The investments of 125 billionaires cause 393 million tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions each year according to a report published by global poverty charity Oxfam. Florian Gaertner / Contributor / Getty Images The investments of 125 billionaires produce 393 million metric tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions every year, according to a report by Oxfam. That’s
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In this article RCL NCLH Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Outbreaks, port refusals, travelers stuck onboard. Cruise ships dominated the news in early 2020 for all the wrong reasons. Some people predicted the industry would never recover. But cruising fans say: That’s ancient history. “Given a choice, we would be living on the
Justin Tallis | Afp | Getty Images Retirement savers in some 401(k) plans are starting to get access to cryptocurrencies like bitcoin. Fidelity Investments, the largest provider of 401(k) plans by total assets, began offering a Digital Assets Account to clients this fall, a spokesperson confirmed. Employers sponsoring a 401(k) plan through Fidelity can choose
Jonathan Alcorn | Reuters If you manage to beat the odds stacked against hitting the Powerball jackpot, don’t forget you’ll have a silent partner in the win: the taxman. The jackpot for Saturday night’s drawing is now the largest lottery prize ever at an estimated $1.6 billion — pretax — if you were to opt
When Colin and Jenoa Matthes left their home state of Utah to embark on a world tour in 2019, they found themselves drawn to the food scenes in places like France and Italy. “We really loved, especially, the food in all of these different countries … and how local and specialized they were in different
Source: CNBC Standing at one of the five cooking islands in his kitchen, Mick Kittredge rattles off the outsized statistics for his newly listed home. Over 60 acres. Nearly 120,000 square feet of living and recreation space. A total of 14 fireplaces, 25 bathrooms, 16 bedrooms and four tennis courts. The western Massachusetts estate is
In 1999, director Brad Bird’s movie “The Iron Giant” hit theaters. It was a commercial failure, costing an estimated $70 million to make and earning only $23 million at the box office worldwide. The experience reportedly left Bird wondering if he was cut out to make it in the film industry. He had no idea
Gene Blevins | Reuters The jackpot for Powerball’s Monday night drawing is a whopping $1 billion. Sort of, anyway. The advertised number represents the pretax amount you’d get if you were to receive your windfall as an annuity spread over three decades. Yet most jackpot winners choose the upfront one-time cash payment — which, for
Travel demand is still picking up, and so are the prices of flight tickets. Surging prices are causing some to cut back on spending, but others are finding new ways to pay for their holiday plans. More airlines are partnering with “buy now, pay later” firms to give customers the option to pay for their
NFL superstar Tom Brady and supermodel Gisele Bündchen are getting divorced after 13 years of marriage, they announced Friday. “We arrived at this decision amicably and with gratitude for the time we spent together,” the Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback, 45, said on Instagram. “We are blessed with beautiful and wonderful children who will continue to be the center
Shapecharge | E+ | Getty Images Investors crashed the Treasury Department website for Series I bonds on Friday as they clamored to lock in a record-high interest rate before a key deadline. I bonds have proven to be a bright spot for investors amid declines in the broad stock and bond markets this year. They
JPMorgan Chase brought its Advancing Black Wealth Tour to Philadelphia on October 8, 2022. Photo: Steven CW Taylor & Salim Weldon of Steven Taylor Photography A new endeavor from JPMorgan Chase is trying to help close the racial wealth gap. The bank’s Advancing Black Wealth Tour, launched this spring, aims to give attendees the tools