Japan has a unique fascination with androids and the quest to make robots more like humans. One of the country’s most original thinkers in this area is Professor Takashi Ikegami of the University of Tokyo. He has created androids filled with sensors and artificial intelligence software. The technology allows them to perceive the outside world
Month: February 2023
Fortune’s Geoff Colvin talks about how the success of a company depends on the relationship between the CEO and the board.
A gas station in Arlington, Virginia. Xinhua News Agency | Xinhua News Agency | Getty Images New government data for January shows high inflation has continued into the new year. That has some economists worried high prices may prove to be sticky, even as the Federal Reserve works to slow inflation by raising interest rates.
SDI Productions Despite the cooling market, many homeowners made money selling their property in 2022 — and part of that windfall may be taxable. Home sellers made a $112,000 profit on the typical sale in 2022, a 21% increase from 2021, and a 78% jump from two years ago, according to ATTOM, a nationwide property
Paul Pierce #34 of the Boston Celtics celebrates after a play against the Los Angeles Lakers in the fourth quarter during Game Five of the 2010 NBA Finals on June 13, 2010 at TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts. Elsa | Getty Images NBA Hall of Famer Paul Pierce, who won a championship with the Boston
Barclays Bank building Chris Ratcliffe | Bloomberg | Getty Images LONDON — Barclays on Wednesday reported a full-year net profit of £5.023 billion ($6.07 billion) for 2022, beating consensus expectations of £4.95 billion but suffering a 19% fall from the previous year’s restated £6.2 billion in part due to a costly trading blunder in the
President and CEO at Hallmark Media Wonya Lucas speaks onstage during Hallmark Media’s star-studded kickoff of ‘Countdown To Christmas’ with a special screening of “A Holiday Spectacular” featuring the world famous Rockettes at Radio City Music Hall on October 20, 2022 in New York City. Mike Coppola | Getty Images Wonya Lucas landed a job
Olezzo | iStock | Getty Images There’s no question 2022 was a rough year for investors. With record-high inflation, economic uncertainty and aggressive interest rate hikes from the Federal Reserve to combat rising prices, stocks took a beating. All three of the major indexes had their worst year since 2008: The S&P 500 Index dropped
Antony Ressler, co-founder of Ares Management, takes photos with students of the AltFinance Fellowship. Marcus Shaw, AltFinance The search for bigger profits and top talent is nothing new on Wall Street, but some firms are turning to an almost untapped resource: historically Black colleges and universities, or HBCUs. The AltFinance Fellowship is the brainchild of
Hoxton/Sam Edwards | Getty Images After kicking off tax season with customer service and technology upgrades, the IRS this week unveiled a new option allowing taxpayers to respond more easily to certain agency notices. The new feature lets taxpayers and professionals respond to nine notices online by digitally uploading requested documents, rather than responding by
In this article MRNA DKNG AN ALB ABNB DE Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Deere’s autonomous 8R tractor Deere Check out the companies making the biggest moves midday: Deere — Shares rose 7.53% after the company reported earnings-per-share of $6.55 for its fiscal first quarter, topping the $5.57 expected by analysts polled by Refinitiv.
In this article KHC Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Heinz brand tomato ketchup arranged in the Brooklyn borough of New York, US, on Friday, July 22, 2022. Kraft Heinz Co. is scheduled to release earnings figures on July 27. Gabby Jones | Bloomberg | Getty Images Kraft Heinz on Wednesday beat Wall Street’s earnings
Procter & Gamble (PG), Estee Lauder (EL) and Constellation Brands (STZ) can navigate any economic slowdown in the short term while offering long-term growth opportunities, according to Citi in a new research note. The bullish call on these consumer-tied companies aligns with our view and comes as defensive stocks have fallen out of favor in
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Read more at https://on.ft.com/2OW5gGC By 2050 the global demand for food will rise by 60 per cent. Wageningen University & Research is looking into new agricultural solutions, including vertical farming and robots to help with farm labour, as well as ways of protecting staple crops. Subscribe to FT.com here: http://bit.ly/2GakujT Subscribe to the Financial Times
Oct. 10 (Bloomberg) — What happens to a bag left unclaimed at an airport? Eventually, if never reunited with its owner, it ends up at the Unclaimed Baggage Center in Scottsboro, Alabama. It’s the only store in America that buys and resells unclaimed baggage from the airline industry, according to Brenda Cantrell, the center’s brand
Freight Farms convert used insulated shipping containers into hydroponic smart farms.
In this article LNC CVNA AUTO-GB CARS Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Craig Stowell loves what he does for a living. He gets to follow his passion and go car shopping as a profession. Stowell owns Flying Wheels, a car dealership in Danville, New Hampshire. The business, which is valued at an estimated $3
National Geographic announced the winning photographs from its first “Pictures of the Year” photo competition. The contest, which opened to U.S. residents in early December, invited readers to submit a digital photograph in one of four categories: nature, people, places and animals. The contest required that photographs be largely unaltered. According to the rules, “only
In this article AN TXRH RDFN CHRW AMAT ROKU DE DASH DKNG Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Pavlo Gonchar | LightRocket | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: DraftKings — DraftKings shares surged more than 8% after the sports betting company posted fourth-quarter results that beat expectations. The company
In this article HAS Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A Hasbro Monopoly board game arranged in Dobbs Ferry, New York, Feb. 6, 2022. Tiffany Hagler-Geard | Bloomberg | Getty Images Hasbro‘s 2023 outlook might feel like déjà vu. At first, anyway. The toymaker on Thursday announced its fourth-quarter results while issuing conservative guidance for
Tahir Johnson said he’s on track to be one of the first people with a marijuana related conviction to open a licensed dispensary in New Jersey. “The generational wealth this will create for my family is surreal,” he said. Stefan Sykes for CNBC TRENTON, N.J. – Tahir Johnson has been arrested for marijuana possession three
A shopper browses meat department at a Los Angeles supermarket on Feb. 13, 2023 in Los Angeles. Mario Tama | Getty Images News | Getty Images A recent Morning Consult survey recently found almost half of adults — 46% — think the U.S. is already in a recession. Such a downturn — traditionally defined as
Dobrila Vignjevic | E+ | Getty Images Health care in retirement can come with a hefty price tag. A new study looks at how much money a 65-year-old — who’s at the age of Medicare eligibility — would need to have set aside to secure a 50%, 75% or 90% chance of covering their health-care
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden, D-Ore., questions IRS Commissioner Charles Rettig at a Senate Finance Committee hearing. Tom Williams | Pool | Reuters President Joe Biden‘s nominee to lead the IRS answered questions during a Senate Finance Committee hearing this week, highlighting key issues from lawmakers on both sides of the aisle. Daniel Werfel,
In this article TXRH MRNA AMAT DKNG DASH Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Rafael Henrique | LightRocket | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. DoorDash — The online food delivery platform’s shares jumped 7% after it reported a revenue beat and upbeat guidance. The company’s fourth-quarter revenue came in
In this article DASH Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A DoorDash sign is pictured on a restaurant on the day they hold their IPO in New York, December 9, 2020. Carlo Allegri | Reuters Shares of DoorDash jumped as much as 6% in extended trading Thursday after the food delivery company reported better-than-expected sales
In this article FOXA Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A person walks past Fox News Headquarters at the News Corporation building on May 03, 2022 in New York City. Alexi Rosenfeld | Getty Images Rupert Murdoch and Fox News hosts expressed disbelief in former President Donald Trump’s false election fraud claims, according to evidence
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