Post-pandemic America has seen inflation grow rapidly, along with household income inequality. According to a recent study published by the Economic Policy Institute (EPI), household incomes have decreased for the average American since 2019 and vary widely by state. (Income is defined as earnings plus Social Security, dividends, interest, etc.) For example, southern states like Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, and Arkansas saw a median income of $55,000 or less in 2021, whereas Maryland… Source link
Read More »Google brought back Duo (kind of) because its Meet transition is so confusing
Google’s plan to consolidate its communication services into Meet was supposed to (finally) make things simpler and more straightforward. It was meant to bring about some sense and order for a company that has always overthought this stuff and made it confusing — to a truly impressive degree. Earlier this month, the company rebranded its Duo video chat app as Meet and brought over Meet’s features. That left the original, to-be-phased-out Meet app with a new “Meet (Original)”… Source link
Read More »Dolphins QB Tua Tagovailoa not happy his quiet marriage leaked: ‘Kind of disrespectful’
Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa is a newly married man. It appears that is something he would rather the world not have learned. Speaking with reporters on Wednesday, Tagovailoa confirmed he had recently married Annah Gore and indicated he intended to keep that part of his private life as private until the news eventually leaked. Tagovailoa on the wedding: “It was very special. I don’t know who ended up leaking it, but he must have been waiting outside the courthouse for an entire… Source link
Read More »Google’s Pixel 5 was the last of its kind
From time to time, I’ll grab a random device out of the Verge reviews closet and spend a week or two with it. It’s mostly out of random curiosity and for the sake of comparing “old” products against the latest and greatest. Most recently, I was drawn to Google’s Pixel 5. So I gave it a factory reset, updated the phone to Android 12, and have been using it as my daily driver for the past several days. The experience has been fantastic. I’ve got very large hands — an iPhone… Source link
Read More »What Kind Of Investors Own Most Of Kathmandu Holdings Limited (NZSE:KMD)?
If you want to know who really controls Kathmandu Holdings Limited (NZSE:KMD), then you’ll have to look at the makeup of its share registry. Generally speaking, as a company grows, institutions will increase their ownership. Conversely, insiders often decrease their ownership over time. Companies that used to be publicly owned tend to have lower insider ownership. With a market capitalization of NZ$1.1b, Kathmandu Holdings is a small cap stock, so it might not be well known by many… Source link
Read More »What Kind Of Investors Own Most Of Yandex N.V. (NASDAQ:YNDX)?
The big shareholder groups in Yandex N.V. (NASDAQ:YNDX) have power over the company. Large companies usually have institutions as shareholders, and we usually see insiders owning shares in smaller companies. Warren Buffett said that he likes “a business with enduring competitive advantages that is run by able and owner-oriented people.” So it’s nice to see some insider ownership, because it may suggest that management is owner-oriented. With a market capitalization of US$24b, Yandex is rather… 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 »Apple’s wave of new products bring a special kind of baggage
Wednesday, April 28, 2021 This article was first featured in Yahoo Finance Tech, a weekly newsletter highlighting our original content on the industry. Get it sent directly to your inbox every Wednesday by 4 p.m. ET. Subscribe Apple’s latest products should be hits, but they come with risks for the company Apple (AAPL) has begun launching a slew of game-changing products and features, like devices that track down your lost stuff and a new feature to protect your privacy online. But each one… Source link
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