In its ongoing efforts to redefine popular beauty standards as part of its decade-long Real Beauty campaigns, Dove learned the hard way about the thin line that exists between positive social message and controversy. For a company that has so successfully promoted positive body image in the past, it must have come as a shock that an idea […]

Amazon is planning to debut a package-delivery service for businesses that’s designed to compete directly with FedEx and UPS, according to a new report. The Wall Street Journal’s Laura Stevens reported Friday that the e-commerce giant would roll out the service, called Shipping with Amazon, or SWA, in Los Angeles over the next few weeks. The service […]

Business jets are typically regarded as an indulgence of the global elite, but a just-unveiled entrant to the sector shows there’s more to the industry. Starling Jet is billed as the world’s first hybrid-electric business aircraft capable of vertical take-off and landing (like a helicopter). In addition to serving high-net worth individuals, the planes can be […]

 When you’re trying to build a name for your company, there is a multitude of tactics to create an appealing brand, reach out to your customers and build a reputation for yourself in your industry. Graphic artists will tell you about how a high-quality logo and beautiful website design are the keys to business growth, […]

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are opening higher Wednesday as trading stabilizes following three days of tumult. Industrial companies are rising and retailers and other consumer-focused companies are also up. European markets rose. After a slightly lower open, most stocks turned a higher within the first few minutes of trading, and winners outnumbered losers […]

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida – SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket, the most powerful launch system on Earth, roared into the sky on Tuesday afternoon atop a pillar of smoke. The rocket’s three reusable boosters lifted the vehicle skyward, sending Elon Musk’s personal Tesla Roadster on a journey toward Mars orbit. Musk, SpaceX’s founder, was worried that the experimental 23-story rocket might explode with the force of […]

As consumers, we like to think that we’re making a conscious decision when we buy from a certain brand, especially when it comes to something as personal as beauty products. But it turns out that 182 beauty companies fall under the massive umbrellas of seven huge manufacturers. Inspired by a similar graphic that shows all […]

In all of the political maneuvering of the past year, much of the media neglected a critical economic story: business and industry have at last begun to invest actively in new equipment and production facilities, something they had failed to do so far in this recovery. This turn will help buoy overall growth rates in […]

Here are five things in technology that happened this past week and how they affect your business. Did you miss them? 1 — Instagram now allows businesses to schedule their posts. This week, Instagram changed its product in a way that will please companies’ social media managers. It will now allow businesses on Instagram to schedule […]

Amazon’s cloud business has grown so quickly in the past decade that it’s now the fifth-largest business software provider in the world. Revenue at Amazon Web Services jumped 43 percent in 2017 to $17.5 billion, representing about one-tenth of Amazon’s total revenue, the company said this week. The only publicly-traded business software companies ahead of AWS […]