Hobbies like knitting, sewing and quilting are helping people connect, and in some instances, bring in a little extra cash.
The big picture:Gardening and homesteading, needlepoint, crochet — all of these activities typically enjoyed by boomers are taking off with younger generations now, according to TikTok.
Corporate America is poised to get more reclusive following the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, shielding their executives from the spotlight based on concerns over physical and digital threats.
The big picture: Thompson's murder illustrates the serious dangers facing business leaders who find themselves regularly enveloped in public scorn over their company's actions.
Retired Army Gen. Paul Nakasone, the former head of the National Security Agency and U.S. Cyber Command, is joining the board of WitnessAI.
Why it matters: This is now the second AI company board that Nakasone has joined since leaving his government role in February. In June, he also joined OpenAI's board.
Target is discounting one of the most popular holiday gifts — gift cards — this weekend.
Why it matters:Gift cards are expected to be a top gift with total spending projected to reach $28.6 billion, according to the National Retail Federation's annual survey.
If you want to outperform the average billionaire, you might try just sticking all your money into an S&P 500 index fund.
Why it matters: While it's true that the ultra-rich have been been getting richer in recent years, even they haven't been able to keep up with the torrid pace set by the U.S. stock market.
President-elect Trump has assembled an administration of unprecedented, mind-boggling wealth — smashing his own first-term record by billions of dollars.
That's even without counting the ballooning fortunes of his prized outside adviser and the world's richest man: Elon Musk.
Why it matters: It's not hyperbole to call this a government of billionaires. Whether it acts as a government for billionaires — as Democrats argue is inevitable — could test and potentially tarnish Trump's populist legacy.
Elon Musk bank-rolled a PAC that sought to link the now-President elect Trump's views on abortion with those of the late liberal Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, according to new campaign filings.
The big picture: Musk, who will co-lead the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) in the incoming adminstration, spent more than $250 million in total in donations to Trump's presidential campaign, per the New York Times.
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