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“Companies need guidance on how to experiment, pilot and adopt AI ethically and securely. ” As a software industry CEO, I am excited about the power and potential of AI. Yet AI could go from a rising tide that lifts all boats to a perfect storm of unmanageable risk unless it is given effective guardrails and governance. […]

Apple Inc. AAPL, +0.54% confirmed that it will no longer sell its Apple Watch Series 9 and Apple Watch Ultra 2 as a preemptive move to comply with an upcoming U.S. import ban on the products’ blood-oxygen sensors.  Here’s everything you need to know about the Apple Watch sales halt: When does the halt go […]

Dear Quentin, My stepfather developed inoperable brain cancer and died. He has three daughters from previous marriages and two stepdaughters — my sister and me. He had said my mother should live in the house he owns until she dies, at which point the proceeds would be split between us five daughters and stepdaughters.  I […]

There’s yet another person who may expect a tip from you this holiday season: your favorite TikToker. Even as tipping fatigue has turned many people off from giving a gratuity, especially as more places prompt you for one, it turns out that tipping on TikTok has gone up significantly. In fact, “Consumers are spending over […]

The Bank of Japan played Grinch Tuesday to yen bulls looking for a definitive sign negative interest rates are headed for the scrap heap early next year. The BOJ, as expected, left its key interest rate at -0.1% and made no further changes to a policy known as yield-curve control, or YCC, after a pair […]

Are you a savvy shopper who also likes smart shortcuts? You’ve come to the right place. The 10th annual Kelley Blue Book Best Buy Awards highlight the standout cars, trucks, and SUVs KBB recommends for the most shoppers across a variety of segments.  Every year, we put thousands of hours into driving and evaluating hundreds […]

The sudden interruption in most Apple Watch sales during the all-important holiday shopping season could potentially fuel another revenue decline for the tech giant’s December quarter. But that will depend upon how many consumers decide to rush out and quickly buy Apple Watch Series 9 and the Apple Watch Ultra 2 models, before sales are […]

Tesla Inc. will give most hourly workers at its Nevada gigafactory roughly 10% raises starting in January, CNBC reported late Monday. Citing internal materials it obtained, CNBC said most hourly workers’ pay at the Sparks, Nev., battery factory will rise from $ 20 to $ 22 an hour at the low end and from $ […]

Interest rates will still rule stocks in 2024, according to DataTrek Research.  Wall Street seems to agree that U.S. stocks will climb to fresh record highs in 2024. But the most important question for investors may still be the direction and speed of interest-rate moves.  Rate-sensitive groups of stocks with lackluster fundamentals, such as financials, […]

U.S. Steel has agreed to be acquired by Nippon Steel for $ 14.1 billion, after a strategic review. Getty Images Investors cheered news of a planned $ 14.1 billion takeover of U.S. Steel by Japan’s Nippon Steel, but growing opposition in Washington, D.C., could cast doubt on the deal being consummated. Both Democrats and Republicans […]

It’s open season on Big Tech. Rising regulatory barriers and a torrent of lawsuits are giving tech behemoths in pursuit of mega-mergers pause and eventually could force them to reset their business practices. The latest evidence of that came early Monday, when Adobe Inc. ADBE, +2.52% called off its proposed $ 20 billion acquisition of […]

Shares of GameStop Corp. rose 5.2% Monday, as the video-game retailer and original meme-stock darling resumed its recent rally. GameStop GME, +5.30% shares were on pace for their best one-day performance since Dec. 13 when they rose 9.7%, Dow Jones market data show. The stock, which is at $ 18.24, is also on pace for […]

Vodafone VOD, +5.84% shares surged on Monday after French telecoms company Iliad submitted proposals to merge its Italy operations with the British firm’s own struggling Italian business, in a deal worth €10.45 billion ($ 11.4 billion). Vodafone Italia will be merged into the new company – dubbed NewCo – as its parent company has struggled […]

This article is reprinted by permission from NextAvenue.org. I enjoy travel, especially when paired with an activity like biking, hiking or trekking. Though I almost always travel by myself, I’ve participated in around 20 group trips. As an American I’ve learned that I prefer international trips organized by non-U.S. based companies for the reason that I meet, interact with and sometimes become good friends with people from varying backgrounds. On these kinds of excursions, I’m not […]

Dear Big Move, I live in California. I bought an investment property in California with my sister. My aunt gifted us the money for the down payment. We weren’t in a position to qualify for a loan in the beginning, so my sister and her husband were on the loan. The three of us were […]

Dear Big Move, I bought a marital home and have been paying the mortgage for the duration of the life of the loan. The home is located in Philadelphia, where we have both resided for eight years. My wife and I are on the verge of a separation and I am concerned she may be […]

SYDNEY — Link Administration shares jumped after the company announced a 1.2 billion Australian-dollar (US$ 804.7 million) buyout by a unit of Japanese banking firm Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group. Link’s shares LNK, +27.65% rose 27% to A$ 2.16 on Monday, after earlier hitting a high of A$ 2.19. The Australian financial technology company’s board is […]

Illumina Inc. said Sunday it will sell its Grail unit, after a federal appeals court on Friday found the $ 7.1 billion acquisition in 2021 to be anticompetitive. In a statement Sunday, Illumina ILMN, -3.34%, which makes gene-sequencing products, said it will divest Grail and will not appeal the court’s decision. In October, European regulators […]

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell in the past week gave investors “chilling” in short-term Treasury bills a reason to consider pivoting to something else. Yields on 3-month BX:TMUBMUSD03M and 6-month BX:TMUBMUSD06M Treasury bills have been seeing yields north of 5% since March when Silicon Valley Bank’s collapse ignited fears of a broader instability in the […]

Dear Quentin, I’m a 65-year-old widow and a retired oil and gas accountant. I’ve always done my own financial planning, and I am in great shape financially. I’ve always enjoyed managing our finances and had a very reasonable plan in place (converting traditional IRA to ROTH, planning my own asset allocation, etc.). But my retirement […]