Month: August 2021

Impossible Foods’ meatless sausage Source: Impossible Foods Impossible Foods’ meatless sausage is finally coming to grocery stores, starting Wednesday. The company first rolled out the sausage alternative to restaurants nationwide last June after launching it at U.S. locations of Restaurant Brand International’s Burger King and Starbucks. Like its Impossible Burger, the plant-based sausage contains soy
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Coinbase employees spray champagne during the company’s initial public offering (IPO) outside the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York, U.S., on Wednesday, April 14, 2021. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images If you had any lingering doubts about the growth of fintech, take a peek at Tuesday night’s earnings reports from two newly-public companies. Cryptocurrency
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BROOK PIFER | Stone | Getty Images Investors know they shouldn’t let emotions or impulses drive their investing choices, but many just can’t help themselves, according to a survey from personal finance website Magnify Money. A majority, or 58%, of investor respondents agreed their portfolio performs better when emotions are left out of the equation.
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A damning new U.N. report warning of certain devastation from climate change has been dubbed humanity’s “final wake-up call” by environmental experts. Speaking to CNBC Tuesday, environmentalists outlined the role companies, countries and individuals can play in stemming the crisis. They also shared their hopes for the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties,
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Customers at the bar in Philadelphia restaurant Martha, which requires customer proof of vaccination, on Aug. 7, 2021. Hannah Beier | Reuters Business are getting creative in their efforts to attract and retain workers amid a labor shortage caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Ray Bales, president of a Seniors Helping Seniors franchise in Knoxville, Tennessee,
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Yes, COVID-19 makes the advice to work longer in old age a cruel suggestion since older workers were hardest hit in the 2020 recession. But it isn’t just COVID-19 that makes it difficult, the labor market has been forcing older workers out for years. The obsession with telling people to work longer because they don’t have
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Families began receiving monthly Child Tax Credit (CTC) payments on July 15. For many, those regular payments—currently permitted through the end of the year—will combat poverty and help families keep current on monthly bills without having to borrow. But because the CTC depends on income, number of children, and marital status, some changes in family or financial
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