The first thing you should know about a woman I know, who I’ll call Annie, is that she volunteers to sit at the hospital with people who are going to die alone, who have no family or friends to be with them during their last moments. “It’s obviously sad,” she told me, “but I feel […]
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<img data-attachment-id="1689996" data-permalink data-orig-file="https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/shutterstock_1512316784.jpg" data-orig-size="1000,667" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="dealership dude" data-image-description=" Image: F8 Studio/Shutterstock ” data-medium-file=”https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/shutterstock_1512316784-450×300.jpg” data-large-file=”https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/shutterstock_1512316784-610×407.jpg” class=”aligncenter size-large wp-image-1689996″ src=”https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/shutterstock_1512316784-610×407.jpg” alt width=”610″ height=”407″ srcset=”https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/shutterstock_1512316784-610×407.jpg 610w, https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/shutterstock_1512316784-75×50.jpg 75w, https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/shutterstock_1512316784-450×300.jpg 450w, https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/shutterstock_1512316784-768×512.jpg 768w, https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/shutterstock_1512316784-120×80.jpg 120w, https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/shutterstock_1512316784.jpg 1000w” sizes=”(max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px”> The American Automobile Association (AAA) suggests that long-term loans are encouraging ownership costs of new vehicles to […]
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Nearly two decades before Boeing’s MCAS system crashed two of the plane-maker’s brand-new 737 MAX jets, Stan Sorscher knew his company’s increasingly toxic mode of operating would create a disaster of some kind. A long and proud “safety culture” was rapidly being replaced, he argued, with “a culture of financial bullshit, a culture of groupthink.” […]
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This story is part of Techonomy’s original series about the evolution of money. Money is mankind’s greatest innovation. It’s the grease that keeps technology’s wheels churning, enables entrepreneurs to thrive, corporations to scale, and global markets to connect. To appreciate money’s evolution, it’s essential to understand it as being driven by trust. Textbook definitions explain […]
Read MoreEver listened to This American Life, the mother of all storytelling podcasts? If not, you should. If yes, you know it’s a weekly podcast that runs about an hour per episode. It’s made by a team of about 20 people. I’ve always been impressed by the frequency and quality of their output. After creating a […]
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(Image: Shutterstock) This story is part of an original Techonomy series about the evolution of money. Money. It’s everywhere. Whether it’s Floyd Mayweather showing off his endless stacks of Benjamins, or you buying a cold brew at the local coffee shop—everyone uses money. It’s such a large part of life you don’t even think about […]
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Well, it’s happened. Apple is no longer a creator of attractive goods and services you want in your life, now it’s officially a financial institution following profit at all costs, wooo! Join me in giving a round of applause to the product that killed the Apple fan in me: the Apple Card! As a brief refresher, the […]
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The news of Nissan’s recent financial trouble brought attention right where it needs to be: on lackluster product. In our most recent reporting regarding Nissan’s sales woes, I was asked in the comments whether I had any ideas for improvement. Well that got me thinking (and worked up), and it turns out I do have ideas, […]
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Is Zuckerberg, seen here in France last year, a master strategist? (Photo: Frederic Legrand – COMEO / Shutterstock.com) Facebook’s newly-unveiled Libra digital currency is not just one more product announcement. It hints at an entirely new set of strategies for the company that may go considerably beyond its potential for payments and commerce. Many have […]
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Worry not, everyone! Lena Dunham is coming back to HBO with a whole new project about horrible and annoying rich kids. On Friday, the network announced that Dunham will executive produce and direct Industry, HBO’s new series about finance bros. Uh, that’s right. Finance bros! According to Deadline, the Dunham-helmed series is, unsurprisingly, about a […]
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Photo: Getty If her character on Showtime’s Black Monday is any indication, Regina Hall revels being on the edge when it comes to comedy. But she finds nothing funny about the disease of drug addiction, she shared in explaining why she asked the writers to ax a joke about Whitney Houston’s drug abuse. The actress, known […]
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It is easy to count the dead, harder to count the grieving. One has to estimate. Every year, almost one percent of the American population dies. The most recent available official count, from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Vital Statistics System, is for the year 2017: 2,813,503 registered deaths. Looking at the […]
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When Joe Biden made his first bid for president, he was forced to drop out after plagiarizing British Labour leader Neil Kinnock in a Democratic debate. Now, in his third run for the White House, Biden is plagiarizing himself. “Ladies and gentlemen, it’s time to restore America’s soul,” he bellowed at the Iowa Democratic Steak […]
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Illustration: Jim Cooke (GMG) Just like $2.5 trillion worth of companies around the world, the company publishing the story you are now reading is owned by private equity firms. Most people have little idea what the private equity industry actually does. The truth is terrifying. If you have seen the movie Goodfellas, you may recall […]
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