A canceled flight, in many of us, inspires frustration and anger. And for billionaire Richard Branson, it’s no different. Only when the British entrepreneur was met with a cancelled flight in the early 80s, it inspired another response, too: A new business idea. Branson — already a successful businessman, having formed Virgin Records some years
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Anti-aging products claim to make you look younger by reducing, hiding, or preventing the signs of aging. High-end anti-aging products are some of the most expensive single-use items in the world, but, according to skin experts, the lavish ingredients inside aren’t guaranteed or necessarily proven to be more effective than standard moisturizing ingredients. MORE SO
► Subscribe to the Financial Times on YouTube: http://bit.ly/FTimeSubs Shadow banking is the talk of the town — and the talk of the FT, with a week-long series of pieces analysing this little-understood industry. Financial editor Patrick Jenkins offers the five important facts to remember about shadow banking. ► FT World News: http://bit.ly/1Exp0iJ ► FT
Oct. 21 (Bloomberg) — Bloomberg Businessweek’s Sam Grobart sits down with Nick Offerman, star of NBC’s “Parks and Recreation” and the author of Paddle Your Own Canoe, a tongue-in-cheek guide to manliness. (Source: Bloomberg) — Subscribe to Bloomberg on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/Bloomberg Bloomberg Television offers extensive coverage and analysis of international business news and stories of
Need to get to the airport fast? Uber now offers a helicopter service from downtown Manhattan to JFK airport in just 8 minutes. CNN’s Samantha Kelly flew aboard to see if it’s worth the price.
For some couples, this winter holiday will be unforgettable. December is the most popular time to pop the question and, for the recently engaged, 2020 will be the very beginning of a new life. However, weddings are expensive, and merging personal finances can get complicated. The average American wedding costs nearly $39,000, and more young
An Avengers fan holds tickets at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood to attend the opening screening of “Avengers: Endgame” in Los Angeles, California, U.S., April 25, 2019. Mike Blake | Reuters The 2019 U.S. box office is headed toward the second-best annual haul in cinematic history. As of Sunday, the movies released this year
Brendan McDermid | Reuters It has been a year for celebration on Wall Street, with the S&P 500 rising nearly 30%, but investors relying on seasonal trends probably found themselves frustrated as the market defied traditional patterns. January, February and June historically rank in the bottom half of any year for stock performance, according to
Chances are, making better money choices is one of your goals for 2020. Almost 99 million people will make a financial resolution this year, according to a recent survey from personal finance website WalletHub. For many, there are two burdens they want to eliminate in 2020: low savings and high debt. Putting aside more money
Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange, November 4, 2019. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Stock futures pointed to a higher open on Thursday morning, adding to a record-setting rally in the year-end. Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose about 36 points, implying a 31-point gain at the open. Futures
General Motors’ CEO Mary Barra testifies during a House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing on Capitol Hill, on April 1, 2014 in Washington. Getty Images DETROIT — Mary Barra became one of America’s best-known executives when she took the helm as the first female CEO of General Motors in 2014. But the recognition quickly turned
Fluffy comedian Gabriel Iglesias owns a $3 million collection of classic Volkswagen Buses. He keeps them in his enormous personal museum that resembles Volkswagen’s most famous German factory. His car collection also includes several very rare Beetles and muscle cars. For more, visit: Home MORE CARS INSIDER CONTENT: Collector Owns Two Rare Microcars Inside One
The Oscar-winning filmmaker spent 20 hours shooting a documentary with the Russian president, and tells the FT’s Matthew Garrahan that the western world has Vladimir Putin all wrong. ► Subscribe to FT.com here: http://bit.ly/2r8RJzM ► Subscribe to the Financial Times on YouTube: http://bit.ly/FTimeSubs For more video content from the Financial Times, visit http://www.FT.com/video Twitter https://twitter.com/ftvideo
Nokona baseball gloves are made in Nocona, Texas using a number of different leathers including kangaroo, cowhide and buffalo. From hot stamping, to embroidering, to lacing, Nokona has been handcrafting ball gloves since 1934. Video by Brian Schildhorn Made is a series of short films that demonstrate how everyday luxury objects are made, and honor
Detroit is in a period of economic recovery, yet many of the hardest hit still don’t have adequate housing. The Cass Community Center Tiny Homes Project’s answer was to build 25 houses for less than $45,000 each.
