Molly Liebergall

New York

Senior Writer, Daily Newsletter at Morning Brew

writing and stuff @morningbrew

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JPMorgan will fire first-years who line up their next job

3 weeks ago | morningbrew.com | Molly Liebergall

America’s largest bank just flipped the board game off the table. This week, JPMorgan Chase told its incoming grads that they’ll be let go if they accept future-dated job offers within their first 18 months at the bank (or beforehand), according to a leaked memo reported by the social media account Litquidity. Why?
Amazon humanoids could soon be at your doorstep

3 weeks ago | morningbrew.com | Molly Liebergall

In a move that could take delivery workers’ jobs and confuse your dogs, Amazon is developing AI-powered humanoid robots that would “spring out” of its vans and deliver packages, The Information reported yesterday.
Companies’ Salesforce data is latest hacker target

3 weeks ago | morningbrew.com | Molly Liebergall

Here’s another reminder to complete that overdue security training you owe IT: Over the last few months, a group of hackers has been using voice phishing to steal Salesforce data from about 20 US-based and European companies, Google’s Threat Intelligence Group announced yesterday.
Chain restaurants are attempting a cultural revival

3 weeks ago | morningbrew.com | Molly Liebergall

You probably haven’t thought about Red Robin since the last time its “Yummm” slogan jolted you from a couch slumber. But the burger joint’s stock is enjoying a much-needed boost after the chain reported a rare swing to profitability last week. Amid an overall downturn in consumer spending, Red Robin is one of a slew of casual chains trying to weave nostalgia into its broader comeback strategy (see: last year’s Red Robin x Juicy Couture tracksuit).
Piwo bezalkoholowe coraz lepiej się sprzedaje. I ten trend się utrzyma

3 weeks ago | wiadomosci.onet.pl | Molly Liebergall

Według IWSR: Ilość piw bezalkoholowych sprzedawanych na całym świecie wzrosła w ub. roku o 9 proc., podczas gdy ogólny wolumen rynku piwa skurczył się o 1 proc. kategoria piwa bezalkoholowego będzie nadal rosła w tempie 8 proc. rocznie do 2029 r., podczas gdy kategoria ale będzie spadać o 2 proc. rocznie w tym samym okresie. Chociaż jest numerem dwa, to piwo bezalkoholowe stanowi tylko około 2 proc. globalnego rynku piwa.
Why it feels like everyone’s going to Asia

3 weeks ago | morningbrew.com | Molly Liebergall

A recent viral post on X pretty much sums up this summer’s travel trend: “people in their late 20s and early 30s are like ‘this is my emotional support trip to japan.’”It’s no joke: Japan really is dominating OOO. Tokyo and Osaka are the world’s top two trending vacation destinations of the summer, according to Mastercard Economics Institute’s annual list. “Japan’s status as a travel powerhouse remains unshaken,” David Mann, chief economist for Mastercard Asia Pacific, said in a press release.
Non-alcoholic set to be No. 2 beer category

4 weeks ago | morningbrew.com | Molly Liebergall

Celebratory zero-proof beer bongs on Tom Holland: Non-alcoholic beer is poised to become the second-largest beer category by volume worldwide this year, chugging past ale but still miles behind lager, the market research firm IWSR said this week. Mainstream culture is increasingly embracing buzz-free. According to IWSR:The quantity of NA beers being sold worldwide grew by 9% last year, while the overall beer market’s volume shrank by 1%.
Apple will reportedly skip from iOS 18 to 26

4 weeks ago | morningbrew.com | Molly Liebergall

Like the next season of Euphoria, the names of Apple’s operating systems are about to time jump, Bloomberg reported this week. Apple declined to comment to the outlet. But, according to Bloomberg’s Apple expert, Mark Gurman, as part of a broader software redesign:The next updates to the tech giant’s current software systems—iOS 18, macOS 15, watchOS 12, tvOS 18, and visionOS 2—in September will be named iOS 26, macOS 26, and so on.
Businesses are on a bitcoin buying spree

1 month ago | morningbrew.com | Molly Liebergall

Publicly traded companies are stockpiling bitcoin as if it’s toilet paper in the year 2020, except they’re betting big money that the digital asset won’t go down the drain. The latest businesses to go for it are GameStop, which announced its first bitcoin purchase, worth ~$500 million, yesterday, and Truth Social’s parent company, Trump Media ($DJT), which said on Tuesday that it’s raising $2.5 billion to create its own bitcoin treasury.
The US will stop minting pennies within weeks

1 month ago | morningbrew.com | Molly Liebergall

We’re losing Abraham Lincoln again. After 233 years, the US Treasury will discontinue penny production over the next month, federal officials announced yesterday, following a directive from President Trump. The Treasury will stop circulating one-cent coins by early next year, and shortages will follow:Businesses will have to round prices to the nearest five cents for cash transactions.