Big bonuses and quirky benefits may help boost office morale, but roles offering real work-life balance are most conducive to job satisfaction, according to LinkedIn. In a study released Wednesday, the professional networking site said 69% of HR professionals agree that work-life balance is the number one factor impacting the employee experience at work. That shift is due in part to social factors, such as the #MeToo movement, which have helped drive the debate on workplace culture. Multigenerat

Oil pullingEach morning as she gets ready, Paltrow “oil pulls,” which involves placing raw organic coconut oil in her mouth and swishing it around. She says it’s “an ayurvedic way to remove bacteria from the mouth,” she told Harper’s Bazaar. She drinks two large glasses of water, then coffee, while she catches up on email and reads the news with her husband, producer Brad Falchuk, she told Harper’s Bazaar. Paltrow told Harper’s Bazaar that she goes straight from school drop-off for her kids — Ap

Billionaire Jack Ma has said that getting sleep is the best way for him to make decisions in the face of a problem. In a 2016 letter to shareholders, Bezos wrote that he makes “high-quality, high-velocity decisions,” meaning he makes choices quickly to avoid stagnation. But this founder of two billion-dollar start-ups has a different approach when it comes to big decisions. As of March 2018, Warby Parker was valued at $1.75 billion, after raising $300 million in funding, the New York Times repor

YouTube bloggers revisit their own spending mistakes regularly, says Sarah Wilson, a personal finance blogger who lives in College Station, Texas. “When people take more time to think about how they’re going to spend their money they’re far less likely to wish they hadn’t spent it.” In a more recent YouTube video, Wilson details misguided spending on shoes, luggage and cookware, and shares some commonsense strategies to avoid financial mistakes. Habits firstSpending money doesn’t equal meeting g

President Donald Trump told CNBC on Wednesday he wouldn’t be against Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg running for the White House. That wouldn’t be too frightening, I don’t think,” Trump told “Squawk Box” co-host Joe Kernen in an interview from the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. “But he does have that monster behind him,” Trump said, referring to Facebook, which is facing multiple antitrust probes from federal and state investigators. “I’d rather him just do whatever he’s going to do,”

U.S. lawmakers have raised questions about Google’s access to the health records of tens of millions of Americans. “When we work with hospitals, the data belongs to the hospitals,” Pichai told a conference panel at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. We know we can use artificial intelligence to make it better,” Pichai added. Pichai said there was already strong privacy-protecting regulations in place that provide a framework for Google to operate. Google clinched a deal in November

The campaign won Old Spice viral success when it kicked off in 2010, featuring actor Isaiah Mustafa as the “Old Spice Guy.” Old Spice worked with Wieden & Kennedy Portland for the reboot. The brand also said the “Old Spice Guys” will be spotted on social media in Miami during the week leading up to the Super Bowl, and said there will be “a surprise Old Spice Guy appearance during the big game broadcast.” The ad’s creators told Ad Age in 2014 they sought to speak to women “without alienating guys

Dara Khosrowshahi, CEO of Uber, appears on CNBC’s Squawk Box at the 2020 World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on Jan,. Uber is better equipped than its competitors to turn ride-hailing into a profitable business, the company’s CEO told CNBC. “We are by far the global leader in ride-sharing,” Dara Khosrowshahi told CNBC’s “Squawk Box” at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Uber is down nearly 10% since its initial public offering, while Lyft has slumped almost 40%. Their fortune

Actor Terry Jones attends the American Cinematheque presents Monty Python’s Terry Jones in conversation with Edgar Wright held at the American Cinematheque’s Egyptian Theatre on December 14, 2014 in Hollywood, California. Terry Jones, comedy legend, screenwriter, film director and co-founder of Monty Python, has died. He, Palin, Terry Gillam, John Cleese, Eric Idle and Graham Chapman went on to found the comedy troupe Monty Python. Jones was well-known for portraying middle-aged housewives with

New York-based grocery chain Fairway Market said Wednesday morning it has no plans to file for Chapter 7 bankruptcy, following a report that said it was preparing to do so. “Despite reports, Fairway Market has no intention to file for chapter 7 or liquidate all of its stores,” a spokesman told CNBC in an emailed statement. All 14 stores remain open for business, offering a complete range of high quality, specialty food products, and we look forward to seeing our customers and employees.” In 2016

