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☆ What Cramer is watching Tuesday — possible GOP gains, Nvidia bounces, Kohl's CEO out
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-08 | by ( Jim Cramer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Lyft (LYFT) downgraded to in line from outperform (hold from buy) at Evercore, one of many negative Wall Street notes. Price target cuts: Credit Suisse to $122 per share from $137 and Baird to $120 from $140. Raymond James cuts price target on Palantir (PLTR) to $15 per share from $20 but has strong buy. Meanwhile, multiple price cuts on Celanese. Mizuho cut price target on cloud data provider Snowflake (SNOW) to $185 per share from $225 but keeps buy rating.

With the most recent version of Photoshop, the Quick Selection Tool streamlines the process for you, making separating your subject from the background simple. Pull up the image you'd like to remove the background from by clicking "File," and then "Open…" from the top menu. The Quick Selection tool isn't the only way to go about isolating subjects in Photoshop, but it is definitely one of the easier ways. Deselect "Layer 1," and select the "Background" layer, with your photo as the icon image, under "Layers." With that layer selected, you will now see the option "Remove Background" under the "Quick Actions" panel.

☆ Ark Invest's Cathie Wood scoops up $13.7 million in Tesla shares after sell-off
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-21 | by ( Yun Li | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Cathie Wood's Ark Invest bought the dip in Tesla shares on Thursday after her beloved EV player sold off on a quarterly revenue miss . The innovation-focused investor added 66,190 shares of Elon Musk's company for her flagship Ark Innovation ETF (ARKK) fund, according to Ark's daily trading data. Shares of Tesla slid about 6.7% Thursday as the company's revenue fell short of expectations. Shares of Tesla are down 41% this year as the company deals with transportation bottlenecks that created a gap between production and deliveries. She previously said there will be almost 8 million electric vehicles sold around the world this year and that number will rise to 60 million in five years.

But the most exciting change to the new iPad is that Apple has finally fixed the front camera placement. Most iPads have an annoying front camera placementLike the iPhone, the iPad has two cameras: One main camera on the back, and one "selfie" camera on the front. But Apple has always put the iPad's front camera at the top of the iPad's screen. Apple has finally fixed the iPad's front cameraThe newest version of the iPad still has a rear camera and a front "selfie" camera. But until then, putting the selfie camera on the side of the iPad's screen makes so much more sense.

☆ Saga of Wall Street's pandemic darlings ends with tears
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-12 | by ( Sinéad Carew | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

Its problems put a spotlight on other pandemic hot-shots like Zoom Video Communications (ZM.O), Nautilus Inc (NLS.N), DocuSign Inc (DOCU.O) and DoorDash Inc (DASH.N). Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterGrowth investors pushed Peloton stock to a $171.09 record in early 2021. Others bought exercize gear from Nautilus during the pandemic, sending its stock up to $31.30 in early 2021. So, while people might still be using the Peloton, not enough people are buying the Peloton," said Forrest. While one possible outcome for pandemic favorites with slowing growth could be a buyout by a larger company, Schleif is wary of making this bet.

☆ Morgan Stanley downgrades pandemic darling Zoom Video as headwinds pile up
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-11 | by ( Alex Harring | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Zoom Video, one of the most symbolic stocks of the pandemic, got downgraded by Morgan Stanley as the company struggles to keep up its Covid momentum. Analyst Meta Marshall on Tuesday downgraded the video communication platform to equal weight from overweight. She also said it will see overhang for the next six months as online business more broadly finds a happy medium coming out of the pandemic boom. Zoom became a poster child of the pandemic as it surged in popularity – and valuation – with people moving their lives increasingly online. Zoom said its fiscal second-quarter revenue growth slowed to 8% from 12% a year ago in the year-earlier period.

☆ Facebook competed fiercely with Google and Microsoft for years. Now it's working with former rivals as CEO Mark Zuckerberg pushes for an 'open' metaverse.
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-11 | by ( Kali Hays | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Facebook CEO's Mark Zuckerberg's vision for the metaverse is one that is "open" and "interoperable." In an effort to get there, Facebook will join with the likes of Microsoft for work tools and games. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg needs his expensive bet on the metaverse to work, and now he's talking up and partnering with rival companies to support that outcome. "I strongly believe an open and interoperable metaverse will be better for everyone," Zuckerberg said at the conference. Besides Microsoft, Facebook teamed up with Zoom and Accenture.

