Kristine Davis, a spacesuit engineer at NASA’s Johnson Space Center, wears a ground prototype of the new Exploration Extravehicular Mobility Unit (xEMU), during a demonstration on Oct. 15, 2019. Joel Kowsky / NASA Elon Musk offered SpaceX’s services to help NASA make its next-generation spacesuits, after a watchdog report on Tuesday said the agency’s current
In this article MS BLK skynesher | Getty Images Direct indexing, which allows investors to buy the stocks of an index, instead of purchasing a mutual or exchange-traded fund, may soon be available to more investors. While ultra-high-net-worth people have historically used the strategy, those with fewer assets may soon have access as more financial
Alex Potemkin | E+ | Getty Images Being ultra-tech-savvy apparently isn’t enough to protect you from online scams, a new report suggests. The number of individuals age 20 or younger — members of Generation Z who have grown up on smartphones and the internet — reporting they are victims of cyber-fraud has surged 156% over
Logo for Getaround peer-to-peer car sharing service on the side of a car in the Silicon Valley town of Mountain View, California, August 24, 2016. Smith Collection/Gado | Archive Photos | Getty Images When the coronavirus pandemic put a halt to nearly all travel, Anwar Ali was forced to store a fleet of cars he
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In this article YUM BYND Pizza Hut’s pizza made with Beyond Meat’s pepperoni substitute Source: Pizza Hut Pizza Hut is offering Beyond Meat’s meat-free pepperoni as a topping in five U.S. cities, starting Tuesday. The limited-time offer is the latest expansion of the partnership between the maker of meat alternatives and the parent company of
Take a look at some of the biggest movers in the premarket: Casper Sleep (CSPR) – The sleep products company reported record quarterly revenue that came in above Street forecasts, though it still reported a quarterly loss. Casper Sleep said it saw strong growth in both retail and direct-to-consumer sales channels, but noted that it
Sue Barr | Image Source | Getty Images Families with children would be major winners if the $3.5 trillion budget blueprint released Monday by Democrats holds up. The package instructs Senate committees to invest trillions of dollars to boost the social safety net for families through programs and services such as an expanded child tax
The delta variant hasn’t significantly altered the outlook of America’s small business, but the conditions that the Main Street economy is operating under as it attempts to fully reopen are weighing on business owners across the country. Half of small business owners (50%) say it’s gotten harder to find qualified people to hire compared to
An elderly man is administered with the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine at the Central Vaccination Center in Bang Sue Grand Station on July 13, 2021 in Bangkok, Thailand. Sirachai Arunrugstichai | Getty Images News | Getty Images Businesses and local governments in Asia are coming up with creative ways to encourage vaccination among people still hesitant
In this article HOOD An Institutional Investor Hall of Famer sees an urgent need for investors in some of the most popular trades to diversify. Rich Bernstein, who has spent decades on Wall Street, is waving the red flag on long-duration assets ranging from Big Tech to bitcoin to Reddit rebellion stocks to long-term bonds.
In this article PFE MRNA SVA Unvaccinated people are eager to travel again. But more and more, the rules make that harder. Travelers are increasingly required to show proof of vaccination before they can cruise, book group tours, avoid quarantines, or vacation to tropical islands. Beyond that, vaccines are needed for everyday activities including attending
Halfpoint | iStock | Getty Images Many Americans are looking to Labor Day with dread. That’s when some 7.5 million of them will stop receiving their unemployment benefits. The number is more than five times the 1.3 million people who lost aid in December 2013 as the country walked away from the Great Recession. Although
In this article T Still from Warner Bros.’ “The Suicide Squad.” Warner Bros. Those looking to “The Suicide Squad” as a barometer for the box office should look elsewhere. The Warner Bros. film, which follows a group of DC villains as they embark on a dangerous and deadly mission for the U.S. government, fell short
The AMC Burbank 16 and the Batman bronze statue in Downtown Burbank. AaronP/Bauer-Griffin | GC Images | Getty Images Shares of AMC Entertainment rose 4% after the company posted a narrower-than-expected loss during the second quarter. Here’s what the company reported compared with what Wall Street was expecting, based on a survey of analysts by
In this article VSCO TSLA OXY DVN FANG HOOD The Tesla logo seen on a Supercharger rapid battery charging station for the electric vehicles company Tesla Motors. SOPA Images | LightRocket | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Diamondback Energy — Shares of the exploration and production company slid about
A Falcon 9 rocket launches the Transporter-1 mission in January 2021. SpaceX SpaceX is acquiring satellite data start-up Swarm Technologies, in a rare deal by Elon Musk’s space company that expands the team, and possibly the technological capabilities, of its growing Starlink internet service. Swarm, which has 120 of its tiny SpaceBEE satellites in orbit,
Kieferpix | iStock | Getty Images When it comes to retirement savings, how much is enough in order to feel financially secure? The median answer across workers of all ages is $500,000, according to research from the Transamerica Center for Retirement Studies. But that figure varied somewhat across generations. While the median number for Gen
FatCamera | E+ | Getty Images There’s about a week left for anyone who’s uninsured to see if they qualify for free or low-cost private health insurance through the public marketplace. A special enrollment period that will end on Aug. 15 allows you to use healthcare.gov to sign up for a plan, which could come
Binyamin Applebaum of The New York Times recently authored an op-ed calling for the adoption of return-free filing. Under return-free filing, many taxpayers would receive an already-completed return that they could amend. It’s an appealing idea, but for it to deliver its promised benefits, the U.S. tax code would have to be much simpler. The