Applying for a mortgage can be one of the scariest yet most exciting times in your life. There is a good chance this will be the most expensive- or at least close to-purchase you will ever make. So, naturally, you want to deal with someone who knows what they are doing, has your best interests […]
Welcome toMoney Diaries , where we’re tackling what might be the last taboo facing modern working women: money. We’re asking millennials how they spend their hard-earned money during a seven-day period — and we’re tracking every last dollar. Want even more Money Diaries, plus $$$ advice from a kick-ass, all-female team of financial advisors, and […]
With the original Echo Show, Amazon added a new dimension to the smart speaker. To critics, the device was little more than a station tablet. For Amazon, however, the product unlocked a new vertical in the rapidly expanding category. The day to usefulness wasn’t always clear, but the potential certainly was, as Amazon and the […]
Worried about which pieces of design equipment you should upgrade and which are fine as-is? We’ve got you covered with this guide. A while back, we gave you a list of the best tools for a designer. It not only covered electronics but also sketchpads and non-design software — and even a backpack. Here, we’ll […]
Of the many complications on the market today, there’s still something oddly fascinating about a jumping hours display. This digital hour display makes checking the time at a cursory glance even more effortless than with a 3-hand watch, and on the other the clever mechanism is a bit of a throwback to early 20th century […]
By Rachel Barker, Alan Berube Since their enactment in the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, Opportunity Zones have attracted significant interest as a potential major source of untapped capital to revitalize America’s struggling neighborhoods and communities. A growing number of local leaders are eager to turn this buzz into investment that delivers economically inclusive […]
Ming River Inc.’s chief marketing officer, Simon Dang, and educational director, Derek Sandhaus, sat down with Chilled for a Q&A about baijiu. Baijiu is a very popular spirit globally, but may be misunderstood here in the states. What do bartenders need to know about baijiu? Baijiu (pronounced “bye-j’yo”) means “white spirits” in Mandarin. It’s a […]
MUMBAI: Nearly a decade ago, Ramalinga Raju, then chairman of Satyam Computer Services confessed to a fraud that shook India’s corporate world and its sunrise IT services industry.The IT sector was bracing for the recession in the US, its largest market, that was triggered by the financial crisis. Satyam was India’s fourth- largest IT services […]
Stephen Pagliuca, co-chairman of Bain Capital, feels its India private equity business has reached an inflection point, such as the $1-billion-plus investment in Axis Bank. During his recent trip to mark the fund’s tenth anniversary in India, Pagliuca spoke to ET’s Arijit Barman about his outlook for India and the world. His mantra — align […]
This is the web version of the WSJ’s newsletter on the economy. You can sign up for daily delivery here. Good morning. Today we look at extraordinary U.S. economic growth, rising bond yields, collateral damage in emerging markets, why U.S. worker wages might take a step back in September, and the continuing demise of the shopping mall. […]