Day: December 15, 2023

Jeff Bezos says taking off on his first spaceflight felt like attending his own memorial service. Bezos told podcaster Lex Fridman ...

Business

The people becoming top executives at Fortune 100 companies are getting older and older: study

The average age of C-suite executives at Fortune 100 companies is 57, according to a new study.C-suite executives had been ...

Business

The Fed’s rate-cut signals could prompt a fresh bout of inflation, economists say

The Fed signaled three interest rate cuts for 2024 even though inflation is running above its 2% target.Some economists predict ...

Business

Jeff Bezos says the main reason he left Amazon was to focus on Blue Origin

Jeff Bezos says he gave up his post as Amazon CEO because he wanted to focus on Blue Origin.Bezos founded ...

Business

A doctor who helped collect hundreds of unauthorized remains for the Smithsonian in the early 1900s disproportionately took the brains of Black people: report

The Washington Post found hundreds of brains from the Smithsonian were collected without consent. Many of the brains were taken from ...

Business

Switzerland’s Pictet closes PE health fund above target at $320m

Switzerland’s Pictet Alternative Advisors has raised $320 million in the final close of its private equity fund of funds to ...

Business

Taiwan Life disposes holdings in 8 funds at $58m profit; Fubon Life commits $70m to infra fund

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Science

Record-breaking ‘failed star’ spotted by JWST

A team using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) spotted the smallest free-floating brown dwarf star ever recorded and two ...

News

Stevie Parle to launch new West End restaurant next summer

The chef confirmed the plans in a statement to the press, however, he kept the details of the new opening ...

News

Haar times: the Scottish chef building his own culinary fiefdom