Summer is winding down, so what better way to celebrate than with some wine. As the temperatures cool, it is especially appropriate to transition from white to red. Today (August 28) marks National Red Wine Day, so there’s no time like the present. Let’s learn some fun facts about wine before we delve into where to get pours that won’t make you poor. How is wine made? Winemaking seems deceptively simple on paper, but that doesn’t mean it’s an easy undertaking. The core ingredients are grapes and yeast, but a thousand decisions have to be made along the way: When…
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Labor Day is just around the corner, a day when Americans will be firing up the BBQ grills for the last time this summer. But if you’re one of them, you’ll want to be aware of a substantial active recall for over 3.6 million metal-wire-bristle grill brushes. The company behind the recall is warning consumers not to use the brushes over fears that the metal bristles can dislodge and become embedded in food. Here’s what you need to know. What’s happened? Back in July, the household goods giant Conair announced a recall of over 1.7 million Cuisinart grill brushes, which…
Ask managers and their employees what coaching in the workplace looks like, and they’ll probably describe a formal scenario: a weekly calendar reminder that pops up midtask, a stiff conversation about performance during an annual review, or a manager stepping in to solve an employee’s problem. For managers, coaching feels like a time-consuming, uncomfortable, and high-pressure responsibility. That may help explain why managers struggle with it. According to a Gallup study that assessed how managers lead their teams based on a list of 20 responsibilities, both managers and individual contributors identified coaching-related behaviors as areas where managers need the most…
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Few things are as personal or as heartfelt as wedding vows. They’re an opportunity for couples to express their love to one another, unfiltered, in front of the most important people in their lives. But in the age of artificial intelligence, more and more aspects of wedding planning are getting outsourced to technology—and a new survey shows that even the vows aren’t off the table. Wedding planning platform Zola reports that 54% of couples are using AI for some aspect of planning, with the largest share using it to answer etiquette questions (54%), keep track of timeline and to-do lists…
The hottest stock around is a lot sweeter than sprawling data centers and humming GPUs. The Cheesecake Factory, fittingly represented by the ticker symbol CAKE, has been on an absolute tear in 2026. The casual sit-down restaurant’s stock has soared 122% this year after turning sharply upward in June. That growth is even more remarkable given how tough things are for the restaurant industry right now. Once-dominant fast-casual and fast-food chains have scrambled to make the math work, with rising costs cutting into a customer base that previously didn’t think twice about grabbing a quick bite to eat. Chipotle, a…
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways After being diagnosed with a brain tumor at 25, my life changed completely. I had surgery and took my renewed chance at life to turn it into the exact one I wanted. Success is not an overnight phenomenon. It requires rigorous discipline and sacrifice. Some of the hallmarks of a successful entrepreneur include the ability to self-actualize through rigorous study, continuous learning, relentless tenacity and the resilience to rebound after setbacks. I know this firsthand. At 25, my goals were set in stone. I knew what I wanted: a career in architecture. At the time,…
Brand controversies often have a shelf life similar to that of a dairy product—short-lived and quick to spoil. That is, unless the brand keeps adding to the mess. That is the case with Good Good and Callaway Golf Co., which have been at the center of a social media backlash this week following a controversial marketing video for their co-branded golf club. But a week into the controversy, the backlash is not dying down as both companies keep issuing statements on social media. The Good Good-Callaway controversy: A timeline The controversy follows a 60-second video shared on August 21 by…
For the last year, the Justice Department has been quietly probing high-profile companies over their diversity, equity, and inclusion policies. Deloitte settled one such investigation earlier this week, agreeing to pay $21.5 million to address allegations that the company had violated federal law by taking race and gender into consideration when deciding who to hire and promote. The government alleged that Deloitte had used “discriminatory race and sex-based employment practices” since 2017, failing to comply with the anti-discrimination measures imposed on federal contractors. “Government contractors cannot reward or penalize employees based on race or sex—and labeling the practice DEI does…
Being a founder means having to move between different types of work, because the nature of the job requires you to constantly be wearing multiple hats. While this can be a fantastic training ground for developing new skills, it makes learning how to focus effectively much harder. Traditional productivity advice does not account for the fact that many apparent distractions for founders can be legitimate responsibilities they must pay attention to. A common misconception I’ve seen among fellow founders is the tendency to confuse focus with being busy. When we can tick several tasks off our to-do lists, we feel…