GOP hardliners may be the next best hope for banning Congress from trading stocks
Rep. Chip Roy, a frequent critic of GOP leadership, said it’s time for him to put his “foot on the gas” for a stock trading ban. For years, lawmakers in both parties have tried to pass legislation to ban members of Congress from trading stocks. It’s popular with the American public. Both outgoing President Joe…
Stock market today: Tech rallies as AI names lead markets higher ahead of CES event
US stocks jumped on Monday, led by mega-cap technology stocks like Nvidia, Alphabet, and Meta Platforms as investors revived the artificial intelligence hype. The gains in the tech sector come as the 2025 Consumer Electronics Show kicks off on Monday. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang will deliver the opening keynote at 6:30 p.m. PST. Nvidia shares…
Dana White, UFC CEO and Trump ally, to join Meta’s board of directors
CEO of UFC Dana White speaks as speaksRepublican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump looks on at an election night watch party. Dana White, the CEO of Ultimate Fighting Championship and an ally to President-elect Donald Trump, is set to join Meta’s board of directors, the company announced on Monday. “I’ve never been interested in…
Avenues promised New Yorkers a newfangled, global education. For some parents, it didn’t live up to the hype.
When Avenues: The World School opened in 2012 in Chelsea, it was supposed to revolutionize education. The for-profit school had a 215,000-square-foot, tech-heavy campus, and students partook in a dual-language curriculum with their choice of Spanish or Mandarin. Founding families weighed in on everything from what language STEAM subjects should be taught in to whether…
Winter Storm Blair plows through the central US, killing 4
Heavy snow in St. Louis. Blizzards, ice-storm warnings, and unpleasantly cold conditions are blowing into much of the northern US, disrupting travel and resulting in at least four deaths. The Arctic outbreak, dubbed Winter Storm Blair by the Weather Channel, is bringing heavy snow to areas in the mid-Atlantic region that haven’t seen such weather…
My family moved from Florida to Portugal 4 years ago. Our cost of living was far lower, and many aspects of life surprised us.
My family of three moved to Portugal in 2020. In early 2020, my family of three was living in West Palm Beach, Florida, when we decided to take a six-month trip around Europe. During our stay, we rented an Airbnb in Portugal on farmland near the city of Coimbra. We fell in love with the…
See the lavish homes 6 billionaires are trying to offload — and why it could be tough for them to find buyers
Billionaires regularly want to offload their homes, but the housing market can present some unique challenges for the wealthiest home sellers. Buyers at high price points don’t always love properties customized for the previous owner, and the additional cost of maintenance and upkeep can deter even the deepest pockets. Some people struggling to rid themselves…
Netflix could finally win a best picture Oscar. It doesn’t need to.
“Emilia Pérez” won big at the Golden Globes, signaling momentum for Netflix’s long-standing Oscar ambitions. Netflix has spent years hunting for a best picture Oscar, and this year, it might finally get one. The twist: If it does, the win won’t matter all that much to the streamer’s business. Netflix won big at the Golden…
The billionaire’s social calendar for 2025: The must-attend events for the world’s wealthiest business icons
Billionaires follow a pretty consistent schedule, flying their private jets en masse from Davos in January and Sun Valley in July, stopping in Monaco and St. Barts on their superyachts in between. There are about 3,320 billionaires in the world. That’s about 0.00004% of the global population. Despite their scarcity, billionaires are surprisingly easy to…
