Thursday, 30 April 2015
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BlackBerry Limited (BBRY) price at close, April 30, 2015, is 10.16.
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Google Inc. (GOOGL) price at close, April 30, 2015, is 548.77.
Writer rescues Verizon customer in distress
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Wednesday, 29 April 2015
Brazil FinMin Says Country Close To Losing Investment Grade
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BlackBerry Limited (BBRY) price at close, April 29, 2015, is 10.37.
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Google Inc. (GOOGL) price at close, April 29, 2015, is 561.39.
Oil Companies Getting Downgraded, But Russia's Gazprom Surprisingly Safe
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Tuesday, 28 April 2015
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Google Inc. (GOOGL) price at close, April 28, 2015, is 564.37.
BlackBerry Limited (BBRY) price at close, April 28, 2015, is 10.39.
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We all know the Supreme Court is important yet only 1 in 3 can answer this question
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Monday, 27 April 2015
Basket Case No More, Europe A Hot Bed Of Corporate Investment
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BlackBerry Limited (BBRY) price at close, April 27, 2015, is 10.23.
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Google Inc. (GOOGL) price at close, April 27, 2015, is 564.886.
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Sunday, 26 April 2015
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Saturday, 25 April 2015
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Friday, 24 April 2015
BlackBerry Limited (BBRY) price at close, April 24, 2015, is 10.375.
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Google Inc. (GOOGL) price at close, April 24, 2015, is 574.13.
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Thursday, 23 April 2015
China's Yuan Keep Getting Bigger, But Dollar Not Giving Up The Throne
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BlackBerry Limited (BBRY) price at close, April 23, 2015, is 10.27.
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Google Inc. (GOOGL) price at close, April 23, 2015, is 557.46.
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Petrobras To Delever, As Big Oil Salivates Over Brazil's Pre-Salt Assets
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Wednesday, 22 April 2015
From Kaspersky To Webroot, Major Security Firms Can't Even Get Basic Android Encryption Right
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BlackBerry Limited (BBRY) price at close, April 22, 2015, is 9.92.
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Google Inc. (GOOGL) price at close, April 22, 2015, is 549.48.
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This Is What European Investors Get For Investing $268 Mln In Ukraine
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Gazprom Charged With Price Gouging In East Europe, As Russia Cries Foul
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Tesla's April event will reveal a battery for your home
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Verizon’s ESPN-Not-Included FiOS Base Package Violates Contract, Says Sports Network
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Verizon’s ESPN-Not-Included FiOS Base Package Violates Contract, Says Sports Network
ESPN told the Wall Street Journal if Verizon offers a basic cable package without the network it “would not be authorized by our existing agreements.”
FiOS customers who choose the “Custom TV” route can get ESPN without having to pay more than the base rate, because the base rate allows the subscriber to choose two niche bundles. If the customer picks the sports bundle, they get ESPN (and others). However, the network tells the Journal that this violates terms requiring that ESPN not be placed on a sports-only tier.
Many consumers, especially those with little to no interest in sports, would love to shed ESPN from their basic cable packages. It accounts for more than $5 of the average cable customer’s monthly bill, significantly more than what people pay for other basic cable channels.
Dish’s Sling TV streaming service surprised a lot of people by being able to offer both ESPN and ESPN2 while keeping its monthly cost at $20 for around 20 channels. However, one has to wonder how many other channels Dish could have afforded to squeeze into that package without the cost of ESPN.
Sony’s PlayStation Vue streaming service — which is currently only available in New York, Philadelphia, and Chicago — does not include any ESPN channels in any of its tiers of service.
Spirit Airlines Brings Up Rear In Latest Airline Customer-Satisfaction Scores
Historically, the industry has been among the worst of the dozens of sectors scored by the ACSI survey, the latest scores show some overall improvement.
The average score for airlines has improved two percentage points from 2014 to a 71 out of a possible 100. Additionally, more airlines are on the positive side of the industry average.
