A homebuilder working on a home. Getty Images Rising housing costs have resulted in many would-be buyers being priced out of homeownership. Homebuilder PulteGroup said 15% of its contracts fell through in the second quarter of this year. Other builders like D.R. Horton have also seen an uptick in home cancellations. Inflation and interest rate…
Monthly Archives: July 2022
Buy now, pay later solutions are continuing to grow in popularity as people seek alternative methods of financing. The BNPL industry will rack up $680 billion in transaction volume worldwide in 2025 Do you work in the Payments & Commerce industry? Get business insights on the latest tech innovations, market trends, and your competitors with…
WWE owner Vincent Kennedy McMahon (C) flanked by wrestling stars The Undertaker (L) and Brock Lesnar (R). Simon Galloway – PA Images via Getty Images WWE CEO Vince McMahon retired last week amid an investigation into alleged misconduct. McMahon held an iron grip on the company for four decades after taking over the business in…
Overfunctioning can lead to burnout and your team underperforming because you’re always picking up their slack for them. Jay Yuno/Getty Images Executive coach Melody Wilding shares advice on how to stop taking on too much at work. Overfunctioning at work can mean striving to do everything perfectly or struggling to enjoy breaks. Wilding says pay…
Getty Images Alphabet stock surged 8% on Wednesday after its 2nd-quarter results proved stable amid a time of heightened economic uncertainty.Investors had grown increasingly worried about the digital advertising space following Snap’s earnings implosion last week.“Alphabet shows digital ad business not falling off a cliff and relatively stable with some soft spots,” Wedbush analyst Dan…
A man walks past a storage area for oil barrels in Shanghai, China. Reuters/Aly Song Republicans introduced a bill that would sanction Chinese purchases of Russian energy to limit Moscow’s ability to pay for its war on Ukraine. “Any entity, including Chinese state-run companies, helping them in that effort should face serious consequences,” Marco Rubio…
A lawmaker wants to punish people for ghosting, or abruptly cutting off communications with someone without explaining why. Arnolfo Teves Jr., a member of the Philippine House of Representatives, claimed in a note accompanying his bill that ghosting “can be likened to a form of emotional cruelty and should be punished as an emotional offense.”…
In 1917, Marcel Duchamp submitted a sculpture to the Society of Independent Artists under a false name. Fountain was a urinal, bought from a toilet supplier, with the signature R. Mutt on its side in black paint. Duchamp wanted to see if the society would abide by its promise to accept submissions without censorship or…
Later this year, Google Photos is going to get a significant update that has the distinction of first arriving on Chromebooks. According to a Google blog post, Google Photos will get a new movie editor and video editing features this fall as part of an update to Chrome OS. From the sound of things, it’ll…
With Lollapalooza returning to Chicago’s Grant Park this weekend, Hulu subscribers can watch the festival from the comfort of their homes. All you need is a standard or No Adds package – no Live TV plan required. The livestream will begin at 3PM ET on Thursday, July 28th. Metallica, fresh from their recent Stranger Things…