Many demons creep up on us, even in the bathtub. Some, like Polly the Demon Queen, are glorious. Some, like depression, can kiss my ass! Welcome to an advice column by me, Sara Benincasa, a person with many opinions. This column will not diagnose or “cure” anything. Hopefully, reading it will entertain and perhaps comfort…
Stock market news today: Stocks muted but head for winning week Yahoo Finance Top Fed official calls talks of March interest rate cut ‘premature’ Fox Business Live news: Israeli military mistakenly kills three hostages held by Hamas in Gaza Financial Times Fed Official Says Central Bank Isn’t ‘Really Talking About Rate Cuts’ The Wall Street Journal Fed isn’t talking…
Update December 15, 2:10PM ET: As expected, Nintendo lawyers stepped in to force Itch.io to take down the game, so unfortunately it is no longer available to download. Our original coverage follows below. An anonymous and inventive Nintendo fan has recreated the Game Boy classic The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening with a twist that…
Our annual list of the best podcasts comes at an interesting time for the industry. Earlier this month, Spotify — the audio streaming service that invested hundreds of millions of dollars in podcasting in 2019 — shocked fans by announcing that it would not be renewing “Heavyweight” and “Stolen,” two popular shows, amid larger layoffs…
Whenever an article mentions the “average savings account rate”, I find that information useless. There are a lot of zeros in that average! But this Axios article has an interesting chart comparing the top savings rate vs. the rolling 3-month inflation rate from January 2017 through December 2023. That’s more applicable. Via reader Bill. This…