Walmart’s new look was inspired by founder Sam Walton’s iconic trucker hat
Walmart’s new branding on a Sam Walton-style trucker hat. The original version had a hyphen. What’s old is new again. With Walmart’s latest brand refresh — the first major change in 17 years — the company is harkening back to the styling of its founder Sam Walton. The company said its new logo draws retro…
Jamie Dimon says bitcoin is the crypto of choice for ‘sex traffickers, money launderers, ransomware’
Jamie Dimon, the CEO of JPMorgan Chase, is skeptical about cryptocurrencies, specifically bitcoin. Jamie Dimon isn’t softening the tone of his criticisms of cryptocurrency. Dimon, the CEO of JPMorgan Chase, cast doubt on the value of bitcoin once again in an interview with CBS News’ Lesley Stahl. “We are going to have some kind of…
Private credit is hot. Here are 5 do’s and don’ts that could help you get a job in the burgeoning field.
Lending is not a new business for Wall Street, but the private-credit gold rush has opened the door to a hiring spree that’s only expected to heat up in 2025. After the 2008 financial crisis, banks removed much of the riskiest lending from their balance sheets. Investment behemoths like Apollo Global Management and Blackstone have…
The Lively-Baldoni battle fits into a broader PR trend that can be costly for the media
Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni costarred in “It Ends With Us.” As Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni hurl competing accusations in court, some media lawyers and PR pros see their battle as part of a bigger trend of prominent figures using lawsuits to change public opinion. “They’re done primarily as a PR play,” Juda Engelmayer,…
3 trends to watch as earnings season kicks off
Earnings season kicks off this week, with 6% of the S&P 500 set to report fourth-quarter results. The biggest companies reporting earnings this week are the US large cap banks, including JPMorgan, Citi, and Wells Fargo on Wednesday, followed by Bank of America, Goldman Sachs, and Morgan Stanley on Thursday. From there, investors will be…
Nike has some catching up to do in 2025
Nike’s planned running releases have retail analysts optimistic for 2025. Nike’s shoe competitors were on a tear in 2024, so expectations are high for the sportswear giant this year. Most footwear brands launched six or more shoes in 2024, according to data from BMO. Asics, Adidas, Brooks Running, and Hoka led the way in running…
‘Selling Sunset’ star Jason Oppenheim says they’ve paused filming season 9 as they work out how to cover the LA fires
Jason Oppenheim says filming for Season 9 of “Selling Sunset”i s on hold. Jason Oppenheim, star of “Selling Sunset,” says filming for season 9 of the Netflix show is on pause as fires continue to devastate parts of Los Angeles. In a conversation with B-17, Oppenheim confirmed that filming had commenced and then abruptly halted…
Former Disney employee admits to falsifying allergy information and adding swastikas to restaurant menus
Walt Disney World in Florida. A former menu production manager for Disney World has admitted to altering allergen information and adding swastikas to menus as part of a plea agreement. Federal authorities charged Michael Scheuer in October with causing the transmission of a program, information, code, or command to a protected computer and intentionally causing…
I took a 7-month maternity leave from my Google engineering job. Coming back to work was one of the hardest things I’ve ever done.
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Shruti Dhumak, a cloud customer engineer in Google’s Boston office who gave birth in February 2023. It has been edited for length and clarity. B-17 has verified her employment history. Before I had my son, I doubted how I was going to manage being this overly…
