As controversy rages over the Trump administration's family separation tactic, a number of different government officials have contradicted one another in explaining what exactly is going on with migrant families at the border — and why.
BI PRIME: Blippar CEO Ambarish Mitra boasted of an acquisition offer from Snap in internal meetings just months before the company shut down its Mountain View, California, office.
BI PRIME: Antonio Lucio, who runs marketing at HP, said that disruption in the ad agency business is accelerating, and consulting firms like Deloitte and Accenture present a very real threat
These are the most innovative chief marketing officers in the world in 2018. The executives are leading the charge when it comes to connecting with consumers in an increasingly fragmented digital world.
BI PRIME: Kevin Caron, a senior portfolio manager at $2.5 billion Washington Crossing Advisors, explains how continued trade disagreement could plunge the market further into chaos. Major stock indexes were down more than 1% on Tuesday.
CoverGirl's Ukonwa Ojo explains the rationale behind the brand's biggest ever rebrand, why the mass makeup brand is going premium, and how the brand champions diversity on all fronts
American Airlines is reeling from the fallout after a computer glitch within their PSA regional carrier forced the cancellation of hundreds of flights on Monday and Tuesday out of Charlotte-Douglas International Airport.
President Donald Trump could be faced with new legal headaches on multiple fronts after the New York attorney general sued him, his three eldest children, and his charity for "a pattern of persistent illegal conduct" stretching more than a decade.
“It’s heartbreaking to see the images and hear the sounds of the kids," Apple CEO Tim Cook told the Irish Times. "Kids are the most vulnerable people in any society. I think that what’s happening is inhumane, it needs to stop."
BI PRIME: Goldman Sachs has added an investment banker from Moelis & Company to its consumer and retail investment banking practice. At Moelis she carved out a niche with high-growth health, wellness, and lifestyle brands, sourcing deals with companies like Flywheel and Barry's Bootcamp.
I first wrote about SmartAsset nearly six years ago, when it launched its first product, a tool allowing prospective homebuyers to analyze the rent vs. buy decision and to see what kind of home they could actually afford. According to co-founder and CEO Michael Carvin, “On the consumer side, …
Following its relaunch earlier this year as a podcast creation platform, Anchor today is bringing its suite of mobile podcasting tools to the iPad. Like its iPhone counterpart, the iPad version of Anchor lets you record, edit, then distribute your podcast anywhere, including iTunes and Google Play …
Hot on the heels of getting acquired for $2.7 billion by on-demand services startup Meituan-Dianping en route to its own $60 billion IPO, Chinese bike-sharing startup Mobike is ramping up its international push as companies like Uber, Lyft and other standalone bike-on-demand startups take their own…
The federal government is stepping in to end the use of an aftermarket product designed to let Tesla owners skirt a safety feature from the electric automaker’s semi-autonomous Autopilot system. The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration issued a ce…
Facebook wants to help connect brands to creators so they can work out sponsored content and product placement deals, even if it won’t be taking a cut. Confirming our scoop from May, Facebook today launched its Brand Collabs Manager. It’s a search engine that brands can use to browse di…
Back in March we covered the launch of Seraphim Capital’s new “Space Camp Accelerator”. This is the UK’s first dedicated accelerator programme for startups in the spacetech industry. Ther’s now selected the six companies in this first cohort. They come from from the US, Denmark and the UK. Th…
Verizon is cutting off access to its mobile customers' real-time locations to two third-party data brokers "to prevent misuse of that information going forward." The company announced the decision in a letter sent to Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR), who along with others helped reveal improper usage and p…
What does a startup do with $48 million? $130 million? $1.7 billion? This question – one integral in the whole ICO craze – hasn’t quite been answered yet but it’s going to be far more interesting as ICOs and cryptocurrencies transform from purely product-oriented companies i…
Engineer.ai has been up and running in private beta mode for two and a half years, totally boo-strapped by its founders. But today it launches with the claim to be the world’s first human-assisted AI for building custom digital products. It’s Builder platform claims to combine artificial intelligen…
YouTube’s live TV streaming service is getting a big addition, starting today. Starz is rolling out its 14 channels, including Starz, Starz Encore, and Starz Encore Westerns, to the Google-owned streaming service as an add-on that costs $9 per month. The network joins YouTube TV’s other…
EW picks this year's biggest contenders for the 2018 Emmy Awards. Nominations will be announced July 12.
