Charles Coristine used to revel in working at Morgan Stanley. He loved the pace, even waking up in the middle of the night to trade in the Tokyo and London stock markets.In 2011, after nearly two decades on Wall Street, Coristine burned out. He tried multiple remedies: switching to a vegetarian diet, meditating, enrolling in an MBA program. None of them worked.At a barbeque, Coristine met an owner of snack company LesserEvil, who talked about wanting to sell his “flatlining” business. Coristine had no food industry experience, but was intrigued by the idea of a fresh start — and he…
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Stay informed on all the biggest stories in Formula 1. Sign up here to receive the Prime Tire newsletter in your inbox every Monday and Friday.MONZA, Italy — Carlos Sainz didn’t shy away from admitting that the Italian Grand Prix weekend would be an emotional one.The week leading up to Ferrari’s home grand prix is one of the busiest for Sainz and his team, who face extra pressure to perform. It can be easy to be caught up in the day-to-day grind: marketing, media and sponsor commitments, engineering meetings and greeting fans, to name a few. Hundreds of people wait just beyond the…
If your dream retirement destination includes easy access to iconic amusement parks such as Walt Disney World and Universal Studios, you’re in luck. Orlando, Florida, has been named the best city to retire, per WalletHub’s list of the best and worst places to retire in 2024.But Orlando has far more to offer retirees than mouse ears and wizard robes, according to WalletHub.To compile its rankings, the personal finance company evaluated the retirement friendliness of 182 highly populated U.S. cities using data from numerous sources, including the U.S. Census Bureau, the Council for Community and Economic Research, the Bureau of Labor…
“SUPER SPIKE!” the PA announcer bellows inside the electric party atmosphere of the North Arena on the outskirts of Paris.Arms outstretched wide, Morteza Mehrzad, sitting on the floor in his red top and black trousers, lets out a roar to celebrate yet another punishing blow which immediately ends the rally.It is just one of the 27 points, the most accumulated by any one player, that helped Iran win a record-extending eighth Sitting Volleyball Paralympic title after beating Bosnia and Herzegovina in the final by three sets to one (22-25, 30-28, 25-16, 25-14). When Mehrzad briefly stood to shake hands with…
Psychedelic trips aren’t just for hippies anymore. These days everyone from moms to CEOs and entrepreneurs are turning to magic mushrooms to help improve their mental health and even expand their businesses.Based in British Columbia, married couple Gary Logan and Rob Grover offer what they say is a unique experience for CEOs, athletes and even high-profile celebrities: a guided trip on psychedelic mushrooms.The pair started The Journeymen Collective, a luxury psilocybin retreat, after the loss of Logan’s mother, who lived with the couple for three and half years before her passing. A friend of the pair suggested they try a…
Exchange-traded fund inflows have already topped monthly records in 2024, and managers think inflows could see an impact from the money market fund boom before year-end.”With that $6 trillion plus parked in money market funds, I do think that is really the biggest wild card for the remainder of the year,” Nate Geraci, president of The ETF Store, told CNBC’s “ETF Edge” this week. “Whether it be flows into REIT ETFs or just the broader ETF market, that’s going to be a real potential catalyst here to watch.”Total assets in money market funds set a new high of $6.24 trillion…
Nuclear plants could become smaller, simpler and easier to build in the future, potentially revolutionizing a power source that is increasingly viewed as critical to the transition away from fossil fuels.New designs called small modular reactors, or SMR in shorthand, promise to speed deployment of new plants as demand for clean electricity is rising from artificial intelligence, manufacturing and electric vehicles. At the same time, utilities across the country are retiring coal plants as part of the energy transition, raising worries about a looming electricity supply gap. Nuclear power is viewed as a potential solution because it is the most…
Zach Kornfeld and Keith Habersberger of the Try GuysJD RENESThe Try Guys, one of YouTube’s most established creator groups, have successfully abandoned their reliance on Google’s algorithms and advertiser revenue by launching a standalone streaming service called 2nd Try. And it’s already starting to pay off.Brand partnerships, sponsored content and advertising have long been key revenue channels for creators, but some are turning away from the unpredictable world of algorithm-driven platforms to subscription services for more stable income.”Having a business that is reliant on ads is very unstable and very unpredictable,” Try Guys co-founder Zach Kornfeld told CNBC in an…
Wells Fargo highlighted a slate of stocks for September that are poised for major upside. CNBC Pro combed through the firm’s research for overweight-rated stocks that analysts believe have even more room to run. They include Uber Technologies, Microsoft, Burlington Stores, D.R. Horton and Eli Lilly. Burlington Stores “Momentum is building,” analyst Ike Boruchow said of the discount clothing retailer. The firm said Burlington’s recent quarterly report was so strong that it called the results a “thesis affirming print.” Burlington reported beats on the top and bottom lines for the second quarter, along with solid guidance for the third quarter.…
Big banks are jumping headfirst into the AI race. Over the past year, Wall Street’s largest names — including Goldman Sachs , Bank of America , Morgan Stanley , Wells Fargo to JPMorgan Chase — ramped up their generative artificial intelligence efforts with the aim of boosting profits. Some are striking deals and partnerships to get there quickly. All are hiring specialized talent and creating new technologies to transform their once-stodgy businesses. The game is still in its early innings, but the stakes are high. In his annual shareholder letter, JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon compared artificial intelligence to the “printing…
