Author: News Room
One of the greatest ironies in personal finance is that the people with the most money sometimes live the most uncomfortably. After spending another summer in Honolulu with my parents, I’ve been thinking hard about why. This post is a love letter to frugal parents everywhere. It’s also a nudge…
Fewer diners visited Taco Bell and lettuce-heavy restaurants, including Panera, as a cyclospora outbreak grew late last week.Early data from location intelligence firm Placer.ai shows that US foot traffic at some of these chains began to decline in the second half of the week as reports of the diarrhea-causing parasite…
“Where are all the people?”My mother, Roberta, was standing in the doorway of the guest bedroom in her house, a bedroom I occupied when I visited. Her short frame was visible in the dark of night, and she wore an almost gossamer nightgown, casting an eerie image of gently floating…
The world’s AI superpowers differ on a key strategy: openness.Chinese leader Xi Jinping shared his philosophy on AI at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai on Friday. He called for both more regulation of the tech — as well as open-sourcing it.In a list of four observations, Xi first…
When our first daughter was born last April, we spotted a rare window in our lives where we could travel extensively and get our baby a few passport stamps before she turned 1.My wife had a year of maternity leave, and I was about to leave my full-time job to…
A few years ago, I achieved the American dream. You know the one: I purchased a home. My dream home.For years, like so many, I pinned hundreds of images on Pinterest of what I wanted in a house, from a spacious kitchen to a big soaker tub. The house I…
As its name suggests, “The Odyssey” centers on Odysseus, the king of Ithaca.Although Odysseus is ostensibly the hero, he’s depicted as a morally complex character. He’s an archetypal trickster — sharp, persuasive, and cunning — which helps him win the favor of Athena, the goddess of wisdom. However, his deception and…
With new electric vehicle prices averaging nearly $55,000 and the federal government no longer offering $7,500 in tax credits for plug-in vehicles, 13 major automakers are confirming plans to participate in California’s new $3,500 instant rebate program for new EV buyers in the state. California Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat,…
Artificial intelligence: boom, bubble or bust? Probably a mix of all three. Whatever comes of it, it increases investment risk. It suggests that a lot of retirees and near-retirees need to rethink their portfolios. The problem is not just that much of the stock market’s exuberant valuation hangs on data…
For most of their existence, stablecoins were something the banking establishment observed from a distance, but the ‘wait and see’ period is now over. Stablecoins processed 33 trillion dollars in transaction volume in 2025, topping the combined 25.5 trillion dollars handled by Visa and Mastercard, according to a State of…
