9 July, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on You’ll Never Guess What’s Been Choking Obamacare Enrollment
You’ll Never Guess What’s Been Choking Obamacare Enrollment
Image source: White House on Flickr.
The Affordable Care Act has been something of a rollercoaster ride of emotions for the general public since it became the health law of the land on Jan. 1, 2014.
9 July, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on How Can Alaska Air Successfully Integrate Virgin America?
How Can Alaska Air Successfully Integrate Virgin America?
It’s been more than three months since West Coast airline Alaska Air (NYSE: ALK) announced plans to buy its smaller rival Virgin America (NASDAQ: VA). However, there is less clarity than ever about Alaska’s plans for the popular Virgin America brand.
What is to come of the beloved Virgin America brand? Image source: Virgin America.
9 July, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Intel Corporation Is Running out of Room to Grow…What’s Next?
Intel Corporation Is Running out of Room to Grow…What’s Next?
Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) is running out of room to grow. Sluggish demand for PCs, which have long upgrade cycles and are being displaced by tablets and phones, have caused sales of its PC chips to slow to a crawl.
Its ill-fated attempt to enter mobile chips by subsidizing partners resulted in billions wasted for less than a 1% market share. Sales of data center chips, meanwhile, have been growing well below its estimated annual growth rate of 15% between 2015 and 2019, and its non-volatile memory business has been posting top- and bottom-line declines.
9 July, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on The 5 Biggest Movie Flops of 2016 So Far
The 5 Biggest Movie Flops of 2016 So Far
Ticket sales for movies in 2016 are tracking slightly ahead of sales over the same stretch in 2015, but Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS), Twenty-First Century Fox (NASDAQ: FOX) (NASDAQ: FOXA), Viacom (NASDAQ: VIA) (NASDAQ: VIAB), and Lions Gate Entertainment (NYSE: LGF) have all suffered high-profile box-office disappointments.
Click through the presentation below to learn about the year’s biggest movie flops so far, and what the disappointing performances could mean for the companies behind them.
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9 July, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on How Marijuana Could Play a Role in Alzheimer’s Disease Treatment
How Marijuana Could Play a Role in Alzheimer’s Disease Treatment
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About one in nine Americans age 65 and older has Alzheimer’s disease, and the costs associated with caring for these patients is expected to reach more than $200 billion this year. With a rapidly aging demographic, the expenses are growing like weeds.
9 July, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Yes, boomers and millennials can—and should—learn to speak the same language
Yes, boomers and millennials can—and should—learn to speak the same language
Instant messaging seems to have agitated the generational divide in the workplace. But it’s possible to close that gap.
9 July, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on The Halving: Then & Now – a Bitcoin Magazine Infographic
The Halving: Then & Now – a Bitcoin Magazine Infographic
A milestone in Bitcoin’s history, the block reward will be halved for the second time today. Where the first “halving” cut the mining reward from 50 bitcoins to 25, for the next four years miners will only earn 12.5 bitcoins for each block they find – not counting mining fees.