It’s normal to feel stressed every now and then, but chronic stress can cause health issues like anxiety, high blood pressure and even heart attacks. But the effects don’t stop there. On a recent episode of 10% Happier with Dan Harris, Elissa Epel, author of “The Stress Prescription,” and expert on well-being and aging, shared…
A novel way to maintain strong friendships? Creating a joint bank account. That’s the advice Madison Machen received last year while chatting with her seat-mate on a flight to New York. The woman was on her way to meet her best friend on one of their periodic trips. The trip, she told Machen, was funded…
If you’re in the market for a premium travel credit card, get ready to pay an even heftier annual fee. On Thursday, American Express rolled out the latest version of its Platinum card, which now comes with a $895 fee, up from $695. Earlier this summer, JPMorgan Chase upped the annual charge for its Sapphire…
Many parents think kids develop strong social skills from memorizing phrases like “please” and “thank you.” But the real foundation is built much earlier, at home and through everyday interactions. I’ve studied over 200 parent-child relationships, and I’m a mother myself. I’ve found that kids learn to communicate and connect by watching how their parents behave….
(This is the Warren Buffett Watch newsletter, news and analysis on all things Warren Buffett. You can sign up here to receive it every Friday evening in your inbox.) Berkshire totally exits its profitable stake in Chinese EV maker Berkshire Hathaway has completely exited its extremely profitable equity investment in the Chinese electric vehicle maker BYD….
Perhaps the biggest outcome of the latest U.S.-China trade talks is China’s increased confidence in its homegrown technology. Alibaba and Baidu both saw their stocks surge this past week after news of AI advances and business deals . Huawei touted AI chip systems better than Nvidia’s at the same time as Beijing extended a probe…
U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi speaks next to U.S. President Donald Trump during a press conference about deploying federal law enforcement agents in Washington to bolster the local police presence, in the Press Briefing Room at the White House, in Washington D.C., U.S., August 11, 2025. Jonathan Ernst | Reuters President Donald Trump exerted public…
Travellers wait in Terminal 4 at Heathrow Airport on Sept. 20, 2025 after major European airports including Brussels, Berlin and London’s Heathrow were hit by “cyber-related disruption.” Justin Tallis | Afp | Getty Images Disruption at some European airports continued for a second day on Sunday after a cyberattack targeted check-in technology company Collins Aerospace….
Lucy Guo attends as Passes presents Lucypalooza 2024 during LA Tech Week on October 16, 2024, in Beverly Hills, California. Gonzalo Marroquin | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty Images Several billionaires and successful entrepreneurs never went to college, from Bill Gates to Mark Zuckerberg — and 30-year-old Lucy Guo recently joined their ranks. The California-based…
Across the U.S., Americans didn’t see a huge boost to their incomes between 2023 and 2024. The national median household income ticked up just over 1%, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. But incomes rose much more significantly in some places. In Tampa, Florida, the median household income jumped over 15% between 2023 in 2024 —…
