retail 2021 Holiday Season Will Be Super Busy, And With Fewer Workers After more than a year being on the front lines of the pandemic, many retail workers have weighed whether they want to enforce public health behaviors and risk verbal or even physical abuse. On top of that, some big employers are posting fewer seasonal jobs for the 2021 holidays. NBC News business reporter Leticia Miranda explains what workers are feeling...
personal finance How 3 Women Overcame the Latina Pay Gap The Latina pay gap is real – Latinas earn, on average, 55 cents for every dollar earned by non-Hispanic white men. During Hispanic Heritage Month (and 1 month ahead of Latina Equal Pay Day), LX News host Ashley Holt spoke with 3 women who had to learn a lot about money on their own – they shared their stories and...
pyramid schemes Everything You Need to Know About Spotting and Avoiding Pyramid Schemes and MLM Scams Pyramid schemes and shady multi-level marketing companies make deceptive recruiting claims, misleading you into how much money you'll make and often costing you. Here's what to watch out for.
restaurants Workers Are Leaving Restaurants – And Bella the Robot Could Replace Them Meet Bella the robot. She’s about 4 feet tall, always has a smile on her face, and can hold a bunch of trays of food as she wheels across a restaurant to tables. With many workers leaving the restaurant industry, some restaurants are turning to nonhuman help to keep serving customers. LX News Host Nik Z traveled to McKinney, Texas...
connect the dots Connecting the Dots From the Boston Marathon to Student Loans to Coffee What do the Boston Marathon, student loans and coffee have in common? A lot more than you may think. In this episode of “Connect the Dots,” NBC Boston’s Rob Michaelson takes a deep dive into the science of caffeine and how coffee gets Boston Marathon runners… moving. He also explores the theory that cutting back on a daily latte can...
crypto currency How to Make Money With Cryptocurrency Cryptocurrency is part computer science and part finance, but don’t let that intimidate you. It’s simple to get started and you don’t have to be an expert.
consumer spending Customer Reviews Can Make or Break a Business Not too long ago, people went to the store and once they found a product, if they had any questions about it, they had to ask someone who worked in the store. But today’s shoppers outsource this skill to total strangers. We just read the reviews.
student athletes Student Athletes Are Finally Getting Paid. But Can They Make Their Money Last? College sports is a massive moneymaking machine. And until recent policy changes, college athletes weren’t able to make a dime from the system. That’s finally changing. New rules allow athletes to start profiting off their name, image or likeness — known as NIL. But with so little financial education in this country, will these college athletes fumble their finances? NBCLX...
contactless payment In Our Age of Social Anxiety, People Are Even Buying Homes and Cars Online We’ve all become used to making simple purchase like clothes or groceries with the tap of a phone screen — without interacting with another human at all. That’s especially true for members of Gen Z who were raised in an age of growing social anxiety. And now, through services like Carvana and Zillow, big purchases like cars and houses are...
Housing Cash Offers Are Upending the Housing Market Amid Low Supply Banks are swooping in with cash to buy homes as regular people wait for a mortgage approval. That’s leading to a spike in home prices after COVID reduced supplies for building materials, Karan Kaul of the Urban Institute explains.
