Facebook Acquires Kustomer for $1 Billion: The Customer-service Platforms Specialist

DUBLIN, Dec. 4, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — ResearchAndMarkets.com published a new article on the Social Media industry “Facebook Acquires Kustomer for $1 Billion: The Customer-service Platforms Specialist” Facebook announced on Monday they were acquiring Kustomer, a startup company that specialises in customer-service platforms. The Wall Street Journal reported that the deal was for just over $1 … Read more

United Adopts Tax Benefits Preservation Plan To Protect Valuable Tax Assets

CHICAGO, Dec. 4, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — United Airlines Holdings, Inc. (“UAL” and, together with its consolidated subsidiaries, the “Company”) today announced that its Board of Directors has unanimously adopted a tax benefits preservation plan (the Plan) to preserve and protect the Company’s ability to use its large net operating loss carryforwards (NOLs) and other tax … Read more

Report: New York Ranks #5 in Nation for Economic Impact from Video Game Industry With $2.07 Billion Annual Output

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Video games have a presence in New York that extends well beyond those who play them. Indeed, the Empire State is one of the largest contributors to economic output and employment for the video game industry. A new study from the Entertainment Software Association (ESA) shows the video game industry in New … Read more

Report: Texas Ranks #3 in Nation for Economic Impact from Video Game Industry With $4.15 Billion Annual Output

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — The video game industry has a Texas-sized impact on the Lone Star State’s economy. A new study from the Entertainment Software Association (ESA) shows the video game industry in Texas generates $4.15 billion in annual economic output, either through direct industry output ($1.8 billion) or via other participants in the video … Read more

Report: California Ranks #1 in Nation for Economic Impact from Video Game Industry With $51.8 Billion Annual Output

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — No state compares to California with respect to the impact of the U.S. video games on its economy. A new study from the Entertainment Software Association (ESA) shows the video game industry in California generates $51.8 billion in annual economic output, either through direct industry output ($22.5 billion) or via other participants … Read more

Global Rainwater Harvesting Systems Industry (2020 to 2027) – Market Trends and Drivers

DUBLIN, Dec. 3, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — The “Rainwater Harvesting Systems – Global Market Trajectory & Analytics” report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com’s offering. The publisher brings years of research experience to the 6th edition of this report. The 126-page report presents concise insights into how the pandemic has impacted production and the buy side for … Read more

Read all the emails and messages that the CEOs of Salesforce and Slack sent to their employees about their $27.7 billion tie-up

Slack CEO Stewart Butterfield and Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff Noah Berger/AFP via Getty Images, Kimberly White/Getty Images for Fortune Read all the messages that the CEOs of Salesforce and Slack sent their employees about their $27.7 billion tie-up Salesforce announced Tuesday that it’s acquiring workplace chat app Slack for a whopping $27.7 billion in its … Read more

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella suggests that LinkedIn Stories could be a new way for the tech titan to reach the ‘younger population’

FILE PHOTO: Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella addresses a news conference in Berlin Reuters Microsoft is exploring new ways to engage a younger audience on LinkedIn, including through the recent launch of LinkedIn Stories, similar to the disappearing photo and video format popular on Snapchat and Instagram. “As population ages, we do need to make sure … Read more

RateGenius Study Reveals How Some Generations Benefit More Than Others When Refinancing Auto Loans

AUSTIN, Texas, Dec. 2, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — RateGenius (https://www.rategenius.com/), a fintech company with a proprietary consumer-lending platform, announced today that it has published a study that shows how Baby Boomers, Gen X, Millennials, and Gen Z benefit from refinancing their auto loans. The report (https://www.rategenius.com/which-generation-saves-the-most-refinancing-auto-loan) is an analysis of roughly 3.8 million completed auto loan refinance … Read more

Here are the VCs getting huge paydays, again, because Salesforce is buying Slack for $27.7 billion

Slack cofounder and CEO Stewart Butterfield. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid After Slack went public last year, a few of the VCs who funded it when it was a private startup held onto a chunk of their shares. And they will be rewarded handsomely now that Salesforce has agreed to pay a premium and buy Slack for $27.7 … Read more

How to position your company for acquisition in a chaotic economy, according to a founder who sold his multimillion-dollar company to Thomson Reuters

Brian Fox. Brian Fox Brian Fox is the president and founder of Confirmation, a financial data confirmation company that was acquired for an undisclosed amount by Thomson Reuters last summer. His company overcame two economic downturns since its inception, the Great Recession and the dot-com burst. Fox offers sage advice for entrepreneurs contemplating selling their … Read more

Employees who trust their bosses have more energy, less stress, and fewer sick days. Here are 4 ways to establish trust with your workers, according to a senior vice president at Salesforce.

Marie Rosecrans. Marie Rosecrans, Salesforce In my early 20s I was at Oracle and took part in an off-site management meeting in what was a formative moment in my career. There, the leadership team of our Global Support Organization was split into groups of eight and completed a series of assessments. Part of the assessments … Read more

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