Toyota’s strong hybrid sales keep it on track to remain world’s top selling automaker
From Fortune: Toyota maintains its title as the world’s top-selling automaker amid the debate over hybrid versus electric vehicles. Hybrids
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Citi® / AAdvantage® Executive World Elite Mastercard® review: Luxury travel perks for American Airlines loyalists
From Fortune Magazine: The Citi® / AAdvantage® Executive World Elite Mastercard® offers Admirals Club membership and AAdvantage miles, but lacks
JetBlue Plus Card review: Valuable benefits with a modest annual fee
From Fortune: The JetBlue Plus Card is a top airline card for frequent JetBlue flyers, with high rewards rates and
AI expert fears ‘tsunami of misinformation’ in 2024 election
From Fortune: The 2024 presidential election may be rife with misinformation and deepfakes, experts warn. Generative AI tools allow the
Elder deaths in abuse or neglect cases surged in Pennsylvania during COVID-19
From Fortune: Pennsylvania saw a dramatic increase in deaths of older adults following an abuse or neglect complaint in recent
Financial experts share their high net-worth clients’ 3 biggest concerns
From Fortune: 2023’s U.S. economic shake-ups included rising credit card debt, decreasing housing sales, and increased living costs. HNW investors,
Why Wall Street titans like Bank of America, JP Morgan, love Dallas
From Fortune: Dallas has become a hot spot for big finance as Wall Street’s largest banks, including Goldman Sachs, Wells
British start-ups should be kept on home soil, says BBB boss
From Fortune: Britain has seen companies relocate to the U.S. or list on American stock markets recently, leaving the U.K.
CEO of Ray Dalio’s Bridgwater has tough first year after office romance complaint
From Time Magazine: Nir Bar Dea becomes CEO of Bridgewater Associates aiming to reshape the company. A past romantic relationship
2023 was a new American era of housing haves and have-nots
From Fortune: In 2023, the housing market faced stark divisions between haves and have-nots, causing winners and losers. Homeowners benefitted
Starbucks, KFC and McDonalds investing in China despite political tensions
From Fortune: Amid declining foreign investment in China, American fast-food chains are betting on China’s massive market. KFC and McDonald’s
China’s Xiaomi unveils first EV in bid to compete with Porsche, Tesla
From NBCUniversal: Chinese smartphone company Xiaomi unveiled the SU7 sedan, its first electric car, set to enter China’s competitive electric
Don’t wait for everything to fall apart. Preventative self-care offers an edge against workplace burnout
From Time Magazine: Summary: Preventative self-care practices are a vital part of avoiding burnout. Minaa B., a social worker and
3 Things That Didn’t Happen in 2023
From Morningstar: Investment managers and media are often surprised by unexpected events, or “black swans.” Morningstar Investment Management advises against
10 Undervalued Wide Moat Stocks
From Morningstar: High-quality, undervalued wide-moat stocks have outperformed the broad US Market Index for three, five, and 10-year periods. This
Herb Kohl, former 4-term Democratic U.S. senator and owner of the NBA’s Milwaukee Bucks, dies at 88
From Fortune: Former Democratic U.S. Senator Herb Kohl of Wisconsin, owner of the Milwaukee Bucks, has passed away at the
The endangered Species Act turns 50, and those who created and enforced it recall its highs and lows: ‘I was threatened many times’
From Fortune Magazine: President Richard Nixon signed the Endangered Species Act into law on Dec. 28, 1973, charging the federal
GM goes to war against San Francisco over a $108 million tax bill it says it doesn’t owe because it has virtually no business or employees in the city
From Fortune Magazine: General Motors is suing San Francisco over allegedly unfair taxation. The automaker claims that despite low sales
SPAC companies accounted for at least 21 bankruptcies this year and a staggering $46 billion in lost investor value
From Fortune: The Wall Street love affair with blank-check firms ended in 2023 with a flood of major bankruptcies and
Neighboring New Jersey towns elect brothers as mayors
From Fortune: Two brothers, John and Vince Giovannitti, will be taking on the roles of mayors of neighboring towns, Paulsboro
The biggest clean energy project in U.S. history just raised $11 billion and started construction
From Fortune Magazine: Pattern Energy Group has secured $11 billion in financing and begun construction on the SunZia wind farm
Spirit Airlines puts 6-year-old alone on wrong flight for Christmas holiday
From Fortune: A 6-year-old boy was put on the wrong flight and ended up 160 miles away from his intended
Amazon Prime is putting ads on movies and TV shows starting in late January—and the only way to avoid them is to pay more
From Fortune: Starting next month, Amazon Prime Video users will start seeing ads on movies and TV shows. On January
Apple Watch sales can resume as IP battle continues, federal court rules
From Fortune Magazine: A federal court has temporarily lifted a sales halt on two higher-end models of the Apple Watch,
Time Magazine: Social media made $11 billion in U.S. ad sales from minors and therefore has ‘overwhelming financial incentives’ to avoid protecting children, study finds
From Time Magazine: A study from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health found that social media companies made