The Dutch capital Amsterdam is widely known for being bike-friendly. But it wasn’t always a model cycling city. Public outrage at rising traffic casualties in the Seventies caused city planners to rethink their approach to urban design. Video by Gloria Kurnik
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20 years ago, Bruce Francisco and his business partner bought an old Cold War missile base in the Adirondacks. After a few million dollars in renovations, the silo is now a luxury home.
Millions of households that hustled to get their tax returns to the IRS early could be waiting until March for their refunds. If you’re claiming the additional child tax credit or the earned income tax credit, the IRS cannot issue your refund before mid-February. An anti-fraud law requires the agency to use that additional time
Listings on Airbnb have come a long way since co-founders Brian Chesky and Joe Gebbia rented out air mattresses in their San Francisco apartment for $80 per night. What was then “Air Bed and Breakfast” is now a company with over 7 million listings that include French castles, Mexican bubble domes, American sheep wagons and
Investor Paul Meeks is bracing for a bear market in technology. Meeks, who’s known for running the world’s largest tech fund during the dot-com boom, sees 20% pullback risks growing as the coronavirus outbreak spreads. “There is some comeuppance due, and unfortunately I think the coronavirus is that exogenous variable that is a catalyst to
Scott Eells | Bloomberg | Getty Images Zillow on Wednesday reported a surge in quarterly revenue and a smaller-than-expected loss as more people used its real estate website to buy and sell homes, sending its shares up 10% in trading after the bell. Revenue from the company’s home unit, which accounts for more than half
Crawfish concierge at Ritz-Carlton New Orleans. Source: Ritz-Carlton New Orleans Pantelis Evangelou is a guest services manager at the London Marriott Park Lane, but to young guests, he may be better known as the hotel’s teddy bear butler. The hotel offers a teddy-bear themed concierge service to children that is included with suite bookings or
Daniel Grill | Getty Images When it comes to retirement, it’s no secret that women face an uphill battle financially. And while women’s retirement readiness is improving, there’s room for much more, according to new research from the Aegon Center for Longevity and Retirement. Women around the world share the same three career challenges: a
James Gorman, chairman and chief executive officer of Morgan Stanley. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Morgan Stanley, the tony investment bank for rich Americans and corporations, is making a play for the masses with its $13 billion takeover of discount brokerage pioneer E-Trade. The move, announced early Thursday, is the biggest takeover by
Mohammed Al-Jadaan, Saudi Arabia’s finance minister, at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland Jason Alden | Bloomberg | Getty Images Saudi Arabia is willing to support crisis-stricken Lebanon, but wants to see a realistic reform plan first, its finance minister said during the G-20 Summit in Riyadh on Sunday. Asked if the kingdom would
Tourists take photos at the Overseas Passenger Terminal as the Norwegian Jewel cruise ship is in lock down while health authorities test a man for Coronavirus on February 14, 2020 in Sydney, Australia. Lisa Maree Williams | Getty Images Norwegian Cruise Line has canceled its voyages in Asia through the third quarter of 2020 and expects
At least a few executives at major automakers have indicated that electric cars are the way of the future, and several of them are making big bets on battery-powered vehicles. But at least in the United States, the market seems to belong almost entirely to Tesla. The California carmaker’s Model 3 midsize sedan far outstripped
Singapore’s Changi Airport just opened ‘Jewel,’ a $1.3 billion mall boasting the world’s tallest indoor waterfall, an IMAX movie theatre, and a hotel. MORE TRAVEL CONTENT: Inside America’s First Private Terminal For Millionaires 9 Of The Most Exclusive Spots In Disney Parks Why Amtrak Is So Expensive | So Expensive —————————————————— #Singapore #Airport #BusinessInsider Business
Read ‘Lockheed hails progress on hypersonic military aircraft’ here: bit.ly/1V1IrhG ►Subscribe to the Financial Times on YouTube: http://bit.ly/FTimeSubs Flying one of the world’s fastest and most sophisticated weapons is usually a ride reserved for military personnel and dignitaries. Carola Hoyos reports from Saab’s headquarters in Sweden on what it is like to fly in one
Conde guitars have been inspiring artists from Leonard Cohen to Bob Dylan. They are made in a humble basement workshop in Madrid by a third generation of artisans. Video by Gloria Kurnik and Leila Hussain MADE is a Bloomberg Digital Original series focusing on craftspeople and their premium wares, all made the hard way.
