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Add sneakers to the growing list of things that tariffs will make more expensive. Adidas warned Tuesday that President Donald Trump's sweeping tariffs could drive up the costs of all its products in the US, as the company remains reliant on imports to stock American shelves."Since we currently cannot produce almost any of our products in the US, these higher tariffs will eventually cause higher costs for all our products for the US market," CEO Bjørn Gulden said. The warning came alongside Adidas's first- ...

This "open letter" might be fake. It could be real. I don't know, but it reminded me of a column I've been wanting to write. The letter is purportedly from disgruntled Tesla employees who want Elon Musk to stop being CEO so the company can go back to selling lots of electric vehicles. His DOGE bender has damaged Tesla's brand so much that he should step back, according to this alleged letter.Even if this is a made-up missive, it raises an interest question: Why would the CEO of the world's most valuable ca ...

文章核心观点 - 社交平台Snap受特朗普贸易限制影响股价下跌，首席财务官言论引发投资者恐慌，且公司长期面临竞争和业绩不稳定问题 [1][2][6] 公司业绩情况 - 第一季度营收13.6亿美元，同比增长14%，净亏损1.4亿美元，去年同期亏损3.05亿美元，日活用户达4.6亿，同比增长9% [8] 股价表现 - 周二盘后股价暴跌14%，过去一年股价下跌近40%，自2017年上市以来市值缩水66% [1][7] 影响因素 - 首席财务官称因宏观经济不确定性不提供第二季度财务指引，引发投资者恐慌 [2] - 关税和贸易限制使中国公司在美平台广告投放减少，影响公司业务 [2] - 5月2日起中国产商品低于800美元免税政策取消，部分广告商支出受影响 [3] 行业竞争 - 公司面临Meta产品和TikTok激烈竞争，业绩不稳定，重要市场用户增长放缓 [6] - 较小平台Snap相比Meta和Google等大竞争对手，受关税影响可能更大 [5] 分析师观点 - RBC Capital Markets分析师称业绩“具有挑战性”，公司不提供营收指引 [4] - CFRA分析师称公司在增强现实和人工智能方面的投资有帮助，但缺乏二季度指引导致股价下跌 [4]

Pfizer's CEO said President Donald Trump's tariffs and uncertainty are holding the company back from making "tremendous investments" in the US. In a first-quarter earnings call on Tuesday, chief executive Albert Bourla was asked what incentives he would want to see in tariff negotiations that would make him increase manufacturing investments in the US."If I know that there will not be tariffs and a heavy certainty, then there are tremendous investments that can happen in this country, both in R&D and manuf ...

Google is making changes to its compensation structure in a bid to incentivize higher performance from staff. The company announced on Tuesday that it will change how employee performance ratings work. The change gives more staff the opportunity to achieve one of the highest scores in their annual review and, therefore, higher compensation, while lower performers receive smaller bonuses and equity.In an email to staff with the subject line "Strengthening our performance culture," John Casey, Google's vice ...

Starbucks is planning to roll out the new approach, called the Green Apron Service model, starting next month. The goal is to have it in about a third of its US locations by the end of its 2025 fiscal year. "We're finding that investments in labor rather than equipment are more effective" at getting customers their orders and growing sales, Niccol said. Starbucks' shares were trading nearly 7% lower after hours on Tuesday after the company outlined its plans to invest in employee hours. The company reported ...

Meta's newest app has been tapping content creators to help it take off. The company unveiled a stand-alone Meta AI app on Tuesday, coinciding with LlamaCon, its first AI developer event."There's almost a billion people who are using Meta AI across our apps now," Mark Zuckerberg said in a video announcing the new app. Meta AI's app gives users access to an AI assistant, similar to other AI apps like OpenAI's ChatGPT app. Meta's main pitch to users is that its new AI assistant app, which is built on Meta's ...

文章核心观点 公司第二季度业绩略低于预期 但CEO对公司转型持乐观态度 [1][2] 业绩情况 - 全球同店销售额下滑1% 分析师预期下滑0.59% 美国同店销售额下降2% 市场普遍预期下降0.26% 此前三个月全球同店销售额下降4% [3] - 净收入为88亿美元 略低于彭博社估计的88.3亿美元 周二盘后交易中股价也略有下跌 [3] 公司举措 - 自9月Niccol成为CEO以来 公司对门店做出多项改变 未来还会有更多举措 包括更换店内新家具和采用订单排序算法以提高饮品交付效率 [2] - 公司此前的一些改变旨在让门店对顾客更友好舒适 如要求员工在外带杯上写留言 要求顾客消费后才能在店内逗留 [4] - 部分举措旨在优化运营 如让顾客自行添加牛奶 [4]

文章核心观点 公司大幅加快Semi卡车生产计划，在内华达州招聘超千名新工厂工人以履行多年来的生产承诺 [1] 招聘情况 - 过去几个月公司将新工人带入Giga Sparks工厂培训和参观，此前负责该卡车的工厂工人不足百名 [2] - 公司官网列出超80个Semi开发制造岗位 [3] 生产计划 - 2017年马斯克首次推出Tesla Semi，预计2019年量产，2022年12月向百事交付首辆Semi，马斯克称2024年产量达5万辆 [4] - 2023年公司宣布在内华达州建Semi专用工厂，4月22日财报电话会议称年底开始生产，2026年大规模量产 [5] - 周一公司发布视频称已完成工厂建设并开始设置生产线 [3] 产品优势 - Semi续航达500英里，近市场和研发中其他电动半挂卡车两倍，马斯克称未来可自动驾驶 [6] - 在特斯拉Megacharger上约30分钟可充至70%电量 [6]