A champion for climate justice, Oscar Isaac delves deeper into Polestar innovations which aim to improve today's society and that of the future
In the pursuit of accelerating sustainable mobility, Polestar, the electric performance car brand, has released a multi-episode video series featuring Golden Globe winner Oscar Isaac. A champion for climate justice, Isaac delves deeper into Polestar innovations which aim to improve today's society and that of the future.
In partnership with The Wall Street Journal, "Making aNew" is a five-part mini docuseries which seeks the truths behind Polestar's ethos and advancements in sustainability, electrification and performance. The video series is available to view today at www.polestar.com/us/making-anew.
"As the automotive world moves to electrification, important terms such as sustainability and clean energy are becoming generic slogans with diminished meaning," said Oscar Isaac. "After learning about the company, I feel better about driving a Polestar because the brand … Read more
This FTSE 250 share is up 17% today. Here's what I'd do about it now
The FTSE 250-listed insurance provider Just Group (LSE: JUST) saw its share price sky-rocket after releasing its business update today. With a 17% price increase as I write, the Just Group share price is finally back to the pre-crisis levels of around a year ago.
This is encouraging for a share that saw quite the fall last year. It lost over half its value from the highs seen in February 2020. But I think the important question now is whether JUST can maintain these share price levels and rise from here on.
I believe there are arguments both in its favour and against it.
What favours Just Group
Just Group's latest performance is clearly something that goes in its favour. Its sales are up 12% and it's fortifying itself against risks by reducing its exposure to the UK's property market, as well.
JUST's also optimistic about 2021. According to … Read more
Pfizer or Moderna? A COVID vaccine distribution dilemma
Good afternoon, readers.
Say you walk into a hospital or other COVID vaccine distribution site. You qualify to get one because you're a priority group under local regulations, and there are enough available doses around for you to get one. Which one would you actually receive?
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has already granted emergency authorization to two of them, one from Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech and the other from Moderna. But you're unlikely to know which one of those you'll be getting.
This pandemic has had a unifying theme: Triage. You get the resources to who needs them most. You allocate such resources accordingly. That was the case with coronavirus testing at the start of the outbreak. Now it's the case for one of the most complex immunization campaigns in history.
While the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines share scientific roots, they're still very different … Read more
Dennis Yu's 2021 Prediction: The Future of Facebook
I have a prediction.
In 2021, Facebook is going to get busted up like Ma Bell (with Instagram and WhatsApp spun off on their own). The resulting exodus of unhappy advertisers will flee into the willing arms of TikTok, Snapchat, YouTube, and good old SEO.
And the smart marketers will repurpose content in a few clever ways we'll discuss here.
See, Facebook spent $10.5 billion in legal fees alone in 2019. Still a fraction of $70 billion in ad revenue they earned, from which they generated $18.4 billion in net income. They seemed invincible.
Until they weren't.
Unable to address mounting issues with content moderation, the government treats Facebook like a publisher (The New York Times), not a technology company that allows social blogging (WordPress).
In 2021, I predict it all comes crashing down. Mister "Senator, we run ads" cannot spin Apple as evil and Facebook as the … Read more