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The total damage from Hurricane Helene to North Carolina—be it physical, psychological or economic – is difficult to quantify. But the numbers...
Japanese automakers Honda and Nissan will attempt to merge and create the world’s third-largest automaker by sales as the industry undergoes...
Two weeks after its stock was suspended from the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), The Container Store has become the latest embattled retailer to...
Throughout 2024, headlines highlighted a purported slump in electric vehicle sales. Not even Tesla, the top-selling EV in the country, could...
At this time of year investment banks, advertising agencies, and seemingly every other business on the planet share their predictions on what is...
I’ve been teaching business studies for nearly two decades. In any textbook geared for a principles of management course, students are introduced...
A week after Hurricane Sandy flooded New York City’s streets and subways in 2012, the city’s schools were back in business. But schools in rural...
Hello and welcome to Modern CEO! I’m Stephanie Mehta, CEO and chief content officer of Mansueto Ventures. Each week this newsletter explores...
Approximately one million taxpayers will automatically receive special payments of up to $1,400 from the IRS in the coming weeks. The money will be...
Amazon delivery drivers and Starbucks baristas are on strike in a handful of U.S. cities as they seek to exert pressure on the two major companies...
Traders look like they’re ready to rumble today. Rumble, the YouTube alternative video-streaming platform that has become popular in right-wing...
A balanced planet requires more energy with less carbon. The energy transition to a lower carbon future is arguably the largest and most...
Sure, sure, Christmas trees, Santa Claus, and snowmen are celebrity-like symbols of the holiday season. They’re the cause of TikTok trend-induced...
How fitting for Time to debut an AI chatbot last week with its annual Person of the Year package. AI was almost certainly Thing of the Year, after...
Pennsylvania is an energy hub. It’s the second-leading energy-generating state in the country, and the top exporter of electricity across all...
In the Bible’s Book of Samuel, David was a shepherd and harpist in his adolescence when he managed to kill the Philistine Goliath with a sling and...
I research the intersection of artificial intelligence, natural language processing, and human reasoning as the director of the Advancing Human and...
In 2024, the job market slowed. Tech layoffs continued: an estimated 100,000 jobs were lost according to Crunchbase News. While the unemployment...
The recent spate of unidentified drone sightings in the U.S., including some near sensitive locations such as airports and military installations,...
Threats and harassment are pushing some politicians out of office, scaring off some would-be candidates and even compelling some elected officials...
Every time I see the Sherwin-Williams logo, my brain briefly and hopelessly breaks. And like any good intoxicant, I enjoy it. Because it is, hands-...
For the past few years, I’ve had the same New Year’s resolution, which, on paper, may seem to be the antithesis of what a New Year’s resolution...
Well, here we are. The traditional time to look back, reflect, and evaluate the past 12 months. Thankfully, this story isn’t about food intake,...
With smartphones and social apps taking over, the way we connect with each other has totally changed. We’re always “on” and somehow still...
Imagine having a single app to keep up with your favorite news sources, YouTube channels, newsletters, and blogs, all in an easy-to-read format...
In 2024, the singer Sade released her first song in six years, Andre 3000 debuted a 26-minute flute song, and Sam Smith covered Sylvester’s “You...
The Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown, starring Timothée Chalamet, focuses on Dylan’s early 1960s transition from idiosyncratic singer of folk...
Logging onto LinkedIn, your feed is likely full of “Open to Work” profiles and posts about the struggle of finding a job in today’s market....
The U.S. has made great progress in getting more people insured since the Affordable Care Act took effect in 2014. The share of uninsured Americans...
Coffee badging. The Great Stay. Revenge quitting. This year has seen no shortage of terms to describe the new ways we work. As 2024 comes to a...
It’s a common seasonal refrain: “Christmas just isn’t like it used to be.” This is not a new complaint. History shows that Christmas...
Flooding is one of the deadliest and costliest natural disasters in the U.S., causing billions of dollars in damage each year. In 2024 alone,...
Cities tackle a vast array of responsibilities—from building transit networks to running schools—and sometimes they can use a little help....
When high school students and their families investigate which college is the best fit, they will inevitably be inundated with various facts and...
The new year—and the return of the Trump administration to the White House—could bring all kinds of changes to the workplace. The president-elect...
Want more housing market stories from Lance Lambert’s ResiClub in your inbox? Subscribe to the ResiClub newsletter. Michael Zuber began...
Finding the perfect present isn’t always easy—especially if the people in your life are, let’s say, challenging to shop for. And while gift...
Police investigating the shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson on Dec. 4, 2024, have announced that the suspected assailant had used a...
Anyone using a Mac in the workplace knows it’s a productivity powerhouse. Not only do Macs run business staples like Microsoft Office and...
It’s hard to imagine a holiday season without A Charlie Brown Christmas . The 1965 broadcast has become a staple—etched into traditions across...
Want more housing market stories from Lance Lambert’s ResiClub in your inbox? Subscribe to the ResiClub newsletter. While homebuyers and home...
Alex Morgan doesn’t like the word retirement . “I’ve been saying ‘post-playing career,’” she said, “because retirement makes it sound...
Figuring out who’s creditworthy is getting more complicated, and millions of Americans are stuck with “thin files” or are considered credit...
Andrew Ng came up with a theory almost 15 years ago: What if Google, the internet giant, thought of machines like the brain and trained neural...
It’s safe to say that air travel—especially holiday air travel—is back. According to online travel agency Hopper, more than 32 million people...