JetBlue once again scored the highest of all airlines with an 81, the only score over the 80-point threshold, and a 2 point improvement over the previous year.
What remains to be seen is how JetBlue’s plan to start charging for checked bags will impact its score, and whether it will break the airline’s streak of four straight years as ACSI champ.
Southwest was the last airline to beat JetBlue, but its 2015 score remained unchanged from 2014. Luckily for the airline, which has been criticized by some travelers and employees for focusing on growth over customer service, a 78 is good enough to keep the airline in second place.
“Southwest appears to have successfully managed its AirTran acquisition, but its expansion into international travel may cause some turbulence ahead,” says Claes Fornell, ACSI Chairman and founder.
ACSI newcomer Alaska Airlines made an above-average debut with a score of 75 for third place. No other airlines scored above the industry average.
The other first-timers on the ACSI scorecard fared much worse. Allegiant, which has recently been hit with a very public labor dispute, earned a score of 65.
Denver-based Frontier Airlines only managed to score a 58 — two points below the nearest veteran carrier — in its first go-around.
As mentioned above, the lowest-scoring carrier in the survey was Spirit. The bargain carrier earned a ASCI-low 54, tying it with Time Warner Cable’s broadband service for the worst result currently on the survey.
“Spirit may offer low fares, but its score reflects its minimalist approach to customer service,” says Fornell.
Of the largest carriers, only Southwest scored above industry average, though Delta did manage to keep pace with the industry as a whole. However, its score of 71 remained unchanged from 2014.
In fact, all three remaining legacy carriers saw zero change in their scores from last year. American scored a below-average 66; this could be viewed as a small positive, as many airlines experience a dip in score immediately after a merger. The combination of American and US Airways didn’t seem to impact the merged airline’s score.
United remains on the bottom of the major carriers, with only a 60 to show for its efforts. While that’s the same score as last year, United’s ACSI score has dropped nearly 16% over the last two decades.
In terms of things that bug travelers the most, the lack of seat comfort tops the list. Airlines only scored 65 in this category, the worst of any customer satisfaction aspect. On the plus side, passengers are happier with in-flight services such as entertainment options. This score increased by 7% to 72.
As an industry, Airlines still only rank above Internet service providers, subscription television and health insurance.
“Airlines are doing a better job of getting travelers to their destinations on time, with less frustration over baggage,” explains ACSI Director David VanAmburg about the slight uptick in the average score.
ACSI also scored a variety of online travel-booking sites, but the effort may not be worth it. The overall industry average has only changed 1.3% since the survey began including these sites. And only two percentage points separate the top-scoring site, Expedia (77), from the lowest score — which happened to be a three-way tie of Orbitz, Priceline, and Travelocity (75 each).
Target.com Still Can’t Handle Heavy Traffic, Crashes During Lilly Pulitzer Launch
When Target relaunched its website in 2011, it was a disaster, unable to keep up with the level of demand — especially for limited-time offerings involved big-name designers. Nearly four years later, one would assume that Target had learned from its initial shortcomings, but Target.com crashed again over the weekend as customers rushed to score Lilly Pulitzer products.
The Pulitzer products went on sale Sunday morning on Target.com and in stores and demand was exceedingly high. Stores sold out almost instantly while the website fell to pieces.
The company says the site didn’t technically “crash,” but that Target did make the strategic decision to limit some customers’ access to certain parts of Target.com. The site was also made inaccessible for several minutes to avoid a crash.
The retailer had intended to get the products up on Target.com around 3 a.m. CT on Sunday morning but the launch was delayed around two hours due to the sheer number of people coming to the site. The traffic was similar to what Target.com gets during Black Friday, says the company.
“We never want our guests to be disappointed,” a Target spokesman told the Minneapolis Star-Tribune. “We share their disappointment with the experience of shopping online. It doesn’t match what we aim to provide them, which is an easy, seamless, consistent experience.”
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