On an early August afternoon at Pinnacle Dairy, a farm located near the middle of California’s long Central Valley, 1,300 Jersey cows idle in the shade of open-air barns. Above them whir fans the size of satellites, circulating a breeze as the temperature pushes 100F (38C). Underfoot, a wet layerContinue Reading

American Express Delivers on 2022 Growth Plan With Full-Year Revenue Growth of 25% and Earnings Per Share of $9.85

NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–American Express Company (NYSE: AXP) today reported full-year net income of $7.5 billion, or $9.85 per share, compared with net income of $8.1 billion, or $10.02 per share, a year ago. ($ in millions, except per share amounts, and where indicated)   Quarters Ended December 31, Percentage Inc/(Dec)Continue Reading

INSIGHT-Lab-grown meat moves closer to American dinner plates

Once the stuff of science fiction, lab-grown meat could become reality in some restaurants in the United States as early as this year. Executives at cultivated meat companies are optimistic that meat grown in massive steel vats could be on the menu within months after one company wonContinue Reading

Central American Startups to Watch

If you’re looking around for some startups to watch in 2023, you could do worse than broaden your horizons to Central America. In this guide, Craig Dempsey from Biz Latin Hub offers a brief, country-by-country outline of the startup environment around Central America. Central America is probably the most misunderstoodContinue Reading

American Journalism Project launches incubator with support from Google News Initiative to seed new startups led by exceptional talent

Press Release | American Journalism Project The American Journalism Project (AJP), with support from the Google News Initiative (GNI), announced the launch of a Local News Incubator to seed and support new local news organizations led by exceptional talent, with the aim of advancing a new generation of impact-driven and innovative newsContinue Reading

Boyden Study Finds Latin American Business Leaders the Most

Bogotá, Mexico City, Lima, São Paulo, Dec. 06, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Boyden, a premier leadership and talent advisory firm with more than 75 offices in over 45 countries, reports on its annual global executive talent research. While respondents in Latin America are the most confident worldwide in terms ofContinue Reading

American Family Insurance and AWS Team Up to Drive Innovation in the Insurance Industry

LAS VEGAS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–At AWS re:Invent, Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS), an Amazon.com, Inc. company (NASDAQ: AMZN), today announced an expanded relationship with American Family Insurance, a mutual insurance company focused on property, casualty, business, and life coverage. As part of the multiyear agreement, American Family Insurance has selected AWS asContinue Reading

Inaugural TD SYNNEX Industry Benchmark Study Finds North American Businesses Focusing on Next-Gen Solutions for Growth; Highlights Significant Gap in Metaverse Opportunity

FREMONT, Calif. & CLEARWATER, Fla.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Only 12 percent of North American technology ecosystem business leaders say they will offer augmented and virtual reality (AR/VR) solutions by 2024, despite aggregate analyst and financial research forecasting an $800 billion global metaverse market, in the next 24 months. These findings are part ofContinue Reading

Chindata Group Announces Chief Executive Officer Change | News

FREMONT, Calif. & CLEARWATER, Fla.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Nov 17, 2022– Only 12 percent of North American technology ecosystem business leaders say they will offer augmented and virtual reality (AR/VR) solutions by 2024, despite aggregate analyst and financial research forecasting an $800 billion global metaverse market, in the next 24 months. These findingsContinue Reading