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☆ Google searches are becoming a bigger target of cybercriminals with the rise of 'malvertising'
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-05 | by ( Cheryl Winokur Munk | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

Lowe's staff members were targeted via a Google ad for an employee portal claiming to be associated with the retailer. It's not a problem with Google, per se; malicious ads can also show up in queries using other search engines like Microsoft's Bing. "You see something appearing on a Google search, you kind of assume it is something valid," said Stuart Madnick, professor of information technology at MIT Sloan School of Management. Also avoid calling a telephone number listed in a sponsored ad because it could be a fake telephone number. Many privacy browsers have embedded ad blockers; consumers may still see sponsored ads, but they will see fewer of them, which minimizes the chances of malvertising.

Persons: Malwarebytes, Jérôme Segura, Erich Kron, Segura, Salesforce, It's, Bing, Stuart Madnick, Madnick, malvertising, isn't, there's, Avinash Collis, Kron, Chris Pierson, Pierson, Collis Organizations: U.S, Corporate, Google, MIT Sloan School of Management, Clearing, Gap.com, Consumers, Carnegie Mellon University's Heinz Locations: malvertising

☆ A Goldman Sachs research director explains how he created the firm's best-of-the-best stock-pick list — and makes the case for 22 top companies with up to 59% upside
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-03 | by ( James Faris | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewGoldman Sachs analysts kicked off the new month and quarter by revealing their favorite investing ideas. AdvertisementHow to successfully select stocksThe directors' cut list consists of 20 to 25 stocks beloved by Goldman's research analysts. But a promising outlook alone isn't enough to make the directors' cut list. Kron and company also look for stocks that Goldman Sachs analysts are more bullish about than their peers are. AdvertisementBelow are the 22 companies on the "directors' cut" version of Goldman Sachs' US conviction stock list.

Persons: —, Goldman Sachs, Steven Kron, Kron, Chris Hussey, John Marshall, Stocks Organizations: Service, Business, Goldman, Citigroup, Royal Caribbean Cruises, TPG, Blue Owl, TE, Chevron

☆ How 5 trendsetters are transforming the art of data-driven customer experiences
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-20 | by ( Sponsor Post | Created Twilio With | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Read on to find out how these trendsetters are transforming the art of data-driven customer experience. If you skip this essential step, it will lead to scalability problems when building out a customer engagement strategy. Day to day, he said that means a lot of brainstorming on new ways to approach customer experiences, managing and optimizing campaigns, developing and maintaining customer data, and managing a CRM. Corey recommends that leaders looking to implement data-driven customer engagement strategies invest resources early into building a cross-functional team focused on internal customer data. "When everyone is looking at customer experience through the same lens, it rapidly improves efficiency and collaboration," Corey said.

Persons: they've, Read, Alexandra Dimitriu Alexandra Dimitriu, Alexandra Dimitriu Alexandra, Alexandra, Brad Greene, Brad, Michaela Kron, Duolingo, Jordan Dietch Jordan Dietch, Jordan Dietch Jordan, he's, Jordan, Corey Egan Corey Egan, Corey Egan Orchard, Corey Organizations: Insider Studios Locations: MongoDB, Orchard

☆ With a low cocoa supply, this Valentine’s Day chocolate prices are up
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-12 | by ( John Towfighi | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Rising cocoa prices aren’t the only concern for customers this Valentine's Day. Last Thursday, Hershey Co. said it would cut 5% of its workforce after historic cocoa prices and inflation-weary consumers dampened fourth quarter earnings. “And it looks like it’s not necessarily going to subside anytime soon.”The Supreme Valentine’s Day SweetRoughly 92% of Americans say they plan to share chocolate and candy for Valentine’s Day this year, according to the National Confectioners Association. In 2023, Valentine’s Day chocolate and candy sales exceeded $4 billion, the NCA says. Issaka said that while high demand and low supply raise prices, cocoa farmers are getting squeezed.

