The Swedish company was founded by Markus Persson. It has been reported by The Wall Street Journal that Microsoft is close to inking the deal to buy Mojang AB, the company from Sweden that was responsible for the creation of popular video game Minecraft.
Success within the Hispanic market simply demands that small businesses and large corporations provide first-rate service. There are few underhanded tricks to sway the growing community. U.S. born Latinos, as well as those who've recently entered the country under dire circumstances, must be treated with respect, something that many marketers are still struggling to understand.
Argentinian lawmakers passed a measure to circumvent a US court decision that led to the country's default on its debt payments to bondholders. During the same week the UN passed a resolution to begin treaty negotiations to enact a global bankruptcy and stop predatory hedge funds, 124 countries voted for the resolution, the US said no.
US Corporations are finding in the global market that corporation taxes are too high and uncompetitive at 35 percent so they are going shopping to buy companies in other countries and moving operations to take advantage of lower corporate tax rates like Ireland's 12 percent, Canada's 15 percent or the UK's 20 percent. The practice is know as inversion and the US government doesn't like it and is calling it unpatriotic.
In recent years, Hispanics have been launching businesses at a record rate, piloting industries at twice the rate of the national rate. Business-minded and natural risk-takers, it's no surprise that Hispanics often create their own home-based and/or small business, which goes to produce in-home revenue, as well as revenue for their community.
The computer maker was fined $58.8 million. On Thursday, a U. S. judge ordered computer maker Hewlett-Packard (HP) to pay a $58. 8 million fine for charges of bribery.
Vail improves investor relations, keeps jobs the same. The litigation between Talisker Land Holdings Inc. and Park City Mountain Resort (PCMR) had been going on for three years.
Recalled vehicles will have parts inspected by technicians. On Thursday, LA Times reported that Toyota issued a recall for the newer Tundra pickups due to possible problems with its airbag.
Box offices across North America are causing concern for Hollywood executives and analysts who believe that 2014 will not be able to recoup from already low sales
Apple's announcement of its new smartwatch, which until Tuesday had been dubbed by the tech press the iWatch, garnered a lot of excitement. But after reflection, there are a few things Apple forgot to mention -- or deliberately obfuscated -- about its new wearable device.
Nearly 75 percent of surveyed Hispanics indicated that they wished they had learned more about managing finances when they were growing up, compared to 61 percent of U.S. investors overall. Also, 45 percent said, "no one ever taught them about savings and investing."
Based on their degree of acculturation, Hispanic millennials exhibit different levels of sexual risk behaviors. The language spoken by Hispanic millennials and their place of birth likely determines attitudes and behaviors in regards to sex, says a study conducted by the Journal of Adolescent Health.
Gates Foundations commits $50 million to Ebola virus outbreak A $50 million contribution to support an emergency response to the Ebola outbreak in West Africa was announced Wednesday by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Associated Press reported.
The U.S. Latino unemployment rate has declined based on the Bureau of Labor Statistics' August report, but the number of people employed and not in the labor force depict a different picture.
On Wednesday, Netflix, Digg, Reddit, Tumblr, and many others took part in an online protest reminiscent of the 2011 anti-SOPA action to protest against the Federal Communications Commission's planned new Open Internet policy and the "fast lanes" proposal associated with it. Meanwhile, FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler hinted this week at expanding Net Neutrality-type protections to wireless broadband.
See what Sprint CEO Marcelo Claure thinks will turn Sprint around. In an increasingly competitive U. S. wireless market, there are four major national carriers: Verizon, AT&T, Sprint, and T-Mobile.
Employment in the U.S. has been capricious of late, but the economic assault dealt by The Great Recession only helped to stagger job opportunities and heighten unemployment rates, particularly for non-whites. That said, new job numbers show that last month saw a decrease in Latino unemployment.
