Influencer marketing is estimated to be a two-billion dollar industry, and that number is expected to climb quickly. More than two-thirds of companies acknowledge influencer campaigns as an important part of their annual advertising budgets.
DJ and Founder of HBFIT.com Hannah Bronfman explains how she turned her Instagram feed into a business, and landed deals with companies such as Adidas and Tampax. She says it's all about authenticity.
Bronfman also shares her tips for staying true to your New Year's fitness resolutions. It takes 21 days for something to become a habit. Bronfman says more than 80% of people don't make it through those first three weeks.
An independent watchdog within the IRS reports that while taxpayer services have vastly improved, the agency is still too slow to resolve identity theft cases. And National Taxpayer Advocate Erin Collins says those delays are “unconscionable.” Erin M. Collins said in the report released Wednesday that overall the 2024 filing season went smoothly, though IRS delays in resolving identity theft victim assistance cases are worsening. It took nearly 19 months to resolve self-reported identity theft cases as of January, and Wednesday's report states that now it takes 22 months to resolve these cases.
Amazon.com Inc. surpassed $2 trillion in market value for the first time in afternoon trading on Wednesday. The push higher for Amazon’s stock market valuation comes a little more than a week after Nvidia hit $3 trillion and briefly became the most valuable company on Wall Street. Nvidia’s chips are used to power many AI application and its valuation has soared as a result. Amazon has also been making big investments in AI as global interest has grown in the technology. Most of the company’s focus has been on business-focused products.
Climate change doesn’t just mean more extreme weather – it also leads to billions of dollars in lost productivity, tourism, and stresses infrastructure.
