Passengers swipe ID cards to exit Fuzhou South Railway Station on Dec. 16, 2021. The process doesn’t require passengers to remove masks for facial recognition. China News Service | China News Service | Getty Images BEIJING — China is planning to restrict businesses’ use of facial recognition technology in favor of non-biometric personal identification methods,
Month: August 2023
Carlo Prearo | Istock | Getty Images With most college bills for the fall semester due this month, parents and students are likely strategizing how to cover the cost. For some, that may include deciding whether to take out private student loans. As higher education has gotten more expensive, the private student loan market has
Introduction Who you name as beneficiary is obviously fundamental to carrying out your dispositive wishes. How your legal documents (will, revocable trusts, irrevocable trusts, beneficiary designations) use words like “child,” “descendant,” and “issue,” is critical to assure that the people you want included are included, and those you may not wish included are not. How
How concerned should policymakers and their constituents be about Fitch Ratings Agency’s decision to downgrade the United States credit rating from AAA to AA+ last week? The White House brushed it off, saying Fitch “defies reality” to downgrade U.S. credit at a time when the country is experiencing “the strongest recovery of any major economy
In this article WBD Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Julio Rodríguez of the MLB’s Seattle Mariners was the American League Rookie of the Year in 2022. Diamond Images | Diamond Images | Getty Images Warner Bros. Discovery has targeted the beginning of the Major League Baseball playoffs to debut a sports tier for its
In this article LCID BYND CE IFF PARA HIMS CHGG Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Beyond Meat’s Cookout Classic value pack Beyond Meat Check out the companies making headlines in after-hours trading. Chegg — Shares soared more than 25% after the educational tech company posted quarterly results. Chegg notched second-quarter revenue of $183 million,
In this article PYPL Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A sign is posted in front of PayPal headquarters on February 02, 2023 in San Jose, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images PayPal on Monday launched a U.S. dollar-backed stablecoin to help facilitate payments as its latest addition to its suite of crypto services. It’s
The Mega Millions jackpot hit a record $1.55 billion on Aug. 7, 2023. VIEW press | Getty The Mega Millions jackpot has ballooned to an estimated $1.55 billion after months without a winner. One of the many choices the winner will make is whether to take the one-time lump sum or 30 annuitized payments. The
My husband is buying a new car today. He considered buying a new electric vehicle (EV) but ultimately opted not to—another model caught his eye. But increasingly, consumers are opting in—in 2022, more than 750,000 new EVs were registered in the U.S. With a whopping 13.4 million light vehicles sold in the U.S. last year,
In this article MSFT Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT When Dr. Tra’chella Johnson Foy greets her patients, she sits across from them facing away from the computer in the exam room. Then, she pulls out her phone, and asks for permission to record the appointment. “It listens in on our visit so I can
In this article BRK.A Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Warren Buffett, Berkshire Hathaway CEO and chairman. Cnbc | Nbcuniversal | Getty Images Berkshire Hathaway shares climbed on Monday following a strong quarterly report that showed a rebound in insurance operations as well as a massive cash hoard that swelled to nearly $150 billion. Class B
Jenny Goff, right, reaches out to a child at Central Park Child Care Center in Vancouver, Washington. Ariane Kunze | The Columbian via AP The cost of child care in the U.S. has been increasing, and many families spend more than what the government considers affordable. Two-thirds of parents, 67%, spend 20% or more of
In mid-July, hundreds of African business leaders descended upon Nairobi to discuss trade and investment across the African continent at the African Union High Level Private Sector Forum. The African Union brought them together to discuss public-private partnerships, and over the course of their three-day summit, one topic ranked highly: the African Continental Free Trade
In this article PFE Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT The roof of a Pfizer facility shows heavy damage after a tornado passed the area in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, July 19, 2023. ABC Affiliate WTVD | via Reuters Pfizer is limiting the distribution of some drugs manufactured at its plant in Rocky Mount, North
The Tomohon Extreme Market was once a top tourist attraction in the Indonesian province of North Sulawesi — a live animal market filled with everything from fileted pythons to skewered bats and rats. But the market drew international condemnation in 2018 after animal activists shot videos of dogs and cats being brutally beaten and blowtorched
During the pandemic, taxpayers saw photos from the IRS cafeteria in Austin, Texas, showing racks and racks of paper filling a room not generally used for storage. It was a glimpse of the tens of millions of pieces of paper that require manual processing at the IRS. But, IRS Commissioner Danny Werfel said, “It’s time
There’s no denying automation will eliminate certain jobs in the coming years. But as companies adopt robots on manufacturing floors, in kitchens and on delivery routes, workers have a growing opportunity to join the ranks in helping to build and implement the technology. Both humanoid and nonhumanoid robots are set to reduce employment in the
Affirmative action supporters and counterprotesters shout at each other outside the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C., June 29, 2023. Kent Nishimura | Los Angeles Times | Getty Images Even before the Supreme Court‘s ruling on affirmative action policies in college admissions, the nation’s top business leaders expressed concern over how the decision could
In this article GM MSFT SPOT META DPZ Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT The Spotify logo on the New York Stock Exchange, April 3, 2018. Lucas Jackson | Reuters With markets facing pressure at least in the short term, investors should try to build a portfolio of stocks that can weather the storm and
Writers Guild of America and Screen Actors Guild members and supporters on a picket line outside Paramount Studios in Los Angeles on July 17, 2023. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images The recent wave of worker strikes have ushered in a new era: the “summer of strikes,” also known as hot strike summer. Employees at
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