Barbara Corcoran is often wowed by pitches on ABC’s “Shark Tank, but impressive products or services aren’t enough to get her to invest. Instead, Corcoran likes to “buy the entrepreneur,” she said on a recent episode of Barstool’s “Chicks in the Office” podcast. That means analyzing the contestant’s personality — regardless of what they’re selling
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Collectively, Americans owe nearly $1 trillion on credit cards. Total credit card debt stood at $986 billion at the start of 2023, unchanged from the record hit at the end of 2022, according to a new report on household debtfrom the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Typically, balances fall in the beginning of the
Beach homes are seen on September 30, 2020 in Southampton, New York. Kena Betancur | AFP | Getty Images An oversupply of summer rentals in the Hamptons is spurring price cuts of 20% or more, as affluent Wall Streeters and tech workers cut back on their summer spending. There are now about 5,700 seasonal rentals
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Los Angeles, CA – May 02: WGA members take a selfie before heading to the picket line on the first day of their strike in front of Paramount Studios in Hollywood on May 2, 2023. The union were unable to reach a last minute-accord with the major studios on a new three-year contract to replace
Vice Media offices display the Vice logo in Venice, California. Mario Tama | Getty Images Once a digital media darling, Vice Media Group on Monday filed for bankruptcy protection after years of financial troubles. A consortium of Vice’s lenders which includes Fortress Investment, Soros Fund Management and Monroe Capital is looking to acquire the company
Fanatics logo is seen on the dugout wall before the game between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Milwaukee Brewers at PNC Park on July 3, 2022 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Justin Berl/Getty Images) Justin Berl | Getty Images Fanatics has agreed to acquire the U.S. operations of PointsBet, marking the sports giant’s first major
Major players are hoping that the SEC and Washington takes, what crypto watchers see as bluffs, seriously and soften the hard line that regulators have taken on the industry. Roman Strelchenko | 500Px Plus | Getty Images Cryptocurrency companies are playing a game of poker with the Securities and Exchange Commission, making bold threats to
“No.” It’s one of the dirtiest words in hospitality — and travelers may be hearing it more these days. The travel agency Discover Africa had to say it when potential clients asked if their young son could ride a lion while on safari. “When we said no to riding a lion, the guest asked what
In this article MGM PG SBUX YUM 9987-HK YUMC Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Pedestrians walk past Yum! Brands Inc. Pizza Hut and KFC restaurants in Shanghai, China. Qilai Shen | Bloomberg | Getty Images China is leaving behind pandemic lockdowns, and U.S. companies like Procter & Gamble, Starbucks and MGM Resorts International say
Rockaa | E+ | Getty Images Although the Biden administration’s sweeping student loan forgiveness plan and the legal troubles around it have gotten the most headlines, the U.S. Department of Education has already canceled more than $66 billion in education debt under existing programs. More than 2 million borrowers, including defrauded students and those who
Just a few hundred people of Chinese heritage still live in Washington, D.C.’s Chinatown. Many have been pushed out to cheaper and safer areas. Noah Sheidlower | CNBC Penny and Jack Lee, now married, grew up in the 1960s and 1970s among the thousands of people of Chinese heritage who lived in apartments lining the
In this article AAPL GOOGL Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A sign reminding riders to wear a face mask to prevent the spread of Covid-19 appears on a bus on First Street outside the U.S. Capitol on Monday, January 10, 2022. Tom Williams | CQ-Roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images Americans in most states
Republican presidential candidate businessman Vivek Ramaswamy speaks to guests at the Iowa Faith & Freedom Coalition Spring Kick-Off on April 22, 2023 in Clive, Iowa. Scott Olson | Getty Images Republican presidential hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy built his White House bid around urging companies to stay out of politics. What he doesn’t tell voters is the
Dave Walters of Orange County, California, stands by his newly leased Hyundai Ioniq 5 electric vehicle. Provided by Dave Walters Fed up with high gas prices and enticed by federal tax credits, Dave Walters decided he wanted an all-electric Hyundai Ioniq 5 for his next vehicle. The Orange County, California, resident initially thought about purchasing
The investor who ran the country’s biggest natural gas ETF said he believes prices have hit bottom. John Love, who managed the United States Natural Gas Fund, cites global demand and production dynamics for his bull case. “They’re [producers] looking to the future,” the U.S. Commodity Funds CEO told CNBC’s “ETF Edge” this week. “This
Bill Gates never finished his undergraduate degree — the billionaire dropped out of Harvard University after three semesters to start Microsoft. “What does a college dropout know about graduation? Not much, personally, to be honest,” Gates told students at Northern Arizona University’s commencement ceremony on Saturday. “As I prepared for today, I spent a lot
For soon-to-be college grads without a job lined up, the future is daunting. “I’m definitely pretty stressed about it,” said Naomi Watson, 22, a senior at Santa Clara University in California. The political science major plans to move back in with her mom while she continues her search. With student loan payments on the horizon
In this article DAL JBLU Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A traveller walks in the Terminal 2 corridors of the Roissy-Charles de Gaulle airport with Air France airplanes in the background, in the northeastern outskirts of Paris, on September 16, 2022, amid a strike of air traffic controllers. Julien De Rosa | AFP |
In this article WAL PACW FOXA Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT JD.com has become the latest Chinese tech giant to announced plans for a ChatGPT-style product, joining the hype around the chatbot technology. Qilai Shen | Bloomberg | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in premarket trading. News Corporation — Shares gained