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PayPal To Cut About 2,500 Jobs as Rivals Snag Market SharePosted by msmash on Wednesday January 31, 2024 @09:40AM from the more-pain dept.PayPal will reduce its workforce by about 9 per cent this year as chief executive Alex Chriss, who took over in September, grapples with rising competition, profit pressures and a raft of analyst downgrades. From a report:CitarIn a letter to staff on Tuesday, Mr Chriss said the decision was made to "right-size" the company through both direct cuts and the elimination of open roles throughout the year. Affected staff will be notified by the end of the week, according to the letter. PayPal, which employed about 29,900 workers at the end of 2022, announced a similar round of cuts last January. The latest move will affect about 2,500 workers.
In a letter to staff on Tuesday, Mr Chriss said the decision was made to "right-size" the company through both direct cuts and the elimination of open roles throughout the year. Affected staff will be notified by the end of the week, according to the letter. PayPal, which employed about 29,900 workers at the end of 2022, announced a similar round of cuts last January. The latest move will affect about 2,500 workers.
Stock market today: Stocks sink after Powell suggests Fed may not cut rates in MarchUS stocks retreated Wednesday following the Federal Reserve's decision to hold interest rates steady and Chair Jerome Powell's hint that the central bank would not begin cutting rates at its next meeting in March.The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC) fell over 1.8% Wednesday. The benchmark S&P 500 (^GSPC) traded about 1.3% lower after slumping slightly below its record high on Tuesday. The blue-chip Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI), meanwhile, slumped a more modest 0.5%.While expecting the Fed's rate decision Wednesday, Wall Street had been looking for clues as to when the Fed might cut rates. It got a couple big ones: In its policy statement, the Fed noted it doesn't expect it will be appropriate to cut interest rates until it has "greater confidence" inflation is falling to 2%."I don't think it’s likely that the committee will reach a level of confidence" by the March meeting, Powell said at a subsequent press conference.Stocks had already had a rough start to the day after the first batch of results from tech giants largely failed to satisfy investors."Magnificent Seven" names Microsoft (MSFT) and Alphabet (GOOGL, GOOG), along with chipmaker AMD (AMD), took center stage on the earnings docket Tuesday. All three stocks were hit Wednesday, with over 5% drops from the Google parent outpacing AMD and Microsoft's declines.The poor start from the tech megacaps, which are expected to do much of the heavy lifting for the S&P 500 this earnings season, could unnerve Wall Street — at least until Apple (AAPL), Amazon (AMZN), and Meta (META) get their turn on Thursday.(...)
Paralelamente a la caída del popularcapitalismo se empiezan a multiplicar las noticias sobre la mierda de sistema educativo asociado. El artículo es el resumen perfecto de lo que les llevo contando añoshttps://www.elpapel.es/xavier-masso-la-educacion-ha-quedado-subyugada-a-las-leyes-del-mercado/
En otras palabras, recuperar la verdadera función del sistema educativo: transmitir conocimientos. Y esto pasa por recuperar un currículum reestructurado, procesal y progresivo. La interdisciplinariedad forzosa, el aprendizaje por descubrimiento y la libre adquisición de ideas, condenan al alumno al fracaso.
Cita de: tomasjos en Enero 31, 2024, 23:21:06 pmParalelamente a la caída del popularcapitalismo se empiezan a multiplicar las noticias sobre la mierda de sistema educativo asociado. El artículo es el resumen perfecto de lo que les llevo contando añoshttps://www.elpapel.es/xavier-masso-la-educacion-ha-quedado-subyugada-a-las-leyes-del-mercado/Gracias. Luminoso. Pero.... una pregunta (de ignorante):CitarEn otras palabras, recuperar la verdadera función del sistema educativo: transmitir conocimientos. Y esto pasa por recuperar un currículum reestructurado, procesal y progresivo. La interdisciplinariedad forzosa, el aprendizaje por descubrimiento y la libre adquisición de ideas, condenan al alumno al fracaso.¿confirmas que la antítesis que hace Massó descansa en los términos tachados (forzosa, descubrimiento y libre) pero los subrayados (interdisciplinariedad, aprendizaje, adquisición) definen la tesis? Vamos, que los términos subrayados (una vez quitados los tachados) definen el primero de todos: transmitir conocimientos (que en realidad sería ¿la conclusión?).¿Está bien entendido? Me vale sí o no. Me pierdo con esa forma de argumentar.No creo que sea el periodista, esa frase no se inventa, estará citando escritos de Massó.(Gracias.)
