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A person shops at a grocery store in Glenview, Ill., on July 4. Nam Y. Huh/The Associated Press Price increases moderated in the United States last month in the latest sign that the inflation pressures that have gripped the nation might be easing as the economy slows and Americans grow more cautious. Consumer inflation reached 7.7 per cent in October from a year earlier and 0.4 per cent from September, the government said Thursday. The year-over-year increase, down from 8.2 per cent in September, was the smallest rise since January. A separate gauge called core inflation, which excludes volatile food and energy, rose 6.3 per cent in the past 12 months and 0.3 per cent from September. The numbers were all lower than economists had expected. Helping drive the inflation slowdown from September to October were used car prices, which dropped for a fourth straight month. Prices of clothing and medical care also fell. Food price increases slowed. By contrast, energy prices rebounded in Octo...

Photo : Mark Kolbe ( Getty Images ) Veterans can get quite a few food-related deals on Veterans Day this Friday, but there are other, non-consumable discounts and freebies up for grabs, too. Here are a few places where vets can get discounts or special treatment in honor of the holiday. Just be sure to have your military ID or VA discount card on you. 02:50 Chopping Basics Wednesday 11:09AM 01:38 How to Retire in Phases Wednesday 10:53AM Veterans Day retail discounts Adidas gives vets and active-duty military members 40% on its website until November 12 this year. In-store purchases at Bargain Hunt will be reduced by 15% for active-duty military members and vets from November 11 to 13. You can s ave 20% on in-store Dollar General purchases if you’re a veteran, active-duty military member, or member of the National Guard and Reserve from November 10 through 13. G/O Media may get a commission Super stylish STEM learning. These Mann Magnets Gear Toys are a simple and stylish w...

With the Tausi Insider SHOP, our editors put their years of know-how to work in order to pick products (from skin care to self care and beyond) they’re betting you’ll love. While our editors independently select these products, making a purchase through our links may earn Tausi Insider a commission. Happy shopping! Explore the SHOP Whether we realize it or not, balance is the essence of almost everything we do. From simple tasks, like going on an afternoon stroll or stepping in the shower, to more obvious instances, like carrying the laundry down the stairs or walking over a patch of ice, we're hardwired to be balanced. The alternative of falling down (ouch) can be a painful and traumatic experience. So, how do we improve our balance? The proper footwear is a good place to start. In addition to mobility stretches and foot and ankle exercises, the right pair of sneakers can decrease our chances of tumbling down. Thes...

Facebook’s parent company Meta is cutting more than 11,000 employees, roughly 13% of its workforce. This mass layoff is the first in Meta's 18-year history. https://www.tausiinsider.com/i-got-this-wrong-mark-zuckerberg-on-metas-mass-layoffs/?feed_id=445973&_unique_id=649fe42b166e4

Photo : LightField Studios ( Shutterstock ) The holiday season is the perfect time to lie to your family. Whether it’s “no presents this year,” or giving everyone an extra slice of the “low-fat” cheesecake, I know you have your reasons. Now we’ve got a whopper to lay on your annoying pastry chef cousin: “This crust is from scratch.” Here’s how to manipulate a store bought pie crust so that you can effectively fool your family into thinking you’ve got pastry skills. The best liars believe their lies, but to enjoy a good hoodwink, you have to invest in your deception by going all in. That means a good story, and the appropriate details in the right places. We’re talking taste, bakeware, and shape. A store bought pie shell is a great way to lighten the load on baking days, but it’s a near necessity for folks who struggle with pastry. There are many big name brands out there and a handful of them are terrible. Luckily, I did the hard work for you and tested out some store bought pie...

FTX has been in dire straits since the start of November 2022. After the release of Alameda's balance sheet, Binance, one of the FTT whales, decided to liquidate its FTT holdings. This led to the further decline of the value of FTT, threatening the collapse of Alameda Research and FTX. Then, in what appeared to be a breakthrough, Binance announced a deal to acquire FTX and fix its liquidity crunch. However, Binance has backed out of its proposed acquisition of FTX after conducting full due diligence (DD). What does this mean for FTX, and does it affect the crypto market? Why Is FTX Going Bankrupt? The clash between these popular cryptocurrency exchanges can be traced to FTX's buyout of Binance's shares in July 2021. Binance, one of the early investors in FTX, received about $2 billion as part of its exit from FTX equity. The $2 billion was paid in FTT, FTX's utility token. Since the buyout, Changpeng Zhao, Binance's CEO, and Sam Bankman-Fried, FT...

Source: Changing Faces, used with permission. Lord of the Rings A recent viewing of Rings of Power , the latest video-streaming installment of JRR Tolkien’s epic fantasy, brought a disquiet—a disquiet to which I was insensitive half a century ago, when I first saw the movie. That was before I became a scientist. Psychological and neural responses to facial anomalies For better and worse, our looks matter. Psychologists have long identified a beauty-is-good stereotype. That is, attractive people receive all sorts of unearned privileges in life. They are hired more easily, given higher pay, and receive lesser punishments for infractions than their less attractive counterparts. We found an analogous facial-anomaly-is-bad bias, in which people who have scars, birthmarks, and developmental differences are viewed as being less intelligent, hard-working, trustworthy, and competent (Jamrozik et al., 2017). Many people harbor such biases implicitly; our br...