Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...

Let's be honest, we're all drama queens sometimes. Whether you're texting your bestie you're “literally dying” over the latest celebrity gossip or declaring on social media that Monday mornings are ...

There are several reasons why the magnificent Dutch contralto Aafje Heynis (1924-2015) is not better known. She seldom traveled, and there were three more-or-less contemporary contraltos (Marian ...

What are some examples of sole traders? A sole trader can do or be anything really – the key thing is that, legally, there is no distinction between you and your business when it comes to finances, ...

Program pamphlet of Marian Anderson's performance at Milwaukee Auditorium on March 28, 1944. The voice of Marian Anderson performing at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. was heard on Easter ...

Cognitive dissonance happens when you hold two conflicting thoughts in your mind at the same time — like loving both hamburgers and cows. Cognitive dissonance is a theory in social psychology first ...

Will Kenton is an expert on the economy and investing laws and regulations. He previously held senior editorial roles at Investopedia and Kapitall Wire and holds a MA in Economics from The New School ...

Teenage Engineering, a Stockholm-based electronics company, has introduced a quirky and charming new lineup to its selection of audio systems. The Choir, a line of linkable digital speakers is an ...

When Marie Powers was five, an opera singer asked her what she wanted to be when she grew up. Said Marie: “I want to be fat, jolly and an opera singer like you.” Today, fortyish, buxom Marie Powers is ...

Grace Jones and Janelle Monáe’s coheadlining summer tour is an intergenerational celebration of gender-expansive Black women for the ages. Monaé has been a pop-culture fixture for nearly two decades.

Naxos released a CD entitled “Tre Liriche,” featuring songs by Ottorino Respighi performed by the Italian contralto Alessandra Visentin with the New York Chamber Orchestra under the direction of ...