Stefan Thomas, a German-born programmer living in San Francisco, has two guesses left to figure out a password that is worth, as of this week, about $220 million. The New York Times... Read more »
The coronavirus shutdowns have had a dramatic impact on the broader economy (if not the stock market, which is almost back to all time highs) and few have been hit as hard... Read more »
According to research led by agricultural economics professor Edward Jaenicke of Penn State University, the average American household wastes nearly a third of its food. The value of that waste is estimated at... Read more »
Wages for nonsupervisory employees — who make up 82% of the workforce — are rising at the fastest rate in more than a decade, The Wall Street Journal reports. Workers at the bottom of... Read more »
About half of millennials and 75 percent of Gen Zers have quit their jobs for mental health reasons, according to a new study conducted by Mind Shares Partners, SAP and Quatrics. It was... Read more »
These Retirees Couldn’t Afford America — Now They Live Their Dream Life on $2,000 a Month in Ecuador
At 72, Jacqueline Mackenzie has lived in nearly every state in the U.S. But it’s in Vilcabamba — an Andean foothills town in southern Ecuador — where the retired teacher plans to spend... Read more »
If you were going to lose your job, would you prefer to be replaced by a robot or another person? If you said robot, you’re in the majority. Most people would prefer... Read more »
Financial independence, once a hallmark of adulthood, has gone by the wayside as adult children increasingly depend on their parents to help them cover the cost of rent, student loans, health insurance... Read more »
According to a new study from the Center for Financial Services Innovation, about half of Americans say their expenses are equal to or greater than their income. For those between the ages... Read more »
In Silicon Valley, talented engineers are earning around $200,000 a year, and receive some amounts of equity that can turn into valuable nest eggs later in their careers. Still, for many high-income... Read more »
