PAUSED FOR 30 DAYS. IF MORE TARIFFS GO INTO EFFECT, SOME FARMERS HERE IN IOWA COULD FEEL THE IMPACT. AND MANY SAY THEY’RE CONCERNED ABOUT HAVING AN OVERABUNDANCE OF PRODUCTS OR BEING FORCED TO CUT BACK TO SAVE MONEY. THEY SAY THE TARIFFS COULD RAISE THE PRICE OF FERTILIZER AND OTHER THINGS THAT THEY NEED,…
Days after former President Donald Trump announced a 25% tariff increase on imports from Mexico, Canada, and China, Mexico secured a temporary 30-day exemption. Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum agreed to deploy 10,000 soldiers to her country’s border to curb drug trafficking, a move that helped secure the short-term relief. However, concerns remain for businesses that…
DeepSeek has sent shockwaves through the technology, financial, and geopolitical spheres. The low-cost Chinese AI chatbot won’t surprise anyone who knows Beijing’s playbook. Chinese has disrupted many industries in similar fashion, including mining and electric vehicles. A Chinese startup’s launch of a ChatGPT rival has startled tech gurus, stunned investors, and stupefied geopolitical commentators. But…
The coffee chain Starbucks’ latest policy to bar non-paying visitors at its North American outlets has prompted a heated discussion on social media in China. On January 13, the US chain announced the end of its “open-door” policy that allowed people to enter for shelter or toilet access. The policy was applied in 2018 after…
Larry Fink says higher inflation could drive a steep sell-off in the bond market. BlackRock’s CEO thinks the 10-year Treasury yield could jump to 5.5%, the highest in about 25 years. He said that yields rising to that level could spark a sharp sell-off in the stock market. The BlackRock chief Larry Fink says Treasury…
正所謂：新年新氣象，但是否代表新年新氣象就是好事呢？例如對 Meta 員工而言就未必了，只因 Meta 創辦人 Mark Zuckerberg 朱克伯格在一份公司 memo 提到計劃裁員 5%，尤其低績效員工必定無得留低。 即刻按此，用 App 睇更多產品開箱影片 Meta 擬裁員 5% 最近外媒報道有提 Meta 創辦人 Mark Zuckerberg 朱克伯格在一份公司 memo 表明品牌擬裁掉 5% 員工，尤其低績效員工必定無得留低。當中指出公司通常會在 1 年內淘汰那些未達工作標準預期的員工，但現在會提前進行這件事，預計這次裁員行動，再加上人才的自然流失，將會有近 7,000 名員工離職。說來 Meta 自 2022 年底開始，已有大規模裁員行動，受影響員工多達 20,000 多名，而在今月初，品牌也解僱 60 名技術專案經理。 【熱門報道】 【精選消息】 Source: Engadget Source link
Apple、Meta 沒錯是在科技界鬥得難分難解，而久不久就有偉論的 Meta 創辦人 Mark Zuckerberg 朱克伯格，在近日接受的 Podcast 節目訪問，都力數 Apple Steve Jobs 發明 iPhone 後「食老本 20 年」，大彈 Apple 現時已沒有創新性可言。 即刻按此，用 App 睇更多產品開箱影片 Meta 朱克伯格訪問力數 Apple 不是 最近 Meta 創辦人 Mark Zuckerberg 朱克伯格近日接受 Podcast 節目訪問時，談及了不少關於 Apple 的事情。雖然他大讚 iPhone 是非常正的產品，令世界上幾乎每個人都擁有一部手機，是非常了不起的事情，但同時也大彈 Apple 自 Steve Jobs 發明 iPhone 後「食老本食足 20 年」，缺乏創新性可言，也因應 iPhone 定下了不少武斷的規則，對此感覺不佳。另外，他也提現時 iPhone 銷情陷入困境，是在於現時新手機相比前代產品並沒有太大改進，故令用家花更長時間才會想換機升級。 大鬧 App Store 徵稅…
Open this photo in gallery: A 2022 Volkswagen ID. 4 EV charges at a Scarborough, Ont., Canadian Tire on June 14, 2023.Doug Ives/The Canadian Press Baris Akyurek is the vice-president of insights and intelligence at AutoTrader. Among the most frequent questions I receive from Canadians are about the electric vehicle market. With the growing attention…
NEW YORK — U.S. stocks drifted lower Monday ahead of a momentous week full of potential flashpoints in Washington, D.C., and around the world. The Standard & Poor’s 500 index slipped 0.3%, though it remains near its record set last month. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 0.6%, while the Nasdaq composite dropped 0.3%. Intel fell…
No one’s going to sound an alarm, blast out a text message, or shoot you an email about it, but the US economy is undergoing a historic shift. We are leaving one long period of expansion — what economists refer to as a “supercycle” — and entering a very different one. Over the past 15…