Brothers Marc and Shanon Parker took their love for sci-fi and comic books and started Parker Brothers Concepts, where they build outrageous, street-legal vehicles for Hollywood and TV shows.
Swell Media Who among us has suffered an airline delay or cancellation, or even been bumped from a flight? Plenty. Who’s been compensated for the inconvenience? Probably not very many. One Berlin-based firm, AirHelp, is trying to rectify that, educating flyers around the world of their rights to compensation — and, for a fee, helping
Apple Inc. CEO Tim Cook attends China Development Forum (CDF) 2018 at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse on March 24, 2018 in Beijing, China. China Development Forum (CDF) 2018 is hosted by the Development Research Center of the State Council of China on March 24-26 in Beijing. Visual China Group | Getty Images The coronavirus continues
A contractor prepares a sliding door for a home under construction at the Toll Brothers Inc. Enclave at Rye Brook housing development in Rye Brook, New York Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Owning a home has long been the individual investor’s opportunity to hold real estate. But the American millennial population is waiting
Boston Beer Company co-founder Jim Koch defended its heavy investment in hard seltzer Thursday as shares fell after weak guidance and a per-share earnings miss. “Sometimes growth, it’s not cheap, particularly in something capital-intensive like beer,” Koch said on “Closing Bell.“ Hard seltzer, in particular, demands significant investment because “it’s the biggest thing that’s come
The eighth-generation Chevrolet Corvette started its life as a Frankenstein test vehicle that parts of the previous generation sports car and Australian-made pickup called the Holden Ute, codenamed internally as “Blackjack.” That included exterior features of the pickup. Michael Wayland / CNBC LAS VEGAS – General Motors took unprecedented steps in an attempt to hide
Payday Loan Store (Photo by Interim Archives/Getty Images) Interim Archives You’ll find the words in Utah’s constitution: “No imprisonment for debt.” And yet more than 3,000 people in the state were served arrest warrants arising from an unpaid loan between September 2017 and September 2018, according to a new report on payday loans by the
As the energy industry faces a time of reckoning — pressured by consistently low oil prices, high operating costs and a growing sustainable investing movement — oil and gas companies are increasingly turning to Silicon Valley for help streamlining operations and boosting efficiencies. By some estimates, the addressable market for digital oil and gas solutions
Warren Buffett Gerard Miller | CNBC Warren Buffett thinks stocks are the place to be invested in for the long haul if interest rates and corporate taxes remain near current levlels. “If something close to current rates should prevail over the coming decades and if corporate tax rates also remain near the low level businesses
Dropbox shares rose as much as 16% in extended trading on Thursday after the company reported better-than-expected fourth-quarter results. The stock exceeded the $21 price at which it sold shares in its initial public offering in 2018. It had not closed above $21 since September. Here’s how the company did: Earnings: 16 cents per share,
2020 Chevrolet Corvette GM LAS VEGAS – The performance, price and mid-engine layout of the 2020 Chevrolet Corvette have been well-documented. If you need a reminder, the vehicle has Chevrolet’s LT2 small-block 6.2-liter V8 engine that’s rated at 495 horsepower and 470 pound-feet of torque. It can achieve 0 to 60 miles per hour in
Japanese sword-making is a tradition that goes back centuries, and one that’s carried on to this day. Each sword takes dedication, skill and can take over 18 months to create. The resulting blades can be worth thousands of dollars. So what makes them so expensive? Becoming a swordsmith in Japan takes a 5-year apprenticeship, and
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In a small workshop in Florence, Saskia Wittmer crafts leather shoes that are as unique as each customer. MADE is a series of simple, lovely short films that demonstrate how everyday luxury objects are created. Video by Leila Hussain.
Mark Zuckerberg releases video of his acceptance into Harvard’s class of 2002.
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