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Experternas varning: börsen inför ett historiskt skifte
Sändningstid: 11 mars 2025, 16:18Uppdaterad: 11 mars 2025, 16:32 Veckans turbulens på Wall Street kan tyda på ett historiskt skifte, med stora flöden ut ur såväl USA:s valuta som amerikanska börser. Det säger Julian Brigden på den Bostonbaserade analysfirman MI2 Partners, som befarar att rörelsen kan bli mycket smärtsam och i värsta fall markera slutet på en lång tid av amerikansk exceptionalist.
This labor shortage should have meaning for every resident of New Jersey | Opinion
In recent months headlines have emerged announcing layoffs in the technology and financial services industries. Despite these headlines, the reality is that labor shortages exist in most other sectors of the economy. None more acute than in healthcare. Staffing shortages in medical centers and nursing facilities could have a debilitating impact on any New Jersey resident who needs care.
Speaking up about the unspeakable
The right to bear arms has existed since we became a nation. So, too, has the risk of violence that extensive gun ownership creates in our society. Unfortunately, recent mass shooting incidents, fueled by hatred or mental illness, have sparked a great deal of fear and confusion among Americans. As healthcare leaders, our concern centers on the treatment of those who are victims of senseless gun violence. And not just those who are shot, but the other victims as well.
This OZY Genius Linked Displaced People to Language Students
Because Elise Shea is changing lives across the globe — one language lesson at a time. Every year, OZY gives 10 college students the opportunity to pursue their outstanding ideas and envisioned innovations with grants of up to $10,000. The OZY Genius Awards aim to support and celebrate the next Albert Einstein or Oprah Winfrey as they write groundbreaking books, film thought-provoking documentaries, launch tomorrow’s industry-disrupting companies or create the next game-changing social movement.
Will the Sharing Economy End Capitalism as We Know It?
In this original week-long series, The Evolution of the Side Hustle: How Gigs Are Killing the 9-to-5, OZY charts the past, present and future of the side hustle. Do you have a unique side hustle that OZY should know about? Let us know at sidehustles@ozy.com and we might feature your gig. Video by Kevin OâDowd; article by James Watkins. Weâre selling out. Uber and Lyft let us sell our rides and our tolerance for traffic. We can sell the spare bedroom on Airbnb.
What Alabama Voters Really Think
Join OZY as we travel through all 50 states to uncover the challenges and meet the innovators reshaping a country that's more divided than ever. As Alabama voters choose Tuesday between Republican Roy Moore and Democrat Doug Jones as their next U.S. senator, they will have to weigh a number of competing values beyond the candidates themselves. Does ideology trump character? What should the role of religion be in politics? What makes someone trustworthy?
Planning Some Time Off Work? Join the Club
Welcome to Number Crunching With OZY. In this occasional series, we ask businesspeople, experts, celebrities and thought leaders to discuss a single number that is most important to them. This time: Addie Swartz, founder and CEO of ReacHIRE. Where is your career going to be in 15 years?
Is World War III Inevitable? What Do You Think?
Even in the 1990s, during my days at Chicago’s St. Barnabas Elementary, what all of us kids assumed to be laughable Cold War civil-defense safety training became a quarterly routine. The drill was one of those things that’s now burned into memory. When the peculiar alarm — much harder to ignore than a basic fire alarm — would suddenly sound, entire classrooms of children were ushered single file into the basement cafeteria.
Could Water - and Women - Be Key to Ending Extreme Poverty?
Welcome to Number Crunching With OZY. In this occasional series, we ask businesspeople, experts, celebrities and thought leaders to discuss a single number that is most important to them. This time: Scott Harrison, founder and CEO of Charity: Water. Today, there are 1 billion fewer people living in extreme poverty than in 1980 — less than 10 percent of the world’s population, compared to more than 40 percent four decades ago.
Why the Robot Revolution Is a Lot Less Certain Than You Think
Welcome to Number Crunching With OZY. In this occasional series, we ask businesspeople, experts, celebrities and thought leaders to discuss a single number that is most important to them. This time: Roy Bahat, head of Bloomberg Beta. Say goodbye to the 9-to-5. The future of work is coming, and it’s totally different from your current routine. The only problem is, we don’t really know precisely how different and in what ways. Will robots do everything and humans require government stipends to survive?
Are High-Skilled Workers the Future of the Gig Economy?
Welcome to Number Crunching With OZY. In this occasional series, we ask businesspeople, experts, celebrities and thought leaders to discuss a single number that is most important to them. This time: Jody Greenstone Miller, co-founder and CEO of Business Talent Group. The gig economy— from Uber drivers to Handy cleaners — is the latest way that those with low incomes are trying to make a living, but with no fixed hours, uncertain income and likely no benefits. Well, it’s not just for the low paid.
Aaron Judge: New York's Record-Breaking Rookie Slugger
When OZY met with herculean Yankees superstar Aaron Judge back in spring training, the 6-foot-7 280-pound rookie had yet to earn a starting spot in right field. Still, his outrageous batting-practice feats of strength convinced us that he was baseball’s next Rising Star when this profile was originally published on April 21, 2017. Now? At the All-Star break, Judge leads Major League Baseball in home runs (29), runs (72), on-base percentage (.449) and slugging percentage (.697).
Forget Milan. African Fashion Is Taking Over the World.