[Lo que dice el artículo que JENOFONTE10 cita en...https://www.transicionestructural.net/index.php?topic=2601.msg224374#msg224374... es que, como El Ladrillo (revalorización mágica) no es Riqueza, sino Pobreza, España va a pasarlas canutas con la desinmobiliarización que trae el nuevo modelo de capitalismo planificado europeo, nuevo modelo fruto de la combinación de su propio estrangulamiento financiero y la presión del capitalismo-ortopraxia que viene del otro extremo de Eurasia, la República Popular China. Porque allí ha quedado establecido que hoy, con la musculatura financiera que ya hace falta para todo, única y exclusivamente con planificación, y fiscos y monedas fuertes y estables, es como puede hacerse un 'take off' económico de lo que sea. Nada de unos cuantos milloncejos de inversión directa de terceros países, como en los 1950 (vid. Gerschenkron), que es lo que nos quieren hacer creer los que están todo el día con la cantinela impotente de que «hay que atraer inversiones» bajándose los pantalones (en el mejor de los casos solo atraes 'hot money' en cantidades insignificantes para lo que hace falta).
Rescato artículo entre lecturas navideñas pendientes; sintetiza inversión inmobiliaria en familias españolas, con datos y gráficos comparativos de elaboración propia para el S. XXI (2000-actualidad).CitarDinámicas de valor: la influencia del sector inmobiliario en la riqueza de los hogares españolesDiciembre de 2023Juan Sosa | María Romero PaniaguaEste artículo analiza la influencia del sector inmobiliario en la riqueza de los hogares españoles, destacando su evolución, impacto generacional y el papel que han desempeñado algunos indicadores económicos.[...]https://www.empresaglobal.es/EGAFI/contenido/2352627/1601149/dinamicas-de-valor-la-influencia-del-sector-inmobiliario-en-la-riqueza-de-los-hogares-espanoles.html?bol=1816694-202312010858
Dinámicas de valor: la influencia del sector inmobiliario en la riqueza de los hogares españolesDiciembre de 2023Juan Sosa | María Romero PaniaguaEste artículo analiza la influencia del sector inmobiliario en la riqueza de los hogares españoles, destacando su evolución, impacto generacional y el papel que han desempeñado algunos indicadores económicos.[...]https://www.empresaglobal.es/EGAFI/contenido/2352627/1601149/dinamicas-de-valor-la-influencia-del-sector-inmobiliario-en-la-riqueza-de-los-hogares-espanoles.html?bol=1816694-202312010858
China’s overcapacity a challenge that is ‘here to stay’, says US chamberAmCham warns that majority of companies are still unprofitable in a ‘wake-up call’ to BeijingChina’s industrial overcapacity is a problem that is “here to stay” and foreign companies and trading partners will have to adapt as the world’s second-largest economy seeks to overcome a property sector slowdown to stimulate growth, according to the American Chamber of Commerce in China.The chamber’s annual survey of US businesses in China, which was released on Thursday, showed some improvement in optimism over the economy in 2023 compared with the previous year, but AmCham said companies were still worried about geopolitical tensions and new data laws.Overcapacity was also emerging as an issue for some sectors, the business lobby group said, as Chinese policymakers increase state bank lending and industrial subsidies in an attempt to improve lacklustre growth.“The Chinese government is looking for new sources of growth outside of real estate and related sectors,” said Sean Stein, chair of AmCham China. Unless China’s domestic market could grow to absorb the additional production in industry and manufacturing, there would be overcapacity, he added.“It’s a problem that’s here to stay. And it’s one that businesses are going to have to adapt to and, frankly, so are countries,” Stein said.China’s trading partners are concerned that Beijing is directing state credit once devoted to property, an economically critical sector that has suffered a years-long slowdown, into manufacturing and industry, particularly electric vehicles.But with domestic consumption and investor confidence still lagging — reflected in deflationary pressure that economists say is the most severe since the Asian financial crisis — they are worried this will lead to dumping of low-priced goods on foreign markets.The EU has launched an anti-subsidy investigation into Chinese EVs and is exploring other trade measures to counter the lower cost of Chinese imports.“Chinese industry . . . can scale fast, it can scale big and at a pace that other countries and regions would have a very difficult time emulating,” said Stein. He added that overcapacity could spread into areas such as consumer and electronic goods, technology, chemicals and industrial supplies.More US companies said they were “profitable” or “very profitable” in 2023, at 49 per cent, compared with 44 per cent in 2022, when coronavirus lockdowns stifled activity in major Chinese cities.But a slight majority — 51 per cent — said they were still only breaking even or making a loss.Profitability also varied across industries. The resources and industrial sectors were the most heavily hit by slowing growth and rising labour costs, with only 45 per cent of companies reporting they were “profitable” or “very profitable”.“This is a wake-up call for the Chinese government,” said AmCham president Michael Hart. “Companies will not stay in the market long term if they’re not making profits.”China’s ranking as an investment destination for US companies improved from last year, and a majority of surveyed companies said they had no plans to move manufacturing and sourcing out of the country, although there was a slight uptick in the minority contemplating doing so.The majority of companies said positive relations between Washington and Beijing were important for their business growth in China, citing bilateral tensions as a top concern in 2024 for a fourth year running.A majority also said they had faced some political pressure to make or refrain from making statements in the past year, mostly from the Chinese government and media but also from US government officials and US and international media.
