Starbucks’ North American head to leave the company as chain shakes up leadership

A pedestrian carries a Starbucks branded cup in San Francisco, California, U.S., on Thursday, April 28, 2022. Starbucks Corp. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Starbucks’ North Americ...

Elon Musk Is Furious – TheStreet

Elon Musk is angry.  His detractors will see a lack of fair play, while his fans will give him reason.  Before getting to the reason for his anger, it should be noted that for more than a decade, from...

Do Costco’s $4.99 Chickens Come With Too Heavy a Price?

One of Costco Wholesale’s  (COST) – Get Costco Wholesale Corporation Report most popular products is turning into a headache for the warehouse retailer, and it’s one the company does...

Chipotle tests cauliflower rice at select stores in Arizona, California and Wisconsin

Employees prepare orders for customers at a Chipotle Mexican Grill restaurant in Hollywood, California. Patrick T. Fallon | Bloomberg | Getty Images Chipotle is giving cauliflower rice another try aft...

These could be the next hot food and drink trends

Pasta is coming back in different shapes and flavors, drinking vinegar is cool, and comfort food favorites like pancakes are being made with new ingredients. That’s according to the hundreds of ...

Travel costs are up but travelers aren’t canceling their plans yet

Summer travel talk sure isn’t what it used to be. Rather than sun, sand and surf, many travel discussions now center on inflation, rising fuel costs and flight cancellations, a situation which c...

Tesla’s Musk Sends Dire Warning to Rivals Lucid and Rivian

When Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla  (TSLA) – Get Tesla Inc. Report, speaks about the environment and the problems facing the automobile sector, industry actors listen.  For many years, the billion...

Ford Makes a Misstep in Its Race Against Tesla

Ford  (F) – Get Ford Motor Company Report doesn’t want to see setbacks in its race against Tesla  (TSLA) – Get Tesla Inc. Report.  The legacy carmaker — and everyone else ̵...

Company threatens that unionizing could jeopardize gender-affirming health care

A protester waves a sign near the Country Club Plaza Starbucks store where dozens of Starbucks employees and union supporters protested alleged anti-union tactics by the company Thursday, March 3, 202...

Elon Musk Is No Longer a $200 Billion Man

Recession fears affect almost everyone.  Even the richest man in the world, who has just left the most select club on the planet. Elon Musk, the CEO of electric vehicle manufacturer Tesla  (TSLA) R...

Crypto crash FOMO? ‘I missed the bus on Bitcoin, but now feel like my time has come. Is it time to go big or go home? I have another 25 years of a boring 9-to-5 job, and I just want out.’

I read a letter from a reader last year who was suffering from crypto FOMO, and I have been following the crypto markets ever since. I felt like I missed the bus on Bitcoin, but now feel like my time ...

I talked to 70 parents who raised highly successful adults—here are 4 hard things they did differently

What is a parent’s role in raising smart, confident and successful children? What matters? What doesn’t? Though I am the mother of two happy and driven entrepreneurial sons, these are ques...

New car prices rose again, everyone’s paying over sticker; when will the squeeze start to ease?

The average new car sold for $47,148 in May. That’s not quite the record high prices hit last December. But it’s close — May saw the second-highest prices on record. The average sale price increased b...

‘The goal is never to seek the top’: The wild, hair-raising ride of a 30-something investor who battled against NFT hackers and dodged the crypto crash

Vinny Zane has a taste for life — and an appetite for risk. The 38-year-old teacher and father of a 2-year-old son on Brooklyn’s Coney Island got into crypto in 2017 with $4,000 worth of Bitcoin, and ...

‘I respect every profession equally, but I feel like so many people look down on me for being a waitress’: Americans are tipping less. Should we step up to the plate?

I read your article about tipping. I’ve been serving and bartending for almost 16 years now, since I was 18. Waiting tables is so hard on your body, and a lot of people don’t appreciate all of the wor...

Retirees on edge over inflation and stock volatility can take these 5 steps

If you’re like many retirees, the combination of inflation and stock market volatility may set you on edge. “It is one of the higher risk environments for retirees,” says certified financial planner J...

