Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona joined with fellow Democratic Senator Jon Ossoff of Georgia last week to lay down a marker on when their colleagues on Capitol Hill should be able to trade stocks. Never, they say. The two Senators proposed the most aggressive option so far to ban stock trading not just by lawmakers but also by members of their immediate family: the Ban Congressional Stock Trading Act, which would confiscate a lawmaker’s entire salary if they break the rules. In an interview with… Source link
Read More »Why Indian-born leaders dominate American tech’s top ranks
When Satya Nadella took over as CEO of Microsoft in February 2014, he inherited a toxic culture in a company considered a tech dinosaur. Bill Gates, its founder, had been known for berating employees, and Steve Ballmer, who succeeded Gates, continued the hardball business tactics that partners loathed. Microsoft had lost the battle for smartphones, and the technology platform its technologies were built for, the desktop, was giving way to the cloud. As I explained in my book From Incremental… Source link
Read More »NIO Inc. Announces Completion of At-The-Market Offering of American Depositary Shares
SHANGHAI, China, Nov. 19, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — NIO Inc. (NYSE: NIO) (“NIO” or the “Company”), a pioneer and a leading company in the premium smart electric vehicle market, today announced that it has completed its previously announced at-the-market offering (the “At-The-Market Offering”) of American depositary shares (“ADSs”), each representing one Class A ordinary share of the Company. Through the At-The-Market Offering, the Company has sold 53,292,401 ADSs and raised… Source link
Read More »The Great Resignation story is “not a choice that most American workers can have”
There is a story developing in the labor market, which has marked a significant shift in who is participating amid the ongoing pandemic. Among the many stories are resignations, for various reasons, and the struggle to fill more labor-intensive jobs. It has resulted in an unprecedented demand for more highly-skilled, remote jobs, and those willing to work in lower-wage jobs are being paid significantly more than those who previously held the positions. ZipRecruiter chief economist Julia… Source link
Read More »American Airlines flies 40,000 passengers to the US and prepares for more as borders open
American Airlines (AAL) welcomed 150 international flights Monday as the U.S. opened its borders to non-citizens who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19. “We’re seeing fantastic demand, 40,000 customers are coming inbound to the U.S. today,” American Airlines President Robert Isom told Yahoo Finance Live. “People want to get out on the road,” Isom said, predicting the surge to continue well into 2022. “There are families and grandparents that haven’t seen, you know, children in a long… Source link
Read More »American businesses should stand behind Yahoo in standing up to China
Paul Sakuma / AP The Yahoo logo is displayed outside of offices in Santa Clara, Calif., in this Monday, April 18, 2011, file photo. Thursday, Nov. 4, 2021 | 2 a.m. In an all-too-rare instance of positive news coming from Big Tech, Yahoo announced this week that it was pulling out of China. Citing the Chinese government’s sweeping regulatory crackdown on the tech, education, gaming and entertainment industries in recent months, Yahoo said it was shutting down access to its services… Source link
Read More »Yahoo Is The Latest American Company To Pull The Plug On China
WATCH 1:44 | Nov 02, 2021, 11:32am EDT Yahoo is the second U.S. tech giant in weeks to pull out of China, symbolically ending its services in the world’s second-biggest economy after years of winding down because of an “increasingly challenging business and legal environment.” Source link
Read More »American Airlines reveals what we all know about America’s labor shortage
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, November 1, 2021 It was a brutal weekend for one airline and a telling weekend on the state of America’s labor shortage. American Airlines canceled about 14.3% of its flights on Sunday, according to data shared by the company to Yahoo Finance, in large part because it was unable to find staff to carry out operations. Staffing problems… Source link
Read More »Affirm founder Max Levchin on American Airlines deal, crypto
And the wins keep piling up for buy now, pay later outfit Affirm. The company announced this week it has inked a deal with American Airlines that will allow consumers to pay for their travel in installments. “It’s there to help travelers. Lots of people are going to try to go to a family getaway and not everyone is capable of paying for it instantaneously in cash,” said Affirm founder and CEO Max Levchin on Yahoo Finance Live. For Affirm, the American Airlines tie-tup is the latest in a… Source link
Read More »Millennials embrace the American Express card
American Express (AXP) shares hit an intra-day record on Friday after a much better than expected third quarter in large part, fueled by millennials and Gen Z cardholders. The card issuer said spending by millennial and Gen cardholders gained 38%, compared to the third quarter of 2019 excluding the impact of currency fluctuations. Amex said it acquired 2.6 million new card members in the quarter. Amex CEO Stephen Squeri told Yahoo Finance the younger set has embraced the company’s increased… Source link
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