Author: Stanley Bowers

The business models of the new digital economy To start the “New business models” program, Maricarmen tells how a barbecue with friends ended up leaving a job that made her happy and founding a hospitality and technology start-up with no experience in entrepreneurship, with someone who had just know. She explains what Casai’s differentiators are, what the company earns and spends on, as well as what challenges it has faced to grow. She also answers why she left a career for something that might seem uncertain and how to know that a person is ideal to be your partner. In…

However, this Wednesday the European General Court ruled in favor of the chipmaker, due to flaws in the case, specifically a series of procedural irregularities that affected Qualcomm’s defense rights and invalidated the Commission’s analysis of the imputed conduct. against the company. The court questioned the Commission, saying that while its conclusion was that the payments had reduced Apple’s incentives to switch to competing providers for LTE chipsets, in reality “Apple had no technical alternative to Qualcomm chips for the majority of their requirements during the period in question.” When the fine was issued, Vestager also said it was a…

As in many countries, it is the last age group that still does not have access to this immunization. In two votes, the 21 experts unanimously considered that the benefits of vaccinating this group outweigh the risks. Based on these favorable opinions, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), whose decisions are an international reference, could give its official authorization soon. After that, some 10 million doses would be sent immediately to the different regions of the country, which would be followed by millions more in the following weeks, the US government reported. Vaccination could begin the week of June…

Stocks were volatile after the announcement, before rallying after Fed Chairman Jerome Powell said at his news conference that a 50 basis point or 75 basis point hike was most likely at the next meeting in July, but did not expect 75-point gains to be common. “Once the Fed chief said there could be a similar 75 basis point hike at the next meeting, that’s when the market rallied,” said Sam Stovall, chief investment strategist at CFRA Research in New York. “It’s like a vote of confidence that it has finally figured out the problem of inflation and is willing…

A new arms race? After 35 years of decline, the number of nuclear weapons in the world will increase again in the next decade, according to a report by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) published on Monday, in a context of Russian atomic threat and tensions between the great powers At the beginning of 2022, the nine nations endowed with “the bomb” (Russia, the United States, the United Kingdom, France, China, India, Pakistan, Israel and North Korea) possessed 12,705 nuclear warheads, some 375 fewer than at the beginning of 2021 , according to SIPRI estimates. Since its all-time…

Today his work is focused on finding innovative ways to solve problems and build brands. But his voice and philosophy will also have a vote at Cannes Lions 2022, the highest advertising contest that rewards creativity on a global level, as he chairs the jury in the Digital Craft category. “The category description says it all: Let’s celebrate digital art through works of exceptional form and function. Digital Craft is one of the most visionary categories of the festival, as it represents the most innovative projects in digital production. Our goal is to curate a body of work that can…

The dollar had weakened against the euro earlier in the session following news of a surprise meeting of the European Central Bank, which some traders said was aimed at addressing risks of fragmentation of the eurosystem. The so-called fragmentation risk refers to the concern that the ECB’s monetary policy actions may affect the 19 nations that make up the euro zone in different ways, with some countries seeing a significant rise in their bond yields, decoupling. of the economic fundamentals. Following its emergency meeting, the ECB said on Wednesday it would bias reinvestment of maturing debt to help more indebted…

Kantar’s survey attempts to estimate the impact of branding on a company’s market value and its ability to generate sales. Apple garnered nearly 800 million subscribers in 2021 for services like entertainment and the cloud, and its movie “CODA” this year became the first film from a streaming service to win the Oscar for Best Picture. Still, its share price is down 25% so far in 2022.

Rolando Alamilla, research manager at The Ciu consultancy, comments that AT&T was the operator that detected this need early, for which it was the only operator that did not see its revenue per equipment affected. “Mexicans are using any amount of financing and AT&T has a strategy to lengthen the periods or give a cash payment and the rest you continue to finance and this gives the user flexibility and this is attracting them,” says Alamilla. Operators are trying to counteract this phenomenon with financing and promotions that encourage users to renew their equipment. “We discovered that users require more…