If you’re paying full price at the gas pump these days, you might be missing a way to fuel your household savings. That’s because many rewards credit cards offer bonus points when you use them at the gas station. Used right, those rewards are like a discount on every gallon you buy. Few consumers would turn down these savings when the average price of a gallon of gas as of May 2024 was $3.61, according to AAA. It’s fairly common now to get triple points — 3 points per dollar spent — for using a rewards card to pay for…
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Scottie Scheffler, the top golfer in the world, was arrested and charged with felony assault on a police officer and reckless driving after a chaotic incident just outside of the PGA Championship in Louisville, Kentucky, early Friday morning. Scheffler was released without bail within hours and returned to make his tee time for the second round of the tournament at the Valhalla Golf Club. He shot a 66, five under par, moving up the leaderboard into a tie for fourth place after beginning the day tied for 12th. The 27-year-old golfer was detained after he drove on a median toward…
The Dominican Republic is having a moment. Ten million tourists a year are flocking to its beaches, helping drive one of the region’s best performing economies. Poverty is near a record low, and investment at an all-time high. Even Fast & Furious star Vin Diesel wants to build a movie studio there. Its success stands in stark contrast to the country on the other side of the Caribbean island of Hispaniola, Haiti, where spiraling crime and violence are ruining the nation. President Luis Abinader is taking credit for the boom in the Dominican Republic, pointing to his pro-business, low-drama governing style that…
NerdWallet rating NerdWallet’s ratings are determined by our editorial team. The scoring formula incorporates coverage options, customer experience, customizability, cost and more. J. Crew clothes can be expensive, so if you’re a fan of the brand, it makes sense to find a way to trim costs where you can. The J. Crew credit card wants to be that money-saver, but the truth is that other credit cards will likely save you more. Issued by Synchrony Bank, the J. Crew credit card has a $0 annual fee, but you’ll need to spend at least $1,000 a year at J. Crew to…
CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Friday guided investors through next week’s earnings-filled schedule on Wall Street, saying to pay special attention to the report from Nvidia, one of the biggest players in the artificial intelligence space. “Lots to love next week, but, look, for many it’s really just going to be about Nvidia,” he said. “I just hope we clear out the short-term traders for Nvidia and end up with a more reliable, steady, believing shareholder base.” Cybersecurity outfit Palo Alto Networks reports on Monday, and Cramer said he thinks the company will have good things to say, even though it…
So, you’ve spent time preparing for the interview. You’ve practiced answering interview questions, reviewed your past professional experience, and you’ve confirmed the interview. All that’s left is putting your best foot forward. Below, we’ll spell out what subjects you should be prepared to talk about in an interview. We’ll also present options based on whether you’ll be interviewing in-person, over the phone or via Zoom or another video conferencing platform. Topics that may come up in an interview In an interview, you should be prepared to talk about these and related subjects in detail: Your past work experience and accomplishments. …
Employees at Singapore Airlines are set to get a major payout when their annual bonus hits this year. The airline plans to give its employees bonuses that amount to around eight months’ worth of their salaries, according to CNN. It’s been a tumultuous time for the airline industry. Boeing’s safety woes at the start of the year have rocked an industry that lives or dies by consumer confidence. A procession of whistleblowers alleged a culture of rampant corner-cutting, which led to the oversights that caused several plane malfunctions. Even before that, the airline industry in the U.S. suffered turbulence from…
OpenAI has disbanded its team focused on the long-term risks of artificial intelligence just one year after the company announced the group, a person familiar with the situation confirmed to CNBC on Friday. The person, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said some of the team members are being reassigned to multiple other teams within the company. The news comes days after both team leaders, OpenAI co-founder Ilya Sutskever and Jan Leike, announced their departures from the Microsoft-backed startup. Leike on Friday wrote that OpenAI’s “safety culture and processes have taken a backseat to shiny products.” OpenAI’s Superalignment team, announced last year, has…
It can be confusing to know where to open an HSA or health savings account. For most people, you are offered an HSA through your employer, and your employer simply opens the account for you as part of your benefits (just like they do wth a 401k). However, if you’re self-employed, OR if you’re leaving your employer and have an old HSA, you need to open your own HSA account at an HSA provider. You can then fund your HSA, or rollover your HSA from your old employer. How To Setup An HSA To setup an HSA, you simply need…
In California, a state where single family houses often run for millions of dollars, what amounts to basically an entire city has gone on the market with a price tag of just $6.6 million. Top Gun Commercial Real Estate has listed a 16-acre property in Campo, Calif., a town that’s about 2 miles from the Mexican border and an hour or so east of San Diego. Included in that listing are 28 buildings that make up the bulk of the town’s properties. Most were built in the 1940s. Those properties are occupied, too. About 100 residents rent from a single…
A version of this article first appeared in CNBC’s Inside Wealth newsletter with Robert Frank, a weekly guide to the high-net-worth investor and consumer. Sign up to receive future editions, straight to your inbox. The rich have taken “quiet wealth” to a new level, turning to private purchases of mansions, art and classic cars designed to avoid attention, according to experts. Auction companies and luxury real estate brokers say wealthy buyers and sellers are increasingly turning to private sales and off-market listings to avoid social media and prying eyes. While public auction sales are declining in the art world, private sales —…
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