Новости за 06.03.2018

Many young employees are frustrated when their first jobs land them in powerless positions at the bottom of the org chart. But how do you gain power when you have none? Informally—and companies are helping.

While the owner’s away...these inventive gadgets will keep your feline active and engaged all day, helping her blow off steam until you return home.

In the end, we singled out a winner and two runners-up in three brand categories, from classic low-end standbys to online disruptors.

A New York Times correction blames the popular software, but a liberal academic still isn’t satisfied.

Growing concerns about cybersecurity have made assessing cyber risk vital to deal strategy.

Tax cuts and economic growth are spurring a spending spree by U.S. companies on deal making as well as share buybacks. But with some deals being done at big earnings multiples, companies and their investors may find they haven’t spent wisely when the dust eventually settles.

Strong consumer spending during the holiday season boosted Target Corp.’s quarterly sales, and the retailer signaled it would continue to invest this year to remodel stores and expand its delivery services.

Target’s shares had started the year off in style, rallying 15% through Monday. With all the talk of consumer optimism and strong holiday sales, it seemed poised to build on those gains, but the stock lost some of its luster after its earnings miss.

Qualcomm just provided the recipe for companies trying to thwart foreign takeovers: Spend big, first on research and development, then on lawyers.

Florida state Senate votes against arming most classroom teachers, some in GOP unhappy with tariff changes, and what's wrong with American workers.

The story of a woman who founded a medical device company in part because she couldn't find a cure for her own pain. Hear how VuVaTech was launched...and what it does.

U.K. Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson pledged to consider fresh sanctions on Russia if police conclude Moscow was responsible for the suspected poisoning of a former Russian intelligence officer in England.

“Shark Week” and “Chopped” could soon be available as part of a new skinny bundle of channels in the U.S., following the merger of the networks’ parent companies.

Synthetic-identity fraud is one of the fastest growing forms of identity theft—and the hardest to spot and combat. Scammers use phony names and unused Social Security numbers to secure debt, a crime that exposes a vulnerability in the U.S.’s credit-checking system. “It seemed too easy.”

The deal for SheKnows Media’s network of female-focused sites and the BlogHer conference business is the latest acquisition for Penske Media, which recently bought a controlling stake in the owner of Rolling Stone.

United Parcel Service named Jim Barber as chief operating officer, giving the globe-trotting executive an inside track to eventually lead the package-delivery giant.

Daimler said it was interested in developing a closer relationship with China’s Geely automotive group, its largest shareholder, but said any cooperation needed the backing of Daimler’s current Chinese partner BAIC.

Musicians have long complained about the power of big record labels. Investors tempted to buy Spotify stock when it goes public later this month could end up sympathizing.

GM has hired a former executive for McDonald’s, Lexus and Chrysler to give its Cadillac brand a shot in the arm.

Watch a clip from the movie "The Death of Stalin," starring Steve Buscemi, Simon Russell Beale, and Jeffrey Tambor. Photo: IFC Films

The family of former Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi says his health is deteriorating in a Cairo prison and a British delegation wants to visit him there, raising a potential political flashpoint weeks before a sensitive presidential election later this month.

The U.S. trade balance may be much worse than it looks. The reason is the boom in U.S. energy production has dramatically reduced the need for oil imports in recent years.

China’s government has substantially increased spending on domestic security, official figures show, reflecting mounting concern about threats inside its borders as President Xi Jinping moves to acquire more power and reassert the authority of the Communist Party.

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin told lawmakers new tariffs on steel and aluminum wouldn’t apply to Canada and Mexico if the U.S. is able to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement.

In the end, we singled out a winner and two runners-up in three brand categories, from classic low-end standbys to online disruptors.