Comedian and actor Kumail Nanjiani said he scopes out hotel gyms before booking to make sure he has the right fitness equipment on his stand-up tour. Kumail Nanjiani said making time to hit the gym is a big priority even as he’s juggling a busy schedule for his stand-up tour. “I love it very much.…

There are many pet products that vets say aren’t worth a high price tag. Pet owners often want to give their furry companions the best of everything, but not all products are worth their premium price tags. B-17 asked veterinarians to highlight a few pet products that can be a waste of money. Pet multivitamins…

When Bri Ramos was pregnant with her second child, she was already worried about the symptoms she experienced with her first. The lack of motivation or excitement. The severe anxiety that, up until having her first child, she never dealt with before. Then, she started having panic attacks in her second pregnancy. “I was like,…

Greg Mansell says elongated accommodation request processes can be stressful for disabled employees. Requesting an ADA health accommodation should be a collaborative process between the employer and the employee in which the main goal is to provide a medically necessary accommodation that doesn’t place an undue burden on the employer. With the rise of RTO…

A new wave of AI development is about to take shape — and Wall Street is starting to divert its attention from the market’s largest companies to a different group of stocks, according to Bank of America. In a recent note, the bank’s strategists said they foresaw a coming “Agentic AI wave,” referring to the…

Phil Reid, a luxury watch seller based in London, first came across Patek Philippe timepieces “on the back of a magazine.” “No one in my family had a Patek; I didn’t come from that sort of wealth,” the 30-year-old said, “but they’d be on billboards and in magazines. The marketing would talk about how you’d…

Red Lobster exited Chapter 11 bankruptcy in September. Red Lobster’s new CEO said the chain’s revamped menu — which no longer includes its infamous “endless shrimp” promotion — has already started to help turn things around at the struggling company. Damola Adamolekun, the 35-year-old business executive who became the youngest-ever Red Lobster chief in August,…

BJ’s is planning to raise its membership fees for the first time in seven years. Another wholesale retailer is planning to raise its membership fees. BJ’s Wholesale said on Thursday that it would raise the cost of its memberships starting on January 1. It said the new cost of a Club membership would be $60…

The Miami coastline at dusk. When Derek Edwards was living in Wisconsin and Colorado, he often traveled to the Caribbean via Florida. He liked his layovers so much that he decided to move to Miami when he was 28. Edwards, a teacher, said the weather has been worth it even if rent and groceries are…