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Software engineer Antonio Perez, 47, spent the past year and $32,000 building his dream at-home gym.After his wife became wheelchair-bound, he felt guilty leaving daily for the gym.The most expensive piece of equipment was a $3,600 AssaultRunner Pro treadmill he bought for his daughter.This is an as-told-to essay based on…
Breeze Airways reported its first quarterly profit since launching flights in May 2021.Breeze contrasts with budget competitors Spirit and Frontier, which are both struggling post-COVID.Breeze’s niche routes and premium offerings give it an edge over its larger low-cost rivals.Some budget airlines in the US are struggling, but not Breeze Airways.…
EV sales in China are set to overtake traditional car sales for the first time next year.EV sales are set to grow 20% next year to over 12 million vehicles, a Financial Times report said.The key turning point for the world’s largest car market contrasts slowing sales in the West.Electric…
Russia’s labor shortage has businesses turning to teens and retirees to fill positions.Openings for workers as young as 14 or older than 55 have jumped. The nation was short around 5 million workers last year, Russia’s Academy of Sciences estimated.Russia’s wartime economy is dealing with a difficult labor shortage, and…
Jeremy Ng and Amanda Misso bought the first floor of a 1950s house in Singapore for about $1.34 million.The house had previously been split into seven rooms and was rented out to foreign workers.They transformed the unit into a colorful home with lots of natural light and a ride-in motorcycle…
By Nicholas P. Brown (Reuters) – Big-name retailers such as Walmart (NYSE:) are increasingly using analytics to blunt the impact of one of the most unpredictable performance variables of shopping: weather. Weather data, once used strictly for inventory planning, is now helping retailers localize advertising and decide when to discount…
