Japanese HR services provider Recruit Holdings said on Wednesday it has agreed to buy popular California-based job site operator Glassdoor for $1.2 billion to tap into its database of company reviews and salary data. Privately held Glassdoor, founded in 2007, last raised funds in 2016, valuing the company at $1 billion. It counts billionaire Chase […]
Facebook Inc Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg on Tuesday ordered one of the biggest management shakeups in the history of the social network, giving more responsibility to his chief product officer and launching a blockchain division. The shakeup appeared to consolidate power at the sprawling internet company, although it included no firings or outside hires and […]
Walmart is making its opioid policy more strict, limiting the duration of such prescriptions and requiring that they be filled electronically. The company announced on Monday that within 60 days, it will only fill first-time acute opioid prescriptions for seven days or less nationwide, and it will limit the dosage to 50 morphine milligram equivalents, […]
Skywatchers will see Jupiter at its brightest Tuesday (May 8), when the planet is exactly opposite to the sun in our sky. Here’s how to catch a glimpse of the solar system’s largest planet. Jupiter will rise in the eastern sky a few hours after sunset. Then, the planet will be visible all night, shining […]
The investors who make the pilgrimage to Omaha for Berkshire Hathaway’s annual meeting come largely to glean stock investing advice from billionaire Warren Buffett. The so-called Oracle of Omaha has built Berkshire Hathaway into one of the most valuable companies in the world, and developed a global following of investors who seek to emulate Buffett’s […]
U.S. cable operator Comcast Corp is speaking to investment banks about obtaining bridge financing for an all-cash bid to displace Walt Disney Co on its $52 billion deal to acquire most of Twenty-First Century Fox Inc’s assets, three people familiar with the matter said on Monday. The move is the first concrete step that Comcast […]
Like many children, Andrew Hightower, 13, likes pizza, sandwiches and dessert. But Andrew has Type 1 diabetes, and six years ago, in order to control his blood sugar levels, his parents put him on a low-carbohydrate, high-protein diet. His mother makes him recipes with diabetic-friendly ingredients that won’t spike his blood sugar, like pizza with […]
Cracks in Mars’ Gale Crater — which was filled with various lakes some 3.5 billion years ago — could reveal new clues about the planet’s ancient climate. Early last year astronomers found evidence of what they believed to be desiccation cracks inside the crater, a finding they hoped could help give insight into how much […]
The Norwegian Bliss is the latest ship to join the company’s fleet. But it’s not just carrying guests across the seas, it’s also bringing along a race track. The Bliss is loaded with a wide range of features to keep guests busy while cruising to their next destination. The Bliss cost about $1 billion to […]
The troubled Tronc media company agreed Sunday evening to recognize unions to represent journalists in negotiations at its Chicago-area publications, including its iconic Chicago Tribune, heading off a looming confrontation involving federal regulators, NPR has learned. It is a notable reversal for Tronc, historically known in various corporate iterations for its hostility to organized labor. […]
For a company as big and sprawling as Google, an annual developer conference can feel overwhelming. And, frankly, it is. Google offers a dizzying number of services and dabbles in almost every consumer tech industry under the sun, not to mention the 7 billion-plus user core internet products it owns and operates. But the company […]
Researchers at the University of Toronto have developed a handheld 3D skin printer that can apply layers of skin tissue directly onto patients to cover and heal wounds. According to the researchers, the printer is an alternative to a conventional skin graft, but doesn’t require healthy skin to be removed from a donor and grafted […]
