When I started editing around the pandemic, I remember watching Grammarly flag the same mistakes I was being paid to catch. I wondered how long anyone would need an editor, and I’d already been mapping out the expenses I’d need to reasonably survive for the foreseeable future. Then came ChatGPT, followed by other tools that
The Elon-Musk-Delta-Air-Lines-CEO-Ed-Bastian feud over Starlink that I covered for TheStreet got me thinking about how airlines still seem to underestimate what passengers now expect from in-flight Wi-Fi. As mentioned before, I spend most of my day following markets, tracking financial news, and writing stories for readers like you. So I can imagine the frustration of
Americans who opened Google Maps on Monday, Feb. 10, 2025, found the Gulf of Mexico had a new name, a switch Alphabet’s (GOOGL) Google confirmed on its blog. Days later, the White House barred the Associated Press from the Oval Office and Air Force One for keeping the old name, Axios reported. Agreeing cost Google
On Oct. 10, a series of cruise missile strikes from the islamist paramilitary Houthi group on Saudi Arabia’s main airport killed 12 people and injured more than 300 others. With the group behind the deadliest terrorist attack on Saudi Arabia since May 2015, operations at King Khalid International Airport (RUH) remain suspended due to the
OpenAI is making money at a rate that most businesses could only imagine. Wall Street continued to have cause for concern. The ChatGPT maker recently told investors that its annualized revenue was approaching $50 billion at the end of September, roughly $20 billion below the nearly $70 billion figure that had been widely reported, the
Federal Reserve Governor Christopher J. Waller says persistent price pressures and shifting economic risks forced his pivot toward monetary policy. The surprising transition was underscored by fresh Fed data showing consumer confidence slipping and household inflation expectations climbing. Waller, in remarks prepared for the Istanbul Economic Forum on Oct. 8, pointed to the Federal Open
Publix is making a significant change to its store footprint as it struggles to win over customers. The grocery chain’s comparable store sales declined 0.5% year over year in the second quarter of 2026, according to a press release. Publix attributed the sales drop to “the impact of the MFP (maximum fair price) change” in
Stock-market investors spent much of 2026 learning to live with things that would normally make them nervous. Higher interest rates, expensive oil, sticky inflation, and Treasury yields are at levels not seen in decades. So far, strong earnings and the AI boom have kept the market remarkably close to record highs. Citi now believes resilience
For the majority of the last year, PepsiCo has been attempting to persuade Americans to put more Lay’s, Doritos, and Pepsi products back into their shopping carts. As a result of the effort, the company has made some progress, but it’s not happening fast enough. PepsiCo (PEP) cut its 2026 profit outlook on October 8
Have you ever walked through a store looking for someone who can help, only to realize you have no idea who actually works there? It can be even more frustrating when employees are dressed similarly to the customers around them. A shopper may spend several minutes searching for assistance simply because the person stocking a