If humanity can successfully mitigate climate change, “[i]t’ll be the most amazing thing mankind has ever done,” according to Bill Gates. It will take an “all-out effort, you know, like a world war, but it’s us against greenhouse gases,” Gates told Anderson Cooper on Sunday’s “60 Minutes” episode. Gates is relentlessly optimistic. “There are days
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Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos reclaimed his title as the world’s richest person after he leapfrogged Tesla CEO Elon Musk, according to real-time data from Forbes. Musk saw his net worth slide by $3.9 billion on Tuesday as Tesla shares closed at $796.22, down more than 2.4%. The 49-year-old
Another 20 companies joined The Climate Pledge, a public commitment to “go green” launched by Amazon and Jeff Bezos in 2019. Including the new signatories announced Wednesday, there are 53 companies in 12 countries that have joined. The most high profile company of the latest group is IMB. It announced Tuesday its agenda to hit
Many retail stocks are struggling, but RH is thriving. Shares of the upscale home goods store have more than doubled over the past year. CEO Gary Friedman has said the company is benefitting from the droves of homebound shoppers who are looking around their dwellings all day long and finding plenty of opportunities for sprucing
To quarantine or not to quarantine — that is the question. Or at least it has been for countries deliberating how to handle incoming international travelers. But that changed last month when Sri Lanka reopened its borders with a requirement unlike any country that had opened before it — one that neither grants travelers free
Elizabeth Holmes, founder and former CEO of Theranos, arrives for motion hearing on Monday, November 4, 2019, at the U.S. District Court House inside Robert F. Peckham Federal Building in San Jose, California. Yichuan Cao | NurPhoto | Getty Images Elizabeth Holmes’ attorneys strongly pushed back against the government’s attempts to detail her extravagant lifestyle
Parents across America, and especially moms, have had to adapt over the last few months of the coronavirus pandemic and take on unexpected responsibilities as the lines between home and work and school have blurred. Job losses and health crises can cause further strain on an already stressed household. And while it might be your
According to Whitney Wolfe Herd, founder and CEO of Bumble, anyone can successfully start a side hustle and turn it into a thriving business. “You can monetize anything,” Wolfe Herd, who built Bumble into a business now worth over $7 billion, told CNBC Make It in 2019. To start, “figure out what you’re passionate about,” she
Bill Gates is a philanthropist and climate change evangelist. But he knows full well that his life as a billionaire and business tycoon also makes him “an imperfect messenger on climate change,” he writes in his new book, “How to Avoid a Climate Disaster.” “I can’t deny being a rich guy with an opinion,” writes
Scientists, politicians, youth activists and business leaders are talking about the dire consequences of climate change. But for the average person sitting on their couch, it can be hard to understand what is so urgent and why it matters to their life. In his new book, “How to Avoid a Climate Disaster,” billionaire Bill Gates