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Welcome back! Did you already get a lift in today? On Wall Street, chasing gains at the office is becoming the new norm. Here’s how gyms at five top firms stack up.In today’s big story, people are obsessed with reading into every corporate rebrand as the next big political statement. It’s not that serious.What’s on deck:Markets: The interview questions Wall Street hiring managers use to spot talent.Tech: Inside Silicon Valley’s “youthquake.”Business: Hyundai has for decades poured billions into America’s South. Then ICE rattled its biggest US project yet.But first, we’re switching things up.If this was forwarded to you, sign up…
ATLANTA – We already know a thing or two about heat here in Georgia. But if you really want to know about true, scorching heat — you go see Jim Duffy. What we know: Duffy is the owner of Refining Fire Chiles, a chile pepper retail and education business that features some of the hottest — and most unique — little pods on the planet. He became interested in chiles back in 2003, thanks to the homemade salsas and sauces of his coworkers; soon, he was growing dozens of varieties and winning over fans throughout California. In 2021, Duffy relocated…
Secondary ticketing marketplace platform StubHub has revealed how much it hopes to earn from its initial public offering.In a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Monday (September 8), StubHub Holdings revealed it plans to sell just over 34 million Class A shares, with an option to sell an additional 5.1 million shares. It expects the shares to fetch USD $22-$25 each.That indicates StubHub is expecting to raise between $748 million and $975 million from the IPO. Based on the number of outstanding shares listed in the SEC filing, that price target would give StubHub a valuation between…
Americans are increasingly souring on big business and capitalism — but they’re not turning to socialism quite yet.New polling from Gallup found that just 37% of Americans have a positive rating of big business, down from 46% in 2021.It’s a stunning turnaround in less than a decade. As recently as 2019, 52% of Americans had a positive view of big business.The poll also found that 54% of Americans rate capitalism positively, a six percentage point decline from 2021. It’s the lowest favorability rating recorded for capitalism since Gallup began polling this question in 2010.At the same time, Americans continue to…
MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. — Two women faced charges after two deputies working undercover stopped to gamble at an arcade on Saturday in Miami-Dade County, records show. Leer en españolKenia Landa, who was born in Cuba and lives in Hialeah Gardens, appeared before Miami-Dade County Circuit Judge Mindy S. Glazer on Monday morning, records show.“You were arrested for bookmaking, renting a house for purposes of gambling, and also acting as a keeper or agent of a gambling house,” Glazer told Landa in court.Miami-Dade County Sheriff’s Office deputies arrested Landa, 52, and Beatriz Vichot on Saturday night at the Galaxy Arcade, at…
Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982) is a quotable cult classic American coming-of-age comedy film. The film captured the cultural zeitgeist of the time with realistic portrayals of American youth as they navigated sex, responsibility and rebellion, the latter embodied no more wholeheartedly than by Sean Penn’s standout stoner, Jeff Spicoli. Even audiences who haven’t seen the film will recognize Jeff Spicoli because he created the mold of the archetypal slacker returned to time and again for the next several decades in cinema. At first glance, Spicoli, with his long blonde locks, an affinity for shirtlessness and ambitions only to…
(KRON) – The Fairfield Police Department arrested a person who threw a brick in a business early Friday morning. Fairfield police officers responded to a retail store where its alarm went off on B…
The AI hype cycle is in full swing. Every week, a new agent or a new tool promises to reinvent business. But here’s the uncomfortable truth: AI won’t fix your digital transformation. It won’t save your broken systems. And it won’t magically create competitive advantage.The reason is simple: AI can’t function without a solid data foundation.Most enterprises are still drowning in data silos. The average company runs more than 800 apps, and fewer than one-third of them are integrated. Customer records are scattered across various systems, including billing, marketing, loyalty, and sales. Information is outdated, duplicated, and disconnected. In this…
As my 2-year-old son happily touched the door handle, walls, and lock of the festival bathroom — a portable toilet that smelled anything but fresh — I shuddered inside.”Not need a wee-wee after all,” he said to me, with a wide smile.I barely repressed what I could only describe as a growl, as I hurriedly let us out of the claustrophobic pod, trying hard not to touch anything at all.After covering my son’s hands with antibacterial gel, and wishing for the millionth time there were taps and running water, I pulled myself together and we hurried back to join our…
RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) — A Raleigh business was heavily damaged when a car ran into the building.ABC11 got a closer look at the damage inside at Carolina Kettle.”Yeah, a little sad. You know, unfortunately, we got to close for a little while. Um, so, yeah, you never like to do that, but. But there’s no stopping it when someone crashes their car in the front end of your small business,” said Josh Monahan who is an owner of the chip company.Video from overnight shows us a different perspective of the car that rammed into the building.Raleigh police tell us it…