When Hyundai acquired Boston Dynamics at the end of 2020, there were plenty of open questions. Chief among them was why we should assume this acquisition would be any different than the past few? The 30-year-old bleeding edge robotics form had been an uncomfortable fit for its last two owners, Google and Softbank, but the…
Monthly Archives: August 2022
SAVE $99.01: Amazon has the 2021 iPad mini (64GB) with cellular connectivity on sale for just $549.99 as of Aug. 12. That’s 15% off its $649 MSRP and a match of its record-low price. Pull up some data on the Amazon price-tracking site camelcamelcamel, and you might notice a weird trend with Apple‘s latest iPad…
SAVE 50%: Eliminate mosquitos, gnats, and other annoying insects from your space with the Katchy bug trap. It’s on sale for $25.19 at Amazon, which includes an extra 10% off coupon, as of August 12 — that’s $24.80 in savings. Even if you’re a lover of all living things, we all have our limit for…
The Trump Organization’s Chief Financial Officer Allen Weisselberg, center, awaits a car after leaving a courtroom appearance in New York, Monday, Sept. 20, 2021. Donald Trump’s company and its longtime finance chief were charged Thursday in what a prosecutor called a “sweeping and audacious” tax fraud scheme that saw the Trump executive allegedly receive more…
Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona, right, and Chris Murphy of Connecticut. Sinema approved a 1% tax on stock buybacks as part of the Inflation Reduction Act. Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images Paul Constant is a writer at Civic Ventures and the cohost of the “Pitchfork Economics” podcast. He argues the IRA’s 1% tax on…
Getty Images Homebuilders in China have lost roughly $90 billion in stocks and bonds this year, Bloomberg reports. A looming debt crisis and a bursting housing bubble threatens to add further turmoil. Builders are also worried about the future as Beijing favors owners in its route to recovery. Chinese homebuilders have lost nearly $90 billion…
Whole Foods Market CEO John Mackey Business Wire In a recent podcast, Whole Foods CEO John Mackey said socialism is taking over the US. Mackey also expressed concern that younger people “don’t seem like they want to work.” The co-founder is leaving the chain in September and says he feels more free to express his…
You can receive your reverse mortgage funds in the form of monthly payments, a lump sum, or a line of credit. 10’000 Hours/Getty Images When you get a reverse mortgage, instead of making a monthly mortgage payment, the lender pays you. The benefits of a reverse mortgage include increased cash flow in retirement and the…
A Redfin report found that Miami experienced a large jump in median homebuyer income from 2019 to 2021 as well-paid workers relocated to less expensive locales. Jeff Greenberg/Getty Images Redfin found that homebuyers’ incomes rose in cities like Boise and Austin as high earners moved in. It found that while median incomes in these spots…
Ether Nurphoto / Getty Images Ethereum is set for a big upgrade next month as it transitions to a proof-of-stake system.Ether has surged by more than 100% from its June low as anticipation builds for the upcoming merge.But the Ethereum merge could ultimately be a “sell the news” event for ether prices, according to Glassnode….