The newest member of the U.S. Supreme Court a one-word piece of advice for young people hoping to make an impact with their careers: Persevere. On Thursday, the Senate confirmed Ketanji Brown Jackson’s nomination to the Supreme Court by a vote of 53 to 47, making her the first Black woman ever nominated and appointed
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Over the past decade, Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos and Peter Thiel have all poured money into life-prolonging and anti-aging research. Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk isn’t buying in. “I don’t think we should try to have people live for a really long time,” Musk recently told Insider. “It would cause asphyxiation of society because
The completion of the world’s tallest buildings is said to be one less conventional indicator of an economic downturn. Pictured here on April 3, 2022, is the Merdeka 118 tower in Malaysia, which was completed at the end of the 2021 and is said to be the world’s second tallest skyscraper. Sopa Images | Lightrocket
Elon Musk says a lot of seemingly fantastical things. For example: The billionaire Tesla and SpaceX CEO seems to believe that humans will eventually be able to live forever, by downloading their brains into robots. “I think it is possible,” Musk, 50, recently told Insider. “Yes, we could download the things that we believe make
Why more buyers are dropping the inspection continency One of the biggest drivers of fierce competition in the homebuying market right now is the historically low number of houses on the market. There were about 833,000 homes on the market in the U.S. in January, according to Zillow’s most recent monthly market report. Two years
Incidents involving unruly passengers in the United States are decreasing. But the good news may end there. On average, there were about 500 reports of unruly passengers per month in 2021, according to the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration. In the first three months of 2022, this number fell to about 350 reports per month, according
Elon Musk and Twitter have always been a volatile combination. That’s especially unlikely to change now, with Musk buying a 9.2% stake in the social media company and landing a seat on Twitter’s board of directors. The stake, which was disclosed in a regulatory filing on Monday, is valued at more than $3 billion. For
About 1 in 5 of the weddings scheduled for 2021 were postponed to 2022, according to The Wedding Report, a market research firm. In all, an estimated 2.5 million weddings will take place this year — the most since 1984. More from Grow: How to decide if supplements are worth it‘Get a bottle of wine’ when
Think of a budget as just another list. It’s most efficient to build a budget on a spreadsheet somewhere — whether it’s Microsoft Excel or a Google doc. Add your income and then add new expenses as you spend. And those new expenses will surely pop up. Try to do as much planning as you
Jeff Bezos wants a moon landing, Elon Musk is planning a mission to Mars and Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., doesn’t appear to be impressed by any of it. On Wednesday, at a meeting of the U.S. Senate Committee on Budget, Sanders raised an issue that’s been a regular part of his political platform for many
Warren Buffett and Jeff Bezos Lacy O’ Toole | CNBC; Getty Images The wealth of America’s wealthiest people, such as Warren Buffett and Jeff Bezos, increased by a total of $6.5 trillion last year, mainly driven by soaring stock prices and financial markets, according to the Federal Reserve. The total wealth of the 1% reached
An inversion in Treasury yields has stoked investor concerns that a recession might be on the horizon, but strategists say there are steps you can take now to protect your savings. Morsa Images | E+ | Getty Images With a historical indicator of recessions flashing red this week, financial experts have shared their top tips