Job data suggests ‘soft landing’ may be near, say economists
Luis Alvarez | Digitalvision | Getty Images The U.S. economy inched closer to a so-called “soft landing” after a new
Category: Finance
Billionaires are in the midst of their own Great Wealth Transfer, UBS finds
Welcome to the modern dynastic era. Today’s billionaires are undergoing a seismic shift, transferring an unprecedented amount of wealth to
Alcohol and sodas should be taxed more to encourage healthier lifestyles and save millions of lives each year, WHO says
The World Heath Organization called on countries to increase taxes on alcohol and sugary drinks to counter their negative effects
Coinbase Wallet lets users send stablecoins for free on messaging apps like WhatsApp and iMessage
Coinbase on Tuesday announced changes to its decentralized Wallet product aimed at making the service more streamlined and easy to
Meta is disconnecting the Messenger programs of Facebook and Instagram
Three years after announcing Facebook and Instagram users could chat with each other, Meta is reversing course. The social media
Crypto firms could spend more on lobbying than in 2022—when FTX and Sam Bankman-Fried were still writing checks
Last week, the crypto industry’s top companies flooded into Washington, D.C., for an annual conference—a policy summit hosted by the
Uber will pick up and deliver your Secret Santa gifts
The time crunch of the holidays gets more and more intense the closer we get to the end of December.
Access to modern stoves could be a game-changer for Africa’s economic development–and help cut the equivalent of the carbon dioxide emitted by the world’s planes and ships
There are many glaring injustices in the world. But what is most appalling is when an injustice is ignored for
Nestlé’s chief designer knows company can do more on sustainability
Few brands have as much of a global presence as those owned by Nestlé. The Swiss company is behind some
Elon Musk’s not wrong: People really are less willing to work post-pandemic and top economists blame Covid handouts
Elon Musk has arguably been white-collar workers’ loudest critic, accusing remote workers of “pretending to work” and the American workforce
School children suffer ‘unprecedented drop’ during pandemic, global study finds
Students around the world suffered historic setbacks in reading and math during the COVID-19 pandemic, with declines in test scores
Rockstar Games dominates social media with GTA VI trailer
Forget Marvel, Star Wars, Harry Potter or James Bond. None of the next installments of these popular franchises will likely
Wells Fargo CEO warns of severance costs as layoffs loom
Charlie Scharf, CEO, Wells Fargo, speaks during the Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills, California on May 2, 2023.
The future of AI is too important to be decided behind closed doors. There is a better way
Somewhere during the 96 hours between the surprise firing of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and his rehiring, observers and social
Global Carbon Project reports 1.1% increase in carbon dioxide emissions in 2023 to nearly 37 billion metric tons
The world this year pumped 1.1% more heat-trapping carbon dioxide into the air than last year because of increased pollution
Birkenstock shares surge past IPO price for the first time
The buzzy sandal company Birkenstock listing in October came at an interesting time as consumers were thinking twice before spending
Premier League sells UK rights for $8.4 billion to Sky Sports and TNT Sports
The Premier League sold four years of UK broadcast rights for £6.7 billion ($8.4 billion), mostly to its biggest existing
Jeremy Siegel says the Fed and Jerome Powell could temper Dow returns
The end of the year often marks an uptick for the stock market, with a so-called Santa Rally pushed by
Meta and IBM face off against Google and Microsoft as AI tech bosses all demand regulation
Tech leaders have been vocal proponents of the need to regulate artificial intelligence, but they’re also lobbying hard to make
Supreme Court agonizes over Purdue Pharma deal that would let Sackler family walk away with billions
The justices seemed by turns reluctant to break up an exhaustively negotiated agreement, but also leery of somehow rewarding the
Ohio Senate Republicans move to limit marijuana legalization after voters approve it
Banning marijuana growing at home, increasing the substance’s tax rate and altering how those taxes get distributed are among vast
YouTube influencer Trevor Daniel Jacob gets 6 month prison sentence for obstruction investigation of intentional airplane crash
An influencer who staged a California plane crash to make a YouTube video of himself parachuting to safety was sentenced
Former Republican Speaker Paul Ryan on Supreme Court’s wealth tax case: ‘a lot of the tax code would be unconstitutional’
The Supreme Court is taking up a case Tuesday over a Washington couple’s $15,000 tax bill that is widely seen as a
Your ‘normal’ cholesterol level can still be deadly, warns aging expert Dr. Michael Greger. Here’s what it should really be
Scientific consensus panels going back decades established—“beyond a reasonable doubt”—that lowering LDL cholesterol reduces the risk of heart attacks. Consistent
Don’t let your company holiday party turn into a horror story. Here are 7 expert tips to master it
We’ve all been warned in some way or another about proper etiquette for the annual office holiday party. And still,