William Coulman

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The days of the defined benefit pension plan are mostly over

Sep 30, 2024 | sherwood.news | William Coulman |David Crowther

But thousands of Boeing employees want them backFor weeks, more than 33,000 Boeing workers have been on the picket line, battling over wages, bonuses, and retirement options. But one item in particular has been a dealbreaker for each side: pensions.
Rightmove, the British equivalent of Zillow, is wildly profitable

Sep 27, 2024 | sherwood.news | William Coulman |David Crowther

John Keeble via Getty ImagesWhich is why Rupert Murdoch-backed REA Group wants to acquire it so badly, making its 4th offer after 3 rejectionsThe UK’s largest online property portal, Rightmove, has now turned down three acquisition offers from the Murdoch-owned REA Group and, as of this morning, has just received a fourth. The latest bid values the company at £6.2 billion ($8.7 billion) — roughly an 11% bump on the initial offer first received on September 11th, per Bloomberg.
San Francisco is still the startup capital of the world

Sep 25, 2024 | sherwood.news | William Coulman

Workers, take a breath: None of the 2,800 common job skills Indeed researched were “very likely” to be replaced by current genAI technology. Economists at Indeed looked at a job’s many skills and considered three factors: theoretical knowledge, problem-solving ability and physical presence. They prompted GPT-4o on those skills and assessed how well it did for each skill in those three areas, and rated it.
Intel missed the chip boom, now investors, and rivals, are circling

Sep 23, 2024 | sherwood.news | William Coulman

Whirlpool thinks you’ll buy more appliances after the electionWhirlpool Corp.’s earnings may be down significantly year on year, but still cleared the low bar that Wall Street set for the company. Shares of the seller of washing machines and other large appliances rose as much as 9% in early trading after reporting earnings per share of $3.43, well ahead of the $3.19 estimate (but below $5.45 for the same quarter in 2023).
Video game economics aren’t what they used to be

Sep 20, 2024 | sherwood.news | William Coulman

EA is looking to the future, but its profitability still depends on the performance of past hits like The Sims and its sports franchisesVideo game giant Electronic Arts (EA) — the company behind household hits like The Sims, Madden, Battlefield, and the FIFA series — held its first analyst meeting in 8 years on Tuesday. Despite unveiling a number of projects; a social app, AI initiatives, and a Sims movie to be produced by Margot Robbie’s company, the event left analysts underwhelmed.
The battle against inflation is essentially over, but it might not feel that way

Sep 20, 2024 | sherwood.news | William Coulman |David Crowther

This week, the Federal Reserve slashed interest rates by 0.5%, the first cut since the pandemic, signaling a major turning point in the battle against America’s least-favorite word of recent years: inflation. The big pictureWhy the Fed chose this exact moment to cut the cost of borrowing is a long story. The short version is that prices aren’t rising as fast as they used to be, and the Fed’s leadership now think it’s worth stimulating the economy.
United Airlines seeks stellar connectivity, teams up with Starlink

Sep 16, 2024 | sherwood.news | William Coulman

http://csaimages.com/images/istockprofile/csa_vector_dsp.jpgUnited is the latest airline to try SpaceX’s Starlink serviceLast week, United Airlines announced it would start testing a partnership with SpaceX’s Starlink to provide passengers with Wi-Fi, following similar deals between Starlink and other carriers, such as Hawaiian Airlines, which rolled out complementary Wi-Fi earlier this year. Connecting flightsChecking your emails at 35,000 feet is a remarkable feat of engineering.
Moderna is cutting its R&D spend, but it needs products to return to growth

Sep 12, 2024 | sherwood.news | William Coulman |David Crowther

Moderna is cutting its R&D spend, but it needs products to return to growthModerna, one of the most visible pharmaceutical brands of the pandemic, is struggling to adapt to a post-COVID world. Shares in the company were trading down as much as 18% earlier today after announcing plans to slash $1.1 billion in annual R&D expenses while delaying its breakeven target to 2028 (from 2026), capping a brutal return to Earth for the once high-flying company.
Ireland’s corporate tax receipts are creating an embarrassment of riches

Sep 11, 2024 | sherwood.news | William Coulman |David Crowther

St. Patrick's Park, Dublin (Getty Images)In the 1990s, Ireland cut its corporation tax, planting the seeds for a tax regime that is now hauling in billions from multinationals every monthYesterday, the European Commission ruled that Apple owes the Irish government €13 billion ($14.4 billion) in unpaid taxes from 2003 to 2014, plus interest.
Boeing landed its Starliner, and a tentative union agreement, over the weekend

Sep 9, 2024 | sherwood.news | William Coulman

Photo by MARK FELIX via Getty ImagesBoeing has had quite a dramatic weekend. First, on Saturday, Boeing's problem-plagued Starliner spacecraft finally returned to Earth — three months late and without its two astronauts after NASA deemed the trip too risky for human passengers.