Ford’s F-Series, which includes the F-150 light duty pickup as well as the F-250 through F-550 Super Duty range, is up nearly 9 percent this year. Ford sells more F-Series trucks than any other automaker, and given the average F-Series transaction price approaches $50,000 that’s a good segment to dominate. Even better for the Blue Oval’s financial picture, it attained this position before the launch of the all-new 2017 Ford F-Series Super Duty.

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Irving Materials embraced a spirit of innovation last year when its finance team decided to move in fewer than three months to Oracle ERP Cloud for its general ledger and accounts payable system.

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Last week, the global ride firm Uber announced it was selling its China operations to its competitor, Didi Chuxing (Didi) in return for a 20% share of the new company. Much of the media coverage is critical of Uber, stating that it “lost” and Didi “won.” To my mind, the situation is more ambiguous because Uber had less than 20% of the market share before this merger and it was bleeding cash. So locking Uber in at 20% and stopping the negative cash flow strikes me at least as a tactical win. Had Uber made other mistakes along the way so that it was difficult for them to compete effectively against Didi? Perhaps, but that was not the question in front of them last week.  Milk spilt.

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Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte releases names of cops, judges, and politicians with alleged ties to the country’s drug cartels. Facebook has a lot to say.

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The customer service agent on the other end of the phone may seem oblivious to your growing ire, but the computer recording your call isn’t. More and more, companies are using the science of voice analytics to gain insight into customer interactions, identification even lie detection.

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The Rio 2016 Olympic Games are in full swing — with medals already being awarded. As the Official Timekeeper of the Olympic Games, Omega has some pretty big responsibilities on its proverbial shoulders: the company is tasked with ensuring that its timing equipment, scanners, cameras, touch pads and more determine the winners of the 41 Olympic sports being timed at Rio 2016 with unfailing precision. It is a task the brand does not take lightly. In fact, Omega goes above and beyond what is requested of it in its role to evolve the timing of the events so that athletes, judges and the world can rest easier and not question if .we’ve got the right Gold, Silver and Bronze winners.

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