Author: super@dmin
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The New York Post: Sarah Palin spotted dining outdoors after COVID-19 admission
After delaying her trial against the New York Times because of a COVID-19 diagnosis, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin dined outdoors in a New York restaurant
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Earnings Results: Comcast tops earnings expectations as theme parks, studios bounce back
Shares of Comcast Corp. were heading higher in premarket trading Thursday after the media giant exceeded earnings expectations for the fourth quarter amid a surge in revenue for its NBCUniversal unit that includes theme parks and studios.
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Need to Know: S&P 500 would need to drop another 20% to get the Fed’s attention, says co-CIO at Ray Dalio’s Bridgewater
Our call of the day from Bridgewater Associates tries to answer one question floating around markets. What kind of market selloff would get the Fed’s attention.
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When will the semiconductor cycle peak?
AMID A CHIP shortage that has hobbled producers of everything from toys to wind turbines, chipmakers are on a spending spree. On January 13th Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), the world’s biggest contract manufacturer, said it would spend up to $44bn on new capacity in 2022. That is up from $30bn last year, triple the…
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Why supply-chain problems aren’t going away
SUPPLY CHAINS have seldom featured in companies’ earnings reports over the three decades since globalisation took off in earnest, save for the occasional mention of the benefits of low costs and lean inventories. This earnings season, though, covid-induced shortages are among the first problems mentioned by many firms. The Omicron variant has worsened the logjams…
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Purpose and the employee
WHAT IS THE meaning of mayonnaise? For Unilever, a consumer-goods giant whose products are all meant to stand for something, the purpose of its Hellmann’s brand is to reduce food waste by making leftovers tasty. For Terry Smith, a fund manager fed up with Unilever’s dipping share price, this is crazy. “The Hellmann’s brand has…
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What if all workers wrote software, not just the geek elite?
IN 2018 A field technician working for Telstra, an Australian telecoms firm, built an app that unified 70 messaging systems for reporting phone-line problems. The technician did this despite having no coding experience. The interface may look cluttered: the landing page jams in 150 buttons and a local-news ticker—the app equivalent of an airplane cockpit,…
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Outside the Box: How can I protect my baby from unsafe people in their father’s life?
An estate plan with certain types of trusts are a good place to start
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Market Snapshot: Wall Street flails for direction after Powell’s ‘kick to the teeth’ on interest rates
U.S. stock futures on Thursday were mixed following Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s press conference that suggested the central bank was planning to make several interest-rate hikes this year.
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Kelley Blue Book: The 2022 Ford Bronco Sport is loaded with personality and rugged capability
If you like the look and personality of the Bronco but don’t intend to do a lot of off-roading, the Bronco Sport could be the perfect SUV for you.