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Constellation Brands cuts losses on US$1bn Ballast Point folly - Comment

2019-12-04 11:47:00| Daily beverage news and comment - from just-drinks.com

Ballast Point has fallen victim to the new broom of Constellation CEO Bill Newlands, who since his appointment in March has shown a determination to focus solely on the company's best-in-class brands.

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Gadget Ogling: Show and Tell, Fidget Folly, and Connected Nightlights

2017-07-12 21:27:38| TechNewsWorld

The Echo Show is the first in Amazon's line of smart speakers to incorporate a screen, and it seems very much more "speaker with a display" than "tablet with better audio and microphones." It has all the functionality of Echo, including access to Alexa, Amazon's voice-operated assistant. The screen can, for example, provide a more detailed weather outlook than what Alexa spouts out.

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Reading Between the Lines: Musk's Folly, Trump's Plan

2016-07-18 19:18:48| TechNewsWorld

Something like 90 percent of CEOs are planning to put their companies out of business accidentally, based on a KPMG report I just reviewed. After watching Tesla of late, I think Musk is on the fast track to lead this effort, and since I'm a Tesla fan, and I know a lot of you drive Teslas, I thought that might be an interesting, if scary, topic for this week.

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