In the earlier, tech firms made use of their internship plans to recruit promising job candidates, extending offers to many students to return as full-time workers just after graduation. But this calendar year, those chances are shrinking. Amazon, for instance, hired about 18,000 interns this yr, paying out some computer science students almost $30,000 for…
ASML, a semiconductor industry and stock market giant, has to think smaller. Or maybe bigger. It is building machines the size of double-decker buses, weighing over 200 tonnes, in its quest to produce beams of focused light that create the microscopic circuitry on computer chips used in everything from phones and laptops to cars and…
As economic pundits raise fears about a recession, the most powerful names in travel and hospitality are pushing back, pointing to bookings that illustrate a positive picture of the American consumer. “We think this summer is going to be gangbusters for travel,” Marriott CEO Tony Capuano told last week. Marriott saw an 81% rise in…
Alphabet‘s ( GOOGL -1.91% ) ( GOOG -1.80% ) Google segment is developing cutting-edge healthcare initiatives around the globe, and other big tech companies like Apple and Amazon are making their own forays into the health and fitness space. In this episode of “The Health & Fitness Show” on Motley Fool Live, recorded on March…
By KATE ASHFORD of NerdWallet Retirement planning is part savings, part guessing game. While many of your day-to-day expenses will remain the same, there are big-ticket categories that can take a large bite out of your savings. The more you can plan, the better prepared you’ll be to weather the costs. Here are four expenses…
Nvidia introduced a new version of its autonomous-driving platform at its GTC developers conference this week. Automotive is a small segment of the company’s business. But it’s getting a lot of attention from Nvidia founder and CEO Jensen Huang. At the conference, Huang touted the company’s $11 billion vehicle-tech order pipeline over the next six…
Ben and Erin Napier, the hosts of “Home Town,” know that Laurel, MS, isn’t a sleepy town anymore. In fact, they say that starter homes priced between $150,000 and $200,000 are pretty hard to come by these days. “If you find a house at that price, you’d better buy it right that day,” Erin says….
Top-Stitched Trucker Designer Glenn Martens has revived the radical denim house of Diesel with the freaky high-fashion sensibilities that made his Y/Project a smash success ($850). Ceramic Sculpture After years of collecting ceramics, Creatures of the Wind cofounder Shane Gabier walked away from fashion to pursue his craft at the pottery wheel ($940, at 180…