Stock Market Today: Stocks extend record run; retail sales disappoint The S&P 500 notched its thirtieth record high close of the year last night, rising 41.6 points on the session to take the benchmark's year-to-date gain to around 14.75%, powered once again by outsized ... 06/18/2024 - 3:31 am | View Link
Stock Market Today: Dow Gains 188 Points To Start the Short Week Stocks opened lower Monday but the main indexes found their footing by lunchtime and rallied into the close. Technology stocks helped lead the charge, with Autodesk ( ADSK) surging on activist ... 06/17/2024 - 9:15 am | View Link
Stock market today: Wall Street drifts near records as bond yields recover some of last week's loss U.S. stocks are drifting in quiet trading Monday ahead of what could be a quiet, holiday-shortened week. The S&P 500 was virtually unchanged in morning trading and near its record set on Thursday, ... 06/16/2024 - 8:40 pm | View Link
News updates from June 14: French stocks notch big weekly drop over fears of far-right election win; Apple set to face EU digital law charges News updates from June 14: French stocks notch big weekly drop over fears of far-right election win; Apple set to face EU digital law charges on facebook (opens in a new window) News updates from June ... 06/14/2024 - 12:06 am | View Link
Apple leapfrogs Nvidia as value soars by $150bn I’ll leave you with news that Argentina’s monthly inflation rate is expected to come in ... calling for an investigation ahead of Shein’s potential £50bn London stock market listing. In a letter sent ... 06/11/2024 - 8:48 am | View Link
Groovy lighting, meet moody lighting.
The lava lamp isn’t something you’d typically think of when imagining sophisticated interior design. Or mood lighting. Or adults. It’s a kid’s toy and college dorm room relic whose heyday is long past.
A cringey post on LinkedIn is yet another reminder to read the room before sharing your ‘career expertise’ on social media.
The photo in a recent LinkedIn post features a smiley guy in a backwards baseball cap and 36-hour stubble, seated at his podcasting workspace; AirPods in, cold brew at hand’s length.
Juneteenth, also known as Emancipation Day, has been a federal holiday for three years, meaning government institutions will be closed. But many stores may still be open.
Today, June 19, 2024, is Juneteenth, also known as Emancipation Day. Though the holiday has been celebrated in some southern regions of the United States for some time, it only became an official federal holiday when President Biden signed the law designating it as such in 2021.
If you don’t get the job, you have nothing to lose by asking for feedback. It shows the desire to learn and will differentiate you from other candidates.
Welcome to Pressing Questions, Fast Company’s work-life advice column. Every week, deputy editor Kathleen Davis, host of The New Way We Work podcast, will answer the biggest and most pressing workplace questions.
1994’s Simon was the first rough draft of a device that would change the world. But it was also a dead end.
In October 1994, I reviewed a new gizmo for InfoWorld, a prominent tech newsweekly. The device in question—the result of a collaboration between IBM and wireless carrier BellSouth—was a mobile phone known as Simon.
From AI that changes customer voices to sound less angry to software that detects employee stress, new tech aims to improve the customer service industry.
Working at a call center can be a stressful job. For eight hours (or more!) a day, you talk with customers who have problems—and oftentimes those frustrations boil over.