You may be driving your colleagues nuts with a seemingly harmless Slack practice known as 'hey hanging'

businessinsider.com Woman at home office having a incoming call on her phone. Guido Mieth/Getty Images If you've ever sent a message that said "hi" and nothing else, you may be guilty of "hey…

Trump’s potential plan for Fed raises alarms

thehill.com Former President Trump's potential plan to exert more influence over the Federal Reserve is alarming experts and investors. The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday that a…

Paramount Board Might Oust CEO Bob Bakish Amid M&A Talks: Report

variety.com Bob Bakish may be out at Paramount Global before any sale or merger deal for the media company is completed. The board of directors of Paramount Global, including…

Trump's team wants to restructure the Fed and let him have a say on interest rate decisions: WSJ

businessinsider.com Some members of Trump's team want to restructure the Federal Reserve, the WSJ reported. • That could include allowing the president to have a direct say on interest rate…

Sam Altman, Jensen Huang and more join the federal AI safety board

aol.com The advisory board being assembled by the government to focus on the secure use of artificial intelligence (AI) has landed some of the industry’s biggest names. OpenAI CEO…

Would Trump Move to Control the Fed?

nytimes.com An effort to give Trump more say on rates This week, investors had planned to examine the latest inflation data, due out at 8:30 a.m. Eastern on Friday, for clues about when…

Trump allies reportedly drafting plans to erode Fed’s independence if former president re-elected

theglobeandmail.com The allies of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump are drafting proposals that would attempt to erode the Federal Reserve’s independence if he wins, the Wall…

Trump allies are drawing up plans to make the Fed less independent, report says

aol.com None Allies of former president Trump are drafting plans to chip away at the independence of the Fed, The Wall Street Journal reported. • None Trump has not publicly…

AI leaders, including Sam Altman and Jensen Huang, join the federal AI safety board

fortune.com The advisory board being assembled by the government to focus on the secure use of artificial intelligence (AI) has landed some of the industry’s biggest names. OpenAI CEO…

Jim Cramer's top 10 things to watch in the stock market Friday

cnbc.com My top 10 things to watch Friday, April 26 Wall Street holds onto gains as rising bond yields take a breather Friday. New inflation data comes in a little hot for the second…

Trump advisors are considering plans to dramatically revamp the Fed, WSJ report says

cnbc.com Former US President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media at Manhattan criminal court in New York, US, on Thursday, April 25, 2024. Former President Donald Trump's…

Right-wing media ruptures over Marjorie Taylor Greene’s threat to oust Mike Johnson

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Ex-tabloid publisher testifies at hush money trial about scheme to shield Trump from damaging stories

pbs.org The silver-haired, mustachioed former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker appeared at ease on his third day on the witness stand Thursday at Donald Trump’s hush money…

Costo's quirky culture means the finance chief won't get his own parking spot

businessinsider.com Costco. Newsday/Getty Images Costco's new CFO won't inherit his predecessor's parking spot, as he hasn't served enough time there yet. Costco is known for the value it…

Apple’s censorship in China is just the tip of the iceberg

cjr.org Last week, the Chinese government ordered Apple to remove several widely used messaging apps—WhatsApp, Threads, Signal, and Telegram—from its app store. According to the…

To Appease Environmentalists, The FTC Will Cripple U.S. Energy

zerohedge.com To Appease Environmentalists, The FTC Will Cripple U.S. Energy Authored by Justin Bis via RealClear Markets, In the movie The Perfect Storm, George Clooney and Mark Wahlberg…

McKinsey advised drug companies on how to 'turbocharge' opioid sales. Now it's under criminal investigation

aol.com None The Department of Justice is investigating McKinsey for advising opioid producers on boosting sales. • None The firm previously paid nearly $1 billion to resolve…

Caitlin Clark's Nike Deal Reportedly Worth $28 Million Over Eight Years

benzinga.com Caitlin Clark is set to pull in the most lucrative shoe deal deal a women's basketball player has ever signed. The contract she and Nike NKE have agreed to will bring the…

Here’s a rapid-fire update on all 33 portfolio stocks including our tech giants reporting this week

cnbc.com Here's a rapid-fire update on all 33 stocks in Jim Cramer's Charitable Trust, the portfolio we use for the CNBC Investing Club. Jim ran through the portfolio during our…

Private, Shmivate: Sit-ins, Campouts, and True Threats Are Constitutionally Unprotected at Universities, Whether Private or Public

reason.com The Wall Street Journal had an editorial this morning called "Defining Free Speech Down on Campus"; I agree that disruptive protests are unprotected by the First Amendment,…

14 recent scientific breakthroughs

theweek.com Scientists in many fields received little recognition for the last couple of years, as the world focused on the emergency push to develop vaccines and treatments for…

Here’s who might buy TikTok as a Senate ban-or-divest order appears all but certain

fortune.com The clock is ticking for TikTok: The Senate just passed a procedural vote for a bill that would require TikTok’s Chinese owner, ByteDance, to sell the popular social media…

