Chen Says Sybase Wants `level Playing Field' In China

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Marketers and business leaders need to catch up with this generation’s buying power and savvy. A new market opportunity is taking center stage in the American economy: seniors. They’re not just an expanding proportion of the U. S. population; they’re redefining “retirement.”

Southwest Airlines has recruited Denver sport mascots Dinger, Rocky and Bernie to help with a new marketing campaign that highlights what the carrier touts as flexible policies on baggage, change and cancellation fees and reward points. The Dallas-based airline kicked off a national  publicity push called “The Big Flex” last week and unveiled ads and signs Monday in Denver.

The Getty has argued that the bronze statue is Greek in origin. A European court on Thursday upheld Italy’s right to seize a prized Greek statue from the J. Paul Getty Museum in California, ruling that Italy was right to try to reclaim an important part of its cultural heritage and rejecting the museum’s appeal.

The UMG artists’ music returns to the popular platform after a monthslong dispute. Artists from Universal Music Group, which include Taylor Swift, Drake, Adele, Bad Bunny and Billie Eilish, will be returning to TikTok as the two parties have struck a new licensing agreement following an approximately three-month long dispute. The two sides said Thursday that they are “now working expeditiously to return music by artists represented by Universal Music Group and songwriters represented by Universal Music Publishing Group to TikTok in due course.”UMG said in January that it had not agreed to terms of a new deal with TikTok, and planned to stop licensing content from the artists it represents on the social media platform that is owned by ByteDance, as well as TikTok Music services.

The online used-car retailer, which was close to bankruptcy just a few years ago, enjoyed skyrocketing profit in the first quarter of 2024. Shares of Carvana Co. are going through the roof in premarket trading this morning after the online used-car retailer posted what its CEO and CFO called its “best financial results in company history.” Carvana stock (ticker: CVNA) is up over 37% in premarket trading as of the time of this writing to $119.49 per share.