Photo: BMW Considering the shambolic state of the American economy, inflation, and rampant wage stagnation, I love finding stories about affordable cars and prices dropping. In this case, the team at iSeeCars analyzed the listing prices of over 1.6 million one-to-five-year-old used cars listed for sale online between August 2023 and August 2024 to determine … Read more
Good morning! It’s Tuesday, September 17, 2024, and this is The Morning Shift, your daily roundup of the top automotive headlines from around the world, in one place. Here are the important stories you need to know. The Property Brothers First Car Literally Spoke To Them 1st Gear: Driver Assist Systems Are Letting Us Get … Read more
Australians are increasingly struggling to afford basic essentials as the cost of living continues to squeeze family finances, with some having purchases rejected and others simply removing items from their shopping at the checkout. A new Finder survey of 1062 people revealed 7 per cent of people were unable to afford to buy essentials and … Read more
Taxpayers have been urged to check for any lost or unclaimed superannuation, as the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) revealed it is holding $17.8 billion worth of unclaimed funds. The ATO also warned people who have already retired, that they too could be in for a retirement savings boost, with $471 million of that unclaimed super … Read more
CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Tuesday pinpointed why he thinks artificial intelligence is useful across the business world, saying its value stems from customer service potential across industries. “It has time for you. It acknowledges you. It has a brain. It’s polite. It can almost always answer your question because there’s only so many questions that … Read more
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella speaks during the company’s Build developer conference in Seattle on May 21, 2024. Jason Redmond | AFP | Getty Images Microsoft and BlackRock are part of a group of companies collaborating to pull together up to $100 billion to develop data centers for artificial intelligence and the energy infrastructure to power … Read more
NEW YORK — Former Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley is launching her own radio talk show next week on SiriusXM that’s set to air once a week at least through the inauguration of a new president. She’ll do interviews, take listener calls and talk politics on the show, which will be carried Wednesdays from 8 … Read more
Boeing 737-790 aircraft belonging to Alaska Airlines is seen flying at Anchorage Ted Stevens International Airport in Anchorage, Alaska, United States on July 2, 2024. Hasan Akbas | Anadolu | Getty Images Alaska Airlines and Hawaiian Airlines can go through with their planned merger, but they must maintain the value of their airline reward systems … Read more
People walk by a banner outside of the New York Stock Exchange for the initial public offering of Flutter Entertainment, the parent company of FanDuel, on Jan. 29, 2024. Spencer Platt | Getty Images FanDuel parent Flutter Entertainment will spend $2.6 billion (2.3 billion euros) to acquire Italian gambling company Snaitech from Playtech, adding to … Read more
Image: GMC Financial literacy is fundamental, folks. The first rule of being financially secure is to not roll two vehicles worth of negative equity into a ten-percent APR finance deal on a Hummer EV for 50 grand over MSRP. Don’t do that and you’re well on your way to being better with money than the … Read more