Coca-Cola CEO James Quincey said he is feeling confident about the state of the consumer in 2020, even as trade tensions and concerns about sluggish economic growth continue. “You walk around Davos and there are some sectors that are feeling the pressure coming out of 2019 and into 2020 — more on the manufacturing side, some of the big trade sectors,” Quincey said on CNBC’s “Squawk Box” on Wednesday. “But the consumer seems to be robust around the world — yes, ups and downs, but they’re doing pr

Despite a roller-coaster ride in 2019, IPO investors made money, and they are starting off 2020 in the green as well. The Renaissance Capital IPO ETF, a basket of the most recent 60 or so larger IPOs, is at a historic high. The IPO ETF has outperformed the major indices this year due to a surge in 2019 under-performers such as Uber, Lyft and BeyondMeat. “The strong 2020 performance of recent IPOs bodes well for the 2020 crop,” said Kathleen Smith of Renaissance Capital. IPO watchers expect the 2

Cramer on the streaming war: Netflix’s algorithms are brilliantCNBC’s “Squawk on the Street” team breaks down Netflix shares after the company reported earnings.

Check out the companies making headlines before the bell:Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) – Johnson & Johnson reported quarterly profit of $1.88 per share, 1 cent a share above estimates. Fifth Third (FITB) – The bank reported quarterly profit of 96 cents per share, well above the consensus estimate of 72 cents a share. Netflix (NFLX) – Netflix added 8.76 million paying global subscribers during the fourth quarter, more than the 7.6 million that analysts had expected. IBM (IBM) – IBM reported quarterly p

Pedestrians walk past an Express Inc. store in New York, U.S., on Wednesday, May 31, 2017. Clothing retailer Express said Wednesday it plans to shutter roughly 100 of its stores by 2022, as part of its strategy to save $80 million in costs annually over the next three years. Express has a market value of roughly $313 million. Express currently operates more than 600 stores, including factory outlet locations, in the U.S. and Puerto Rico. But it said the lower costs will help boost its earnings b

Ari Wald, head of technical analysis at Oppenheimer, says Costco has more room to run. “[Costco had] a great run of outperformance in 2019,” Wald said on CNBC’s “Trading Nation” on Tuesday. We think that long term run of outperformance is just getting started again.” However, Nancy Tengler, chief equity strategist at Laffer Tengler Wealth Management, said optimism about Costco may be too late. Home Depot is up nearly 7% this yearDisclosure: Nancy Tengler and Laffer Tengler Investments owns Home

There does need to be artificial intelligence regulation but it must be thoughtfully crafted to allow for technological advancement, IBM Chair and CEO Ginni Rometty told CNBC on Wednesday. Rometty called on lawmakers to regulate “how the technology is used,” but not necessarily the technology itself. She pointed to facial recognition systems as an example of how such regulation could work. “When you go through an airport to get through safely, to find a criminal, those are good uses of facial re

Little Caesars is heading to the Super Bowl for the first time. The company’s Super Bowl ad will star actor Rainn Wilson, best known for his role on “The Office.” But partnering with third parties hasn’t helped Papa John’s or Pizza Hut overtake Domino’s Pizza — or Little Caesars. As Little Caesars moves into Domino’s territory through pizza delivery, the rival pizza chain is trying to steal market share from Little Caesars for carryout pizza. Klein, previously a marketing executive for PepsiCo,

Outgoing BP chief Bob Dudley on Wednesday criticized sweeping climate proposals from Sen. Bernie Sanders, a top-tier 2020 Democratic presidential candidate, and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a champion of the far-left. “They have a completely unrealistic idea of the complexity of the global energy system,” Dudley told CNBC’s “Squawk Box” from the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Nearly a year ago, Ocasio-Cortez, with Sen. Ed Markey, released the Green New Deal, an ambitious plan to r

WeWork has sold its business management software company Teem and its minority stake in co-working start-up The Wing, the company announced Wednesday. Artie Minson, co-CEO of WeWork, said in a press release that the sales are part of the company’s effort to focus on the core co-working business. WeWork detailed this strategy last November in a “90-day game plan” that said WeWork would divest all of its non-core businesses in an effort to turn around the troubled co-working company. WeWork said i