Monthly student loan payments can dictate when people have children and how much they’ll retire with. Pat Greenhouse | Boston Globe | Getty Images Student loans have become a defining feature of American life. It was 10 years ago that education debt eclipsed credit card debt. The next year, in 2011, it exceeded auto debt.
Workers install a Nike logo lamp outside the Wukesong Arena in Beijing, August 28, 2019. Tingshu Wang | Reuters It was a big year for stocks, but 2020 is poised to be even better for some companies, according to Wall Street analysts. Many well-known stocks — and some not so well known — have been
A contractor guides a steel beam into place while working on the Korean Air Wilshire Grand hotel and office building in downtown Los Angeles. Patrick T. Fallon | Bloomberg | Getty Images For some people, a bad day at work means missing a deadline or getting yelled at by your boss. For others, it means
Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Anixter International – Anixter continues to be the subject of a bidding war, with Wesco International increasing its bid for the networking equipment maker to $93.50 per share in cash and stock. Wesco – a maker of industrial products – had bid $90 per share earlier in the
Jason York | Getty Images It may be a better time than ever to save in a Roth retirement account. A Roth 401(k) plan or Roth individual retirement account allows savers to stash away money after it’s been taxed, meaning Uncle Sam won’t take a bite when retirees withdraw their funds later. Contributions to a
President Donald Trump holds a campaign rally in Dallas, October 17, 2019. Jonathan Ernst | Reuters As stocks close out 2019 with potentially the best gain in decades, strategists expect Wall Street’s bull market to continue in 2020 as long as it appears President Donald Trump will be re-elected. Analysts see the possibility of a
The Mandalorian and the Child on Disney+’s “The Mandalorian.” Disney Season two of the beloved Disney+ Star Wars show “The Mandalorian” will be released in fall 2020, showrunner Jon Favreau said Friday. Favreau tweeted out the date along with a photo of a statuette of Gamorrean, a green-skinned pig-like species seen in the Star Wars
The “Fast Money” traders shared their first moves for the market open. Tim Seymour was a buyer of Home Depot. Gina Sanchez was a buyer of Disney. Victoria Fernandez was a buyer of Mastercard. Dan Nathan was a seller of Netflix. Disclosure Trader disclosure: Dan is long TLT March 135 – 150 spread. NKE Dec Call
Originally created on the request of Queen Victoria, Winsor & Newton Series 7 brushes were first made in 1866, and were designed to be the finest possible brush for watercolor painting. But making a Series 7 Kolinsky Sable watercolor brush isn’t easy, and the largest size brush can take almost a week and a half
Hello World’s Ashlee Vance paid a recent visit to Iceland’s capital city of Reykjavik to see the next part of the green energy story. He found a start-up called Icewind that is building a new type of funky wind turbine designed to perform well in low-wind conditions but also to slow itself down in high-winds,
Read more at https://on.ft.com/2Mvhphp The spread between 10-year and 2-year Treasury bond yields dropped below 40 basis points after the Federal Reserve promised to push on with rises in interest rates, while the European Central Bank delayed them until late next year. John Authers discusses the signal that the yield curve is sending, and asks
Carla Harris, Vice Chairman at Morgan Stanley, was the first African American to join the bank’s management committee and has become a powerful voice for women in finance.
SDI Productions Student loan borrowers who want to repay the balance owed with their 529 college savings plan should think twice. President Donald Trump signed the Secure Act into law last week. It will take effect on Jan. 1. In addition to changing the way you save for retirement, the legislation also allows you to
Apple CEO Tim Cook gestures after opening the newly renovated Apple Store at Fifth Avenue on September 20, 2019 in New York City. Kena Betancur | AFP | Getty Images Apple, one of the best-performing stocks this year, is also the name that analysts have been the most wrong about in their forecasts. The tech
Daniel Pinto sees a lot from his perch atop the world’s biggest investment bank. He’s led J.P. Morgan Chase‘s corporate and investment bank since 2014, a time in which the bank has steadily gained market share from rivals in trading and banking. Pinto has also served as J.P. Morgan’s co-President and co-chief operating officer for