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Axios
3 days ago
- Business
- Axios
Procter & Gamble to cut 7,000 jobs as tariffs weigh on economy
Procter & Gamble plans to shed up to 7,000 white-collar jobs over the next two years as tariffs and economic concerns weigh on sales on consumer goods. Why it matters: P&G's wide range of brands — including Bounty paper towels, Tide detergent and Old Spice deodorant — makes the company a bellwether reflector of broader economic issues. The big picture: P&G expects to cut about 15% of its non-manufacturing workforce to boost productivity, CFO Andre Schulten said Thursday at a financial conference. The move is part of a broader two-year restructuring program which includes P&G potentially exiting certain brands and products, though Schulten declined to specify which ones might be cut. Between the lines: Tariffs are driving higher costs, which are weighing on consumer demand. There's been "a deceleration because of uncertainty in the consumer space, all of the tariff conversations, geopolitical uncertainty," Schulten said. The company's organic sales growth of 2% for the first three quarters of the 2025 fiscal year would be the lowest rate of full-year growth since at least 2018. P&G had already signaled in April that it would likely raise prices, as well.
Yahoo
3 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Procter & Gamble to Lay Off 7,000 in Restructuring Effort
Procter & Gamble will lay off about 7,000 employees as part of a two-year restructuring effort. Executives said at a Thursday conference that it will also make changes to its supply chain and brand portfolio. The consumer products giant expects tariffs to hit earnings by 3 cents to 4 cents per share in its fiscal fourth products giant Procter & Gamble (PG) is planning to trim about 15% of its non-manufacturing workforce, about 7,000 jobs, executives said at a Thursday conference. CFO Andre Schulten said during an industry conference in Paris that the company plans to start a two-year restructuring program in its next fiscal year, according to a transcript from AlphaSense. The program will include changes to its portfolio and supply chain, along with potential exits from certain brand categories, and the layoffs, with an estimated cost of $1 billion to $1.6 billion. "We see more opportunities to make growth broader and teams smaller, making work more fulfilling, faster and more efficient, leveraging digitization and automation opportunities," Schulten said. "In doing this, we expect to reduce up to 7,000 non-manufacturing roles, or approximately 15% of our current non-manufacturing workforce." The executive did not outline any specific brands or segments that Procter & Gamble might exit or divest at the time, but said Procter & Gamble will likely have more details about the plan in its next quarterly earnings, currently expected to take place on July 29. Apart from the restructure, executives for the owner of Tide, Old Spice, Dawn dish soap and dozens of other products gave new details on the expected impact of tariffs. Procter & Gamble will likely take a hit of 3 cents to 4 cents per share to its earnings in its fiscal fourth quarter, and Schulten said that while the tariff situation could change, the company currently projects a pre-tax headwind of about $600 million if the tariffs are in effect for all of its fiscal 2026. In its last quarterly report in April, Procter & Gamble posted better profits but lower sales than expected, while lowering its sales and profit targets for the full fiscal year. Procter & Gamble shares were little changed on Thursday morning, and are down just 1% since the start of the year. Read the original article on Investopedia
Los Angeles Times
11-05-2025
- Sport
- Los Angeles Times
In Pico Rivera senior league, where love of the game never gets old, softball is ‘better than medicine'
Infielder Eddie Castorena, 75, wore two braces under his Old Spice uniform, one for his knee and one for his back. Big Red catcher Tony Spallino, 67, was moving pretty well behind the plate, hoping he won't need a second hip replacement. His teammate Agustin Quezada, 83, limped through the dugout between innings, leaning on his bat as if it were a cane. 'When I first started, it was like, man, it smells like Bengay here,' said Big Red utilityman Ruben Enriquez. But there is no glory in compromise, and no thrill like blasting a ball into the gap and circling the bases, no matter how many paramedics it might take to get you home. So the games go on every Thursday at Smith Park in Pico Rivera, home of the Go-Getter softball league. 