This article first appeared in the Morning Brief. Get the Morning Brief sent directly to your inbox every Monday to Friday by 6:30 a.m. ET. Subscribe Monday, June 28, 2021 With inflation no longer Greenspan’s ‘q’ word, here’s why generous worker pay matters. Does anyone remember the word “quiescent”? It’s an economic catchphrase popularized by Alan Greenspan, the former Federal Reserve chairman who presided over an impressive run of strong growth and stable inflation. During his lengthy… Source link
Read More »How to check your email to avoid new free storage limits
Since Google stopped providing unlimited storage in Google Photos June 1, some of you may worry that excess cat photos will push you into paying for extra storage or finding another place to back up your pictures. But this space crunch might not hinge on images at all, because Google’s 15-gigabyte limit for no-charge storage covers not just Google Photos but also Google Drive and Gmail. Although an individual email might not seem like much, a thousand words can be worth a picture –… Source link
Read More »Home Security Company ADT Betting on Google Partnership to Build Revenue
Security-system provider ADT Inc. is betting on its partnership with Google’s smart-home business to increase revenue as it struggles to turn a profit three years after going public. The company, best known for its home alarm systems, last summer announced the deal with Google, whose Nest business makes thermostats and smoke detectors that customers can monitor from their phones. Under the agreement, Alphabet Inc.’s Google… Source link
Read More »Khris Middleton leads Bucks past Hawks
The Milwaukee Bucks looked in trouble twice on Sunday after digging holes to start each half against the Atlanta Hawks. Both times they persevered. In a game of runs, the Bucks mounted a pair of rallies and rode a hot Khris Middleton down the stretch to secure a 113-102 Game 3 win over the Hawks. With the win, they took a 2-1 series lead in the Eastern Conference finals. In addition to the loss, the Hawks carry concern from Game 3 about star guard Trae Young, who sprained his right ankle late… Source link
Read More »Khris Middleton in closer role has Bucks eyeing title run
ATLANTA — The game was screaming for someone, anyone to say “enough” — to cut through the emotion of the night and take command of this series. Khris Middleton stepped in and although he was probably hard to hear, his right wrist did the talking for him, the Milwaukee Bucks and the rest of the NBA took notice. Middleton has been with Giannis Antetokounmpo since the days both were battling in practice over playing time eight years ago, and while Antetokounmpo has blossomed into a… Source link
Read More »‘People kind of look at the Nets now like — all right, they can be a contender next year’
Kevin Durant dunks on Brook Lopez The Nets came up short of a trip to the Eastern Conference Finals and, ultimately, an NBA title June 19 — a 115-111 overtime loss in Game 7 at Barclays Center against the Milwaukee Bucks — but Kevin Durant does see some positives. While Durant made clear his discontent with not winning, he expressed optimism about what Brooklyn has built in an appearance this past week on Episode 47 of the Boardroom: Out of Office podcast. “All of that s–t really don’t… Source link
Read More »Trae Young needs MRI after stepping on official’s foot
After spraining his right ankle late in Game 3, Trae Young‘s status for Game 4 of the Eastern Conference finals is less than 100%. The Atlanta Hawks guard was in the midst of another big scoring night when he rolled his ankle late in the third quarter of Sunday’s loss to the Milwaukee Bucks. With Atlanta leading 85-82, Young threw an errant pass in a halfcourt set that Bucks forward Bobby Portis intercepted. Trae Young injured after stepping on ref Young stepped back to get back on defense,… Source link
Read More »Every Fashion CEO Knows the Chinese Man on the Cover of System Magazine
It’s not your usual cover coup, but a coup nonetheless: The charismatic Chinese retailer known to every chief executive officer in the biz as Mr. Ji is on the cover of the next issue of System magazine, photographed remotely by Juergen Teller no less. The chairman of SKP, widely considered the best luxury department store operator in China, Ji Xiao An gets 34 pages in the issue, including a long and lively conversation with Prada honcho Patrizio Bertelli, moderated by editor Jonathan… Source link
Read More »The Lenovo Smart Clock 2 gives Google Assistant a new look
The Lenovo Smart Clock and Smart Clock Essential are both functional, attractive alarm clocks with some extra smart home capabilities. Today, Lenovo has announced the next in line: the Lenovo Smart Clock 2. The big news is that the Google Assistant-powered Smart Clock 2 can come with an optional wireless charging dock, which can juice up Qi-compatible devices. This dock can also act as what Lenovo describes as “a soft, ambient nightlight.” Beyond that, Lenovo says the new Smart… Source link
Read More »Yahoo article suggests Damian Lillard unhappy in Portland
It’s happening y’all…Damian Lillard is finally unhappy with how things are going in Portland and therefore is coming to the NY Knicks!!! (I wish) All jokes aside, per Chris Haynes of Yahoo Sports, a writer who’s known to have a close relationship with Damian Lillard released a piece this afternoon stating the following: The enormous backlash from the Portland Trail Blazers’ process to hire a new coach and his concerns on whether a championship contender can be built have become… Source link
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