The pandemic has led many millennials to re-examine the long-term prospects of their jobs – but few may have done so with as much comic-book flair as Mr He Ruiming and Mr Goh Wei Choon. The pair, both 31, quit their jobs this year to work full time on their comic-style personal finance blog The […]

(Reuters) -U.S. stocks ended lower on Friday, pulled down by uncertainty around a coronavirus stimulus deal, while Tesla shares jumped in heavy trading in anticipation of their addition to the S&P 500 next week. All three major indexes hit record highs at the opening before retreating. The S&P 500 technology index, which has led gains […]

As 2020 comes to a close, PTC Retail described it as a “banner year” with business growth in all of the key metrics the company measures including “customer partnerships, enterprise-scale expansions and cost-effective upgrades” to its technology. “Demand for PTC FlexPLM, retail’s most widely used PLM platform remains high, and with breakthrough PLM innovations and […]

For the workers fortunate enough to remain employed at Carrier’s Indianapolis factory, which Donald Trump singled out as a symbol of American manufacturing distress in 2016, these should be the best of times. The assembly line is churning out furnaces seven days a week, overtime is abundant, and shares of Carrier are soaring even as […]

Retail giant Bunnings has been singled out for selling herbicides that have been subject of a number of global bans and lawsuits. Activist group SumofUs has released a parody Bunnings ad that calls out the firm for selling Roundup products that contain the active ingredient Glyphosate. The ad, which borrows from the Bunnings advertising style […]

FILE PHOTO: A Federal Express cargo plane approaches to land in San Diego, California August 24, 2020. REUTERS/Mike BlakeLOS ANGELES (Reuters) -U.S. delivery firm FedEx Corp on Thursday said quarterly profit almost doubled after rate hikes and spiking volume helped lower the cost of delivering pandemic-fueled e-commerce purchases to residential addresses. Fiscal second quarter adjusted […]

With the digital trade show season over, Informa Markets Fashion, which launched fashion wholesale digital events for MAGIC, Coterie, Project, MICAM Americas, and Children’s Club, along with business-to-business e-commerce platform partner, NuOrder, has released their digital event metrics and market insights. As the industry continues to rebuild and recalibrate, the analytics signal a resurgence in […]

About a month into the pandemic, Tyler Mathiesen lost his position at a tech company, his first full-time job out of college. For several months, everything was fine: Payments on his $75,000 in student loans were paused, and the extra $600 weekly federal unemployment benefit helped pay the rest. He even managed to save some […]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Trump administration labeled Switzerland and Vietnam currency manipulators on Wednesday, in another parting shot at international trading partners that could complicate matters for U.S. President-elect Joe Biden’s incoming team. In a long-overdue report, the U.S. Treasury also added India, Thailand and Taiwan to a list of countries it says may be […]

Slideshow ( 2 images )(Reuters) -Wall Street was mixed on Wednesday, with the Nasdaq hitting a record high as investors awaited a potential fiscal economic stimulus package after the Federal Reserve repeated a pledge to keep its benchmark interest rate near zero. The S&P 500 turned slightly negative after the Fed promised to keep funneling […]