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Xi Jinping’s government is set to acquire so-called golden shares in Chinese internet giants Alibaba and Tencent, opening the door for the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to establish leverage inside two major players in the […]
Why is Apple Chief Tim Cook taking a 40% pay cut
Apple is cutting Tim Cook’s total pay by more than 40% on the chief executive’s own guidance. Cook, who has been at the helm since 2011, is among the highest paid executives and said in […]
JP Morgan paid millions for a startup with fake users
JPMorgan Chase has taken down the website for a student-aid platform it acquired two years ago for $175 million after accusing the founder of widespread fraud. The financial giant claims it was sold a “lie” […]
All you need to know about Banxso – the Broker.
Banxso, popularly known as “not your grandfather’s bank” in South Africa, is the only broker you’ve been for, here’s why: Brief Background: What is Banxso? Young financial entrepreneurs bought the legacy company Zenfin Financials in […]
The impact of Twitter CEO stepdown poll
If Elon Musk was looking for a quick way to temporarily lift Tesla stock out of its months-long doldrums, he may have found it. Shares of the electric vehicle company rose slightly in pre-market trading […]
The best new business books business leaders read in 2022
In 2022, as they faced a tight labor market and a looming economic downturn, business leaders had a lot on their minds. With the year coming to a close, Fast Company asked executives which new […]
Shocking revelations from Crypto King – Sam Bankman-Fried’s criminal indictments
When he embarked on an apology tour on Twitter, on stage, and to the media, Sam Bankman-Fried, founder and CEO of the disgraced crypto firm FTX, admitted to all sorts of things. Now, prosecutors are […]
Behind the brand – Liquid Thought
FastCompany (FC) in conversation with Liquid Thought CEO, Zulfiq Isaacs (ZI) FC: What is the current state of the digital consulting/innovation agency industry? ZI: The digital innovation agency industry is booming locally, spurred on by […]
All you need to know about the Crypto King (SBF) arrest
Sam Bankman-Fried, disgraced founder of the doomed cryptocurrency exchange FTX, was arrested during the evening by Bahamian authorities. The arrest came after the U.S. told Bahamian officials that it has filed criminal charges against the […]
Brand Elon Musk: 2022 was the year of Elon
It’s been a bad year for brands associated with Elon Musk. His Twitter takeover has been widely judged a dumpster fire, and his marquee brand, Tesla, has lost nearly half of its value. Surely, this […]
How Zulfiq Isaacs built a leading Digital Innovation Agency
Fast technological changes over the past two decades have compelled companies to stay abreast of developments in order to stay ahead and becompetitive. To make that possible, many companies have always relied on digital partners […]
Leading PR Firm Mogul Press Is Helping Brands Break Through The Noise
According to research, 92% of customers trust earned media. When a brand or company is featured in top publications, blogs, and magazines, it acquires trust and confidence in the minds of the consumers. This is […]
AirBnB and landlords to allow renters to host
It’s no secret that renters will often try to Airbnb their apartments to make extra cash when they are traveling in order to help recoup the costs of their vacation. But doing so often puts […]
Dominic Sewela: Leading Barloworld to success during crisis times
The industrial processing, distribution and service company we know today as Barloworld was founded by Ernest Barlow in 1902. Almost four decades later, during World War II, the company’s shares started trading on the Johannesburg […]
Tech company founder Elizabeth Holmes sentenced to more than 11 years in prison
Elizabeth Holmes, the one time superstar entrepreneur who descended into Silicon Valley infamy after her blood-testing company, Theranos, was revealed to have touted false claims about its technology, was sentenced to 11.25 years in prison […]
How bad is FTX? – Lawyer hired to fix Enron & FTX speaks
John Ray III knows a bad company when he sees it. After all, he’s the lawyer who was hired to oversee the liquidation of Enron after an accounting scandal at the energy giant drove share […]
AirBnB is preparing for holidays with more antiparty tech and security features
Airbnb announced a number of new safety and product upgrades Wednesday as the home-sharing giant looks to attract even more hosts to the platform and sign up more guests. The vast majority of users booking […]
All you need to know about the FTX fall
When you build an empire on funny money, it’s very easy for it to vanish overnight. That’s the simplest way to understand the implosion of former cryptocurrency giant FTX, which declared bankruptcy Friday. When November […]
All you need to know about the chaos at Twitter this week
It’s kind of hard to believe, but Elon Musk has owned Twitter for just one week. He certainly has had an impact, though. In terms of outward-facing changes, not a lot has happened yet, but […]
Meet advisors behind Elon Musk Twitter takeover
Hard as it can be to believe, the most cringeworthy moment in Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover wasn’t when he sauntered into the company’s offices in San Francisco carrying a sink—a joke he had to explain […]
Elon Musk is now the ‘Chief Twit’
Elon Musk now runs one of the world’s most powerful social-media platforms, let that sink in. Last week on Thursday he walked into Twitter’s headquarters carrying a big sink to make exactly that point according […]
Elon Musk is in charge of Twitter now, change is coming
It might have been one of the most dramatic, chaotic, and twisty-turny acquisitions in corporate history, but Twitter is now officially owned by Elon Musk. The $44 billion deal appears to have closed, allowing Musk […]
Inside the Kanye West and Adidas Yeezy break up
JPMorgan, Balenciaga, and talent representative Creative Artists Agency have all severed ties with Ye (the artist and designer formerly known as Kanye West) following his recent anti-Semitic comments. But his largest corporate partner—Adidas—has held out, […]
What you need to know about the Netflix Profile transfer feature
Netflix has announced the rollout of a new feature that allows the user profiles listed under one account to be moved to their own account. While the new profile-transfer ability can make it easier for […]
