CHICAGO, ILLINOIS – SEPTEMBER 14: In this photo illustration, At-home COVID-19 tests by Abbott and … [+] Quidel are shown on September 14, 2021 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo Illustration by Scott Olson/Getty Images) Getty Images QuidelOrtho stock (NASDAQ NDAQ : QDEL), a manufacturer of diagnostic healthcare products, including the Covid-19 test, reported its Q2 results…
Bill Tai – Employee 001 at TSMC Bill Tai Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Limited (TSMC) is the world’s largest contract manufacturer of semiconductor chips that powers our phones, laptops, cars, and fridges. It is the world’s largest chip foundry with some big clients like Apple, Intel, Qualcomm, AMD and Nvidea, helping it to achieve $45 billion…
(Photo by Robert Alexander/Getty Images) Getty Images Is this a fantasy? In most urban areas, this is a real challenge, but not in some states, where the cost of living is relatively low. According the GoBankingRates, 15 states are in a sweet spot on cost of living and rents, which average just more than $1,000…
Getty Images Ethical or sustainable investing is all the rage right now. It sounds great, but the problem is that there’s no accepted industry definition of what constitutes an ethical investment. Ethics, by definition, are personal. Some investors might want to avoid investing in companies that create high levels of carbon emissions. Others may have…
BRAZIL – 2022/04/22: In this photo illustration, the Etsy logo is seen in the background of a … [+] silhouetted woman holding a mobile phone. (Photo Illustration by Rafael Henrique/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Etsy stock (NASDAQ NDAQ : ETSY) has gained 12% in the last week, outperforming the S&P…
CHINA – 2022/07/25: In this photo illustration, the American multinational chain Starbucks Coffee … [+] logo is displayed on a smartphone screen. (Photo Illustration by Budrul Chukrut/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images [Note: Starbucks SBUX ’ fiscal year 2021 ended October 3, 2021] Starbucks stock (NASDAQ NDAQ : SBUX), the world’s…
By Barbara J. Tuttle, Next Avenue Mark and Jane Tafel at the Gunflint Lodge in International Falls, Minnesota Mark and Jane Tafel After a particularly stressful work week, Jane Tafel told her husband, Mark, “I just don’t want to work this hard anymore.” She had a rewarding job as vice-president of development at a community…
Sri Lankans sit on empty Liquified Gas Cylinders (LPG) as they block a road to protest against shortage of fuel and cooking gas in Colombo on May 13, 2022. AFP via Getty Images China’s stumble is shining a spotlight on something investors convinced themselves wasn’t a serious problem: Asian debt levels. With Asia’s biggest economy…
There is a reasonable chance that the U.S. will become carbon negative in the foreseeable future. This prospect holds despite the political dilution of President Biden’s major climate initiative; and it holds despite the recent Supreme Court ruling to hamstring the Environmental Protection Agency’s ability to regulate industrial emissions of greenhouse gases. Conceivably, within a…
Jameela Jamil, from left, Brian Quinn, James Murray, Joe Gatto, Sal Vulcano and Andy Breckman … [+] participate in the “The Misery Index” panel during the TBS presentation at the Television Critics Association Winter Press Tour at The Langham Huntington on Monday, Feb. 11, 2019, in Pasadena, Calif. (Photo by Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP) Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP People…