Steve Bannon, former advisor to U.S. President Donald Trump, arrives for a hearing at Manhattan Criminal Court on February 11, 2025 in New York City. Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images Steve Bannon, a former top White House aide to President Donald Trump, pleaded guilty Tuesday in New York in connection with the defrauding of … Read more
Former Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Russell Vought takes his seat as he arrives to testify before a US Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing on his second nomination to be OMB director, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on Jan. 15, 2025. Jemal Countess | AFP | Getty Images Two … Read more
Asking someone for feedback typically goes one of two ways, says Wharton organizational psychologist Adam Grant. You could get some helpful takeaways, or the other person may tread too carefully to tell you anything useful, scared of bruising your ego. The latter is more common than most people think, says Grant. The bestselling author’s simple … Read more
Federal Reserve Bank Chairman Jerome Powell testifies before the House Financial Services Committee in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill on March 06, 2024 in Washington, DC. Chip Somodevilla | Getty Images Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Tuesday reiterated the central bank’s commitment to bringing inflation down and signaled that policymakers aren’t … Read more
Sabina Nawaz has seen some bad interviews. Among the former Microsoft HR exec’s red flags are candidates who don’t arrive on time, haven’t researched the organization, and show up dressed inappropriately. She’s also seen someone completely unqualified for the job start the interview asking if they’d have to do its basic tasks. But there are … Read more
[The stream is slated to start at 10 a.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell delivers his semiannual remarks on monetary policy and the economy this week on Capitol Hill. First up will be an appearance Tuesday before the Senate … Read more
It may be make-or-break time for the stock market, based on the price charts. BTIG chief market technician Jonathan Krinsky says the S & P 500 has gone a full calendar year without making a downside test of its 200-day moving average. That’s a key level watched by traders to gauge an asset’s longer-term momentum … Read more
An employee works at Shopify’s headquarters in Ottawa, Ontario in Canada. Chris Wattie | Reuters Shopify on Tuesday reported better-than-expected sales for the fourth quarter but missed on earnings. Shares whipsawed in premarket trading. Here’s how the company did: Earnings: 39 cents per share vs. 43 cents per share expected by LSEG Revenue: $2.81 billion … Read more
Evercore ISI has its eyes on a collection of defensive stocks that the investment bank says are well positioned to ride out any trade war. President Donald Trump on Sunday announced his latest plan for tariffs, this time on steel and aluminum imports , regardless of their country of origin. Trump later signed an executive … Read more
While the brain makes up only 2% of your body weight, it is responsible for over 20% of energy expenditure each day. I’ve spent 15 years studying the brain, and five years as a medical director of a residential memory care facility. I am always reminding people to eat things that feed the brain, not harm it. … Read more