By David Tanis, The New York Times Time moves along, and suddenly it’s fall. The weather is fine, and trees are sporting multicolored leaves. A different kind of hunger sets in, and you’re longing for the food of autumn — deeper, more robust fare. For me, composing a three-course menu is always fun. You want […]
Jill On Money: The 2020 election and the economy
In October 2016, I wrote a column about the upcoming election. In that missive, I warned that in advance of the vote, “you should not make changes to your portfolio in an effort to outfox the tried and true investment strategy of Jill Schlesinger identifying your personal goals and objectives; creating and sticking to a […]
Kim Kardashian: O.J. Simpson Called My Mom from Jail!
For decades, the Kardashians have been haunted by O.J. Simpson’s connections to their family. Now, Kim is opening up about how his infamous trial tore apart their obviously broken family. My Next Guest Needs No Introduction With David Letterman is an interview series on Netflix. Season 3 will drop on October 21, featuring interviews with Robert Downey […]
The president of mobile gaming giant Zynga used to travel to a different city almost every week. Here’s a look at his daily routine now, which starts at 6 a.m. and includes not eating before noon.
Summary List Placement As president of Zynga, Bernard Kim has spent billions of dollars on acquisitions of hit games, brought beloved entertainment brands like Harry Potter and Star Wars to the company’s pipeline, and embraced a growing fandom that includes celebrities Alec Baldwin and Kanye West. As Kim continues to run one of the world’s […]
Lily James cancels TV interviews amid Dominic West drama
Dominic West and his wife, Catherine FitzGerald, may have put on a defiant show of marital unity last week but that isn’t helping Lily James as she faces fall-out over her alleged affair with West while trying to juggle promotional obligations for her new Netflix drama, “Rebecca.” This image released by Warner Bros. Pictures shows […]
How 2 million puzzles a month are made in the middle of a pandemic
Summary List Placement Narrator: A $10 puzzle can keep you busy for 10 to 15 hours. Nagendra Raina: It’s yoga for your mind. Narrator: And all 3 million puzzles in this factory could mean 45 million hours of staying busy. And that return on investment is why there’s been a resurgence in puzzling among younger […]
US retail posted promising growth in September
Summary List Placement The industry, which was hit hard early on in the pandemic, saw its sales growth increase 5.4% year over year (YoY) in September on a seasonally adjusted basis, per estimates from the US Census Bureau. This marks the retail industry’s fourth consecutive month of positive seasonally adjusted sales growth after posting negative growth in March, April, […]
Warren Buffett may have slashed his Wells Fargo stake because the bank ignored his advice and hired a Wall Street CEO
Summary List Placement Warren Buffett may have cut his Wells Fargo holdings because the bank’s board went against his advice and hired a Wall Street chief as its new CEO, Bloomberg said. The famed investor and Berkshire Hathaway CEO told the Financial Times last year that Wells Fargo should hire someone from outside Wall Street […]
The Biden-Harris campaign is targeting Gen-X/Xennial music nerds & it’s amazing
There’s been a lot of lowkey talk about how cool/interesting it is to have a Gen-Xer on a presidential ticket. Kamala Harris is 55 – she was born in 1964, which… I mean, most people define Gen-X as being born between 1965-1980. But that’s a huge gap, and I’ve always considered myself to be an […]
Supreme Court to hear challenges to Trump border wall funding and asylum policies
By Priscilla Alvarez | CNN The Supreme Court said on Monday it would take up cases concerning President Donald Trump’s border wall and a controversial policy that requires asylum seekers to remain in Mexico as they await hearings in the United States. The border wall and asylum policy, informally known as “remain in Mexico,” have […]
Read the plan a commercial real estate firm used to reopen more than 300 offices worldwide during the pandemic
Summary List Placement Reopening offices during a global pandemic is a complicated process. As the coronavirus continues to surge across the world, companies are acknowledging that changes need to be made to safely reopen offices. IBM, for example, had to completely revamp its office before beginning to reopen earlier this year. Large companies are announcing […]
Key takeaways from eMarketer’s forecast for the use of communication and collaboration tools by US enterprises
Summary List Placement Last week, eMarketer released its forecast for the use of communications and collaborations tools by US medium and large enterprises (100+ employees). The “communications & collaborations” category encompasses both “audiovisual conferencing tools” (e.g., Zoom) and “messaging & chat tools” (e.g., Slack). It also includes project management tools made to foster employee productivity, increase […]