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Greenlight Capital Replies to Elon Musk Letter
Einhorn welcomed the offer to be taught extra about Tesla. Musk accompanied the missive a reference to gifting Einhorn "short shorts". In his letter to Musk, Einhorn said Greenlight has "dozens of questions" about Tesla including why the carmaker is 'owed over $1billion by its customers'. [Full Article...]
Sainsbury's sees sales and profit decrease in half-year results | 7 November 2019
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has called an election for December 12 having claiming parliament has blocked his efforts to secure a deal with the European Union , despite the fact MPs actually voted in favour of giving his proposals further scrutiny. [Full Article...]
KFC finds #KFCProposal couple who are now flooded by sponsors
With nearly 300,000 tweets about the happy incident, South Africans united in their efforts to give the newly engaged couple the best wedding ever. "It's not even about the video, it's about love", he said. "We would have never imagined that our love story would have touched so many of you", the couple added. On Friday, KFC South Africa said it would be meeting with the couple and vowed to kee... [Full Article...]
WhatsApp introduces catalogues for small businesses
Amrit Pal, product manager at WhatsApp said the company gave early access to the catalog feature to SareeVenue.com in India and the owner told the company that the catalog feature has helped customers learn about the different colors available, know the prices and view what the business offers. [Full Article...]
UK's Javid says would spend up to 3% of GDP on infrastructure
Speaking in Manchester, northwest England, Finance Minister Sajid Javid said the Tories would "get Brexit done", allowing Britain to move on after three years of uncertainty over its European Union exit. "The clash over the economy â€" one of the key election battlegrounds â€" takes place as Corbyn appeared to strengthen his grip on the party with the shock resignation of deputy leader Tom Watso... [Full Article...]
Billionaires' wealth falls for first time since 2015
Billionaires have become a key policy issue in the USA as Sen. Elizabeth Warren , D-Mass., and Sen. Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories . Regardless of the drop, China nonetheless produces a brand new billionaire each 2-2.5 days, UBS's head of ultra-high web price purchasers, Josef Stadler , mentioned within the report launched on Friday. [Full Article...]
Productivity Rose By 40% After Microsoft Japan Introduced 4-Day Week
The company said the experiment was an unmitigated success, with the majority (78%) of employees saying it improved work-life balance. The experiment also resulted in employees taking about 25% fewer days off during the month. Also, since the offices are closed, the lower the electricity costs of 23 per cent, of the number of printed documents, decreased by 58 per cent. It's unclear why the ... [Full Article...]
This snow crab sold for a record-breaking $46,000 in Japan
The previous Guinness World Record was set past year with a winning 2 million yen (about $18,000) bid. The 5 million yen snow crab will end up on a few lucky diners' plates at an upscale restaurant in Tokyo's posh Ginza neighborhood. In Japan, fishing season is celebrated with a kick-off auction, called the "festive quotation market", that took place the day after the opening of crab-hunting s... [Full Article...]