On Gloria Richards’ first day of work, she was dropped off at an airport, introduced to children she’d never met and flown on a private jet to a rented-out resort in Barbados. The 34-year-old is primarily an actress, but on the side, she’s a travel nanny for billionaires in New …

Some good news: Overall, fewer Americans are living paycheck to paycheck. As of March, the share of adults feeling stretched too thin fell to 60% from 62% in the previous month, according to a new LendingClub report. Many consumers have scaled back or picked up a side job to help make …

A closed Bed Bath & Beyond store in San Francisco, California, US, on Monday, April 24, 2023.  David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images In strip malls across the country, Bed Bath & Beyond stores have “Closing Soon” signs. For other retailers, those may as well be “For Rent” …

Ukraine’s finance minister on Friday said Kyiv should use its bilateral relationship with China as leverage to bring an end to Russia’s full-scale invasion. His comments came shortly after a long-anticipated phone call between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Chinese President Xi Jinping. Both leaders spoke earlier this week for …

People attend a job fair in Beijing on Aug. 26, 2022. Unemployment for young people ages 16 to 24 has remained persistently high over the last year. Jade Gao | Afp | Getty Images BEIJING — China’s top leaders said at a regular meeting Friday that domestic demand is still …

Baidu CTO Wang Haifeng speaks at the unveiling of Baidus AI chatbot Ernie Bot at an event in Beijing on March 16, 2023. Michael Zhang | Afp | Getty Images BEIJING — More than two months since the ChatGPT craze hit China, a similar artificial intelligence-based product has yet to …

Sony aims to sell 18 million PlayStation 5 consoles in its financial year ending in March 2023. Thiago Prudencio | Lightrocket | Getty Images Sony posted record annual operating revenue on Friday, helped by its chip division and sales of its flagship PlayStation 5 gaming console which hit a record …

The burgeoning weight-loss drug industry, which is whetting investors’ appetites with its pledge of combatting global obesity rates, could be worth as much as $200 billion within the next decade, according to Barclays bank. Dubbing obesity “the story of this decade,” Barclays’ head of European pharmaceuticals equity research said that, …

Microsoft has invested huge amounts of capital and time into making cloud gaming a core part of its gaming offering. Peter Summers | Getty Images When Microsoft announced its offer to buy Activision Blizzard for $68.7 billion, it marked one of the biggest acquisitions in video game history — and …

Oil prices were rattled by the collapse of several U.S. and European lenders earlier this spring, which discouraged volatility-adverse investors from historically riskier assets, such as commodities. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images A surprise decision by several OPEC+ producers to voluntarily cut output earlier this month had pushed analyst …