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College students today have been dealt a difficult hand. The class of COVID-19 has been forced to cut their college careers short, give up a traditional graduation ceremony and begin their professional careers during the most hostile labor market since the Great Depression.  Many of these students have had their job offers rescinded, and are looking

Tidying expert and bestselling author Marie Kondo is known for helping millions of people to transform and organize their homes. Through her company, KonMari Media, Inc., Kondo has provided clients around the world with the products, services and content needed to de-clutter their living space in order to “spark joy” in their life. Now, the

Elon Musk is never one to shy away from setting ambitious goals. In fact, the billionaire’s most ambitious goal might just be the one he often talks about the most: going to Mars. On Wednesday, Musk and his private spacecraft company, SpaceX, nearly checked off a historic milestone that could put him another step closer

As millions of U.S. office workers stretch into their third month of navigating the world’s largest work-from-home experiment, business leaders are announcing that remote work is here to stay long after the pandemic subsides. Some companies, such as Google, have announced that workers who don’t need to be onsite can extend their work-from-home arrangement until

Whether unemployed or still working, many Americans are looking for extra funds during the coronavirus pandemic. About 14% of those with retirement savings have taken money from accounts such as 401(k)s and individual retirement accounts to meet that need. Another 13% of those with savings say they’re planning to make use of their retirement funds.

Growing up, Elon Musk read plenty of books but was especially inspired by science fiction.  The genre motivated him to create “cleaner energy technology or [build] spaceships to extend the human species’s reach” in the future, according to the book “Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future” by Ashlee Vance. With these goals in mind, Musk

Jay Leno remembers watching Elon Musk unveiling Tesla’s new Cybertruck, which set the auto world abuzz, on television in November. But apparently there’s nothing like seeing Tesla’s first all-electric pickup with his own eyes. “I saw it on TV … but nothing strikes you until you see it in person,” Leno says in a new

We live in an increasingly stressful world, which is why it has never been more important to foster emotional and mental resiliency in our children. Not only are mentally strong kids better prepared to tackle future problems on their own, but studies have found that they’re also more likely to be engaged in school and

While non-essential travel may be out for the foreseeable future, wanderlust is still going strong.  Proof? These are the Airbnb rentals at destinations around the world that users have been saving the most on “wish lists” since the pandemic began. (Data was compiled by Airbnb from March 11 to May 4.) Singaraja, Bali, Indonesia This two-bedroom villa

Major League Baseball and its players are still negotiating the terms of a potential start to the 2020 season that likely won’t happen until early-July. In the meantime, with Covid-19 fears shutting down countless businesses and live events around the world, baseball-deprived fans have looked to South Korea, where that country’s professional baseball league, the

Nine-time Grand Slam doubles champion Bethanie Mattek-Sands was set to compete in the BNP Paribas Open in March. But the day before it started, she found out the tournament had been canceled. The tournament, held at Indian Wells in Palm Springs, California, and known as the “fifth grand slam” in the tennis world because of

Americans love gift cards. And the U.S. is the world’s biggest market — by a long shot. The plastic cash substitute has been the most popular holiday item on shoppers’ lists for 13 years in a row.   In 2019 alone, U.S. consumers loaded up on gift cards from brands like Starbucks, Amazon and Home Depot

Brain coach Jim Kwik says billionaire Elon Musk hired him after they bonded over science fiction books like “Lord of the Rings” and Isaac Asimov’s “Foundation Series.” “I think leaders are readers,” Kwik tells CNBC Make It. After the Tesla and SpaceX CEO learned more about the work Kwik does — everything from teaching people

Former NFL star Chad Johnson is doing his part to help restaurant employees during the coronavirus pandemic. On Monday, the retired athlete left a $1,000 tip for his server at Havana’s Cuban Cuisine in Cooper City, Florida. His meal cost $37, meaning he tipped about 2,703%. “Congrats on re-opening, sorry about the pandemic, hope this

As a psychotherapist who mostly works with young people, I’ve followed the many ups and downs of my college-age patients over the past few years. And this year has been an especially tough one for the class of 2020.  But these five wonderful books will guide, support and inspire them as they transition from college to

While many dog owners dream of training their dogs to fetch them beer, that’s just what golden retrievers Buddy, 3, and Barley, 1, are doing amid the Covid-19 pandemic.  Mark and Karen Heuwetter, co-founders of Six Harbors Brewing Company in Huntington, a coastal town on Long Island, New York, were inspired to bring the dogs

The rise of artificial intelligence will make even software engineers less sought after. That’s because artificial intelligence will soon write its own software, according to Jack Dorsey, the tech billionaire boss of Twitter and Square. And that’s going to put some beginning-level software engineers in a tough spot. “We talk a lot about the self-driving

Amazon released its first smartphone, the Fire Phone, in July 2014, and the device was broadly considered a “debacle,” “a fiasco,” “a surprising disappointment.” By September 2015, Amazon stopped selling the Fire Phone. It was the type of high-profile flop that might lead some CEOs to start angrily pointing fingers, but not Jeff Bezos. “You

Here’s how different salaries can drastically raise or lower your Social Security benefits Monthly retirement for a $50,000 salary factoring in Social Security and savings Here’s how to get into the habit of saving more and spending less How to pay less in taxes on your Social Security benefits How to earn $40,000 in interest

With more than 38 million Americans currently out of work due to the coronavirus shutdowns, millions are having difficulty paying their bills on time. The first thing many financial experts have advised is to talk to your landlord, creditors or bank about your financial situation to see if they can offer any leniency or a