Univision has acquired Spanish-language streaming service Vix as it gears up to launch ad-supported domestic streaming outlet PrendeTV. Vix is available in the U.S. and throughout Latin America. Backed by by Discovery Communications and Harbourvest Capital, it acquired Latino streaming player Pongalo at the end of 2019. In 2020, its channels Pongalo NovelaClub and movie outlet Moovimex gained distribution via […]

The OECD wants to have an international agreement on how to tax tech giants by the summer. The new U.S. administration has indicated it will actively engage in the OECD negotiations. Digital taxes caused disputes between the EU and U.S. during the presidency of Donald Trump. LONDON — Silicon Valley tech firms look increasingly likely to face new global tax […]

The numbers of confirmed and fatal COVID-19 cases, as well as hospitalizations, continue to drop almost everywhere in America. Still, there are 26,308,290 confirmed cases, about a quarter of the world’s total, and 443,817 fatalities, about a fifth of the world’s number. Experts warn there may be 600,000 American coronavirus deaths by the summer. Moreover, there have been mutations that […]

Thousands of U.S. health-care workers are still seeking Covid-19 vaccinations even as states and cities open eligibility to people far removed from the pandemic’s front line. Since Pfizer Inc./BioNTech and Moderna Inc. vaccine shipments began nationally in mid-December, the priority has been doctors, nurses and other professionals likely to come in contact with the novel coronavirus. But those unaffiliated with […]

Israel leads the world in vaccinations, inoculating more than 3 million of its 9 million people. Experts say big data and collaboration between central government and its handful of HMOs were key.  Handing out leftover doses, controversial in other countries, is something others could learn from. Visit Business Insider’s homepage for more stories. One Saturday evening in late December, media […]

The battle between retail traders and hedge funds is unlikely to cause a major setback for markets, according to JPMorgan Chase & Co. Major drawdowns have usually occurred when there’s a worse outlook for growth, as well as signs of overvaluation beyond price-earnings ratios and credit spreads, JPMorgan strategists led by John Normand wrote in a note Friday. Few markets […]

Last year hit fashion like a ton of bricks. But, in many ways, it was a more balanced year than we’ve ever had. Newton’s Third Law of Motion was in full effect: that is, for every action, there was an equal and opposite reaction. We had been riding high for decades, with little consequence. Last year showed us the reality […]