Monthly Archives: August 2022

A bad week for stationary bikes: A look inside the downfall of SoulCycle and Peloton after the former fitness giants slashed hundreds of jobs and closed stores on the same day

Alli Harvey/Getty Images for Spotify, Scott Heins/Getty Images Both Peloton and SoulCycle announced layoffs and store closures on Friday within hours of each other.  The move comes as both companies struggle to overcome sales slumps and struggle to regain momentum.  Experts told Insider the downsizing was inevitable, and “a reflection of hubris born from success.”…

THE DIGITAL HEALTH ECOSYSTEM: An in-depth examination of the players and tech trends reshaping the future of healthcare

This is a preview of a research report from Business Insider Intelligence, Business Insider’s premium research service. To learn more about Business Insider Intelligence, click here. Business Insider Intelligence Digital disruption is rocking the healthcare industry, and key stakeholders — payers, providers, manufacturers, and medical supplies distributors — are all feeling its effects differently. Until…

Inaccurate maps are delaying the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law’s broadband funding

Nearly nine months after Congress passed President Biden’s $1 trillion infrastructure bill, the federal government has yet to allocate any of the $42.5 billion in funding the legislation set aside for expanding broadband service in underserved communities, according to The Wall Street Journal. Under the law, the Commerce Department can’t release that money until the…

JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon told wealthy clients there’s a chance the US is heading into ‘something worse’ than a recession, report says

P Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon looks on during the inauguration of the new French headquarters of US’ JP Morgan bank in June 2021 in Paris. MICHEL EULER/POOL/AFP via Getty Images JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon spoke to some of the bank’s wealthy clients on a call Tuesday, Yahoo reported.  He said there’s a 20-30% chance of…

Maryland GOP Gov. Larry Hogan says the Mar-a-Lago raid ‘was actually a win’ for Trump

Republican Gov. Larry Hogan of Maryland. Brian Witte/AP Gov. Larry Hogan, a Trump critic, said the FBI search of Mar-a-Lago has been a “win” so far. Hogan argued that the search has ginned up GOP base supporters, who still largely back Trump. The Republican governor said he was “happy” to see the Trump search warrant…

The former Israeli army trainer of a military dog killed in action said he is saddened that the death a Palestinian girl got less media coverage

Ben Silberstein in 2012 with his dog Zili, and him now Ben Silberstein Former IDF soldier Ben Silberstein trained a dog called Zili and died in a shootout with Palestinian militants. Silberstein took to Facebook to remember the dog but also to highlight a Palestinian girl’s death. “An Israeli dog that is killed captures more…

Former homeland security adviser for Mike Pence said she once ‘found classified documents in the ladies’ room’

Olivia Troye, a former homeland security adviser to VP Mike Pence, speaks on MSNBC. MSNBC A former White House adviser said she once found classified documents “in the ladies’ room.” Olivia Troye served as homeland security and counterterrorism adviser to former Vice President Mike Pence. Her comments come days after the FBI raided Trump’s Mar-a-Lago…

PS4 sold “twice as many” units as Xbox One, new court papers show

New court documents have confirmed that Sony’s PS4 console sold “twice as many” units as Microsoft’s Xbox One during last-gen’s “console wars”. Confirmation comes via Brazilian court papers wherein Microsoft is defending its acquisition of Activision Blizzard in front of the Brazilian competition authority, CADE. As spotted by GameLuster and translated via Google Translate –…