Estate Planning Essential tips for finding a good estate plannerMarketWatch - By Elizabeth Alterman Estate planning is a critical part of financial planning, but something many Americans procrastinate about. Yet drafting a will and a health care …
College & University Opinion: These 10 solid U.S. colleges prove you don’t need Harvard or Yale to achieve the American DreamMarketWatch - By Howard Gold For years we’ve heard about how Americans’ upward mobility is broken and middle-class income has stagnated. The data backs it up, which is probably …
Business One of the world’s oldest travel agents Thomas Cook is on the verge of collapseMarketWatch - By Callum Keown One of the world’s oldest travel agents Thomas Cook is on the brink of collapse as the demise of package holidays, hot weather and financial …
Plastic Burger King ditches plastic toys in UK kids' mealsCNN - By Rory Sullivan, CNN BusinessLondon (CNN Business) — Burger King UK is removing plastic toys from kids' meals in a bid to reduce its environmental impact. The company was spurred to action after two young sisters in the country launched
Starbucks Starbucks' new store concept: Pick-up onlyCNN - By Jordan Valinsky, CNN BusinessNew York (CNN Business) — Starbucks has begun construction on a new location dedicated exclusively to mobile orders. The new store format is called "Starbucks Pick-Up," only accepting orders from the app.
Business Impossible Burgers will start selling in grocery stores for the first time this weekCNN - By Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN BusinessNew York (CNN Business) — Impossible Burgers will hit grocery shelves for the first time on Friday. The soy-based meat substitute will be sold at all 27 Gelson's Markets locations in Southern California,
Apple Arcade Microsoft hits all-time high after hiking dividend and buying back more stockCNN - By Paul R. La Monica, CNN BusinessNew York (CNN Business) — Microsoft is showering more money on its shareholders. They are loving it. Shares of Microsoft (MSFT) rose more than 2% Thursday to an all-time high after the company announced
Business Amazon wanted to hire 30,000 workers. More than 200,000 appliedCNN - By Evelina Nedlund, CNN BusinessNew York (CNN Business) — In the week after Amazon announced plans to fill 30,000 jobs in the US, the company was deluged with more than 208,000 online applications. That's more than 18 job applications
Climate 1,000 Amazon employees plan walkout Friday, saying company's climate pledge isn't enoughCNN - By Jordan Valinsky, Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN BusinessNew York (CNN Business) — Despite Jeff Bezos' announcement for plans to make Amazon carbon neutral by 2040, nearly 1,000 employees are set to walk out in protest Friday of what they say is their company's
Business Employees and investors are forcing companies to act on climate changeCNN - By Charles Riley, CNN BusinessLondon (CNN Business) — Happy Friday. A version of this story first appeared in CNN Business' Before the Bell newsletter. Not a subscriber? You can sign up right here. Nearly 1,000 Amazon (AMZN) employees
Apple Apple opens its redesigned Fifth Avenue store with heavy involvement from Jony IveCNN - By Shannon Liao, CNN BusinessNew York (CNN Business) — Apple opened its redesigned store on Fifth Avenue Friday after two years of renovations. The tech giant has expanded the store, which is 21 feet underground, to nearly twice original
Business Germany unveils $60 billion plan to fight the climate crisisCNN - By Mark Thompson, CNN BusinessLondon (CNN Business) — Germany unveiled a 54 billion euros ($60 billion) package over the next four years to speed up the country's transition to renewable energy and reduce carbon emissions. As tens
Cancer Here’s Why Ovarian Cancer Is So Hard to Diagnose, According to a DoctorPrevention - Lauren Del Turco Ovarian cancer is often referred to as “the silent killer” for a good reason: It ranks as the fifth deadliest cancer among women. In fact, of the …
Business Walmart to stop sales of e-cigarettes in U.S. stores: company memoReuters - By Nandita BoseWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Walmart Inc (WMT.N) told staff on Friday it will stop selling e-cigarettes and electronic nicotine delivery products at its U.S. stores, amid a growing crackdown on surging teenage
Retirement The Complicated Relationship Between Women and Financeskiplinger.com - Kelly LaVigne Several recent studies show women are falling behind in their financial confidence and education. Here's what's going on and how women can buck the …
Exercise Your core is made up of *many* more muscles than just your abs—here’s how to work ’em allWell+Good - by Zoe Weiner Raise your hand if you’ve always been under the impression that your “core” and your “abs” are basically the same thing. After all, you know that a …
Innovation How to Successfully Manage a Team That Works RemotelyInc Magazine - QuoraWhat are some good tips for managing a team that works remotely? originally appeared on Quora: the place to gain and share knowledge, empowering people to learn from others and better understand the world.
