A reader submission from Logan Lin of Dublin: I live in a culture where we are measured by our talents and ability. Yet far too often we overlook the importance of inspiration and initiative. Covid-19 in many ways has catapulted generations to be inspired. This period in our history has […]
Day: June 16, 2020
3 reasons to make disability insurance part of your financial plan
Like clockwork, millions of Americans go to and from their job every day without incident. For an unfortunate few, today will be different. That’s why disability insurance exists. If you’re one of the unlucky ones who gets injured or sick — maybe from COVID-19 — you’ll be covered while you’re […]
Shopping for refurbished kitchen appliances and home improvement tools is the smartest way to get more for your money
When you purchase a refurbished appliance from a trusted seller like eBay or Sears Outlet, you’re getting an item that has been used and then returned within the short return window. It’s then repaired and certified to ensure it’s functioning like new, and sold at a significant discount. (Photo: Getty […]
Support Black Artists, Creatives, & Entrepreneurs With Airbnb
As the Black Lives Matter movement continues garnering support on a global scale, there are plenty of ways to take an active part beyond spreading awareness through social media posts. Protests and petitions have been a crucial way to make collective demands for change, but it’s also important for us […]
Carriers Gain Customer And Credit Options As Volumes Surge
As the United States reopens its economy and quarantined consumers return to quasi-normal behaviors with their stimulus checks, overall freight volumes are surging. While capacity remains loose, rates are rebounding from their low levels. This could be due to the reopening of restaurants and seasonal movement of produce out of […]
How to Save Time and Money Food Shopping
Shopping for groceries has been fraught enough of late—and that was before food prices spiked. Now consumers need to find new ways to economize on what they buy at the store while continuing to stay safe as they shop. Grocery prices rose a seasonally adjusted 1 percent between April and […]
What rich people are buying during coronavirus. Hint: It’s not toilet paper
Miss Diamond Ring founder Michelle Demaree has been regularly selling hefty engagement rings despite the COVID-19 pandemic. (Michelle Demaree) A few weeks after much of the U.S. went into a shutdown because of the coronavirus, Peter Webster, cofounder and president of New York jewelry company Roberto Coin, got a call […]
Mortgage Lenders ‘Make Hay’ With Loan Spreads Widest Since 2008
(Bloomberg) — Unemployment is high. Credit is tight. And scientists are warning that a dangerous second wave of the coronavirus is coming. But somehow, U.S. mortgage companies are having one of their best years in history. Just ask Keith VandenAkker. He’s forgoing weekends to keep up with the work. In […]
PG&E Is Set to Exit Bankruptcy, Ending Saga Sparked by Fires
(Bloomberg) — Only 19 months after the Camp Fire erupted in the tinderbox mountains of Northern California, PG&E Corp., the power utility behind the deadliest conflagration in the state’s history, is poised to emerge from bankruptcy with its safety still in question. As the state braces for another fire season, […]
Here’s How Cartier Is Helping Female Entrepreneurs Make a Big Global Impact
Click here to read the full article. Ready for a little good news? Cartier has announced 21 finalists for its Cartier Women’s Initiative, three of which hail from North America. Each year since 2006, the French jewelry and watch maison has used the platform to support female entrepreneurs with start-up businesses […]
Why Poetry Books Often Aren’t Accessible to People With Disabilities
A poem comes to my inbox or my podcast feed. Its images give me access to an unfamiliar experience. Its rhythm grips me. Words are the instruments that give sound to its message. The poet has a lesson to teach me, and a lesson isn’t often learned on the first […]
Can 5G help make it easier to work from home?
FOSTER CITY, Calif. — Now that so many of us have become accustomed to working from home, one question that might come up is, does 5G really matter anymore? After all, most people are probably connecting to the internet, and all of their work colleagues, with their in-home Wi-Fi via a […]
Wondering What It’s Like to Use Carvana? Here’s Everything You Need to Know
Before the coronavirus pandemic, I would have never considered buying a car online without seeing and touching it first. But 60 days into staying home, necessity outweighed hesitation, and I purchased a 2017 Honda Fit on the Carvana app. A week later, the car was delivered contact-free, and the experience […]
Coronavirus could provide a chance to make sport more equal
Dame Sarah Storey with a gold medal – Andrew Matthews/PA Wire Dame Sarah Storey believes the coronavirus crisis has provided sport with an unprecedented opportunity to build “a more equal world” for men and women provided sports administrators are prepared to think “outside the box”. With the Premier League set […]
Fox News and 25 More Companies That Faced Public Backlash
No matter how great the product or how strong the marketing, no company is immune to public backlash. For decades, consumers have used their wallets to make a statement, from the political to the personal. And in the social media age, negative news spreads faster than ever. Here are 26 […]
City watchdog to tackle high-risk investment loophole that has cost consumers thousands
investors lose cash The City watchdog is considering closing a major loophole which allows unregulated and high-risk investment schemes to be sold to unsuspecting members of the public. Charles Randall, chair of the Financial Conduct Authority, admitted that consumers could be exposed to inappropriate investments because they are sold by […]
I Bought a Car Sight Unseen on the Internet, and I’d Absolutely Do It Again
Before the coronavirus pandemic, I would have never considered buying a car online without seeing and touching it first. But 60 days into staying home, necessity outweighed hesitation, and I purchased a 2017 Honda Fit on the Carvana app. A week later, the car was delivered contact-free, and the experience […]
31 Hidden Ways You’re Bleeding Money Every Month
There are some expenses you plan for every month — your rent or mortgage, utilities, your cellphone bill, etc. — but there are also a lot of hidden expenses you’re paying for regularly that you might not be aware of. These little costs could quickly add up, whittling away at […]
There are alternatives to the NHS coronavirus app if you’re worried about data privacy
Yes, yes, yes. Thank you, Tom Peck. You have summarised brilliantly exactly how I feel about the current corrupt anti-democratic government. I have been moved to write to my MP three times in the last couple of months having almost never done so before. (I wrote twice about Dominic Cummings […]
The Online Grocery Boom Reveals a Few Big Winners
(Bloomberg Opinion) — Covid-19-related lockdowns have ushered in plenty of consumer behaviors that I don’t expect to last, including cutting one’s own hair and baking enough homemade bread to spark a run on yeast. But there’s at least one spending shift brought on by the pandemic that is bound to […]