Victoria Elizondo uses food to honor her community and heritage

Victoria Elizondo uses food to honor her community and heritage – CBS News Watch CBS News On our Final Four edition of The Dish, meet Houston-based chef Victoria Elizondo, who uses Mexican food to connect with her community and heritage. Dana Jacobson has more on the James Beard Award semi-finalist. Be the first to know … Read more

California company repurposing downed trees for the community

California company repurposing downed trees for the community – CBS News Watch CBS News California has made efforts to clear downed trees from forest floors to help prevent wildfires. One company is taking those trees and repurposing them into useful items for the community. CBS Sacramento’s Elizabeth Klinge has the details. Be the first to … Read more

WhatsApp update: Group admins can decide who joins their chat

WhatsApp has announced new features for group chats that bring manageable chats to admins, and make groups easier to navigate for users. In a blog post, the instant messaging platform announced two new changes. Group admins will gain more control over their group privacy. A new tool will allow admins to control which users will … Read more

Business booming at Bay Area family restaurant after daughter’s TikTok video goes viral

Business booming at Bay Area family restaurant after daughter’s TikTok video goes viral – CBS News Watch CBS News It all started with a daughter’s TikTok to help her family’s struggling restaurant, and ended with another influencer and a community coming together to save it. David Begnaud reports. Be the first to know Get browser … Read more

HSBC’s gender and Black pay gaps got bigger in 2022

HSBC’s pay gap for female and Black employees in the UK increased last year, despite a focus on recruiting more senior staff. The UK lender’s average gender pay gap for UK employees in 2022 was 45.2%, according to figures in its annual report, up from 44.9% a year earlier. Meanwhile, the pay differential for Black employees … Read more

I Found My Chosen Family on Social Media

Six months after I first posted on Instagram, I left my husband and kids behind and set out, alone, to drive 348 miles to meet a bunch of strangers in Las Vegas. That was January 2013. In the 10 years since, many in this group of “strangers” have become my dearest friends, traveling companions, fellow … Read more

I’m 68, my husband is terminally ill, and his $3 million estate will go to his son. I want to spend the rest of my days traveling — will I have enough money?

Please help me. I am a 68-year-old woman married 17 years to the love of my life. Our finances have always been separate, and I signed a prenuptial agreement acknowledging that his son will inherit his estate held in a living trust (about $3 million). I get our home, and he is leaving me $350,000 … Read more

Chrysler Parent Stellantis to Stop Operations at Jeep Cherokee Factory

Jeep maker Stellantis STLA -2.70% NV said it would stop operations at a 1,350-employee assembly plant in Illinois, citing the need to control costs in the face of supply-chain disruptions and high expenses associated with moving to electric vehicles. The Netherlands-based global auto maker said Friday that its factory in Belvidere, Ill., which makes the … Read more

Finance workers’ cocaine use surges amid burnout crisis: ‘It’s just going up and up’

When Jaime Blaustein was interviewed for his first job at Morgan Stanley in 2012, he was hooked on heroin. Blaustein’s drug use had spiralled throughout his university studies as he moved from drinking alcohol and smoking marijuana to using cocaine, crack cocaine and, eventually, heroin. By the time he graduated, despite five attempts at rehab, he was a … Read more

Opinion: The Federal Reserve is missing a crucial turning point in its fight against inflation because it believes in flawed data

The Federal Reserve can’t see the probable economic crash that is coming because it’s still looking into the rearview mirror, where it sees nothing but high inflation. The danger arises because the consumer price index and the personal consumption expenditure price index — the two most important inflation gauges — have a fatal flaw in … Read more