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Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Key Takeaways Disappointing Tech Earnings Strong Jobs Report Can Markets Continue To Rally? Markets have staged an impressive rally so far this year. This week alone through Thursday, the S&P 500 is up 2% while the Nasdaq 100 is up 5%. The lone laggard has been the Dow Jones Industrial Average, which is flat on the week. What’s interesting to note here is that the Dow, while at one time a good barometer for markets, has since become an antiquated gauge largely because of how it is weighted. However, disappointing earnings from Alphabet, Amazon AMZN and Apple AAPL along with a much stronger than expected jobs report could put pressure on all indices. Much of the strength in tech stocks this week came following impressive earnings from Facebook parent, Meta. After a better than expected earnings report Wednesday, the stock rallied 23%, its biggest single day percentage gain since 2013. The … [Read more...] about Disappointing Earnings From Alphabet, Amazon And Apple

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Active listening is a skill that needs to be cultivated to be an effective leader, and often, employees can be your best source of inspiration for this. They know the day-to-day concerns of the company and can offer unique, valuable insights and perspectives. However, leaders tend to be pulled in many different directions each day. They often feel they need to make quick, executive decisions without consulting others, sometimes to the detriment of the business. Here, a panel of Forbes Business Council members share their best tips for managers who want to improve their active listening skills to create a more comfortable, successful business environment. 1. Follow Up On Feedback Aside from common active listening practices such as paying attention to nonverbal cues and uninterrupted communication, it all comes down to action. An employee is only ever truly heard when their thoughts are put to practical use and … [Read more...] about 15 Key Tips For Developing Active Listening Skills As A Leader

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Tech entrepreneurs and companies with digital offerings may choose to expand their offerings to include physical products. An essential first step, of course, is developing an offering that truly addresses a market need. However, a great product alone won't guarantee success, and tech companies must be prepared for the unique challenges that come along with a physical launch. To help, the members of Forbes Technology Council offer 15 expert tips for moving into the physical product space. 1. Gauge Customer Response Although it’s important to get internal buy-in within your organization before moving into the product space, the real key to a successful marketing and sales approach is validating your value proposition within your customer base. Gauging customers’ perceptions and needs can help you tailor your strategy and ensure you’re creating products that deliver real value. - Kevin MacDonald , Bluesight 2. … [Read more...] about 15 Tips For Tech Companies Launching Physical Products

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Wondering whether your Congressperson is actually doing a good job? Is there some type of metric besides number of times the Congressperson tweeted expressions of outrage and used ALL CAPS? Well, it could help to see what’s really happening with the health of people in your Congressional District. After all, improving the lives of people in the district is kind of what a House of Representatives person is supposed to do, right? Say, for example, more people in your District are binge drinking than any other District. You may, in turn, be inclined to tell your Congressperson, “Maybe it’s time to bottle up the rhetoric and figure out what’s going on here” That’s why the new Congressional District Health Dashboard (CDHD) , just launched by a team from the New York University (NYU) Grossman School of Medicine in partnership with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, can be a useful tool to help separate out the Congresspersons … [Read more...] about New Dashboard Shows Key Health Measures In Each Of 435 Congressional Districts

File image of Gautam Adani (Image Source: Reuters) One of Adani Group’s international partners, the French energy giant TotalEnergies SE, said on February 3 that it welcomes the announcement of the Adani Group to mandate one of the big four accounting firms to carry out a general audit. Business news agency Bloomberg reported there was no corresponding announcement confirming the development on the Adani Group's website, and the company didn't immediately respond to a request for comment. The sobriquet Big 4 refers to Deloitte LLP, Ernst & Young LLP, KPMG LLP and PwC. TotalEnergies holds the distinction of being one of the biggest energy companies in the world and is a partner to the Adani Group in four joint ventures in India. Earlier, on January 24, the financial research firm Hindenburg Research released an explosive report accusing the Adani Group of engaging in brazen stock manipulation, and accounting fraud and dubbing the operations of the group as “the largest … [Read more...] about Adani Group will hire a Big 4 auditor: French partner TotalEnergies SE

