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The Girl Scouts just announced a cookie for your dog. I’m not made of stone. My first reaction was the same as everyone else’s, which is that this is delightful and I want one for a dog I don’t currently own. My second reaction, after 35 years of reading fine…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Christos Garkinos, founder of Covet by Christos. It has been edited for length and clarity.I learned from a very young age what success meant: it was money in the till after the lunch rush.My Greek immigrant parents owned a diner in…
Google has some fresh talent in the AI race.The tech giant has completed its talent deal with San Francisco startup Mechanize Inc, public postings show.Mechanize’s co-founder and ex-CEO, Tamay Besiroglu, now works as a research scientist at Google’s AI division, DeepMind, according to his LinkedIn profile. Over a dozen other…
Only nine major car brands averaged sale prices under $40,000 in the United States in August 2026, as overall average new car prices topped $50,000 and car shoppers are feeling the pinch. Consumers paid an average of $50,089 for new cars in August 2026, according to Cox Automotive’s Kelley Blue…
Selling a stock at a loss can be a useful tax strategy. The loss may offset capital gains and, in some cases, reduce taxable income, but that benefit may end up delayed if you buy the same or a substantially identical investment within 30 days before or after the sale.…
Apple would kindly like to stay far away from Meta’s ongoing reputational challenges with AI glasses.Apple CEO John Ternus was recently asked about how the company thinks about privacy in the age of AI wearables in light of backlash around AI glasses like Meta’s. After all, Apple is rumored to…
Hugging Face CEO Clement Delangue questioned the focus on a former Anthropic researcher who said AI workers privately fear the technology could kill all humans.”Sorry, but asking Jacob about AI extinction risk is like asking your AC guy about climate change,” Delangue wrote on X on Friday.Delangue said that Jacob…
Here’s a question I’ve been asked a hundred different ways over the years: “I’m in the 12% bracket. So why did pulling $10,000 out of my IRA cost me more than $2,000 in tax?” The answer is a feature of the tax code that financial planners call the Social Security…
A trustee-to-trustee transfer moves retirement money directly between financial institutions without sending the funds to you first. This can simplify moving IRA assets, keeping the money within the retirement system. It also generally avoids the 60-day deadline and once-per-year restriction that can apply to certain IRA rollovers.A financial advisor can…
In mid-August, Uber Freight revealed a cybersecurity incident involving unauthorized access to a portion of its systems and data.Days prior, Ceva Logistics, a subsidiary of CMA CGM, reported a data breach that affected numerous companies and leaked their customers’ personal information. Weeks before that, Coca-Cola’s dairy brand Fairlife was hit…
