At 80, Jazzercise’s founder is thriving. She credits lean protein, weight-lifting, and treating herself to a daily Dr. Pepper.
Judi Sheppard Missett founded Jazzercise 55 years ago to help others, especially women, find joy and power in movement. More than 50 years after the launch of Jazzercise helped pioneer the group fitness industry, founder Judi Sheppard Missett still loves to dance every day. Now 80, she continues to teach classes and do choreography for…
Why Boeing’s $21 billion share sale is an early Christmas present for Wall Street
A woman crosses Wall Street Wall Street bankers tasked with helping companies raise money through sales of stock just got an early Christmas present. Boeing on Monday announced plans to sell $19 million worth of stock and depositary shares to stave off a credit downgrade during a costly workers’ strike. The sale ended up raising…
Baby boomers have been America’s secret weapon for fending off recession
Talks of a looming recession are flaring across Wall Street, but the savings war chest of baby boomers has staved off a US downturn. That’s according to Ed Yardeni, a market veteran who broke down why he believed recessionary doomsayers were misguided. Among his main listed factors are the generation’s rising spending habits, amplified by…
US Air Force wildly overpaid Boeing by almost 8,000% for C-17 aircraft bathroom soap dispensers, Pentagon watchdog finds
The audit blamed the C-17 spare parts overpayment on oversight errors in Air Force spending. The US Air Force overpaid for spare parts for a C-17 military transport aircraft manufactured by Boeing, according to a new watchdog report. In one example, an audit found, the service paid more than 80 times the regular commercial value…
Relax with the extracurricular activities — downtime is equally important for kids
Even with a busy schedule, downtime is important for kids. Whether it’s driving a child to theatre practice, karate class, or both, after-school activities can be time-consuming for both children and parents. While after-school activities can be a great place to make friends and discover new interests, it’s important that these structured activities do not…
Elon Musk is backing Trump. Is Musk’s Twitter backing Trump, too?
Elon Musk — seen here at Donald Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally — has become a huge Trump supporter. Does that mean Musk’s Twitter is supporting Trump, too? Is X, the service many of us still call Twitter, more likely to show users political posts from Republicans, or right-leaning accounts? Yes. Probably. That’s the conclusion…
3 retail stocks could see earnings plunge if Trump implements his proposed tariffs, UBS says
U.S. President Donald Trump signs a memorandum on tariffs on high-tech goods from China, at the White House in March 2018. Donald Trump’s proposal of stiff tariffs on goods from China could slam the earnings of some retailers, UBS analysts said. Several US-listed stocks—namely, Best Buy, Five Below, and Wayfair—are heavily exposed to Trump’s trade…
My daughter ate at McDonald’s and got sick 10 days later. Now she’s hospitalized with E. coli and acute kidney failure.
Brittany Randall (left, shown with her daughter) plans to take legal action against McDonald’s after her daughter was hospitalized for complications from E. coli. My 15-year-old daughter, Kamberlyn, ate the same meal at McDonald’s, a Quarter Pounder with cheese and extra pickles, on September 25 and September 27. By the evening of October 8, her…
A woman lost 75 pounds and kept them off. She made 2 simple changes, while enjoying her favorite foods.
Joining a sprint team helped Alaias Bertrand lose 75 pounds. Before Alaias Bertrand lost 75 pounds and kept it off for six years, she had cycled through a series of restrictive diets that didn’t work long-term and left her feeling like a failure. “I was trying to do quick fixes, bad diets, just like anything…
