Lifestyle Brand, New York Or Nowhere, Opens First Permanent Retail Location

Interior of NYON’s store in Nolita, NYC. Alexandra Martin Over the weekend, New York or Nowhere (NYON), a famed lifestyle brand known for its quality, everyday apparel, and accessories, opened i...

EV sales are getting hotter, these are the cars catching up to Tesla

Americans bought more than 200,000 electric cars in the third quarter — a first. Electric car sales grew faster than any other segment of the auto industry. Americans bought 67% more electric cars in ...

Do you have problems with the IRS — or does the IRS have a problem with you? Read this before you act.

How do you deal with a problem like the Internal Revenue Service? And how do you deal with your own tax problems as they pertain to the IRS? To be clear, I’m not talking about major problems like righ...

‘Mass layoffs’ of Meta bus drivers lead to pleas for Facebook to bring workers back to the office

Protesters on Thursday urged Meta Platforms Inc. to call its Silicon Valley-based engineers and other employees back to the office, after Facebook’s parent company continued to dismiss service workers...

Workers are disengaged from their jobs — but don’t blame remote work. The real cause lies elsewhere.

Worker disengagement is increasing no matter where a person does their job, whether that’s in the office, at home, or a hybrid of both. And just because people are showing up to the job in person, it ...

How to save a bundle on your tax return

This is Part Two of our list of suggested year-end strategies. Part 1 discusses gaming the federal standard deduction, and managing capital gains and losses. The tax environment is getting friendlier ...

Elon Musk Prepares Huge Gift for Tesla Investors

Elon Musk took out the carrot.  The CEO of Tesla  (TSLA)  tried on October 19 to reassure the electric vehicle maker’s shareholders after a completely disastrous first half of October for Tesla ...

Tesla Humiliates Volkswagen, Mercedes – TheStreet

In the race for electric vehicles, every detail counts because it can make the difference.  And there are often details that can give a significant psychological advantage to some of the players or un...

Netflix will crack down on password sharing next year — here’s how it will work

Netflix Inc. executives on Tuesday detailed their plans to crack down on users sharing their accounts on the streaming service, which is expected to arrive early next year. In a letter to shareholders...

Elon Musk May Have a Goodie Bag for Tesla Investors and Fans

Since early October Tesla  (TSLA)  has all but disappeared from the radar of its charismatic and sometimes whimsical CEO and co-founder, Elon Musk. Apart from a comment on Twitter to explain that the ...

This U.S. pension plan faces a bigger crisis than the U.K.’s

Could the U.S. pensions behemoth be hit by the kind of crisis that just swept across the U. K.? Don’t bet on it, says ratings agency Fitch. This kind of turmoil is “unlikely,” it says. We can only add...

Foxconn Unveils EVs. The Apple iPhone Maker Is Pushing Into the Car Business.

Not all car companies want to build their own vehicles anymore. The reason is that they don’t have to. Tuesday, the contract manufacturer Hon Hai Precision Industry (Taiwan), an Apple (ticker: AAPL) i...

McDonald’s to sell Krispy Kreme doughnuts in latest menu experiment

Scott Olson | Getty Images McDonald’s will sell Krispy Kreme doughnuts in select restaurants later this month for the first time. Starting Oct. 26, the fast-food giant will sell Krispy Kreme dou...

Retirement can mean a loss of identity — how to bring happiness to your next act

For many people transitioning into retirement, the famous lines from the start of “A Chorus Line” resonate: “Who am I anyway? Am I my résumé? That is a picture of a person I don’t know!” Struggling wi...

American Airlines Will Pay Millions Over Huge Passenger Problem

Few travel nightmares can be worse than packing small to avoid paying for a checked bag and then, upon arriving at the airport, being told that the bag is too big and needs to be checked anyway. While...

When will Asia’s travel industry recover? Maybe as soon as 2023

A new report indicates the travel industry in Asia-Pacific may be the only one in the world to recover by 2023. This year’s “Travel & Tourism Economic Impact” report — an annual ...