Hey tech bros

aol.com None Captcha tests have been around for years, but they're getting more difficult. • None The "I'm not a robot" tests must evolve to keep up with advancing tech, experts…

Inside the Brutal Business Practices of Amazon

vanityfair.com In May of 2020, seven members of the House Judiciary Antitrust Subcommittee penned a letter to then CEO of Amazon Jeff Bezos. “On April 23,” their message began, The Wall…

The US is weighing using the power of the dollar to stop Chinese banks aiding Russia

businessinsider.com A Chinese flag flies near buildings in the central business district on a polluted day in Beijing on February 27, 2018. GREG BAKER via Getty Images Chinese banks are helping…

Former National Enquirer boss breaks his silence on ‘catch and kill’ as lead witness in Trump trial

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Two widow founders launch DayNew, a social platform for people dealing with grief and trauma

techcrunch.com After losing their husbands in devastating and unexpected ways, Karine Nissim and Eloise Bune D’Agostino discovered there were no suitable places where people could go to…

US prepares to sanction China over its support for Russian war effort

semafor.com Semafor Signals Supported by Insights from the Atlantic Council, The Wall Street Journal, and the BBC The News The US is preparing to sanction some Chinese banks in an…

Costco shoppers are finding it's harder to sell gold than to buy it

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Informatica says it's not for sale, following Salesforce's reported interest in $10 billion deal

cnbc.com Enterprise data management company Informatica is not currently in talks to be acquired, the company said Monday, after earlier reports suggested that Salesforce was…

Why Meta Platforms Stock Flopped on Friday

finance.yahoo.com One of the more useful functions of Meta Platforms's (NASDAQ: META) core Facebook site is its messaging service. So it wasn't surprising that the company's share price fell…

Ferrari's CEO likes to run the luxury car company like a tech startup

aol.com None Benedetto Vigna has been Ferrari's CEO since 2021, overseeing the company's transition to EVs. • None His background is in tech, with previous experience as an…

Puts on Bayer? "Pharmaceutical giant Bayer is getting rid of bosses and asking staff to ‘self-organize’ to save $2.15 billion"

fortune.com In a bid to claw back $2.15 billion, the struggling pharmaceutical giant Bayer CEO is doing away with middle managers and 99% of the company’s 1,362-page corporate handbook,…

Meet Tree Paine, the PR mastermind helping to steer the massive Taylor Swift machine

aol.com None Tree Paine has been Taylor Swift's power publicist for a decade. • None Her strategic clapbacks and red carpet chaperoning have made her famous in her own right. • None…

North Carolina High School Student Suspended Over Use Of "Illegal Alien"

zerohedge.com North Carolina High School Student Suspended Over Use Of "Illegal Alien" A 16-year-old High School student in North Carolina was suspended for three days after using the…

China orders Apple to remove WhatsApp, Threads, other apps in censorship move: report

aol.com Apple has removed popular messaging apps like WhatsApp, Telegram and Signal from its iPhone app store in China after the Chinese government ordered the company to do so, The…

Apple Deletes Meta’s Threads and WhatsApp From China App Store After Government Pressure

thewrap.com As U.S. lawmakers aim to fast-track a ban on TikTok, the Chinese government appeared to pressure Apple into removing Meta-owned apps WhatsApp and Threads from its China App…

US ambassador meets with WSJ’s Gershkovich

talkingbiznews.com The U.S. ambassador to Russia recently met with Evan Gershkovich, the Wall Street Journal reporter who has been unlawfully detained in the country for more than a year,…

to have the inheritance talk with family sooner than later

theweek.com Death, and the financial legacy someone might leave behind after they pass, is not an easy topic to bring up. Perhaps because of that, many people avoid talking about it…

China just made it even harder for people in the country to access WhatsApp and Threads

aol.com None Apple has removed WhatsApp and Threads from its Chinese app store following a government order. • None WhatsApp has been blocked in China since 2017 and its parent…

Biden Pushing Pipe-Dream Of Israel-Saudi Mega Deal Based On Palestinian State Recognition

zerohedge.com Biden Pushing Pipe-Dream Of Israel-Saudi Mega Deal Based On Palestinian State Recognition The Biden administration is keeping its dream of seeing Saudi-Israeli diplomatic…

There's a conservative 'great migration' from blue states

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Amazon had a secret operation to gather intel on rivals like Walmart and FedEx, reportedly called Big River

businessinsider.com Amazon used a secretive offshoot to gather intel on retail rivals like Walmart and eBay, a new report says. Tom Williams/Getty Images Amazon ran an uncover operation to…

Columbia's president managed to avoid the missteps of other elite colleges in heated congressional grilling

businessinsider.com Columbia University President Nemat "Minouche" Shafik at a congressional hearing on April 17, 2024. Drew Angerer/AFP via Getty Images Columbia University's president took a…