Protest over Chicago teen’s shooting ties up retail district – Countywide
An estimated 2000 protesters marched in the streets of Chicago’s famed Magnificent Mile on Black Friday, one of the busiest shopping days of the year. Van Dyke is facing first-degree murder charges because of the shooting. “The protesters did take over the street for sometime…
GOOG Stock: Google Is Cooking Up Something Big – Profit Confidential
Alphabet Inc’s (NASDAQ:GOOG) stock price has surged a solid 41% so far in 2015. This is particularly impressive, given how large a company Google is. Other than Google’s search engine business, Alphabet has quite a few things going for it. If things go well, the…
Lee Founders Weekend 2015 celebrates 20 years with expanded events – Berkshire Eagle (subscription)
LEE — A milestone, cemetery tour and an aerial drone fly-over highlight a revised and expanded Lee Founders Weekend this year. Festival Latino of the Berkshires celebrates its 20th anniversary as one of the premier events during the tradition three-day celebration in September to promote…
Hackers Remotely Kill a Jeep on the Highway—With Me in It | WIRED – Wired
I was driving 70 mph on the edge of downtown St. Louis when the exploit began to take hold. Though I hadn’t touched the dashboard, the vents in the Jeep Cherokee started blasting cold air at the maximum setting, chilling the sweat on my back…
Avis Budget Group Inc. : Avis Budget Group and Southwest Airlines Sign New … – The Wall Street Transcript
Avis Budget Group Inc. Tickers: CAR CAT WBC PCAR EMR TRN JBHT HUBG June 25, 2015 PARSIPPANY, N.J., June 25, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Avis Budget Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:CAR) today announced that it has entered into an expanded, new multi-year partnership marketing agreement with Southwest Airlines (NYSE:LUV) which will enable the Company…
Why One Auto-Dealer Believes in the Power of Pre-Roll Ads – AdAge.com
Drew Ament believes in the power of video pre-roll, those ads before YouTube videos, to sell vehicles. Pre-roll ads typically cost a fraction of other advertising, including a dealer favorite, paying for click-throughs on Google searches, said Mr. Ament, digital marketing manager at Sands Chevrolet…
TrueCar’s (TRUE) CEO Scott Painter on Q1 2015 Results – Earnings Call … – Seeking Alpha
TrueCar, Inc. (NASDAQ:TRUE) Q1 2015 Earnings Conference Call May 07, 2015 04:30 PM ET Executives Alison Sternberg – VP, IR Scott Painter – Founder and CEO John Krafcik – President Michael Guthrie – CFO Analysts Diana Kluger – JPMorgan Mark Mahaney – RBC Capital Markets…