By Tom Bemis Celebrating increased hardship faced by potential employees brings career penalties. An executive who celebrated the idea that higher gas prices will make potential employees more desperate for work is himself now out of a job. In an email…
Twitter Beefs Up Crypto Hiring, Keen to Add Blockchain Experts
By Vidhi Choudhary Twitter is adding muscle to the ongoing crypto talent wars, as it looks to hire several blockchain experts across the U.S. and internationally. If you’re a journalist, chances are you’ve heard your editor say the phrase “think before…
Crypto on the Chart: Here’s Where Bitcoin, Dogecoin Can Go From Here
By Bret Kenwell Bitcoin, dogecoin and other cryptocurrencies have been trading incredibly well. Here’s how they look now. Cryptocurrencies sure have been enjoying the last couple weeks of trading, with bitcoin, ethereum and dogecoin surging off the low…
Elon Musk Shouldn’t Be Taxed, ‘Shark Tank’’s Kevin O’Leary Says
By Tom Bemis Proposed minimum tax on oligarch-like billionaires and millionaires decried as ‘un-American’ by reality VC. A proposal by the Biden administration to assess a minimum tax on the super-rich has drawn sharp criticism from Kevin O’Leary of TV…
ESG Stock Picks? Here Are the Best Ideas From Cowen.
By Dan Weil Investors in ESG funds are no longer willing to sacrifice returns to achieve ESG goals, Cowen analysts say. Environmental/social/governance (ESG) investing is clearly on the rise. Investment flows into sustainable mutual funds and exchange-…
Wynn Has to Spend a Lot of Money to Stay Relevant in Las Vegas
By Tony Owusu Meanwhile, other locations are rapidly filling its coffers elsewhere. Different locales call for different strategies in the casino business. When Macau was the buzzing international growth market as recently as 2019, most American casino…
Why Hasn’t Chipotle Had a Stock Split Yet?
By Colette Bennett The burrito brewer has its reasons. If you were one of the lucky ones that decided to take a chance on Chipotle (CMG) – Get Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. Report stock when the chain went public back in January 2006, you’re probably fe…
Semiconductor Watchlist: Broadcom, Nvidia, Skyworks
By Brian O’Connell Chip stocks have been bouncing back, but are the trends sustainable? The benchmark PHLX Index (SOX) started at 3,485 this week, up 1.56% and up about 2% over the previous 7 days and following on a strong rebound from lows earlier thi…
Chipotle Joins Wendy’s, Taco Bell In Free Food Offers (For a Reason)
By Veronika Bondarenko The Mexican chain just launched its new “Guac Mode” benefit. Gone are the days of simply putting out a tasty product and hoping people will come — the new fast food frontier is bringing as many customers online as possible. That …
Musk Said Covid Would Be Gone in April 2020. Now He Has It (Again).
By Tony Owusu Tesla CEO Elon Musk says his coronavirus symptoms are mild, while he conjures up Greek mythological imagery to describe the disease. This was the year the world was supposed to get back to normal. After two years of the coronavirus pandem…