When Anil Chakravarthy joined Adobe in January 2020, his job as head of the Digital Experience business was to help customers modernize and take advantage of the cloud. He also had to gear up quickly for Adobe Summit, the company’s annual customer event that was set to start in March in Las Vegas. Covid-19 changed…

Along with Clorox wipes and toilet paper, the demand for backyard swimming pools has skyrocketed since the pandemic began. Across the country, swimming pool and hot tub suppliers have struggled to cope with a sudden surge in demand. But creating a pool is an expensive proposition, and not everyone who wanted to swim could build…

An Oscar statue stands during a preview for the Governors Ball during 91st Annual Oscar Week in Hollywood on February 15, 2019 in California. Valerie Macon | AFP | Getty Images The 93rd Academy Awards begin Sunday at 8 p.m. ET on ABC. It was a long way to go to the 2021 Oscars. The…

A shopper walks past shelves in a paper product aisle of a store in Burbank, California on November 19, 2020. Robyn Beck | AFP | Getty Images In a typical profitable season, the rules of the game for investors can be relatively simple: rising profits and strong year-on-year sales growth signal success. This formula won’t…

Brett White, CEO of Cushman & Wakefield, on Friday gave a positive long-term outlook for the commercial real estate market, telling CNBC he expected a booming economy to compensate for companies reducing their office needs due to remote working. “If we think about the close proximity … we see a 10 to 15% reduction in…

A 400-kilowatt Tesla solar power plant supplies 95% of the energy in the Xigera Safari Lodge, a hotel of the Red Carnation Hotel Collection in the Okavango Delta in Botswana. The travel company Travel Corporation, which owns and operates 40 travel brands – including managed vacation companies, hotels and transportation companies – has announced a…

Companies like TikTok and Bumble are hiring students to work as brand ambassadors on campus. These jobs pay off better than typical college jobs like food service and retail – and provide valuable work experience. Students say they learned about marketing, content creation, and management while working as brand ambassadors – and expanded their network…

Gary Oldman plays Herman J. Mankiewicz in Netflix’s “Mank”. Source: Netflix For the past several years, Netflix’s films have had no problem scooping top spots in Oscar votes, but turning those nominations into trophies has been difficult. The streaming service first appeared on the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences radar in 2013 when…

Shoppers search for items at a Costco wholesale store on August 4, 2020 in Colchester, Vermont. Robert Nickelsberg | Getty Images Inflation is coming. Look no further than Coca-Cola and Procter & Gamble’s plans to hike prices this week to offset rising raw material costs. The cost of raw materials, which range from lumber to…

urbazon | E + | Getty Images You may want to reconsider plans to travel abroad. This is the recommendation from the U.S. Department of State, which this week updated its list of travel advice warnings Americans not to travel overseas to include about 80% of the world’s countries. The State Department described the risks…