Larry Ellison takes on nemesis Bill Gates with TikTok bid
The red-blooded software tycoon may have zero experience running consumer-facing businesses, but he is eager to reinvent Oracle for the...
Day: August 19, 2020
Apple becomes first US company to hit $2 trillion value
Apple has become the first US company to become worth $2 trillion, a landmark moment in a stock market boom...
Mtn Dew encourages consumers to head outdoors with new sweepstakes
Dive Brief: PepsiCo's Mountain Dew brand debuted a new campaign and sweepstakes on Aug. 17 that calls on consumers to...
Good Humor enlists The RZA to address ice cream truck jingle’s problematic past
Dive Brief: Unilever's Good Humor ice cream bar brand hired music producer and co-founder of the Wu-Tang Clan, The RZA,...
Diageo to pay up to $610M to buy Ryan Reynolds-backed Aviation Gin
Dive Brief: Diageo will acquire Aviation American Gin and its parent company Davos Brands in a deal that could be...
Inflation rises to 1pc as pent-up demand pushes up prices
As a result inflation rose unexpectedly last month. Overall consumer prices rose by 1pc compared with July 2019, firmly below...
The A-levels omnishambles will hit the housing market too
At university I lived in a big house we dubbed "the pink palace". The jolly, bubblegum-coloured exterior gave way to typical...
Even more pain still to come for M&S
At £2.2bn, its market capitalisation is now smaller than that of furnishing specialist Dunelm or discounter B&M. M&S talks of...
The uphill battle facing Jaguar Land Rover’s new boss
However, streamlining the ranges to eliminate overlaps could help, along with Bolloré clearly differentiating the Land and Range Rover marques...
want a leader in insulation as the world goes green? Head to Co Cavan, Ireland
When we think of carbon emissions, images of gas-guzzling SUVs and airliners tend to pop into our minds. But four in...
