exist

  10-06-2019 20:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  President Donald Trump said over the weekend that Mexico has agreed to make large-scale purchases of farm products in its rush to make a deal with the US.
  But there is no evidence that such a stipulation was agreed to, and officials have denied that it exists.
  Trump's claim left farmers flummoxed. Mexico recently became the US's largest trading partner and has long been a top export market for major farm products, including pork and corn.
  President Donald Trump has portrayed his agreement with M
  
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• 2 key players of the Microsoft antitrust trial 20 years ago explain why its lessons will be critical to regulating Google, Amazon, and Facebook (MSFT, AMZN, AAPL, FB, GOOGL)

  10-06-2019 19:52 via feedproxy.google.com
  The Microsoft antitrust trial of the 1990s has important lessons for government regulators as they decide what to do about companies that dominant the tech industry today, two central players in the Microsoft case said.
  The Microsoft case shows how important it is to enforce antitrust laws, even if such an action doesn't lead to a breakup of the targeted company, said Harvard professor Lawrence Lessig and antitrust lawyer Alan Kusinitz.
  The situation the tech industry was facing before the trial
  
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• FedEx ditching Amazon is a 'watershed moment' that has huge implications for the future of logistics (AMZN, FDX)

  10-06-2019 19:03 via feedproxy.google.com
  FedEx on Friday severed its US package-delivery contract with Amazon.
  The carrier will continue to deliver packages for Amazon internationally.
  Watch FedEx trade live.
  The US logistics industry may be on the verge of further disruption from the online-retailing juggernaut Amazon. Amazon has increasingly set its sights on the segment, which is critical for its core business, threatening the prospects of the incumbents UPS and FedEx.
  FedEx said on Friday that it was severing its US package-deliver
  
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• The world's top investors break down how you can watch your back if economic disaster strikes

  10-06-2019 18:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  Dear Readers,
  The last thing an investor wants is to get caught completely off-guard when an economic downturn hits. That's why it's no fluke that some of the market's biggest names are positioning themselves to absorb a blow and keep ticking.
  One such example is Josh Friedman, the hedge fund titan who was among those that predicted the 2008 mortgage crisis. Business Insider spoke to the Canyon Partners co-CIO and co-chairman to get the scoop around why he's shorting the housing market — a
  
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• Trump said Xi Jinping abandoned a signature economic initiative because he told him it was insulting

  10-06-2019 18:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  President Donald Trump claimed victory in a key battle in his trade war with China, saying Chinese President Xi Jinping backed off a plan to dominate global tech after Trump called it "insulting."
  China has stopped referring to the plan by name, which is significant because Xi personally put his name behind the policy.
  US companies and experts have assessed that China is using unfair business practices and stealing technology to displace the US as the world's tech superpower. 
  But it's unli
  
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• 9 facts about the New York City housing market that will make you glad you live somewhere else

  10-06-2019 18:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  New York City is the biggest city in the US, and it has an equally massive housing market.
  The average rent in Manhattan is more than $3,000, and prices in the other boroughs aren't far behind.
  Here are nine surprising facts about New York housing that will make you glad you live somewhere else.
  Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories.New York City is the biggest city in the United States, and it has an equally massive real estate market.
  Across the city, rents are climbing to histori
  
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• Here's the pitch deck Careem used to secure its first round of venture capital, which led its first investors to a 100x return when Uber bought the company this year (UBER)

  10-06-2019 17:48 via feedproxy.google.com
  Uber in March announced plans to acquire Careem, a Dubai-based ride-hailing service operating in 14 Middle Eastern countries, in a $3.1 billion deal.
  Six years earlier, Careem's co-founders Mudassir Sheikha and Magnus Olsson raised $12.3 million in the company's first investment round.
  Business Insider has obtained that original pitch deck, which we're publishing in full, to show where those original backer's 100x return on their investment began.Uber has struggled to attain the same dominance i
  
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• The 15 biggest announcements from E3 2019 so far (MSFT, EA)

  10-06-2019 17:37 via feedproxy.google.com
  E3 2019, the biggest gaming show of the year, kicks off this week.Microsoft, Bethesda, and EA held their respective presentations over the weekend, announcing a ton of new games and even some new hardware to go with it.
  We rounded up the biggest announcements from E3 2019 so far, and we'll be continually updating this slideshow as the show continues through Thursday.
  Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories.E3 2019 is upon us.
  In the heart of Los Angeles, the biggest gaming companies
  
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• Stocks are popping on Trump's Mexico tariff suspension. But the market's still littered with major risks, experts warn.

  10-06-2019 17:36 via feedproxy.google.com
  Ongoing US-China trade tensions are still a major wildcard that investors have to grapple with, strategists and economists warn, even as markets respond positively to the Mexico tariff suspension.
  "Potent risks" surrounding trade talks around the G-20 summit later this month are still on the table, one strategist said Monday. 
  Visit Markets Insider's homepage for more stories.
  President Trump's announcement that his administration suspended tariffs on Mexican goods shouldn't be interpreted
  
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• Bosses like me have had the power to force employees to work overtime for free. It's time to remind Americans overtime pay is a fundamental right.