Adani Enterprises along with other group companies have been in focus since a report from Hindenburg research alleging improper use of offshore tax havens and flagged concerns about the high debt and valuations of the seven listed Adani companies. Trade Watchlist Portfolio Message Set Alert live bse live nse live Volume Todays L/H More × Share price of Adani Enterprises took a fresh knock on February 3, a day after it was placed under National Stock Exchange's Additional Surveillance Measure framework. At 10 am, the stock was trading at Rs 1,252.20 apiece on the NSE, down by 22 percent. The stock is now down close to 60 percent in the past five trading sessions. The ASM list is a list of securities that get monitored due to factors like price fluctuation, volatility, volume variance, etc. Also Read: NSE puts Adani Enterprises, Adani Ports, Ambuja Cements under ASM … [Read more...] about Adani Enterprises cracks further on selling pressure, group stocks under ASM

Adani Group chairman Gautam Adani Touting February 3, 2023, as an eventful day might be an understatement for the Adani Group. A stunning recovery from the worst-ever intraday fall in Adani Enterprises' stock to Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's first comments on the entire Hindenburg-Adani fiasco , there was a lot of action. After falling 35 percent intraday, Adani Enterprises closed in the red on NSE – down 2 percent – while on BSE it was over a percent higher. Adani Ports closed 5 percent higher on the NSE at Rs 488.40 after falling to Rs 395 intraday. ACC and Ambuja Cements gained 5 percent and 4 percent, respectively. Meanwhile, Adani Total Gas and Adani Wilmar ended at a 5 percent lower circuit. Here's a recap of all that happened, starting from pre-market developments ASM Framework Read More Pre-market open, the big news was National Stock Exchange (NSE) placing Adani Enterprises, Adani Ports and Ambuja Cements under an additional … [Read more...] about Adai Group stocks: A recap of everything that happened on February 3

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin On the heels of the release of 2023’s Silicon Valley Bank State of the U.S. Wine Industry Report , the wine industry is worried. The key takeaway of the report: the wine industry has a young drinker problem. The report found that the wine industry continues to fail at capturing the Gen Z and Millennial market — the only area of growth for American wine was among drinkers over 60, with the biggest growth happening amongst 70 and 80-year-olds. “In my view, this is the greatest issue of concern for the wine business today—namely, the lack of engagement and participation in the wine category by younger consumers in their prime spending years,” Rob McMillan, executive vice president and founder of SVB’s wine practice and author of the report, said during a panel discussion. “Whatever we are doing to promote brands to a younger consumer, I should argue we should stop right now because it’s not helping.” “The wine … [Read more...] about Reports Say Young Drinkers Are Over Wine. What Do Winemakers Think?

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin A s chef Jenny Dorsey, the founder of food justice nonprofit Studio ATAO , and her team write in their edition of this week’s newsletter, “one of the less visible realities of gun violence is its intersection with food insecurity and its impact on food system workers. It is no accident that gun violence heavily impacts those left vulnerable by an inequitable food system.” Let’s take that in for a moment. There’s no better time to talk more about this. The horrific Monterey Park, California, attacks during Lunar New Year transpired just a week ago, and in January 2022 alone, at least four fast-food workers were shot w hile working . The stats, simply, are startling: In nine California cities between 2017 and 2020, 911 call logs show over 77,000 violent or threatening incidents just at McDonald’s, Burger King, Carl’s Jr. and Jack-in-the-Box locations. Creating a more equitable and just food system is one key way, … [Read more...] about Fresh Take: The Truth About Gun Violence, Food Insecurity And Food Workers

Recently an unarmed 29-year-old African American, Tyre Nichols, was brutally beaten to death by five Black Memphis police officers. They were charged with murder. All belonged to a special crime unit known as “Scorpion.” Both the victimizers and victim were black. The Memphis police chief is black. The assistant police chief is black. Nearly 60 percent of the police force is black. The white population of Memphis is about 25%. The now-disbanded Scorpion unit of mostly black officers was created as a response to grassroots appeals to stop spiraling crime in mostly black neighborhoods. The death of Tyre Nichols could be attributed to many things: a basic lack of humanity on the part of the officers, poor police training, lax administrative supervision, and lowered hiring standards. Instead, no sooner was the beating death announced than accusations of “systemic racism” surfaced. Van Jones, the former Obama Administration green czar and recent recipient of Jeff Bezos’ … [Read more...] about VICTOR DAVIS HANSON: Race Everywhere