Новости за 15.05.2019

• Nearly a year after WarnerMedia was formed from the merger of AT&T and Time Warner, the media company's executive leadership team has taken shape.
• John Stankey, Bob Greenblatt, and Kevin Reilly are among the top executives leading key initiatives at the new WarnerMedia.
• WarnerMedia's power players took the stage at the company's first upfront presentation to advertisers on Wednesday.
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• After an internal email meant to resurface Google's data sharing policies sparked concerns from employees last week, an update was sent via the company's daily newsletter on Tuesday to clarify the tech giant's position. 
• The update — which was formatted as a Q&A with Google's Chief Legal Officer, Kent Walker — reiterated the reason for data access controls and tried putting to rest fears that collaboration across teams would be harmed. 
• But two current employees who... Читать дальше...

Ein britischer Taucher überlebte einen schrecklichen Unterwasser-Unfall. 2012 blieb er in der Nordsee für mehr als 30 Minuten ohne Sauerstoffversorgung zurück. 

• Adrian Shepherd is a British productivity consultant who's lived and worked in Japan for the past 24 years.
• Through his work, he's kept his own library full of books on what it takes to be successful. It started out as a collection of business and productivity books, but soon it had a wide range of genres.
• While many of his favorites are best-sellers, there are a few excellent books on success that have slipped through the cracks but are worth reading, including "Blue Mind" by Wallace J. Читать дальше...

• Facebook has had a tumultuous few years. 
• There have been bright spots, like the growth of Instagram, and big new initiatives, like its pivot to privacy. There have also been plenty of challenges, with calls to break the company up, and investors at one stage wondering if COO Sheryl Sandberg might leave the company. 
• Business Insider has covered all of the drama, and has pulled together all of our recent reporting on what's going on inside of Facebook below. You can read it all by subscribing to BI Prime. Читать дальше...

• Adam Neumann, 40, is the cofounder and CEO of WeWork, the global coworking space company valued at $47 billion.
• WeWork, under its umbrella the We Company, filed for an IPO last December. Analysts are concerned with last year's $1.8 billion in revenue compared to its $1.9 billion in losses.
• Neumann told Business Insider that WeWork is capable of being profitable, but is choosing to invest in rapid global expansion. He said that it is well-positioned for a potential economic downturn in the US... Читать дальше...

Nach dem Ende der Fusionsgespräche mit der Deutschen Bank verlangt der Aufsichtsrat der Commerzbank vom Vorstand Auskunft über den künftigen Kurs der Frankfurter Großbank. Wie das „Handelsblatt“ berichtet, soll es dazu am 21. Mai - einen Tag vor der Hauptversammlung - eine außerordentliche Hauptversammlung geben. Dabei solle der Vorstand ausführlich darlegen, warum er die Fusionsgespräche mit der Deutschen Bank beendet habe und welche strategischen Pläne er nun verfolge, schreibt das Blatt unter... Читать дальше...

• PagerDuty CEO Jennifer Tejada looked at 51 CEO roles before deciding to lead PagerDuty, a company that helps software developers team up to tackle software outages and other problems. 
• Earlier in April, PagerDuty went public in a very successful IPO, and it's now valued at nearly $4 billion.
• In PagerDuty's early days, investors passed on the idea of a company focused on developers, but many users have since told Tejada that they won't do their job without PagerDuty. Some... Читать дальше...

Prinz Mohammed Bin Salman Al Saud, bekannt als MBS, ist der zukünftige König von Saudi-Arabien.

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• The air-travel website AirHelp has released a ranking of 133 major airports across the world.
• The airports were evaluated on criteria like customer service, cleanliness, on-time performance, and the food and shopping options available to travelers.
• AirHelp selected airports that are the" best known and most used" for its rankings while leaving out airports for which data was unavailable. 
• Eight of the 10 airports that received the lowest scores are located in Europe. Читать дальше...

• Walmart is launching free, next-day delivery without using any of its 4,700 US stores.
• Instead, Walmart will fill next-day orders from its six US fulfillment centers.
• This is a cheaper and more efficient strategy than filling orders at stores, according to Walmart ecommerce CEO Marc Lore.
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Walmart is using a surprising strategy to execute on free, next-day shipping that doesn't involve any of its 4,700 US stores.

• Business Insider spoke to Lincoln president Joy Falotico about the brand's resurgence.
• She said Lincoln wasn't completely surprised by how successful its new Navigator SUV has been.
• She also said that electrified Lincolns are coming.
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Ford is in the middle of an $11-billion turnaround plan, led by CEO Jim Hackett, that looks to be gaining some traction after about two years. Since the beginning of the year... Читать дальше...

