MacKenzie Scott’s approach to her $26 billion giving spree was inspired by a book she read in college about writing

by mikej222 | Jun 5, 2026 | Uncategorized

This post was originally published on this siteBefore MacKenzie Scott signed the Giving Pledge and started on her path to give away her $36 billion net worth, she went looking for a paragraph in a book she’d marked up during her college years. Scott signed the Giving...

Social Security faces a 24% cut in 2032—that’s a $345 billion hit to retirees nationwide, watchdog says

by mikej222 | Jun 5, 2026 | Uncategorized

This post was originally published on this siteSocial Security is barreling toward a 24% across-the-board benefit cut in 2032 that would slash roughly $500 a month from the average retiree’s check — a hit that totals about $345 billion a year nationwide, according to...

Dropbox called hybrid work ‘the worst of both worlds.’ New research suggests it’s down to ‘paradox management fatigue’

by mikej222 | Jun 5, 2026 | Uncategorized

This post was originally published on this siteA truce of sorts has quelled the return-to-office wars that have raged in the post-pandemic workplace. Hybrid work policies, which require some in-office work while allowing flexibility to work from home, have become...

Miami is the World Cup’s best-performing host city — and 45% of its hotels are still projecting a miss

by mikej222 | Jun 5, 2026 | Uncategorized

This post was originally published on this siteWhen the U.S. last hosted the World Cup in 1994, the event drew unexpectedly large crowds. At that time, soccer wasn’t as popular among Americans as it is now, so expectations for attendance had been fairly low. So as the...

‘The next China is still China’: McKinsey’s Joe Ngai and Nick Leung on why global business can’t write off the Chinese economy

by mikej222 | Jun 4, 2026 | Uncategorized

This post was originally published on this siteWhen Joe Ngai, McKinsey’s Greater China chair, first began to test-drive his point that “the next China is still China” on social media, the world’s second-largest economy was in a post-COVID slump. Sluggish consumption...