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The jobs ‘conundrum’ continues: ‘How are we not getting higher wages?’
The June jobs report brought with it almost universally good news, unless you're a worker looking for a substantially fatter paycheck. Wage gains remain positive but muted, growing at 2.7 percent annually, or pretty much the same level as the previous three months and below Wall Street expectations. Read more: …
Read More »Someone calculated how much time Neymar has spent on the ground during the 2018 World Cup and it’s a lot
To watch Brazil play in the World Cup is to see Neymar da Silva Santos Júnior, known simply as Neymar, writhe around on the ground a lot. Thanks to a recent study, we now know exactly how much time he’s spent on the ground during the 2018 World Cup: a …
Read More »The state of the IPO market
Sandy Miller Contributor Sandy Miller is a general partner at IVP. He co-founded investment bank Thomas Weisel Partners and served as a senior partner at Montgomery Securities. More posts by this contributor The drought is over… a torrent of tech IPOs is expected in 2017 Lower The Wall, Lift The …
Read More »I shopped at TJ Maxx’s sister furniture store, and it convinced me never to buy home goods full-price again (TJX)
Business Insider/Mary Hanbury People love shopping at TJ Maxx for the “treasure-hunt” experience it offers. Its sister store, HomeGoods, offers a similar kind of experience. TJX Companies’ homeware business accounts for 30% of its sales overall. Its homeware offering in the United States is spread across three stores: HomeGoods, TJ Maxx, …
Read More »Brain stimulation could zap out violent and criminal thoughts, according to new research
Penn Medicine A lot of how the brain controls our impulses remains a mystery. But there are some areas, such as the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, which have been linked to antisocial behaviour. Scientists have shown stimulating this area to boost its activity could reduce people’s violent tendencies. In other words, …
Read More »Trov launches its on-demand personal property insurance services in the US
Trov, the on-demand personal property insurance service, is launching in the U.S., the company announced today. Trov’s first port of call in the U.S. will be Arizona. The service is already available in the U.K. and Australia, where customers have signed up to insure items 1 million times since the …
Read More »‘We were shocked’: Texas cult-favorite chain Whataburger responds after footage of a man taking a teenager’s ‘MAGA’ hat and throwing a drink in his face goes viral
Sarah Jacobs A viral video shows a man throwing a drink in the face of a teenager and stealing his “Make America Great Again” hat at a Whataburger in San Antonio, Texas. “We were shocked to see this video and certainly don’t condone this type of customer behavior in our …
Read More »Facebook is reportedly buying a British AI firm to help tackle fake news
Facebook has vowed in recent months to beef up human editors and problem-spotting AI as it addresses election meddling and abuse of the platform. Read more: cnbc.com
Read More »Tesla produced three times as many Model 3s in Q2 as it did in Q1 (TSLA)
Production for the Model 3 — Tesla’s long-anticipated electric vehicle targeted towards the mass-market buyer — has been a major topic of conversation ever since the car was unveiled in May 2016. Tesla faced multiple bottlenecks in production early on as demand for the vehicles exploded almost immediately. Elon Musk …
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