The climate crisis is set to erase $1.47 trillion in US home values. Here are 5 areas predicted to get hit hard.
The Highlands-Sea Bright Bridge connects two Shore towns in Monmouth County. The impacts of the climate crisis will erase $1.47 trillion in home values across the US by 2055, a new study from research firm First Street found. The effects will not be spread equally across the country. In some areas, home price gains may…
Trump said the new sovereign wealth fund he signed an executive order to create could be used to buy TikTok
President Donald Trump told reporters on Monday that the new sovereign wealth fund he wants to establish could be involved in TikTok’s sale. President Donald Trump floated the idea of buying TikTok with an American sovereign wealth fund, which he signed an executive order on Monday to create. “So other countries have sovereign wealth funds,…
I guest lecture college students on key money concepts every young person should understand. Every year, the simplest way to build wealth catches them by surprise.
Old Chapel on Middlebury College campus. Every January, Middlebury College invites me to its campus to talk to a group of students about money. The guest lecture ranges between 90 and 120 minutes in length and is titled “Good Financial Hygiene — Lessons in Personal Finance.” I’m not a financial advisor, nor do I pretend…
Trump got what he wanted with the Canada and Mexico tariff pauses — even if he didn’t get that much
Canada and Mexico have been given reprieves from tariffs threatened by US President Donald Trump. US President Donald Trump has just shown the world how the Art of the Deal works. In a matter of days, Trump threatened three key partners — China, Canada, and Mexico — with tariffs over illegal immigration and fentanyl. The…
An Ohio data center plans to build a natural gas plant as the AI boom creates an electricity strain
New Albany, a rural suburb northeast of Columbus, Ohio, has become a fast-growing market for data centers and could soon be home to a natural gas-fired power plant. A developer is planning to power a data center in Ohio by building a natural gas-fired plant on the site, a public filing showed. Lawyers for Powerconnex…
Amazon’s robots could help it save $10 billion a year by 2030, Morgan Stanley analysts say
Amazon’s Sparrow robotic arm lifting items in a fulfillment center. Amazon has stepped up its robotics development in recent years, and it could save the e-commerce giant as much as $10 billion annually, Morgan Stanley analysts wrote in a research note on Sunday. The company’s fleet of more than 750,000 robots now works across every…
With tariffs rolled out, invest in these 4 services industries set to get a boost: Morgan Stanley
FILE PHOTO: Shipping containers are pictured stacked on a ship docked at Yusen Terminals at the Port of Los Angeles Worried about tariffs hurting your stock portfolio? There’s an easy fix, Morgan Stanley says: Just lean away from industries that rely on importing goods. In a client note on Monday morning, Mike Wilson, the bank’s…
Ukrainian commander says North Korean soldiers charged his unit ‘like in a World War II movie’ during combat
North Korean soldiers march during a parade in Pyongyang in September 2018. North Korean soldiers who fought in Russia were treated as “cannon fodder,” a Ukrainian commander who went into battle against them told B-17. Konoval Ihor Ihorovych, commander of the reserve group of the 4th Company of the 33rd Assault Regiment, said North Korean…
I’ve worked as an engineer at Google, Meta, and Amazon, and found out I’m autistic in my late 30s. Here’s how it’s impacted my tech career.
McKeeman said the hyperfocus that comes with his neuro differences has distinguished him from others during his career. This as-told-to essay is based on a transcribed conversation with 42-year-old Lee McKeeman, from Texas, about navigating Big Tech as an autistic person. The following has been edited for length and clarity. As a child, I felt…
