My son used to hate hiking. After visiting 40 national parks, I’ve found the tricks for making it fun for him.
I’ve gone on many hikes with my son, and we’ve found ways to have fun doing them. I love exploring America’s natural wonders, but tearing my 11-year-old son away from his video games and into the Wi-Fi-free wilderness hasn’t always been easy. In the past few years, we’ve hiked through 40 national parks together. In…
Trump’s win boosts forecast for ‘Roaring 20s’ to send the S&P 500 up 66% by the end of the decade, market veteran says
Ed Yardeni The stock market euphoria sparked by Donald Trump’s victory is set to last, according to market veteran Ed Yardeni. Yardeni on Monday reiterated his forecast for the S&P 500 to hit 10,000 by the end of the decade, a 66% gain from current levels. He also upped his year-end forecast for 2024 to…
Tesla short-sellers have lost $8 billion since Donald Trump’s election win
Elon Musk. Investors betting against Tesla have lost $7.8 billion since Donald Trump’s election win last week. That’s according to data from S3 Partners, which told B-17 in an email that on Monday that Tesla short-sellers are reeling from the electric vehicle maker’s 38% post-election surge. Shares of Tesla jumped another 8% on Monday, hitting…
Salesforce’s new AI platform lets companies build their own digital agents to automate tasks
Salesforce is best known for its customer-relations-management software, which it says is used by over 150,000 companies, including Amazon and Walmart. It also owns Slack, a popular communication platform. The company is expanding the availability and capabilities of its AI agents with Agentforce, a platform that helps Salesforce clients build and deploy agents to automate…
Taylor Swift mixed high and low fashion brands for her latest $100,000 gameday outfit
Taylor Swift visits Arrowhead Stadium on November 10. Taylor Swift has scored another fashion touchdown. The 34-year-old superstar supported her boyfriend, Travis Kelce, with a visit to Arrowhead Stadium on Sunday, and she wore one of her best gameday outfits to date for the occasion. Her expensive ensemble mixed high- and low-fashion pieces, including a…
Mattel apologizes for accidentally printing X-rated link on boxes for ‘Wicked’ dolls
Mattel fashion dolls appear to be temporarily unavailable as the toy manufacturer corrects a packaging error. Toy maker Mattel has apologized for a printing error on the packaging of a line of “Wicked” dolls that listed an X-rated adult site. As the highly anticipated “Wicked” musical premieres all over the world, companies have been cranking…
Sam Altman thanks Elon Musk for helping to initially bankroll OpenAI — and says now is a great time for tech founders
Sam Altman said he was “very grateful” to Elon Musk for cutting OpenAI an early check. Sam Altman has some galvanizing advice for aspiring tech entrepreneurs: The rise of AI has made it the best time yet to build a company, he said. In an interview with Y Combinator President and CEO Garry Tan, the…
I’m a VP of product who uses my vacations to test if I’ve hired the right people
When he’s away on vacation, Gopal Shenoy, a VP of product at Wiser Solutions, looks at how his team operates in his absence to assess whether he’s hired the right people for the job. I usually find vacation an opportunity to judge if I’ve hired the right team. Every time I’ve come back, I’ve felt…
$3 billion startup Sword Health cuts some physical therapists as it ramps up AI to treat more patients
Virgilio Bento, founder and CEO of Sword Health. Sword Health has made cuts to its clinical workforce as the $3 billion startup seeks to manage more patients with the help of AI, B-17 has learned. The startup, which provides virtual care for conditions like muscle and joint pain, let go of 13 of its physical…
