The European Union has announced a deep probe into how technology, internet and social media giants are using their market power and put regulations if necessary.   The inquiry will focus on most of the US-based companies including Google, Amazon and Facebook. Even in EU, countries such as France and Germany are insistent that there should be regulation on these so-called "essential...

Australian banking giant ANZ’s CEO Mike Smith has warned that the country’s dependence on commodity boom is not signaling a bright future. Smith indicated that the country, which has not faced any economic setback for the last two decades, is not in a position to counter a recession or lull of any kind. "The supply response to the resources and energy boom coupled with a softer demand,...

Google extends a hand of partnership towards European publishers, who were erstwhile avoided by the former by not paying the latter, so as not to encourage the display of ‘news snippets’. Thestrategist.media – 01 May 2015 – Emma Woollacott, a contributor of Forbes, writes that Google has been “fighting tooth and nail” with European publishers, as the company wanted to avoid any payment to the...

Vaughn Kauffman & Trine Tsouderos puts forth the changing trend of medical business scenario whereby consumers, to cope with the costly traditional medical treatments and diagnosis methods, are turning towards innovative self sufficient medical kits and other means of alternative treatments. Thestrategist.media – 27 April 2015 – As per Vaughn Kauffman & Trine Tsouderos, the healthcare...

Catherine Palmieri informs that consumer-manufacturer relationship, wherein the former has a thorough understanding of the latter leads to innovative and successful product designing. Thestrategist.media – 27 April 2015 – According to Catherine Palmieri, the ability to predict the “next big thing” is “incredibly poor” among the consumers. In fact, their “reaction to new technology” mostly shows...

The Infobahn has enabled to take the 'customer-brand' friendship to another level with the growing trend of “radical transparency” that leads to “radical accountability”. Thestrategist.media – 25 April 2015 – At present, an enterprise-behaviour can be monitored and tracked via social media and “data analytics”. The information, thus harvested, is becoming a base for many individuals whereby they...

Australia's electricity regulator has reduced by more than A$7 billion ($5.6 billion) the revenue state-owned and private power distributors can charge customers in heavily-populated states and districts. The nation-wide cuts is supposed to lower the price tag the state of New South Wales fetches as it seeks a buyer for a 49.9 percent stake in its electricity network, worth about A$17 billion,...

The number of Chinese investment projects and acquisitions in the European market is growing from year to year. EU countries, especially Germany, are attracting Chinese businessmen with hi-technology infrastructure and well-known brands. What do the Spanish football club Atletico (Madrid), the Italian tire manufacturer Pirelli and the French travel company Club Med has in common? All of them,...

Apple Inc has released its second quarter results and with iphone 6 sales booming, the company has recorded its second best quarterly result this year. The company CEO Tim Cook was also optimistic that the new Apple Watch can help add yet another major product category to its lineup, boosting sales and profit even more. The Apple Watch began shipping to customers last week and has not been...