People cast their votes for Germany’s Parliamentary (Bundestag) election at a poll station in Berlin, Germany on September 26, 2021.Abdulhamid Hosbas | Anadolu Agency via Getty ImagesGermans were voting in two eastern states on Sunday, with the far-right AfD on track to win a state election for the first time and Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s coalition set to receive a drubbing just a year before federal elections.The Alternative for Germany (AfD) is polling first on 30% in Thuringia and is neck-and-neck with the conservatives in Saxony on 30-32%. A win would mark the first time a far-right party has the most…
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The first full Saturday of the college football season is in the books, and the College Football Playoff race is already top of mind.Yes, it’s only one week of games. Yes, we always overreact to Week 1. Yes, there’s a ton of football still to be played. But it’s impossible to ignore the new 12-team CFP because every Football Bowl Subdivision team enters the season with a chance to make the field now. And even one week of action was enough to inform some takeaways that will impact the CFP race the rest of the way.Here are five Playoff-adjacent lessons…
Ascentxmedia | E+ | Getty ImagesWith the Federal Reserve poised to start cutting interest rates, experts are divided on what’s ahead for the U.S. economy.While some worry the economy could be in for a broad decline, or recession, others hope the central bank can effectively avoid a downturn and execute a “soft landing.”For people who are in or near retirement, the stakes are particularly high when it comes to what happens next.A recession or sudden market decline could upend the size of their retirement nest egg, planned retirement date or both.Everyone approaching retirement should be asking themselves, “What’s my Plan…
INDIANAPOLIS — Indianapolis Colts tight end Kylen Granson wore a Guardian Cap over his helmet during the preseason and plans to continue doing so in the regular season to further protect his brain from long-term damage.“At one point people thought seatbelts were f—ing stupid,” Granson told The Athletic on Thursday. “Why wouldn’t I (wear it)? Just because it looks silly? I feel like health and safety is more important than aesthetics.”After Granson’s comments went viral, the four-year pro explained his position even further in an Instagram video Friday. Granson and hundreds of other NFL players began wearing Guardian Caps, essentially soft-shell…
Travel nursing isn’t for everyone, but it does come with perks. Compared with permanent staff nursing positions, travel nurses enjoy more flexible contracts, opportunities for travel and higher salaries.Travel nurses work short-term contracts, usually for a few months at a time, anywhere there are staffing shortages around the U.S. This includes hospitals and long-term care facilities, as well as places like jails and prisons. Demand for travel nurses was growing before the pandemic, but it exploded between 2020 and 2022, pushing up gross salaries to as much as $6,000 per week, according to health-care staffing agency AceStack. While demand has since subsided…
This story is part of CNBC Make It’s Ditching the Degree series, where women who have built six-figure careers without a bachelor’s degree reveal the secrets of their success. Got a story to tell? Let us know! Email us at AskMakeIt@cnbc.com.In the middle of getting a tattoo, Sess Lee Cannon had an epiphany: She was stuck in the wrong career. As a tattoo artist put the finishing touches on her ink — her son’s name, Elijah, scrawled across her left shoulder — he made small talk with Lee (who goes by her middle name professionally) and her friend.The artist complimented her friend’s haircut, which…
These stocks have led the Dow Jones Industrial Average higher in August, and investors believe all but two of them are poised for more upside. This comes as the month has been a volatile one for stocks. In early August, lackluster jobs data for July sparked fears that the U.S. economy was headed for a recession, sending the market into chaos. That global market sell-off saw the Dow post its worst day in almost two years , dropping more than 1,000 points. The session marked the biggest daily loss since September 2022 for the blue-chip index, as well as the…
Mike Tirico is seen on the set of NBCUniversal Paris 2024 Olympics coverage on August 04, 2024 in Paris, France. Kristy Sparow | Getty ImagesComcast’s NBCUniversal has a longstanding bet on the Olympics, but this summer the company threw all of its resources at the Games in a bid to grab more viewership — especially for its growing streaming platform, Peacock.It appears to have paid off so far — more than 30 million people tuned in to NBC’s TV and streaming platforms to watch the games, and a record $1.2 billion in advertising revenue was generated.NBC executives, having touted the Olympics…
As the second-quarter earnings season wraps up, Goldman Sachs has its eyes on a collection of internet stock picks that the Wall Street bank is optimistic on following their latest results. Goldman noted several key themes that drove the earnings season, including the return on invested capital (ROIC) for stocks tied to artificial intelligence spending, as well as the health of U.S. consumer spending. Looking ahead, Goldman thinks the visibility of profits on AI-related investment is murky, at the same time as online consumer spending is slowing and more focused on necessities. Against this backdrop, Goldman listed a collection of…
A sign that reads “Epic Intergalactic Headquarters” on campus.Epic SystemsDorothy Gale was right — the Land of Oz is not in Kansas. Rather, it’s nestled within the rolling green fields of Verona, Wisconsin, a town of nearly 16,400 people located about 10 miles southwest of the capital city of Madison.Verona is home to the whimsical, sprawling 1,670-acre headquarters for Epic Systems, one of the biggest privately held U.S. tech companies. Epic’s software is seemingly ubiquitous across hospitals and clinics, storing the medical records of more than 280 million people in the U.S.While the company’s workforce is tasked with the hefty…
