Posting salary ranges on job listings is the smart move for employers looking to attract stronger candidates and build a relationship based on mutual trust from the get-go. One in five Americans live in a state that requires pay transparency. For companies, colleges and public agencies in states that don’t require salary disclosure, it makes … Read more
Donald Trump has 34 million followers on Facebook, platforms that are key vehicles for political outreach and fundraising. By Gadgets 360 Staff With Input From Reuters | Updated: 9 February 2023 23:42 IST Meta Platforms has restored former US President Donald Trump’s Facebook page following a two-year suspension after the deadly Capitol Hill riot on January 6, … Read more
A bond-market gauge of impending U.S. recessions is heading for a 41-year milestone: its most negative reading since October 1981, when interest rates were 19% under Paul Volcker’s Federal Reserve. That gauge, which measures the spread between 2- TMUBMUSD02Y, 4.496% and 10-year Treasury yields TMUBMUSD10Y, 3.636%, plunged to as far as minus 87.3 basis points … Read more
Read: 12 things you need to know about Social Security’s future, explained by the program’s chief number-cruncher (But no, Kevin McCarthy didn’t rip up Biden’s speech at the end.) Biden was correct. As we pointed out here before, some Republicans have said precisely what he claimed. (Kevin McCarthy made unguarded remarks on the subject shortly … Read more
The omicron strain of the COVID virus and its descendent lineages are still dominant globally but have declined in relative prevalence, according to the World Health Organization. In the week through Jan. 22, they accounted for 53.9% of prevalence among sequences submitted to a central database, down from 74.2% in the week through Dec. 25, … Read more
How are you feeling about your financial situation right now? Half of Americans say they are doing worse financially now than they were a year ago. That’s the highest share since 2009, according to the latest annual poll from Gallup. But not everyone is feeling the pinch, with 35% saying they are better off compared … Read more
Shares of Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc. HLT, +2.80% hiked up toward a nine-month high Thursday, after the hotel operator reported fourth-quarter profit that more than doubled and beat expectations, amid continued strength in leisure and a steady recovery in business travel. “We’ve navigated through the most challenging times our industry has experienced and are deep … Read more
CAMBRIDGE, England (Project Syndicate) —Nearly two years into the current bout of inflation, the concept of “transitory inflation” is making a comeback as the COVID-related supply shocks dissipate. This comes at a time when it is critically important to keep an open mind about the trajectory of inflation, including by avoiding an oversimplified transitory narrative … Read more
Software company GitLab Inc. is planning to cut about 7% of its staff in the latest round of technology layoffs. “I had hoped reprioritizing our spending would be enough to withstand the growing global economic downturn,” Chief Executive Sid Sijbrandij said in a note to employees that was also posted on the company’s corporate site … Read more
Activist investor Nelson Peltz of Trian Fund Management is ending his proxy battle with Walt Disney Co. DIS, +2.00% amid changes initiated by newly reinstalled chief executive Bob Iger. “This was a great win for all the shareholders,” Peltz said in a CNBC interview Thursday morning. “Management at Disney now plans to do everything that … Read more
