Category: Business
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iPhones are suggesting people ‘Check In’ with their exes. Yikes!
[ad_1] One of the nice safety features from last year’s iOS for iPhone was “Check In.” You can set up a Check In to alert a contact when you’ve reached your destination — and they can see your device location. The ideal use is to let your friend or loved one know you got home safely…
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Nike welcomes boomerang CEO with $27 million payday
[ad_1] Nike on Thursday announced it would replace CEO John Donahoe with his former colleague, Elliott Hill. Hill, 60, is returning to Nike four years after retiring from the sneaker giant. According to the company, Hill spent decades in leadership positions in Europe and North America, serving as president of its consumer and marketplace business…
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Fed’s big cut may have been closer call than lone dissent suggests
[ad_1] WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Federal Reserve’s big bang start on Wednesday to what’s expected to be more interest-rate cuts this year and next may have had the full support of only a slim majority of the central bank’s 19 policymakers, a look at their rate-path projections suggests. That’s a closer call than the lone…
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Navy Federal Personal Loan Review: A Smart Choice for Members?
[ad_1] Affiliate links for the products on this page are from partners that compensate us (see our advertiser disclosure with our list of partners for more details). However, our opinions are our own. See how we rate personal loans to write unbiased product reviews. Navy Federal Credit Union Personal Loan Check rates Compare rates from…
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Next and the beautiful arithmetic of long-termism | Nils Pratley
[ad_1] Here is an absurdly mean-minded way to view Next’s advance towards annual profits of £1bn this financial year: since the retailer achieved almost half a billion (£498m) as long ago as 2008, merely doubling over 17 years is not otherworldly. The annual compound rate of improvement works out at only 4%. But that perspective…
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Next says it may close stores if £30m equal pay claim is upheld
[ad_1] Next said it may close stores if it loses an appeal against a landmark equal pay claim. The fashion and homeware retailer made the comments after shop workers at Next last month won a six-year legal fight for equal pay. Next is planning to challenge the decision and could have to pay more than…
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Why is Sue Gray at the centre of a new political storm?
[ad_1] For someone who is supposed to be a behind-the-scenes figure, Sue Gray has managed once again to appear at the centre of a political kerfuffle. Keir Starmer’s chief of staff in the new Labour government, who went from backroom Whitehall fixer to being a household name as the investigator of Partygate, has been given…
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As Tesla’s European sales plummet 36% in August, automakers warn EV market now on ‘continual downward trajectory’
[ad_1] Finally Elon Musk had something to cheer about in Europe for a change—sales of new Tesla cars collapsed by roughly a third in August. The good news is it could have been much worse. Throughout most of this year, the one market that consistently has failed to respond to Musk’s combination of stimulative price…
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Senator Marco Rubio seeks to bar Chinese firms from evading US tariffs by manufacturing in other countries
[ad_1] WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican U.S. Senator Marco Rubio on Thursday proposed to bar Chinese manufactures from benefiting from favorable U.S. trade rules by setting up factories in other countries like Mexico, Vietnam or Malaysia. Rubio, top Republican on the Senate Intelligence Committee, said Chinese manufacturers are shifting production to other countries that face lower…
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My kids go to a preschool we can’t afford. We chose to sacrifice our budget for their early education.
[ad_1] It’s no secret that day care in the US is expensive. Being a working parent in today’s economy is impossible — we debated one of us staying at home with the kids because of how expensive childcare can be. Basically, we cannot afford it, but we pay for it anyway. I am well aware…