pan

YouTube TV to gain 14 more ViacomCBS channels in expanded distribution deal

YouTube TV is expanding its lineup of channels thanks to a new, multi-year distribution agreement with ViacomCBS, announced this morning. The Google-owned streaming TV service is gaining 14 new ViacomCBS channels as a result of the deal, including news, sports, and entertainment offerings. It will also continue to carry CBS broadcast stations, CBS Sports Network, […]




pan

Adtech scores a pandemic pause from UK privacy oversight

The coronavirus is proving to have an unexpected upside for the adtech industry. The U.K.’s data protection agency has paused an investigation into the industry’s processing of internet users’ personal data, saying targeted suspension of privacy oversight is merited because of disruption to businesses as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The investigation into adtech […]




pan

Run on toilets leaves Japanese lavatory makers flush with orders

Producers overwhelmed as supply chain disruption fuels fears of shortages




pan

Australian companies head to stock market in biggest rush since ’09

Companies lean heavily on equity in effort to dent blow from coronavirus




pan

Enterprise companies find MLOps critical for reliability and performance

Machine learning ops focuses on the ML model and datasets, as opposed to code. Data engineers run MLOps, but it’s likely that the specialized role of MLOps engineer will come about soon.




pan

Box makes quick decision to add new collaboration capabilities in face of pandemic

When the shutdown began six weeks ago, the powers that be at Box sat down for a meeting to discuss the situation. They weren’t in the same room of course. They were like everyone else, separated by the virus, but they saw this as a key moment for Box as a company. They had been […]




pan

Townsquared Raises $5.3M To Expand A Nextdoor-Like Experience For Local Retail, Small Businesses

Even though Rohit Prakash was a dual MD and PhD researching optogenetics at Stanford University, his entrepreneurial itch kept returning him to his family’s small business roots. He and his co-founder Nipul Patel began researching the travails of small business owners, interviewing countless entrepreneurs, trying to figure out what their risks were or what caused […]




pan

Bucket, A Travel Planner That Automatically Creates Recommendation Lists, Expands Nationwide

Early Facebook employee and longtime travel aficionado Julia Lam began studying consumer travel habits over a year ago to see how people planned their vacations and business trips. What she found was that people were often using a mess of Chrome tabs and text files. So she started Bucket with former Facebook engineer John Sichi […]




pan

National action cannot fix a global pandemic

US, China and Europe must work together to defeat coronavirus




pan

Xi and Putin are the big losers from this pandemic

The relationship of unequals has seen both Beijing and Moscow wrongfooted by the crisis





pan

Companies ramp up orders for kit to protect workers

Manufacturers say they will struggle to provide equipment sought by business




pan

The real work of helping companies bounce back from coronavirus hasn’t even begun

Government loans a start but not the end; Pendragon takes a pop at Lookers; insurers and honey badgers




pan

Social network for women, Peanut, raises $12M Series A amid pandemic

Peanut, an app that began as a tool for finding new mom friends, has evolved into a social network now used by 1.6 million women to discuss a range of topics, from pregnancy and parenthood to marriage and menopause, and everything in between. On the heels of significant growth in online networking fueled by the […]




pan

JetBrains Academy for learning code launches for free during COVID-19 pandemic

During this pandemic, many organizations are offering free or drastically cheaper courses to help people skill-up for when we eventually get out of lock-down. There are numerous outlets if you want to learn to code from, for instance, Freecodecamp or the Free Fridays scheme from General Assembly. And for gamers, Gamedev.tv has taken 80% off […]




pan

Warburg to raise stake in Chinese car rental company

US private equity firm plans further share in group shaken by fallout from Luckin Coffee scandal




pan

Private-equity backed companies dominate lowest depths of junk

Two-thirds of companies with lowly ratings from Moody’s were bought by PE groups




pan

Can companies still afford to care about sustainability?

