Monthly Archives: September 2022

Retailer offers free breakfast and lunch to its 40,000 workers to help them with the cost-of-living crisis

The John Lewis store on Oxford Street in central London. Getty Images UK retailer John Lewis is offering workers free breakfast and lunch over the Christmas period. The scheme is aimed at helping staff cope with big jumps in the cost of living in Britain. The retailer will offer free food to all workers from…

Former federal prosecutor compares Mar-a-Lago probe to narcotics case, saying it doesn’t matter if docs were declassified as keeping them is still illegal

Former President Donald Trump. James Devaney/GC Images The DOJ is investigating Trump for keeping classified documents in his Mar-a-Lago home. A former federal prosecutor told MSNBC that the investigation is similar to a narcotics case.  Danya Perry said Trump shouldn’t have kept government documents at Mar-a-Lago, declassified or not. A former federal prosecutor compared the Justice…

Stocks are set to retest June lows in a ‘torrid’ autumn for the market as corporate earnings revisions roll in, JPMorgan Asset Management global strategy chief says

Lucas Jackson/Reuters The stock market may retest its June lows this autumn as earnings revisions roll in, said JPMorgan Asset Management’s global strategy chief.  “I’m sorry to say, but I do think we’ve got a little bit of a torrid autumn ahead of us,” John Bilton told Bloomberg TV. He noted that half to two-thirds…

Jeremy Grantham warns the ‘superbubble’ in stocks is entering its final stages and is soon set for an ‘epic finale’

Jeremy Grantham is a famed investor and historian of stock markets. Matthew Lloyd/Getty Images Jeremy Grantham warned the stock-market superbubble is entering its final phase, set for an “epic finale.” The veteran investor dismissed the recent rebound in stocks as a classic bear-market rally. Grantham earlier warned stocks could crash around 50% — but said…

Nvidia and other chip stocks fall as US restricts sales to China and Russia over concerns of military use

Nvidia headquarters in Santa Clara, California Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Nvidia and AMD shares fell Thursday as the US moved to restrict the sale of high-end chips to China and Russia.  The Biden administration’s new licensing requirement may lead to a $400 million reduction in Nvidia’s Q3 sales.  Biden in August signed a multi-billion dollar package…

A Russian shipping engineer who dumped 10,000 gallons of oil-polluted water off the Louisiana coast and lied to the Coast Guard has been jailed for a year and a day

Gett Images A ship’s engineer who dumped polluted water in the sea, then lied to Coast Guard, has been jailed.  The Russian admitted making false statements and entries in the ship’s oil log, per the DoJ. The incident occurred after the ship’s engine room flooded off the coast of Louisiana, per the DoJ.  A chief…

Legendary investor Jeremy Grantham flags an unprecedented ‘superbubble’ in markets, warns it’s about to burst, and lays out why it’s so dangerous in a new research note. Here are the 7 best quotes.

Jeremy Grantham. Boston Globe/Getty Images Jeremy Grantham issued a grim warning about a “superbubble” in markets this week. The GMO cofounder said the unprecedented boom in asset prices is nearing a conclusion. He flagged housing, stocks, and bonds, inflation, rate hikes, and commodity shocks as key risks. Jeremy Grantham warned of an unprecedented “superbubble” in…

TikTok Commerce 2022 Report Preview

TikTok’s powerful algorithm and cultural relevance has made it the go-to platform for emerging shopping trends. To succeed on TikTok, brands must craft their social commerce strategies around creating content that’s designed for entertaining first and shopping second. Insider Intelligence’s TikTok Commerce 2022 Report details social shopping behaviors on TikTok, the importance of creators in…

Billionaire Carlyle co-founder David Rubenstein says he’s invested in crypto companies and doesn’t expect Congress to over-regulate the industry

Getty Images David Rubenstein is still eyeing the crypto space despite the market rout this year.  The billionaire investor told CNBC that he’s interested in companies working in the space and not just tokens.  Rubenstein added that he expects the US government to be subtle with its regulation of crypto.  Billionaire David Rubenstein says he’s…