Daily Business Headstart

Trump Reconsiders the TPP, Santander's Blockchain-Based Foreign Exchange, Zillow Looks to Buy and Sell Homes, plus a few more stories for April 13th, 2018

April 13, 2018 07:40 - 3 minutes - 5.86 MB

Here’s your Headstart on the latest business headlines for Friday April 13th, 2018. Coming up: Trump Reconsiders Joining the TPP Sanofi to invest 350 million Euros in Canadian vaccine facility Santander Rolls Out Blockchain Technology to Build a Foreign Exchange GoPro Sees Potential Acquisition Interest Zillow Looks to Buy and Sell Homes We’ll have all of these stories and more in the next 7-minutes or less. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Contact Lenses that Shade in the Sun, Spotify and Hulu Partner on a Bundle, Uber Launches a Car Rental Service, plus a few more stories for April 12th, 2018

April 12, 2018 07:25 - 3 minutes - 6.45 MB

Here’s your Headstart on the latest business headlines for Thursday April 12th, 2018. Coming up: The FDA clears the first contact lens with light-adaptive technology WeWork Reportedly Plans to Acquire a Chinese Co-working Firm Spotify and Hulu Partner on an Entertainment Offering Subscription Billing and Analytics Company, Zuora Prices its IPO Uber Launches a Car Rental Service We’ll have all of these stories and more in the next 7-minutes or less. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/priv...

Puerto Rico Receives $18.5 Billion, Bank of America Parts Ways With Assault-Style Gun Manufacturers, Twitter Endorses the Honest Ads Act, plus a few more stories for April 11, 2018

April 11, 2018 08:23 - 4 minutes - 7.72 MB

Here’s your Headstart on the latest business headlines for Wednesday April 11th, 2018. Coming up: Puerto Rico Receives an $18.5 Billion Grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Ant Financial Looks to Raise $9 Billion China Plans to Expand Foreigner Access to its Banking and Financial Services Sector Krogers Looks to Hire 11,000 Employees Walmart Partners with Postmates to Offer Grocery Delivery Bank of America Discontinues Financing for Military-Style Gun Manufa...

Nike Acquires Invertex, Kinder Morgan's Trans Mountain Pipeline, Instagram's Nametags Feature, plus a few more stories for April 10th, 2018

April 10, 2018 07:00 - 4 minutes - 7.85 MB

Here’s your Headstart on the latest business headlines for Tuesday April 10th, 2018. Coming up: NIKE Acquires Invertex, a Computer Vision Firm Verifone to be Acquired for $3.4 Billion The US Justice Department Gives the Bayer and Monsanto Deal a Green Light The Canadian Federal Government Could Potentially Invest in the Trans Mountain Pipeline Paypal is Slowly Making Moves Towards Traditional Banking Uber Acquires a Bike-Sharing Company Instagram is Testing a Nametags Feature Which is...

Novartis and AveXis, Deutsche Bank's New CEO, Adidas New Digital Strategy, plus a few more stories for April 9th, 2018

April 09, 2018 07:42 - 6 minutes - 11.5 MB

Here’s your Headstart on the latest business headlines for Monday April 9th, 2018. Coming up: Novartis enters in an agreement to acquire AveXis for $8.7 Billion Deutsche Bank Appoints a New CEO PayPal Expands to Kenya American Airlines Purchases 47 New 787 Boeing Jets Coinbase Looks to Potentially Become a Regulated Exchange Comcast Partners with the Chicago Cubs in a Multi-year Deal Amazon Looks to Potentially Offer Person-to-Person Payments Walmart Rolls Out eCommerce Vending Machi...