Will environmental and social initiatives survive Covid-19? Our specialists answered your questions




pan

Bain Capital makes $1bn bet on Japan’s nursing homes

Private equity bid for Nichii Gakkan could set a template for future management buyouts




pan

Companies’ supply chains vulnerable to coronavirus shocks

Shortages of components likely to be far worse than expected, warn experts




pan

Chinese carmakers move into Myanmar to battle Japanese rivals

Soueast Motor and GAC take advantage of rules favouring locally made vehicles




pan

Tesla ramps up solar tile roof installations in US, eyes China and Europe expansion

Tesla appears to be ramping up installations of its solar tile roofs in the San Francisco Bay area and will eventually roll out to Europe and China, according to CEO Elon Musk, who, in a series of tweets, provided the first substantial update since the company launched the third iteration of its product in October. […]




pan

Panasonic is ending its solar cell partnership with Tesla

Panasonic said it will stop producing solar cells and modules at Tesla’s factory in Buffalo, N.Y., ending a four-year joint venture with the electric automaker.  Nikkei Asian Review was the first to report that Panasonic planned to end its production agreement with Tesla . Panasonic has since issued an announcement to explain its decision. Tesla […]




pan

NASA and Planet expand imagery partnership to all NASA-funded Earth science research

NASA and Planet have deemed their pilot partnership a success, and the result is that NASA will extend its contract with Planet to provide the company’s satellite imagery of Earth to all research programs funded by the agency. NASA had signed an initial contract last April with Planet to provide Planet imagery to a team […]




pan

Is it better to be a private or public company right now?

Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. Every week we write this post with some opening line akin to wow, what a week, huh? This is yet another one of those weeks. Perhaps this is just life now, and every week will stretch before us, similar to […]





pan

JetBrains Academy for learning code launches for free during COVID-19 pandemic

During this pandemic, many organizations are offering free or drastically cheaper courses to help people skill-up for when we eventually get out of lock-down. There are numerous outlets if you want to learn to code from, for instance, Freecodecamp or the Free Fridays scheme from General Assembly. And for gamers, Gamedev.tv has taken 80% off […]




pan

WTO report looks at role of e-commerce during the COVID-19 pandemic

The WTO Secretariat has published a new information note looking at how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected e-commerce, including the implications for cross-border trade. It notes the increased use of e-commerce as consumers adapt to lockdowns and social distancing measures and draws attention to several challenges, such as the need to bridge the digital divide within and across countries.




pan

Despite pandemic, gaming is well-positioned to withstand recession

Efforts to slow the spread of COVID-19 have led to a global economic downturn, but the gaming industry is booming. With hundreds of millions of people sequestered in their homes, game usage has spiked. And while the economic repercussions will persist after people cease physical distancing, gaming is positioned to fare well during a recession. […]




pan

Groupon axes CEO and COO as company looks to mount a recovery during a crisis

While plenty of tech stocks have seen their market caps dive in the past month, Groupon has taken a harder hit than most. The company’s share price has dropped more than 70% in the past five weeks. The reckoning came for Groupon’s leadership today with both CEO Rich Williams and COO Steve Krenzer ousted. In […]




pan

Residential propane price decreases slightly

The average retail price for propane is $2.02 per gallon, down half a cent from last week's price, and down 41.5 cents from a year ago, based on the residential heating fuel survey by the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Propane prices in the Midwest region averaged $1.66 per gallon, down 1.1 cents from last week, and down 16.2 cents from a year ago.




pan

Residential propane price decreases slightly

The average retail price for propane is $2.01 per gallon, down 6-tenths of a cent from last week's price, and down 42.7 cents from a year ago, based on the residential heating fuel survey by the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Propane prices in the Midwest region averaged $1.64 per gallon, down 9-tenths of a cent from last week, and down 17.9 cents from a year ago.




pan

Residential propane price increases slightly

The average retail price for propane is $2.01 per gallon, up 4-tenths of a cent from last week's price, but down 41.9 cents from a year ago, based on the residential heating fuel survey by the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Propane prices in the Midwest region averaged $1.64 per gallon, down 4-tenths of a cent from last week, and down 17.9 cents from a year ago.




pan

Residential propane price decreases slightly

The average retail price for propane is $2.01 per gallon, down 4-tenths of a penny from last week's price, and down 42.1 cents from a year ago, based on the residential heating fuel survey by the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Propane prices in the Midwest region averaged $1.63 per gallon, down 7-tenths of a cent from last week, and down 18.4 cents from a year ago.




pan

Residential propane price decreases slightly

The average retail price for propane is $2.00 per gallon, down 8-tenths of a cent from last week's price, and down 43.2 cents from a year ago, based on the residential heating fuel survey by the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Propane prices in the Midwest region averaged $1.62 per gallon, down 1.1 cents from last week, and down 19.9 cents from a year ago.




