If you’ve shopped for cell service in recent years, you’ve probably heard of Straight Talk. The Verizon-owned MVNO uses Verizon’s nationwide network to provide its customers with connectivity for data, calls, text, hotspot, and more. To make shopping simpler, I’ve broken down Straight Talk plans and prices below. The carrier offers a simple lineup of
In 1976, Tom Wolfe published an essay in New York Magazine calling it the “Me” decade. Americans, he argued, had turned away from the collective causes of the 1960s and inward, toward personal fulfillment: therapy, self-help seminars, astrology, the search for a truer self. Christopher Lasch made a similar case a few years later in
The best surround sound systems create an enveloping soundscape with audio effects that move around you. As someone who reviews home entertainment gear for a living, I’ve tested everything from compact soundbars to full-scale speaker setups. With that in mind, I’m here to break down the basics of surround sound and offer my top recommendations.
Singapore’s bourse reported a 14% jump in yearly revenue to $1.17 billion, after the country rolled out a series of market reforms in 2025 aimed at revitalizing its sluggish stock market. The measures, which included tax rebates for newly-listed companies and a government-led injection of 1.5 billion Singapore dollars into the local equity market, have
Last month, the machines won. Quantitative hedge funds had a strong July, highlighted by several big algorithm-driven names that avoided the pain their human-run peers suffered last month. At Renaissance Technologies, its largest external fund — known as Renaissance Institutional Equities — was up 9.2% in July, more than making up for losses over the
Employees have long been sold the idea that working hard and outperforming their peers would lead to sizable pay hikes and title upgrades. But now, some companies are ditching merit-based wage bumps in favor of “peanut butter raises”—and it’s hurting employee morale. Around 36% of U.S. companies say they gave out standard, across-the-board pay increases
