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Super savers share the strategies to keep more than 50% of their income without feeling deprived
Saving more than half your income doesn’t have to mean living in your parents’ basement and subsisting on ramen. “A lot of the old FIRE content is focused on hyper-frugality: Sell your car and bike 20 miles in a snowstorm to work. Live in a storage unit,” Cody Berman, the author of “Retire by 30,”
Why Dropbox is sticking with remote work, according to its new co-CEO
Dropbox is “virtual-first” and that’s not changing anytime soon, according to its new co-CEO. While many companies continue to enforce return-to-office mandates, Ashraf Alkarmi said that when he takes over as Dropbox’s sole CEO, he plans to maintain the company’s remote-first structure. Alkarmi…
Does this job actually suck?
How far we get in our careers, we tend to believe, depends on us: our intelligence, our temperament, our hustle. But where we work and the support we get there matter immensely too. Does your company promote from within, or does it hire senior people from elsewhere? Does it spend real money on…
Jamie Dimon says the dollar could lose reserve-currency status if the US loses its economic and military edge
The dollar could eventually lose its status as the world’s reserve currency if the US fails to maintain its economic and military dominance, JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon said. “If we’re not the strongest military in 25 years and the strongest economy, we won’t be the reserve currency either,”…
I spent 15 years chasing my dream of designing planes. I gave it up to help revive rural Japan.
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Daisuke Fujii, the cofounder of Farm & Firm Company, a Japanese consulting firm that helps farmers and rural communities generate new income through agritourism, hospitality, and business development. It’s been edited for length and clarity. I…
Kevin O’Leary said he messed up the messaging on his massive Utah data center plan
Kevin O’Leary says he could have done a better job selling his plan for a hyperscale data center to the people of Utah. In an interview with MS NOW, released on Thursday, the “Shark Tank” investor talked about how he and his team did not properly communicate plans for the Stratos data center…
Gen Z is bringing pen and paper back to the workplace
As companies spend billions on AI in the race to automate work, a surprising office trend is taking hold among the youngest generation of employees. Gen Z workers are embracing the decidedly low-tech: premium notebooks, colorful desk pads, handwritten notes, and the humble Post-it. Gen Z office…
Taiwan is drilling to keep interceptor fighters flying through attacks on its runways just 90 miles from China
HSINCHU, TAIWAN — Taiwan showcased rapid runway repair drills on Friday at its closest airbase to mainland China, where the island keeps its main fleet of interceptor fighter jets. The island’s air force practiced its response to a scenario where Chinese long-range missiles or rockets had already…
Rhaenyra in ‘House of the Dragon’ is starting to sound a lot like Daenerys in ‘Game of Thrones.’ The showrunner says that’s the point.
Warning: Spoilers ahead for the “House of the Dragon” season three finale. Daenerys Targaryen is born nearly two centuries after the events of “House of the Dragon,” yet she haunts the narrative almost as much as the characters onscreen. There are echoes of Daenerys’ self-righteous rise to power…
Taylor Farms issued a recall for over a dozen items, including salsa and guacamole, over Salmonella risks
Taylor Farms is recalling items, including salsa and guacamole, due to Salmonella risks, weeks after the company was linked to a cyclosporiasis outbreak. On Sunday, the fresh food producer said that it is pulling over a dozen prepared food items containing jalapeños from retail stores because of…