In this article UAL Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT United Airlines Seatbacks Courtesy: United Airlines United Airlines‘ plan to revamp the cabins on its older narrow-body planes is running behind schedule because of supply chain strains, the carrier told CNBC this week. The upgrades include bigger premium cabins, seat-back entertainment screens throughout the planes,
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Mark Cuban isn’t happy with Twitter right now. The billionaire entrepreneur and investor says his follower count on the social media platform is declining by 800 to 1,000 each day, and that his tweets are reaching “considerably” fewer people than they did a few months ago. And his experiment to fix the problem — paying
Mark Cuban is riled up about Twitter’s new subscription protocol. The billionaire investor and owner of the NBA’s Dallas Mavericks recently took to Twitter to air his grievances and present ideas, after the platform removed blue checkmarks from countless previously verified accounts. Cuban wrote that Twitter CEO Elon Musk botched a marketing opportunity, and could
Bill Gates believes there’s only one way to know if you truly understand a subject: Can you explain it to a child? The billionaire Microsoft co-founder’s lifelong love of math was put to the test when he tried explaining mathematical concepts to his then-school-aged children — and, it didn’t always go smoothly, Gates said in
Willie B. Thomas | DigitalVision | Getty Images Financial stability is a concern for many older Americans, and challenges can be greater among marginalized groups such as elders in the LGBTQ+ community. But a free financial literacy app called SAGECents is looking to change that. LGBTQ+ Americans are less likely to feel confident about having enough
The days of high-flying, big-spending business travel may be over for good. As a new report by research company Morning Consult declared: Business travel will never return to normal. Tighter corporate budgets and new ways of virtual working have permanently changed business travel, according to the report, titled “Business, but Not as Usual.” The report
A pedestrian carries a Louis Vuitton shopping bag, from a store operated by LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE, on New Bond Street in London, U.K., on Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2020. Hollie Adams | Bloomberg | Getty Images Luxury goods giant LVMH on Monday became the first European company to surpass $500 billion in market
Barbara Corcoran experienced every professional’s worst nightmare: She landed her dream job, only to have the offer rescinded. Before the first season of ABC’s “Shark Tank” aired in 2009, a producer’s secretary reached out to Corcoran and asked the real estate tycoon to be an investor on the show. She “signed the contract without looking
Soon, artificial intelligence could help teach your kids and improve their grades. That’s according to billionaire Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, who says AI chatbots are on track to help children learn to read and hone their writing skills in 18 months time. “The AI’s will get to that ability, to be as good a tutor
Billionaire investor Warren Buffett says he worries about a few things. The success of his company isn’t one of them. Asked if he was worried about Berkshire Hathaway’s trajectory amid current economic headwinds, from banking failures to rising interest rates, the 92-year-old recently made his feelings clear on CNBC’s “Squawk Box.” “At 92, I’ve got
Caiaimage/chris Ryan | Istock | Getty Images While U.S. voters are divided on many issues today, there are at least two where they can agree: They want a stronger economy and better education. The good news for policymakers is that there is a simple way to make voters happier on both fronts: They can increase
Hangzhou in China is one of the cities where wealth has grown the fastest in the past decade, a new report says. Zhuzhu | Istock | Getty Images Despite recession concerns and market turbulence, wealth is growing in some parts of the world — and at times, significantly so, according to a new report by