Golf trips to top British courses are selling out this year and next

Travelers planning a golfing vacation to prestigious courses in the United Kingdom may need to act fast. Some of the U.K.’s top venues are selling out, not just this year, but for spots — or tee...

Carvana, ‘The Amazon of Car Dealers’, Fights its Biggest Battle

The way Ernie Garcia III sees it, the problem is not existential. Garcia, founder and CEO of Carvana  (CVNA) – Get Carvana Co. Class A Report, the online used car retailer, gave a run down of hi...

‘I’m being taken advantage of by my own husband’: I pay all the bills and gave the down payment for our home, and all he does is buy stuff and contribute to his 401(k)

I’m being taken advantage of by my own husband. I have been married for almost 10 years. When my husband and I were first married, he convinced me to stop working after the first year or so, which I r...

This big investor called inflation early and sees it above 7% at year’s end

Far from the bustle of Wall Street, inside his downtown Minneapolis office, Tim Magnusson got his first aching gut feeling about U.S. inflation in May of last year. That’s when U.S. government data sh...

I put $200K toward a down payment for a condo unit with my boyfriend. He is on the title, but not on the mortgage. How do I protect my equity investment now?

Dear Quentin, I recently sold my apartment and put the equity earned (over $200,000) toward a new condo unit I own with my partner. My partner — we are not married — is on title, but not on the mortga...

‘I thought it was a sick joke’: They gave up other job offers to work for Coinbase, and are now unemployed

When Hao Jia received an email from Coinbase that his job offer had been rescinded, he was on his way to watch “Top Gun: Maverick,” the blockbuster movie starring Tom Cruise. Jia’s girlfriend had aske...

Apple is offering ‘buy now, pay later.’ 4 reasons to think twice before signing up

After months of speculation, Apple AAPL, -0.45% finally unveiled its buy now, pay later offering this week, wading into an industry that’s experienced explosive growth. But consumers should be wary of...

Travelers can now go to Japan but domestic tourists remain its focus

After more than two years of closed border policies, Japan is set to welcome back international travelers this week. Come June 10, foreign tourists traveling via packaged tours can enter Japan. Howeve...

I lived in motels and ‘forgot to live’: I’m 48, have almost $900,000 and want to retire next year. What can I do?

I am 48 years old, single and have lived in various states and done diverse jobs.  Genetically, I foresee my life span being around 20 more years, as I lost my parents at a very young age. In this 15 ...

Polestar Announces an Electric SUV. It’s a Tesla Model Y Competitor.

Text size Polestar CEO Thomas Ingenlath with the Precept concept car. Polestar photo Polestar, the electric-vehicle start-up born from Volvo, has a new SUV model. The news likely will give shares of t...

Starbucks is looking externally for its next CEO, Howard Schultz says

Starbucks Chairman and CEO Howard Schultz speaks at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders in Seattle, Washington on March 22, 2017. Jason Redmond | AFP | Getty Images Starbucks‘ next CEO will come ...

Hackers Target Lifestyle App STEPN With DDoS Attacks

STEPN, the web3 lifestyle app, requested its users to “take rest” as its network came under a DDoS attack for the umpteenth time in the last few months. The recent of these attacks occurred on July 5,...

Weekend reads: If you agree that inflation has peaked, buy stocks in this sector

If everyone agreed about the direction of the economy, investing would be easy. But there are mixed signals about whether the rate of inflation has peaked, at least in the U.S. If you are among those ...

Citigroup Trader Went Through Several Alerts on ‘Fat Finger’ Trade

A Citigroup Inc. C -2.10% trader who sent European stock indexes into free fall last month was working from home and went through several alerts before his order went live, people familiar with the ma...

MEXC Global to List 5KM, Driving Into a Next-generation Web3 Lifestyle

The leading digital asset and cryptocurrency trading platform MEXC Global will list 5KM, a Web3 lifestyle APP & Community, at 12:00 UTC on June 6th. Stay tuned for a series of incoming special eve...

First time on a yacht? Avoid these 7 amateur mistakes

While most of the travel industry struggled to get back on its feet, the yachting industry had a different problem during the pandemic: serving everyone wanting to charter a boat. Like the rise in pri...