NBCU Gathering of Ad, Media Elite Raises Questions About Industry's Future
• wsj.com By Alexandra BruellExecutives discuss problems with commercial fatigue, ad measurement and reaching consumers across platforms--but few solutions emerge
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Inside Adidas' Robot-Powered, On-Demand Sneaker Factory
• wired.com by Anna WienerLast winter, the sportswear giant Adidas opened a pop-up store inside a Berlin shopping mall.
We Have Tripled The Number Of Store Closings From Last Year,
• Prison Planet.com by Michael SnyderAnd 20 Major Retailers Have Closed At Least 50 Stores In 2017
In The Past 50 Years, Americans Have Seldom Been 'More Confident' Than Today
• http://www.zerohedge.com, Tyler DurdenThe Conference Board's survey of Americans' Consumer Confidence surged to its highest since November 2000 in November, with both current and furture expectations spiking.
Mercedes Plans More Drone Deliveries After 100 Perfect Flights
• https://www.bloomberg.com, By Elisabeth BehrmannMercedes-Benz, conducting the biggest test using drones to ship everyday items like ground coffee and cellphones, said the mini aircraft completed 100 drop-offs to strategically placed vans in Zurich with a perfect safety record and more deliveries a
Mercedes Plans More Drone Deliveries After 100 Perfect Flights
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Poland to End Shopping on Sundays by 2020
• https://www.cnsnews.comIn a bow to its Christian culture and the government's desire for families to spend more time together, the Polish government has passed legislation that will end shopping on Sundays by 2020, reported the Catholic Herald on Nov. 27.
WeWork Is Buying Meetup Amid an Increasingly Disconnected World
• https://www.wired.comAs a company, Meetup has long embraced its position as a small, mission-driven operation. While other social software companies from the Web 2.0 era, such as Facebook and LinkedIn, focused on keeping their users on their sites for as long as possible
The Truth About Black Friday Chaos, And Everything Else You're Not Suppose To Know
• https://www.youtube.comIn this video, Luke Rudkowski of WeAreChange gives you the latest breaking news on black Friday chaos, the holiday season. What's happening in the business world with Jeff Bezos of Amazon, Uber, Jack Ma of Alibaba, bitcoin, defense contractors and mo
The Sugar Industry Blocked Research Linking Sucrose To Heart Disease...
• https://www.lewrockwell.comAnd Cancer From Publication 50 YEARS Ago, Damning Report Reveals...
South Korea's Largest Underground Mall Adds Bitcoin Payments to 620 Stores
• https://news.bitcoin.com/south-korea-underground-mThe largest underground shopping mall in South Korea, Goto Mall, has partnered with a local cryptocurrency exchange to enable its 620 stores to accept bitcoin. Spanning 880 meters long, about half a million people walk through the mall each day.
Former SEC Commissioner: Initial Coin Offerings "Open and Notorious Violation" of Law
• https://news.bitcoin.com"ICOs represent the most pervasive, open and notorious violation of federal securities laws since the Code of Hammurabi," an outraged former commissioner of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) told the New York Times in a recent intervie
Time Inc. Sells Itself to Meredith Corp., Backed by Koch Brothers
• https://www.nytimes.comA long chapter in media history came to an unlikely close on Sunday night with a sale agreement for Time Inc., the publisher of once-prestigious magazine titles including Time, Sports Illustrated and People.
Black Friday posts new single day record for gun checks at more than 200,000
• https://www.prisonplanet.com, USA TodayThe FBI was flooded Friday with more than 200,000 background check requests for gun purchases, setting a new single day record, the bureau reported Saturday.
Smartphone Sales and the Reported "Death of Black Friday"
• themaven.net by Mike Mish ShedlockOnline sales are up and store traffic is down according to some reports. The Street says it's the end of Black Friday.
Gunmaker Remington faces default as Americans buy fewer firearms
• philly.com by Joseph N. DiStefanoRemington Outdoor, the second-largest U.S. gunmaker has suffered a "rapid" and "sharp" deterioration in sales and a similar drop in profits since January, and faces "continued softness in consumer demand for firearms," credit analysts at
At least 16 companies developing Deep Learning chips
• nextbigfuture.com by brian wangThere are many established and startup companies developing deep learning chips.
As Black Friday nears, US stores get creative to battle e-commerce
• https://www.yahoo.com, John BIERSThe photo op with Santa Claus has long been a holiday mainstay for American children. But this year, shopping malls in several states are scheduling glamour shots for man's best friend.
These Are The 7 Companies Amazon May Purchase Next
• http://www.zerohedge.com, by Tyler DurdenOn Monday, a Morgan Stanley report that Amazon was contemplating "disrupting" the Healthcare Distribution sector slammed stocks in the industry, sending the sector sharply lower.
Goodbye Net Neutrality; Hello Competition
• fee.org by Jeffrey A. TuckerWe should take our deregulation where we can get it.
Durable Goods Orders Plunge 1.2% Largely on Aircraft Orders
• themaven.net, by Mike Mish ShedlockDurable Goods orders fell 1.2% led by aircraft down 18.6%. Autos orders rose 1.7% in a lingering hurricane effect.
What If The "Exuberance" Is "Irrational"?
• zerohedge.com by Tyler DurdenThen Hold On To Your Hats...
Volvo to supply Uber with up to 24,000 self-driving SUVs for taxi fleet
• latimes.com, Samantha Masunaga and Russ MitchellA fleet of self-driving Volvo vehicles operated by Uber Technologies Inc. could be ready for the road as early as 2019, marking the ride-hailing firm's biggest push yet to roll out autonomous cars.
How Many Uber and Lyft Drivers Will Lose Their Jobs? All of Them
• themaven.net by Mike Mish ShedlockUber will buy 24,000 autonymous Volvo cars in 2019-2021. Nearly every driving job will vanish, faster than most think.
U.S. sues to stop AT&T buying Time Warner, says would hike rates
• reuters.com, Diane Bartz, David ShepardsonThe U.S. Department of Justice sued AT&T Inc (T.N) on Monday to block its $85.4 billion acquisition of Time Warner Inc (TWX.N), saying the deal could raise prices for rivals and pay-TV subscribers while hampering the development of online video.
Making Sense Out of Tesla's Semi Truck Economics
• insideevs.com by George BowerDuring Tesla's semi truck unveiling they presented some pretty impressive economic numbers. I must admit that I was a bit overwhelmed and could not get the numbers to add up. Once understood the number DO make sense. Here's why.
Volvo to supply Uber with up to 24,000 self-driving SUVs for taxi fleet
• http://www.latimes.comA fleet of self-driving Volvo vehicles operated by Uber Technologies Inc. could be ready for the road as early as 2019, marking the ride-hailing firm's biggest push yet to roll out autonomous cars.
Exit Scam? Ethereum-based Confido Vanishes after Raising $374,000 ICO
• https://www.cryptocoinsnews.comEthereum-based startup Confido, a little-known project that recently raised $374,000 in an ICO from investors in exchange for CFD tokens, has seemingly vanished from the internet, as all its social media profiles and website have been taken down. Inv
Amazon Web Services unveiled a cloud computing region ...
• https://www.prisonplanet.comfor the CIA and other intelligence community agencies developed specifically to host secret classified data...
Why We Should Be FREAKED OUT About Amazon, Al Franken Investigates Self
• https://www.youtube.comIn this video, Luke Rudkowski of WeAreChange gives you the latest breaking news on the Al Franken KABC anchor scandal, Amazon along with Jeff Bezo's becoming the most powerful entities in the world, Twitter censorship of baked Alaska, important finan
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