If you follow financial headlines, you’ve likely seen “recession” cropping up enough times to believe the economy is already in one. By the traditional definition — two consecutive quarters of negative economic growth — the U.S. hasn’t gotten there quite yet. Then again, you never know you’ve had a recession […]
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In this volatile housing market, here’s how to know when the bottom is in
New homes at the Cielo at Sand Creek by Century Communities housing development in Antioch, California, U.S., on Thursday, March 31, 2022. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Chicago realtor Jeremy Fisher headed to Florida after Christmas counting on five mostly-relaxed weeks, after a slow second half of […]
Climate reparations are not going to be helpful, U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham says
U.S Senator Lindsey Graham has said the world should focus on environmental damage prevention rather than on climate reparations. Kent Nishimura | Los Angeles Times | Getty Images The world should focus on environmental damage prevention rather than on climate reparations, U.S Senator Lindsey Graham said Friday, calling for approaches […]
Brain implant startup backed by Bezos and Gates is testing mind-controlled computing on humans
Philip O’Keefe, one of Synchron’s patients in the SWITCH clinical trial, using his BCI. Source: Synchron In a Brooklyn lab stuffed with 3D printers and a makeshift pickleball court, employees at a brain interface startup called Synchron are working on technology designed to transform daily life for people with paralysis. […]
I’m an experienced female solo traveler—here are 4 tips I use to be smart about my money on the go
Solo travel is one of my favorite perks of being single. Of course, anyone can book a trip by themselves, but I’ve found my coupled friends are less likely to leave their significant other at home, and not without reason. Women historically earn less than men and travel costs are […]
Why is Universal making a live-action ‘How to Train Your Dragon’? These charts may explain
Still from Universal and Dreamworks’ “How to Train Your Dragon 2.” Universal | Dreamworks Universal Pictures and DreamWorks Animation are taking a page out of Disney’s playbook. For the last decade, the Walt Disney Company has been transforming its classic animated features into live-action theatrical and streaming features. Earlier this […]
‘Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania’ reviews: The villain is good, but the movie is bad
Paul Rudd is Scott Lang, aka Ant-Man, alongside Johnathan Majors as Kang the Conqueror in “Ant-Man and the Wasp in Quantumania.” Disney Are the pint-sized heroes of Disney’s “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania” enough to take on the newest — and baddest — villain of the Marvel Cinematic Universe? Not […]
Elon Musk promised a lot with the Tesla Semi. Here’s how it stacks up now that it’s finally here
First announced by Elon Musk in 2017, the Tesla Semi has been one of the longest-delayed products in the company’s history. But the new electric truck is finally here, with PepsiCo being the first customer to receive some of the 100 vehicles it pre-ordered. “PepsiCo owns one of the largest […]
Kristen Bell: In business, ‘I don’t have an MBA,’ so I make up for it with ’emotional intelligence’
For most of her career, Kristen Bell had more experience in front of cameras than in boardrooms. That’s quickly changing: The star of “Frozen” and NBC’s “The Good Place” co-founded snacks company This Saves Lives in 2013, and launched baby care company Hello Bello with her husband, Dax Shepard, six […]
Ukraine ‘weeks away’ from full IMF support program, says fund chief
The IMF’s Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva has said a fully-fledged support program for Ukraine is “weeks away.” Brendan Smialowski | Afp | Getty Images The IMF is weeks away from finalizing a fully-fledged program of support for Ukraine, the fund’s Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva told CNBC Saturday. This comes hours […]