@TheStalwart NOW might be the time to buy $NOW at $89. oh how the mighty have fallen. @BillRMcDermott - your thoughts? lowering guidance into the teeth of fears around SAAS businesses loosing customers to AI does not inspire confidence on behalf of the public market investor…
⚡A bolt of lightning struck One World Trade Center, the tallest skyscraper in the U.S., in the early hours of Thursday.
The building is hit by lightning an average of 31 times each year.
The US unemployment rate is set to rise further:
11% of US small businesses reported "poor sales" as the single most important problem in February, near the highest since 2020.
This ranks as the 4th-most cited problem, behind only taxes, quality of labor, and inflation.
The percentage has tripled over the last 3 years and is now in line with past recession levels.
Historically, this has been a leading indicator of rising unemployment, as small firms are the largest employer in the economy.
This suggests the unemployment rate could surge above 5% over the next several months, from the current 4.4%.
That would be the highest level since mid-2021, amid the pandemic recovery.
Small businesses are struggling.
Here’s the almost-final snowfall map from the Blizzard of 2026.
Around 30 million people received at least a foot of snow. Snowfall eclipsed two feet in at least five states.
In Providence, Rhode Island, 37.9 inches fell, obliterating the city’s previous snowfall record.