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Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) Goldman Sachs 2024 Communacopia and Technology Conference September 10, 2024 4:05 PM ET Company Participants Thomas Kurian – CEO, Google Cloud Conference Call Participants Eric Sheridan – Goldman Sachs Eric Sheridan All right. I know people are still finding their seats, but in the interest of time, let’s — we’ll get started on our next session. I’m going to start with a safe harbor. I’m going to introduce Thomas Kurian, who’s going to join me up on stage, walk through a slide presentation, and then we’ll do some Q&A. Some of the statements that Mr. Kurian may…

No more soup for the Campbell’s company. The 155-year-old Campbell Soup Company plans to drop “soup” from its corporate name, rebranding as The Campbell’s Company. More consumers are reaching for snacks and ditching ready-to-serve soups, and the company has bought up other food lines to grab them. In addition to its lineup of soups, Campbell now owns snack brands like Goldfish, Snyder’s of Hanover, Cape Cod, Pepperidge Farm and others. Campbell also recently bought Sovos Brands, maker of popular Italian food brands like Rao’s sauces. “This subtle yet important change retains the company’s iconic name recognition, reputation and equity built over 155 years while better reflecting the full…

A gauge of economic misery that has a strong track record of predicting elections is tilting toward a Kamala Harris victory — but it appears tight entering the race’s final stretch.The “misery index” is the addition of the unemployment rate to the annualized inflation rate in the U.S. It has correctly predicted 15 of the past 16 races for the White House, including every presidential matchup since 1980, according to an analysis by research firm Strategas.This index now sits at 7.02, below the level that Strategas has found would be consistent with the incumbent party losing the election. That number…

Check out the companies making headlines after the bell : GameStop — The gaming retailer was trading 7% lower after posting mixed second-quarter results. While revenue fell to $798 million from $1.16 billion a year ago, GameStop said net income rose to 4 cents per share from a loss of 1 cent per share a year ago. The company also announced it would sell up to 20 million shares of its class A common stock through Jefferies. Petco Health and Wellness — Shares rose 4% after the pet retailer posted second-quarter earnings that came in line with expectations, while Petco’s…

The new Baltimore Ravens NFL season started the same way it ended last year—with a gut-wrenching one-score loss to the annoyingly-popular Kansas City Chiefs. Worse yet, it was a literal matter of inches that kept the Ravens from tying or winning both games—with a goal-line fumble last season in the AFC Championship and a touchdown called back Thursday night as time expired, ruling that Isaiah Likely’s toe (toenail, really) was out of bounds. Unfortunately, the promulgation of schtick-selling personal finance gurus and coupon-snipping money savers have cast the impression that personal financial management is, like football, a “game of inches.”…

Across the weeks leading up to Tuesday’s presidential debate, the news Americans have been hearing, reading and seeing about Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump has continued shuffling, with the topics that resonate about each candidate shifting week to week. That’s a change from the past two presidential campaigns. Results of similar surveys in 2016 and 2020 found that the news and information that broke through to Americans about at least one candidate in those elections were consistently dominated by one issue throughout the course of the campaign – emails around Hillary Clinton in 2016 and the…

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.Apple unveiled the iPhone 16 on Monday as the tech giant seeks to breathe new life into its flagship product, betting that consumers will be persuaded to ditch their older devices by a steady rollout of new generative artificial intelligence features.Chief executive Tim Cook said the latest model was the first of its smartphones to be “designed from the ground up” for artificial intelligence “and its breakthrough capabilities”, as audience members packed into the Steve Jobs Theatre on Apple’s Cupertino campus for…

Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) Goldman Sachs Communacopia + Technology Conference September 9, 2024 4:05 PM ET Company Participants Matt Garman – CEO of Amazon Web Services Conference Call Participants Eric Sheridan – Goldman Sachs Eric Sheridan All right. So all right, I think we’re going to get going in the interest of time. I know people are still moving around, but it’s my pleasure to introduce Matt Garman, the CEO of AWS, representing AWS as part of amazon.com today. First, I’m going to read the safe harbor and then Matt and I are going to get into a conversation. During the…

The U.S. government’s road safety agency wants the auto industry to design new vehicles including increasingly large SUVs and pickup trucks so they reduce pedestrian deaths and injuries. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said Monday that it’s proposing a new rule setting testing and performance requirements to minimize the risk of pedestrian head injuries. The rule is aimed largely at SUVs and pickup trucks, which have grown in size and hood height over the years, causing blind spots for drivers. NHTSA said pedestrian deaths increased 57% from 2013 to 2022, from 4,779 to 7,522. The agency says the rule would…

If you’re considering a political candidate, it makes sense to examine their record on fiscal issues and how their policies have affected their constituents’ finances. But what about the candidate’s personal finances?Such are the conversations surrounding Minnesota governor and vice-presidential candidate Tim Walz. Walz and his wife Gwen earned about $300,000 in 2023, according to documents shared with the Wall Street Journal. His Republican rival, Senator J.D. Vance, disclosed 2022 income between $1.2 and $1.3 million.Even more interestingly, Walz told the Journal that he made a roughly $135,000 early withdrawal from a workplace retirement account last year to fund his…