Persons: ”, Michele Buck, Billy Roberts, ” Roberts, Lindsey Nicholson, Marnie Ives, Ives, ” Ives, “ It’s, Karl Schneider, Roberts’s, Issifu, Issaka, ” Issaka, “ I’m, Cote, Will Kletter, Sabi Ibarra Guerrero, Uwe Gneiting, Gneiting, Joke Aerts, Aerts, ” Aerts, Sia Kambou, Price, Tony’s, “, they’ve, CNN’s Eva Rothenberg Organizations: CNN, Hershey Co, National Confectioners Association, NCA, Cocoa, Oxfam America, Getty, Fairtrade, Cote d’Ivoire, “ Locations: West Africa, North America, Manhattan, Queens , New York, Neck, NY, Bloomfield , NJ, Ghana, North Region, Cote d’Ivoire, Silicon, Africa, Accra, Cote, Hermankono, AFP

☆ These are the 22 best stocks to buy for up to 94% upside while AI leads markets higher, according to Goldman Sachs
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-04 | by ( James Faris | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Investors hoping for new leadership in the stock market have been sorely disappointed, as 2023's top performers have generally enjoyed encores early in the year. "The potential of AI and a burgeoning positive inflection in corporate demand for software and compute power are fueling the hyper-scalers and the facilitators of technology," Kron wrote. Economists at Goldman Sachs boosted their US GDP growth projection from 2% to 2.4% in January since consumers and the government are spending more than expected. AdvertisementA normalizing economic environment will allow the Federal Reserve to lower interest rates throughout the year, according to Goldman Sachs. 22 stocks to buy nowBesides sharing its latest market commentary, Goldman Sachs unveiled its conviction list of companies it's most confident in now.

Persons: —, Goldman Sachs, Steven Kron, Kron, Goldman Organizations: Service, Business, Nvidia, Microsoft, Meta, Goldman, Federal Reserve, Wall Street Locations: East, Russia

☆ Goldman Sachs: Buy these 24 stocks heading into 2024 as the economy roars back following a possible 4th-quarter recession
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-05 | by ( Mark Reeth | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

But while external forces seem to be threatening markets, Dominic Wilson, senior advisor in Goldman Sachs' global markets research group, thinks investors themselves will turn recession fears into a self-fulfilling prophecy. In a note to clients late last week, Wilson wrote that the strength of the US economy has pushed markets upwards for most of the year. Investor sentiment has driven markets all year — particularly the exuberance over the potential of AI, which sent shares of a few key tech stocks higher and dragged the rest of the S&P 500 along with them. But Wilson thinks these issues are simply a "pothole" that the market will eventually recover from. If that's the case and stocks do bounce back in 2024, smart investors should position themselves now for profits later.

Persons: Dominic Wilson, Goldman Sachs, Wilson, Americas Equity Research Steven Kron, Kron, Morgan Stanley, there's Organizations: Federal Reserve, Americas Equity Research, Wall

☆ Kuss close to overall Vuelta victory as Evenepoel wins stage 18
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-14 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Sept 14 (Reuters) - Belgium's Remco Evenepoel claimed his third victory in this year's Vuelta a Espana with a solo attack on a mountainous stage 18 and Jumbo-Visma's Sepp Kuss moved a step closer to winning his first Grand Tour on Thursday. Evenepoel's hopes of fighting the Jumbo-Visma riders for the overall title evaporated on stage 13 when he was dropped on the Col d'Aubisque and lost 27 minutes. "It was a super good opportunity to take the points for my jersey -- I took all the points -- and my third stage win is amazing to end the Vuelta with." Provided he avoids any mishaps on Friday and Saturday, Kuss will be a popular champion in Madrid. Vingegaard, who has been helped often by Kuss, warned that there is still a tough stage on Saturday and that the team needed to keep fighting.

Persons: Remco Evenepoel, Sepp Kuss, Evenepoel, La Cruz de, Pola de Allande, Kuss, Jonas Vingegaard, Primoz Roglic, rojo, Vingegaard, It's, Evenepoel's, d'Aubisque, Italy's Damiano Caruso, Denmark's Andreas Kron, Roglic, Juan Ayuso, Sepp, Dane, Martyn Herman, Toby Davis Organizations: La, La Cruz de Linares, Pola de, de France, Giro, Eurosport, UAE Team Emirates, Enric, Thomson Locations: Puerto, Pola, Madrid, Bahrain, American

☆ Goldman Sachs: These are the 22 best stocks to buy right now — including one with 76% upside — as the probability of a recession in the next year falls to just 15%
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-06 | by ( Mark Reeth | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

A strong summer has given way to a volatile August, and September usually means trouble for stocks. And on Friday, we got a strong Payrolls report and a solid uptick in the ISM Manufacturing Index," Kron wrote. And while he noted that both Alphabet and Amazon announced strong earnings, it was Nvidia's earnings announcement that gripped investors. "Looking through this volatility, we find the market has rewarded investors that focus on stocks with earnings revision potential," Kron wrote. The 22 stocks below are the most differentiated buy recommendations among Goldman Sachs analysts right now.

