Shoppers scoured for deals online on Cyber Monday and delivered strong sales for retailers
Read full article: Shoppers scoured for deals online on Cyber Monday and delivered strong sales for retailersShoppers scoured for deals everything from electronics to clothing on Cyber Monday, delivering strong sales for online retailers and capping a five-day spending spree that kicked off on Thanksgiving.
Shoppers spend billions on Black Friday to snag holiday deals, despite wider economic uncertainty
Read full article: Shoppers spend billions on Black Friday to snag holiday deals, despite wider economic uncertaintyDespite wider economic uncertainty hovering above this yearโs holiday season, shoppers turned out in big numbers for Black Friday โ spending billions of dollars both in stores and online.
Stock market today: Wall Street hits more records following a just-right jobs report
Read full article: Stock market today: Wall Street hits more records following a just-right jobs reportU.S. stocks rose to records after data suggested the job market remains solid enough to keep the economy going, but not so strong that it raises immediate worries about inflation.
Cyber Monday shoppers expected to set a record on the year's biggest day for online shopping
Read full article: Cyber Monday shoppers expected to set a record on the year's biggest day for online shoppingConsumers in the U.S. are scouring the internet for online deals as they look to make the most of the post-Thanksgiving shopping marathon on Cyber Monday.
California governor vetoes bill to create first-in-nation AI safety measures
Read full article: California governor vetoes bill to create first-in-nation AI safety measuresCalifornia Gov. Gavin Newsom has vetoed a landmark bill aimed at establishing first-in-the-nation safety measures for large artificial intelligence models.
Stock market today: Asian shares slip after Wall Street ends its best month of '23 with big gains
Read full article: Stock market today: Asian shares slip after Wall Street ends its best month of '23 with big gainsAsian shares have slipped after Wall Street closed out its best month of the year with big gains in November.
Cyber Monday marks the year's biggest online shopping day, and one more chance to save on gifts
Read full article: Cyber Monday marks the year's biggest online shopping day, and one more chance to save on giftsConsumers are scouring the internet for online deals as they begin to cap off the five-day post-Thanksgiving shopping bonanza with Cyber Monday.
Cyber Monday deals lure in consumers amid high inflation
Read full article: Cyber Monday deals lure in consumers amid high inflationDays after flocking to stores on Black Friday, consumers are turning online for Cyber Monday to score more discounts on gifts and other items that have ballooned in price because of high inflation.
Amazon's holiday sales event sees lower sales, group says
Read full article: Amazon's holiday sales event sees lower sales, group saysAmazon said Thursday its Prime members ordered more than 100 million items during a sales event this week that analysts are expecting to be a bellwether for the holiday shopping season.
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Salesforce won't force workers to go into office post-COVID
Read full article: Salesforce won't force workers to go into office post-COVIDSan Francisco-based business software maker Salesforce says it will let most of its employees work remotely even after the pandemic, at least for part of the week. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)OAKLAND, Calif. โ San Francisco-based business software maker Salesforce says it will let most of its employees work remotely even after the pandemic, at least for part of the week. Employees who donโt live near an office or have roles that donโt require an office will work remotely full-time, Salesforce said. Some workers whose jobs require them to be in a physical office will continue to go in to work. While 80% of its workers surveyed wanted to have some connection to a physical office, nearly half said they wanted to go in only a few times a month.
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Tech-assisted COVID-19 tracking is having some issues
Read full article: Tech-assisted COVID-19 tracking is having some issuesA second wave of tech-assisted pandemic surveillance tools is on its way, this time with the imprimatur of tech giants Apple and Google. It's traditionally conducted by trained public health workers who interview those who may have been exposed, then urge them to get tested and isolate themselves. She urged governments to set rules addressing both privacy and efficacy so that surveillance tools don't interfere with more conventional public health methods. As early as this week, Rhode Island has said it is set to launch a one-stop pandemic response phone app. It was updated on May 19, 2020, to correct information about the usage of COVID-19 contact-tracking apps.

Marc Benioff says CEOs must do more
Read full article: Marc Benioff says CEOs must do moreGetty(CNN) - The old adage from Nobel Prize-winning economist Milton Friedman that "the business of business is business" is dead, says Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff. Stakeholders aren't just those who invest in the company, Benioff says, but those in the surrounding community and beyond. But Salesforce, Benioff claims, is already following that model. You cannot wash your hands of your responsibility to the public schools or to the homeless or to whoever," Benioff said. "This is a time where tech CEOs are really confronted with some extremely difficult situations," Benioff said.

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