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This American city has more billionaires than any other city in the world
Billionaires feel at home in the Big Apple. New York has the largest billionaire population globally (105 individuals), followed by Hong Kong (87), San Francisco (75), Moscow (70), London (65) and Beijing (55). To put that in context, San Francisco has over 860,000 residents. New York has over 8.6 million. That’s according to data released […]
Student loan rates are dropping. Here’s what you need to know
The interest rates on federal student loans will go down next academic year. The government sets the annual rates on those loans once a year, based on the 10-year Treasury note, which has also been on the decline. The interest rate on new undergraduate Stafford loans will be 4.5% for the 2019-2020 academic year, down […]
Best age for Social Security retirement benefits
Every worker Opens a New Window. at some point starts to think about retirement and applying for Social Security benefits Opens a New Window. . The big question is: When should you start collecting Social Security? Generally, the key to that answer lies in what is considered your “full retirement age” because that is the […]
Livescribe is giving the smartpen another shot
It’s back with a next-gen smartpen, improved apps and an Office plug in. We haven’t heard much from Livescribe in the past couple years, but today, the company announced it’s back with a next-gen smartpen, improved apps and an Office plug-in. Like past models, the streamlined Aegir smartpen lets you digitize handwritten notes. But this […]
iFixit peeks inside the Pixel 3a and Pixel 3a XL to see what’s missing
A cheaper and simpler design can sometimes be a good thing. Now that Google has come back to the midrange phone market, the folks at iFixit have peered inside the Pixel 3a and Pixel 3a XL to see what you do (or don’t) get for your money. Just like their more expensive Pixel 3 counterparts, […]
Jeff Bezos reveals his ‘Blue Moon’ lunar lander
Blue Origin is also working on a rocket engine for its moon missions. Blue Origin is building a lunar lander aptly called the Blue Moon. Jeff Bezos has announced his space company’s shared goal with NASA to go back to our planet’s fateful companion in the next few years at an event for media and […]
With Android Q, Google is pushing for more elegant, standardized gestures
You’re going to see Android Q’s new gestures all over the place. At last year’s developer conference, Google gave us our first taste of Android Pie’s gesture-based navigation system. It was, uh, pretty rough: the classic, three-button navigation scheme was replaced with a back button, a “pill” and a handful of swipe gestures that, to […]
Stocks to Watch: Mustang Bio, Inc. (MBIO) and Seadrill Partners LLC (SDLP) in the spotlight
The price of Mustang Bio, Inc. (NASDAQ:MBIO) went up by $0.03 now trading at $4.11. Their shares witnessed a 88.53% increase from the 52-week low price of $2.18 they recorded on 2018-12-27. Even though it is still -148.18% behind the $10.2 high touched on 2019-04-18. The last few days have been good for the stock, […]
Stocks to Watch: Focus on Hallador Energy Company (HNRG), Wireless Telecom Group, Inc. (WTT)
The price of Hallador Energy Company (NASDAQ:HNRG) went up by $0.18 now trading at $5.46. Their shares witnessed a 14.95% increase from the 52-week low price of $4.75 they recorded on 2018-12-24. Even though it is still -46.15% behind the $7.98 high touched on 2018-06-08. The last few days have been good for the stock, […]