SAN FRANCISCO/SEATTLE (Reuters) – Salesforce Inc is betting big on healthcare, hiring key personnel and ramping up investment in hopes of replacing outmoded medical industry infrastructure and carving out a $1 billion annual business.     Its push into healthcare follows years of attempts by rival software providers, including Microsoft Corp, to break into healthcare with […]

Growth in China’s auto market, the world’s biggest, will halve to 7 percent this year weighed down by a slowing economy, the head of an industry body said on Saturday. “Personally, I think growth this year can reach 7 percent,” Dong Yang, secretary general of the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM), told reporters on […]

We reported recently that cruise ships that sail in or near the West Africa region are altering coure due to the fear of the Ebola virus plaguing that part of the continent. And we even quote Carnival executive…

Tobacco Regulations and Problems Left UnresolvedSmoking used to be a big part of mainstream culture. Tobacco advertisements were prominent in just about all the major media outlets, and there were almost no restrictions on cigarette smoking in…

Sales of the crop have increased by almost 65 per cent in the last four years after decades of decline thanks to the US’s booming ale market and the delicate flavours of British hops.

Five Myths About the “Rapture” and the “Left Behind” Industry | Carl E. Olson | CWR On the (short) history, (bad) theology, and (continuing) appeal of premillennial dispensationalism This year has marked a sort of second …

JERUSALEM (AP) — It was supposed to be a record-breaking year for tourist visits to Israel. But all that changed when the 50-day war between Israel and Hamas prompted jittery travelers to cancel trips en masse, leaving empty hotel rooms and barren …

Israeli hoteliers are demanding millions of dollars in compensation from the state over the Gaza conflict. Visitor numbers had dropped to their lowest levels in seven years, before the latest ceasefire. Palestinian businesses that rely on tourism to …

For four years, a sophisticated group of Chinese cyberspies has cut a digital swath through the health-care industry, stealing everything from trade secrets to trial data, say security firms probing the campaign. The group infiltrated one U.S. In other cases, the hackers accessed pharmaceutical labs through their connections with university researchers, scooping up trial data […]

By Paul Fitzgerald – When people talk about brand management, marketing and promotional products, chances are that Ken Pollock’s name will probably come up in conversation.The 55 year-old Toronto, ON, native, has made a solid name for…