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☆ Working for Doordash and Grubhub increasingly feels like a 9-5. And that may be bad news for the companies.
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-24 | by ( Alex Bitter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Read previewOn weekends, a gig delivery worker in Utah takes out his phone and opens one of three apps to make some extra money as an independent contractor. However, the people doing the work say that things like performance metrics often eat into that flexibility. "It doesn't feel much like I'm on contract," the Utah gig worker told Business Insider. But metrics such as this are just one aspect of delivery gig work that workers say feels like a traditional job. Related storiesFor example, one Chicago delivery worker told BI that he avoids Grubhub due to the app's scheduling feature.

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☆ Marsh McLennan Asia CEO discusses how clients are adjusting supply chains to new tariffs
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-26 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailMarsh McLennan Asia CEO discusses how clients are adjusting supply chains to new tariffsDavid Jacob, CEO of the professional services firm, says the U.S.' use of tariffs as part of its trade policy arsenal is "part of the permacrisis that we live in."

Persons: Marsh, David Jacob Organizations: U.S

☆ Marsh McLennan Asia CEO shares how they advise clients on managing red sea risks
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-07 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailMarsh McLennan Asia CEO shares how they advise clients on managing red sea risksDavid Jacob, CEO of Marsh McLennan Asia says clients are heavily focused on protection of physical assets and financial assets as risks around Red Sea rise.

Persons: Marsh, David Jacob, Marsh McLennan Organizations: Asia, Marsh McLennan Asia Locations: Red

☆ David Jacobs, Who Turned Soap Opera Into Prime-Time Gold, Dies at 84
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-25 | by ( Richard Sandomir | More About Richard Sandomir | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

David Jacobs, who more than anyone invented the modern prime-time soap opera when he created “Dallas,” the long-running CBS series about an amoral oil baron and his feuding family, and followed it a year later with “Knots Landing,” died on Sunday in Burbank, Calif. His son, Aaron, said he died in a hospital from complications of a series of infections. Mr. Jacobs had also recently received a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease. “Which meant Texas to me,” Mr. Jacobs recalled in a 2008 interview with the Television Academy. Working with Michael Filerman, an executive at Lorimar Productions, he wrote a script about the wealthy Ewing family.

Persons: David Jacobs, ”, Aaron, Jacobs, ” Ingmar Bergman’s, ” Mr, Michael Filerman, Ewing Organizations: CBS, Television Academy, Lorimar Productions Locations: Burbank , Calif, Sweden, Southern California, Texas

REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsZURICH, Aug 24 (Reuters) - GAM (GAMH.S) has entered into discussions with French billionaire Xavier Niel's NewGAMe shareholder group after a takeover offer from Britain's Liontrust failed to gain the required level of support. "The GAM Board acknowledges that the majority of our shareholders have not found the Liontrust Offer compelling. GAM shares fell 5.08% shortly after market open, whereas Liontrust recorded a 10.37% gain. Liontrust had made its offer conditional on winning the backing of two-thirds of GAM's shareholders in a prospectus it published in June. The investor group, led by Niel's NewGAMe and asset manager Bruellan, have vehemently opposed the all-share offer, saying in July that it "grossly undervalues GAM".

Persons: Arnd, Xavier Niel's, Britain's Liontrust, Liontrust, GAM's, David Jacob, Niel's NewGAMe, Bruellan, Brenna Hughes, Friederike Heine, Jason Neely, Christina Fincher Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, GAM, Thomson Locations: Zurich, Switzerland, British, Liontrust

☆ GAM shareholder group demands date change for extraordinary general meeting
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-08 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

ZURICH, Aug 8 (Reuters) - Investors in Swiss asset manager GAM Holding (GAMH.S) have asked for the company's extraordinary general meeting - which could remove its chairman and board - to be delayed. The investor group, which controls roughly 9.6% of GAM shares, wants the EGM to be delayed until August 31, so shareholders can vote knowing the outcome of Liontrust's offer. The deadline for Liontrust's offer has been extended three times from the original date of July 25. The offer has been recommended by GAM's board, which triggered calls by some shareholders to remove chairman David Jacob and his board at an EGM. Some investors have opposed the all-share offer, saying in July that it "grossly undervalues GAM" and want to turn GAM around rather than selling.

Persons: Xavier Niel, Liontrust, David Jacob, John Revill, Miranda Murray Organizations: GAM, Thomson Locations: ZURICH, Swiss

☆ Gen Z job seekers are rattling older managers by asking about work-life balance in the first interview
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-29 | by ( Alexandra York | Josée Rose | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Many Gen Z job seekers are asking about work-life balance during interviews. There wasn't a big focus on work-life balance when many of today's managers started working more than a decade ago. Gen Zers need to know the industry before asking about work-life balanceSome industries invite questions of work-life balance, according to Gen Zers and hiring managers who spoke with Insider. "If you were to directly ask, 'Can you describe the work-life balance for analysts at your firm?' Mary Cooney, the founder of the professional-development platform Generation IQ, said it's time to move on from this stigma of work-life balance.

☆ Layoff anxiety is real—but you can still thrive during challenging times. Here’s how
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-16 | by ( Morgan Smith | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

"I often ask myself, 'Why am I working right now if I might not have a job in two months?'" Living in fear of losing your job can be crippling — but confronting your layoff anxiety head-on is the best way to beat the panic. Here are three strategies to cope with layoff anxiety. Detach your identity from your jobSpending more time on the hobbies, relationships and interests that bring you joy outside of work is another powerful antidote to layoff anxiety. Being his own boss, Jacobowitz jokes, gives him ultimate job security: "It's not like I can fire myself!"

☆ GAM expects a net loss of around $336 mln for 2022
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-26 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

ZURICH, Jan 25 (Reuters) - GAM (GAMH.S) expects to report a net loss after tax of approximately 309.9 million Swiss francs ($335.83 million) for the full year 2022, after experiencing negative asset flows, the Swiss asset manager said on Wednesday. The group said it also expects to report an underlying pre-tax loss of approximately 42.8 million Swiss francs. "2022 was a challenging year with our financial results seeing the impact from a market-led decline in our assets under management," GAM's Chairman David Jacob said. Vontobel analyst Andreas Venditti said 2022 was a challenging year for the asset management industry and said he welcomed the news of GAM's planned strategic update. In December it was reported that GAM had hired bankers from UBS (UBSG.S) to explore strategic options, including a possible sale.

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