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$6.90 a pound. For ground beef. That’s not rib eye or filet — that’s plain old hamburger. According to recent Bureau of Labor Statistics data, it’s a new American record. On a non-seasonally adjusted basis, ground beef has crossed nearly $7 a pound for the first time in history. Steaks?…
Missiles, rockets, artillery, drones, and other weapons flew across the Philippines earlier this month in a large-scale military exercise that a top US commander described as a rehearsal for a Pacific fight. Loading audio narration… Adm. Samuel Paparo, head of US Indo-Pacific Command, said that Balikatan 2026, which brought over…
“Mom, why are we going?” my son asked, snuggling up against me. Loading audio narration… I pulled the bed covers up close and, adopting my most reassuring mom voice, explained our upcoming move from California to Kentucky to my 5-year-old. As the time for our big move approached, this question…
In the early 2000s, the dot-com bubble burst, erasing fortunes and leaving investors terrified of risk. If you pitched certain ideas back then — like an online bookstore that survived the crash or a DVD mail service — you were laughed out of the room. Yet, the investors who ignored…
Americans are getting fleeced on vacation. The typical American vacation now totals $7,249, per a 2025 survey from travel insurance marketplace Squaremouth. Hotels run hundreds nightly in most major cities. Domestic flights are getting more expensive. And those are just the headline numbers — they don’t include the dozens of…
Popsmith cofounder Tal Moore beat the odds when Oprah chose his high-end stovetop popcorn popper for her coveted “Favorite Things” list. Loading audio narration… Moore said an Oprah Daily editor told him the team reviews about 15,000 products a year before Oprah makes her final picks. In 2024, the Popsmith…
Big Media companies have spent the last few years trying to get out of the cable TV business because cable TV is in permanent decline. Loading audio narration… That seems like a problem for Versant CEO Mike Lazarus: His newly public company is composed primarily of cable TV networks, like…
Venture capitalists have spent the last few years hunting for the next great AI startup. Increasingly, they’re also using AI to scout for the next OpenAI or Anthropic. Loading audio narration… Early-stage investors are weaving chatbots and agents into nearly every part of the job: mapping markets, stress-testing ideas, preparing…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Laura Taylor, the 54-year-old founder and CEO of Mingle Mocktails, based in Berwyn, Pennsylvania. The following has been edited for length and clarity.My goal was always to be a working woman — to wear power suits, have a corner office, and…
Cava doesn’t merely want to sell you a Mediterranean slop bowl anymore. It wants to predict when you’ll order it, optimize the labor used to make it, personalize the app that sells it to you, and maybe eventually know you want extra feta before you do. Loading audio narration… On…
