The 2023 U.S. economy, in charts

A pedestrian holds an umbrella as they walk along a street in the rain in Times Square, New York, on Sept. 26, 2023. Ed Jones | AFP | Getty Images The state of the U.S. economy may be a chief concern among Americans, but 2023 wound up as a pretty good year for the macroenvironment. Spending remained high, markets posted […]

Brignone third in the Kranjska Gora Giant

Federica Brignone on the podium of ‘her’ giant slalom. The Italian finished third in the World Cup race in Kranjska Gora. At the end of the two heats held on the ‘Podkoren’ slope in the Slovenian town, the Aosta Valley rider was 51 hundredths behind the winner, Canadian Valerie Grenier. Second is the Swiss Lara Gut-Behrami with 37 cents.

After Abba, Elvis Presley also returns to the stage thanks to Artificial Intelligence

From Abba to Whitney Houston, from Roy Orbison to Tupac Shakur, several artists have “returned”, at least virtually, to the stage in hologram form. In November Elvis Presley will perform, first in London, then in Las Vegas, Berlin and Tokyo. The show will be called Elvis Evolution and will use artificial intelligence, holograms and augmented reality to “project” the King, […]

Blank Street Coffee bets on subscription program

Blank Street Coffee’s shops have taken over New York City as they lure in customers with cheap lattes and cold brew. Now the upstart chain aims to attract even more consumers who want to slash their coffee budgets through a subscription program. The Blank Street Regulars program, which opened to the public this summer, has drawn roughly 5,000 paying members […]