With seven Super Bowl championship rings and a professional football career spanning more than two decades, Tom Brady knows a thing or two about being a good teammate.So much so that last month, shared seven tips on how to lead effectively as a teammate in a Harvard Business Review article, co-authored by former Harvard Business School dean Nitin Nohria.”Naturally, most people focus on his role as a quarterback,” the authors said. “But we believe that another set of behaviors — how he helped the people around him perform better — was a vital part of why those teams won so…
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The author paid a company, Renewable Recycling, to pick up and recycle his queen-size mattress in New York City.Greg IacurciI paid $95 to recycle a mattress.It may sound odd, silly even, to pay so much to dispose of a run-of-the-mill household item.But the economics of mattress recycling illustrate why it can be difficult — and costly — to be an eco-friendly consumer in the U.S.Americans discard about 15 million to 20 million mattresses each year, according to the Mattress Recycling Council. That’s an average of about 50,000 per day.Most end up in a landfill, experts said.Mattresses are “one of the…
Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks as he visits a campaign office in Hamtramck, Michigan, U.S. October 18, 2024. Brian Snyder | ReutersA majority of voters are less likely to support a candidate who promotes universal tariffs, according to NBC News polling released Sunday, marring a cornerstone economic proposal of former President Donald Trump’s campaign.The poll found that 44% of respondents said they would be less inclined to vote for a candidate supporting a tariff as high as 20% on imports across the board. Meanwhile, 35% said they would be more likely to support someone with that…
Now that China’s key ministers have spoken on stimulus, analysts have narrowed down the stocks likely to benefit. Chinese stocks have tempered their recent rally as investors await more policy details. Data out Friday showed retail sales and industrial production for September beat expectations, while the real estate slump remained pronounced. Third-quarter GDP grew by 4.6%, mildly better than expected. “Overall, GDP growth YTD has been 4.8% which is slightly behind the government’s growth target of 5.0%,” David Chao, global market strategist of Asia Pacific (ex-Japan) at Invesco, said in a note Friday. “But given the recently announced stimulus measures,”…
It’s heating up. More than 100 S & P 500 companies are slated to post third-quarter earnings. Among them are Tesla, General Motors and Boeing. So far, the reporting period is off to a strong start. More than 70 S & P 500 names have posted their numbers, with 75% beating analyst earnings expectations. That includes Netflix, which reported an earnings beat on Thursday that sent the stock up 11% — its biggest one-day gain of the year. Tuesday General Motors is set to report earnings before the bell, followed by a conference call at 8:30 a.m. Last quarter: GM…
Optimism around artificial intelligence has helped lift the S&P 500 in 2024, boosting key chip stocks and power plays in the utilities space.Investors seeking sustainable returns will need to look for companies with solid long-term growth potential.To this end, top Wall Street analysts, with their expertise, can help investors understand the key drivers that could support a company’s long-term growth and pick stocks that are likely to deliver lucrative returns. Here are three stocks favored by the Street’s top pros, according to TipRanks, a platform that ranks analysts based on their past performance.FortinetThis week’s first pick is cybersecurity company Fortinet (FTNT).…
SpaceX logo is screened on a mobile phone for illustration photo. Beata Zawrzel | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesEutelsat, the world’s third-biggest satellite operator by revenue, launched 20 satellites for its communications network on Sunday, using Elon Musk’s SpaceX in its first move since the merger of two European companies last year.A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket took off, with Eutelsat satellites from California’s Vandenberg Space Force Base at 0513 GMT.”This is the first OneWeb launch of the satellites since the merger,” CEO Eva Berneke told Reuters in an interview. “We will be launching more satellites over the coming years.”The Paris-based group formed by…
SpaceX and Tesla founder Elon Musk participates in a town hall-style meeting to promote early and absentee voting at Ridley High School on October 17, 2024 in Folsom, Pennsylvania. Anna Moneymaker | Getty ImagesBillionaire Elon Musk promised on Saturday to give away $1 million each day until November’s election to someone who signs his online petition supporting the U.S. Constitution.And he wasted no time, awarding a $1 million check to an attendee of his event in Pennsylvania aimed at rallying supporters behind Republican Donald Trump. The winner was a man named John Dreher, according to event staff.”By the way, John had…
A view of damaged buildings following Israeli attacks on Laylaki and Haret Hireyk neighborhood of Dahieh region in Beirut, Lebanon on October 1, 2024. Houssam Shbaro | Anadolu | Getty ImagesIsrael struck what it said were Hezbollah arms facilities in southern Beirut on Saturday after the Lebanese armed group fired rockets into northern Israel and a spokesman said a drone was launched at Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s holiday home.Netanyahu was not there at the time, and it was not immediately clear if the building was hit. But he described it as an assassination attempt by “Iran’s proxy Hezbollah” and called it…
CNBC introduces you to the characters driving billions of dollars in deals off the F1 circuit, in the first of episode of this season of ‘Inside Track: The Business of Formula 1.’In the high-octane world of Formula One, success is driven by more than just talented drivers and engineers. F1’s dealmakers have brokered billions of dollars in revenue off the circuit, generating cash from several places, including media rights, ticket sales, merchandising and sponsorship.”Racing today is not enough. Our main source of success is because we are able to connect with our fans, understanding that we are a worldwide business,” said…
