Peter Gratton, M.A.P.P., Ph.D., is a New Orleans-based editor and professor with over 20 years of experience in investing, risk management, and public policy. Peter began covering markets at ...

Microplastics, tiny plastic particles found in everyday products from face wash to toothpaste, are an emerging threat to health and ecology, prompting a research team to identify what keeps them ...

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A Canadian guaranteed investment certificate (GIC) is a deposit-based investment product offered by Canadian financial institutions like banks and trust companies. What Is a Canadian Guaranteed ...

On an Apple Watch, "core sleep" is another name for light sleep, which scientists also call stages N1-N2. It is not a type of deep sleep, and has no relation to REM. But in the scientific ...

Gray rocking, or the grey rock method, is a tactic some people use to deal with abusive or manipulative behavior. It involves becoming as uninteresting and unengaged as possible so that the other ...

Comenity Bank has been a pretty big player in the credit card industry for more than 30 years, but there's a good chance you've never even heard of it. Comenity provides retail partners with their own ...

Ivanna Hampton: The aftermath of President Trump’s tariffs has hit banks hard. The sector is tied to the US economy’s macro performance. A slowdown or a recession could lower profits. The ...

Scudder’s book, Mother, Creature, Kin: What We Learn From Nature’s Mothers in a Time of Unraveling. My day-to-day parenting to-do list often goes something like: clean up endlessly after an ...

The entertainment industry woke up on Thursday to the reality that its turn of the economic corner is more elusive than ever. President Donald Trump’s reciprocal tariffs against 180 countries ...

President Donald Trump on Wednesday launched a US trade war with every country via a barrage of tariffs that are set to go into effect almost immediately. American consumers and businesses stand ...