I was paralyzed from the chest down by a school shooter at 15. I chose to forgive him.
Missy Jenkins Smith was shot when she was 15 at a school shooting and was left paralyzed from the chest down. It was a cold morning on December 1st when I got to school after nearly a week off celebrating Thanksgiving. Before the day started, a group of us gathered in the lobby of the…
I landed my dream job at a VC fund after I offered to set up payroll for free. People called me a try-hard but that’s just what it takes.
Neal Mintz, 26, landed a job at Wischoff Ventures after three weeks of interviews with the fund’s founder Nichole Wischoff. I have wanted to pursue a career in the venture capital ecosystem since I was in college. While pursuing my bachelor’s degree at Washington University’s Olin Business School, I spent two summers living and working…
I work on an oil rig. It has lonely moments, but every rig I’ve been on is like a family.
Oil and Gas Drilling Rig over Offshore Platform Working on an oil rig has always been my dream job. It sounded like an adventure. When I left school at 16, I decided to get a job in construction. I worked on building sites and in power stations until I was 30. Some of my friends…
Walmart’s meteorologist starts his days at 3:45 a.m. when a hurricane is on the way
Tom Bedard, Walmart’s in-house meteorologist, delivers a morning briefing on Tuesday. “Gray-sky days” start around 3:45 a.m. for Walmart’s in-house meteorologist, Tom Bedard. Bedard, a 32-year-old Texas native, told B-17 that when storms are brewing offshore, he’s up in time to read through the 4 a.m. note from the National Hurricane Center — the first…
Here are the best and worst-case scenarios for Google in its battle with the DOJ
Google CEO Sundar Pichai. For years, the US Justice Department’s lawsuit against Google’s Search business has been largely ignored by Wall Street and even many of Google’s employees. It always seemed so far away—and perhaps unlikely to hurt Google—to matter. This week, it became a bit more real, and Google’s close watchers are evaluating what…
TD Bank falls 8% after it faces $3 billion fine and growth caps over charges of enabling fentanyl-linked money laundering scheme
Shares of TD Bank dropped as much as 8% on Thursday after it pleaded guilty and agreed to pay a $3 billion fine stemming from charges over its anti-money-laundering practices. The penalty is the largest ever anti-money-laundering fine imposed on a bank by US officials, eclipsing the nearly $2 billion fine HSBC paid in 2014…
Here’s the next data point to watch as Wall Street eyes a ‘no landing’ scenario for the US economy
America’s spending habits are the next data point to monitor as Wall Street investors see rising odds of a “no landing” scenario for the US economy. Bank of America analysts expect September retail sales data, set for release on October 17, to show a 0.8% surge. Consensus estimates expect just 0.2% growth, according to economists…
Oil oversupply could send prices tumbling in 2025, energy analyst says
The world is oversupplied with oil and prices are headed down, one analyst said. The oil market is headed into a troubled year in 2025, and crude prices may fall “much, much” lower, according to Tom Kloza, global head of energy analysis at Oil Price Information Service. The oil analyst said crude prices would experience…
Empty gas stations, full hotels, and gridlocked highways: A Tampa resident shares what she saw on her ‘terrifying’ evacuation from Hurricane Milton.
Florida residents evacuating Hurricane Milton, which is set to hit Gulf Coast cities the evening of October 9. For the first few hours of the roughly 80-mile drive from Tampa to Orlando, Makayla Pelletier and her boyfriend fiddled between radio stations and tried to make small talk — anything to calm their nerves as rain…
