Alaska, Japan airline incidents highlight importance of safety demonstrations
A display showing the ‘fasten your seatbelt’ sign and the ‘no smoking’ sign illuminated on board an aircraft. Jeff Overs | BBC News & Current Affairs | Getty Images You trudge down the aisle to your seat. You double- and triple-check that you’ve arrived at the right row. You heave your luggage into the overhead […]
Renewed interest in ADCs will continue in 2024
Medical personnel use a mammogram to examine a woman’s breast for breast cancer. Hannibal Hanschke | dpa | Picture Alliance | Getty Images SAN FRANCISCO — An established but promising group of cancer drugs was a red-hot market in 2023, and more companies could look to the treatments to fuel growth in the year ahead. […]
My sister owns properties in Hawaii, yet refuses to make a will. If she dies, will our half-sibling inherit anything?
Dear Quentin, My sister owns several properties in Hawaii. She is not married and has no children. She is not interested in setting up a will or trust because she does not think that they are worth paying for. In the event that she should pass, she believes that everything she owns will go to […]
JPMorgan Chase (JPM) earnings Q4 2023
JPMorgan Chase said Friday that fourth-quarter profit declined after paying a $2.9 billion fee tied to the government seizures of failed regional banks last year. Here’s what the company reported versus what analysts surveyed by LSEG, formerly known as Refinitiv, expected: Earnings per share: $3.04, may not compare with $3.32 expected. Revenue: $39.94 billion vs. […]
Opinion: ‘Dr. Doom’ Nouriel Roubini: ‘Worst-case scenarios appear to be the least likely.’ For now.
Around this time a year ago, about 85% of economists and market analysts — including me — expected that the U.S. and global economy would suffer a recession. Falling but still-sticky inflation suggested that monetary policy would grow tighter before rapidly easing once the recession hit; stock markets would fall, and bond yields would remain […]
Space company Momentus MNTS running out of money
An artist’s rendering of a Momentus Vigoride transfer vehicle deploying a satellite in orbit. Momentus Space company Momentus warned shareholders in a securities filing on Friday that the company is running out of money and does not have a financial lifeline. Momentus, once valued at more than $1 billion before going public via a special […]
We live in a house provided by my husband’s job. Do we save — or a buy a home?
My spouse and I are in our 50s and live in very nice housing provided by his job. We were late to saving as we both worked for nonprofits and teaching jobs for many years, and have two special-needs children. We have no debt. We are now both making relatively decent money and are saving […]
FAA to audit Boeing production line after 737 Max 9 accident
The Federal Aviation Administration on Friday said it will audit Boeing‘s production line, a week after a door plug blew off an Alaska Airlines 737 Max 9. The agency said it is considering using “an independent third party” to oversee Boeing inspections and quality of its manufacturing. The FAA grounded more than 170 Boeing 737 […]
How owner Spin Master is innovating iconic puzzle
Erno Rubik, inventor of the Rubik’s Cube, holds one of the cubes at the International Toy Fair in Nuremberg, Germany, Jan. 29, 2020. Picture Alliance | Getty Images It took a month of twisting and turning for the first person to solve a Rubik’s Cube. That person was Erno Rubik, now 79, the iconic puzzle […]
My cousin left his estate to 6 cousins, but only one received his inheritance
I appreciate and learn from your column, and read it religiously. Several of your recent readers have asked you questions about wills or what happens when someone dies without a will. I would like to add my experience to the scenarios you have already addressed in recent months, as it adds to your discussion of […]
