Changes in Cuba policy could adversely impact Trump's hotel competitors

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Okay, I get it, Trump is basking in his glory from scoring an early win on his promise to keep US jobs at home. He has talked Carrier into staying in Indiana rather than running off to Mexico for profit - which has earned him applause by locals. And some raised eyebrows from both libertarians and the business itself. The issue with such individual ( Read more... )

"Clinton is candidate for president, they're airing Tarzan in the theatres, and everyone's playing Pokemon. Welcome to 2001". That's the caption below a cartoon that's been circulating the webs lately. And all three of these statements are still valid today, in 2016. Just like 15 years ago, the Pokemons are again the latest fad - this time through ( Read more... )

If you have the chance to fly from an exotic place like Casablanca to a strange place like Mogadishu in war-torn Somalia for example, you would probably be on board the Turkish Airlines (they serve amazing food, by the way). The reason is that the company has 45 African destinations in its portfolio, which makes it the largest carrier on this ( Read more... )

I was reading through this and this the other day, as I was licking some wounds from having been pretty upset at the time with some really obnoxious customers that my colleagues and myself had been compelled to be dealing with for days. So I was thinking, I'm sure many of us who've directly worked face-to-face with customers at some point, must ( Read more... )

"Iran is a wonderful country with a fantastic resource base", the Shell CEO Ben van Beurden said last month at the Vienna negotiations. "As soon as there is legitimate opportunity, we will be looking at Iran". Another oil CEO, Patrick Pouyanne of Total was even shorter: "We love Iran".

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An article in Salon reveals what's really behind that weird presentation from hedge fund Starboard Value about how to "fix" Olive Garden.
( As is no surprise, considering it's a hedge fund, it's all about the Benjamins. )

Luck does have a sick sense of humor, doesn't it...


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A cartoon at the Chinese newspaper Global Times shows it all: a smiling Putin kneels, handing a bouquet of oil barrels to a panda. Far in the background, a Western businessman is grinding his teeth. Says it all, eh?

Or what about this one:


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