Fractional CMO, Platform or Hybrid: The Smart Choice

The search for effective marketing leadership continues to shift. As small and mid-sized businesses weigh their options, two front runners emerge: Hiring a fractional CMO or investing in an AI marketing platform. Understanding the difference can significantly impact your budget, marketing strategy and business growth. With rising search volumes for “fractional CMO” and mounting pressure … Read more

Why Smart People Fall for Scams | Money Moves with Jill Schlesinger

Jill and Mark discuss a $50 million Ponzi scheme that ensnared dozens of investors with promises of big, risk-free returns. Then, they break down the emotional manipulation tactics scammers use to gain your trust and how to protect yourself as AI makes fraud more sophisticated and harder to spot than ever. Plus, a burned-out caller … Read more

The Oura Ring 5 is still the best smart ring you can buy, but is it worth the upgrade? Here’s what you need to know

The Oura Ring 5 is the best smart ring you can buy. Full stop. Just like the Oura Ring 4 before it, it marries a great design, an intuitive app and accurate data in a small package. But that doesn’t mean it’s automatically the best fitness tracker for you. There are dozens of excellent alternatives, … Read more

How much money can a smart thermostat realistically save during a heat wave?

A smart thermostat could lower your electric bill, but the potential savings may not be what you’d expect. dowell/Getty Images Record-breaking summer temperatures are becoming less of an exception and more of a rule — and, in turn, a recurring challenge — for millions of Americans across the nation. Dangerously high temperatures have stretched across … Read more

Kristin Smart search concludes at San Luis Obispo County home with no remains found

The San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Office in Northern California has concluded its latest search connected to the disappearance of Kristin Smart at a property in Arroyo Grande, but officials said her remains were not recovered. In a statement released Saturday, the sheriff’s office said investigators completed their search at the home of Susan Flores … Read more

Authorities to update public on search of home tied to man convicted of killing Kristin Smart

ARROYO GRANDE, Calif. — Authorities plan to update the public Friday on a grounds search at a home connected to the man convicted of killing 19-year-old college student Kristin Smart in 1996. Her body was never found. The San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Office in California has planned a news conference for 9 a.m. The … Read more

Home searched in connection to Kristin Smart case

There are new developments in the search for the body of Kristin Smart, a teen who was murdered three decades ago. On Wednesday, investigators executed a search warrant on a home tied to the mother of Smart’s convicted killer, Brian Flores. Flores says he didn’t kill Smart and doesn’t know where her body is. Jonathan … Read more

Investigators searching home connected to killer of California college student Kristin Smart

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. — Authorities plan Thursday to enter the second day of their search of a the home connected to the man convicted of killing 19-year-old college student Kristin Smart in 1996, according to law enforcement. The San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Office served the warrant Wednesday in the ongoing investigation into Smart’s … Read more

Search warrant served at home connected to killer of California college student Kristin Smart

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. — Authorities served a search warrant Wednesday at a home connected to the man convicted of killing 19-year-old college student Kristin Smart in 1996, according to law enforcement and media reports. Her remains were never found and she was declared legally dead in 2002. Paul Flores was convicted in October 2022 … Read more