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‘I’ve never quite seen it this bad’ in 30 years, analyst says

‘I’ve never quite seen it this bad’ in 30 years, analyst says

Supply chain woes continue to paint an increasingly bleak the picture for the trucking industry, said Jason Seidl, Cowen managing director of industrials — airfreight and surface transportation. Finding workers to drive trucks has increasingly been an issue in the industry, according to Seidl. “Clearly, we’ve had some problems hiring truckers lately,” he said in a segment with Yahoo Finance Live on Wednesday. “I’ve been around the trucking industry almost 30 years, and I’ve never… Source link

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Google’s new ad goes full Jony Ive on the Pixel 5A headphone jack

Google’s new ad goes full Jony Ive on the Pixel 5A headphone jack

Yesterday marked the release of Google’s $449 Pixel 5A with 5G, and the company has just released a two-minute video that celebrates one of the phone’s very best hardware features. No, it’s not the new IP67 dust and water resistance. It’s not the larger screen or the biggest battery in a Pixel yet. It’s all about the headphone jack, or “the circle” as this very Jony Ive-esque spot constantly refers to it. Google is truly getting out there with its YouTube advertising, and… Source link

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Truck driver shortage ‘is about as bad as I’ve ever seen’: US Xpress CEO

Truck driver shortage ‘is about as bad as I’ve ever seen’: US Xpress CEO

The need for workers is weighing on the trucking industry, where freight operators are struggling to raise wages fast enough to find drivers. Eric Fuller, the CEO of U.S. Xpress (USX), said that his company has doled out 30% to 35% in total pay increases over the last 12 months — but suggested more may be needed. “The driver situation is about as bad as I’ve ever seen in my career,” Fuller told Yahoo Finance on Monday. Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics showed that in the depths… Source link

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Google’s 3-Word Plan for Returning to Work Is the Best I’ve Ever Seen

Google’s 3-Word Plan for Returning to Work Is the Best I’ve Ever Seen

As we get closer to what all of us hope is the end of the pandemic, companies are faced with a new challenge: how to bring people back to work. It’s not a small thing to consider when and how to get your team back in the office safely–or, whether that’s something you should do at all. That’s exactly the question Google is tackling with a new set of policies rolled out this week in a  blog post by the company’s CEO, Sundar Pichai. Google’s workforce has been almost entirely remote since… Source link

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Investor on why bitcoin is ‘literally the biggest story I’ve seen,’ may hit $1M and top gold’s market cap

Investor on why bitcoin is ‘literally the biggest story I’ve seen,’ may hit M and top gold’s market cap

Influential investor Raoul Pal says the best trade he’s ever found is bitcoin (BTC-USD), which he’s described as “a call option on the future” and “the world’s most pristine reserve asset.” In a recent interview on Yahoo Finance, Pal said that the central banks move toward digital currencies is “literally the biggest story” in his career. Investors like Pal don’t want to compete against central banks, but aim to create “a digital world,” Pal said, underscoring that despite big… Source link

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