President Trump Proposes $100 Billion in Additional Chinese Tariffs, IBM Joins Forces with a Blockchain Non-Profit, Softbank Acquires a Stake in a Lithium Mining Company, plus a few more stories for April 6th, 2018

April 06, 2018 07:00 - 4 minutes - 8.85 MB

Here's your Headstart on the latest business headlines for Friday April 6th, 2018. Coming up: Dow Futures Drop After President Trump Proposes $100 Billion in Additional Tariffs IBM Looks to Build a Global Decentralized Identity System Japan’s Softbank Acquires 9.9% of a Canadian Lithium Mining Company We'll have all of these stories and more in the next 7-minutes or less. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Anbang Insurance Group Gets $9.7 Billion, JM Smucker Buys a Pet Food Company, an Autonomous Weapons University Lab, plus a few more stories for April 5th, 2018

April 05, 2018 07:29 - 6 minutes - 11 MB

Here’s your Headstart for the latest business headlines for Thursday April 5th, 2018. Coming up: The Anbang Insurance Group Gets a $9.7 Billion Capital Infusion JM Smucker Acquires a Pet Food Company South Korea’s Top University Receives Backlash on its Artificial Intelligence Weapons Lab We’ll have all of these stories and more in the next 7-minutes or less. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

U.S. Plans More Tariffs, Booz Allen is Awarded a $179 Million Contract, Snapchat Looks to Saudi Arabia, plus a few more stories for April 4th, 2018

April 04, 2018 07:00 - 4 minutes - 8.85 MB

Here’s your Headstart on the latest business headlines for Wednesday April 4th, 2018. Coming up: The US Plans to Impose 1,300 Tariffs on Chinese Products Booz Allen is Awarded a $179 Million Contract to Support the U.S. Navy Snapchat Looks to Open an Office in Saudi Arabia We’ll have all of these stories and more in the next 7-minutes or less. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Walmart and PillPack, Spotify and the NYSE, ESPN+ Live Streaming, plus a few more stories for April 3rd, 2018

April 03, 2018 07:00 - 3 minutes - 6.72 MB

Here’s your Headstart on the latest business headlines for Tuesday April 3rd, 2018. Coming up: Walmart Looks to Acquire a Pharmacy Company Spotify Debuts on the New York Stock Exchange Today ESPN Rolls Out its Direct-to-Consumer Streaming Service We’ll have all of these stories and more in the next 7-minutes or less. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

China Imposes Tariffs, Uber Cuts Package Delivery, New Facebook Ad Targeting Rules, plus a few more stories for April 2nd, 2018

April 02, 2018 07:00 - 3 minutes - 6.22 MB

Here’s your Headstart on the latest business headlines for Monday April 2nd, 2018. Coming up: China’s Response to the U.S. Metals Tariffs Goes into Effect Today Uber’s On-Demand Package Delivery Service Shuts Down Facebook Plans to Crackdown on Ad Targeting We’ll have all of these stories and more in the next 7-minutes or less. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

U.S. Visa and Social Media, Under Armour and Data, Walmart and Healthcare, plus a few more stories for March 30th, 2018

March 30, 2018 07:00 - 6 minutes - 11.5 MB

Here's your Headstart on the latest business headlines for Good Friday March 30th, 2018. Coming up: US Visa Applicants May Need to Submit Their Social Media Usernames Under Armour Faces a Data Breach Walmart Looks to Potentially Acquire a Health Insurance Company We'll have all of these stories and more in the next 7-minutes or less. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nike and the NFL, Airbnb and China, Docusign Plans an IPO, plus a few more stories for March 29th, 2018

March 29, 2018 07:00 - 5 minutes - 9.39 MB

Here’s your Headstart on the latest business headlines for Thursday, March 29th, 2018. Coming up: Nike Extends its Partnership with the NFL Airbnb Will Provide Chinese Authorities with Guest Information Docusign Prepares for a $100 Million IPO We’ll have all of these stories and more in the next 7-minutes or less. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Cushman & Wakefield Plan an IPO, Jaguar Partners with Waymo, Facebook's Smart Home Products, plus a few more stories for March 28th, 2018

March 28, 2018 07:34 - 6 minutes - 11.7 MB

Here’s your Headstart on the latest business headlines for Wednesday March 28th, 2018. Coming up: Global Commercial Brokerage, Cushman & Wakefield Plan to Move Forward with an IPO Jaguar and Google’s Autonomous Vehicle Company, Waymo, Partner to Roll Out a Self-Driving Car Facebook Plans to Delay the Launch of its Rumored Smart Home Products We’ll have all of these stories and more in the next 7-minutes or less. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Finish Line Merges with UK Retailer JD Sports Fashion, Uber is Ordered to Suspend Autonomous Car Testing in Arizona, Foxconn’s Subsidiary Plans to Acquire Belkin, plus a few more stories for March 27, 2018

