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This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Douglas Craig, a 58-year-old ski instructor in Silverthorne, Colorado. The following has been edited for length and clarity.I worked in media for more than 30 years for a lot of different companies, including Discovery Communications. I helped launch Animal Planet, then…
Slate wants its tiny electric truck to be exactly what its name suggests: a blank slate.The Jeff Bezos-backed auto startup is pitching a bare-bones pickup that buyers can turn into an SUV, wrap in more than 100 colors, and outfit with everything from a stereo to a custom key fob.…
Small, everyday purchases like a meal from DoorDash are now able to be financed through eat now, pay later options — a practice that some experts deem “predatory.” “You’ve got to have enough sense to not follow the urge to finance a taco, okay? You have got to be an…
After years spent studying, weeks of final exams and afternoons spent booing commencement speakers when they brought up artificial intelligence, the class of 2026 has graduated into an economy in which consumer sentiment is near all-time lows. New college graduates are entering “the real world” without rose-colored glasses. At 76%,…
Overcoming the feeling that small amounts are pointless is the hardest part of building a cash cushion. Stashing $50 feels trivial and pointless. The flaw in that logic is that while $50 may be a drop in the ocean, regularly putting away that amount is not. Overcoming inertia Overcoming the initial…
Consumer prices fell 0.1% in March, according to the Consumer Price Index (CPI) released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). This is the first monthly drop since July 2022. Annual inflation increased 2.4% compared to a 2.8% increase registered in February. Core inflation, which excludes volatile energy and food…
The Federal Reserve is keeping rates steady at its targeted range of 4% to 4.25% and is waiting to see how President Donald Trump’s administration’s tariffs will impact the economy. For now, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said that the central bank is in the right place to monitor the…
Katie Couric, 69, says a supportive male colleague taught her one of the biggest life lessons after she experienced workplace sexism.During an appearance on Wednesday’s episode of “Call Her Daddy,” Couric opened up about the challenges she faced early in her broadcast journalism career.She recounted an incident in which an…
Americans have trillions of dollars of wealth locked up in their homes, and passing it on at death can get messy quickly. The typical way of outlining who should get the house in a will can cause delays after death—so much so that most states have set up a new…
In a Thursday post on X, Munster said that, for the most part, a large price change leads to little change in Apple consumer demand.”Apple’s 1.5B consumers (my estimate) are locked into the ecosystem and, more importantly, get a ton of value out of the products even with the most…