'I never played baseball before. Never. I learned here, and I love it,' said Isabel Enriquez, 73, who plays several positions for Big Red and made a sure-handed catch of a towering fly ball to left in a game against the Force. Reflexes are generally good and the bats still have some pop in them, for the most part, especially for players closer to 50 than 80. When it comes to chasing after a ball or sprinting the basepaths, the effort is there, even if the feet can't always deliver what the heart desires. 'I hope when I'm their age … I'll be flexible and be able to run down the basepath like that,' said Pico Rivera Mayor Johnny Garcia, who stopped by to take in some of the action in a league that's more than 30 years young. Lorenzo Sanchez, who pitched Rolling Thunder to a 14-2 win over the Warriors, wore a boyish smile and looked nothing like 83. He said that in 15 years of lacing up his cleats, he could only recall one minor muscle pull. 'I'm in good condition,' Sanchez boasted. 'I try to emphasize to my new players, go out with the grandkids, do some running and throw the ball back and forth,' said Rolling Thunder manager Gil Perez, 76. 'Some of them do and some of them don't.' Perez and his wife, Deborah, 71, who plays catcher, work out regularly. 'I'm doing 2½-minute planks,' said Deborah, referring to the exercise in which you get into a push-up position and hold it for as long as you can. 'So my core is pretty tight.' Several players encouraged me to get out of the press box and onto the field. I'd love to, I said. But I've had two knee replacements. That drew a sharp, one-word response from Dichosa 'Dee' Quezada, Agustin's wife and a loyal spectator who watches every game from a lawn chair behind the backstop. 'So?' she asked with a withering glare. I wouldn't be the first, Dichosa told me, saying there was a guy with two knee replacements on a team from Anaheim. In years past, one former Go-Getter used a walker to get to the field, swung a mean bat, and let a pinch-runner take over after she banged out a hit. And then there's Spallino, with the hip replacement, who told me he tried to come back too soon after his 2017 surgery. A little more rest did the trick and that hip is still holding up, Spallino said, 'but I'm having problems with the other one now.' The players have a sense of reassurance in knowing that former softballer Lupe Diaz, a retired registered nurse, comes to all the games with her first aid kit. Once, several years ago, there weren't enough tools in that kit. 'I remember it like it was yesterday,' Diaz said. 'I was catcher, and I was getting ready to throw the ball back when I saw this player lying on the ground in the outfield.' Diaz raced out and began CPR on the fallen fielder, whose heart had given out, while someone called 911. 'I brought him back and they carried him to the dugout,' she said. The player recovered at the hospital but died about two weeks later, as Diaz recalls. On Thursday, Big Red outfielder Art Montano, 77, swung at a pitch and missed. He ended up hammering a sharp single to right, but he was still frustrated by the earlier whiff. 'My vision's not like it used to be,' Montano said, and sometimes the brain isn't reacting quickly enough to messages sent by the eyes. 'Let's say the ball is pitched, and you're waiting on it, and the brain is telling you it's right there, but you can't pull the trigger.' In the Rolling Thunder rout of the Warriors, outfielder Uvaldo Davila showed off a slick glove and a strong arm, and after banging out a hit, he scampered around the bases to score. But back in the dugout, he said he's been battling a big challenge. 'I was diagnosed with Parkinson's about eight years ago,' said Davila, 64, who told me his hand tremors are getting worse, and his neurologist told him he may soon have some balance issues. 'I'm taking medicine,' Davila said, and he intends to keep playing as long as he can, because softball is 'better than medicine.' The Force, this season's strongest team, showed no mercy on Thursday, routing Big Red by a score of 21-1 to improve to 8-0. 'We have a lot of good hitters and no drama,' said Force journeyman Lee Wabash, 75. 'In the past, there were a lot of arguments. But this team has it together.' At one point, with nobody on base, a Force batter hit a routine grounder. Big Red's second baseman fielded it cleanly, but threw to second instead of first. 'Senior moment,' a disappointed Big Red teammate muttered in the dugout. In the sixth inning, several Big Red players noticed that their pitcher had gone missing. They looked around and spotted him in the parking lot, pedaling away on his bicycle. 'Rick!' one player called out, to no avail. 'He's going home,' said another. But two games remain in the regular season, so there's still time to find a groove. And then all six teams qualify for the playoffs. Anything can happen, said Ruben Enriquez, and just showing up to get some exercise and be with friends is a victory in itself. 'Better to play,' he said, 'than to rot away at home.'
