For many Americans, especially the Gen Z generation and minorities, the past year was their first investing in the stock market.
While much has been made of tech’s unwillingness to work with the Pentagon, start-ups are still plumbing the industry’s decades-long ties to the military.
Coinbase pulled the trigger, the Fed's plan for a digital dollar, and Affirm has a new debit card.
The German national carrier Lufthansa plans to set up a first class 'Corona Lounge' in a Moscow airport for rich patrons from other ...
Boeing asked McKinsey to evaluate a deal to mine Titanium in India, which ultimately involved bribing officials.
Could we learn something about human aggression from China’s tiniest champions? One scientist believes so
“Work Won’t Love You Back” is an urgent reminder that the most important part of work is the relationships that sustain it.
This unique animated visualization uses health and wealth measurements to chart the evolution of countries over time.
OTTAWA — Canada's top court has decided against hearing a pair of appeals brought to it by Bell Canada, Rogers Communications and a number of cable companies seeking to overturn a CRTC decision...
Reddit’s WallStreetBets isn’t the only online hangout for passionate amateur traders
We used to download images from the internet. Now people are paying millions in crypto to feel like they own them
From Big Red to Juicy Fruit to brands not made by Wrigley, chewing gum has surprisingly catchy and effective marketing with a lasting impact on pop culture.
A coalition of Chinese immigrant landlords in New York say they're on the verge of losing everything because of tenants who have stopped paying rent.
How Spotify plans to succeed
Rapidly rising home prices and stagnant wages mean Toronto and Vancouver have the dubious distinction of being among the top 5 least affordable housing markets in the world. A new report from...
In the third quarter of a regular-season game against the Houston Rockets last February, LeBron James broke away for a two-handed reverse windmill dunk off a steal and pass from Avery Bradley...
Paul Rippon quit as co-founder of challenger bank Monzo to take care of a farm full of friendly alpacas
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The restaurant industry is in crisis. But some see how bad things are for servers — including “maskual harassment” — as a unique chance to make life better.
A household is a miniature ecosystem with inputs, outputs and flows: thinking like this can make life a whole lot better
Are you sending the right message?
The White House supports studying the merits of a financial transaction tax — a move favored by progressives and despised by Wall Street — in the wake of the GameStop trading frenzy.
As smoking falls out of fashion, BAT is pinning its hopes on younger users of e-cigarettes and nicotine pouches
At 228%, the Buffett Indicator has reached all-time highs, which means America’s stock market value is currently more than double the country’s GDP.
We are in the middle of one of the great asset bubbles of modern times. It has been brought on by the easy money policies of central banks around the world aimed at weathering the global Covid 19...
How a 21st century construction boom is driving unregulated sand mining around the world.
What is something worth ? A building, a pen, a stock, a cryptocurrency, gold, Intellectual property, any asset? Valuing something we own has always been more art than science.
Stock market bubbles and crashes are good for neither Wall Street nor Main Street.
Millennials were shunning plastic and supposedly wary of consumer debt. Affirm's Max Levchin saw a way to repackage buying now and paying later for younger folks—and it's made him a billionaire.
What you can learn about medieval Europe if you focus on peasants.
As the availability of water in California becomes a site for speculation, the water futures of millions of residents hang in the balance.
How the banking industry, with an assist from tech, turned an incredibly frustrating, manual process—sorting checks—into an excellent example of automation.
