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Aire Images | Moment | Getty Images So-called girl math is not the only trend spurred by users on the short-form video app TikTok. “Dupes” — short for “duplicate” — are cheaper alternatives to premium or luxury consumer products, and they are increasingly popular among Gen Z and millennial shoppers and app users. While nearly

Many hotels claim to be eco-friendly.   But are they?   A quick-and-easy test is to look for two items, said Sonu Shivdasani, founder of Soneva and Six Senses hotel brands. First, sustainable hotels should not have branded water of any sort, he told CNBC Travel.   “When you have incredible filtered water, and where

E+ Despite inflation concerns, most middle-income Americans still aren’t leveraging higher interest rates for savings. That’s according to a new Santander survey of roughly 2,200 middle-earning U.S. adults, conducted in early September. Some 64% of middle-income Americans are earning less than 3% on their primary savings account, the findings show. By comparison, the top 1%

There are signs that China’s economic stumbles are starting to stabilize. But looking at quarterly numbers and commentary from multinational companies doing business there, the road back for the world’s second-largest economy remains uneven. This paints a fuzzy picture for our stocks that generate lots of revenue in China — Estee Lauder (EL), Starbucks (SBUX) and Wynn Resorts

Mark Cuban may have made his billions as an entrepreneur and investor — but he’s received some of his best advice from athletes. One of his favorite mantras comes from Basketball Hall of Famer Dirk Nowitzki, Cuban told GQ last month: “How you do anything is how you do everything.” It’s powerful, Cuban explained, because

Alex Rodriguez has a few regrets — including not thinking more about the stock market as a young baseball player in Seattle during the 1990s dot-com boom. “When I was in Seattle — I started in 1993 — I wish I would have just bought a bunch of the locals,” the former Major League Baseball

Morgan Stanley (MS) has finally named a successor to longtime CEO James Gorman — removing a big question mark for investors like us. Ted Pick, a 33-year banking vet who has served as co-president of Morgan Stanley for the last two years, will succeed Gorman on Jan. 1, according to Wednesday’s announcement . Pick was

President Donald Trump and Foxconn Chairman Terry Gou (R) tour a Foxconn facility at the Wisconsin Valley Science and Technology Park on June 28, 2018, in Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin. Brendan Smailowski  | AFP | Getty Images More than 11% of the world’s more than 2,000 billionaires have run for election or become politicians, according to

Laura King, founder of King’s Fine Food, was awarded an MBE for charitable and voluntary services in 2020 for her work for people with brain tumors. King’s Fine Food Laura King has run a caviar business for almost 20 years — even supplying Britain’s royal family with the coveted foodstuff. But when she started in

Plenty of side hustles and businesses become lucrative because they fix an unsolved problem, or improve something that already exists. If that seems easier said than done, there’s a simple solution: Study people who’ve fixed other unsolved problems before, self-made millionaire and RSE Ventures CEO Matt Higgins said at the CNBC Make It: Your Money virtual

In some African cultures, the combination of rain and sunshine means that a leopard and a lioness have given birth to a cub.   I was hoping that this was the case as we traversed Kenya’s Maasai Mara National Reserve in a four-wheel drive jeep in the midst of a sunny downpour. In the seven

In this article IHG-GB IHG Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Pent-up travel demand — which drove global travel recovery following the Covid-19 pandemic — is over, said Intercontinental Hotels Group CEO Elie Maalouf. “People started traveling really by the end of 2020 as restrictions started to lift,” he said. “So we’re really past revenge

3 in 4 of Gen Z would rather have a better quality of life than have extra money in their banks, a report by Intuit shows. Athima Tongloom | Moment | Getty Images For most people, their goal is to work hard, save money and retire early. But a “soft saving” trend is emerging among

When Mark Cuban launched his first tech startup, he couldn’t have known he’d end up a billionaire today. He was confident, though, that his sales pitch for the company — a software startup called MicroSolutions — would work. In a recent post on X, formerly known as Twitter, Cuban shared a 544-word excerpt of proposal

Standret | Istock | Getty Images Net worth surged for the typical family during the pandemic era, largely on the back on higher home and stock prices and government stimulus measures, the Federal Reserve reported Wednesday in its triennial Survey of Consumer Finances. Net worth is a measure of household assets after accounting for liabilities.

Matt Higgins went from living in “abject poverty” to running boardrooms, he says. The experience taught the self-made millionaire that successful people have one thing in common. People who get ahead are comfortable with the concept of change, Higgins said at a CNBC Make It: Your Money virtual event on Tuesday. Contrary to popular belief,

Almost everyone has an ulterior motive, according to billionaire investor Ray Dalio — and figuring it out comes down to asking yourself one simple question. “When you hear someone’s description of what’s happening, ask yourself: What are their biases and goals?” Dalio, the 74-year-old founder of hedge fund Bridgewater Associates, posted to Threads on Tuesday.

Danish traveler Torbjorn Pedersen says he is the first person to visit every country in the world — without flying. It’s a feat that took 10 years to accomplish — with average costs of around $20 a day, he said. “In some countries like Singapore, I have to spend more than $20 a day. But

I’m usually your source for all things health and wellness — like how to get better sleep and live longer — but this is a money story I just had to share. This past weekend I took a road trip to Pennsylvania with friends and lost my wallet somewhere along the way. I didn’t even

SINGAPORE — Sips in Barcelona, Spain is the best bar in the world, according to this year’s ranking by the 50 Best organization. The World’s 50 Best Bars were announced at an awards ceremony in Singapore on Tuesday evening — the first time the ceremony was held in Asia. Double Chicken Please in New York