Buzz Feed
02-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Buzz Feed
The First Barbie, Shrek's Old Test Footage, And 69 More ~Original~ Versions That Blew My Mind
1. Here's what the McDonald's arches and logo used to look like. Oh, and did you know there was a mascot before Ronald McDonald? His name was Speedee! 2. Ronald McDonald didn't debut until 1963. Here's what he looked like then. 3. Before Dennis the Menace, Little Miss Dairy Queen was Dairy Queen's mascot. Here's what she looked like! 4. Mr. Potato Head used to look a little different. The "potato" wasn't included – and was a real potato — and he was advertised for use on any fruit or vegetable. 5. Here's what Monopoly used to look like. This was before the design of Mr. Monopoly we all know and love today. 6. Here's what the original footage for Shrek looked like. 7. And here's an early version of the Cookie Monster that was green and had teeth. 8. Looks like Ken got some major plastic surgery over the years. 9. Here, you can see an even earlier Ken — along with Alan. 10. Here's their storage box, along with some accessories. 11. And here's the original Barbie! (You may recognize that striped bathing suit from the beginning of Barbie!) 12. Original designs for Voldemort (on the back of Quirrell's head) in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone were MUCH scarier than the one they ended up using. 13. Here's what fire extinguishers used to look like. They had salt water inside, and in later versions, fire suppressant. 14. Did you know that Return of the Jedi used to be called Revenge of the Jedi? Here's a poster from before it was changed. 15. Here's what Guess Who looks like today compared to how it used to was certainly less diverse back then. 16. Here's what Tigger used to look like. Was no one going to tell me he didn't always look like the Tigger we know and love??? 17. Here's what Trojan condoms used to look like. 18. This is what yearbooks and yearbook quotes used to look like. It's kind of a power move to call yourself a "saucy minx" in your yearbook, but I'm here for it. 19. Here's what old Valentine's cards looked like. They're low-key creeping me out. 20. Microwaves used to give the same energy as that one alarm clock everyone's dad had. Y'know, this one. 21. Here's how report cards used to look. Tag yourself, I'm "inclined to mischief." u/wtfimscreaming / Via 22. This is how much iPhone cameras have changed over the years. Soon, we'll be able to use them as microscopes or something. u/Redstone41 / Via 23. The difference between laptops over time is also wild. u/006ahmed / Via 24. This is what an old version of Old Spice looks like. I didn't know Old Spice was actually old. u/faganater / Via 25. Jergens has been around for a while, too. Here's what a bottle used to look like. u/yourboyscoob / Via 26. And here's what Head & Shoulders used to look like. u/ManintheVape / Via 27. I don't know why it never occurred to me that batteries would've looked different back in the day, but these kind of blew my mind. u/aaronbaum / Via 28. It also genuinely never occurred to me that dollar bills would've once looked different. u/swingingfloob / Via 29. Here's what the $5 bill used to look like in 1950. Did you know "In God We Trust" wasn't printed on US currency until 1957? u/president_dump / Via 30. Similarly, the original Pledge of Allegiance didn't have "under God." President Eisenhower signed a law in 1954 adding the phrase to the pledge, in part due to the Cold War ideas of Communists being "godless" and Americans being morally superior. u/seditiouslizard / Via 31. TIL that phone numbers were once four digits. u/Tezcatzontecatl / Via 32. Here's what credit cards and pay stubs used to look like. The fact that credit cards were once metal and paper is also really throwing me off. u/footpickle / Via 33. And driver's licenses were, too. Weren't people worried about spilling??? u/Nocommentthx666 / Via 34. Here's what Starbucks gift cards used to look like. u/ftpgshow / Via 35. And here's what McDonald's gift cards used to look like. I feel like both of these examples would be super easy to copy? u/ThatAlex13 / Via 36. Speaking of McDonald's, this old coupon is genuinely kind of terrifying. u/heyimmvp_ / Via 37. Here's what Nerds used to look like. They didn't have the flavors we have today, either. u/AlexStrange- / Via 38. Twix wrappers used to look pretty different, too. I just hope they still tasted the same! u/timo606 / Via 39. I kind of prefer the original Pringles can design. u/ezt93 / Via 40. Though the old Fanta logo is kind of boring. u/Legiiii / Via 41. This is what Sprite cans used to look like. u/leilalalafitz / Via 42. And this is what the original Mountain Dew looked like. u/please-dont-judege / Via 43. At least Pepto-Bismol has always been that same shade of pink! [deleted] / Via 44. Here, you can compare a thermostat from 1957 with a modern one. u/Onenaghi / Via 45. Here's how much cell phones have changed. I'm old enough to remember all of these, but are you? u/ScubaPuddingJr / Via 46. I'm also old enough to remember what Mac computers used to look like, but I feel that today's youth needs to be educated. u/FFGamer404 / Via 47. I kind of love how TVs used to look. u/Rogation / Via 48. Prescription pills used to come in much prettier containers. u/CharlesGravey / Via 49. Have you ever wondered how National Geographic used to look? I gotchu! u/RylanBrewer / Via 50. I'm not going to lie—this cash register is pretty sick, and I think we should go back to using ones like this. u/baggedlunch / Via 51. I also think old calculators should make a comeback. They look cool and retro. eggnoodlericecakes / Via 52. Here's what a child's car seat looked like in the 1930s and '40s. It looks just a *little* unsafe to me. H. Armstrong Roberts / H. Armstrong Roberts / ClassicStock / Getty Images 53. Here is what the first Taco Bell looked like. You can find it at their headquarters in California. u/thenewyorkgod / Via 54. And here is one of their original menus. Taco Bell / u/HelloSlowly / Via 55. Speaking of old menus, here's the original McDonald's menu. McDonald's / u/Dhorlin / Via 56. Here's what a ticket to Disneyland looked like in 1997 — and how much it cost. u/Spike-Ball / Via 57. Here is one of the original 1930s Shell gas stations. u/Turbulent-Ring216 / Via 58. Did you know that the original Hollywood sign actually used to say "Hollywoodland"? Michael Ochs Archives / Getty Images 59. Reclining seats on airplanes used to be MUCH nicer than they are today. They actually reclined. Authenticated News / Getty Images 60. First-class also used to be much nicer. Here's a first-class lounge on a 1960s airplane. Marka / Touring Club Italiano/Marka/Universal Images Group via Getty Images 61. New York subway cars used to look a little different. You can actually visit them at the New York City Transit Museum. Richard Levine / Corbis via Getty Images Check out more vintage subway cars here. 62. Times Square also looked super different back in the day. This photo is from 1940. Bettmann / Bettmann Archive via Getty Images 63. The original Xbox prototype looked pretty different from the Xbox we know and love today. u/clam_powder / Via 64. This old one-game Nintendo gaming console from 1982 actually doesn't look *that* different from the Switch. u/Clacefe / Via 65. This is what the first karaoke machine looked like, along with its inventor, Daisuke Inoue. YOSHIKAZU TSUNO / AFP via Getty Images 66. Here's what suits used to look like a century ago. u/NucklestheEnchilada_ / Via 67. And here's what a black wedding dress from the 1860s looked like. u/KatRorvik / Via 68. This is what a pharmacy looked like 100 years ago. u/Urbanexploration2021 / Via 69. And here's what old medicine used to contain. Along with things like arsenic and heroin. u/whynotmakeprojects / Via 70. Here's what personal ads used to look like in the late really, the equivalent of the modern dating bio. u/SatyamRajput004 / Via 71. And finally, here's what a test for an eighth grader looked like in 1912. Could you ace it today? u/Safe_Shake_8592 / Via
Los Angeles Times
12-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Los Angeles Times
Everything you need to know about ‘Carmina Burana,' Hollywood's go-to music for epic movie moments
This Sunday, the Los Angeles Master Chorale will fill the sails of Walt Disney Concert Hall with that stormy, earwormy cantata by Carl Orff: 'Carmina Burana.' The chorale will be joined by an orchestra and two children's choruses, and will also perform the world premiere of Reena Esmail's 'Jahaaṅ: Five Indian Folk Songs.' 