Frequent investors are more likely than the general public to recognize importance of ESG ratings, though there’s widespread recognition that gauging the quality of environmental claims is difficult
Ukraine can't export most of its grain due to a Russian blockade of its Black Sea ports. As the new harvest season starts, fears grow that much grain needed in Africa and the Middle East will go to waste.
We have entered the busy summer travel season. Since Memorial Day, many flights have been canceled and delayed, disrupting business and leisure travelers, putting everyone’s patience to the brink. For example, American Airlines canceled more than 2,800 flights around Memorial Day weekend.
Gasoline prices at the pump are off their all-time highs, but they remain well above prices just six months ago. Filling an SUV gas tank can run well over $100. People are feeling the pain and looking for ways to balance their budget as fuel costs are taking a bigger chunk out of their paychecks.
In the wake of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, BlackRock CEO Larry Fink issued a letter stating that globalization is ending. Is it really? The U.N. Conference on Trade and Development notes that 2021 was a record year for global trade. Recent discussions at the G7 meeting in Germany and the BRICS summit in China paint a more nuanced picture of whether globalization is ending or increasing.
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Can we really trust AI to make better decisions than humans? A new study says … not always. Researchers have discovered that OpenAI’s ChatGPT, one of the most advanced and popular AI models, makes the same kinds of decision-making mistakes as humans in some situations—showing biases like overconfidence of hot-hand (gambler’s) fallacy—yet acting inhuman in others (e.g., not suffering from base-rate neglect or sunk cost fallacies).
The genetic testing company 23andMe, which holds the genetic data of 15 million people, declared bankruptcy on Sunday night after years of financial struggles. This means that all of the extremely personal user data could be up for sale—and that vast trove of genetic data could draw interest from AI companies looking to train their data sets, experts say.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., as the new secretary of Health and Human Services, is the nation’s de facto healthcare czar. He will have influence over numerous highly visible agencies, including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Institutes of Health and the Food and Drug Administration, among others. Given that healthcare is something that touches everyone’s life, his footprint of influence will be expansive.
Health insurance has become necessary, with large and unpredictable health care costs always looming before each of us. Unfortunately, the majority of people have experienced problems when using their health insurance to pay for their medical care. Health insurance serves as the buffer between patients and the medical care system, using population pooling to mitigate the risk exposure on any one individual.
Oklahoma State University's Sunderesh Heragu joins LiveNOW's Austin Westfall to discuss the evolving economic landscape after President Trump implemented tariffs on some of our biggest trade partners. Most tariffs have been halted for now -- but not with China. Beijing and the White House have levied steep tariffs on each other. Trump announced that tariffs on China would reach 145 percent. In response, China imposed 125 percent tariffs on U.S.-imported goods.
Washington’s experiment with tariff trade torment makes lab costs soar; ‘it’s like doubling the price tag’, US researcher says
In the case of upgrading electrical and broadband infrastructure, new analysis from the University of Massachusetts Amherst reveals {that a} “dig once” strategy is almost 40% more economical than changing them individually.
Billionaire investor Mark Cuban's question to Representative Matt Gaetz, a Florida Republican, on energy costs took off on social media on Saturday.