Shirley Chung prepares a dish at the Michael Muller’s HEAVEN, presented by The Art of Elysium, event on Jan. 5, 2019 in Los Angeles. Phillip Faraone | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty Images When the pandemic hit, chef and reality TV star Shirley Chung quickly pivoted her restaurant business to manage through the crisis. Dealing
Month: May 2021
A young woman pleads with her aging mother, “Mom, I think you should do it. Please do it for me.” Looking down her mother quietly replies, “I don’t know, it just doesn’t feel right, I don’t want to lose my privacy.” Her daughter responds swiftly and sternly, “Mom! It’s for your own safety and my
Kevin is the Founder of Marker Real Estate, an innovative firm with a transparent, inclusive, client-focused strategy. If you grew up in the 1990s as I did, you might be familiar with a video game called Cruis’n USA, an auto racing game with multiple checkpoints. I once heard someone compare Cruis’n USA to running a business. In
A woman jogs past a cordoned off Merlion Park on June 12, 2020 in Singapore. Suhaimi Abdullah | Getty Images SINGAPORE — Singapore’s government said Friday it’s “very likely” that the air travel bubble with Hong Kong will not begin on May 26, as the Southeast Asian city-state further tightens measures to curb a rise
In this article ABNB Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky attends the Cannes Lions on June 20, 2016, in Cannes, France. Richard Bord | Getty Images Airbnb said revenue increased 5% in the first quarter, beating analysts’ estimates, as the rapid pace of vaccinations led to more travel. The company’s net loss tripled because of debt repayments and restructuring
In this article DOGE.CM= Yuriko Nakao | Getty Images News | Getty Images Dogecoin soared more than 40% early Friday after a tweet from supporter Elon Musk and as Coinbase said it would list the meme-inspired cryptocurrency. The price of dogecoin rose to an intraday high of around 55 cents at 2:30 a.m. ET, according
Sophie Evanoff, owner of Vanille Patisserie in Chicago, is having a hard time finding workers. Source: Sophie Evanoff She managed to keep her bakery business afloat during the pandemic, but now Sophie Evanoff, owner of Vanille Patisserie in Chicago, can’t keep up with demand. The culprit: her inability to find workers. “It is to the
It’s a tired story by now in Illinois: the graduated income tax state constitutional amendment on the ballot this past November failed because of a fundamental lack of trust by the people of Illinois in their elected officials. That’s not just my own claim; new House Speaker Chris Welch said as much, according to the
Buying a home is exciting, but it’s also a huge commitment. And one of the responsibilities of homeownership is paying real estate taxes. How much you will end up paying can vary significantly depending on a variety of factors — from how much your home is worth to where you live. To illustrate just how
In this article DOGE.CM= BTC.CM= COIN Coinbase Global issued its first quarterly report as a public company on Thursday, showing a surge in business with growing public interest around investing in digital coins. Despite raging speculation around cryptocurrency and a bountiful number of offerings, the asset class is a volatile one. After coming public more
In this article BTC.BS=-USS BTC.CB= The logo for Coinbase Global Inc, the biggest U.S. cryptocurrency exchange, is displayed on the Nasdaq MarketSite jumbotron and others at Times Square in New York, U.S., April 14, 2021. Shannon Stapleton | Reuters Coinbase shares were down about 4% in after-hours trading on Thursday, despite revenue and net income
U.S. stock index futures were little changed in overnight trading on Thursday, after all three major averages snapped three-day losing streaks to end the day higher. Futures contracts tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 18 points. S&P 500 futures advanced 0.08%, while Nasdaq 100 futures posted a slight decline. During regular trading, the
Volunteers at a food bank in Duarte, California, load donation boxes. FREDERIC J. BROWN | AFP | Getty Images It appears the pandemic hasn’t dented charitable giving from wealthy households. Most affluent Americans — about 90% — gave to charitable causes in 2020, with a third of them giving more than in the past to
The PayPal application can be seen on a mobile phone. Felix Kästle | picture alliance | Getty Images PayPal is making another acquisition in the e-commerce space as it moves beyond payments and into physical and online retail. The digital payments giant announced a deal to acquire start-up Happy Returns on Thursday for an undisclosed
Brian Kemp, governor of Georgia. Elijah Nouvelage | Bloomberg | Getty Images More than 1 million Americans will lose unemployment benefits early as a result of states’ decisions to cut off federal aid to workers. By Thursday morning, at least 15 states, all led by Republican governors, had announced they would end their participation in
Today’s column addresses questions about whether it’s best to file at 70 ½ or 70, potential spousal benefits before retirement benefits and when excess spousal benefits might be available. Larry Kotlikoff is a Professor of Economics at Boston University and the founder and president of Economic Security Planning, Inc, which markets Maximize My Social Security
As the saying goes, “The road to Hell is paved with good intentions.” That seems to be the case with section 602(c)(2)(A) of the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), signed into law by President Biden on March 11. The subsection prohibits states from using funds disbursed under the act to “directly or indirectly offset a reduction in
The distinct architecture of Barcelona, with its curved shapes, floral motifs and ornamentation, is defined by its Catalan Modernism. The aesthetically pleasing style was a major force in the larger Modernisme movement, which also permeated art, theater and literature at the end of the 19th century. This recently refurbished Modernist house is located in the
In this article KO PEP MNST “Mommy, who is LeBron James?” my 4-year-old daughter asked. “He’s one of the best basketball players in the world,” I replied, explaining some of his accomplishments. “Why?” “I really like his drink,” she said, after stealing a sip of Mtn Dew Rise from a sample pack that Pepsi sent
In this article BTC.CM= TSLA Elon Musk’s decision to stop Tesla from accepting bitcoin as payment has led to fresh scrutiny of the cryptocurrency’s environmental impact. Musk said Wednesday that Tesla had halted purchases of its vehicles with bitcoin due to concerns over the “rapidly increasing use of fossil fuels for bitcoin mining.” He alluded
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