‘It’s exhilarating and shameful’: I’ve saved hundreds of dollars eating $5.99 restaurant meals, but it comes at a high price — feeling cheap and nasty.

“It’s a bit like ‘Meals on Wheels’ for moochers, except you have to actually collect the food yourself.”
CrowdStrike-Microsoft outage cost the airline $500 million

Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian said Wednesday that the massive IT outage earlier this month that stranded thousands of customers will cost it $500 million. Bastian said the figure includes not just lost revenue but “the tens of millions of dollars per day in compensation and hotels” over a period of five days. The […]
Biogen (BIIB) earnings Q2 2024

A test tube is seen in front of displayed Biogen logo in this illustration taken on, December 1, 2021. Dado Ruvic | Reuters Biogen on Thursday reported second-quarter earnings and revenue that topped estimates and hiked its full-year guidance, as the company’s cost cuts showed progress and sales of its breakthrough Alzheimer’s drug, Leqembi, and […]
You’ll know AI has taken over when we no longer value money

A future where machines organize, decide and execute all economic activities is no future at all.
Venu sports streaming pricing set at $42.99 a month

A detail view of a broadcast camera is seen with the NFL crest and ESPN Monday Night Football logo on it during a game between the Chicago Bears and the Minnesota Vikings at Soldier Field in Chicago on Dec. 20, 2021. Icon Sportswire | Icon Sportswire | Getty Images Venu Sports, the sports streaming joint […]
Medicare patients could get emergency treatment at home under new bill

A new proposal in Congress would allow older Medicare recipients to receive emergency medical services at home rather than having to be transported to a hospital for care, which could help them avert potential health and financial consequences resulting from a hospital visit.
Wayfair (W) earnings Q2 2024

Online home goods company Wayfair saw sales decline in its fiscal second quarter as its CEO called the current slowdown in the home goods category “unprecedented” — and likened it to the 2008 financial crisis. “Our credit card data suggests that the category correction now mirrors the magnitude of the peak to trough decline the […]
NASA may return Starliner astronauts on Boeing or SpaceX

Boeing spacecraft Starliner is seen from the window of SpaceX’s Dragon capsule “Endeavour” on July 3, 2024 while docked with the International Space Station during the crew flight test. NASA NASA management has been in deep discussion this week about whether to return the agency’s astronauts on board Boeing‘s misfiring Starliner capsule or to go […]
‘I am an only child’: My father left his $50 million estate to my stepmother in an irrevocable trust. I inherited $1 million. Is this reasonable?

“Is it common for entire estates to be left to the second spouse instead of being divided among the children?”
Paris Summer Olympics viewership rises, with Snoop Dogg creating buzz

Snoop Dogg attends the Artistic Gymnastics Women’s Qualification on day two of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games at Bercy Arena in Paris on July 28, 2024. Arturo Holmes | Getty Images Sport | Getty Images Millions of viewers in the U.S. are tuning into the Summer Olympics in Paris — and many of them are […]



