AvatarJohn KeransFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoJan 4Walgreens nearly halfway through planned VillageMD clinic closureshealthcaredive.com - Emily OlsenDive Brief:• Walgreens beat Wall Street expectations on earnings per share and revenue in its first quarter, as the pharmacy giant continues to push …
AvatarJohn KeransAvatarAvatar22 hours agoHow the Atlantic Went From Broke to Profitable in Three YearsThe Wall Street Journal. - Alexandra BruellNick Thompson joined the Atlantic as chief executive three years ago, the magazine had a $20 million deficit and months earlier had laid off 17% of its newsroom. Traffic was down significantly. People were starting to emerge from the Covid-19 pandemic, ditching their screens to venture outside. And …
AvatarJohn KeransFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoAug 29, 2022Best Blue Chip Stocks: 21 Hedge Fund Top Pickskiplinger.com - By Dan BurrowsBlue chip stocks dominate the list of hedge funds' most popular equity investments. Blue chip stocks, thanks to their massive market capitalizations …
AvatarJohn KeransAvatarAvatar3 days agoOpinion | The ‘landmark’ Apple lawsuit ignores two realitiesverified_publisherThe Washington Post - Adam LashinskyThere was something curiously slapdash about the Justice Department’s March 21 complaint against Apple, as if the country’s top antitrust cops aren’t sure of themselves — despite having spent five years working on their theory of the case. It makes me wonder whether the lawsuit, touted as “landmark” …
AvatarJohn KeransAvatarAvatarHow Walmart, Target and the White House are tracking consumer demand and inflation in real timeverified_publisherCNBC - Lori Ann LaRoccoThe Biden administration is expanding a freight data partnership with major U.S. companies to track the movement of goods in real time. On Wednesday, …
AvatarJohn KeransAvatarAvatarBen & Jerry’s Owner Loses Its Taste for Ice CreamThe Wall Street Journal. - Saabira ChaudhuriAfter more than 100 years of selling ice cream, Ben & Jerry’s owner has lost its taste for the business. Unilever said Tuesday it plans to separate its ice-cream division—which also makes Magnum, Wall’s, Breyers, Talenti, Popsicle and Klondike—into a stand-alone business. It said listing the business …
AvatarJohn KeransFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoLooking back at the Motorola DynaTAC 8000X — the first mobile phone that was ever sold 40 years ago todaytechradar.com - By Keumars Afifi-SabetThe scale and prevalence of mobile phones in today's age is extraordinary when you think that little more than 40 years ago, not one person was able …
AvatarJohn KeransAvatarAvatarLen Sirowitz, Whose Bold, Offbeat Ads Captured an Era, Dies at 91verified_publisherThe New York Times - Richard SandomirAn award-winning agency art director, he brought a striking visual touch to campaigns for the Volkswagen Beetle, Sara Lee and Sony in the 1960s as well as to the antiwar and antinuclear movements. Len Sirowitz, an award-winning advertising art director whose creative work in the 1960s included …
AvatarJohn KeransAvatarAvatarA Mistake in a Tesla and a Panicked Final Call: The Death of Angela ChaoThe Wall Street Journal. - Valerie BauerleinJOHNSON CITY, Texas — Angela Chao had much to celebrate on the Chinese New Year, dawn of the year of the dragon, a symbol of prosperity so auspicious that mothers timed pregnancies to its arrival. She was chief executive of her family’s growing global shipping operation and had steered the business …
AvatarJohn KeransAvatarAvatarThe zombie CVS, a late-capitalism horror storyverified_publisherThe Washington Post - Maura JudkisThere is almost nothing left to steal at the CVS in Columbia Heights, and that gives you an idea of which items have actual value. Blank CDs, for example — the thieves don’t even bother with them. The greeting card section has been left alone. The good magazines like Vogue and GQ and Sports …
AvatarJohn KeransFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoThe Best Utilities Stocks to Buymorningstar.com - Tori BrovetInvestors in utilities stocks were left feeling chilled by their 2023 results. The Morningstar US Utilities Index underperformed the Morningstar US …
AvatarJohn KeransAvatarAvatarThese Out-Of-Favor Stocks Are Showing Signs Of LifeForbes - Charles RotblutIn this article I cover the strategy used by Josef Lakonishok and highlight a list of stocks currently passing the AAII Lakonishok screen. Picking up the value torch from Benjamin Graham, Lakonishok focuses on buying out-of-favor companies that are beginning to show signs of awakening. The …