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4 ways this year's holiday shopping may be affected by the pandemic, according to a retail economist
Business Insider - 1 Aug 2020 18:00
Reuters As the holiday season slowly approaches, it's difficult to say for sure how the COVID-19 pandemic will affect shopping. Jack Kleinhenz, chief economist for trade group the National Retail Federation, estimates th...
My job ended during the pandemic, so I left New York and moved to a farm in Maine -- and it's changed how I think about work and food
Business Insider - 1 Aug 2020 18:00
Maddie Molot Michaela Schwartz is a writer/producer living in New York. Originally from Boston, she graduated from Barnard College with a bachelor's degree in Film and Gender Studies. When her television job ended in Apr...
Trump's plan to pull troops from Germany doesn't address a risk NATO has faced since the start of the Cold War
Business Insider - 1 Aug 2020 17:45
Sean Gallup/Getty Images The Trump administration's plans to pull thousands of troops from Germany, moving them elsewhere in Europe and back to the US, elicited backlash at home and abroad. Trump isn't the first US leade...
Everyone Hates Me
The New Yorker - 1 Aug 2020 15:00
Harris Mayersohn writes a humorous essay explaining why everyone, including his pediatrician and his fiancée, hates him.
A side gig you can do if you're killing time online: Get paid for your opinions
L.A. Times - 1 Aug 2020 16:00Stock Splits Pay Off---on the Rare Occasions They Occur
Wall Street Journal - 1 Aug 2020 13:33
Shares of Apple enjoyed a big bounce after the iPhone maker revealed plans to execute a 4-for-1 stock split.
James Murdoch Quits News Corp Board Over Editorial Issues
Forbes - 1 Aug 2020 05:30Why You Should Not Sell Your Startup App Idea
Forbes - 1 Aug 2020 03:53The 10 richest people in the Middle East, ranked
Business Insider - 1 Aug 2020 17:10
Mustafa Yalcin/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images The Middle East, a region that encompasses many countries, including Turkey, Iraq, Iran, Israel, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and Qatar, is known for its oil-derived wealth. Business In...
Trump told reporters on Air Force One he is banning TikTok from the US
Business Insider - 1 Aug 2020 07:08
Tolga Akmen/AFP/Getty Images; Clancy Morgan/Business Insider President Donald Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One on Friday night that he is banning the Chinese-owned social media platform TikTok from the US. "As f...
For Prohibition-Era Perry Mason, HBO Created the Ultimate L.A. Meal Kits Circa 1932
AdWeek - 1 Aug 2020 02:58
Musso & Frank Grill has been a Hollywood institution serving red meat and stiff drinks since 1919, and in pre-pandemic days, it could have been the ideal spot for an HBO shindig for the Depression-era drama Perry Mason. ...
The AR/VR ecosystem -- Are we there yet?
Venture Beat - 1 Aug 2020 17:16
Digi-Capital's AR and VR forecast is for global revenue to grow from over $13 billion this year to more than $67 billion by 2024 -- is it an ecosystem yet?
PPP forgiveness plan disappoints, OnDeck fire sale, GSE liquidity: Top stories of the week
American Banker - 1 Aug 2020 02:27
Bankers are left wanting after details on PPP forgiveness plan emerge; why OnDeck is being sold on the cheap; Fannie, Freddie to face banklike liquidity standards starting Sept. 1; and more from this week's most-read sto...
Antitrust experts weigh in on breaking up Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google
Venture Beat - 1 Aug 2020 19:45
Antitrust experts weigh in on this week's congressional hearing with CEOs of Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google and consider the best course of action.
ByteDance and Microsoft offer White House a deal to keep TikTok in the U.S.
Venture Beat - 1 Aug 2020 19:23
China's ByteDance has agreed to divest the U.S. operations of TikTok completely in a bid to save a deal with the White House.
Decentralized Exchange Volumes Rose 174% in July, Topping $4.3B and Setting Second Straight Record
Coin Desk - 1 Aug 2020 17:59
Uniswap reported 41% of July's decentralized exchange volume.
The Wall Street Journal: Kodak's stock surge turned executive options into huge potential payday
Market Watch - 1 Aug 2020 17:34
A sudden surge in Eastman Kodak Co.'s stock this week has turned a bunch of money-losing executive stock-option grants made in the past two years -- including some made on Monday -- into a sudden personal windfall for th...
Tesla has a huge lead over other automakers. See how the electric-car company's brand became so mighty. (TSLA)
Business Insider - 1 Aug 2020 17:02
Jae C. Hong/Associated Press For years, potential competitors kept an eye on Tesla as it absorbed all the risk of creating a viable market for electric vehicles. While the electric-vehicle market hovers in the single dig...
Oculus Quest dev discovers replay, passthrough features in system software
Venture Beat - 1 Aug 2020 14:13
An Oculus Quest developer has made more discoveries while digging inside the Quest system software, such as instant replay and passthrough.