The city of Lisbon in Portugal turns to tech next week, as it plays host to the annual Web Summit conference. The event, also known as the “Davos for geeks,” will feature some of the biggest names in technology at an interesting time for the sector. It attracted more than 70 ,000 attendees last year….
Kai Yang Chan (left) and JiaYi Zhou (right) run Singapore-based bakery Cake Inspiration. Courtesy of Cake Inspiration When Kai Yang Chan and Jiayi Zhuo matched on Tinder at age 19, neither of them expected that it would lead to marriage. Six years later, not only have they tied the knot — they’re also business partners….
Jamie Dimon, chief executive officer of JPMorgan Chase & Co., speaks during the 2025 National Retirement Summit in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, March 12, 2025. Al Drago | Bloomberg | Getty Images JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon recently opened up about his phone habits at work, including never reading text messages and having his…
A store in a shopping mall in Beijing on Aug. 7, 2024. Pedro Pardo | Afp | Getty Images Deflation pressures in China alleviated in October, as consumer prices returned to growth after falling for two straight months, though producer prices extended their slump to three years amid weak domestic demand and a decline in…
Neurodiverse professionals may see unique benefits from artificial intelligence tools and agents, research suggests. With AI agent creation booming in 2025, people with conditions like ADHD, autism, dyslexia and more report a more level playing field in the workplace thanks to generative AI. A recent study from the UK’s Department for Business and Trade found…
Everyone who knows me knows that I can’t stand owing money. I pay down my credit cards every month, and I complete Venmo requests the second I get them. The only debt I have left is my student loan, which has been on minimum payment autopilot since I graduated from college in 2013. For many…
It was a terrible start to November on Wall Street. The tech-heavy Nasdaq sank just over 3% in its worst weekly performance since early April. The S & P 500 fell 1.6% for the week. Both stock measures broke three-week winning streaks.This week’s market decline, which followed a strong October, can be chalked up to…
Many restaurants may need to rethink their mandatory gratuity policies if they want this income to count as qualified tips for their workers under the new tax laws. The “no tax on tips” provision in President Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act allows certain workers to deduct up to $25,000 in “qualified tips” per year…
Last month, Skyscanner published its annual report of destinations around the world that are trending for 2026. To determine the ranking, Skyscanner looked at destinations with the biggest year-over-year increases in searches to which shows where exactly travelers are most interested in heading to in the upcoming year. Skyscanner, in partnership with OnePoll, an international…
In 2020, Anita Kinoshita, 28 years old at the time, started looking into buying a house. Kinoshita was living in California and making around $70,000 a year as a software engineer for the Department of Defense. As a first-generation American from a farming family in Mexico, Kinoshita believed the best way to finally achieve the…
