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In October 2018, the American Pie star announced he had been sober for a year in a celebration and encouragement. Instagram post. “The first time I tried to get sober was over five years ago, when the weight of my obsession with alcohol and drugs became too much for me to bear,” he wrote. at that time. “Looks like this is going to be difficult.” He continued, “After a few bouts, I managed to get through a year of sobriety. I’m the proudest of my life. If you’re struggling, I want you to know that there is help. There’s no…
To find out how well a mutual fund or exchange-traded fund has performed over a period of time, you typically look at its total return.There are several assumptions built into this number. This means you put a chunk of money into a fund, leave it there forever, and periodically reinvest the dividends that come in.Of course, that’s not how real people invest. After you buy a fund, you may end up adding a few more shares if the fund becomes popular. Or, if you find another investment you like better, you might sell some of it.So even if you’ve held…
Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI Inc., during a media tour of the Stargate AI data center in Abilene, Texas, USA, on Tuesday, September 23, 2025. Kyle Grillot | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesOpenAI said Monday that the United States needs to significantly increase investment in new energy capabilities to stay ahead of China in the race to develop artificial intelligence.In recent months, the company has secured ambitious infrastructure contracts that require large amounts of electricity. The sprawling data centers will push the limits of what’s possible in the United States at a time when the power grid is already strained.”Electricity is…
Is Shania Twain on bad terms with Brad Pitt? she says…Don’t get Shania Twain wrong. She thinks Brad Pitt is okay. In fact, the country music superstar admits there is no bad blood between her and the Oscar winner, more than 20 years after she name-dropped him in That Don’t Impress Me. “We’ve never met,” the 60-year-old said in an Oct. 26 interview on the Wood & Woody radio show. “I mean, there’s a lot of Hollywood celebrities I’ve never met. But I’m sure he’s impressed by it, you know?” In a single released in 1997, Shania listed the factors…
We had some big wins this week from investing in stocks and managing a portfolio — not speculating, not betting, not risking it all on a wing and a prayer that would make Vegas casino owners green with envy. Honeywell delivered with a terrific quarter in aerospace — and you can, at last, see that its airplane business, with all of its cockpit market share from all the planes, is a fantastic money-maker. Plus, the cash flow from its chemical business is gigantic. Who knew? Even the automation business showed some signs of life. Honeywell this week executes its first…
If you’ve ever had a PET scan, you know it’s an ordeal. Scans can help doctors detect cancer and track its spread, but the process itself is a logistical nightmare for patients. It begins with a 4-6 hour fast before coming to the hospital. If you live in a rural area and your local hospital doesn’t have a PET scanner, you’re in luck. Once you arrive at the hospital, you will be injected with radioactive material, and then you will have to wait an hour for the radioactive material to wash out of your body. You then enter the PET…
Tokyo — Sanae Takaichi said that a few months before she was sworn in as Japan’s prime minister, she was invited to a meeting with US President Donald Trump. She posted on X’s official account in November, shortly after Trump won the election and several people close to Trump encouraged her to visit Washington. But she refused, insisting that then-Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba should be the first Japanese lawmaker to meet with the new American leader. “However, I would like to do my best and aim to be in a position where I can meet her openly someday.” That “someday”…
Sean “Diddy” Combs’ ex-girlfriend says she fainted after reading Kathy Ventura’s lawsuitJane said this on the way. her testimony Part of Ventura’s November 2023 lawsuit-Finally settled-reflected her own experience with comb. “I almost passed out. In fact, I think I passed out,” she tearfully told jurors. “There were three specific pages that made harrowing references to what I was going through.” Jane, who attended “Night at the Hotel,” said she felt like she was reading “her own story.” That led her to confront Combs via text message. “I feel like I’m reading my own sexual trauma,” she wrote in a…
UBS is urging investors not to rely solely on the ongoing rally in US stocks, arguing that diversification into selected Asian markets, high-quality bonds and gold will be key to building a more resilient portfolio over the next 12 months. The Swiss bank expects the US bull market to expand, supported by an accommodative Federal Reserve, solid earnings momentum and continued artificial intelligence-driven investments. But with soaring valuations for some U.S. tech companies and lingering geopolitical risks, UBS says increasing its exposure will help prevent a potential bout of volatility. “While we believe U.S. stocks have the potential for further…
When Demetri Maxim was seven years old, his mother’s kidneys stopped working. She was undergoing dialysis. That meant she had to go to the hospital four times a week to have her blood filtered through a machine because her own kidneys were no longer working independently. Two years later, Maxim’s mother received a kidney transplant. Although the surgery was successful and she was able to live a relatively normal life, her family’s battle with kidney disease did not end there. It turned out that Maxim had inherited a disease called polycystic kidney disease (PKD) from his girlfriend. Approximately 1 in…