This holiday season, the last thing my coworkers and I wanted to do was go on strike—but this week Starbucks has left us no other choice. As...
Lightning struck deep in the central Idaho mountains on July 24, 2024, igniting the Wapiti Fire that burned across 129,063 acres around Stanley,...
In 2018, L.L. Bean ended its century-old “lifetime” return policy, limiting returns to one year after purchase and requiring receipts. The demise...
Kendra Adachi is the host of The Lazy Genius Podcast and the New York Times bestselling author of two books, The Lazy Genius Way and The Lazy...
One of the benefits of rewatching your favorite holiday films year after year is getting the opportunity to take a deeper look into the stories....
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, a set of tax cuts Donald Trump signed into law during his first term as president, will expire on Dec. 31, 2024. As...
As a stylist, Law Roach has helped stars like Zendaya, Celine Dion, and Anya Taylor-Joy stand out on the red carpet, dressing them in his signature...
The “choking game” has potentially deadly consequences, as players are challenged to temporarily strangle themselves by restricting oxygen to...
Workers at Starbucks stores plan to go on a five-day strike starting Friday to protest lack of progress in contract negotiations with the company....
Packaged foods in the U.S. will have to follow new rules in order to call themselves “healthy,” according to changes finalized Thursday by the...
Seventeen days after Hurricane Helene devastated Western North Carolina, tearing down power lines, destroying water mains, and disabling cellphone...
This weekend is when many Americans consider the holidays to be in full swing. It’s the final weekend before Christmas, which takes place on...
After spending much of 2024 closing stores and recent months trying to solidify a sale of the company to keep its doors open, discount retail chain...
Specialty pharmacies and online companies that have been selling off-brand copies of two blockbuster drugs for obesity and diabetes will need to...
U.S. wholesale egg prices are shattering records as an accelerating outbreak of bird flu in laying hens slashes supplies while shoppers buy more to...
There are certain social media rules we can all agree on: Ghosting a conversation is impolite, and replying “k” to a text is the equivalent of...
The phrase “no risk, no reward” couldn’t be more spot-on for businesses and professionals trying to stand out in today’s crowded markets....
Throughout 2024, it often felt hard to keep one’s bearings: Is the presidential campaign now a permanent state of being? Are Tesla robots and...
Saturday Night Live is a cultural institution. In an era when everything is streamed and nothing seems real, NBC’s landmark live sketch comedy...
Want to know the Bible’s stance on technology? There’s an AI chatbot for that. Just a few years ago, experts were predicting a mass decline of...
I think about this year-end list of design books all year long, collecting stacks, reading hundreds of pages, pouring over countless images. I keep...
In order to get more people to switch from gas cars to EVs, the U.S. needs to have a robust charging network. The Biden administration pledged to...
Leaders don’t always have the answers, and the best of them know that and will often be the first to remind you of this. Consider a situation in...
CagriSema, a drug that Novo Nordisk had hoped would become its next generation weight-loss aid, has failed to meet expectations in late-stage...
This week in branding news, Cheerios bulked up, Orangetheory dialed back its intense look, and the NBA took a risky shot with a recreation of its...
One of the oldest architectural sites in the world is getting the MrBeast treatment. A recently released video clip features the famous YouTuber...
It’s an unscientific fact that nine out of every 10 conversations about tech in the past year have been about AI. But the 10th has been about...
“Pov: you think you know love until you read this book,” reads a viral TikTok post that’s referring not to a bestseller by Colleen Hoover or...
In 2022, Etsy’s earnings topped $109 million in consolidated net income. “Despite significant macroeconomic headwinds, we maintained the vast...
Women are set to control $30 trillion in personal wealth by 2030, according to a 2020 McKinsey report. Yet despite this display of financial...
There was a time when dressing for middle school meant begging your parents for the cutest outfits: perhaps a Hollister graphic tee or the latest...
Around the time that MIT economist Daron Acemoglu became one of AI’s most prominent hype-busters, he also won a Nobel Prize. While those two...
In the Northern Hemisphere, the longest night of the year is almost upon us. Saturday, December 21, marks the winter solstice. An optimistic way to...
With just days until Christmas and the start of the holidays, President Joe Biden is taking care of some last-minute business, giving most federal...
President-elect Donald Trump said on Friday that the European Union may face tariffs if the bloc does not cut its growing deficit with the United...
Shipping deadlines? Checkout lines? Traffic? Christmas morning panic? Amateur hour—all of them. Whether you’re forgetful, inconsiderate, or just...
The party is over for Party City, which is closing all its stores and going out of business after 40 years of supplying balloons, cups, candles,...
Several environmental groups are suing California air regulators over their recent update of a contentious climate program, saying they failed to...
American farmers, small business owners and wildfire survivors are among those who will suffer if Congress cannot agree on a new spending bill...
Pastry chef Arnaud Delmontel rolls out dough for croissants and pain au chocolat that later emerge golden and fragrant from the oven in his Paris...
President Joe Biden is abandoning his effort to cancel student loans for more than 38 million Americans, the first step in an administration-wide...
We already know sexism is bad for women’s paychecks, as women are paid 84% of what men are paid, on average. We also know it’s historically been...
Workplace burnout has reached epidemic levels. A recent Deloitte survey found that 77% of full-time U.S. employees have experienced burnout in...
The 2025 job search will likely look drastically different from searches in the past, driven by the ever-evolving role of technology in the...
Tesla is issuing a major recall on nearly 700,000 vehicles, including its 2024 Cybertruck. In a report Tuesday, the National Highway Traffic...