The 8 pickup trucks most likely to reach 200,000 miles, according to data

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Honda Car search engine and automotive research firm iSeeCars.com has compiled a list of nine pickup trucks most likely to reach 200,000 miles. The Honda Ridgeline tops the list with 3% — 1.2 percentage points above the average — of its trucks making it at least 200,000 miles. Pickup trucks are the likeliest vehicle segment … Read more

Boeing Dreamlifter Transports 1.5M Face Masks for COVID-19 Response

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CHICAGO, April 26, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Boeing [NYSE: BA] today completed another COVID-19 transport mission, using a Boeing Dreamlifter to bring personal protective equipment (PPE) from Hong Kong to the United States. Working in partnership with Prisma Health, Atlas Air Worldwide and Discommon Founder Neil Ferrier, the company transported 1.5 million medical-grade face masks bound for healthcare … Read more

How Chipotle became one of the highest performing brands on TikTok by dominating user challenges and partnering with influencers like David Dobrik

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Chipotle/David Dobrik/TikTok Chipotle runs one of the most successful brand pages on TikTok . The chain has over 376,000 followers on the platform and has amassed almost 3 million combined likes on its posts. Here’s a look at how Chipotle executes campaigns and partners with influencers to be one of the highest performing brands on … Read more

A 3D car dashboard that can be seen without glasses is coming in 2022 — see how it works

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Continental Continental, a German auto manufacturing company, partnered with Silicon Valley-based display technology startup Leia to create a 3D car dashboard that can be seen without wearing specialized glasses.  Continental claims the dashboard allows drivers to absorb information in a more rapid, and therefore safe and non-distracting, manner. The 3D dashboard can relay pertinent information, … Read more

‘A fool’s game’: 4 economists break down what it’s like forecasting the worst downturn since the Great Recession

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Reuters/Jason Reed A number of economic indicators including retail sales, consumer sentiment, and more have posted record drops amid the coronavirus pandemic, while weekly jobless claims have soared. For economists attempting to forecast economic pain, huge changes in numbers make predictions difficult.  For example, in the week ending March 14, jobless claims increased to 281,000. … Read more

Wary VCs are pulling back into their close circles of trust. That’s bad news for women founders and other long-excluded entrepreneurs, one study finds.

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Twitter For underrepresented and minority founders, scoring venture capital is already an uphill battle. Add a global pandemic and retrenching VCs, and it starts to feel downright impossible. A new study out Thursday from early stage firm Jane VC captured the uncertainty raging through founder circles in April. Just 26% of the 247 founders surveyed … Read more

We talked to one of Google’s charitable investors about the company’s $50 million plan to fight COVID-19, why it might spend even more, and why you should just give people cash. (GOOG)

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AP Photo/Virginia Mayo Google’s philanthropic arm is thinking about investing more in the fight against COVID-19 after earlier pledging $50 million. The organization is raising funds to give struggling families in the Bay Area cash, and it’s also considering organizing similar programs elsewhere. Business Insider spoke to Brigitte Hoyer Gosselink, a principal at Google.org, about … Read more

Canna Hemp™ And The Future Of The Ever-Growing CBD Industry

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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., April 24, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Nevada-based brand, Canna Hemp™ began in 2016, after founder Chris Rebentisch spent years working in both the cosmetics and cannabis industries. The brand that started as a project in Rebentisch’s kitchen has since grown under one of the leading cannabis companies in the western United States, 1933 … Read more

The SEC took action against 23 companies for making false claims about COVID-19

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Jonathan Ernst/Reuters The Securities and Exchange Commission has taken action against 23 companies for making false claims about coronavirus. SEC officials warned of ‘pump and dump’ schemes where people spread false information to boost a company’s stock price then sell its shares at a profit. The federal agency also said micro-cap stocks were more vulnerable … Read more

Royal Bank of Canada to redeem NVCC subordinated debentures

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TORONTO, April 24, 2020 /CNW/ – Royal Bank of Canada (RY on TSX and NYSE) today announced its intention to redeem all outstanding Non-Viability Contingent Capital (NVCC) 2.48 per cent subordinated debentures due June 4, 2025 for 100 per cent of their principal amount plus accrued interest to, but excluding, the redemption date. The redemption … Read more

‘This is crunch time’: Goldman Sachs analysts explained why oil plunged below $0, and warned it could happen again

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AP Photo/Richard Drew Goldman Sachs analysts explained why oil prices went negative and warned they could again during a call with clients this week, which was replayed on the Exchanges with Goldman Sachs podcast. Prices fell below zero because exchange-traded funds held on to oil futures contracts until two days before they expired, forcing them … Read more

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