March 27, 2018 07:00 - 6 minutes - 5.88 MB

Here’s your Headstart on the latest business headlines for Tuesday March 27th, 2018. Coming up: The Finish Line, Inc. Merges with UK Retailer JD Sports Fashion Plc Uber is Ordered to Suspend Autonomous Car Testing in Arizona Foxconn’s Subsidiary Plans to Acquire Belkin We’ll have all of these stories and more in the next 7-minutes or less. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Uber Shrinks its Footprint in Southeast Asia, Aldi and Lidl Continue its UK Expansion, Citigroup Invests in Digital Banking, and more stories for March 26, 2018

March 26, 2018 07:00 - 5 minutes - 4.77 MB

Here’s your Headstart on the latest business headlines for Monday March 26th, 2018. Coming up: Uber Shrinks its Footprint in Southeast Asia German Grocers Aldi and Lidl Continue it UK Expansion Citigroup Looks to Become a Digital Banking Leader We’ll have all of these stories and more in the next 7-minutes or less. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nike Acquires a Data Firm, GoPro Partners with Jabil, and Cars.com Announces a $200 Million Share Repurchase Program, plus a few more stories for March 23rd, 2018

March 23, 2018 07:24 - 4 minutes - 4.29 MB

Here’s your Headstart on the latest business headlines for Friday March 23rd, 2018. Coming up: Nike Acquires a Data Firm GoPro Partners with Jabil a Global Manufacturing Services Company Cars.com Announces a $200 Million Share Repurchase Program Plus, the Dropbox IPO Debuts Today We’ll have all of these stories and more in the next 7-minutes or less. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Albertsons, Launches a Marketplace for New Brands, The EU Proposes a New Tax on Tech Giants, Youtube Looks to Increase Ads on Music Videos, plus a few more stories for March 22nd, 2018

March 22, 2018 07:43 - 4 minutes - 4.38 MB

Here’s your Headstart on the latest business headlines for Thursday March 22nd, 2018. Coming up: Grocery Retailer, Albertsons, Launches a Marketplace for New Brands The EU Proposes a New Tax on Tech Giants Youtube Looks to Increase Ads on Music Videos We’ll have all of these stories and more in the next 7-minutes or less. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Walmart Plans to Add 500 FedEx Locations in its US-based Stores, Exxon Mobil Looks to Building a New Gulf Coast Plastics Plant, Instagram Expands its Shopping Feature to 8 Countries, plus a few more stories for March 21st, 2018

March 21, 2018 07:23 - 5 minutes - 4.81 MB

Here’s your Headstart on the latest business headlines for Wednesday March 21st, 2018. Coming up: Walmart Plans to Add 500 FedEx Locations in its US-based Stores Exxon Mobil Looks to Building a New Gulf Coast Plastics Plant Instagram Expands its Shopping Feature to 8 Countries We’ll have all of these stories and more in the next 7-minutes or less. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Macy’s Will Roll Out Mobile Checkout and Augmented Reality in its Stores, UPS Makes a Big Push to Electric Vehicles, Amazon May Look to Possibly Purchase a Select Number of Toys R Us Locations, plus a few more stories for March 20th, 2018

March 20, 2018 08:41 - 4 minutes - 4.88 MB

Here’s your Headstart on the latest business headlines for Tuesday March 20th, 2018. Coming up: Macy’s Will Roll Out Mobile Checkout and Augmented Reality in its Stores UPS Makes a Big Push to Electric Vehicles Amazon May Look to Possibly Purchase a Select Number of Toys R Us Locations We’ll have all of these stories and more in the next 7-minutes or less. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Apple is Said to be Mass Producing its Next Generation of MicroLED Screens, Coca-Cola Plans to Use Blockchain Technology, and L’Oreal Acquires an Artificial Intelligence Company, plus a few more stories for March 19th 2018

March 19, 2018 07:00 - 5 minutes - 5.29 MB

Here’s your Headstart on the latest business headlines for Monday March 19th, 2018. Coming up: Apple is Said to be Mass Producing its Next Generation of MicroLED Screens Coca-Cola Plans to Use Blockchain Technology L’Oreal Acquires an Artificial Intelligence Company We’ll have all of these stories and more in the next 7-minutes or less. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Unilever Plans to Move its Headquarters from the United Kingdom to the Netherlands, Uber and Toyota Discuss Plans for Self-Driving Technology, and iHeartMedia Files for Bankruptcy, plus a few more stories for March 16th, 2018

