Weekly Specials
The biggest fight of all time??? Elon Musk will soon face Mark Zuckerberg in a cage fight. Musk’s preferred location? The Vegas Octagon. As this fight comes closer to fruition, sportsbooks such as DraftKings have projected Zuckerberg as the favorite to win the fight. Will Zuckerberg come out on top as the favorite, or will Musk take the crown as the underdog?
If your current job isn’t paying you enough, consider moving! Coming this summer, four more states plan on increasing their minimum wages, making 27 states in total that have enacted an increase this year. Many of these boosts are directly linked to inflation; the raises are higher than they usually would be due to higher prices overall.
Move over Alex Morgan, you’ve got some competition! Stifel recently announced it has signed soccer phenoms Alyssa and Gisele Thompson to sponsorship deals. The sisters, ages 18 and 17, have been making a big splash in the soccer world. “Alyssa and Gisele are just beginning their promising journeys – personally, professionally, and financially – and we are proud to welcome them to the Stifel family at such a crucial time in their careers,” said Stifel CEO Ron Kruszewski.
What do you mean I’m not really 21?! – In South Korea, the nation’s parliament has decided to change the way individuals calculate their ages. According to South Korean culture, people are considered to be one year old when they are born, and every year after that is a normal year. Now, on standardized documents, Koreans ages will start at 0.
As world heats up, the market for personal cooling devices is taking off. Many office workers in Tokyo and Hong Kong are buying a secret weapon to beat the heat: the Sony Reon Pocket 4. This device rests a metal pad on the back of the neck and cools the wearer using a thermoelectric phenomenon called the Peltier effect. Pretty cool stuff if you ask me!
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