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8 votes
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The Economist Glass-Ceiling Index 2020 – Nordic countries performed best overall, with Sweden, Iceland, Finland and Norway taking the top four spots
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How corporate tyranny works - Chevron poisoned the Amazon, and then punished environmental lawyer Steven Donziger when he tried to get justice
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Volvo Cars to go fully electric by 2030 – it will phase out all car models with internal combustion engines, including hybrids
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Alamo Drafthouse files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and announces sale to private equity firms Altamont Capital and Fortress Investment
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Brave has acquired Cliqz and their Tailcat search engine, plans to offer a privacy-oriented search engine
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Beyond Meat signs global supply deals with McDonald’s, KFC and Pizza Hut
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Epic Games acquires Fall Guys developer Mediatonic
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Fry’s Electronics is shutting its doors for good
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TreeToTextile set to build demonstration plant in Sweden – several Nordic pulp makers are part of projects developing new clean ways to turn trees into textile fibre
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Oatly, the plant-based milk company started in Sweden, is planning a stock exchange listing in the United States
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Reddit has raised $368 million in Series E funding, at a $6 billion valuation
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Amazon offers $2,000 “resignation bonuses” to bust union drive in Alabama
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Tim Cook expanded Apple in ways Steve Jobs used to resist
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Norway's $1.3 trillion sovereign wealth fund wants the companies it invests in globally to boost the number of women on their boards
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Tesla buys $1.5 billion in bitcoin, plans to accept it as payment
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The Ample Hills ice cream company had $19 million, a place on Oprah's favorite things list, a deal with Disney, and dreams of becoming the next Ben & Jerry’s. Then everything fell apart.
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Tesla recalls 135,000 cars after pushing back against regulators
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What companies get wrong about remote salaries
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Sending stuff around the world
I want to try something new and send some sacks of coffee over the atlantic and maybe start a sidehustle. I'm in the process of checking tarifs and stuff, but I have no idea where to even start...
I want to try something new and send some sacks of coffee over the atlantic and maybe start a sidehustle. I'm in the process of checking tarifs and stuff, but I have no idea where to even start looking for somebody who would do the actual transporting or what it might even cost.
did anybody here do something like that?
how did you do it?
what did you send?
why did you do it?
what was your experience with it?
would you do it again?8 votes -
Embracer Group acquires Gearbox Entertainment (Borderlands), Aspyr Media (Civilization VI), and Easybrain (mobile puzzle games)
These are large acquisitions, but Embracer Group already owns a lot: The Group has an extensive catalogue of over 200 owned franchises, such as Saints Row, Goat Simulator, Dead Island, Darksiders,...
These are large acquisitions, but Embracer Group already owns a lot:
The Group has an extensive catalogue of over 200 owned franchises, such as Saints Row, Goat Simulator, Dead Island, Darksiders, Metro, MX vs ATV, Kingdoms of Amalur, TimeSplitters, Satisfactory, Wreckfest, Insurgency and World War Z amongst many others.
With its head office based in Karlstad, Sweden, Embracer Group has a global presence through its six operative groups: THQ Nordic GmbH, Koch Media GmbH/Deep Silver, Coffee Stain AB, Amplifier Game Invest, Saber Interactive and DECA Games. The Group has 57 internal game development studios and is engaging more than 5,500 employees and contracted employers in more than 40 countries.
Articles about each of the new acquisitions on GamesIndustry.biz:
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Parler CEO John Matze says he was terminated by the company's board, which is controlled by investor Rebekah Mercer
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Jeff Bezos is stepping down as Amazon CEO, will be replaced by Andy Jassy
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Google Stadia shuts down internal studios, changing business focus
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Google union in turmoil following global alliance announcement
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Robinhood gets $1 billion infusion, signaling cash crunch
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Discord bans the r/WallStreetBets server
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GameStop's stock has surged 1,500% in nine months after activist investors take board seats along with a massive short squeeze
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GoodRx? More like BadRx
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Furniture giant IKEA is planning to sell spare parts for its furniture – its aim is to prolong the life of its products and dispel the idea that it makes disposable goods
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Twitter has acquired the Revue editorial newsletter service, made Pro features free and reduced the fee for paid newsletters to 5%, and will start integrating it into Twitter
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Klei Entertainment has agreed to a deal for Tencent to purchase a majority stake in the company
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All a gig-economy pioneer had to do was “politely disagree” it was violating US Federal law and the Labor Department walked away
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The future of building for digital: Experts talk about changing customer expectations
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Digital transformation at the edges of business: New careers, organizations, and means of communication
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Inside eBay’s cockroach cult: The ghastly story of a stalking scandal
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When capitalists go on strike
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Norwegian Air gives up long-haul flying in plan to exit insolvency – seeks to raise as much as $590 million in new capital
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China CCP to nationalize Jack Ma's Alibaba and Ant Group
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Visa and Plaid abandon merger after US Justice Department Antitrust Division’s suit to block
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Sex workers say 'defunding Pornhub' puts their livelihoods at risk
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Roku has acquired the exclusive global distribution rights to the portfolio of shows from Quibi
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Boeing charged and agrees to pay $2.5 billion for 737 MAX fraud conspiracy
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Gumroad's approach to work: no meetings, no deadlines, no full-time employees
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Roblox raises $520 million at $29.5 billion valuation, cancels their plans for a traditional IPO and will go public via direct listing instead
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Is Cyberpunk 2077 securities fraud?
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Google employees form union
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Neofeudalism and the digital manor
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Ticketmaster admits it hacked rival company before it went out of business
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Some educated guesses about the companies, products, and services that are facing down a terrible 2021
9 votes