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Tag Archives: Street

This app tracks America’s offensive street names

August 17, 2024 This app tracks America’s offensive street names Government officials, activists, and other people have called for a renaming of certain places and institutions. BY The Conversation The racially motivated tragedy in Charleston, South Carolina, in 2015, when a white supremacist murdered nine Black worshippers, and the deadly white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, two … Continue reading This app tracks America’s offensive street names

Tech earnings week turns around after Google, Microsoft, and Snap delight Wall Street

April 26, 2024 Tech earnings week turns around after Google, Microsoft, and Snap delight Wall Street After a weak start to earnings season from Netflix and Meta, tech companies saw their fortunes reverse to close out the week on a high note. BY Michael Grothaus Until late (May 15, 2024), major tech stocks were having a … Continue reading Tech earnings week turns around after Google, Microsoft, and Snap delight Wall Street

Alphabet and Microsoft earnings show AI is still Wall Street gold

April 25, 2024 Alphabet and Microsoft earnings show AI is still Wall Street gold Investors have pummeled Meta for its AI spending, but are rewarding Alphabet, Microsoft, and Snap for doing the same. Here’s why. BY Chris Morris After Meta’s stock meltdown late Wednesday afternoon and Thursday, the tech sector is roaring back in after-hours trading … Continue reading Alphabet and Microsoft earnings show AI is still Wall Street gold

Apple has better reasons than Wall Street to jump into the generative AI arms race

By Mark Sullivan July 19, 2023 Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman wrote Wednesday that Apple has been quietly developing its own generative AI models, and may even try to compete with OpenAI and Google in the chatbot wars. Gurman’s (unnamed) sources say Apple management is still deciding how the company might publicly release the technology, which has … Continue reading Apple has better reasons than Wall Street to jump into the generative AI arms race

Wall Street mass layoffs continue as Goldman Sachs plans new round of job cuts: reports

  By Michael Grothaus May 31, 2023 Layoffs have unfortunately been all too common in 2023. Tech layoffs by far have dominated headlines, with the tech industry cutting over 200,000 jobs since the start of the year, according to data compiled by Layoffs.fyi. Media layoffs have also garnered a lot of attention. But another industry … Continue reading Wall Street mass layoffs continue as Goldman Sachs plans new round of job cuts: reports

Agencies To Wall Street: Short The Video Ad Marketplace

Agencies To Wall Street: Short The Video Ad Marketplace by Joe Mandese  @mp_joemandese, January 26, 2023 As part of a regular series of ad-executive fireside chats with Wall Street analysts at New Street Research, two influential agency media executives — GroupM’s Kate Scott-Dawkins and Horizon’s Donnie Williams — said the kind of short-form video advertising … Continue reading Agencies To Wall Street: Short The Video Ad Marketplace

Wall Street layoffs continue across the board. Here’s the latest

  By Samar Marwan January 13, 2023 In the first year of the pandemic, Wall Street went on a hiring spree to staff up for the wave of companies that merged and IPOed. Now, with interest rates continuously climbing, the banks are backpedaling and scaling back their workforces. Here’s a roundup of some recently impacted companies: … Continue reading Wall Street layoffs continue across the board. Here’s the latest

Bob Iger returns to Disney as CEO: Stock price soars, Wall Street cheers. Here’s what to know

  By Michael Grothaus November 21, 2022 In one of the most unexpected business twists of the year, the Walt Disney Company announced late last night that former CEO Bob Iger is returning to lead the company once again as its chief executive officer, ousting Bob Chapek, Iger’s replacement, after only three years. The move … Continue reading Bob Iger returns to Disney as CEO: Stock price soars, Wall Street cheers. Here’s what to know

Gary Gensler is the sheriff of Wall Street, so why couldn’t he rein in Sam Bankman-Fried?

  By Matt Stoller November 11, 2022   This article is republished with permission from BIG, a newsletter on the history and politics of monopoly power. Subscribe here. “I’m sorry. That’s the biggest thing. I fucked up, and should have done better.”—Sam Bankman-Fried, 2022 “Recklessness and deceit do not automatically excuse themselves by notice of repentance.”—Louis … Continue reading Gary Gensler is the sheriff of Wall Street, so why couldn’t he rein in Sam Bankman-Fried?

NYC’s sanitation department is using TikTok to make you cry about street litter

  By Jeff Beer July 08, 2022   It starts in stark black and white. Sarah McLachlan’s woeful ballad “Angel” plays in the background, as men and women look soulfully at the camera and utter one word, “Please.” Is this a reboot of the hit 2007 PSA from the American Society for the Prevention of … Continue reading NYC’s sanitation department is using TikTok to make you cry about street litter