Markets
The US was once the biggest denim manufacturer in the world. But after decades of competition from cheaper foreign factories, the country that popularized jeans has lost almost every denim mill. We went inside Mount Vernon Mills, one of the oldest factories left in the US, to find out how…
Apple has a habit of showing up late to the tech party and still being the best-dressed. It might do it again with the new Siri in iOS 27 this fall.Right now, Siri is bad — and that’s not a harsh take. Ali has ChatGPT pinned to his iPhone’s home…
Daniel is making more money than ever juggling two full-time jobs — but pulling it off has never been harder.He’s on track to earn roughly $330,000 this year, but a growing list of workplace obstacles is creating headaches and threatening his overemployment setup. Daniel, who is in his 40s and…
Chris Gayomali has long been a fashion guy, but in the last few years, he’s become a health guy, too.When he was younger, he drank, smoked, and partied. Then, a blood test in 2018 showed his biomarkers were out of whack. He spent days worrying he was dying, until the…
Elon Musk’s net worth has skyrocketed to a whole new stratosphere. The SpaceX and Tesla chief is the world’s first trillionaire.He reached the milestone just seconds after SpaceX went public in June 2026.Musk’s wealth is now more than triple that of other famous billionaires, like Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, Meta…
Presidents: William Henry Harrison and Donald TrumpHarrison had quite an opportunity on his hands at the University of Pennsylvania, which he began attending in 1790.He studied medicine under Dr. Benjamin Rush, a famed physician and Founding Father who signed the Declaration of Independence.However, Harrison realized shortly after that he didn’t…
Welcome to the summer of sauerkraut.Several prominent men in President Donald Trump’s cabinet — including Vice President JD Vance, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick — have been loading up on the fermented food lately in an effort to slim down and improve their gut health, The…
Isn’t capitalism great? Especially the Silicon Valley version: Giving employees a share of the business they help build is one of the most democratic and empowering ways to incentivize hard work.Out here, hard work can sometimes pay off spectacularly: Workers are rewarded handsomely if their toil results in a much…
Two tech titans are now competing on another battlefield: Employee snacks.Earlier this month, Meta CTO Andrew “Boz” Bosworth said the company would be taking steps to improve employee morale after successive waves of layoffs and AI strategy pivots. One of those steps, he said in a memo, would be improving…
I’ve had a love-hate relationship with running since the Presidential Fitness Test back in the 90s. Running a mile in front of my peers and always being at the back of the pack will certainly do it to you.So, to think nearly 30 years later, I’d be gearing up to…