Neither of the co-founders of the luxury African e-commerce company OXOSI came at it from a fashion background. They started the online retailer out of a shared appreciation for safeguarding culture — African culture. Defining “African fashion” is close to impossible, but Kolade Adeyemo and Akin Adebowale (both from Nigeria) are taking on the challenge with an almost manic conviction, so that the “art and design of Afromodernism can live forever,” according to the website.
#61: Forget Milan. African Fashion Is Taking Over the World.
Neither of the co-founders of the luxury African e-commerce company OXOSI came at it from a fashion background. They started the online retailer out of a shared appreciation for safeguarding culture — African culture. Defining “African fashion” is close to impossible, but Kolade Adeyemo and Akin Adebowale (both from Nigeria) are taking on the challenge with an almost manic conviction, so that the “art and design of Afromodernism can live forever,” according to the website.
Meet the Scuba Diving Legend Based ... in the Bronx?
New Yorkers, God love ’em, complain. The weather is too cold, the subway is too crowded, my colleague chews with her mouth open … so here at OZY we thought we’d help a few of you beat the heat (we all know that will be our next complaint) with a scuba video that takes place in the winter. Yes, the winter. Captain Mike (real name Mike Carew) has owned his scuba shop in the Bronx — yes, right next to the home of hip-hop, the Yankees and J-Lo on the block — for over 26 years.
Can This Power Hitter Bring the Pirates Back to Glory?
Josh Bell was making the big leagues look easy. Pittsburgh’s prized prospect announced his presence to the baseball world last July, launching a go-ahead grand slam into the summer night sky. And suddenly crowds were gathering daily to catch a glimpse of the 24-year-old slugger. Still, one month into his first full MLB season, the question remains: Will Bell live up to the hype?
Is This 6'7" Rookie the Next Great Yankee Slugger?
Years ago, before batted-ball radar and virtual home-run trackers, the quality of a hit could be gauged by a simple sound test: a sweet, deafening thwack that sends fans scrambling in the bleachers. When Aaron Judge takes batting practice, your ears tell you all there is to know. The New York Yankees’ hulking rookie is putting on a show. For the first time in more than two decades, uncertainty surrounds the Yankees.
Will the Sharing Economy End Capitalism as We Know It?
Uber and Lyft let us sell our rides and our tolerance for traffic. We can sell the spare bedroom on Airbnb. On TaskRabbit we can sell our ability to assemble Ikea furniture; on Etsy our knitting skills; on Lugg our brawn. The list goes on and on — and it will continue to lengthen. These small transactions will have a giant cumulative effect, argues Arun Sundararajan, a leading expert on the sharing economy and a professor at NYU’s Stern School of Business.
Bronx Tales V: The Magic of Oaxacan Mole
In episode 5 of Bronx Tales, OZY’s editor-in-chief, Carlos Watson, hits the streets of New York’s most maligned borough to talk about success and failure, race and gentrification and, of course, love and hip-hop. At La Morada, a family-run Oaxacan restaurant in the South Bronx, food is cooked with equal measures of fresh, traditional ingredients and a philosophy directly tied to the owners’ indigenous genealogy.
Bronx Tales IV: Success Depends on What You Value
In episode four of Bronx Tales, OZY Editor-in-Chief Carlos Watson hits the streets of New York’s most maligned borough to talk about success and failure, race and gentrification and of course, love and hip-hop. Who is more successful: a single, professional career woman and entrepreneur, or a blue-collar worker with kids?
Bronx Tales III: Pride, Purpose and Supportive Peers
If you asked 16-year old Julio Gomez what he needed to do to be successful, the confident, well-spoken teen would quickly and clearly answer: play Division I basketball in college. That was the path that was promoted by pop culture, music, and friends and family. If you ask 26-year old Julio Gomez the same question, the answer is more thoughtful and nuanced.
Bronx Tales II: Leaving Home at 16
Because sometimes the world gives us a better education than the classroom. This is Episode 2 of the OZY original video series Bronx Tales, featuring Editor-in-Chief Carlos Watson hitting the streets of New York’s most maligned borough to talk about success and failure, race and gentrification and, of course, love and hip-hop. What do a movie theater ticket taker, an independent bookstore owner and a break-dancing banana have in common? A kick-ass work ethic, for one, and a name: Noëlle Santos.
Bronx Tales II: Leaving Home at 16
Because sometimes the world gives us a better education than the classroom. This is episode 2 of the OZY original video series Bronx Tales, featuring Editor-in-Chief Carlos Watson hitting the streets of New York’s most maligned borough to talk about success and failure, race and gentrification and of course, love and hip-hop. What do a movie theater ticket taker, an independent bookstore owner and a breakdancing banana have in common? A kick-ass work ethic, for one, and a name: Noëlle Santos.
Bronx Tales I: Defining Success in New York's Most Maligned Borough
In episode one of this original video series Bronx Tales, OZY Editor-in-Chief Carlos Watson hits the streets of New York’s most maligned borough to talk about success and failure, race and gentrification and of course, love and hip-hop. Our guests discuss how their view of success has evolved over the years. At a young age, Julio Gomez thought success was making the high school basketball team.
Mad Libs: A Genius Fix for Your Awful Commute
Because your time is worth more than this — so here’s how to take your commute to a new height. It’s Monday. You wake up at 6 a.m. to avoid the traffic. You defrost your car, start driving and then hit the highway. Niet. The whole world seems to be driving. God, there’s nothing like traffic to prove to you that Top 40 stations only play 10 songs. In the San Francisco Bay Area, traffic begins as early as 5:30 a.m. and then again at 3 p.m. for the trip home. There’s no rest for the wicked(ly innovative).
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