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Football on a Sunday is not uncommon. But just three years ago it was unusual for the NFL to schedule a game on Christmas Day. But for the last two years, the league has seen tremendous success with matchups on December 25 – and this year the number of games will increase from two to three. While the schedule may…

Today’s CEOs face myriad challenges: a global pandemic and a sea-change in how and where employees choose to show up for work, to name a few. The pressure has never been greater for leaders. How do they mitigate it? In our new series, we ask business leaders about their daily wellness habits to gain insight into the tactics they use…

If the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic produced a record number of new billionaires, then 2022 was the year of huge philanthropic giving from billionaires. Throughout the year there has been a steady stream of announcements from billionaires promising to give away the inordinate piles of money they have amassed to groups (often their own foundations) set up to…

While the idea of ​​traveling with a “pandemic pod” may be on its way out, other pandemic-inspired travel trends will remain. This ranges from looking for a hotel or resort with plenty of outdoor space for seasonal activities and sports, to looking for a place to both work and relax during an extended stay. Many sprawling resorts in locations that…

Mark Cuban, the billionaire owner of the Dallas Mavericks, defended Bitcoin this week and expressed doubts about investing in gold. in one club coincidence Podcast episode set to be released Monday, host Bill Maher said he was “very much anti-bitcoin” and believed in the value of gold. Cuban replied, “I want bitcoin to go down a lot more so I…

2022 has been quite a year. With the non-stop whirlwind of responsibilities and activities, especially over the past few weeks, no one can blame you if you’ve neglected to get a gift for someone on your list. But let’s face it, do this and the guilt will come anyway. Whether you’re frantically searching for a very, VERY last-minute gift or…

Just a month ago, you prepared a lavish Thanksgiving dinner for family (and maybe friends, too). Since then, you’ve been diligently looking for the perfect gift and decorating the halls as soon as possible. You’re pumped. And the idea of ​​making Christmas dinner threatens to smuggle you real quick. Good news! There are numerous options available to you for this…

Following the collapse of FTX, calls for regulation of crypto have increased among US lawmakers. But doing so would bring legitimacy to the crypto industry, a prominent economist argued this week, and that in turn could lead to wider economic damage. Stephen Cecchetti, an economist and professor at Brandeis International Business School, pointed to the economy on the inside World…

A violent winter storm on Saturday cut power to 1.7 million homes and businesses across the United States, leaving millions more worried about the prospect of more outages and crippling police, fire departments and an airport in snow-covered New York state. Across the country, officials have traced at least a dozen deaths to exposure, freezing car crashes and other effects…

The Federal Reserve has hiked interest rates for the seventh straight year this year. This time, however, the hike is smaller: Fed Chair Jerome Powell announced a half-point hike in interest rates on Dec. 14, down from three-quarter-point hikes at recent meetings. The last time it hiked rates that much in a single year was in the 1980s. To curb…