Yes, sports is like all other major American industries — run by a handful of people who made out like bandits in this economic system of great wealth disparity. Because they have accumulated such vast wealth, they believe that is a sign of intelligence and that hubris frequently leads to poor decision-making both on… Read … Read more
National Car Rental is extending certain loyalty benefits that are set to expire soon, parent company Enterprise Holdings announced Wednesday. The free rental days in National’s Emerald Club program that were set to expire on Dec. 31, 2022, will roll over to Sept. 4, 2023, according to the company. National also has extended elite-tier status … Read more
There is new trouble brewing in the cloud. Last week, both Microsoft and Amazon sold off after reporting moderating growth from their market-leading public cloud businesses—Azure and Amazon Web Services. But a new batch of earnings reports suggests that the threats of an economic slowdown are hitting a wider circle of enterprise software companies. Alas, the … Read more
Justin Sullivan Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) and Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA) said on Tuesday they were expanding an existing partnership in an effort to boost artificial intelligence adoption in the enterprise. The new multi-year deal will see Oracle (ORCL) add “tens of thousands” of Nvidia (NVDA) GPUs, including the A100 and upcoming H100, to its existing cloud capacity. Oracle … Read more
Enterprise Holdings’ brands will be available in South Africa for the first time through a new franchise partnership, the car rental company announced Wednesday. Enterprise’s Alamo, National and Enterprise brands will be available at airport and urban locations through its franchisee, the Woodford Group. Woodford will offer the Enterprise brands at airports in Cape Town, … Read more
Kevin Mathison is JetBlue’s newest VP of enterprise planning, the airline announced Monday. Mathison started his new position Sept. 19 and reports to Dave Clark, JetBlue head of revenue and planning. Mathison previously spent two decades at Delta Air Lines where he started as a pilot and eventually held leadership roles in operational performance and … Read more
This section is Partnership Content supplied The content in this section is supplied by GlobeNewswire for the purposes of distributing press releases on behalf of its clients. Postmedia has not reviewed the content. by GlobeNewswire Breadcrumb Trail Links GlobeNewswire Author of the article: Article content AMSTERDAM, Aug. 31, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The world’s leading … Read more
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images News For much of the tech sector, the latest earnings-reporting season is in the books. But, as always, there remain a few bellwethers that don’t follow the traditional calendar when it comes to telling Wall Street how business went over previous quarter. Three of those still on the clock for their earnings … Read more
Ripple’s XRP token is set to be used to facilitate fast and cost-effective cross-border transactions in Brazil, after the launch of RippleNet’s On-Demand Liquidity (ODL) with forex company Travelex. Digital payment network Ripple announced on Aug. 18 that foreign exchange company Travelex will utilize RippleNet’s ODL to facilitate cross-border payments between enterprises by utilizing Ripple’s … Read more
A new job posting by America’s biggest ticketing company, Ticketmaster, reveals mainstream interest in exploring new revenue streams using nonfungible tokens (NFTs). Over the past two years, artists, musicians and the sports industry helped thrust the NFT ecosystem into the limelight as the technology served its purpose as a powerful fan engagement tool. Conversely, most … Read more