pan

Residential propane price decreases slightly

The average retail price for propane is $1.99 per gallon, down 7-tenths of a cent from last week's price, and down 44.8 cents from a year ago, based on the residential heating fuel survey by the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Propane prices in the Midwest region averaged $1.61 per gallon, down 9-tenths of a cent from last week, and down 20.9 cents from a year ago.




pan

Residential propane price decreases slightly

The average retail price for propane is $1.99 per gallon, down 3-tenths of a cent from last week's price, and down 44.6 cents from a year ago, based on the residential heating fuel survey by the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Propane prices in the Midwest region averaged $1.61 per gallon, down 4-tenths of a cent from last week, and down 20.9 cents from a year ago.




pan

Residential propane price decreases slightly

The average retail price for propane is $1.98 per gallon, down 4-tenths of a cent from last week's price, and down 44.7 cents from a year ago, based on the residential heating fuel survey by the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Propane prices in the Midwest region averaged $1.61 per gallon, down half of a penny from last week, and down 21.2 cents from a year ago.




pan

Residential propane price decreases slightly

The average retail price for propane is $1.98 per gallon, down 4-tenths of a cent from last week's price, and down 45.3 cents from a year ago, based on the residential heating fuel survey by the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Propane prices in the Midwest region averaged $1.60 per gallon, down half of a cent from last week, and down 22.1 cents from a year ago.




pan

Residential propane price decreases

The average retail price for propane is $1.97 per gallon, down 1.1 cents from last week's price, and down 45.3 cents from a year ago, based on the residential heating fuel survey by the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Propane prices in the Midwest region averaged $1.59 per gallon, down 1.6 cents from last week, and down 22.3 cents from a year ago.




pan

Residential propane price decreases

The average retail price for propane is $1.96 per gallon, down half a cent from last week's price, and down 45.3 cents from a year ago, based on the residential heating fuel survey by the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Propane prices in the Midwest region averaged $1.57 per gallon, down 1.8 cents from last week, and down 23.6 cents from a year ago.




pan

Residential propane price decreases

The average retail price for propane is $1.94 per gallon, down 2.7 cents from last week's price, and down 47 and a half cents from a year ago, based on the residential heating fuel survey by the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Propane prices in the Midwest region averaged $1.54 per gallon, down 3.3 cents from last week, and down 26.2 cents from a year ago.




pan

Residential propane price decreases

The average retail price for propane is $1.91 per gallon, down 1.8 cents from last week’s price, and down 48.6 cents from a year ago, based on the residential heating fuel survey by the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Propane prices in the Midwest region averaged $1.51 per gallon, down 3.1 cents from last week, and down 27.4 cents from a year ago.




pan

Residential propane price decreases

The average retail price for propane is $1.87 per gallon, down 3.3 cents from last week’s price, based on the residential heating fuel survey by the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Propane prices in the Midwest region averaged $1.46 per gallon, down 4.4 cents from last week.




pan

Japanese corporations must look to ASEAN for growth - 21 Apr

The key to Japan's economic future lies in growing it's engagement with the countries on its doorstep, according to a PwC report released today.




pan

No Sacred Cows or Panaceas In Tax Reform - 29 May

The needs of all Australians - affordable housing, a secure job, a decent education for their children, a good health system and a comfortable retirement - will not be met if we don't achieve major tax reform.




pan

Asia Region Funds Passport reaches critical mass with Japanese sign-up - 14 Sep

PwC’s asset management leader, Ken Woo, said Japan’s commitment to creating a regional market for managed funds represents a ‘tipping point’ in terms of momentum for the initiative.




pan

Company Tax Cuts Help The Economy and Real Incomes Grow - 24 Nov

If the company tax rate was reduced from 30 to 25 per cent over the next five years gross domestic product (GDP) would grow $291 billion and income tax revenues would generate $4 billion up to the year 2025, PwC modelling released today shows.




pan

Cloudflare partners with JD to expand its network in China

Cloudflare today announced a new partnership with JD Cloud & AI that will see the company expand its network in Chinato an additional 150 data centers. Currently, Cloudflare is available in 17 data centers in mainland China, thanks to a long-standing partnership with Baidu, but this new deal is obviously significantly larger. CloudFlare’s original partnership […]




pan

IBM and Red Hat expand their telco, edge and AI enterprise offerings

At its Think Digital conference, IBM and Red Hat today announced a number of new services that all center around 5G edge and AI. The fact that the company is focusing on these two areas doesn’t come as a surprise, given that both edge and AI are two of the fastest-growing businesses in enterprise computing. […]