The world’s largest jewelry brand is ditching mined diamonds
Pandora produces more jewelry than any other company in the world. And on Tuesday, it announced a major change: It won’t use any more mined…
Continue ReadingPandora produces more jewelry than any other company in the world. And on Tuesday, it announced a major change: It won’t use any more mined…
Continue ReadingIn the market for a new car, smartphone or washing machine this year? A global shortage of computer chips could mean you have to wait a while and pay…
Continue ReadingCryptocurrency is having a moment. Between the meteoric rise of dogecoin, Tesla accepting bitcoin as payment for its vehicles and PayPal allowing…
Continue ReadingEver since “Star Wars” premiered in 1977, kids and adults alike wanted to get their hands on a lightsaber. The “elegant weapon for…
Continue ReadingDogecoin is the hottest, quirkiest cryptocurrency on the planet. The total value of the dogecoins in circulation is nearly $50 billion — not bad…
Continue ReadingBig banks and accounting firms do most of their business in New York, London, Hong Kong and Tokyo. But they wouldn’t be able to function…
Continue ReadingTwitter, known for instant and short-form expression, is investing more in the media business and long-form journalism. The company announced Tuesday…
Continue ReadingFrom the price of stocks to ethereum, it’s no secret that markets continue to look extremely frothy. What’s happening: The S&P 500…
Continue ReadingA version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. You can sign up for free right here. “Yesterday…
Continue ReadingBill and Melinda Gates are ending their marriage after 27 years, the pair announced in a statement on their verified Twitter accounts. “After a…
Continue ReadingOne of Eleven Madison Park’s most iconic dishes has been whole roasted duck with daikon and plum — it’s a classic of the…
Continue ReadingThe Los Angeles Times has its new top editor: Kevin Merida of ESPN will start as executive editor in June, the paper announced Monday. Merida brings…
Continue ReadingFour astronauts are on their way home from the International Space Station aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule, ending their five-month mission to…
Continue ReadingThe Facebook Oversight Board will announce its long-anticipated decision on the fate of former President Trump’s Facebook account at 9 a.m. ET…
Continue ReadingWarren Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway vice chairman Charlie Munger are not big fans of short-term trading and the popular Robinhood app. But it…
Continue ReadingVerizon is exiting the media business, announcing Monday that it’s selling the unit for $5 billion to private equity firm Apollo Global…
Continue ReadingAmerica’s parents — mothers in particular — have been hit hard by the pandemic. Supervising distance learning and keeping their children…
Continue ReadingWarren Buffett’s ability to pick investments that pay off over the long term has transformed him into a billionaire and made him the…
Continue ReadingWarren Buffett said Monday that Greg Abel, the head of Berkshire Hathaway’s non-insurance business, will be his successor — although…
Continue ReadingCarbon emissions are a huge contributor to climate change, so companies are getting creative about finding ways to suck the heat-trapping element out…
Continue ReadingBitcoin prices continued their rebound Monday, rising about 4% to nearly $59,000. But the world’s largest cryptocurrency has been overshadowed…
Continue ReadingJournalist Ye Wint Thu was already on the run when his name and photo appeared on a wanted list broadcast by Myanmar’s military junta. For…
Continue ReadingTikTok has finally appointed a new permanent chief executive, eight months after its former leader called it quits as the United States was…
Continue ReadingA version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. You can sign up for free right here. CNN reporter and…
Continue ReadingA SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule soared back from outer space Sunday morning and made a parachute landing in the Gulf of Mexico, returning four…
Continue ReadingIn his first address to a joint session of Congress last week, President Joe Biden framed his climate change agenda as a once-in-a-generation…
Continue ReadingMedia outlets have covered Covid-19 safety protocols for more than a year now. But with new CDC mask guidelines in place, newsrooms are shifting…
Continue ReadingElon Musk is calling on Twitter to help him prepare to host Saturday Night Live. The Tesla CEO tweeted, “Throwing out some skit ideas for SNL.…
Continue ReadingThe Washington Post, The New York Times, and NBC News on Saturday issued significant corrections, retracting earlier reporting that said Rudy…
Continue ReadingDisneyland reopened Friday after being closed for more than a year, but many health safety protocols will continue to be enforced. The theme park in…
Continue ReadingEver since it was launched in 2008, the Apple App Store has been the sole gatekeeper between apps and iPhones and iPads. Other platforms, such as…
Continue ReadingBig banks have changed their attitude toward cryptocurrencies in recent years, going from dismissive to cautiously interested. But Wall Street still…
Continue ReadingLate last month, Basecamp, a project management software company, banned “societal and political discussions” at work. Given the…
