Skip to Content

Money

Inflation hasn’t been this high since 2008

Price are rising quickly across huge swaths of the developed world, with inflation in the United States and countries that belong to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development surging in April to the highest rate since 2008. Energy price hikes boosted average annual inflation across OECD countries to 3.3% in April, compared with 2.4%

Continue Reading

WarnerMedia and Discovery unveil new company name

WarnerMedia and Discovery have revealed the name that their soon-to-be-combined companies will take once they are fused together: Warner Bros. Discovery. Discovery CEO David Zaslav announced the name Tuesday to WarnerMedia employees in a conversation hosted by WarnerMedia CEO Jason Kilar. “We thought we need to represent, really, who are we? Who are we? What’s

Continue Reading

Sam’s Club is bringing back free samples

Sam’s Club is the latest warehouse chain to bring back food samples, joining rival Costco in returning to a pre-pandemic shopping staple. Beginning this week the company is relaunching its sampling and demo program, called “Taste & Tips,” across its roughly 600 US locations. The perk was discontinued in March 2020 as the pandemic hit

Continue Reading

Your summer 2021 media guide: In-person premieres, series finales, and new beginnings

This special edition of the “Reliable Sources” newsletter is a look ahead to the next three months in pop culture, politics, business, tech, and more. The summer of 2021 is about vaccinations and unmaskings and in-person premieres and “post-pandemic life” -— albeit at different paces for different people. And plans keep evolving as Covid-19 evolves.

Continue Reading

America’s worker shortage is real and getting worse by the day, US Chamber CEO says

The US Chamber of Commerce on Monday announced a nationwide initiative to address the worker shortage in the US, calling the crisis the most critical and widespread challenge facing businesses. The initiative, called “America Works,” aims to mobilize industry and government to “swiftly address America’s deepening worker shortage crisis.” “The worker shortage is real —

Continue Reading