Elon Musk. Adrees Latif/Reuters Elon Musk’s acquisition and management of Twitter is a business school case study for the ages. Insider asked leading business school professors for their views on his first week. One said he was a failed leader and should stick to innovation, another said Musk was right to clear house. Elon Musk’s…
Billy McFarland. AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File Fyre Festival founder Billy McFarland sat down with GMA on Friday in his first TV interview since leaving prison. In the interview, McFarland expressed remorse and admitted to lying to investors to save his company. McFarland was released from prison in March and says he plans to venture into…
The Phillie Phanatic pumps up the crowd during the game between the New York Mets and the Philadelphia Phillies at Citizens Bank Park on Wednesday, April 17, 2019. Rob Tringali/MLB/Getty Images Philadelphia’s baseball team has a knack for winning the World Series around the onset of a recession.While correlation does not equal causation, superstitious investors…
A 100 yuan banknote (R) is placed next to $100 banknotes in this picture illustration taken in Beijing Nov. 1, 2010. Reuters/Petar Kujundzic The US dollar index weakened about 1.3% on Friday as rumors about a China reopening circulated. In 2022, the US Dollar Index has climbed roughly 16% as the Federal Reserve tightens monetary…
It’s only been a matter of days since Elon Musk took over Twitter, but he’s already shaking up the platform in major ways. Few of his ideas have attracted as much attention, or controversy, as his plan to start charging for verification as part of a bigger overhaul to Twitter’s subscription service, Blue. Calling the…
Microplastics are a bane that harms wildlife, but you may be staring at the solution to this problem in your breakfast. Princeton researchers have used egg whites to create a lightweight, porous aerogel that can remove microplastics and salt from seawater. When you freeze-dry and superheat the whites (up to 1,652F) in an oxygen-free space,…
Black Friday doesn’t officially arrive for a few more weeks, but we’re already starting to see retailers run early holiday sales on several gadgets we recommend. Roku’s Streaming Stick 4K, for instance, has fallen to a new low of $25, while Sony’s WH-1000XM5 headphones are back down to the price we saw during Amazon’s Prime…
Last year Ring debuted a mega cheap way to get one of its doorbells by launching an entry-level wired version called Ring Video Doorbell Wired, and it’s now on offer in an early Black Friday 2022 deal. Read More
The Cyber Monday and Black Friday sales are the biggest shopping event of the year – not only is it holiday season, but there are also serious discounts across a full range of retailers, both in-store and online. We’ll be keeping a track of all the online deals across a range of stores, so you…
Amazon regularly reduces the prices of its Echo Show models in the early Black Friday sales, and that’s true of the Echo Show 5. This is the second-gen model, so it’s the most recent Show 5 that Amazon offers. Read More