Continue ReadingOn most days, Network Capital, a business networking group with over 67,000 members on Facebook, focuses on providing its community with information…
Continue ReadingWarren Buffett defended the decision by Berkshire Hathaway to not put out reports from its many subsidiaries about how the company is addressing the…
Continue ReadingMany people forced into isolation during the Covid-19 pandemic credit their pets for keeping them sane through the lockdown. Hilton wants to reward…
Continue ReadingThe Washington Post and The New York Times on Saturday issued significant corrections, retracting earlier reporting that said Rudy Giuliani had been…
Continue ReadingKobe Bryant’s late daughter Gianna’s new Mambacita apparel line went on sale Saturday on what would have been the teen basketball…
Continue ReadingThasunda Brown Duckett officially took the helm as the new CEO of TIAA on Saturday, becoming the fourth Black woman ever to head a Fortune 500…
Continue ReadingSummer is around the corner, but anyone who is looking forward to a refreshing dip in the pool to cool off may be in for a big “shock.” A…
Continue ReadingForget the Oscars. If you’re looking for star power — in the business world, at least — it doesn’t get any bigger than Warren…
Continue ReadingThe economy is on the path to recovery but it’s still far from repaired. Yet investors and economists are already worried it might be growing…
Continue ReadingWarren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway returned to profitability in the first quarter of this year after reporting a nearly $50 billion loss…
Continue ReadingEli Broad, an entrepreneur and businessman known for creating two billion-dollar businesses and establishing the iconic Broad Museum in Los Angeles,…
Continue ReadingIndia’s government locked down the country last year to avoid an out-of-control Covid-19 outbreak that so many of the world’s countries…
Continue ReadingAcross the country, Americans are getting vaccinated. States and cities are loosening pandemic-related restrictions. And people are heading back to…
Continue ReadingPeloton has found its polish slightly fading this year after a prosperous 2020 that catapulted the fitness company into a new stratosphere of…
Continue ReadingAcross the country, Americans are getting vaccinated. States and cities are loosening pandemic-related restrictions. And people are heading back to…
Continue ReadingPeloton has found its polish slightly fading this year after a prosperous 2020 that catapulted the fitness company into a new stratosphere of…
Continue ReadingThe economic recovery is underway and while there’s still plenty of work to be done, new data on Americans’ incomes shows the…
Continue ReadingCondom sales have been in a slump during the pandemic as people sheltered at home and put their sex life on hold. But now, as more Americans are…
Continue ReadingWalmart is setting up vaccination clinics for more than 200,000 of its workers and their families in India, as the country grapples with a…
Continue ReadingFor Rachael Freedman, shopping for on-demand grocery delivery startup Instacart felt like something of a dream job. Freedman, who is based in San…
Continue ReadingEurope fell deeper into recession in the first three months of the year, but the region’s economy is already turning a corner and looks set to…
Continue ReadingSocial media influencers have enormous power to set trends, create overnight sensations and broadly define what’s cool. Josh Richards, a…
Continue ReadingEuropean regulators have accused Apple of violating EU antitrust law, saying the company’s app store rules unfairly restrict rival music…
Continue ReadingThroughout the pandemic, Amazon has had no trouble generating huge returns. Once the Covid-19 crisis passes, it’s in great shape to make even…
Continue ReadingChinese regulators have ordered more than a dozen tech companies to fix the most “prominent problems” of their financial units,…
Continue ReadingJoe Rogan, Spotify’s top podcast host, responded to the controversy surrounding his remarks that healthy young people should not get the Covid…
Continue ReadingThe television ratings for President Joe Biden’s first address to a joint session of Congress were far weaker than the equivalent events by…
Continue ReadingAmazon’s profits more than tripled in the first quarter of 2021, as the pandemic continued to boost its online retail, cloud and advertising…
Continue ReadingNew York City is suing Chipotle Mexican Grill, alleging that the company violated a law that requires fast food chains to give their employees more…
Continue ReadingJimmy Kimmel has interviewed many eccentric guests as the host of “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” over the years, but one of his most surreal…
Continue ReadingBlue Origin, the Jeff Bezos-backed space tourism venture, will soon begin selling tickets for its rocket. The company made the announcement in a…
Continue ReadingIn the market for a new car, smartphone or washing machine this year? A global shortage of computer chips could mean you have to wait a while and pay…
Continue ReadingAmazon has announced that it will raise wages for more than 500,000 workers — but it’s not planning to increase its $15 per hour minimum…
