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When Eric Drymer’s last startup failed in 2024, he realized the stress of “grind type shit” to keep the company afloat had led him to pick up some bad habits — namely, vaping. He largely credits hypnosis with helping him quit, but a complementary solution — nicotine pouches that eased his cravings — also gave him his next business idea.He was fascinated by the “form factor” of the pouches, he says, and it seemed like suddenly everyone around him was using them. The managing director at a friend’s hedge fund had bought 1,000 cans of Zyn for the office. “It’s…

The General Motors global headquarters in Detroit, Jan. 12, 2026.Jeff Kowalsky | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesDETROIT — General Motors is set to report its second-quarter earnings before the bell Tuesday.Here is what Wall Street is expecting, according to average estimates compiled by LSEG:Earnings per share: $3.20 adjustedRevenue: $47.01 billionThose results would mark a more than 26% increase in adjusted earnings per share and 0.2% decline in revenue compared with a year earlier. GM’s 2025 second-quarter results included $47.12 billion in revenue, net income attributable to stockholders of $1.9 billion, and adjusted earnings before interest and taxes of $3.04 billion.Aside from…

Jamie Dimon, chief executive officer of JPMorgan Chase & Co., speaks during the 2025 Institute of International Finance annual membership meeting in Washington, Oct. 16, 2025.Samuel Corum | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesJPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon said investors are underestimating the risks facing the global economy and that he wouldn’t buy either equities or long-dated U.S. Treasurys at their current prices.In an hourlong interview with Wilfred Frost released late Monday, Dimon said markets aren’t fully accounting for a growing list of geopolitical and fiscal threats.”I do think those risks are probably bigger than other people think,” Dimon said, pointing to…

JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon said investors are underestimating the risks facing the global economy and that he wouldn’t buy either equities or long-dated U.S. Treasurys at their current prices.In an hourlong interview with Wilfred Frost released late Monday, Dimon said markets aren’t fully accounting for a growing list of geopolitical and fiscal threats.”I do think those risks are probably bigger than other people think,” Dimon said, pointing to wars in Ukraine and the Middle East, tensions between the U.S. and China, and rising military spending in a time of mounting government deficits.Asked whether markets are underpricing the chance of…

Taylor Farms is facing a fast-moving public health crisis, and communications veterans say its latest messaging has muddied an already confusing situation.The major food supplier said Sunday that the FDA had retracted a positive cyclospora test involving its lettuce, calling it a false positive. The cyclospora parasite has sickened thousands of people across the country in recent weeks.”Today, FDA apologized to us,” Taylor Farms said in a statement on its website. The company also said it had completed a voluntary recall of certain iceberg lettuce products out of “an abundance of caution” and in response to initial information from health…

Trade tensions are flaring between the Trump administration and Canada once again.On Monday, Donald Trump announced a new 50% tariff on some Canadian goods under Section 338 of the Tariff Act of 1930, which empowers the US President to impose additional duties of up to 50% on imports from any foreign country that discriminates against American commerce.”Specifically, Canada has taken U.S. alcohol products off Canadian shelves, given better market access to dairy products from the European Union, and has put a cap on U.S. vehicle exports to Canada from companies reshoring to the United States,” Ambassador Jamieson Greer said in…

TikTok Shop side hustlers should watch their backs.Brands — and TikTok’s algorithm — are increasingly embracing videos with AI-generated influencers and product imagery. The tech could put a dent in the businesses of creators who focus their content on shoppable videos designed to make them money through TikTok’s e-commerce affiliate program.These creators aren’t household names like MrBeast, or “micro influencers” who have cultivated a small but loyal following. They are often side hustlers focused on one goal: selling you products.Their videos can loom large on the feed, particularly during key e-commerce periods like the Black Friday-Cyber Monday rush, when creators posted about…

In periods of uncertainty, it can be comforting to find common ground.For salad lovers, the ongoing cyclospora outbreak has become an opportunity to throw shade at one of the least cool leafy green options, iceberg lettuce.After the US Food and Drug Administration linked the outbreak to iceberg lettuce, further details surrounding the contaminated food supply continue to evolve.Still, some salad bowl chains have been quick to point out that your lunch would be safe to eat since the tainted leaf is flora non grata in their kitchens.”We don’t serve shredded iceberg lettuce,” Chipotle said in a recent all-caps message to…

Netflix expects employees across the company to develop an “aspiration for AI fluency” as the technology reshapes how work gets done, a top executive said.Elizabeth Stone, Netflix’s chief product and technology officer, said on an episode of “Lenny’s Podcast” released Sunday that the streaming giant is encouraging all employees — from new hires to senior executives — to become more comfortable using AI.”The way we’ve approached this so far is instead of trying to articulate at each level exactly how AI changes those expectations, to instead put an overlay across all of the talent at Netflix, people on the team,…

Check your bank account: you might be a couple of thousand dollars richer.On July 20, the first batch of payments to current and former students who attended 10 elite schools was distributed from a $284 million settlement. It follows a 2022 lawsuit filed by students who accused the schools of participating in “a price-fixing cartel” that favored wealthy students and reduced financial aid packages for students, overcharging recipients “by at least hundreds of millions of dollars,” according to the lawsuit.The schools denied wrongdoing and agreed to make settlement payments to resolve the claims. According to the settlement website, current and…