Global markets stumble ahead of Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ tariff moves
Markets in Asia and Europe posted losses on Monday. Stock markets worldwide tumbled on Monday ahead of President Donald Trump’s tariff announcements expected later this week. Technology stocks led the market lower, with the Nasdaq-100 plunging 2.4% Monday morning. The S&P 500 declined by about 1.5%, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average shed 350 points.…
A Delta Air Lines plane and a US Air Force jet had a near miss close to Washington’s Reagan Airport
A Delta Air Lines plane received an onboard alert that another aircraft was nearby last Friday. A Delta Air Lines flight and a US Air Force aircraft had a near miss near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, just two months after a midair collision near the same airport killed more than 60 people. The incident…
Elon Musk says it’s ‘very, very hard to start a business and have it succeed’ at Wisconsin town hall
lon Musk held a town hall in Green Bay, Wisconsin on Sunday. Elon Musk said it’s “very, very hard to start a business and have it “succeed” in response to a question at a town hall in Wisconsin on Sunday. “It is true that most businesses that start do not succeed,” he told an 18-year-old…
Trump is influencing Hollywood like no president before
Hollywood is adapting to the new era of Trump. Hollywood is quietly bowing to the new era of Trump. As big entertainment companies have cut back on their corporate DEI efforts, creatives and their reps say there’s also been a perceptible chill on liberal themes in programming. No one is issuing diktats, but the shift…
KPMG’s legal boss says there’s one area where the Big Four can have an edge over Big Law
KPMG’s tax and legal division was its fastest-growing business in 2024. The Big Four only have a tiny fraction of the legal market — but there’s an area they might have an edge. Stuart Bedford, KPMG’s head of legal services, told B-17 that Big Four firms like his could handle the “enormous scale” integration needed…
College students are running out of job prospects — and the situation may only get worse
Good morning. Elon Musk held a town hall in Wisconsin on Sunday. Over the course of 100 minutes, he gave out million-dollar checks and fielded questions about sending federal savings to taxpayers. He also acknowledged the slump in his net worth, much of which has come from Tesla’s falling stock price. Read the five takeaways…
I thought traveling solo would always bring me joy. Now, it just feels lonely and meaningless.
Eventually, I realized solo travel wouldn’t help me figure out what I wanted or solve my problems. For most of my 20s, travel was my whole personality. I wasn’t just someone who liked vacations, I was a traveler — the kind who lived out of a backpack, prioritized destinations by how far off the beaten…
This cruise ship is getting a $70-million face-lift to become a home-at-sea for the ultra-rich
The Navigator is set to undergo a $70 million renovation to become a floating home-at-sea for the ultrawealthy. A two-decades-old cruise ship is undergoing a multimillion-dollar renovation to become a floating residential community for the ultrawealthy. Regent Seven Sea Cruises’ Navigator is set to become the first ship of the Crescent Seas fleet. Crescent Seas…
I have a revolving door of college students and young adults staying at my home. Instead of paying rent, they take care of some chores for me.
Instead of paying rent, I have the young men who stay at my house help out with chores. (author not pictured) A few years ago, my older son asked if his friend Mark could stay with us temporarily. Mark was a business student at a nearby college, and his campus housing had fallen through. With…