• Observant retail employees know how to identify potential shoplifters.
• Most stores have policies barring employees from directly confronting suspected thieves, but that doesn't mean that workers won't notice certain red flags.
• From clothing choices to a lack of eye contact, here's what employees said they immediately notice about customers.

Retail employees know that there's no one type of shoplifter.

• Change is difficult, but switching jobs is necessary for both personal and professional growth.
• You may be coasting at your current job, or getting underpaid, which is preventing you from being more successful.
• Here are seven tips from experts on why it may be a good idea to switch careers.
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Statistics have long suggested that working professionals will have up to seven careers in their lifetime.

Die von US-Präsident Donald Trump angekündigte Entscheidung über Strafzölle für Autos aus Europa wird Berichten zufolge um bis zu sechs Monate verschoben — vermutlich auch, weil Washington derzeit genug mit dem Handelskonflikt mit China zu tun hat. 

• Accenture Interactive's acquisition of Droga5 may be its last one for a while, according to Nikki Mendonça, global president of Accenture Interactive Operations. 
• The advertising wing of the consulting firm is focused on organizing itself after Droga5 and other acquisitions.
• Accenture is working on ways to help clients with broad business challenges.
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• VMware is buying Bitnami, a San Francisco-based startup that makes pre-packaged software apps. The price of the deal was not disclosed.
• The Bitnami founders said they decided to sell after realizing that they would have had to raise venture capital cash to keep growing — the company had only raised a scant $1.1 million in seed funding, and thought that going after more investment capital would be risky. 
• Buying Bitnami boosts VMware's pursuit of a multi-cloud strategy.
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• Pixeom offers software that allows corporations to run cloud services and applications in their own data centers.
• Its edge-computing service is also designed to help tech administrators more easily manage such centers remotely.
• The startup received early backing from Samsung and already has 25 Fortune 500 customers.
• It recently raised $15 million using the pitch deck below.
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• The US House of Representatives subcommittee on aviation grilled FAA and NTSB leaders on Wednesday.
• Lawmakers were unhappy with how long it took the US to ban the Boeing 737 Max aircraft from its airspace, after many other major countries had done so.
• Representatives also questioned the agency's practices for approval of new aircraft design, spurred by reports that Boeing had been allowed to play a major role in the plane's safety certification.
• "The FAA has a... Читать дальше...

• Plant-based meat alternatives are making inroads into the fast-food and casual-dining market.
• Impossible Foods announced it had raised $300 million in its latest funding round on Monday. Last week, Beyond Meat went public and saw its stock jump 163% on its first day of trading.
• Here are 10 major chains where you can buy plant-based meat versions of your fast-food favorites.

After two years of testing the waters, fast-food companies are finally ready to dive headfirst into the plant-based meat market... Читать дальше...

• Warner Bros. is considering pulling popular TV shows like "Seinfeld" and "Friends" from other streaming services like Netflix and Hulu as it readies its own rival streaming platform for later this year.
• Netflix is still introducing the 1990s sitcom, "Friends," to new, young viewers, data from Nielsen found.
• The media company will have to weigh the value of building the "Friends" brand through platforms like Netflix with the show's potential to attract people to its coming service. Читать дальше...

• Patrick Eggen led the early stage corporate venture fund at Qualcomm when he was introduced to Eric Yuan, founder and CEO of Zoom.
• Eggen and his team were hesitant to back Zoom because the company wasn't profitable and the round was tied to an $18 million valuation, Eggen told Business Insider.
• According to Eggen, Yuan's commitment to building the business and his efficient approach to fundraising convinced Eggen to invest just 48 hours after meeting at a local coffee shop. Читать дальше...

• The Trump administration plans to delay auto tariffs by up to six months, according to multiple news outlets.
• The reports sent shares of Ford, General Motors, Tesla, and Daimler higher on Wednesday.
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The Trump administration plans to delay its May 18 deadline for its auto-tariffs decision by up to six months, multiple news outlets reported on Wednesday, citing anonymous sources. The administration had weighed implementing... Читать дальше...

• Apple's retail stores are all over the world — the international brand ambassador for Apple products.
• In recent years, Apple stores have abandoned traditional structures like checkout counters and the iconic "Genius Bar" in favor of roaming employees equipped with iPads.
• On a recent visit to get a Mac computer repaired, I experienced firsthand just how messy and disorganized this approach can be. 
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