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There’s no debate that Wednesday was a bad day for the tech sector. But while some dismiss it as part of a gentle shift away from tech stocks and toward the next set of potential winners, others see it as more worrying.The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite Index fell 2.8% on Wednesday, its biggest one-day point drop since September 2022 and its biggest one-day percentage drop since December 2022. S&P 500, This also fell, down 1.4%. Dow Jones Industrial Average, With little exposure to the industry,and Record closing price for 2024. While technology has driven the market’s impressive gains last year and…
“Do you want to go to a lavender farm?” my wife asked. My honest answer was, “Absolutely not. Why would I have to do that?”But we were in northern Michigan with only a few hours to kill before the weekend wedding celebrations began. I often make mistakes, but my wife has a superpower: she finds out where we’re going and what to do when we’re there. So her suggestion is an approval, practically a command. So, of course, let’s go. If I hadn’t followed her instructions, I’d still be a single guy living in a studio apartment in Oak Park,…
USA Basketball’s pre-Olympic events continue with the second and final game in Abu Dhabi, this time giving the U.S. an early look at one of its Olympic group stage opponents.The U.S. will host Serbia on Wednesday to warm up for their Olympic group matchup. The two teams are in Group C at the 2024 Paris Games and will meet again in a week and a half, in their first group match.The U.S. team is fresh off a narrow 98-92 win over Australia on Monday. They looked like they would win by a large margin early on, but it was a…
People with suitcasesphotograph: Chosun Ilbo JNS/Imagines (Getty Images)Business class has resumed. Report released this weekConsulting firm Deloitte said U.S. business travel could soon surpass pre-pandemic levels, in a sign that frequent flyers are continuing to return to the skies. Seventy-three percent of people surveyed expect their business travel to increase this year, up 15 percentage points from 2023.Prime Day: The first half of Amazon’s 48-hour sales event is the biggest US e-commerce day of 2024 so far”By the end of 2024, U.S. corporate spending is expected to reach and likely exceed 2019 levels,” Deloitte said in its annual corporate travel…
On July 7, Pashtun poet and human rights activist Giraman Wazir was shot in Islamabad. Repercussions of his death are still reverberating from his hometown in North Waziristan. Wazir, also known as Hazrat Naeem, was a key leader of the Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement and a close friend of its leader Manzoor Pashteen. While poets are not usually considered a threat to national security, Giraman was allegedly held and tortured by Pakistani security agencies for eight months before being released in January 2024 and killed in July 2024. So far, Pakistani authorities have not been able to find his assailants. PTM…
Ahmed’s party announced on Thursday that it would contest alone in the Haryana Assembly elections due later this year. The party also launched its election slogan “Badlenge Haryana Ka Haal, Ab Laayenge Kejriwal” (We will change the situation in Haryana and bring in Kejriwal). Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann told a press conference that Ahmedmi’s Party has been recognised as a national party by the Election Commission after it won 14 per cent of the votes in Gujarat. Mann pointed out that while the AAP is in power in Delhi and Punjab, it has five assembly members in Gujarat and…
After banning X (formerly Twitter) for six months, the Pakistani government has stepped up its crackdown on social media by restricting access to Facebook and Instagram. Users across various Internet Service Providers (ISPs) have been experiencing issues accessing these platforms, with issues also being reported for WhatsApp. The government has not commented publicly on the new restrictions. The ban comes amid rising tensions between the judiciary, former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and the military. Telecommunications company Nayatel confirmed on X that Facebook and Instagram services were suspended across the country and that they were waiting for an…
Capture new trendsGetty One of the most dangerous phrases in business is, “We’ve always done it this way.” This mindset is one of the reasons companies like Borders, Sears, Ward’s, Kmart, Control Data, and Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) failed. Their CEOs failed to pivot and take advantage of new trends, and they paid a heavy price. DEC’s Ken Olsen even called the new personal computer a “toy.” Why this revolutionary emerging trend matters Emerging trends can be revolutionary or evolutionary. Evolutionary trends can be adapted by established businesses to grow. For example, AI, an evolutionary trend, is being used by…
BUTLER TOWNSHIP, Pa. – Colorful flowers donated by supporters were on display in front of the Buffalo Township Volunteer Fire Department Thursday morning. Surrounded by the colorful flowers was a statue of a kneeling firefighter holding an American flag, with Firefighter Corey Comperatore’s fire suit placed behind the statue.Over his work boots is a black Trump 2024 baseball cap that reads “Never Surrender.” The display is in memory of Comperatore, who was killed trying to shield his family from gunfire at a Donald Trump rally on Saturday. A steady stream of visitors has donated flowers and other items to the…
Elon Musk’s quick endorsement of President Trump following Saturday’s assassination attempt made many headlines. The Wall Street Journal Musk has suggested he is doubling down on his commitment to Trump by donating heavily to a pro-Trump super PAC. As per usual, Musk branded the story as a “fake wildebeest” and left only memes in the comments section. WSJ Posted on your own social media site X. Typical of Musk’s behavior, his actions have sent ripples across the media and fueled exaggerated speculation that the former president is cultivating ties with tech giants and venture capitalists, groups that have historically been…