Persons: Steven Kron, Goldman Sachs, Kron, NVDA, Macy's, there's Organizations: International, Labor, Federal Reserve, Consumer, Conference Board, Amazon, Visa, Wall Street

☆ Here are Goldman's favorite stock picks — and it just included a new name
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-06 | by ( Alex Harring | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

The investment bank has long-term growth tailwinds and is a pure play on a capital market recovery, according to Goldman. A recovery in equity capital markets already underway should help the stock given Jefferies' strength in trading. "We think these structural and cyclical drivers, plus a potential positive upside catalyst from monetization of the last two remaining stakes, and a strong dividend, should drive upside to JEF's shares," Kron said. Macy's came off the list after Goldman analyst Brooke Roach lowered her price target 26% following the retailer's fiscal second-quarter earnings. M YTD mountain Macy's stock in 2023 Macy's joins Spirit AeroSystems and Tanger Factory Outlet Centers , both of which were removed in August from what Goldman calls the "Director's Cut" conviction list.

Persons: Jefferies, Goldman Sachs, Goldman, Steven Kron, Kron, Macy's, Brooke Roach, — CNBC's Michael Bloom Organizations: Sumitomo, Outlet Centers Locations: U.S

☆ Goldman Sachs: These are the 24 best stocks to buy now as the market rally stretches valuations higher
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-06 | by ( Mark Reeth | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Goldman Sachs compiled the 22 best investing ideas from its US analysts, regardless of sector. But the strength of the stock market rally could potentially be its own undoing, as valuations outpace reality and investors might drag the market back down to earth. In a note to clients published August 1, Kron broke down what he's seeing in markets right now — and more importantly, what stocks Goldman Sachs analysts are bullish on right now. The 24 stocks below are the top picks among Goldman Sachs analysts right now across a variety of investing styles and sectors. Analysts expect strong risk-adjusted returns for each of the stocks, and the median upside to price target for the stocks below is 21% — giving these stocks plenty of room to run higher.

Persons: Goldman Sachs, Steven Kron, Kron, Jan Hatzius, he's, there's Organizations: Investors, Federal, Goldman, Wall

☆ Goldman adds a utility stock to its list of elite picks for clients
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-03 | by ( Samantha Subin | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

As the third quarter and second half open, Goldman Sachs is adding a key utility stock to its high-conviction stock list. These are some of the other names that made the cut: Goldman views the potential launch of an iPhone 15 come September as a big potential catalyst for shares of Apple. Like its peers, Apple shares have been on a tear in 2023, surging roughly 49% in the first half as Wall Street bet on artificial intelligence and returned to tech after a terrible 2022. WW International is positioned for the most upside potential among all the stocks on Goldman's list, with a $13 price target implying that shares can nearly double. Other key names highlighted in the list include Amazon , Warner Bros Discovery , Merck and JPMorgan Chase .

Persons: Goldman Sachs, Goldman, Steven Kron, — CNBC's Michael Bloom Organizations: Southern Company, Atlanta, Apple, Warner Bros Discovery, Merck, JPMorgan Chase

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☆ These are the 22 best of the best investing ideas from Goldman Sachs' stock analysts right now
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-06 | by ( Mark Reeth | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Goldman Sachs compiled the 22 best investing ideas from its US analysts, regardless of sector. These stocks all have strong fundamentals, high upside, and a "Buy" rating from Goldman Sachs. Instead, Goldman Sachs says investors should be searching for alpha — and they have some ideas about where to find it. Macro factors to watchA number of macroeconomic factors were at the top of Goldman Sachs analysts' minds as they were making their recommendations. The stocks below are Goldman Sachs' analysts' 22 most differentiated stock picks, taken from a wide range of sectors and investing styles.

Persons: Goldman Sachs, Americas Equity Research Steven Kron, Kron, —, Said, there's Organizations: Americas Equity Research, Investment, Wall

Goldman Sachs released its list of high conviction stocks — with a new twist. What makes this list unique from the typical top picks list is that members of Goldman's Investment Review Committee were the ones choosing the names, adding a second layer of analysis. Take a look at some of the names that made the list, and where Goldman sees them going forward. Goldman expects shares to have 42% upside over the next 12 months. The tech giant's scale, platform breadth, category diversification and end-market exposure will further fuel its upside opportunity in the years ahead, according to Sheridan.

