Whether you’re buying chocolate bunnies, marshmallow peeps or perhaps Cadbury eggs, Americans are expected to spend $18.2 billion on the Easter holiday. And candy purchases alone will make up more than $2.5 billion of that spending, according to a survey conducted by the National Retail Federation. Over 80 percent of […]
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SoftBank and Saudi Arabia join hands to birth a ‘big vision’ for solar power
Saudi Arabia and Japanese telecom giant-turned-tech investor SoftBank expanded their partnership this week, announcing the world’s biggest solar power generation project at a press conference in New York. The project was projected to cost $200 billion through 2030. That’s about how long it’s anticipated it will take to build out […]
Robert Herjavec’s success is driven by the sacrifices of his parents
According to Robert Herjavec, “You never know the situation you grow up in until you compare it to something else.” And after a long successful career, Herjavec’s life couldn’t be more different from where he started. Born in the communist country of Croatia, then known as Yugoslavia, Herjavec’s house had […]
5 ways to make your home more peaceful during National Stress Awareness Month
For Americans working hard to perform well at their jobs, the cost of success may come in the form of poor health, stress and burnout, an issue many can tackle during National Stress Awareness month in April. Roughly 63 percent of U.S. workers said they regularly engage in unhealthy behaviors, […]
Mental Coach of 3 top NBA draft picks shares the best 7 ways to thrive under pressure
Two qualities of the best leaders are empathy and compassion, he says. “If you can empathize with the people you are working with,” explains Betchart, “and have compassion for what they are going through, it’s amazing what it brings out of them.” Performance expert George Mumford, who has worked with […]
Trump bashes Amazon ‘scam,’ claims post office loses ‘billions’ delivering packages for the internet retailer
President Donald Trump bashed Amazon on Twitter for the second time in three days, this time claiming the U.S. Postal Service loses “billions of dollars” delivering packages for the Jeff Bezos-run retailer. Tweet Tweet Amazon is Trump’s new favorite punching bag, and that’s taken a toll on the high-flying stock. […]
John Paul DeJoria’s motorcycle collection includes a $20,000 BMW and a chopper that runs on Patron
Inside John Paul DeJoria’s Austin, Texas-based garage, you’ll find a $200,000 Ferrari and a customized $550,000 Lamborghini. But those belong to his wife, Eloise. The billionaire founder of Patron Spirits Co. and John Paul Mitchell Systems prefers to ride on two wheels, as evidenced by his motorcycle collection, which he […]
Google is finding ways to make money from Alphabet’s DeepMind A.I. technology
Google’s parent company Alphabet is increasingly commercializing the technology coming out of its artificial intelligence research unit DeepMind, four years after acquiring it. Earlier this week, Google’s cloud business announced a new service that converts blocks of text into natural-sounding speech, the first product containing DeepMind code that’s for sale. […]
MIT researchers are tackling a major challenge for self-driving cars — fog
Researchers at the MIT Media Lab have developed a new imaging system that can gauge the distance of objects obscured by fog so thick that humans can’t see through it. The goal is to integrate the technology into self-driving cars so that even in bad weather, the vehicles can avoid […]
Massive debt. Damaged credit. Nothing to save. How student loans make home ownership a pipe dream
In the late 1990s, Ed McKinley fell in love with a $65,000 house by a lake in New Hampshire. The owners let him move in early and pay rent until the buying process was completed. Inside his new home, McKinley installed a modern stove, painted the walls and began to […]