Thinking of asking for a raise? Shark Tank investor and multimillionaire Barbara Corcoran says the key to getting ahead is being prepared and being specific.Corcoran, 76, posted an Instagram video explaining the elements to keep in mind when approaching a boss about a salary raise. The “Shak Tank” star and entrepreneur, who founded real estate brokerage, The Corcoran Group, and sold it in 2001 for an estimated $70 million, has experience overseeing a staff of up to 700 brokers.Corcoran advised viewers to prepare by making a list of every responsibility they were hired to do. Then, they should write a…
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We all know the story: give every chimpanzee on the planet a typewriter and wait until something monumental occurs, either the recreation of the complete works of William Shakespeare or the heat death of the universe. Last year, mathematicians concluded the chimps would never achieve the former – the likelihood of one typing even the more modest “bananas” in its lifetime is a meagre 5 per cent. That some of our closest relatives fail this test speaks to how human culture is like nothing else in nature. Ask biologists to explain why this is, however, and things get complicated. The…
Israel conducted airstrikes on the southern outskirts of Beirut on Tuesday for the second time in less than a week, killing three people and prompting fears that a fragile cease-fire could be unraveling.The Israeli military said the strike, in the Dahiya area just south of Beirut, had targeted a member of Hezbollah who had directed and assisted Hamas in planning a “significant and imminent” attack against Israel. It did not provide further details.The airstrikes, which came without any evacuation warning, killed three and also wounded at least seven people, according to Lebanon’s health ministry, which does not distinguish between civilians…
OpenAI said on Monday that it had completed a $40 billion fund-raising deal that nearly doubles the high-profile company’s valuation from just six months ago.The new fund-raising round, led by the Japanese conglomerate SoftBank, values OpenAI at $300 billion, making it one of the most valuable private companies in the world, along with the rocket company SpaceX and ByteDance, the maker of TikTok.OpenAI started the artificial intelligence boom in late 2022 with the release of its online chatbot, ChatGPT. Its latest investment round indicates that the tech industry’s excitement over A.I. remains strong, even amid concerns about the effectiveness and…
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.Global markets tumbled on Monday over fears of an escalating trade war ahead of Donald Trump’s expected unveiling of a swath of new tariffs this week.Asian and European stocks fell sharply alongside US futures, accelerating a sell-off that began last week, after Trump said that the reciprocal US duties he is expected to announce on April 2 would apply globally.“You’d start with all countries, so let’s see what happens,” Trump told reporters on Air Force One on Sunday. Last week he had…
Credit: Screenshot via karma X Normally, you’d be loathe to find me agreeing with anything Bill Gates has to say outside of operating system software development. But his recent comments about AI are probably accurate – and that means the right needs to come up with answers. ASAP. While ChatGPT and Grok are impressive insofar as their current designs, the technology is – allegedly – rapidly advancing. Hell, Elon Musk recently said that we are on the event horizon of the singularity. What Gates recently said on The Tonight Show of all places, is basically this: AI is going to…
Meghan Markle’s 2017 Vanity Fair cover reportedly caused unease within the British royal family due to its focus on her romance with Prince Harry.Some insiders now claim the former actress used the feature to “solidify” their engagement, while others saw her as ambitious in leveraging royal connections.This report comes after Meghan Markle faced criticisms from two ex-Vanity Fair editors, with one of them, Graydon Carter, claiming the duchess is “adrift from reality.”Article continues below advertisementMeghan Markle’s Vanity Fair Cover Reportedly Filled The Royal Family With ‘Dread’MEGAIn 2017, Meghan featured on the cover of Vanity Fair magazine. However, when the issue was released…
TOKYO: The United States will ensure “robust, ready and credible deterrence” in the Indo-Pacific, including across the Taiwan Strait, US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said on Sunday (Mar 30), calling Chinese actions “aggressive and coercive”. “America is committed to sustaining robust, ready and credible deterrence in the Indo-Pacific, including across the Taiwan Strait,” Hegseth said in Japan after talks with counterpart Gen Nakatani. “Japan would be on the front lines of any contingency we might face in the western Pacific and we stand together in support of each other. “That’s why today Minister Nakatani and I talked about the severe…
Defending champions Real Madrid come from behind to beat relegation-threatened Leganes 3-2 in LaLiga.Kylian Mbappe scored twice to help Real Madrid outgun a feisty Leganes 3-2 and pull level with Barcelona at the top of LaLiga, while Atletico Madrid fell further behind in the title race. The match between the defending champions and a team trying to stave off relegation was billed as an easy three points for Madrid. It was anything but as Leganes showed much more bite than expected at the Santiago Bernabeu. After Mbappe put Madrid ahead from the penalty spot in the 32nd minute, Leganes stunned…
The Detroit Tigers looked to be in a great spot after catcher Dillon Dingler hit a triple in the top of the 10th, scoring two runs and breaking a 3-3 tie with the Los Angeles Dodgers.The Dodgers were three outs away from their first loss of the season. They started a rally when Tommy Edman crossed the plate thanks to a Michael Conforto ground-rule double, and then catcher Will Smith sent Conforto home with a single to left to tie the game at five.Superstar Shohei Ohtani singled to right, putting two on the basepaths. Finally, shortstop Mookie Betts walked up…