☆ Five9 shares plunge more than 20% after CEO announces resignation
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-10 | by ( Ashley Capoot | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Shares of cloud software vendor Five9 tumbled 22% Monday and fell to their lowest since March 2020 after CEO Rowan Trollope announced his resignation. He is being succeeded by former Five9 CEO Mike Burkland, who resigned as CEO in 2017 after he was diagnosed with cancer. "It has been an honor and privilege to serve our employees, our customers and our shareholders," Trollope wrote in a tweet. However, Five9 shareholders were not satisfied with the small premium that Zoom was set to pay, and they ultimately rejected the deal. WATCH: Five9 CEO discusses company's voice recognition software

☆ How to find elevation on Google Maps on your computer or mobile device
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-27 | by ( Kelly Laffey | Sep | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

By default, Google Maps only shows elevation in mountainous areas — it doesn't report elevation everywhere. Google Maps has revolutionized how people get from point A to point B, and even how they discover new locations. Users can turn on the Google Maps terrain feature using a desktop or mobile device. Note that Google Maps does not report elevation for all areas — only naturally mountainous land will have an elevation option. How to find elevation on Google Maps on a mobile device1.

☆ Time for someone else to ride the Peloton bike?
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-20 | by ( Paul R. La Monica | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Peloton also announced job cuts at the time of McCarthy’s hiring and revealed more layoffs in August. Peloton is one of several pandemic era winners that are now finding it difficult to keep the boom times going. With that in mind, Nike (NKE) or Adidas (ADDDF) could work out as potential Peloton buyers. Amazon (AMZN) is also compelling as a potential Peloton owner. Nike and Amazon were both mentioned in various media reports as potential acquirers for Peloton in February, just before McCarthy was hired.

☆ These cloud startups were pandemic darlings. Now the downturn is helping giants like Google and Microsoft gobble them up.
▼ + stars: | 2022-08-29 | by ( Paayal Zaveri | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

Productivity startups boomed as a result, but the downturn will give large suites an advantage. Only productivity tools that carve out new niches or address new challenges will have a chance. Startups building new categories are more likely to surviveWhile the downturn makes it harder for productivity and collaboration startups to grow, experts say it's not impossible. Many of the most popular productivity startups address collaboration problems that aren't solved by the existing software tools or are creating a new category of workplace tools. Companies like Miro, Figma, and Canva are creating a new category of visual collaboration tools aimed at remote teams.

☆ America's Overachievers Are Finally Leaning Back
▼ + stars: | 2022-03-02 | by ( Aki Ito | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +13 min

Today, Justin is working the least he ever has: 40 hours a week. But what these executives are missing is that some employees don't want to pal around with their coworkers. In peak hustle culture, work was where we expected to find everything we needed to live the good life: joy, purpose, community. Then he started billing for 40 hours a week of labor that often took him only a few hours to complete. But after nine months of leaning back, a solid 40 hours is starting to look pretty attractive.

☆ Podcast Sic!: Pandemia și inovația
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-21 | by ( ) www.ipn.md time to read: +5 min

: Pandemia și inovațiaÎn ultimul an și ceva, s-au întâmplat lucruri nu doar din cauza pandemiei, ci și datorită ei. Interlocutorii lor au fost Aliona Rotaru și Kardo Sharifi, ambii de la „acceleratorul” de startupuri tehnologice Dreamups, și Iulian Alexa, antreprenor în domeniul comerțului electronic, transmite IPN. Ei nu înțeleg ce e asta e-commerce, nici nu au cultură de a dezvolta și a promova un business online. De fapt, e ca și cum te-ai îmbăta cu apă rece, să crezi că un magazin online e ieftin să-l faci. Pandemia a accelerat dezvoltarea telemedicinei și a altor soluții necesare pentru situații în care contactele umane trebuie limitate.

Persons: Victoria, Eugen Muravschi, Rotaru, Iulian Alexa, Pandemia Organizations: Microsoft, Moldovei, Fundația Soros Moldova Locations: Harvard, Moldova, România, Estonia, Republicii Moldova

Zoom, aplicația de comunicații care a înregistrat o creștere record în pandemie, are și rezultate financiare mai mult decât bune. Zoom a raportat marți rezultate mai bune decât se aștepta în primul trimestru, cu o creștere a vânzărilor de 191%. Venituri: 956,2 milioane dolari, față de 906,0 milioane dolari, așa cum era de așteptat de analiști, potrivit datelor Refinitiv. „Zoom Phone a avut un succes uluitor”, a spus Elka Popova, vicepreședinte în cadrul Frost & Sullivan. Zoom Phone este disponibil în prezent în 44 de țări și teritorii; și, prin bring-your-own-carrier, este disponibil și la nivel global

Persons: Zoom, Sullivan ., Susan Delaney Organizations: Global Network Locations: Zoom, Frost, eBay

☆ How Zoom's chief people officer handled unprecedented growth during the pandemic
▼ + stars: | 2021-05-11 | by ( Aman Kidwai | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Oldham brought in a new chief diversity officer who helped reshape the company's equity efforts. Over the past year, Zoom added new leadership in cybersecurity, engineering and product, and a chief diversity officer. These workers were tasked with handling the initial bursts of demand, as well as a sharp shift to remote work. YouTubeFor newer employees, Oldham put a heavy emphasis on their digital onboarding program. Zoom announced the hiring of chief diversity officer Damien Hooper-Campbell in late May 2020.

