conv.business

“Adobe made a bit of a surprising CEO choice. they side-stepped the exec generally seen as heir-apparent, who is now departing the company.”— @brodyford_, Social media commenter · X · full quotes →

“The PS5 in inflation-adjusted terms is 67% more expensive [than at launch], and Xbox is twice as expensive.”— Ronan Patrick, Newzoo analyst · The Game Business · full quotes →

“China grew at 10+ percent for decades with that many people too. Not impossible. It's also not much, especially when base is low.”— Advanced_Poet_7816, Reddit commenter · Reddit · full quotes →

“I don't see any appetite in the U.S. for immediate fiscal consolidation. So I suspect we will continue to see upward pressures on yields.”— Mohamed El-Erian, Economist · CNBC · full quotes →

“Sony would like you to know that any reasonable gamer would know that purchasing a game is just licensing a game, not owning it.”— AgingGamer, Journalist/writer · aginggamer.net · full quotes →

“Customers can also adjust their preferred seating position at the touch of a button using the integrated Passenger Control Unit, with dedicated settings like…”— Emirates, Airline · Nine.com.au · full quotes →

“Using data compiled by the federal government's Bureau of Labor Statistics, the True Rate of Unemployment tracks the percentage of the U.S. labor force that…”— LISEP, publisher of the TRU · lisep.org · full quotes →

“Keurig Dr Pepper is selling its minority stake in Chobani back to the yogurt maker ahead of the beverage maker's planned split into two public companies.”— Wall Street Journal · WSJ US Business · full quotes →

“Any partnership between Kalshi and The Athletic would threaten our journalistic independence across the company.”— Times Guild Unit Council and The Athletic contract action team, Unionized workers · Union statement · full quotes →

“The U.S. trade deficit grew to $88.6 billion in July, rising to its highest level in more than a year, according to new data released Thursday by the Commerce…”— Commerce Department, Government agency · The Hill · full quotes →

“Everyone said they had felt stressed and desperate.”— BBC News, Reporter · full quotes →

“I'm willing to support holding the policy rate at its current level if inflation continued moving toward the Fed's 2% target.”— Christopher Waller, Fed Governor · Moneycontrol · full quotes →

“Right now, people are looking at China as an object of study and learning — a trend that barely existed just a few years ago”— Robert Wu, CEO, Baiguan · Kyodo News / Reuters · full quotes →

“Yea Google says he's got another 400k shares left, give or take. He's gotta schedule it via 10b5-1 like you say, so.... Not sure what the story is here.”— mattl33, Reddit commenter · Reddit · full quotes →

“The price of all fuels had gone up by 'an astronomical amount in just a few days', rising by between 10p and 14p a litre since Monday.”— Alex Harrison, Fuel buyer, Fram Farmers · The Guardian · full quotes →

“going from words to action”— Energy Minister Ebba Busch, Sweden's Energy Minister · Nordisk Post · full quotes →

“It's likely to take the better part of a generation to resolve. It's not an issue that we're going to solve overnight.”— Sally Auld, NAB chief economist · ABC Australia · full quotes →

“But it doesn't work on Wall Street, where people can count.”— Brett Arends, Financial analyst · Morningstar/MarketWatch · full quotes →

“The group, as I said, from day one, has had literally no cash.”— Andrew Scott, Teneo administrator · Sydney Morning Herald · full quotes →

“The push into lounges marks a significant shift for Southwest, which has long avoided the premium perks embraced by larger competitors.”— Seattle Times · full quotes →

“Government borrowing costs are surging across the world. A Bloomberg gauge tracking G7 sovereign debt shows average yields at their highest level since 2000.”— Bloomberg Television · full quotes →

“There is ample reason to doubt that we will see a definitive resolution of the multiple and profound uncertainties we currently face any time soon. In my view…”— Huw Pill, Chief Economist, Bank of England · The Independent · full quotes →

“The September issue of the monthly magazine Sentaku carried a report regarding the possibility of Square Enix Holdings Co., Ltd. going private. However, this…”— Square Enix · GamesIndustry.biz · full quotes →

“more relevant consumer connections" and make "smarter marketing decisions" across paid, earned, and shared media”— PepsiCo, CPG marketer · ADWEEK · full quotes →

“does not burn cash to succeed”— Amos Peled, CEO and co-founder of Guardio · RuntimeWire · full quotes →

“I think we confidentially allow him to look at the printed version in my locker when he is back in Sydney. He needs to do it sensitively without letting too…”— Eileen Hoggett, Former KPMG COO · Sydney Morning Herald · full quotes →

“Eli Lilly has agreed to pay up to $2.875 billion in cash for biotechnology company Merida Biosciences in a deal that bolsters the drugmaker's immunology…”— Wall Street Journal · full quotes →

“The Times test-drove a stunning crossover from Geely that would cost under half of what its rivals charge.”— The New York Times · New York Times · full quotes →

“really surprised us in positive ways in their performance”— Tulsee Doshi, Senior director of product management, Google DeepMind · CNBC · full quotes →

“AI in particular is changing the structural boundaries within Microsoft.”— Satya Nadella, Microsoft CEO · Wall Street Journal / Gizmodo · full quotes →