The hot labor market strengthened more than expected last month, as employers added 528,000 jobs, a stunning figure that reflects an economy well recovered from the pandemic, quelling fears that a recession could be imminent.The unemployment rate edged down to 3.5 percent, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, reaching its lowest point since February…
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How to Make Money on Fiverr and Build a $1 Million Freelance Business
Levi Newman joined Fiverr in 2014 with the hopes of starting a copywriting side hustle.He’s booked more than $1.2 million in lifetime revenue and has taken the business full time.Here’s how Newman built his business and found a niche with Amazon item descriptions.Eight years ago, Levi Newman wanted to turn his writing skills into a…
AMD follows Intel in warning that the PC market is falling apart
The red-hot PC market is rapidly slowing after surging during the COVID-19 pandemic, and powerhouse chip players AMD and Intel are feeling the financial pain. “We have taken a more conservative outlook on the PC business,” AMD CEO Dr.Lisa Su said on an earnings call late Tuesday.”So a quarter ago, we would have thought that…
Uber earnings Q2 2022
Uber reported a second-quarter loss on Tuesday but beat analyst estimates for revenue and posted $382 million in free cash flow for the first time ever.Shares of Uber were up 13% after markets opened.Here are the key numbers: The company reported a net loss of $2.6 billion for the second quarter, $1.7 billion of which…
Uber attracts record number of drivers as cost of living bites
Uber attracts record number of drivers as cost of living bites Published 1 day ago Share close Share page Copy link About sharing Image source, Reuters The number of people driving for Uber has hit an all time high, as concerns about the rising cost of living push people to find new ways to make…
Uber attracts record number of drivers as cost of living bites – BBC News
Uber attracts record number of drivers as cost of living bites Published 34 minutes ago Share close Share page Copy link About sharing Image source, Reuters The number of people driving for Uber has hit an all time high, as concerns about the rising cost of living push people to find new ways to make…
The Federal Reserve is fighting inflation. So is remote work
While the Federal Reserve raises borrowing costs aggressively to tame stubbornly high inflation, remote work may be serving as an unlikely ally to the U.S.central bank.The Fed increased its benchmark interest rate by 0.75 percentage point last week, after having raised it by a similar amount at its policy meeting in June .By doing so,…
Robot cooks are rapidly making their way into restaurant kitchens
Before the end of this year, a brand-new pizza purveyor plans to hit the Los Angeles area.But this isn’t just another pizza place.This company plans to serve pizza from trucks and the pies themselves are put together not by humans but by robotics developed by former engineers from SpaceX.The machine can produce a pizza every…
Taco Bell Opens Four-Lane, Two-Story Drive-Thru: Photos
Taco Bell Taco Bell opened its first four-lane, two-story drive-thru in Minnesota in June.The chain first revealed plans for the massive restaurant in 2021.The contactless delivery system “defies gravity” as food is transported from the second-story kitchen to drivers below.Taco Bell is finally opening the doors of its four-lane, two-story drive-thru in Minnesota that was…
Did Russia deliberately kill Vadatursky, Ukraine’s grain tycoon?
A Russian missile killed Oleksiy Vadatursky and his wife Raisa a day before grain exports resumed from Odesa. Oleksiy Vadatursky, right, pictured with his wife Raisa [Courtesy: Nebulon] By Mansur Mirovalev Kyiv, Ukraine – Oleksiy Vadatursky was known as a “grain tycoon” who helped make Ukraine a key wheat exporter. A Russian missile killed him…