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Your boss might not want to know the real you after all.One of the many bits of career advice that emerged years ago and has somehow stuck around is the idea that we should bring our whole selves to work.That doesn’t always work, and it’s looking a bit threadbare with age. Now that temperatures are rising, consider office attire:”If you love wearing tight little leather outfits that are strapped on, I don’t want to see that,” said Margie Warrell, a leadership consultant and author of the book “The Courage Gap.””That’s not appropriate,” she said.The whole-self idea is just one example…
Investors are gearing up for Nvidia to report earnings for the first quarter this week, with questions hanging over the chip maker related to the impact of tariffs and its business in China.The Jensen Huang-led firm will report financial results for the first three months of the year after the closing bell on Wednesday. Analysts expect the chip giant to report $43.2 billion in revenue and earnings per share of $0.75The outlook for Nvidia’s earnings on Wall Street is generally upbeat while uncertainty is brewing for the latter part of this year, particularly as tariffs and trade policy restrictions hang…
People are making false claims about Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s net worth again.A viral post from Ted Nugent, an outspoken conservative musician, says that the New York congresswoman is worth $29 million. It’s not the first time this has happened — Ocasio-Cortez is a frequent subject of misinformation on politicians’ net worths.According to the latest publicly available information, the congresswoman reported that in 2023, she owned less than $50,000 in assets and had between $15,000 and $50,000 in student loan debt. Like other rank-and-file members of the House and Senate, her annual salary is $174,000.”I am not even worth $1…
Remember when all those tech CEOs lined up to give Donald Trump money and take photos with him?They’re not getting much for their efforts: Trump has frequently snubbed tech, or worse, since taking office.That’s a fairly standard take this spring, and we have been seeing a new round of it in the past few days, prompted by recent assessments of tech moguls and their relationships with Trump.The New York Times points out that Apple’s Tim Cook, who figured out how to manage Trump during his first administration, is now facing serious tariff trouble. And Bloomberg Businessweek reports that despite Mark…
Salesforce has acquired cloud data management firm Informatica in an $8 billion equity deal, marking a major move in its push to strengthen its AI and data infrastructure capabilities. The announcement, made Tuesday, comes about a year after early rumors of the acquisition sent both companies’ stock prices sliding. At the time, Informatica denied it was for sale, but a lot can change in a year. Under the terms of the deal, Salesforce will pay $25 in cash per share for Informatica’s Class A and Class B-1 common stock, adjusting for its prior investment in the company. Informatica was founded…
(This is The Best Stocks in the Market , brought to you by Josh Brown and Sean Russo of Ritholtz Wealth Management.) Josh: This week we saw a few new names hit the Best Stocks in the Market list, including a former high-flier that’s now come back into favor. Remember the Snowflake (SNOW) IPO? It was a big deal. At the time it came public in September 2020, investors were clamoring for cloud computing stocks and the whole tech sector was red hot. SNOW debuted with the largest IPO in history, raising $3.36 billion. And, if you can believe it,…
CNN — The European Commission has launched an investigation into four major adult websites on Tuesday, accusing them of not complying with regulations that protect minors from accessing pornography. Pornhub, Stripchat, XNXX and XVideos – the websites at the subject of the investigation – are accused of not doing enough to prevent children from accessing the adult content on their platforms. Safeguarding minors from accessing pornography is an essential part of the European Union’s Digital Services Act (DSA), which went into effect in 2022 and applies to all platforms that are used in the bloc. “Online platforms must ensure that…
CNN — President Donald Trump stunned European officials and caught some of his own senior advisers off guard with his snap decision Friday to reignite his market-rattling trade war with the European Union. Three days later, he got exactly what he wanted. “I have just been informed that the E.U. has called to quickly establish meeting dates,” Trump posted Tuesday on his Truth Social account, calling it a “positive event.” The journey from Trump’s threat to slap 50% tariffs on EU imports – to his pause on that threat Sunday – reshapes the process for trade negotiations that had become…
Uranium mining giant Cameco and small modular reactor developer NuScale are poised to benefit the most from President Donald Trump ‘s recent executive orders on nuclear power, according to Goldman Sachs. Cameco and NuScale have rallied on Trump’s orders. Cameco popped 11% on Friday and gained another 2.7% on Tuesday. NuScale surged 15% on Tuesday, adding to its 19.4% surge on Friday. Trump’s actions aim to boost domestic uranium mining and enrichment, deploy advanced reactors at Defense and Energy Department facilities, and force the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to approve new reactor licenses within 18 months. Cameco will benefit from increased…
President Donald Trump pulled back from threatening a larger trade war with Europe, again.On May 23, Trump said he would impose a 50% tariff on the EU starting on June 1. He later told reporters he felt no need to cut a deal. By May 25, the president said he had agreed to the EU’s request to pause the additional tariff until July 9.”Remember, I am empowered to “SET A DEAL” for Trade into the United States if we are unable to make a deal, or are treated unfairly,” Trump wrote on Truth Social on May 27. “I have just…