When Slate Auto, a start-up, unveiled a roughly $25,000 electric pickup truck last month, social media lit up with comments. Many people saw the no-frills vehicle, with an easy-to-repair body and nostalgic hand crank windows, as a refreshing antidote to today’s overstuffed and increasingly unaffordable cars. How unaffordable? Average monthly payments on new cars have…
Investment firm VanEck is launching a tokenized real-world asset (RWA) fund that offers exposure to US Treasury bills, developed in partnership with tokenization platform Securitize. The initiative places VanEck among a growing number of traditional finance firms entering the RWA tokenization space. The fund, called VBILL, will be initially available on Avalanche, BNB Chain, Ethereum…
One eco-friendly brand set to make an impact in Cannes this month is Rivedroite, whose second store in Paris near the Louvre has become a proper destination. Rivedroite Parisian store – Rivedroite For this year’s festival, Rivedroite created the jackets and T-shirts for staff at the Gala beach club on the Croisette, following on from working…
This small national burger chain adding New York to its lineup follows Escoffier’s famous maxim — “Surtout faites simples,” keep it simple — to the letter. All it serves is a double, 100 percent American Wagyu patty with American cheese, onions, pickles, jalapeños and a secret sauce on a potato bun, $16. Fries cooked in…
May 12, 2025; San Francisco, California, USA; San Francisco Giants third baseman Matt Chapman (26) is forced out bey Arizona Diamondbacks first baseman Josh Naylor (22) during the sixth inning at Oracle Park. Mandatory Credit: Neville E. Guard-Imagn Images Shaking up the lineup did not have the desired effect for San Francisco Giants manager Bob…
In March, after a steep decline in Tesla’s share price, Elon Musk told employees, “Hang on to your stock.” The chair of Tesla’s board, Robyn Denholm, has not heeded his advice. Ms. Denholm has made $198 million in the past six months selling Tesla stock that she earned for serving on the board, according to…
Infinite Node Foundation (NODE), a nonprofit focused on digital art, has acquired the intellectual property of the CryptoPunks non-fungible token (NFT) collection from Yuga Labs, NODE said in a May 13 announcement. The acquisition of CryptoPunks, plus its additional $25 million endowment, establishes NODE as “the most well-capitalized nonprofit dedicated solely to digital art in…
Hi, friends! Margaux filling in for Emily today. Tickled to be here. If you’re a parent, you might be in the thick of Maycember, that end-of-spring flurry of activities that requires SEAL-Team-Six-level logistics and planning: school concerts, graduations, sports tournaments, dance recitals, field trips, themed dress-up days, classroom parties, teacher conferences, summer child-care planning. (What…
May 8, 2025; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; Jordan Spieth plays his shot from the first tee during the first round of the Truist Championship golf tournament. Mandatory Credit: Bill Streicher-Imagn Images With Rory McIlroy’s major championship drought put to rest, the questions of “Will he?” and “When?” may be focused more than ever on Jordan Spieth….
Automakers are worried that President Trump’s tariffs on imported cars and auto parts will soon increase their costs and start eating into profits. But at least one business in the auto industry thinks the tariffs could give it a lift. That company is Carvana, an online retailer of used cars that has gained fame for…