‘Contrarian’ hedge fund betting on economic slump scores 163% return: ‘Everything is going down’
An upstart hedge fund achieved a whopping 163% return last year by betting Fed rate hikes would cause economic chaos, according to a report Wednesday....
Southwest’s job ad for PR adviser ridiculed online
Southwest Airlines’ hunt for a new public relations adviser in the wake of the embattled carrier’s nationwide holiday meltdown prompted widespread ridicule from social media...
GM reclaims US auto sales title for 2022 from Toyota
General Motors on Wednesday posted a 2.5% rise in US new vehicle sales in 2022, outselling Toyota Motor, helped by an easing of inventory shortages and...
Twitter reversing ban on political ads in latest Elon Musk change
Twitter said it would expand the types of political ads allowed on the social media platform, an apparent reversal of its 2019 global ban on...
Meta fined $414M in Europe over Facebook, Instagram targeted ads
Facebook and Instagram parent Meta was hit with $414 million in fines by European Union regulators Wednesday for violating privacy laws in a potential blow...
Job openings stayed high in November in blow to Fed
US job openings slipped in November but remained high, suggesting businesses are still determined to add workers, a blow to the Federal Reserve’s efforts to cool...
Tesla makes Tom Zhu highest-profile executive after Elon Musk
Tesla’s China chief Tom Zhu has been promoted to take direct oversight of the electric carmaker’s US assembly plants as well as sales operations in North America and Europe,...
Salesforce slashing 10% of workforce in latest tech layoffs
Salesforce plans to cut its workforce by 10% and close some offices, saying it needs to trim costs after rapid pandemic hiring left it with “too...
Alan Greenspan blasts FTX downfall as ‘purely fraud’
Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan dismissed arguments that FTX’s collapse was the result of simple negligence or bad bookkeeping this week, referring to the...
Manhattan home prices drop 5.5% — the first decline since pandemic
Manhattan apartment prices fell 5.5% year-over-year in the fourth quarter of last year — the first time that residential real estate values in the borough...