LA’s burning lessonsA third of American homes are at risk of wildfires. Here’s how to protect yours.
Most single-family houses are built around a few main ingredients: wooden framing, a sloping roof that hangs over the sides, vents that keep air circulating through the attic. These features are key to churning out new builds quickly and relatively cheaply, and they’ve remained more or less the same for decades. They also make it…
Bosses are done caring how you feel
Like social distancing and elbow bumps, another pandemic-era norm has faded: bosses who seem to care about your feelings. Return-to-office mandates, continual cost cutting, and high-profile rollbacks of diversity, equity, and inclusion at work signal that, in many cases, the manager is back in charge. Five years ago, the emergence of the pandemic and the…
Starbucks’ CEO has a plan to keep you from having to hustle for your coffee at the counter
Starbucks wants to make sure customers aren’t caught up in counter chaos at busy times. The coffee chain has been struggling with how to serve walk-in customers as well as those who’ve ordered on the app without staff getting overwhelmed and consumers having to wait around. It says it’s experimenting with a new algorithm in…
Coinbase appointed Trump’s co-campaign manager as an advisor, just after its CEO said the president’s return was a ‘new day’ for crypto
Chris LaCivita flashes a V sign during a Caucus Night watch party in Las Vegas on February 8, 2024. Coinbase announced Wednesday he had joined its global advisory council. Coinbase, the largest US-based crypto exchange, announced that it has appointed Chris LaCivita, the co-manager of President Donald Trump’s election campaign, to its global advisory council.…
EY report highlights diversity initiatives as DEI comes under scrutiny in Trump’s first weeks in power
Donald Trump has targeted DEI Initiatives for federal government workers. A new report from the Big Four professional services firm EY has underlined the importance of diversity, equity, and inclusion, or DEI, strategies in improving productivity and workforce innovation. The report, called “DE&I interventions that deliver,” considered the impact of inclusive policies in UK companies…
The Fed holds interest rates steady in its first decision of the year
The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady in its first decision of 2025. The nation’s central bank held interest rates steady in its first decision of the year. On Wednesday, the Federal Open Market Committee announced that it would maintain the Federal Reserve’s target rate following a series of rate cuts at the end of…
3 things will boost the case for multiple rate cuts in 2025, $5 trillion asset manager says
President Donald Trump with Fed Chair Jerome Powell in 2017. The Federal Reserve could surprise investors with more interest rate cuts than they’re expecting in 2025, according to State Street. Michael Arone, chief investment strategist at the $4.7 trillion asset manager, said in a Tuesday note that he expects the central bank to deliver more…
What we know about Trump’s plan to cut the federal workforce — and what’s still up in the air
President Donald Trump is rolling out his plans to cut the federal workforce. President Donald Trump is using multiple avenues to follow through on his plan to slash the federal workforce. But many questions remain about how it will work and what a government job will look like when he’s done. An email on Tuesday…
Heather Rae El Moussa and Christina Haack are open to flipping a house together — even if Tarek El Moussa isn’t so sure
Christina Haack competes against Tarek and Heather Rae El Moussa on “The Flip Off.” Nearly 10 years after they separated, “Flip or Flop” stars Tarek El Moussa and Christina Haack are reuniting on HGTV. “The Flip Off,” which premieres Wednesday, stars Haack, Tarek, and his wife, Heather Rae El Moussa. The show originally intended to…
