1 hour ago Kevin Peachey,Cost of living correspondent BBC The portrait is the only change to existing banknotes New banknotes featuring the portrait of King Charles III have now entered circulation, but it may be some time before they are commonly seen in wallets and purses. The new Bank of England notes will gradually replace […]
A diamond necklace in a Harrods department store in London. Leon Neal | Afp | Getty Images “A diamond is forever,” but perhaps not for the increasing number of consumers spurning the gemstone for lab-grown counterparts, gold and even other colored gemstones. The slogan was coined by diamond giant De Beers in 1948, capturing the […]
The growth prospects of countries like India and South Korea have seen many investors and big-name banks turn bullish on emerging markets this year. One wealth manager, however, said his super-rich clients are focused elsewhere. “A lot of wealth, especially from ultra-high-net-worth individuals, is moving to Dubai,” Dhruba Jyoti Sengupta, CEO of Wrise Private Middle […]
6 minutes ago Hannah Ritchie,BBC News, Sydney BBC SunDrive’s Maia Schweizer thinks Australia has what it takes to become a solar panel manufacturing hub Hidden among thick bushland in the outer suburbs of southern Sydney sits an expansive facility housing a technological breakthrough. It’s here that Australian company SunDrive Solar makes its “special sauce”: a […]
Amazon workers arrive with paperwork to unionize at the National Labor Relations Board office in Brooklyn, New York, Oct. 25, 2021. Brendan Mcdermid | Reuters The Amazon Labor Union, the company’s first group of workers to organize at a U.S. warehouse, said Tuesday that it’s taken steps to affiliate with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. […]
The former senior leader of a Pentagon unit that studied UFOs is releasing a highly anticipated book this August — and some have already mistakenly ordered from deceptive Amazon listings and received superficially convincing fakes of the book. Luis Elizondo led the Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program (AATIP), a U.S. governmental unit that looked into […]
A proposed merger between Paramount and Skydance, which was agreed to on Monday, per CNBC, is in limbo until approval from Paramount majority shareholder Shari Redstone. But the company revealed on Tuesday that it has a plan should the deal not go through — and it’s not looking great for employees. The plan, revealed Tuesday […]
2022 Toyota Tundra is pictured during the Motor Bella 2021 auto show in Pontiac, Michigan, September 21, 2021. Rebecca Cook | Reuters Toyota will recall over 100,000 SUVs and pickup trucks in the U.S. over debris in the engine potentially causing it to stall, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said on Tuesday. The […]
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) conducted an unannounced raid of national corporate landlord Cortland Management on May 22, ramping up an investigation into an alleged rental price-fixing conspiracy that may have already impacted millions of Americans. The surprise search was reportedly part of a criminal antitrust investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) […]
This Side Hustle Spotlight Q&A features Tom Saar. Saar has been using Taskrabbit, an online marketplace that pairs freelance workers with local jobs, to help build his moving business. He currently works with two other approved “Taskers” and has earned more than $150,000 in the past seven months. Image Credit: Courtesy of Tom Saar What […]