Author: KnowledgeHippo
Last May, Fabuwood, a kitchen cabinet maker in Newark, instituted a new company policy: No phones allowed during meetings.To enforce this, the company installed “device racks” outside each of its six glass-walled conference rooms. On a recent Wednesday morning, cartoon meetings were taking place in three of the conference rooms, and the shelves outside were filled with ’90s-style smartphones, tablets and cell phones. The 1,200-person company is paying the cost of a flip phone for employees who ditch their smartphones, and 80 people have acted on the offer.Surprisingly, employees say they like it. Rena Stoff, a project manager, said that…
As Twitter, the social media company struggled to find its influencer niche. While YouTube had pranksters and beauty gurus, and Instagram had fashionistas and travel bloggers, Twitter had vicious journalists, political flame wars and niche humor. Before Mr. Musk took over, the company dabbled in various ways to attract creators. It provided funding for aspiring podcasters to create shows on its audio chat feature, Spaces, and appealed to digital artists during the 2022 NFT boom.”We’re all in a war for people’s time,” Mr. Weitz said.Some of the creators X hopes to attract have been skeptical about the potential profits. Jimmy…
Joe Madison, a prominent talk radio host with a musical baritone, who interviewed President Barack Obama in the Oval Office and many other political leaders in his studio in Washington, DC, urging them to take action on political and humanitarian issues rights. at his home in Washington. It was 74.His family announced the death Thursday, but did not say when it happened. In December, Mr. Madison said in a statement that he was taking a leave of absence from his daily show, on SiriusXM satellite radio, after learning that his prostate cancer had returned. he has been in remission since…
Exxon Mobil and Chevron, the biggest US energy companies, on Friday reported strong profits for the final quarter of last year, showing that the oil and gas industry remained robust at a time of uncertainty over climate change concerns.The companies’ earnings were down from the year 2022, when rising prices boosted earnings, but were otherwise the strongest in recent history.Exxon earned $7.6 billion in the fourth quarter of 2023, down 40% from a year earlier. For all of 2023, the company reported earnings of $36 billion, up from $55.7 billion in 2022. Before that, the last time Exxon had more…
As far as signs of trouble at a company go, a hole blowing through the wall of one of its planes at 16,000 feet is not subtle.So it was no surprise that Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun spent most of the company’s fourth-quarter earnings call Wednesday focusing on safety. “We caused the problem and we understand,” he said of the Jan. 5 incident.Mr. Calhoun said the company had instituted additional quality controls and halted production for a day to focus on safety and quality. But Boeing’s issues span decades, and some aviation and management experts have long suggested they go deeper…
President Biden is out of the Super Bowl for the second year in a row.CBS reported on Saturday that the White House had rejected a request for Mr. Biden to participate in a televised interview with his news division that would have aired in prime time before the Feb. 11 big game.In a tradition dating back to 2009, presidents have taped an interview with the network that broadcasts the Super Bowl, though there have been exceptions. Donald J. Trump did not appear on NBC in 2018. Last year, Mr. Biden refused to appear on Fox, the home of cable hosts…
It’s the best news that few people seem to know about: Prescription drug costs are going down this year for more than a million seniors — in many cases, by thousands of dollars.The lower costs are a result of the Inflation Reduction Act, or IRA, which was signed into law by President Biden in 2022 and is best known for investing more than $370 billion in climate and energy programs. His changes to Medicare, which will help people enrolled in the prescription drug coverage programs known as Part D, are significant. But a recent survey by the nonprofit KFF found…
Ms Goodfred, 79, who began counseling pet owners in 2005, attributed the spike to the pandemic, which she said had made people “more aware of grief and the tendency to express it”.At Schwarzman Animal Medical Center, which has operated in Manhattan since 1910, a free pet loss support group has been available to clients since 1983. Susan Cohen, 79, a veterinary social worker who came up with the idea for the group, said that it started with about five people attending each one-on-one session. By the time he stopped working at the center in 2011, that number had doubled.Demand for…
Target has pulled an educational magnet collection that incorrectly identified three black leaders from its stores after a high school history teacher pointed out the mistakes in a TikTok video.In the video, the teacher, Tierra Espy, said she bought the “Civil Rights Magnetic Learning Activity,” a tin case of 26 magnets and information cards with illustrations of black leaders and slogans from the civil rights movement, for Black History Month. celebrated in the United States in February.”I noticed some discrepancies, like, once I opened it up,” he said in the video, pointing out that a magnet labeled Carter G. Woodson,…
It was just after 4 p.m. on a recent weekday and Oscar Goodman, the mob lawyer turned Las Vegas mayor turned civic cheerleader, was drinking perhaps his first Hizzoner of the day.The drink — made with Bombay Sapphire gin, more Bombay Sapphire gin and a slice of jalapeño pepper, served in a tall martini glass — isn’t just Mr. Goodman’s favorite social lubricant. It’s a tribute to a faded version of Las Vegas that it spent decades celebrating and trying to keep alive.After a sip of the obscure elixir, Mr. Goodman settled into a booth at Oscar’s Steakhouse, an upscale…