Cleer Audio has just released a brand new portable Bluetooth speaker it’s calling Scene – and considering the price, it’s about to cause one. Will it debut as one of the best Bluetooth speakers of 2022? Well, Cleer isn’t backward about coming forward with it, telling us it sets a new standard in the category…
It seems ecommerce is still in rude health. Despite being in the midst of a cost-of-living crisis, UK consumers remained steadfast in their commitment to the sales period. Delivery management firm nShift found that UK parcel volumes over Black Friday were up by 8% compared to last year, and 80% over a typical Friday. Cyber…
Sam Bankman-Fried speaks with Andrew Ross Sorkin during The New York Times DealBook Summit in New York City on November 30, 2022. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images Sam Bankman-Fried said that crypto investors should look for “all the things I wish FTX had been able to supply” when depositing their funds. He called on exchanges to…
Rita Jandu felt she was “singled out” by Marks & Spencer due to her dyslexia. Leon Neal/Getty Images Rita Jandu, who is dyslexic, lost her job for issues including concerns about errors in her emails. She claimed disability discrimination and unfair dismissal against UK retailer Marks & Spencer. An employment tribunal awarded Jandu £53,855 after…
Hello! Dan DeFrancesco checking in on this brisk NYC morning. Today we’ve got stories on more layoffs in crypto, a secret 9/11 memo, and the people best positioned to be Bob Iger’s top deputies at Disney. And while I’ve got you here, it’s time to start thinking about gifts with the holidays season in full swing….
Nathan Blecharczyk, co-founder and chief strategy officer of U.S. home-rental service giant Airbnb Inc., explains the company’s strategy in Japan at a press conference in Tokyo on June 14, 2018. Kyodo News Stills via Getty Images Airbnb is launching a program that will showcase “Airbnb-friendly apartment buildings” to rent. It will allow prospective renters to…
Leon Cooperman. Reuters/ Rick Wilking Leon Cooperman expects the S&P 500 to eke out mediocre returns for the rest of this decade. The billionaire investor predicts a US recession and stubbornly high inflation. Cooperman trashed crypto, saying he was happy the government never endorsed it. US stocks will suffer a hangover for years, and the…
Taylor Rains/Insider American Airlines and British Airways will become “roommates” at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport. Starting Thursday, both carriers will operate out of a renovated Terminal 8 to allow for easier connections. The Oneworld partners have invested $400 million into the facility to build a new check-in area, gates, and lounges. American…
Police officers near the Ukrainian embassy in Madrid, Spain, on Wednesday, November 30, 2022. AP Photo/Paul White Spain’s prime minister was targeted by a letter bomb, the interior ministry said on Thursday. The envelope and its contents were similar to those used in four other incidents, it said. One bomb exploded at the Ukrainian embassy…
Jabin Botsford/Getty Images Sam Bankman-Fried said FTX might not have collapsed if he’d spent “an hour a day” assessing risks. “I wasn’t spending any time or effort trying to manage risk on FTX,” the crypto mogul told ABC News. Its new CEO has slammed the previous leadership’s “complete failure of corporate controls.” Sam Bankman-Fried said…