What’s in the $60,000 Grammy gift bags that Beyonce, Taylor Swift can take home
Talk about swagger. It’s been a long-standing tradition for the nominated artists of awards shows like the Grammys to be treated to gifting suites with luxury goods and services. But the gift bag for the 65th Grammy Awards on Sunday night is so rich, that it’s literally a suitcase stuffed with more than $60,000 worth […]
The airline rewards programs that give the most value
Airline reward programs offer a simple proposition: If you fly with our airline a bunch, you’ll get paid back in the form of miles or points that can be used for future travel. Yet understanding how many miles you’ll earn, and how much these miles are worth, can be anything but simple. These reward programs […]
Bulls have softer road to travel past 0.9200
USD/CHF grinds higher inside monthly triangle, struggling to extend two-day uptrend. Sustained break of 10-DMA, bullish MACD signals keep buyers hopeful. USD/CHF buyers lurk around six-week-old descending support line. USD/CHF bulls take a breather around 0.9210 during Monday’s sluggish Asian session, following a two-day uptrend, as traders await this week’s bumper data/events. Also challenging the […]
‘This has bugged me all my life’: My estranged father gave me $1,000 a month to buy a house in California. My brother cried foul, and told me to stop. Who’s right?
This has bugged me all my life. My father left my family when I was 7. I’m not sure how much in child support he paid my mother. Soon after I graduated college, he visited me for the first time since he left the family. He told me that he wanted to send me money […]
Where is Monterey Park and what does the shooting mean to Asian-Americans?
The mass shooting in Monterey Park, Calif., stunned the Asian-American community. Not only because the shooting happened on Lunar New Year’s Eve, but also because it happened in Monterey Park, a predominantly Asian city that holds a special place in the Asian-American landscape. On Saturday night, a gunman opened fire at a party inside the… […]
What is Lunar New Year, and when does it start?
The Year of the Rabbit upon us. The Lunar New Year falls on Sunday, with many Asian communities celebrating the advent of spring and the beginning of a new year on the lunar calendar. It’s the most important holiday in China, which is why the Chinese government is anticipating more than 2.1 billion journeys to […]
The outage of an FAA alert system has snarled flights — what’s the notice system at the center of the problem?
The overnight outage of a Federal Aviation Administration alert system snarled air traffic Wednesday morning, leading to the first nationwide grounding since the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. Air traffic operations were “resuming gradually,” the aviation regulator said in its most recent update. All flights already in the sky are safe to land, the regulator […]
These are the best and worst passports to have in 2023
With last year marking a big recovery for global travel, the skies may be the limit for 2023, especially as China reopens its economy to incoming and outcoming travelers. But some passports clearly hold more sway than others, as revealed by a new survey from the Henley Passport Index, which revealed the world’s most and […]