UNITED STATES
Walmart steals PayPal’s CFO. PayPal chief financial officer John Rainey is stepping down from his role at the digital payments firm and starting June in the same role at Walmart, the world’s largest department store and discount retailer.
He bought the first tweet in history for US$2.9 million, auctioning it off and the best offer: US$6,800. That’s right, last year, an entrepreneur paid $2.9 million for the first post on Twitter. A post by Jack Dorsey that was offered for sale at auction in the form of an NFT.
HP remembers its worker #8 and celebrates her 102nd birthday. Through LinkedIn, HP celebrated the 102nd birthday of its employee number 8. With this, it recognizes the value of human capital.
Microsoft will open the door to advertising in free Xbox games. In free games like Fortnite, Call Of Duty: Warzone Pacific, Apex Legends, Microsoft will open the door to advertising.
Starbucks CEO to employees: “We are going to make promises that we will keep”. Howard Schultz posted a video addressed to all the company’s workers: he told them that the days of “false promises” were over.
ITALY
Bahrain fund wants to buy AC Milan: US$1 billion. Asset manager Bahrain Investcorp is in talks to buy AC Milan, the Italian Serie A club.
SPAIN
Burger King and a campaign “that insults Catholics” generates controversy. Burger King’s campaign in Seville, Spain, is unleashing all kinds of comments on social networks. “They make fun of everything!” some say. Others assure that it is creative and that it links the two concepts in an excellent way.