Holly Acre was an elementary school teacher for six years before she left the profession in 2020. She now works in tech sales, where she makes $20,000 more, works from home, and has greater work flexibility. “There were always things…
Yevgeny Prigozhin, head of the Wagner Group, said the Kremlin has completely stopped talking to him. Prigozhin claims he was cut off after revealing that his troops in Ukraine are running out of ammunition. The Wagner boss said he’s been…
Disney CEO Bob Iger admitted Thursday the company was “too aggressive” in its theme park price hikes. Price hikes at Disney World and Disneyland even outpaced inflation over the last decade, per WSJ. The price hikes angered fans. Even Iger…
Republican Senator Markwayne Mullin had a heated argument with the head of a union on Wednesday. Mullin claimed he only paid himself a $50,000 salary and “invested every penny” into his business. But he’d reported his private-sector salary at $92,000,…
The Manhattan DA’s office has been probing Trump’s role in an illegal, 2016 hush-money payment to Stormy Daniels. Prosecutors offered Trump a chance to testify before a grand jury next week, per The New York Times. Such invitations are rarely…
Twitter exploded on Thursday afternoon with concerns about storied institution Silicon Valley Bank. Some investors are imploring their startups to pull their money out of the bank. SVB CEO Gregory Becker told clients on a Thursday call to stay calm. …
President Joe Biden released his budget proposal for fiscal year 2024 on Thursday. The budget, which amounts to more of a wish list of priorities than viable policy, has already sparked pushback. Republicans are already hitting out at the spending…
OpenAI cofounder admitted the startup “made a mistake” in response to Musk’s criticism of ChatGPT. Musk has repeatedly criticized the chatbot for its “woke” responses. As more users test out AI chatbots, they have begun to roll out various constraints.…
Elaine Chao, 69, served as the US secretary of transportation under former President Donald Trump. Elaine Chao. Reuters/Carlos Barria She previously served as US secretary of labor from 2001 to 2009. Chao moved to the US from Taiwan at age…
SVB Financial plunged 38% on Thursday after it completed a sale of its $21 billion bond portfolio. The firesale of its bond portfolio generated a loss of $1.8 billion and drove the bank to raise capital from investors. Higher interest…
