Wall Street eyes ‘growing pains’ in Nvidia earnings but all eyes are on a bullish 2nd half for its next-gen chip
Nvidia has a high bar to clear when it reports fourth-quarter earnings after the closing bell on Wednesday. As the world’s second-largest company, Nvidia will have to prove to investors that demand for its next-generation Blackwell chip continues to be strong, and that the company won’t be negatively impacted by the jarring debut of China’s…
Some Southwest employees fear layoffs could kill the airline’s famously free-spirited culture
A Southwest Airlines customer watches the airline’s fleet of Boeing 737s from a terminal building. Southwest Airlines has long billed itself as different from other carriers — but after the company’s first-ever round of major layoffs, some employees say they worry it’ll soon just become like every other airline. Some of the teams affected by…
Stock of the Day: Hims & Hers plunges 27% after saying it will stop selling its Ozempic competitor
The move: Hims & Hers stock plunged as much as 27% on Tuesday, hitting an intraday low of $37.29. The stock is down 49% since it peaked at $72.98 last week. The chart: Why: Hims & Hers said the company would soon stop selling compounded versions of popular GLP-1 weight loss drugs. “We will remove…
Verizon to rival AT&T employees: Come work here if you don’t like 5 days in office
A memo from Verizon’s talent team refers to “changing RTO policies across the industry” and invites recipients to apply for hybrid and remote roles. The rivalry between two of telecom’s biggest players has taken a decidedly modern twist. After AT&T’s full-time return-to-office mandate began to be implemented in January, Verizon reached out to AT&T employees…
Apple isn’t jumping on the anti-DEI bandwagon
Apple shareholders voted to keep the company’s DEI programs. Shareholders at Apple have voted to reject a request to cease its diversity, equity, and inclusion moves. In its proposal to end DEI efforts, the National Center for Public Policy Research said the program “poses litigation, reputational, and financial risks to companies.” During Apple’s annual shareholder…
Jamie Dimon says to quit if you don’t like his RTO demands. Some of his tech workers might do just that.
Anthony has never been interested in attending town halls, but when texts started rolling in about his top boss’ remote work diatribe, it was too much for the technology vice president to ignore. An IT employee named Nicolas Welch had questioned JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon at a newly opened branch in Columbus, Ohio, about…
I quit my dream job to be a stay-at-home dad. It was hard at first, but completely worth the time I got with my kids.
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Christopher Mannino, author of the coming book “Making It Up: A Revolutionary Way to Bond With Kids Through Play.” It has been edited for length and clarity. After my son was born, I started having panic attacks at work. I was a high school theater teacher…
A healthy-aging scientist who has met hundreds of centenarians shares 4 things she does to live longer
Stacy Andersen has studied centenarians for more than two decades. A scientist who has studied centenarians for more than 20 years shared four things she does to live a long, healthy life. Stacy Andersen, a behavioral neuroscientist at Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, is a codirector of the New England Centenarian Study,…
TOE to EO: Federal agency TVs show Trump signing executive orders on soundless loop following AI Musk foot-sucking fiasco
The offices of HUD, where screens have been showing a new variety of videos. It’s a toe-tal switch-up over at the Department of Housing and Urban Development, where monitors are no longer showing fake videos of President Donald Trump sucking Elon Musk’s feet. Instead, TV screens throughout the agency on Tuesday displayed clips of Trump…
