Inflation is causing people to spend more on groceries, and there are fears of a looming recession — but the post-pandemic trend of people venturing out to dine and have fun seems to be continuing. Despite high food prices, it seems that Americans are willing to splurge on fun and…
Dear Quentin, Bradley, a guy who went to high school with my husband and college with me, is getting married, and we were not invited. Normally as an antisocial person, I wouldn’t even bat an eyelid. Of a dozen or so male friends from high school who are all in…
Does chicken grown from cells actually taste like chicken? Americans will soon find out. This week, the U.S. greenlighted two brands to make cell-grown chicken for consumers. The two California-based companies, UPSIDE Foods and Eat Just, Inc., received grants of inspection from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, meaning the two brands…
A number of states are becoming less friendly toward LGBTQ+ people — and they’re putting themselves at economic risk as a result. That’s according to the annual LGBTQ+ Business Climate Index survey from Out Leadership, an organization that connects LGBTQ+ people and their allies with companies around the world. The…
A revitalized 2023 stock-market rally finally ran out of fizz last week. And it might take some time to get back on track in the face of a dip in market liquidity and signs that a surge of buying fueled by “fear of missing out” has largely run its course.“We…
As the fight between bosses and workers over returning to the office keeps entering new rounds, new data show how much in-office attendance ramped up last year — especially for white-collar workers with high levels of education. But even still, the return to the office has been two different stories…
Home buyers have accepted the new normal of 7% mortgage rates, but now they’re feeling a sense of déjà vu as real estate is back to being a competitive sport in many parts of the U.S.At the beginning of this year, buyers were still holding on to hope that mortgage…
San Francisco commercial property owners with almost $9 billion in outstanding loans from Wall Street are seeking tax relief from a city bracing for a budget shortfall that’s expected to eclipse $1.2 billion in five years, according to Barclays. The requests come from many owners of San Francisco’s best known…
What we’re seeing in Russia this weekend appears to be the most direct challenge to the near-quarter-century rule of Vladimir Putin. It is the direct result of the bungled war he launched against Ukraine 16 months ago today. That his onetime ally Yevgeny V. Prigozhin — whose quasi-private army, the…
Artificial intelligence is all the rage these days.Some attorneys use it to write legal briefs to judges and computer nerds use it to write programming code. However, some experts have predicted it could lead to the end of civilization.So I wondered: Can AI replace an investment adviser? Lots of people…