March 16, 2018 07:00 - 7 minutes - 6.49 MB

Here’s your Headstart on the latest business headlines for Friday March 16th, 2018. Coming up: Unilever Plans to Move its Headquarters from the United Kingdom to the Netherlands Uber and Toyota Discuss Plans for Self-Driving Technology iHeartMedia Files for Bankruptcy We’ll have all of these stories and more in the next 7-minutes or less. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Walmart Expands its Grocery Delivery Service, Spotify Experiments with Voice, Lyft Partners with Magna to Develop Autonomous Vehicles, plus a few more stories for March 15th, 2018

March 15, 2018 07:10 - 3 minutes - 3.59 MB

Here’s your Headstart on the latest business headlines for Thursday, March 15th, 2018. Coming up: Walmart Expands its Grocery Delivery Service Spotify Experiments with Voice Lyft Partners with Magna to Develop Autonomous Vehicles We’ll have all of these stories and more in the next 7-minutes or less. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

GM Plans to Roll Out a Car-Sharing Service, WeWork Plans to Expand its Flatiron Coding School to London, Google Rolls Out a Free Hotspot Network in Mexico, plus a few more stories for March 14, 2018

March 14, 2018 07:00 - 3 minutes - 3.41 MB

Here’s your Headstart on the latest business headlines for Wednesday March 14th, 2018. Coming up: General Motors Plans to Roll Out a Car-Sharing Service WeWork Plans to Expand its Flatiron Coding School to London Google Rolls Out a Free Hotspot Network in Mexico We’ll have all of these stories and more in the next 7-minutes or less. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Apple Acquires Texture, a Digital Magazine Subscription App, UberEats Plans to Launch in 100 More Cities, Avis Budget Partners with Toyota, plus a few more stories for March 13, 2018

March 13, 2018 07:46 - 5 minutes - 4.79 MB

Here’s your Headstart on the latest business headlines for Tuesday March 13th, 2018. Coming up: Apple Acquires Texture, a Digital Magazine Subscription App Ubereats Plans to Launch in 100 More Cities Avis Budget Partners with Toyota We’ll have all of these stories and more in the next 7-minutes or less. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

GoPro Struggles to Find a Buyer, Facebook Partners with the Major Baseball League, Salesforce and Dropbox Strengthen their Partnership, plus a few more stories for March 12th, 2018

March 12, 2018 07:00 - 3 minutes - 2.88 MB

Here’s your Headstart on the latest business headlines for Monday March 12th, 2018. Coming up: GoPro Struggles to Find a Buyer, According to the New York Post Facebook Partners with the Major Baseball League Salesforce and Dropbox Strengthen their Partnership We’ll have all these stories and more in the next 7-minutes or less. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Toys R Us Plans to Liquidate Online Publisher, Bustle Plans UK Expansions, Amazon’s VP of Voice Shopping Heads to Uber, plus a few more stories for March 9th, 2018

March 09, 2018 08:00 - 5 minutes - 5.49 MB

Here’s your Headstart on the latest business headlines for for Friday March 9th, 2018. Coming up: Toys R Us Plans to Liquidate Online Publisher, Bustle Plans UK Expansions Amazon’s Vice President of Voice Shopping Heads to Uber We’ll have all these stories and more in the next 7-minutes or less. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Coca-Cola Launches an Alcoholic Beverage, Netflix Forecasts $15 Billion in Subscriber Revenue, Amazon Provides Discounts on its Prime Membership for Medicaid Recipients, plus a few more stories for March 8th, 2018

March 08, 2018 08:00 - 5 minutes - 5.45 MB

Here's your Headstart for Thursday March 8th, 2018. Coming up: Coca-Cola Launches an Alcoholic Beverage Netflix Forecasts $15 Billion in Subscriber Revenue Amazon Provides Discounts on its Prime Membership for Medicaid Recipients We'll have all of these stories and more in the next 7-minutes or less. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