Burgers Impossible Burgers Aren’t Healthy, and That’s the Whole PointGizmodo - Ryan F. Mandelbaum When you go to a restaurant and order a hamburger, do you think to yourself, “Ah, yes, this meal will be so nutritious”? Or do you try to ignore the …
Design This house design is completely free, and it could help save the worldFast Company - Evan Nicole BrownAnyone can download the plans for this elegant three-bedroom home, which won Phoenix, Arizona’s competition aimed at jumpstarting energy-efficient construction. A few years ago, city officials in Phoenix,
Mobile Technology 100,000 free AI-generated headshots put stock photo companies on noticeThe Verge - Jon PorterIt’s getting easier and easier to use AI to generate convincing-looking, yet entirely fake, pictures of people. Now, one company wants to find a use for these photos, by offering a resource of 100,000
Architecture 12 London landmarks opening their doors for Open House 2019Wired UK - Laurie Clarke There’s an illicit thrill that comes with being let loose in other peoples’ spaces, and places you wouldn’t normally be permitted. It’s this impulse …
Birds Friday briefing: Amazon announces new climate pledge in response to worker actionWired UK - WIRED Get WIRED's daily briefing in your inbox. Sign up here Amazon announces new climate pledge in response to worker action As 1,500 workers at Amazon's …
Consumer News Online Travel Agency Justfly Accused of Misleading Consumersconsumerreports.org - By Penelope Wang Update: After this story was published, Justfly emailed the following statement to Consumer Reports: "The allegations are not true, and JustFly …
Microbiome C-section babies have a unique microbiome—here's why that mattersPopular Science - Nicole WetsmanUnderstanding how gut bacteria change early on could help keep us healthy throughout our lives. Early in life, babies born by cesarean section have different gut bacteria than babies born vaginally—instead
Innovation Ikea just invested in two giant solar farmsFast Company - Adele PetersIt’s all part of the furniture company’s plan to go carbon-negative. Ikea started putting solar panels on the roofs of its stores, distribution centers, and other buildings in 2011 to help cut its carbon
Design It’s time to kill free return shippingFast Company - Elizabeth SegranIf brands won’t pull the plug, maybe we should cut ourselves off. Are you addicted to online returns? As a former returns junkie myself, let me explain what it looks like. A decade ago, while I was supposed
Cream Cheese Philadelphia Cream Cheese wants you to share this bagel hole puncher on InstagramFast Company - Zlati MeyerPhiladelphia Cream Cheese is giving you a “hole” new way to look at food. Starting today, the company is selling a limited-edition Bagel That device to let hungry consumers punch a hole in any food they
Algae This ‘personal carbon sequestration’ device uses algae to remove CO2 from the airFast Company - Adele PetersJust plug it into your office’s HVAC system and start removing emissions from the air. In the future, your office might have an extra appliance next to the copy machine and the refrigerator: an algae Designed
LEGO movie Lego rebuilds the world in first brand campaign in 30 yearsFast Company - Jeff BeerLego has had plenty of marketing around specific products, but here the toymaker goes full twee about the overall brand. The Lego Movie may go down as the greatest piece of advertising of this century.
News Your medical records might not be safe. Here’s what you need to knowFast Company - Steven MelendezMillions of people’s medical records are stored on servers that make them accessible without so much as prompting for a password, according to a new report from ProPublica and the German broadcaster Bayerische
kim kilpatrickBillionaires The Billionaire Who Pledged to Pay Off Student Debt for Morehouse Students Extends His Promise to Parents, TooTIME - Janet Lorin / Bloomberg
kim kilpatrickLeadership This is what happened when I started sending thank you notes regularlyFast Company - Anisa Purbasari Horton
kim kilpatrickOpinion What I've Learned From Teaching the 'Snowflake Generation' About TraumaTIME - Kate McQuade
kim kilpatrick 13 Chinese killed as tour bus crashes in LaosAssociated Press - By PENNY YI WANG, Associated Press
kim kilpatrick Donald Trump's Baltimore comments are pure political venom: Readers sound offUSA TODAY
kim kilpatrickRenovations Pros Share What To Splurge (And Skimp) On In Your Kitchen Build Or RemodelForbes - Jamie Gold
kim kilpatrick Alinea owner Nick Kokonas invites Clemson Tigers to Chicago dinner, trumping White House fast-food mealChicago Tribune - By Louisa Chu
kim kilpatrick The most exciting corporate sustainability moves of 2018Fast Company - Eillie Anzilotti
kim kilpatrick 13 Serving Dishes That Will Instantly Make Your Holiday Tablescapes More BeautifulChowhound - Dan Koday
kim kilpatrick Try Out This Tool That Automatically Colorizes Black-And-White PhotosPopular Photography - By Stan Horaczek
kim kilpatrick Social Media Marketing: How To Master The Art Of Going LiveForbes - Forbes Agency Council
kim kilpatrick Fall gardening tip: Till your soil and add compost now, not in the springkansascity.com - By Dennis Patton
kim kilpatrick Microsoft Confirms Windows 10 Update Mistake -- Was Your Data Lost?Forbes - Jason Evangelho
kim kilpatrick Google Pixel 3 could banish photos taken of people who are blinking or frowningCNET - by Stephen Shankland
kim kilpatrick Amazon Fire HD 8 review: the best cheap tablet just got smarterWired UK - Andy Vandervell
kim kilpatrickTechnology New iPhone reviews: Here’s what real people should be thinking aboutFast Company - Mark Sullivan
kim kilpatrickCosby Show Former 'Cosby Show' Star Geoffrey Owens Quit His Job at Trader Joe's. Here's How the Company RespondedInc Magazine - Justin Bariso
kim kilpatrick If these images are for real, the iPad has never been so beautifulMashable - Stan Schroeder
kim kilpatrick Toxic algae has oozed out of lakes and into Florida’s Senate racegrist.org - Nathanael Johnson
kim kilpatrick North Koreans Are No-Shows at Meeting to Discuss U.S. Soldiers’ RemainsThe New York Times - By CHOE SANG-HUN
kim kilpatrick It’s an insult: the inside story of Northern Rail's epic failureWired UK - Chris Stokel-Walker
kim kilpatrick One French Supermarket Chain Uses Black Markets to Highlight the Absurdity of EU Food RegulationsAdweek - Angela Natividad
kim kilpatrick Billionaire Tom Steyer gets Michigan renewable energy dealFOX Business - Associated Press
