Hurricane Ian hit southwest Florida just as the state put historic amounts of money into climate resilience. Now officials have to move faster.

Hurricane Ian flooded neighborhoods like this one in Fort Myers, Florida. Photo by Ricardo Arduengo/AFP via Getty Images Climate preparedness was in its early stages in southwest Florida, where Ian caused the most damage. Millions in government funding have been earmarked for coastal-restoration projects.  The state should rapidly build up its natural climate defenses, environmentalists…

I’m an Upper West Side personal trainer who charges $140 an hour. I make my own hours and love my flexible schedule — here’s what my days are like.

Penny Smart. Brian Briggs Penny Smart is a personal trainer who owns a gym on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, New York. She started in group fitness at 22 and now she only does one-on-one training for up to $140 an hour. Despite the demand for virtual training started by the pandemic, she says…

Warren Buffett’s stock portfolio is so large that unrealized investment losses in the 2nd-quarter led to a 10% decline in earnings per share for the whole S&P 500

Warren Buffett speaks onstage during Fortune’s Most Powerful Women Summit at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel on October 13, 2015 in Washington, DC. Paul Morigi/Getty Images The S&P 500’s 2nd-quarter earnings per share is set to drop 10% thanks to Berkshire Hathaway.Warren Buffett’s conglomerate reported an unrealized investment loss of $67 billion last quarter due to…

Russia complains about Western arms flowing into Ukraine, but Putin’s troops are giving Kyiv far more heavy weaponry as they retreat

A Russian T-72 tank is loaded on a truck by Ukrainian soldiers outside the town of Izyum on September 24, 2022. Photo by ANATOLII STEPANOV/AFP via Getty Images Throughout the war, Russia has repeatedly complained about Western countries arming Ukraine. Putin and other top Kremlin officials have warned this could drag the West into direct…

US intelligence believes the Ukrainian government was likely behind the assassination of the daughter of a top Putin ally: NYT

Russian political scientist and ideologue Alexsandr Dugin delivers a speech during a memorial service for his daughter Darya Dugina, who was killed in a car bomb attack, in Moscow, Russia August 23, 2022. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov Ukraine may have authorized the killing of Daria Dugina, US officials told The New York Times. Dugina was a leading…

‘Shark Tank’ investor Kevin O’Leary says Twitter isn’t even worth $10 billion and Elon Musk should start from scratch if he wants to make his money back

Television personality and businessman Kevin O’Leary. REUTERS/Gus Ruelas Elon Musk’s offer to purchase Twitter for $44 billion is far more than what the company is actually worth, Kevin O’Leary said. “I don’t think it’s worth $10 billion,” O’Leary said to CNBC, emphasizing the need for new management in the company. He urged Musk to “get…