It's an irony for food restaurant chain Chipotle to face another issue with food poisoning when the store is making enough effort to recover from recent sanitation problems. Employees from Billerica location has been reported to be sick where one fell ill with norovirus making the shares to dive at 2.4%.
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German Utility E.ON Incurred Losses Doubled In 2015, Mulling For Focusing On Renewables
E.ON incurred losses has doubled in 2015 and forecasts for a gloomy 2016 due to historic low energy tariff and transformation of Germany towards renewables. Tremendous growth in the subsidized sector has forced the conventional energy firms to squeeze their businesses. Following the industry trend, E.ON has also planned for transformation focusing on renewables.
VW Group America CEO Michael Horn to step down
Michael Horn is stepping down as CEO of Volkswagen Group of America. Hinrich J. Woebcken will act as an interim CEO for Volkswagen Group of America from 1 April 2016 onwards.
New York City Approves Time Warner Cable Acquisition, Arises Concerns
In a Wednesday's public meeting, Franchise and Concession Review Committee of New York City approve the acquisition. The merger will create the second-largest cable operator in the United States, which raised a concern.
Silicon Valley Accelerator 500 Startups Allocated $10 Million Fund for Vietnam Startups
500 Startups is seeing a great potential in Vietnam, where more than half of its population are below the age of 30 and most adults are using smartphones. The Silicon Valley-based accelerator is preparing a $10 million investment fund dedicated for Vietnam startups.
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CoreCommerce, the Shopify competitor has initiated rolling in 2001 as a one stop solution in ecommerce business. Now a day, the ecommerce platform has appeared as a giant just behind Shopify, the innovator of the platform. The popular ecommerce platform has been acquired by a group of entrepreneurs and executives.
Whole Foods Market Inc has entered into separate agreements with SolarCity Corp and NRG Energy Inc for installation of solar panels on rooftop of retail outlets. The installation works on solar panels at retail outlets are likely to commence in spring. Expected potential for solar power generation may be 13.8MW.
Exxon Mobil Corp's Canadian unit is selling its retail gas stations in the country to five fuel distributors for C$2.8 billion ($2.1 billion). The transaction is expected to be completed by end of 2016 subject to the regulatory approvals.
Experts said the new chip-enabled or EMV credit and debit cards can help reducing fraud. However, incomplete adoption of chip cards and readers will make consumers and merchants vulnerable.
The state backed venture funds of China have raised around ¥1.5 trillion ($231 billion) during 2015. The local fund managers are working to collect another ¥2 trillion which seems to be impossible to handle. Shortage of skilled fund managers and eligible startups has been analyzed as the major hurdles in managing such huge funds.
AMC Entertainment will acquire Carmike Cinemas to be the largest theater chain in North America. One Carmike's shareholder opposed the acquisition, citing the price offer was too low.
Verily has revealed images of its new gadget, the Connectivity Bridge, through regulatory filing with FCC on Tuesday. The gadget has been developed aiming to gain a foothold of the Alphabet subsidiary in the competitive healthcare business. Through the new gadget, Verily upholds its goal to shift the focus from intervention to prevention.
Asian stock market dropped starting Monday after three weeks rally. Concern over oil prices and economic outlook of China triggered the drop.
Whole Foods has been witnessing tremendous pressure from rival super market chains offering specialty and organic foods at lower prices. Solar providers supply power at reduced prices compared to commercial power tariff. To cope up with the market competition, Whole Foods has reached agreement with SolarCity and NRG for installation of solar systems in its several outlets.
