General Motors Co. is working overtime in the electric vehicle industry, saying it’ll beat out the top dog in EV sales, Tesla. The possibility of doing so seems impossible, though. After CEO and Chair, Mary Barra, told CNBC on Oct. 27, that it’s determined to beat...
By: Denny Jacob Twitter Inc. CEO Jack Dorsey has made it clear that the company is going to be much more aggressive these days. The company is betting that a significant portion of its user base is willing to pay for services and features that are being rolled out on...
Tesla is now selling car insurance in Texas, its new home state, two years after the automaker first launched the product in California. But the Lone Star State edition is different from its Golden State cousin in that its “shoot first, ask questions later” approach...
Beyond Meat’s new deal with fast-food giant McDonald’s could boost the plant-based meat company and help promote the entire industry. Earlier this month McDonald’s introduced its new plant-based burger developed with Beyond Meat in eight U.S. stores, one month after...
By Olivia Morley If its new video strategy works, Pinterest could be the best at marrying video with e-commerce, at scale. Until this year, Pinterest’s products lagged behind the competition. To compete with TikTok, social platforms from Instagram to YouTube had...
By Angel Adegbesan Uber’s decision to rent electric vehicles from Hertz rental company is all hype and investors were right not to buy into it. Uber announced last month that it will be renting about 50,000 electric Tesla vehicles to drivers. Uber’s stock...
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