Washington Post: Business
- Unilever Still Has to Transform Itself. Here Are Its Options
Saturday - 01/22/2022 - 02:15 AMA deal with GSK would have helped the consumer goods giant expand into consumer health. It’s chosen a lonelier road.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Has the Nasdaq Finally Caught Up With Reality?
Saturday - 01/22/2022 - 03:24 AMThe beginning of earnings season is confirmation that investors really do need to be worried about rising cost pressures.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Here’s Where the Battle Over Voting Stands in U.S.
Friday - 01/21/2022 - 01:53 AMA bedrock democratic institution, voting, continues to divide the two major U.S. political parties. States run by Republicans and states run by Democrats are increasingly diverging in their policies on registering to vote, voting in person and voting by mail.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Omicron Is Pushing Small Businesses to the Brink
Friday - 01/21/2022 - 03:08 AMOne resilient New Jersey baker who has so far managed to outrun the pandemic now worries she may have to close up shop.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - D.C.'s largest penthouse on the market for $6 million
Friday - 01/21/2022 - 05:30 AMHOUSE OF THE WEEK | The four-bedroom, five-bathroom penthouse and two-bedroom, two-bathroom staff apartment are being sold together for just under $6 million.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Tech companies spent almost $70 million lobbying Washington in 2021 as Congress sought to rein in their power
Friday - 01/21/2022 - 02:51 AMSeven large tech companies spent nearly $70 million lobbying the U.S. government in 2021 as policymakers from both parties weighed legislation to curtail their power and influence.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Intel to invest at least $20 billion building Ohio chip factories
Friday - 01/21/2022 - 08:55 AMThe investment comes during a broader computer chip shortage that has held back numerous industries.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - A Vaccine to Prevent All Covid Is Within Reach. Here’s How to Grab It.
Friday - 01/21/2022 - 12:07 PMDrugmakers are playing omicron whack-a-mole when the focus should be on a new generation of pan-coronavirus shots.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - European Parliament gives initial approval to rules that would change big tech data collection, advertising
Thursday - 01/20/2022 - 02:51 AMThe landmark Digital Services Act would require tech companies to police content on their platforms more aggressively and introduce new restrictions on advertising, among other provisions.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Federal Reserve is taking the next step toward possibly launching a digital dollar
Thursday - 01/20/2022 - 03:50 AMThe Federal Reserve on Thursday issued a long-awaited report weighing whether to launch its own digital currency.
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- Putin as a Pirate of the Caribbean? That’s Not Scary
Saturday - 01/22/2022 - 03:16 AMRussia’s threat to send troops to Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela isn’t worrisome for the U.S. — unless it includes nuclear cruise missiles.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Biden plan to ship 500 million coronavirus test kits transforms Postal Service into relief agency
Friday - 01/21/2022 - 04:42 AMUSPS has added thousands of seasonal employees and converted more than 40 facilities to house, process and ship the tests.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - How Bail Reform, Crime Surge Mix in an Angry Debate
Friday - 01/21/2022 - 01:54 AMBail has become the center of an increasingly heated debate across the U.S., as reforms that had been years in the making collide with a rise in violent crime in many cities since the start of the pandemic.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Don’t Give Putin a Veto Over NATO Expansion
Friday - 01/21/2022 - 03:09 AMNegotiating the future size and shape of the alliance would be tantamount to surrender.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Activision Blizzard employees at Raven Software ask management to recognize new union
Friday - 01/21/2022 - 11:02 AMQuality assurance testers at Raven Software have asked management to recognize their union.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Esports owners, executives react to Microsoft’s Activision deal: ‘We are definitely surprised’
Friday - 01/21/2022 - 02:53 AMEsports executives invested in Activision Blizzard esports see Microsoft's pending acquisition as a ringing endorsement for the future of the competitive gaming industry. It's just too early to tell what it might mean for the "Call of Duty League" or "Overwatch League."
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - How to Withstand China’s Property Meltdown
Thursday - 01/20/2022 - 11:24 AMA little luck and a lot of debt reduction helped a pair of once-troubled developers dodge the worst of the turmoil
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - BHP Picks the Worst Moment to Return to Mining Megadeals
Friday - 01/21/2022 - 01:25 AMThere’s a price risk — and a reputation gamble — associated with buying up assets now. Why go there when giant deposits are still sitting on the company’s books?
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - A professor said her students think Americans make six figures on average. That’s a long way off.
Thursday - 01/20/2022 - 02:20 AMThe answers some of Nina Strohminger's business students at the University of Pennsylvania provided give insight into how people understand the world around them, experts said.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Peloton stock plunges following report it will halt production
Thursday - 01/20/2022 - 04:13 AMCNBC, citing internal documents, says the company will hit pause amid slowing demand for its connected Bike and treadmill.
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- Imagine There’s No Crypto. It’s Too Easy If You Try
Saturday - 01/22/2022 - 03:00 AMCryptocurrencies won’t conquer our wallets until they capture more of our imaginations.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Investors face reckoning as stock market has worst week since beginning of pandemic
Friday - 01/21/2022 - 07:50 AMThe biggest drive of the plunge was growing concerns that persistently high inflation will force the Federal Reserve to aggressively raise interest rates this year.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Why a Vote on Orban’s Rule Reverberates Across Europe
Friday - 01/21/2022 - 01:53 AMPrime Minister Viktor Orban’s subversion of mainstream politics in Hungary has become a case study for aspiring populists and a cautionary tale for defenders of democracy. With opposition parties now uniting to attempt to oust him in the April 3 general election, and the European Union threatening to bleed his government financially, Orban is facing the biggest test to his rule.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Republicans Should Rethink Idea-Free Campaigns
Friday - 01/21/2022 - 03:13 AMParty leaders have decided that running without a legislative agenda is the winning 2022 strategy. One problem with their plan: If it works, it’ll make governing painful.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Ask Help Desk: Deleting apps doesn’t make their subscription charges go away
Friday - 01/21/2022 - 07:00 AMHow to get rid of those pesky, forgotten subscription charges
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Venmo, PayPal and other payment apps have to tell the IRS about your side hustle if you make more than $600 a year.
Friday - 01/21/2022 - 07:00 AMThe IRS isn't coming after your Venmo or Paypal transactions with friends and family. But it does want information on your side-hustle income.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Federal judge in Texas blocks Biden’s vaccine requirement for government workers
Friday - 01/21/2022 - 02:29 AMThe ruling amounted to yet another blow to the administration’s attempts to increase vaccinations through requirements.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Halving Its Market Value Doesn’t Make Sea Ltd. Cheap
Friday - 01/21/2022 - 01:39 AMThere’s an argument to be made for strong valuations, but the e-commerce player needs to prove that growth can be profitable.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Senate advances antitrust legislation, despite reservations from California Democrats
Thursday - 01/20/2022 - 06:55 AMThe at times heated debate over the legislation followed an aggressive lobbying blitz from tech giants and their surrogates, which appeared to resonate with a pair of California senators.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Tesla driver faces felony charges in fatal crash involving Autopilot
Thursday - 01/20/2022 - 07:26 AMTwo people were killed in the 2019 crash when the car abruptly left the freeway and ran a red light, according to reports.
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