☆ 64-year-old retiree who left the U.S. for Mexico: 7 downsides of living in a beach town for $1,200 per month
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-06 | by ( Janet Blaser | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

Janet Blaser moved to Mazatlán, Mexico in 2006, after falling in love with the beach town during a vacationMore than a decade has passed since I moved to Mazatlán, Mexico from California and retired. Once the honeymoon period is over, here are some downsides of leaving the U.S. for a beach town in Mexico:1. Unbelievably high noise levelsIf you've been to Mexico, you know that noise levels are often through the roof. Some, yes, but there will still be many, many things you'll miss. In many Mexican towns, city water (e.g.

Persons: Janet Blaser, I'd, Cotton, you've, Russell Monk, Getty, Joe's, I'm, I've, it's, you'll, isn't, Covid Organizations: U.S, Electronics, Facebook Locations: Mazatlán, Mexico, California, Yucatan, Caribbean, Puerto Vallarta

☆ (foto) Participă la un curs național de formare pentru lucrătorii de tineret în Educația pentru Drepturilor Omului. Care sunt obiectivele proiectului
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-05 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: +9 min

(foto) Participă la un curs național de formare pentru lucrătorii de tineret în Educația pentru Drepturilor Omului. Cursul online va cuprinde module ce vizează aspecte legate de drepturile omului, sistemul de protecție la nivel național și internațional, introducere și prezentare a reperelor „Compass” și principalele abordări de educație/instruire pentru drepturile omului. Instrumentele online vor fi folosite și după cursul rezidențial pentru a sprijini participanții în implementarea activităților de follow-up și consolidarea anumitor aspecte. O sesiune de formare în utilizarea instrumentelor online va fi asigurată participanților. # combaterea discursurilor de ură și a violenței motivate de ură sau a stigmatizării anumitor grupuri;mecanisme legale de prevenire și protecție împotriva discriminării, discursurilor de ură și bullying, asigurarea egalității.

Persons: Vodă Organizations: Uniunea Europeană, Europei, Tineret, Comisia Locations: Europa, Moldova, Mtenti, Republicii Moldova, reședinţă

Битва экстрасенсов, BMW, curs valutar sau prognoza meteo. Prin urmare, echipa #diez a analizat căutările moldovenilor pe Google în anul 2020 și le-a clasificat în două categorii: cele mai frecvente căutări și tendințele din ultima vreme la diferite categorii. Curs valutar Moldova#5. Curs valutar euro#7. Curs valutar dolar#10.

Persons: Kanal, Naruto, Bugati, Crăciun, Grigore Vieru, Harry Potter, Nicolae Labiș, Donald Trump, Speedtest, Ion Creangă, Mike Tyson, Darwin, Gagarin, Mihail Efremov Organizations: BMW, Google, Panda, Toyota, Mercedes, Audi, Volkswagen, Renault, Dacia, Wizz, Air Moldova, Barcelona, Zara, Nike, Puma, Amazon, Avon, Orange, Universitatea Pedagogică de Stat, UTM, Real Madrid, Juventus, Liga, Ministerul Sănătății, РПЛ Locations: Zara, Alaska, Costești, Moldova, Chișinău, Tiraspol, Bender, Stânga, Barcelona, Roma, Приднестровье

☆ Credit rapid – soluția ta perfectă pentru 2020. La ce să atragi atenție
▼ + stars: | 2020-11-20 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: +4 min

Plus, un credit rapid pentru momentele într-adevăr dificile. Credit Rapid este soluția ta perfectă de a trece de micile crize ale vieții care, la moment, par într-atât de mari. Oferă-ne câteva detaliiAici ar trebui să atragi atenție deosebită la următoarele aspecte, pentru a primi un credit rapid și comod:Vârsta ta ar trebui să fie cuprinsă între 21 și 70 de ani! În scurt timp după ce ne-ai oferit datele relevante, vei primi și răspunsul cu privire la acordarea creditului! Cu un Credit Rapid poți să rezolvi majoritatea problemelor cu care te confrunți, la o rată de invidiat!

Persons: ! Organizations: Plus, Rapid, Credit Rapid Locations: Credit, Chișinău

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