Why Iowa and Wisconsin chicken farmers are struggling to feed their flocks
Dozens of farmers in Iowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin are scrambling to feed their flocks after a struggling organic broiler chicken producer abruptly closed a year after getting a $39 million federal...
View ArticleWhy is Mark Cuban all over social media acting like Kamala Harris’s business...
A lot of billionaires seem hellbent on reelecting Donald Trump. In return, the Republican candidate has promised that their support will pay dividends. Given all this mutual affinity, it certainly...
View ArticleAmazon AWS CEO says quit if you don’t want to return to office
One of Amazon’s top executives defended the new, controversial 5-day-per-week in-office policy on Thursday, saying those who do not support it can leave for another company. Speaking at an all-hands...
View ArticleNetflix shares are up, but some analysts are concerned about the streamer
This story originally appeared in The Technology Letter and is republished here with permission. Netflix shares are rising by nine percent early Friday after the company Thursday evening beat with its...
View ArticleDonald Trump is losing on TikTok
TikTok’s influence has become undeniable in the 2024 presidential election, with both camps leaning full force into the idea that if you can’t beat ’em, join ’em. But that plan hasn’t worked out so...
View ArticleBiden administration races to approve clean energy projects before the election
The Biden administration is shelling out billions of dollars for clean energy and approving major offshore wind projects as officials race to secure major climate initiatives before President Joe...
View Article‘I’m probably not your candidate’: Iowa GOP hopeful tells voter in candid...
A Ring camera recently caught a bit of a head-tilting moment when Heather Stephenson, a Republican candidate for the Iowa House, was out canvassing in her area. In the video, which was shared on...
View ArticleWhat killed Kmart and other pressing questions as the retail chain closes its...
Attention, Kmart shoppers: This is your last call for blue light specials. The iconic chain’s last American mainland superstore, located in Bridgehampton, New York, is closing its doors on Sunday,...
View Article20 “Big” Words That Can Make You Sound Smarter
Why say “that’s an anomaly,” when you can just say “that’s odd”? Maybe it’s because you’re trying to look more intelligent. A study by the education platform Preply, found that nearly three in five...
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How ancient civilizations socially distanced neighborhoods to evade diseases
In my research focused on early farmers of Europe, I have often wondered about a curious pattern through time: Farmers lived in large dense villages, then dispersed for centuries, then later formed...
View Article‘It’s not fair’: Why restaurateur Danny Meyer is gunning for tipping culture
How much should we be tipping? Legendary restaurateur Danny Meyer dives into the relationship between servers and customers. The founder of Union Square Hospitality Group and Shake Shack shares his...
View ArticleHow humans made coastal cities more vulnerabile to storm surge and flooding
Centuries ago, estuaries around the world were teeming with birds and turbulent with schools of fish, their marshlands and endless tracts of channels melting into the gray-blue horizon. Fast-forward...
View ArticleUse this extremely simple ‘wish list’ framework to build the life you want
The first time I conducted my life audit, I remember looking at my wish list with a mix of excitement and trepidation. I had a clear view of what was important to me, and there was a lot. Where to...
View Article4 ways AI could negatively impact the 2024 election
The American public is on alert about artificial intelligence and the 2024 election. A September 2024 poll by the Pew Research Center found that well over half of Americans worry that artificial...
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Miss having a dedicated work phone? Here’s how to configure your iPhone to...
Smartphones have enabled us to attend to work from nearly anywhere. But their productivity power also frequently encroaches on our personal lives—making it too easy to reply to business emails or...
View ArticleWealthier Americans are driving retail spending
It’s a trend that has surprised many: Why, despite being squeezed by high prices, have Americans kept spending at retail stores and restaurants at a robust pace? One key reason is a relatively simple...
View Article‘My mind is never asleep’: will.i.am shares his 8 rules for living a creative...
When I finally get ahold of will.i.am, he is walking circles around a hotel complex in Dubai. Snacking on chips and gauc, his energy is frenetic as he tries to capture how he relates to, cultivates,...
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This 10-second tweak will bring new life to any browser
When it comes to most home screens—on your phone, your computer, you name it—you’ve got endless-seeming options for customizing and taking control. The one canvas you can’t easily paint, curiously...
View ArticleHousing market report: 10 states where home prices have risen more than 600%...
Want more housing market stories from Lance Lambert’s ResiClub in your inbox? Subscribe to the ResiClub newsletter. Over the past 40 years, U.S. home prices as tracked by the Freddie Mac House Price...
View ArticleHow to handle an inheritance: the 3 key factors
When my father passed away in 2013, my sister and I learned that we were the joint beneficiaries of his life insurance policy. We knew that Dad intended this money as a strings-free gift. His final...
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