“Stranger Things” is no stranger to shilling things. The fourth season of the hit Netflix series continues the show’s tradition of featuring countless consumer brands front and center. The main characters are dipping into jars of Jif peanut butter, playing games of Dungeons & Dragons, or sporting a cool Levi’s denim vest. And let’s not…
The Macy’s Fourth of July fireworks show is back with a bang. The 46th annual star-spangled salute from New York City promises to “ignite the night” with more than 48,000 exploding shells and pyrotechnic effects illuminating the sky over the East River for 25 minutes on Monday night. “It’s going to be super dynamic,” Will…
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This year has been inescapably awful for investors, as this chart on first-half performance shows. So in an environment where every short-term move seems to be a bad one, it might be worth getting a longer-term perspective. Monish Pabrai, founder of both the Pabrai Investment Funds and the Dhando Funds and an author on investing,…
Lewis Altfest’s time in the finance industry spans seven decades. He has some words of advice for investors who aren’t used to stomach-churning stock-price moves. Altfest founded Altfest Personal Wealth Management in 1983 after working as a general partner and director of research Lord Abbett & Co. Before that, he was an analyst for several…
Fresh off of shoring up the 2nd Amendment and playing boogeyman to the left on abortion (hoo boy, the racism from the left was something to behold), Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has now indicated he may want to tackle revisiting a case he holds in special regard (or disregard): NYT vs. Sullivana ruling that…
Sesame Solar CEO Lauren Flanagan was a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) pioneer who worked with Apple co-founder Steve Jobs during his NeXT days. And she’s been in a leadership role at the women-focused startup accelerator Springboard Enterprises. Technology shapes Flanagan’s career. But it was watching the harrowing conditions at darkened hospitals, nursing homes and grocery stores in…
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HBO Max has an intriguing lineup of new comedy series in July 2022, to go with a spinoff of a fan-favorite teen drama and a slate of movie favorites. Master of awkward comedy Nathan Fielder (“Nathan for You”) is back with a new series, “The Rehearsal” (July 15), in which he’ll help people prepare for…
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US stocks closed higher Thursday after Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell concluded a second day of congressional testimony with a vow to battle inflation, even if it risks a recession. What happened with stocks? The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA rose 194.23 points, or 0.6%, to end near session highs at 30,677.36, after flipping between…
Paul McCartney, who turned 80 June 18, is still “The Cute Beatle” – and so much more. The nickname-happy media gave McCartney that label around the time that “A Hard Day’s Night” came out, at the dawn of world-wide Beatlemania in 1964. McCartney has allowed himself to look his age with great dignity. He lets…
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Here’s all you need to know: Netflix’s “Stranger Things” is back July 1, with Part 2 of its fourth season. “Stranger Things” returned in late May with seven supersized episodes, and will conclude Season 4 with two super-duper sized episodes (1 hour and 25 minutes, and 2 hours and 30 minutes, respectively) as the teen…
