Last year, I received an Instagram DM from someone I was friends with in college. It had been a couple years since we’d caught up: We lived in different cities, had pursued different careers and, of course, the pandemic had brought any plans of hanging out again to a standstill. I was surprised to see…
Monthly Archives: August 2022
You know the daily drill all too well: You pump out pitch decks, proposals, and documents, sharing with your team or clients, they comment and suggest edits for what seems like forever, and then you finally get sign-off 15 minutes after happy hour ends, which is a huge bummer because nothing goes down easier than…
One of the potential encryption algorithms that was a serious candidate to be used in the quantum computing world has been defeated worryingly simply. The algorithm in question is called SIKE (Supersingular Isogeny Key Encapsulation), and made it through the encryption algorithm competition set up by the US Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards…
Amex rolls out American Express Global Pay, which helps meet demand for all-in-one payment solutions as SMBs digitize. Amex’s push into digital B2B payments can grow volume for the network and issuer as more SMBs digitize. Insider Intelligence publishes hundreds of insights, charts, and forecasts on the Payments & Commerce industry. Learn more about becoming…
Getty Images Net-zero has become the byword for climate change action among the world’s largest corporations. According to a 2021 report by the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit (ECIU) and Oxford Net Zero, at least 21% of the world’s 2,000 largest public companies, representing sales of almost US$14 trillion, say they now have made net-zero pledges….
James Bullard, CEO and president of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, in an interview on February 25, 2016. David Orrell/CNBC/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images US stocks rose Wednesday in what could be the market’s first advance after two straight losses. Fed officials have been speaking about what may be next for interest…
Paul Bersebach/MediaNews Group/Orange County Register/Getty Images The Fed has said cooling inflation will likely involve a rise in unemployment as the labor market softens. Higher unemployment, however, is the “first and foremost” risk to the economy, Goldman Sachs said. Letting the US lose jobs is “pure waste,” while inflation is simply “redistribution,” another economist said….
Cindy Ord/Getty Images The stock market’s “buy the dip” regime has returned after a bear market touched more than 70% of stocks, according to Fundstrat’s Tom Lee.There have only been three times since 1995 that stocks have been more oversold than they were in June.Lee gave 5 reasons why he expects the stock market to…
Hall and Hall This $6.75 million ranch neighboring Kelly Clarkson’s Montana home just hit the market. The current owners, originally from the UK and Kenya, spoke to Insider about the unique listing. They built the five-bedroom home using logs salvaged from a wildfire in Oregon — check it out. Want to be Kelly Clarkson’s neighbor? Look…
The author, financial planner Natalie Taylor. Courtesy of Natalie Taylor All of my financial advice begins with budgeting, but there’s lots of bad advice out there. I think it’s unhelpful to advise budgeters to review the last year of their spending; it’s too much. I also think saving till it hurts and tracking every penny…