'Carmina Burana' is a mainstay of the classical repertoire and one of the most widely recognizable concert works of the 20th century. But what exactly is it — and why do choirs keep returning to this 'circle of fortune'? Here is everything you need to know about 'Carmina Burana.' Where have I heard this before? Oh, maybe in millions of movie trailers during the last 40 years (an exaggeration but barely). The marriage of 'Carmina' and cinema arguably started in 1981 with the film 'Excalibur,' which indelibly used the opening movement 'O Fortuna' as King Arthur rides into battle with his knights. The medieval context was appropriate, but it also robustly demonstrated how damned epic and cinematic this old song was — and the entertainment world, which was beginning an arms race for epicness, started using 'O Fortuna' (the cantata's most famous movement, which bookends the hourlong work) in anything and everything as basically a shot of musical steroids. Oliver Stone needle-dropped it in 'The Doors,' in a scene where Jim Morrison drinks blood in a pagan ritual. (Ironically, the Doors' keyboard player, Ray Manzarek, did a bizarre rock cover of 'Carmina Burana' in 1983.) It was used in countless trailers in the '80s and '90s — from 'Glory' to 'Waterworld' to 'The Nutty Professor.' The latter was an example of how the overuse of this overwrought oratorio made it perfect fodder for parody, and the humor of juicing something comedic with its uber-seriousness. In that spirit, 'O Fortuna' was used in a huge variety of commercials — from Old Spice to Carlton Draught beer — not to mention multiple times in 'The Simpsons.' But many artists continued to take the piece seriously and deployed it to persuade us to take them super seriously. Michael Jackson used it in a montage of his international concerts and the hysteria they produced; rappers and hip-hop artists have sampled it — see: 'Hate Me Now' by Nas — and lots of sports teams have used it to hype up the home crowd. These days, you're most likely to hear 'O Fortuna' used ironically in a TikTok video. Who wrote it: when, where and why? Carl Orff composed 'Carmina Burana' in 1936, drawing upon a disparate collection of poetry and songs, mostly in Latin and mostly by anonymous writers. Dating as far back as the 11th century, these pieces had been discovered in a Bavarian monastery in 1803. The German composer, whose work often plumbed the ancient past, came across them in 1934. He was spellbound. 'Right when I opened it,' Orff reflected, 'on the very first page, I found the long-famous illustration of 'Fortune With the Wheel,' and under it the lines: 'O Fortuna velut Luna statu variabilis…' The picture and the words took hold of me. 'A stage work with choruses for singing and dancing, simply following the pictures and text, sprang to life immediately in my mind,' he said, and he feverishly produced a musical story in 25 chapters for massive choir, soloists and bombastic orchestras. Organized in three parts — 'Primo Vere' (Spring), 'In Taberna' (In the Tavern) and 'Cour d'Amours' (The Court of Love) — it is an alternately tempestuous, frolicking and romantic tour of life, musically recalling Bavarian folk music, drinking songs and love ballads, but all framed with the pounding war cries of 'O Fortuna.' How was it received when it premiered? It was a hit! The work was premiered by the Frankfurt Opera in June 1937, with costumed performers and sets. (It eventually morphed into a pure concert piece.) The reviews in Germany were good, and it was soon given hundreds of performances in Orff's homeland. It took two decades to reach America — premiering at Carnegie Hall in June 1954 — but it quickly seized hold in the classical scene here, very rapidly becoming the most performed, and most recorded, choral compositions of the century. Why was it controversial? Orff wrote the piece in Germany during the Nazi regime, and it was very popular with the Nazis — harmonizing uncomfortably well with their testosterone-fueled propaganda. Orff was never a member of the Nazi party himself, but it's unclear how cozy he was with the people who first embraced his cantata. Another reason is that, if you can translate Latin, some of the lyrics are quite bawdy and politically retrograde. (Example: 'My virginity makes me frisky / My simplicity holds me back.') So ... should I not bring my kids? To each their own, but musically speaking, 'Carmina Burana' is one of the more accessible and infectious concert works of the last century, and it has been a gateway drug for many generations into the larger ocean of classical music. Your kids may have even heard 'O Fortuna' somewhere already, and they'll probably tell you — happily — that it sounds like movie music. What has it influenced? Not only has 'O Fortuna' been used in tons of movies, but its influence is apparent in so many Hollywood film scores, which have routinely used beefy choirs and giant orchestras to approximate a similar feeling. Think of the devilish 'Ave Satani' in Jerry Goldsmith's 'The Omen' score or John Williams' 'Duel of the Fates' from 'The Phantom Menace.' Fun fact: When Stanley Kubrick was deciding on the musical approach for '2001: A Space Odyssey,' he gravitated toward 'Carmina Burana' so much that he actually rang Orff up and asked him to compose the film's score. Orff, then 71, turned him down.
