As post-pandemic travel continues to ramp up, airports are booked and busy. In fact, a new report by the Airports Council International released on Monday found that 2023 saw a total global passenger footprint of roughly 8.5 billion people, up 27.2% year-over-year and a recovery rate of 93.8% from pre-pandemic rankings in 2019. The report revealed the preliminary rankings of the busiest airports in the world for 2023, and a new international hot spot has worked its way up to No. 2. After gathering data from over 2,600 airports in over 180 countries and territories, the No. 1 busiest airport…
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“The tax code is too complicated—everyone needs an advocate in their corner to get the best outcome during tax season,” Intuit, the maker of TurboTax, wrote at the start of 2024. Alas, a growing number of Americans do not want that extra helper to be TurboTax, the tax-preparation giant’s multibillion-dollar service. To them, that commiserating feels false coming from a company that has spent more than 20 years lobbying to keep the federal tax code as is—that is, too complicated—because making it cheaper and easier hurts its bottom line. In fact, Intuit plowed almost $50 million into gumming up the…
Electric automotive giant Tesla is cutting 14,000 jobs as sales have been slowing. Billionaire Elon Musk’s eco-friendly electric car company announced the redundancies, as reported by Elektrek. Musk cuts staff via memo Elon Musk reportedly contacted staff and the memo made it’s way to the mainstream media. Elektrek published the memo Musk compiled that earmarked the car manufacturer cutting 10% of its workforce. “As part of this effort, we have done a thorough review of the organization and made the difficult decision to reduce our headcount by more than 10% globally. There is nothing I hate more, but it must…
There’s a schadenfreude that accompanies the news that a beloved female founder was actually a hard-charging tyrant from a privileged background with unrealistic expectations. Hardly any founder has been more publicly scrutinized than Sophia Amoruso, an entrepreneur who bootstrapped her first business to $100 million in just a few years and then went on to build two more successful operations. To be sure, some of the allegations against these women were serious—but there’s a funhouse mirror effect to much of the coverage, where the substantive criticism blurs with thinly veiled misogyny. Once open season began on the girlbosses for…
Per updates to the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, abortion has been added to the definition of covered events–meaning employers that offer time off for employees giving birth must also offer time off for abortions.
Trump Media & Technology Group Corp (TMGT) shares plummeted after the entity filed to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to issue 21 million shares. The parent company of social media platform Truth Social has approached the SEC with a Files S-1 Resale Registration Statement. Trump shares nosedive after announcement The shares in the company ended the day on the stock market a further 18% down on initial trading. The SEC filing states: We are registering the resale by the Selling Securityholders named in this prospectus, or their permitted transferees, an aggregate of 146,108,680 shares of Common Stock, consisting…
Tasman Resources Ltd (AU:TAS) has released an update. Tasman Resources Ltd has completed a 22 line-kilometer Induced Polarization (IP) survey at its Parkinson Dam Prospect, revealing an anomaly that suggests a deep feeder zone to high-grade gold, silver, lead, and zinc mineralization found previously. The survey, which may indicate larger gold-associated silicified zones, builds on past drilling successes including significant gold and silver grades in hole PD 63 and high-grade lead and zinc in hole PD 30. The Parkinson Dam Prospect, located near Port Augusta in South Australia, has been a focus of Tasman’s exploration efforts since the discovery of…
When the WNBA draft tips off tonight at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, most fans will be focused on the order of the names being called. Will Caitlin Clark go no. 1 overall? Who will draft Angel Reese? The list of college prospects in this year’s draft is incredibly compelling. Not just for the WNBA clubs drafting them, but brands and marketers looking to tap into the unprecedented popularity and momentum behind women’s basketball right now. Brands like State Farm and Gatorade were among the major sports marketers with campaigns built around Clark during the NCAA tournament. Gatorade head of…
The silver tsunami, or the expected increase of homes on the market as baby boomers downsize, could be slowed by golden handcuffs. The New York Times reported on Monday that by the end of last year, there was more than a 3% gap between rates on new home loans and the average fixed rate on existing mortgages. About 70% of homeowners had mortgage rates of around 4%, according to The Times, which is significantly lower than the current market rate of about 7%. Related: A ‘Silver Tsunami’ Is About to Upend the Housing Market, Says Analyst Who Accurately Predicted the…
When you tweak your budget to perfection, sometimes your bad behavior just goes underground Ah, just when you thought the entire reflection was about to be a KGT Victory Lap…think again! No, when it comes to the things I actually had control over (read: my spending), the grade was decidedly less glowing. We spent a total of $157,190 in 2023. I know! I already know what you’re thinking. What?! $150 big ones? But hear me out. Your honor, in my defense, I was having a good time. And by having a good time, I mean… Moving our entire life 1,000…
Eurostar offers high-speed train travel between the U.K., Belgium, the Netherlands, France and Germany. Its trains can reach 186 mph, which means a train from London to Paris takes only 2 hours and 16 minutes. Eurostar merged with Thalys — another European high-speed train company — in 2023. Taking a Eurostar train between these five countries can be more seamless than flying because you get a solid baggage allowance and don’t need to deal with airports, liquid restrictions in your carry-on and long security lines. Here’s what you need to know about Eurostar’s destinations, cabin classes, lounges, loyalty program, amenities…
Growing numbers of companies now boast a new four-letter acronym job in their C-suites, as CAIOs address the impact of this new technology.