Figma is getting crushed in its post-IPO earnings debut; CEO Dylan Field is focused on AI’s long term power to ‘raise the ceiling’

by admin | Sep 4, 2025 | blog

Shares of design software company Figma plunged 14% in extended trading, as investors took a dim view of Figma’s first quarter earnings report.  Figma CEO Dylan Field, who cofounded the company in 2012 and watched its $20 billion acquisition by Adobe fall apart in...

McDonald’s CEO is grappling with a ‘two-tier economy’ as he slashes prices on value meals—and signals backing for a minimum wage increase

by admin | Sep 3, 2025 | blog

McDonald’s is banking on burgers and fries to tell a bigger story about the American economy. Chief Executive Chris Kempczinski is slimming down the cost of the fast-food giant’s value meals as he grapples with what he calls a “two-tier economy”—a widening divide...

Super Bowl ad spots that cost millions a piece already sold out even though the event is still more than 150 days away

by admin | Sep 3, 2025 | blog

Advertisers still can’t get enough of football. NBCUniversal, which has the rights to next February’s Super Bowl, has entirely sold out ad inventory during the big game, it announced Wednesday, a day before the start of the NFL regular season. Beyond that, the media...

One out of every 4 homes is at ‘severe or extreme’ climate risk, study says

by admin | Sep 3, 2025 | blog

More than one in four U.S. homes—amounting to $12.7 trillion in real estate—faces at least one type of “severe or extreme climate risk,” like floods, hurricanes, and wildfires, according to a Realtor.com® Climate Risk Report. The report by economist Jiayi Xu details...

Trump says the video of garbage bags dropped out of a White House window was AI-generated, ironically adding people ‘blame AI’ to cover up bad things

by admin | Sep 3, 2025 | blog

During his first press conference and public appearance in nearly a week, after rumors swirled around the state of his health, President Donald Trump offered a bizarre explanation Tuesday for a viral video showing someone throwing black garbage bags out of a White...

Rural towns are handing out $10,000 relocation bonuses to poach high-earning remote workers

by admin | Sep 3, 2025 | blog

When a city like Tulsa, Oklahoma, can recruit nearly 700 households a year with $10,000 relocation checks—and keep 90% of them after the first year—it starts to look less like a post-pandemic gimmick, and more like a new model of economic development. That’s the bet...