Each year, we cheer as the villains of our favorite Christmas movies change their tune, get their comeuppance, or meet an ignominious end. But these holiday baddies also have a lot to teach us about money. BY Emily Guy Birken One of the benefits of rewatching your favorite holiday films year after year is getting the … Continue reading Some of the best financial advice I ever got came from the Grinch
November 22, 2024 Most Americans don’t expect to ever get rich, but they think the next generation will A new survey from Fidelity finds Americans at all income levels worry about losing their money, and most don’t see themselves as wealthy. BY Shalene Gupta While inflation has slowed to 2%, prices are still 20% higher than … Continue reading Most Americans don’t expect to ever get rich, but they think the next generation will
September 22, 2024 In its 50th year, Dungeons & Dragons is more popular than ever. Here’s why As Dropout’s ‘Dimension 20’ sells out Madison Square Garden, D&D has begun expanding beyond the realm of nerddom and into the mainstream. BY Joe Berkowitz When a promoter from Live Nation told Brennan Lee Mulligan that his Dungeons & … Continue reading In its 50th year, Dungeons & Dragons is more popular than ever. Here’s why
August 12, 2024 TikTok’s blazing UX makes Trump’s lies spread faster than ever Trump told a lie about Kamala Harris. And TikTok is still spreading it with abandon. BY Hunter Schwarz The race between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump has its first controversy over misinformation. But rather than faked images that push … Continue reading TikTok’s blazing UX makes Trump’s lies spread faster than ever
July 22, 2024 The return-to-office debate is settled: Offices are busier than ever A new “office busyness index” shows growing usage, even on Mondays. BY Nate Berg Offices around the country are slowly but steadily seeing workers return. According to a new set of monthly office occupancy data, offices are increasingly busy, with “busyness” up in … Continue reading The return-to-office debate is settled: Offices are busier than ever
Some vendors lose the trust of customers through poor decisions. But some don’t seem to be trying to earn it to begin with. Mike Pastore on June 17, 2024 Trust in business is not quite the same as trust in our personal lives. I think everyone recognizes that. You’ll never trust Salesforce or HubSpot … Continue reading Will you ever trust a B2B tech vendor?
May 17, 2024 Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas says Google’s search results are more cluttered than ever The cofounder of the AI-native search engine spoke to Fast Company two days after Google debuted its “AI Overviews.” BY Mark Sullivan Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas doesn’t mince words when it comes to Google. Speaking on stage at Fast Company’s … Continue reading Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas says Google’s search results are more cluttered than ever
April 01, 2024 Why the gap between management and workers feels wider than ever Season 12 of The New Way We Work launches with a look at one of the most fundamental problems with work: that employees and management don’t see eye-to-eye. BY Kathleen Davis Even in the best of times, there’s always been conflict between … Continue reading Why the gap between management and workers feels wider than ever
The report uses Black Americans and not African Americans because it includes a growing number of immigrants and their children. Constantine von Hoffman on February 16, 2024 Attention marketers: America’s Black population is more diverse, more reachable and more demanding than ever before, according to a new survey. The report, “The Global Black Audience,” from … Continue reading American Black consumers: More diverse, demanding and reachable than ever
By Chris Morris February 07, 2024 The Walt Disney Co. has announced plans to make a $1.5 billion equity investment into Epic Games, which will give the entertainment giant an equity stake in the creator of the Fortnite video game. Disney CEO Bob Iger, appearing on CNBC Wednesday afternoon, called the initiative Disney’s “biggest … Continue reading Disney invests $1.5 billion in ‘Fortnite’ creator Epic Games, its ‘biggest foray into the games space ever’
