Cg Tan | E+ | Getty ImagesMillionaires are increasingly dissatisfied with their wealth managers and accountants, but they prize their personal trainers and therapists, according to a new survey.Only a third of millionaires use a wealth advisor for their financial planning and 1 in 5 plan to fire their advisor due to high costs and poor service, according to a new survey from Long Angle, the professional network for startup founders and CEOs. Among those who do use an advisor, 26% are considering switching and 18% may stop using an advisor altogether.By contrast, millionaires are highly satisfied with their personal trainers, therapists and other…
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Last month, Skyscanner published its annual report of destinations around the world that are trending for 2026.To determine the ranking, Skyscanner looked at destinations with the biggest year-over-year increases in searches to which shows where exactly travelers are most interested in heading to in the upcoming year.Skyscanner, in partnership with OnePoll, an international market research company, surveyed 22,000 travelers from June to July 2025.Skyscanner’s report found that U.S. travelers are looking to visit under-the-radar destinations.”2025 was about collective experience and 2026 is less about the escape and more about self-expression,” Loudres Losada, Director of Americas, Skyscanner, tells CNBC Make It.”Travelers…
Many restaurants may need to rethink their mandatory gratuity policies if they want this income to count as qualified tips for their workers under the new tax laws.The “no tax on tips” provision in President Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act allows certain workers to deduct up to $25,000 in “qualified tips” per year from 2025 through 2028. The rub is that mandatory gratuities, the 15% to 20% that restaurants often impose on parties of six people or more, aren’t eligible for the deduction, a disappointment to the restaurant and foodservice industry, which held out hope for a different outcome.The industry…
Tails of FedEx MD-11 with UPS Boeing 767 with hangars under construction behind. Aviation-images.com | Universal Images Group | Getty ImagesUnited Parcel Service and FedEx said they are grounding their fleets of McDonnell Douglas MD-11 planes “out of an abundance of caution” following a deadly crash at the UPS global aviation hub in Kentucky.The crash Tuesday at UPS Worldport in Louisville killed 14 people, including the three pilots on the MD-11 that was headed for Honolulu.MD-11 aircrafts make up about 9% of of the UPS airline fleet and 4% of the FedEx fleet, the companies said.”We made this decision proactively at…
Neurodiverse professionals may see unique benefits from artificial intelligence tools and agents, research suggests. With AI agent creation booming in 2025, people with conditions like ADHD, autism, dyslexia and more report a more level playing field in the workplace thanks to generative AI.A recent study from the UK’s Department for Business and Trade found that neurodiverse workers were 25% more satisfied with AI assistants and were more likely to recommend the tool than neurotypical respondents.”Standing up and walking around during a meeting means that I’m not taking notes, but now AI can come in and synthesize the entire meeting into…
For millions of Americans, it is an uncertain time.Amazon, General Motors and Paramount have all been making layoffs, and U.S.-based employers announced 153,074 job cuts in October altogether, according to research firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas.The government shutdown has also left hundreds of thousands of workers without pay, millions of SNAP recipients without funds to feed themselves and their families, and now thousands of travelers with reduced flight options.There are ways to cope that don’t exacerbate the financial anxiety you might be feeling. For example, financial therapist Aja Evans recommends leaning into self-care activities that cost little to no money,…
Members of the National Guard patrol near the U.S. Capitol on Oct. 1, 2025 in Washington, DC.Al Drago | Getty ImagesMillions of Americans are bracing for a sharp increase in their health insurance premiums next year as expiring enhanced subsidies trigger a “cliff” on aid — and they are worried about the financial stress tied to those extra costs.Ashley Thompson of Austin, Texas, said she and her husband are weighing whether to drop their health coverage next year and insure only their two children to make the financials work.Premiums for the family’s current health plan on the Affordable Care Act…
As dealmaking activity picks back up, Bank of America highlighted Domino’s Pizza and Universal Health Services among the most likely candidates for a potential merger or acquisition. M & A activity slowed down significantly in the few years after the pandemic, as the U.S. economy contended with higher interest rates and inflation. Now, a more pro-business regulatory environment has caused a rebound in activity, sending signs of optimism through the financial services industry. “U.S. M & A deals YTD through Oct. are tracking just 5% below last year’s levels, which annualized would suggest the best year for M & A…
Over 95% of international data and voice call traffic travels through nearly a million miles of underwater communication cables.These cables carry government communications, financial transactions, email, video calls and streaming around the world.The first commercial telecommunication subsea cable was used for telegraphs and was laid across the English Channel between Dover, England and Calais, France in 1850.The technology then evolved to coaxial cables that carried telephone conversations, and most recently, fiber optics that ferry data and the internet as we know it.”About ten years ago, we saw the advent of another big category, which is the webscale players and the…
Douglas and Heather BoneparthPhoto: Sylvie RosokoffLove is complicated. Add in money and it gets even more so.But in their new book “Money Together,” Heather and Douglas Boneparth argue that having honest and proactive discussions about finances can make partners closer — and eventually, wealthier.They begin their book, published last month, with an anecdote of a couple who had the difficult money talk a little late — on their honeymoon, over a cold seafood salad in Positano, Italy. (The Boneparths were also on vacation, and eavesdropping.) It became clear that the arguing pair had just discovered the husband had credit card…
