GM just hit a huge EV milestone as the auto industry faces a tumultuous year
2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV General Motors is finally making some money in the electric vehicle business. The automaker reported its EVs were “variable profit positive” in 2024, meaning that they earned more money than GM spent on manufacturing costs like labor and parts. GM doesn’t break out its EV earnings like Ford, so there are…
Breeze CEO explains the airline’s secret weapon for turning a profit while some budget airlines struggle
Breeze Airways is cashing in on premium revenue while budget competitors struggle to stay afloat. Some budget airlines in the US are struggling, but not Breeze Airways. The startup carrier on Thursday announced its first quarterly profit since launching in May 2021, a feat its CEO attributed to lucrative first-class seats, a flexible Airbus A220…
My wife and I took a trip with our moms. It was the best vacation because we were all together.
The author and her wife took a trip with their moms and love it. Many people think vacationing with one’s mother-in-law sounds like a nightmare. Then add your own mother into the mix, and it’s usually a recipe for disaster. However, flying across the country, from Delaware to San Francisco, with my spouse, mother-in-law, and…
Christopher Walken, 81, says he doesn’t have a phone, has never emailed, and watches ‘Severance’ on DVDs
Christopher Walken, who stars in “Severance,” said he’d watched the show on DVDs provided by the production team. The “Severance” actor Christopher Walken isn’t much of a tech user. In a Wall Street Journal interview published Monday, Walken said his relationship with technology was almost nonexistent. “I don’t have technology. I only have a satellite…
When I discipline my sons I focus on empathy and diffusing the situation. It’s much different than how I grew up.
The author, not pictured, is trying to do things differently when disciplining her own children. My childhood was quite an unremarkable one, but there are things that stand out clearly to me, like endless sweaty summers playing barefoot outside, keeping my parents up all night during my yearly birthday sleepover, and watching my dad cook…
What to know about Scott Bessent, Trump’s new Treasury secretary
Scott Bessent, a billionaire hedge fund manager, was confirmed as treasury secretary. The Senate confirmed on Monday Scott Bessent, a Wall Street veteran and campaign ally of President Donald Trump, as treasury secretary, one of the highest-profile cabinet posts. Bessent won confirmation to the key position in a 68-29 vote. On Saturday, the Senate advanced…
Trump’s federal grant pause is the fulfillment of a longtime campaign promise
President Donald Trump repeatedly said on the campaign trail that the law restricting a president’s ability not to spend money appropriated by Congress was unconstitutional. President Donald Trump has long promised to test the extent of presidential power to cut federal funding unilaterally. Monday night’s Office of Management and Budget order pausing all federal grants,…
New satellite images show Russian cargo ships at the key Tartus naval base in Syria, apparently to haul away military equipment
An overview of Tartus on January 25. Newly captured satellite imagery shows Russia appearing to evacuate military equipment from a key naval base in Syria. The images are the latest sign that Moscow is scaling down its footprint in the country. Imagery captured by Maxar Technologies and obtained by B-17 shows two Russian-flagged cargo ships,…
Nvidia’s stock rout is just the beginning of more pullbacks that could be multiple times larger, ‘Black Swan’ author says
Nvidia’s double-digit decline could be just a taste of what’s to come for investors, with another pullback multiple times as large in the cards, “Black Swan” author Nassim Taleb said. Taleb, an advisorr at hedge fund Universa Investments, cautioned that Nvidia’s rout, which wiped out almost $600 billion from the chip giant’s market cap, could…
