Former NFL star Chad Johnson is doing his part to help restaurant employees during the coronavirus pandemic. On Monday, the retired athlete left a $1,000 tip for his server at Havana’s Cuban Cuisine in Cooper City, Florida. His meal cost $37, meaning he tipped about 2,703%. “Congrats on re-opening, sorry about the pandemic, hope this
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As a psychotherapist who mostly works with young people, I’ve followed the many ups and downs of my college-age patients over the past few years. And this year has been an especially tough one for the class of 2020. But these five wonderful books will guide, support and inspire them as they transition from college to
While many dog owners dream of training their dogs to fetch them beer, that’s just what golden retrievers Buddy, 3, and Barley, 1, are doing amid the Covid-19 pandemic. Mark and Karen Heuwetter, co-founders of Six Harbors Brewing Company in Huntington, a coastal town on Long Island, New York, were inspired to bring the dogs
The rise of artificial intelligence will make even software engineers less sought after. That’s because artificial intelligence will soon write its own software, according to Jack Dorsey, the tech billionaire boss of Twitter and Square. And that’s going to put some beginning-level software engineers in a tough spot. “We talk a lot about the self-driving
Amazon released its first smartphone, the Fire Phone, in July 2014, and the device was broadly considered a “debacle,” “a fiasco,” “a surprising disappointment.” By September 2015, Amazon stopped selling the Fire Phone. It was the type of high-profile flop that might lead some CEOs to start angrily pointing fingers, but not Jeff Bezos. “You
Sonia Rief, vice president at Nissan North America, had a passion for engineering since high school. As a self-proclaimed “adrenaline junkie,” Rief would build and race cars in college at North Carolina State University, as she told CNBC Make It. Her strong interest in car mechanics would lead her to break into a notably male-dominated
With more than 38 million Americans currently out of work due to the coronavirus shutdowns, millions are having difficulty paying their bills on time. The first thing many financial experts have advised is to talk to your landlord, creditors or bank about your financial situation to see if they can offer any leniency or a
Facebook will begin opening up its candidate pool to remote workers this summer, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Thursday during an employee townhall livestreamed to the public on the social networking platform. Currently, 95% of the company’s employees are working in a remote capacity during the coronavirus pandemic, Zuckerberg says. He estimates half of the organization will
People who love to hate Crocs had cause to celebrate in 2008, when investors were writing the company off as a passing fad. Crocs lost over $185 million that year. The stock plunged to just over $1 a share. But over the next decade, Crocs sold 700 million pairs of shoes. The clogs have have
We’ve all been looking for new ways to stay productive lately, particularly when it comes to work. Whether laid off, furloughed or adapting to new ways of working, more and more of us are spending time honing our skills as we adapt to the fast-changing jobs market. That has caused demand for online learning to
On Friday, President Donald Trump announced a “massive scientific, industrial, and logistical endeavor” called “Operation Warp Speed,” to find, manufacture and distribute a proven vaccine against Covid-19, hopefully before the end of the year. To achieve this “great national project,” as Trump called it, will take a collaboration of American businesses, scientists, the federal government
Adam Levin, co-founder of Credit.com and founder of Cyberscout, says that the coronavirus shutdown provides a perfect environment for scammers to operate. Millions of people are working from home and sharing devices with family members. This creates new vulnerabilities for thieves to target. Watch this video to see how the new scams work and to
Coronavirus has dramatically changed college for millions of students, as schools have been forced to close their physical campuses and move classes online. Now, many are anticipating that enrollment will be down at traditional non-profit four-year colleges next semester. “I know there’ve been some students that have already withdrawn from next year because they’re worried
Entrepreneurs and small business owners across the country have undoubtedly been hit hard by today’s pandemic with many non-essential businesses remaining closed until further notice. Though the federal government has stepped in to offer more than $600 billion in financial assistance through the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) under the Coronavirus Aid Relief and Economic Security
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If you’re out of book ideas headed into another month of staying at home, or finally ready to crack one open, Bill Gates has some suggestions. The billionaire released his annual summer book list on Monday. Whether you want to learn more about pandemics amid the coronavirus outbreak or are simply looking for a distraction, Gates has
Even though he doesn’t win them all, billionaire investor Mark Cuban has an eye for vegan companies on ABC’s “Shark Tank.” But when Cuban invested in a vegan, non-GMO soap and body care company during Friday’s episode, his fellow Sharks thought he was crazy to do so. Three best friends – Anthony Duncan, with brothers Mohammed A. and
Michael Jordan didn’t have much down time in the summer of 1995. The Chicago Bulls superstar spent the offseason filming the movie “Space Jam” at Warner Bros. Studio in Burbank, California — plus, he was trying to get back into peak basketball shape after leaving the NBA to play professional baseball for 13 months. Jordan
The Covid-19 pandemic has been going on in the United States for months, and yet many questions still remain. The biggest one for many Americans is: When will life go back to normal? And, what will that new normal even look like? As summer approaches, you may find yourself longing for events that you would
Michael Jordan wasn’t looking to make any friends on the basketball court. “My mentality was to go out and win, at any cost,” said the NBA legend on an episode of the “The Last Dance,” a 10-part documentary about his meteoric rise and the dynasty he built in Chicago. And that meant holding his teammates