Blame for high home prices? Fed Chair Powell says 'there hasn't been enough housing built'Powell says the Fed isn’t directly 'targeting' home pricesSpeaking to reporters on Wednesday, Fed Chair Jerome Powell said that while the central bank is pleased with the progress on the inflation front, committee members aren’t quite ready to start the rate-cutting cycle. Powell mentioned that if the job market weakens faster than expected, they are likely to cut rates sooner. On the other hand, if inflation proves stickier, they will wait longer, he added.During the presser, Nancy Marshall with Marketplace asked Powell, “how closely are you watching rent and housing prices as you elevate whether and when to cut rates? And it seems like housing prices are not coming down as quickly as you expected.”Standing at the podium, Powell responded [to hear yourself go to the 42-minute mark*], saying that the Fed isn’t directly “targeting” home prices and insinuated that the fact “there hasn’t been enough housing built” is the real culprit for elevated home prices.Powell’s full response: “Our statutory goals are maximum employment and price stability. And that’s what we’re targeting. We’re not targeting housing price inflation, the cost of housing, or any of those things. Those are very important things for people’s lives, but those are not the things we’re targeting. We’re also well aware that when we cut rates at the beginning of the pandemic, for example, the housing industry was helped more than any other industry. And when we raise rates, the housing industry can be hurt because it’s a very rate sensitive sector. On top of that we have longer run problems with the availability of housing, we have a built up set of cities, and people are moving further and further out, so there hasn’t been enough housing built. And are not things we have any tools to address. Where it [housing] comes into play very specifically in our work is inflation, which is really rental inflation. You’re taking owner equivalent rents and then actual rent paid by tenants and running it through the CPI calculation or PCI calculation, the one we look at, and what that’s telling you is that market rents are increasing at a much lower rate or even being flat and that will show up in inflation over time.”Through the course of the rate-hiking cycle, Powell's perspective on where he thought home prices would head has been, well, hard to nail down.Below is some of Powell’s post-pandemic housing commentary:Back in June 2022, Powell told reporters that: "I'd say if you are a homebuyer, somebody or a young person looking to buy a home, you need a bit of a reset. We need to get back to a place where supply and demand are back together and where inflation is down low again, and mortgage rates are low again… We are well aware that mortgage rates have moved up a lot. And you are seeing a changing housing market. We are watching it to see what will happen. How much will it really affect residential investment? Not really sure. How much will it affect housing prices? Not really sure."In September 2022, Powell was asked to clarify what he meant by reset. He responded, saying: "when I say reset, I'm not looking at a particular specific set of data… we probably in the housing market have to go through a correction to get back [to a balanced housing market].” He added that a "difficult [housing correction]" had already started; however, “housing credit was much more carefully managed by the lenders. It's a very different situation [than 2008], it doesn't present potential, [well] it doesn't appear to present financial stability issues.”In November 2022, as home prices began to fall in most markets, Powell went a step further, saying a "housing bubble" had formed during the pandemic and "the housing market will go through the other side of that." He added that, “none of this [mortgage-rate induced correction] affects the longer run issue, which is that we got a built-up country, and it's hard to get zoning and hard to get housing built in sufficient quantities to meet the public's demand…There's a longer run housing shortage."Then in June 2023, amid last year’s rebound in national home prices and new home sales, Powell said: "We now see housing putting in a bottom, and maybe moving up a bit. We're watching that situation carefully. I do think we'll see rents and house prices filtering into housing services inflation, and I don't see them coming up quickly. I see them wandering around at a low level."On Tuesday, the Case-Shiller Home Price Index published its November reading.National single-family home prices, as measured by Case-Shiller, are up +5.1% on a year-over-year basis—and up +6.6% since hitting the bottom in January 2023. U.S. home prices did soften last fall, with prices falling -0.2% month-over-month in November; however, that’s the seasonally soft window of the year.Zoomed out, U.S. home prices are up +45.0% since March 2020.