Newswatch: Consumers Perking Up, But Spending's Still Limited

Any blank page can evolve into the project plan you need. Writers know the dreaded “blank page syndrome” all too well. You find yourself staring at a pristine white page, paralyzed by the daunting task of filling it. Work teams often experience a similar affliction when tackling major or complex projects.

Frontier is pulling up a seat to airlines’ biggest pricing trend: the fare upsell. First-class seating has come to budget airlines.

Punit Soni, founder of Suki AI, has been focused on reducing the workload of doctors with its note-taking and medical billing tools. On average, a clinician spends two hours outside of office time writing patient notes. Healthcare startup Suki wants to give that time back to doctors via its AI platform that works as an assistant, helping generate notes and select billing codes.

J. Crew Group CEO Libby Wadle—a two-decade veteran of the legacy retailer—is figuring out how the brand fits America today. When Libby Wadle became CEO of J. Crew Group in November 2020, conditions were not ideal. It had been six months since the company—which tripled annual revenue to $2.2 billion between 2003 and 2013—had declared bankruptcy after six years of spiraling sales.

A handful of car sharing services have died in recent years. Blame the business model or people’s lack In 2016, after having recently moved to Oakland, California, I saw a black and blue Prius, its windows painted with ads for a new car-sharing service called Gig Car Share. The service allowed users to pick up cars with an app or a physical card, drive it anywhere within a designated “home zone,” and leave it at a streetside parking spot.

Five experts weigh in with their takes on drinking alcohol on the job ranging from cautious acceptance to zero tolerance. If it doesn’t affect your job performance, is it okay to imbibe while on the job? In today’s evolving work culture, the question of whether it’s acceptable to drink alcohol during work hours is more pertinent than ever.