Finance
I used Claude to solve a problem that data centers helped cause for my photography business. It’s saved me thousands.
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Allen Cooley, photographer, director, and founder of Allen Cooley Photography, a commercial, beauty, and portrait studio based in Atlanta, Georgia. The conversation has been edited for length and clarity. I’ve been working professionally as a…
Elder care is crushing family finances. These 4 families had to get creative to make it work.
Kim Berling anticipates living a very long life. Much of it, though, may not go as she wants. Berling, 66, and her husband, 72, have cared for her 99-year-old mother-in-law. Both work to support her as her memory fades and her health declines. Berling and her husband, who lives in Albuquerque, make…
I loved attending an HBCU, but now I’m still struggling with student loan debt 20 years later. I don’t want the same for my kids.
Since I was 11, I dreamed of attending a historically Black college or university. That dream started at Morgan State University in Baltimore, where I spent two weeks each summer in a program focused on leadership and academics. For a preteen growing up in Baltimore City, Morgan felt like another…
I moved abroad when flights home were cheap. Now caring for my aging dad is much harder and more expensive.
When I threw a party in Italy to celebrate my 40th birthday, it felt like the start of a new chapter. Watching my dad attempt conversation with my partner’s family across the language barrier, and my nephew playing with his nephew, I felt a joy I hadn’t known since before my mom died. A year
Macy’s CEO Tony Spring shared these 4 career tips from his 4 decades in retail
Shut up and listen, connect with your coworkers, and make a stellar first impression. Macy’s CEO Tony Spring shared those three pieces of career advice, drawn from around four decades of working in department stores, during the latest episode of the “How Leaders Lead with David Novak” podcast…
Kevin Warsh is remaking the central bank into the C-suite
Kevin Warsh is bringing his Wall Street chops back to Washington. The new head of the central bank — who took the post in May — comes from a career as a finance executive at Morgan Stanley, an economic advisory role in the Bush White House, and a former governorship on the Federal Reserve. The
Amazon tells sellers to pay up to get your packages to you faster
Amazon is turning to third-party sellers to expand one of its fastest shipping options — and asking them to pay up for it. The e-commerce giant is asking some sellers who use Fulfillment by Amazon, or FBA, to submit bids to make their products eligible for “sub-Same Day” delivery, according to an…
OpenAI says it’s ending its deal with Cursor because Elon Musk’s companies violate contracts
OpenAI said it’s ending its contract with Cursor, a coding startup recently acquired by SpaceX, because it doesn’t trust an Elon Musk-owned company to comply with its terms of service. The company said in a statement published on Friday night that it plans to shut off Cursor’s access to OpenAI…
I didn’t raise my daughter to become an Olympic champion, but she did. I raised her to handle failure.
People ask how I raised an Olympic champion. They expect stories about hiring private coaches, driving to competitions across the country, and arranging my life around the sport she loved. But the goal, for my husband and me, was to raise a happy, well-rounded, capable daughter with the good…
Vivian Tu, CEO of ‘Your Rich BFF,’ says these 3 splurges are actually worth the money
Vivian Tu spent her first years out of college on a trading desk. While working at JP Morgan, she noticed something about the wealthy people she worked around: they didn’t dress like it. “Nobody really had that fancy of stuff,” Tu, who got our attention as our “Rich BFF” thanks to her sound money…