Boeing CEO praises Elon Musk for helping with the delayed Air Force One delivery: ‘He’s a brilliant guy’
Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg, pictured here, said Elon Musk is “a brilliant guy.” Kelly Ortberg, Boeing’s CEO, said Elon Musk was helping “in a big way” with the company’s delayed Air Force One planes. “He’s a brilliant guy, so he’s able to pretty quickly ascertain the difference between technical requirements and things that we can…
Sorry, ‘Severance’ fans — this season 2 guest star confirmed they won’t be back
Tramell Tillman, Alia Shawkat, Stefano Carannante, and Bob Balaban in “Severance” season two. We’re halfway through the new season of “Severance,” and if you were hoping for a certain guest star’s return, we have some bad news for you. B-17 spoke to Alia Shawkat on the red carpet for her movie “Atropia” at the Sundance…
Moscow says there will be a ‘price to pay’ for the Western companies that left Russia after it invaded Ukraine
Three years into the war in Ukraine, nearly 475 foreign companies have left the Russian market completely. Some of the Western companies that left Russia over its war in Ukraine may be tempted to head back when the war ends — but Moscow wants them to know it’s not in a rush to receive them.…
Cameo is giving workers a $10,000 raise to return to the office
Chief Technology Officer Dom Scandinaro, left, and Steven Galanis, CEO, right, meet in a boardroom at Cameo. The celebrity video messaging company Cameo this week rolled out $10,000 raises for employees returning to work in-office four days a week at its Chicago headquarters. CEO Steven Galanis told B-17 the raises and other perks announced this…
How the egg crisis is hitting food banks
The price of eggs is soaring, frustrating shoppers and stretching budgets for small businesses that rely on them. Krystal Kabela has received frequent phone calls at the eastern Iowa food bank she manages: people are searching for eggs. “People know that the eggs come on Friday, so that makes Friday afternoons and Saturdays really busy…
Forget the Trump trade. The Musk trade is where it’s at.
Elon Musk and Donald Trump in the Oval Office. Donald Trump’s presidential election victory in November spurred an immediate surge in assets ranging from stocks to crypto. It was dubbed the Trump trade. After an initial bump, things haven’t exactly gone as planned. The president has been less decisive than expected — particularly when it…
Microsoft CEO says AI will change ‘knowledge work’ — but that doesn’t mean it’s going away
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said “knowledge work” could change as AI grows more powerful. Satya Nadella isn’t dancing around it. AI agents are increasingly poised to take on work that once fell solely to human beings. However, that doesn’t mean knowledge work is going away — he simply expects it to evolve. “When we think…
Big Tech-backed interest group donated to Virginia lawmakers ahead of a failed push to regulate data centers
The Virginia House of Delegates. An under-the-radar interest group representing Big Tech and private-equity-backed data center developers is growing the industry’s influence on public policy, as data center construction booms across the country and utilities scramble to meet the mounting electricity demand from artificial intelligence. The group’s efforts might already be paying off, as evidenced…
How to ask for a raise — because finding a better-paid job is rough right now
Americans who are struggling to land higher-paying jobs might be able to boost their incomes by asking for a raise. Job-switching used to be a solid strategy for landing a pay bump. Now, it could be time to go back to basics and ask for a raise. Cory Stahle, an economist at the Indeed Hiring…