  10-06-2019 17:13 via feedproxy.google.com
  Nick Hanauer is a successful Seattle-based venture capitalist and progressive civic activist.In this opinion piece, he argues that American workers deserve an honest day's wage for an honest day's work  —  and says that once again, Washington state is leading the way.
  Back in the 1970s, the federal overtime threshold covered 65 percent of salaried workers. Today, after decades of erosion, only 7 percent of workers are covered.
  Employers have been exploiting free labor for so lon
  
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• Tilray spikes after extending the lock-up period with its largest shareholder (TLRY)

  10-06-2019 17:05 via feedproxy.google.com
  Tilray shares traded up as much as 18% Monday after the company announced a deal to extend the lock-up period with its main shareholder. 
  The deal establishes that Privateer Holdings, which owns 77% of Tilray's shares outstanding, will release shares to the public over a two-year period. 
  When the 180-day lock-up expired in January, shares of Tilray tanked. 
  Watch Tilray trade live.
  Shares of Tilray, the Canadian cannabis producer, were up as much as 18% Monday after the company a
  
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• FedEx ending its contract with Amazon for express deliveries in the US is good news for UPS, according to analysts

  10-06-2019 16:59 via feedproxy.google.com
  FedEx will not renew its contract with Amazon to provide expedited package deliveries for the online retailer in the US through its FedEx Express service.
  That's good news for UPS, the bank UBS said in a note to investors on Friday.
  FedEx appears to believe it will fare better with Amazon's e-commerce competitors, UBS said, calling it a good idea in the medium term.
  But FedEx will probably need time to find new customers to replace the Domestic Express business it received from Amazon, the bank
  
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• 8 unbelievable facts about Iran's economy

  10-06-2019 16:25 via feedproxy.google.com
  Iran's economy is in trouble following US sanctions in 2018.
  Experts predict a shrinking economy, ballooning inflation, and a significant budget deficit.
  Read on for eight surprising facts about Iran's economy.
  Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories.
  Iran's economy has had a turbulent decade.
  In 2016, Iran was on the rise economically, but since 2018, United States sanctions have sent the Middle Eastern nation in a downward spiral. The sanctions had previously been lifted under
  
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• Maximizing value: the impossible goal of in-house and external agencies

  10-06-2019 16:23 via warc.com
  Whether an agency is in-house or external, some challenges are common to both. Brian Kessman, founder of Lodestar Agency Consulting, has advice on how to tackle them.
  
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• AMD hits 13-year highs after Microsoft says it'll use its chips in the next Xbox (AMD)

  10-06-2019 16:22 via feedproxy.google.com
  AMD is trading at a 13-year high after Microsoft announced its new Xbox console will be powered by the chipmaker's graphics and computer chips.
  Shares gained more than 2% early Monday, and were closing in on their best level March 2006.
  Watch AMD trade live.
  AMD's stock price has hit levels not seen for 13 years. Shares of the chipmaker traded as high as $34.40 Monday, a stock price shareholders have not seen since March 2006. 
  At the Electronic Entertainment Expo held in Los Angeles, Micro
  
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• American Airlines cancels flights on Boeing's embattled 737 Max through September as the carrier's $350 million headache gets worse (AAL, BA)

  10-06-2019 16:02 via feedproxy.google.com
  American Airlines on Sunday said it was canceling 115 flights a day through September because of the grounding of the Boeing 737 Max plane.
  The Dallas-based carrier originally canceled flights on the embattled plane through August, saying it would take a $350 million financial hit. The 737 Max jets were involved in two deadly crashes months apart, which prompted authorities and airlines to ground the aircraft globally.
  Many airlines have begun to consider asking Boeing for compensation as their
  
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• WestJet taps power of 'PR stunts'

  10-06-2019 01:29 via warc.com
  WestJet, the air carrier, has enhanced a variety of important metrics through creating viral content that is based around a diverse range of “PR stunts”.Corey Evans, WestJet’s senior manager/content, discussed this subject at the...
  
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• The Obamas sign podcasting deal with Spotify

  10-06-2019 01:29 via warc.com
  Barack and Michelle Obama’s production company, Higher Ground, has formed a partnership with Spotify to produce exclusive podcasts for the Swedish audio-streaming platform’s global user base of hundreds of millions.The companies...
  
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• Radio ads need to 'come out swinging'

  10-06-2019 01:29 via warc.com
  Neuroscience tells us that people are in a more receptive frame of mind when listening to radio than watching TV, but radio ads still need to “come out swinging”, according to a specialist in this market.When people listen to audio,...
  
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• Mobile banking takes root in the UK

  10-06-2019 01:29 via warc.com
  Almost half (48%) of adults in the UK used mobile banking in 2018, up from 41% in the previous year, while 5.4 million consumers chose not to use cash at all, a new industry report has revealed.UK Finance, the trade association for the UK banking...
  
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• Lazada advances its live streaming strategy

  10-06-2019 01:29 via warc.com
  Lazada, the Southeast Asian e-commerce platform owned by Alibaba of China, aims to build on the success of its daily in-app live streaming activities in Malaysia, the Philippines and Thailand and roll out the tech to other markets in the region. ...
  
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• Global consumers spend 800 hours a year on mobile

  10-06-2019 01:29 via warc.com
  The amount of time spent by global consumers accessing the mobile internet has grown from 80 minutes a day in 2015 to 130 minutes a day in 2019, according to ROI agency Zenith.That equates to an average growth rate of 13% a year and means that...
  
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