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Psychologist Paula Madrid made a New Year's resolution to learn French. Now logging on for her virtual French class has become a cherished routine.

The Detroit Pistons had a disappointing 2019-20 season, but they got to hit the reset button as a result. Here are five predictions for the 2020-21 offseason as Troy Weaver begins his tenure as general manager.

Two studies from UBS and IBM look at the retail landscape and find home furnishings and furniture store challenges will continue long after the pandemic lifts. While consumers are spending to decorate their homes, they a...

There are a lot of jobs that could be done from home that only require a high school diploma or have no formal educational requirements.

Eula Biss writes about the philosophical musings she experienced when she bought a house.

Shrinking GDP typically drives profit declines four to five times larger than what was seen during the 2020 downturn.

Stocks have rebounded from their March lows and are posting gains for the year even with full-year earnings forecasts being crushed. The gains in stocks are thus totally attributable to rising valuations.

The Inca recognized the importance of guano and the islands where the so-called guano birds breed as central to the survival of their civilization -- and they responded by implementing the first ever conservation effort

The decentralized finance (defi) crypto asset tied to the Yearn Finance project has smashed records this week, as the coin touched a high of $30,324 on Saturday evening. Yearn’s token YFI has been recently added to the...

The most popular shows on Netflix this week include "Lucifer," "High Score," and "Million Dollar Beach House."

Profits are down. Margins are low. Banks are bracing for a wave of soured loans. On the other hand, they're raking in fees and deposits.

Current and former workers at Carta, a hot Silicon Valley fintech company, said they were belittled, excluded and punished if they spoke up.

Remember that preferred shareholders are senior to the entire equity stack and sit senior to all common distributions. Given the dislocation in the sector today, we consider preferreds an excellent source of revenue and ...

For a guy who has pushed massive deregulation, President Trump certainly likes to insert himself into the business world on a granular basis. He ridicules Amazon's CEO Jeff Bezos as "Jeff Bozo" and threatens the company'...

A signed label of Trump Sauvignon Blanc 2013 Vintage is up for grabs online.

August has been an awful month for Ethereum Classic as the blockchain suffered yet another 51% attack.

Trump has flouted the law, induced chaos, inspired disorder. So the GOP argument that he's for "law and order" doesn't pass the smell test.

After overwhelming their opponents in the first round of the playoffs, we finally have a delicious second-round matchup between the Milwaukee Bucks and Miami Heat.

Donkey carts, still the main means of transport in the rural areas of Botswana, are becoming safer due to a simple, low-cost, low-tech intervention that is helping to prevent motor vehicle crashes.

Evan Fisher got a crash course in business plan writing at his first job out of college. That skill now powers his fast-growing business, Unicorn Business Plans.

Trump will go to Kenosha on Tuesday.

Asssigning people to priority projects as needed -- rather than having them 'own' a project -- is an antifragility measure companies need to survive today.