‘Emily the Criminal’ director Ford takes on student loan crisis

Emily the Criminal Courtesy: John Patton Ford In the new film “Emily the Criminal,” the title character, played by actress Aubrey Plaza, is almost always in a state of fear. There are mome...

Domino’s Wants You to Pick Up Your Pizza (and Pay More for It)

Domino’s Pizza  (DPZ)  made its mark by offering a fast-food type of pizza service option. Domino’s marketing promotion to deliver pizza in 30 minutes really helped the company grow. The company expan...

Why Zelle moves twice as much money as Venmo and the Cash App combined

Zelle may not have its own clothing line or suggest emojis when you pay your friend, but the peer-to-peer payment service is moving serious money, and that seems to be raising eyebrows these days. Sen...

Social Security COLA, Gen X and boomer money woes, and more retirement news and research

From MarketWatch: Social Security COLA 2023 benefits are rising 8.7% — here’s what that means for recipients: The cost-of-living adjustment for 2023 will be the largest increase for Social Security be...

Social Security’s ‘taxable maximum’ inches higher—but will it make a dent in the trust fund?

Social Security’s payroll tax cap was raised nearly 9% for 2023, meaning more income will face Social Security taxes next year, but the rise is unlikely to affect the solvency of the trusts underpinni...

TSMC Reports Record Profit, Gains Exemption From U.S. Chip Curbs on China

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. said that its third-quarter net profit rose 80% to a new record, and that it had been granted a one-year exemption from new U.S. restrictions on China’s chip sec...

A shocking number of baby boomers and Generation X plan to work past 70—or forever

Almost half of baby boomers and more than one-third of Generation X expect to work past age 70 or do not plan to retire at all, highlighting the need for backup plans in case life’s unexpected events ...

Cruise stocks soar to pace the S&P 500, as Norwegian is upgraded to buy

Shares of cruise operators were the top-3 gainers in the S&P 500 SPX, -0.33% in afternoon trading Wednesday, with Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. NCLH, +11.61% getting bullish backing from UBS...

Cruise Stocks Don’t Lead to Buried Treasure

Cruise-line stocks have been taking on water since Covid-19 hit, but lately investors have really abandoned ship. Hovering over $6 a share, Carnival stock hasn’t been this cheap since Boyz II Men, TLC...

Baby boomers, Generation X expect to work past 70 — or forever

Almost half of baby boomers and more than one-third of Generation X expect to work past age 70 or do not plan to retire at all, highlighting the need for backup plans in case life’s unexpected events ...

More flights in Asia may cause airfares to fall, but it may take time

Many flights that were canceled during the pandemic are returning to the skies this month. Last week, Singapore Airlines and Scoot announced they’re adding dozens of flights to cities across Asi...

Opinion: Florida’s insurance rates have almost doubled over five years, yet insurance companies are still losing money — and the reason is more insidious than hurricanes

Hurricane risk might seem like the obvious problem, but there is a more insidious driver in this financial train wreck. Finance professor Shahid Hamid, who directs the Laboratory for Insurance at Flor...

Not Ready to Go Full EV? Some Car Companies Bet Bigger on Hybrids

Demand for hybrid vehicles is hot, reinforcing the view from Toyota Motor Corp. and other auto makers that the gas-electric approach will play an important role even as the industry races toward fully...

Opinion: How you can save $60k for a home down payment without risk or waiting forever

Yes, starting from zero and trying to save a bit each month will take a while. To put together that princely sum, you’d have to save $500 a month for around nine years in a high-interest savings accou...

Americans are souring on the housing market and California is now giving residents up to $1,050 of ‘inflation relief’ — here’s who is eligible

Hi, MarketWatchers. Don’t miss these top stories. September jobs report highlights major shift in white-collar work — as Labor Department plans changes to jobs questionnaire ‘The old question was beco...

Parachute Is Fast Tracking As A Lifestyle Brand Using Consumer-Centricity As Its Guide

Parachute living room furniture Courtesy of Parachute Parachute started as a sleepy little bedding brand in 2014. In those early days of e-commerce, it was one of the first to introduce luxury bed lin...