Persons: Goldman Sachs, Steven Kron, Goldman, Kate McShane, Chris Shibutani, Eric Sheridan, Brett Feldman, Max —, — CNBC's Michael Bloom Organizations: Goldman's Investment, Pharmaceutical, Merck, Goldman, Amazon, Services, Warner Bros, HBO Max Locations: Sheridan, WarnerMedia

☆ Starbucks shareholders want more information about the company’s anti-union efforts
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-30 | by ( Danielle Wiener-Bronner | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

New York CNN —Starbucks’ investors have voted in favor of an independent review of the company’s aggressive anti-union efforts. The assessment would include remedies if it finds that Starbucks has broken its own stated commitment to workers rights. Starbucks workers rally in celebration of the first anniversary of the union's founding on December 9, 2022 in New York City. Over the past year and a half, Starbucks has been waging a bitter fight against unionization efforts. During a hearing before the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee about the company’s labor practices on Wednesday, one former employee said he was wrongfully fired after organizing.

☆ Starbucks shareholders to vote on proposals for labor probe, succession planning
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-23 | by ( Amelia Lucas | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Shareholder votes aren't binding, so the board can reject proposals even if a majority of investors vote in favor. More than 190 company-owned Starbucks locations have voted to unionize under Starbucks Workers United, according to National Labor Relations Board data as of Friday. Members of a recently formed union of Starbucks workers hold a rally to celebrate the first anniversary of their founding, December 9, 2022 in New York City. Apple, unlike Starbucks, agreed to perform the assessment without waiting for a shareholder vote. But Trillium has more than two decades of experience putting shareholder proposals before Starbucks' board.

☆ German car industry baulks at supplier demands over energy hikes
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-14 | by ( Victoria Waldersee | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +6 min

More and more suppliers are calling on the industry to renegotiate contracts to include energy clauses so they can cover the cost of rising bills. "We're asking for help with raw material costs, for clauses incorporating inflation - but the red line is energy costs. 'NO GOOD OPTIONS'While contracts in the automotive supply chain in Germany often include clauses that adapt prices according to the cost of raw materials, energy clauses are much less common. They can be problematic because they are complicated to calculate and require suppliers to share details on their margins, the production process and their energy contracts. "At a car manufacturer it's a lot of effort," he said, adding that his company only had energy clauses with a few important suppliers.

☆ P&G faces challenge to CEO Moeller as chairman from environmentalists, investors
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-10 | by ( Jessica Dinapoli | Thomson Reuters | New York-Based Reporter Covering U.S. Consumer Products Spanning Paper Towels To Packaged Food | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Boxes of Tide detergent, a Procter & Gamble product, sit on a shelf at a store in Alexandria, May 28, 2009. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterThe groups request replacing Moeller with an independent chair. Norway's sovereign wealth fund also plans to vote against Moeller, according to a voting notice on its website. Institutional Shareholder Services Inc and Glass Lewis, firms that make widely-followed recommendations on voting for investors, said shareholders should support Moeller and the two directors. ISS said investors should take caution when supporting Moeller and the directors because of "ongoing concerns" regarding deforestation.

She likened the climate contributing to the couple's decision to leave Texas to "death by a thousand paper cuts." The business risks to recruiting is especially high for oil companies, already unpopular with graduates of engineering programs, said Jonas Kron, chief advocacy officer at Trillium Asset Management. Texas Governor Greg Abbott has acknowledged the state is losing workers, but does not regret the departures. Oil companies contribute to politicians who advocate for free trade, tax and energy policies through political action committees (PACs). Dawn Seiffert, 52, and her husband, an oil company employee, returned to Texas in 2012 and planned to stay.

☆ Несколько человек получили ножевые ранения в церкви в Калифорнии
▼ + stars: | 2020-11-23 | by ( Mld Media Srl | Степанов Георгий | ) noi.md time to read: 1 min

Несколько человек получили ножевые ранения в церкви баптистов города Сан-Хосе в Калифорнии. Об этом пишут местные полицейские в своем Twitter-аккаунте, сообщает lenta.ruСотрудники правоохранительных органов пока не предоставили данных о нападавшем, однако известно, что преступник уже арестован. Число пострадавших не уточняется, но есть данные, согласно которым у нескольких человек ранения представляют угрозу жизни. 31 октября произошло нападение рядом с греческой церковью во французском Лионе. Это случилось, когда священник закрывал церковь.

Locations: СанХосе, Калифорния, Лион

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