Reading Time: 3 minutes Removed from S&P 500 E.g., $FBIN – Fortune Brands Innovations Inc? Below is from Google Search Labs | AI Overview Fortune Brands Innovations, Inc. (FBIN) was not removed from the S&P 500, but it did separate from its parent company and change its name:Fortune Brands Home and SecurityOn October 3, 2011, FBIN separated from Fortune

Reading Time: < 1 minute Rudy Giuliani is in the news again because he said he doesn’t have cash to pay the two election workers in Georgia. BI: Rudy Giuliani’s mother-daughter defamation victims still haven’t received millions of dollars of his assets. BI has a good summary of Rudy Giuliani over the years in 2018 – Rudy Giuliani’s Went From

Reading Time: < 1 minute One of the life lessons I learned over the years is – avoid toxic people at all cost. Charlie Munger mentioned it a few times. This is the latest example as to why: Man arrested, charged in woman’s St. Louis death after Clayton abduction: “Investigators believe that Mosby and the victim, identified as 37-year-old Michelle

Reading Time: 2 minutes I have not bought used car for a while, my last two used cars are both Toyota Pre own certified: basically I found the car online, went for a test drive at the dealership and bought them. But this morning I had opportunity to visit a used car dealer in my old neighborhood: I lived

Reading Time: 2 minutes (Update Dec-16-2024) The fintech company that collapsed and took $90 million of people’s life savings with it: The collapse and bankruptcy of fintech middleman Synapse in May has left more than 100,000 Americans locked out of a collective $90 million of their own money, prompting a class action lawsuit. (I don’t know how much money

Reading Time: < 1 minute This is the replacement light bulb at Amazon: last purchased Sep 14, 2022 (replace one about 2 years ago; replace another one this evening). One driver flashed me yesterday evening. And this evening a neighbor told me one of the light for my minivan is out 🙂 Took me a while to find the other

Reading Time: < 1 minute Yesterday afternoon, I attended the visitation of a former colleague. Although my boss and colleague didn’t say explicitly, it’s quite apparent to me, that the former colleague took his own life. This is the charity the family suggest donation in lieu of flowers. I googled “PTSD for veterans”, and this resource website by va.gov pops

Reading Time: 3 minutes My thoughts on #RFKJr nomination of the department of HHS. First I would say nobody or very few people would know him if not for his last name and family connections. He is a #VaccineDenier which may have negative impact on the health of the babies, the toddlers, the younger kids in the US. I

Reading Time: 4 minutes 中文简体读者：这里有一个谷歌翻译的版本，可能不是最新的版本，但大意差不多。 Yesterday (Sunday) afternoon I drove for Uber the first time, after I thought and talked about it for a bit. Note I still have the day job – this is mostly to supplement my income, and also gain some experience/have some fun. I also wrote a Twitter/X thread here. A few things to do

Reading Time: 2 minutes (01-23-2025) Last Saturday I learned wustl has an area that its school shuttle covers (don’t know where to find it online). And I came across this one about why people (mainly students I assume) usually live. (11-03-2024 更新) 我上载了一个油管视频，是关于这个主题的，欢迎各种意见反馈。 (有人在小红书上问 #圣路易斯 哪里比较 #安全，我猜可能是华大学生，以下是我的回答）：综合考虑，建议住 #Clayton, #Brentwood, #Olivette 等。如果有上K-12的小孩，学区来讲，Olivette (Ladue), 和 Clayton 是密苏里公立学校/学区里面第一和第二名。Brentwood ranked 12th in the