There is a certain irony in writing this piece during the summer. This is usually when offices begin to thin out, when conversations drift toward flight deals and city-break plans, and when out-of-office auto-replies get drafted by the dozens. Yet leaders might look around to find the opposite: desks that are normally vacant remain occupied, and holiday requests that normally flood their inboxes are nowhere to be seen. If this is your experience, your organization may be swept up in the “holiday hoarding” crisis, characterized by the growing tendency for workers to hold onto their paid time off (PTO) rather…
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https://www.armstrongeconomics.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/UK-Burnham-on-Migrants.mp4 Andy Burnham has not maintained Keir Starmer’s migrant policy in full. Instead, he has broken with his predecessor by canceling a key Starmer policy and is publicly advocating for a different approach. Burham aims for “fundamental changes” and has focused on tougher border controls while increasing support for genuine asylum seekers. The migrants in the UK receive a specific form of government support for basic living costs:, which amounts to £45 per week per person for food, clothing, and toiletries. This is often loaded onto a special debit card. Prime Minister Andy Burnham is not considering spreading the migrats all over…
As traumatic injuries and deaths surge among children involved in crashes on e-bikes and other electrified vehicles, one California prosecutor is cracking down by pursuing criminal charges against some of the young riders’ parents.It is just one way officials across the country are trying to tackle the growing issue, while families navigate a patchwork of local laws and guidance on what kind of souped-up cycles and scooters are safe or even legal for their kids to ride.New York City’s mayor recently sent cease-and-desist notices to dozens of online retailers for selling products marketed as “e-bikes” that aren’t street legal after…
QUESTION: I spoke with my son-in-law who is into the AI revolution and when he heard I followed you, he said oh, the legend. Not only did he know all about you, but he said you were the classic AI developer and that they thought they could beat Socrates, but he said they cannot get AI to understand the world economy. He explained that your classic AI had rules, and the neutral nets have no rules and they have gone rouge and nobody known how to reverse this since these neural nets ignore rules. He said people remain in awe…
D23, Disney’s official fan club, has been around for 17 years, and it’s stronger than ever. Here’s how the fan club works: It has two levels of membership. There’s the free option and there’s the gold level, which offers three plans—Essential ($49.99 per year), Choice ($119.99 per year), and Complete ($329.99)—each of which offers exclusive benefits and perks. The fan club is also known for its biennial event, which in 2024 was renamed from D23 Expo to D23: The Ultimate Fan Event. It kicks off today and runs through the entire weekend. Think of it as Disney’s own Comic-Con where…
Some five months after the Supreme Court struck down President Donald Trump’s tariffs, one question remains: How—and when—will the government return the refunds? With thousands of companies embroiled in complicated suits against the federal government, consumers are focused something far simpler: When will these companies return their refunds? Dating back to the White House’s self-proclaimed “Liberation Day” of 2025, consumers have paid higher prices on everything from furniture to flip flops. Even the most expensive electronic goods weren’t spared; only for consumers to be told now, by some companies like Nintendo, that since they agreed to higher prices, they are…
It flies. It heals all wounds. It can be of the essence, and it can be money. We thrill in the best of it, lament the worst. We’re warned not to waste it, since we can’t turn it back — even as we try to make up for when it’s lost.And probably more than anything when it comes to time, most of us try to manage it — in our everyday lives and on a global scale, from the biology of our circadian rhythms to what constitutes a work day. Clocks. Calendars. Pendulums. Hourglasses. Sundials. Time zones.For something that’s been…
Luigi Mangione pleaded guilty on Friday to federal stalking charges in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, admitting matter-of-factly that he trailed the executive to an investor conference in 2024 and gunned him down on a New York City street. Mangione, 28, said he even used a ruse to glean information about the event, contacting the health insurance company ahead of time under the guise of being an investor at a multibillion-dollar firm. “On the morning of Dec. 4, 2024, I shot Mr. Thompson in Manhattan, and he died,” Mangione told the court as Thompson’s wife, Paulette, took several deep breaths…
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways Real estate is still one of the last fully bundled services left in a major industry, but the NAR settlement this spring is changing that, whether anyone intended that or not. The industry keeps fighting over whether agents will survive technology, but that’s the wrong question to ask. The real question is what level of service each consumer needs for their specific deal. For about two decades, the real estate industry has talked about itself like it’s in the middle of a war. Agents vs. technology. Full commission vs. flat…
This week, Tyson Foods announced that it is restructuring its beef business, closing or selling three of its facilities as it deals with “one of the most historic cattle shortages the country has ever experienced.” U.S. cattle herd levels are among the lowest seen in 75 years, a shortage that has been exacerbated by a range of impacts. For instance, there’s been a screwworm outbreak, prompting a shutdown of cattle trade with Mexico. Rising operational costs and consolidation across the beef industry also mean that the number of American ranchers is dropping. And underneath all that is the extreme weather:…