Continue ReadingShake Shack has emerged as one of the most diverse employers in America after hiring more than 1,000 people in 2020. But the premium burger…
Continue ReadingAmerica is on the path to recovery and economic growth is rampant. But the pandemic recession has been severe and we’re still not done growing…
Continue ReadingThe Biden bust that the Trump campaign warned of has morphed into a Biden boom. The S&P 500 is up 8.6% since the market close on January 20, the…
Continue ReadingShake Shack has emerged as one of the most diverse employers in America after hiring more than 1,000 people in 2020. But the premium burger…
Continue ReadingEven America’s biggest company can’t save itself from a global shortage of crucial computer chips. What’s happening: Apple just had…
Continue ReadingLast Wednesday, Hong Kong journalist Bao Choy was honored for her investigative work. The following day, she was convicted for it. In essence, Choy…
Continue ReadingSince Facebook paid a whopping $19 billion to buy WhatsApp in 2014, investors have wondered how it will cash in on the acquisition, especially after…
Continue ReadingApple’s steady stream of hardware upgrades and new services launched throughout the pandemic has held the company in good stead going into…
Continue ReadingFord posted a much better first quarter than Wall Street was expecting. But it warned that the computer chip shortage that has dogged automakers will…
Continue ReadingApple’s steady stream of hardware upgrades and new services launched throughout the pandemic has held the company in good stead going into…
Continue ReadingWalmart is coming after Kanye West for releasing a proposed logo design that the retailer says too closely resembles the company’s own logo.…
Continue ReadingThe Federal Reserve said Wednesday the US economy is growing stronger, but it left interest rates unchanged near zero. Interest rates will stay the…
Continue ReadingThe Federal Reserve said Wednesday the US economy is growing stronger, but it left interest rates unchanged near zero. Interest rates will stay the…
Continue ReadingMicrosoft is changing its default font for the first time in nearly 15 years, and it wants your help selecting the new one. And no, you can’t…
Continue ReadingToyota is planning to offer a new, large SUV with three rows of seats, and will add 1,400 jobs to an Indiana plant in order to build it. The…
Continue ReadingMicrosoft had another blowout quarter, a massive acquisition and a noteworthy investment in Georgia, which just passed a controversial bill that…
Continue ReadingAmerica can’t get enough chicken sandwiches. That’s great news for KFC, which launched a new one earlier this year. KFC’s parent…
Continue ReadingGoogle CEO Sundar Pichai said it has been “heartbreaking” to witness the pandemic’s devastating impact on India, which is…
Continue ReadingTesla’s $1.5 billion bitcoin bet from early this year had already increased in value by more than $1 billion by the end of last month. The…
Continue ReadingPresident Joe Biden has a lot on his plate right now. But he’ll soon need to make an important decision about the future of the Federal Reserve…
Continue ReadingSamsung is bringing some of the strengths of its flagship Galaxy smartphones over to its notebook line. The company announced on Wednesday four…
Continue ReadingUK media outlets from across the political spectrum are engaged in an unusually direct confrontation with Prime Minister Boris Johnson over…
Continue ReadingSpotify CEO Daniel Ek is standing behind and promoting his company’s top podcast host, Joe Rogan, even after Rogan spread anti-vaccine…
Continue ReadingA copy of the Declaration of Independence is hitting the sizzling collectibles market, just in time for July 4th. And unlike other rare items up for…
Continue ReadingIt’s not a celebrity, but Taco Bell has enlisted something equally as recognizable for its first-ever global ad campaign: the moon. On May 4,…
Continue ReadingSamsung is bringing some of the strengths of its flagship Galaxy smartphones over to its notebook line. The company announced on Wednesday three…
Continue ReadingFor the first time during the pandemic, most Americans approve of the economic conditions in the United States, according to a CNN poll conducted by…
Continue ReadingSaudi Arabia is considering selling part of its giant state oil company to a major foreign investor, likely from China. The kingdom’s crown…
Continue ReadingBoeing’s business is improving. But its troubles are not yet behind it. The company on Wednesday reported a much smaller loss in the first…
Continue ReadingSpotify is frequently one step ahead of us, suggesting undiscovered songs, artists and podcasts based on what you listened to in the past. But who is…
Continue ReadingIf you’re one of those millennials who moved to a rural or suburban area during the pandemic, it’s practically a requirement that you…
Continue ReadingBlue Origin is pushing back on NASA’s decision to hand a $2.9 billion contract to SpaceX to build the vehicle that will land the next…
Continue ReadingAmerica is emerging from the worst of the pandemic, and that will mean some eye-popping figures when the government releases economic growth data…
Continue ReadingBig Tech companies continue to lap up huge amounts of money from advertisers as consumers spend more time online. That’s great news for their…
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