This HR manager took 3 months off with pay to hike in Europe. Here’s why her tech company let her do it
Automattic's Lori McLeese hiked the Camino de Santiago in 2016 thanks to her company's generous paid sabbatical benefit.
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Chamath Palihapitiya, who took Virgin Galactic public, steps down from space company's board
Virgin Galactic announced on Friday that Chairman Chamath Palihapitiya is stepping down from the space tourism company's board of directors.
With limited inventory due to a computer chip shortage, 82% of consumers are paying above sticker price for a new car
The average amount paid for a new car is $45,717, which is $728 more than the average manufacturer's suggested retail price of $44,989, new research shows.
A petition for an $18 minimum wage is gaining signatures in California. What that means for the hourly worker
The Living Wage Act of 2022, which aims to raise California's minimum wage to $18, began to collect signatures in February.
Circle, the company behind the USDC stablecoin, doubles valuation to $9 billion in updated SPAC deal
Circle, the firm behind the stablecoin USDC, has doubled its valuation to $9 billion after a new deal with blank-check company Concord Acquisition Corp.
The cost of long-term care is rising amid staffing shortages. How to cover these expenses
The cost of long-term care has grown, with sizeable price hikes for home-based services. Here are some of the ways to pay for it.
The ranks of these kinds of investors are poised for fast growth in the coming decade
Certain groups of U.S. investors, namely women and some new and affluent investors, are poised to grow in numbers in the coming decade, new research finds.
Carolyn Wilkins: to achieve benefits, crypto must be made as safe as Canada’s financial system
Financial Post Carolyn Wilkins Feb 16, 2022 If done well, we can achieve benefits of financial innovation for households and businesses and avoid build up of...
Bezos' Blue Origin is building more rockets to meet 'robust demand' for space tourism, CEO says
Blue Origin CEO Bob Smith on Thursday said the company needs to build more of its New Shepard rockets to meet the demand from the space...
Think banks, debt collectors need reform? The Biden administration wants to know
An agency policing consumer abuse and deception from banks, lenders and others wants to know how the public would reform financial rules.
Education Department forgives $415 million in student debt for borrowers who attended for-profit schools
Nearly 16,000 student loan borrowers who attended for-profit schools will get their debts cleared, the U.S. Department of Education announced.
Canadian cryptocurrency exchanges ordered to cease dealings with convoy-linked accounts
City News Vancouver Martin MacMahon Feb 16, 2022 Cryptocurrency exchanges in Canada are being ordered by the RCMP to stop dealing with accounts suspected to have...
Metaverse’s first major bank, JP Morgan, predicts US $1 trillion
Fintech Magazine Kate Birch Feb 17, 2022 JP Morgan has become the first bank to establish a presence in the metaverse, as it predicts a market...
Warren Buffett invests $1 billion in a crypto-friendly bank – maybe not ‘rat poison’ after all?
Fortune Tristan Bove Feb 16, 2022 The superstar investor may be seeing an entirely different kind of opportunity in digital financial service providers like Nubank. Maybe...
Despite rising wages, 61% of Americans are still living paycheck to paycheck, report finds
Wages are rising but it's not enough. Nearly two-thirds of Americans are still living paycheck to paycheck.