McDonald’s Plans to Rollout Fresh Beef Patties, Wholefoods Expands its Delivery Service, Uber’s Self Driving Fleet Expands to Arizona, plus a few more stories for March 7th, 2018

March 07, 2018 08:42 - 4 minutes - 4.49 MB

Here’s your Headstart on the latest business headlines for Wednesday March 7th, 2018. Coming up: McDonald’s Plans to Rollout Fresh Beef Patties Wholefoods Expands its Delivery Service Uber’s Self Driving Fleet Expands to Arizona We’ll have all these stories and more in the next 7-minutes or less. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Walmart Launches a Prepared Meal Offering, Amazon Gets into Banking, Lyft Makes Moves into Healthcare, plus a few more stories for March 6th, 2018

March 06, 2018 08:00 - 4 minutes - 4.43 MB

Today’s Tuesday March 6th, 2018 and here’s your HEADSTART on the latest business headlines. Coming up: Walmart Launches a Prepared Meal Offering Amazon Gets into Banking Lyft Makes Moves into Healthcare We’ll have all these stories and more in the next 7-minutes or less. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Amazon Plans to Launch Grocery Delivery Service in France, Buzzfeed Plans to Sell Kitchen Tools, Porsche May Build a Flying Taxi in 2019, plus a few more stories for March 5th, 2018

March 05, 2018 08:00 - 4 minutes - 4.56 MB

Today’s Monday March 5th, 2018 and here’s your HEADSTART on the latest business headlines. Coming up: Amazon Plans to Launch Grocery Delivery Service in France Buzzfeed Plans to Sell Kitchen Tools Porsche May Build a Flying Taxi in 2019 We’ll have all these stories and more in the next 7-minutes or less. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

AirAsia Plans to Sell Up to 182 AirBus Jets for $1.2 Billion, Uber’s Co-Founder is Planning to Launch a New Cryptocurrency, Google Launches a Slack Competitor, plus a few more stories for March 2nd, 2018

March 02, 2018 08:18 - 3 minutes - 3.56 MB

Today’s Friday March 2nd, 2018 and here’s your Headstart on the latest business headlines. Coming up: AirAsia Plans to Sell Up to 182 AirBus Jets for $1.2 Billion Uber’s Co-Founder is Planning to Launch a New Cryptocurrency Google Launches a Slack Competitor We’ll have all of these stories and more in the next 7-minutes or less. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Best Buy Plans to Shut Down 250 Mobile Phone Stores, Pizza Hut Becomes the NFL’s New Pizza Sponsor, and Microsoft Pushes into Healthcare, plus a few more stories for March 1, 2018

March 01, 2018 09:26 - 6 minutes - 5.61 MB

Best Buy Plans to Shut Down 250 Mobile Phone Stores https://www.reuters.com/article/us-best-buy-stores/best-buy-plans-to-shut-250-small-u-s-mobile-phone-stores-idUSKCN1GC3D2?il=0 Best Buy is shutting down 250 mobile phone stores in a turnaround to close underperforming locations. Canadian stores are not affected by the closures. Lowes and Sherwin-Williams Expands Their Partnership https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/lowes-to-expand-sherwin-williams-partnership-300605544.html Lowes ...

Sam’s Club Partners with Instacart to Offer Delivery, Bank of America Plans to Open 500 Branches, and WeWork Forecasts a $2.3 Billion Revenue Run Rate, plus a few more stories for February 28th, 2018

February 28, 2018 08:32 - 5 minutes - 5.42 MB

Today’s Wednesday February 28th, 2018 and here’s your HEADSTART on the latest business headlines. Coming up: - Sam’s Club Partners with Instacart to Offer Delivery - Bank of America Plans to Open 500 Branches - WeWork Forecasts a $2.3 Billion Revenue Run Rate We’ll have all of these stories and more in the next 7-minutes or less. Sam’s Club Partners with Instacart to Offer Same-Day Delivery https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180226006722/en/ Sam’s Club members in Austin, Dallas...

Introducing Headstart

February 22, 2018 22:54 - 1 minute - 1.07 MB

A daily jolt of the latest business headlines to supercharge your morning. It’s your new daily resource on the important things happening in technology, media, retail, fintech, and a few other industries - all bite-sized in 7-minutes or less. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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