Senator Gary Peters (D-MI) spoke with Cheddar about sexual assault allegations against his Democratic colleague Senator Al Franken. He said he supports and investigation by the Ethics Committee into the incident.
Moments after the House Republicans passed its version of a tax reform bill, the Michigan Senator gave us his thoughts on the plan. He worries about the debt younger generations will inherit if the House or Senate versions of the bill make it to President Trump's desk.
Senator Peters also believes the autonomous vehicles will cause a technology revolution, similar to the assembly line. He is working on legislation to advance testing and development of self-driving car.
China retaliated to the latest round of tariffs announced by the Trump administration, announcing import taxes on $60 billion in U.S. goods. That came after the White House said it would impose tariffs on $200 billion of Chinese goods, though many of Apple's products will be exempt.
TripAdvisor is redesigning its site in order to compete with Google and Facebook The site now allows for more collaboration between users, encouraging people to post articles and videos from their trips. CEO Steve Kaufer said that the redesign puts the focus on reaching travelers before they've made trip decisions.
Salesforce co-founder Marc Benioff and his wife Lynne are buying Time Magazine from Meredith for $190 million. Amazon is investigating its employees for allegedly taking bribes in exchange for confidential information. And we sit down with the cast of 'American Dresser' to hear about the upcoming film that centers around two friends taking a cross-country motorcycle trip.
As the online gaming world continues to boom, professional sports organizations are working to marry the online and physical sports world. Hugh Weber, president of the New Jersey Devils, said that there is a way for live esports events to be compelling enough to translate to ticket sales.
Amazon is launching 'Storefronts' as a portal on its massive e-commerce platform to highlight what it calls small- and medium-sized American businesses.
Holly Rutt, the founder of Little Flower Soap Co., is featured in Amazon's first ad campaign to promote the venture. She said she expects to be introduced to an entirely new customer base via the Storefronts portal. Many of the small businesses that Amazon already killed off, though, will not get the same opportunity.
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Digital audio advertising is one area where Google and Facebook don't dominate, thus providing streaming players like Pandora an opportunity to carve out a market with the listener data they own, CEO Roger Lynch said.
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Cheddar anchor Nora Ali analyzes Jet.com's relaunch featuring a new localized strategy for New York, three-hour grocery delivery, Nike partnership, and Siri integration.
If you had any lingering doubts that eSports had gone mainstream, they would have been erased when the North American League of Legends Summer Split took over the Oracle Arena ー home to the defending NBA champion Golden State Warriors. Cheddar was there for the last stop before the World Championships in South Korea next month.
