Hi, Welcome Welcome back September 03, 2024 Harris gets a fundraising boost from crypto executives looking for softer regulations Some in the crypto industry are rallying behind Harris rather than Republican nominee Donald Trump, who has courted big crypto donors with friendly policy pledges. BY Reuters Cryptocurrency investors and industry executives calling on Vice President Kamala … Continue reading Harris gets a fundraising boost from crypto executives looking for softer regulations
You can now compare your performance across key metrics with industry peers, providing crucial context for strategic decision-making. Anu Adegbola on September 3, 2024 Google rolled out a significant update to Google Analytics 4 (GA4), allowing users to compare their performance with other businesses in their industry. Why we care: This new feature will provide valuable context … Continue reading Google Analytics 4 introduces benchmarking data
September 03, 2024 What is driving the stock market? Social media is not far behind, influencing prices and market valuations. BY George Kailas What is driving the stock market? Historically this has been an easy answer: Wall Street. But with the rise of AI’s moving the markets, sometimes without rhyme or reason, and with the rise … Continue reading What is driving the stock market?
Google Ad Exec Answers One-Off Campaign Questions by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer @lauriesullivan, September 3, 2024 A shortened holiday shopping season requires even the biggest advertisers to act like a startup — agile and quick to respond. Hanukkah falls on Christmas Day this year. The compressed time frame demands advertisers remain attune to emerging trends by leveraging … Continue reading Google Ad Exec Answers One-Off Campaign Questions
September 03, 2024 Akiflow is the calendar and tasks app you never knew you needed This brilliantly simple app works with Google Calendar and Outlook to bring tasks and events together in a way that makes other tools look like clunky old relics. BY JR Raphael It’s 2024, for cryin’ out loud. We’ve got robots that … Continue reading Akiflow is the calendar and tasks app you never knew you needed
Social media companies can’t be forced to block teens from seeing ‘harmful’ content, judge rules A federal judge struck down part of a Texas law known as the Scope Act. karissa bell Tue, Sep 3, 2024 A federal judge has ruled that social media companies can’t be required to block certain types of … Continue reading Social media companies can’t be forced to block teens from seeing ‘harmful’ content, judge rules
September 02, 2024 Why Japan wants its citizens to try a 4-day workweek The government launched a ‘work style reform’ campaign that promotes shorter hours and other flexible arrangements along with overtime limits and paid annual leave. BY Associated Press Japan, a nation so hardworking its language has a term for literally working oneself to death, … Continue reading Why Japan wants its citizens to try a 4-day workweek
September 02, 2024 About 10,000 major hotel-chain workers are on strike in these 8 cities Workers represented by the UNITE HERE union walked off the job Sunday at 24 hotels in eight cities, including Honolulu, Boston, San Francisco, San Jose, San Diego, and Seattle. BY Associated Press With up to 17 rooms to clean each shift, … Continue reading About 10,000 major hotel chain workers are on strike in these eight cities
September 01, 2024 Consumer spending increased in July as expected The increase was across both goods and services, with outlays on motor vehicles and parts leading the charge. BY Reuters U.S. consumer spending increased solidly in July, suggesting the economy remained on firmer ground early in the third quarter and arguing against a half-percentage-point interest rate … Continue reading Consumer spending increased in July as expected
September 01, 2024 How ‘scab’ became an insult used by unions in the labor movement Its use actually dates to medieval Europe. BY The Conversation Over its long history, the American labor movement has displayed a remarkably rich vocabulary for shaming those deemed traitors to its cause. Some insults, such as blackleg, are largely forgotten today. … Continue reading How ‘scab’ became an insult used by unions in the labor movement
