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‘We’ve weathered the storm in the United States’

‘We’ve weathered the storm in the United States’

DAVOS, Switzerland — The economic gloom is flowing as freely as the expensive wine at this year’s World Economic Forum (WEF). But don’t put Trump’s former top economic adviser and Goldman Sachs banker Gary Cohn in the recession camp. “When I talk to people and ask them about their business, they seem to think their business is OK,” Cohn, now the vice chairman of IBM, told Yahoo Finance Live at the WEF this week (video above). “So everyone here seems to think the other person has a problem…. Source link

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We’ve let technology be used in ‘unhealthy ways’

We’ve let technology be used in ‘unhealthy ways’

Elon Musk, the tech mogul and Twitter CEO, and Matt Taibbi, an independent journalist, recently released a trove of internal emails from Twitter. The documents revealed the company’s efforts to suppress news on their platform and spurred a fierce polemic about the effects of big tech and social media on American society. Frank McCourt, the former owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers, has recently been tackling these challenges. Last year, he founded Project Liberty, a company that promotes… Source link

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‘The most bullish indicator we’ve come across in weeks’: Morning Brief

‘The most bullish indicator we’ve come across in weeks’: Morning Brief

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 Wednesday, November 9, 2022 Today’s newsletter is by Ethan Wolff-Mann, senior writer at Yahoo Finance. Follow him on Twitter @ewolffmann. Read this and more market news on the go with Yahoo Finance App. What’s hot? Anything but stocks for much of 2022. Many online savings accounts are paying north of 2.50%. A 6-month Treasury bond is yielding… Source link

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Chipotle CEO on BeReal app success: ‘We’ve maxed out’ followers

Chipotle CEO on BeReal app success: ‘We’ve maxed out’ followers

Chipotle said it’s maxed out the total number of followers it can have on the latest app gaining popularity, BeReal. “That’s something that has just really taken off lately, my understanding is we’ve maxed out all our followers,” on the social media app, CEO Brian Niccol said at the Yahoo Finance All Markets Summit.”We have to continue to figure out how we evolve that platform.” Yahoo Finance reached out to BeReal for comment, but the company was not able to provide clarity about just how many… Source link

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Unicorn? Alien? The many ways in which Victor Wembanyama is unlike any NBA prospect we’ve ever seen

Unicorn? Alien? The many ways in which Victor Wembanyama is unlike any NBA prospect we’ve ever seen

The hype train has officially left the station. Did you see Victor Wembanyama? Did you see his baseline shimmy fadeaways? The high-flying flushes beckoning for a poster? The playmaking, the 3-pointers off the dribble — all at a listed 7-foot-3, with reason to believe the 18-year-old stands even larger. “Everybody has been a unicorn for the last two years, but he’s more like an alien,” LeBron James said Wednesday night from NBA preseason inside Las Vegas’ T-Mobile Arena, just north of… Source link

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‘We’ve been hard-pressed to keep up with’ Old Bay Seasoning demand

McCormick’s Old Bay Seasoning appears to be the continued flavor of choice for home chefs amid the COVID-19 pandemic. “Oh my gosh, the demand for Old Bay has been extraordinary, and we’ve been hard-pressed to keep up with it. And even now, it’s one of those items that we are still struggling with to keep in stock. The demand is just high for favorites like that,” McCormick Chairman and CEO Lawrence Kurzius told Yahoo Finance Live.  Kurzius said McCormick (MKC) is working hard to bring back… Source link

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