Stream of Reading (Prepare to be Forwarded) – An Archive of What I'm Reading
I can’t believe it’s been nine years since the Southwest Airlines slogan “Wanna Get Away” was last in play. Sure, they’ve had memorable campaign slogans since, such as “Bags fly free,” but in my mind, they’ve always been the “Wanna Get Away” airline. When they brought the line back from hiatus last week, it felt…
Sept. 13, 2016 8:00 a.m. ET Eyeo GmbH, the company behind the popular online ad blocking software Adblock Plus, said Tuesday it’s launching an online advertising service to help marketers place “acceptable” ads in front of users with ad blockers turned on. Eyeo has partnered with ad tech firm ComboTag to create an automated ad…
Samsung’s disastrously defective new Galaxy Note 7 has wiped about $25 billion off its market value, with its stock falling almost 11% in trading on Friday and Monday. It’s the worst two-day fall for the Korean electronics giant since 2008, according to Bloomberg data. The blown launch of the Note 7, Samsung’s would-be iPhone competitor,…
Shellanoo Group founder O.D. Kobo Shellanoo Group An amazing drama unfolded this week in Israel’s tech community after tech startup Shellanoo Group filed to go public in the Tel Aviv stock exchange. The tight-knit community, who knew the company’s work intimately was appalled at some of the claims made in the IPO documents, with one VC calling…
Shellanoo Group founder O.D. Kobo Shellanoo Group An amazing drama unfolded this week in Israel’s tech community after tech startup Shellanoo Group filed to go public in the Tel Aviv stock exchange. The tight-knit community, who knew the company’s work intimately was appalled at some of the claims made in the IPO documents, with one VC calling…
In a vote carried out on Friday night, Univision executives voted to remove six posts published by former Gawker Media properties that are involved in ongoing litigation. The vote took place just hours before the close of Univision’s purchase of Gawker Media’s assets, and was carried out under a provision in Gawker’s existing collective bargaining…
After weeks of virtual dormancy, a bona fide stock-market selloff took hold on Wall Street. Both the S&P 500 index SPX, -2.45% and the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -2.13% plunged below their 50-day moving averages, precipitated by a rout in equities and government bonds, like the 10-year Treasury note TMUBMUSD10Y, +4.91% on intensifying fears…
Enlarge / The Tesla Model S. cache hit 527:single/related:4f5b12bac369e16ac29b58d0bd49fb9e empty A state court has ruled that Tesla cannot issue itself a franchise to sell vehicles directly to consumers in Missouri, a blow to the electric carmaker that wanted to comport with the state’s franchise requirement without having to sell cars through an independent dealership. In…
Goldman Sachs has enacted a set of rules that bans the firm’s top employees from contributing to certain campaigns, including the Trump-Pence ticket. The rules kicked in Sept. 1 and will apply only to partners of the firm. The memo detailing the rule change was first reported by Politico. The firm says the rules were…