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‘People are really angry’: A vibe shift around layoffs is happening across the workforce
Melanie Ehrenkranz isn’t a stranger to job instability. In the decade she’s worked in media, she’s seen countless smart and creative friends lose their jobs during mass layoffs. When it happened to her in 2023, it sparked an idea: Ehrenkranz decided to create a resource for people going through layoffs to discuss the thorny parts […]
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These are the 10 best countries for working women—the U.S. isn’t in the top 10: ‘It really should be doing better,’ expert says
In honor of International Women’s Day, The Economist released its annual glass-ceiling index which analyzes working conditions for women across the 29 countries in the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). The countries were ranked based on these ten measures: Higher education GMAT exams taken by women Labor-force participation rate Gender wage gap Women […]
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This country is the No. 1 solo travel destination for 2025—it’s not the United States
Solo travel continues to trend. A new report from Kensington, a private guided luxury travel service, ranked the top countries to for a solo trip in 2025. For this ranking, Kensington took into account findings from “affluent” travelers based on 2024 data and two external surveys conducted with Opinium Research and Dig Insight. “Solo travelers […]
Read More![Mets’ $765 million superstar Juan Soto gifted his teammate a $92,000 car: ‘I just appreciate [him]’](https://image.cnbcfm.com/api/v1/image/108105751-1740157720591-gettyimages-2200651821-rs108080_yuh3lhen.jpeg?v=1740157759&w=1920&h=1080 "Mets’ $765 million superstar Juan Soto gifted his teammate a $92,000 car: ‘I just appreciate [him]’")
Mets’ $765 million superstar Juan Soto gifted his teammate a $92,000 car: ‘I just appreciate [him]’
Brett Baty’s choice to hold onto his high school ride just paid off big time. The New York Mets third baseman has been driving the same 2016 Toyota 4Runner since he was a teenager, holding onto it despite having earned nearly $5 million so far in his career. But that changed this week after the […]
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2 Nordic concepts this 34-year-old in North Dakota lives by to thrive in frigid winters: ‘There’s no such thing as inappropriate weather’
Jaymes O’Pheron isn’t just used to the cold — he thrives in it. O’Pheron, 34, lived in Washington, Tennessee, Texas and Ireland before moving to Fargo, North Dakota with his wife, Carla, in 2021. North Dakota ranked high on their list for its affordable cost of living, fast-growing cities and friendly policies for small businesses. […]
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His company operates over 500 private jet flights a day: This is the No. 1 thing the very rich value most
Few things say “luxury” like private jet travel. Whether you have your own plane or pay thousands of dollars per hour for access to a private aircraft through a service like Flexjet, the price of avoiding traveling with the masses is steep. Kenn Ricci has turned the luxury of flying private into a successful entrepreneurial […]
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Could an Eagles Super Bowl victory tank the stock market? History says yes, but logic says no
As one of CNBC’s resident Eagles fans, I was appalled to open my inbox earlier this week to find an email chain with the subject line, “Why the Bulls Hate the Birds.” Circulating among my colleagues was data from Carson Group chief market strategist Ryan Detrick, who pointed out that Philadelphia Super Bowl and World […]
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Cameron Diaz calls Hollywood retirement ‘the best 10 years of my life,’ but says she would have been ‘a fool’ to not come back
For 20 straight years, Cameron Diaz was a Hollywood staple. From her debut in 1994’s “The Mask” until her final appearance in 2014’s “Annie,” Diaz appeared in at least one film per year. But despite the success of her multi-decade run, the 52-year-old said recently that the best years of her life came after she […]
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Couple relocated from America to Switzerland and pay $2,883 a month for their 3-bedroom apartment: ‘The safety level is so different here’
When Mary Braun met her husband Sébastien, they were both living in Chicago. But on their second date, Sébastien, a France native, told Braun he wasn’t planning on staying in the United States for much longer — he had been in America for 15 years and wanted to move back to Europe soon. “He actually […]
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Family’s abandoned train car turned Airbnb brings in up to $110,000 a year: ‘Our dreams were surpassed’
In 2020, Isaac French, 27, and his family purchased a train car that had been sitting abandoned on a neighbor’s farm in Deary, Idaho. They paid just $3,000. Train car number 306 was built in the 1900s and originally ran on the Washington Idaho & Montana Railway from 1909 until the 1950s. When the family got […]
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