Colette Bennett

Atlanta

Senior Editor at Playboy

Co-Host at Colette & Matt Have Entered the Chat

@playboy Senior Editor, author and award-winning poet. Past: @cnn @yahoo @thestreet @thedailydot

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Articles

Jeff Bezos is quietly backing a potential Tesla killer

1 day ago | thestreet.com | Colette Bennett

Ever since Jeff Bezos and his wife founded Amazon in his garage back in 1994, turning it from a simple online bookseller into one of the world's biggest businesses, people have been looking to the entrepreneur and wondering what he might take on next. They got one answer to that question in the form of Blue Origin, a spaceflight startup that Bezos founded in Sept. 2000. Bezos wouldn't step down from his role as Amazon CEO until 2021, but he has remained involved in Blue Origin since its founding.
Tesla's next big unveil reinvents an American classic

2 days ago | thestreet.com | Colette Bennett

Whether you're a fan of Elon Musk's projects or you've had enough of him mucking around with the U.S. government, there's one indisputable fact about the man: he clearly has a desire for groundbreaking change. You can see that in all the projects he chooses to heavily involve himself in, from Tesla's full self-driving ambitions to Neuralink's brain-computer interfaces to even his early involvement in OpenAI.
One of the busiest US airports makes a change travelers won't like

2 days ago | thestreet.com | Colette Bennett

While traveling to new and exciting locales is an item on many people's bucket lists, those of us who travel regularly know that the actual act of traveling can be a mixed bag when it comes to comfort. First there's getting to the airport, which is getting more expensive these days, whether you Uber or go for the old-fashioned cab route. Or you can take a shuttle, but it's slow and takes a while to get you where you need to go.
Raising Cane's and Wingstop have bad news for KFC

2 days ago | thestreet.com | Colette Bennett

When Kentucky Fried Chicken (YUM) — or KFC, as it's more often called — first opened its doors in 1952, it must have seemed like a dream to founder Colonel Harland Sanders, who started out selling his famous fried chicken at a roadside restaurant in Corbin, Kentucky. A key part of Sanders' plan was to offer folks something other than the all-dominant burger, and he clearly had something there. He refused many methods of preparing his chicken, including deep-frying, which he felt ruined the food.
Airbnb makes pricing change customers demanded

3 days ago | thestreet.com | Colette Bennett

Before 2007, figuring out lodging for your travels was a pretty simple process: you stayed at a hotel you judged by a star ranking, and the more you had to spend, the more stars you could afford. But after Airbnb (ABNB) made its debut that year, customers gained a whole new set of options that were, frankly, mind-blowing.
Winemakers uncover a worrisome new problem

3 days ago | thestreet.com | Colette Bennett

How do Americans cope with the everyday pressures of corporate jobs, parenting, and the ongoing stress of an economy in flux? The answer is simple: many crack open a bottle of wine when they get home for the day. 💰💸 Don’t miss the move: SIGN UP for TheStreet’s FREE Daily newsletter 💰💸Americans consumed 899 million gallons of wine in 2023 alone, according to the Wine Institute, averaging 2.68 gallons per person. America is currently the world's top wine market.
This once-struggling chain is making a major comeback

5 days ago | thestreet.com | Colette Bennett

Over the last two decades, the world of retail has changed in major ways that would have been impossible for the average consumer to predict. The shift from shopping in person to online has been dramatic: global online shopping revenue hit $6.09 trillion in 2024, and projections show that number could hit $9.1 trillion by 2030, per Capital One.
Cathie Wood has a bold opinion on the medical industry

1 week ago | thestreet.com | Colette Bennett

Mentioning the word "AI" in conversation these days will likely earn you some mixed reactions, whether it's among family, friends, or strangers. Thanks to the news cycle, many see AI as a threat that will take away our livelihoods and take the soul out of art due to image generation services like ChatGPT. Others are grappling with the problems AI can cause in classrooms as students increasingly lean on ChatGPT to get their assignments done.
McDonald's is debuting a wild new sandwich

1 week ago | thestreet.com | Colette Bennett

While many fast food businesses vie for power in a brutal struggle to make it to the top, there's only one that never has to worry about that problem. That would be McDonald's (MCD) , easily the king of the pile, thanks to sheer size and systemwide sales. It may be hard to believe, as it seems like there's a McDonald's everywhere you look, but the company is also in the midst of planning an aggressive expansion that includes 50,000 new restaurants across the globe by 2027. Supersize me, indeed.
Mark Zuckerberg’s empire faces an existential threat

1 week ago | thestreet.com | Colette Bennett

If you've used the internet in the past 20 years, it's highly likely that you have a Facebook or Instagram account (or both). Since it was originally founded in 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg, Eduardo Saverin, Dustin Moskovitz, and Chris Hughes, what was originally meant to be a social media app exclusively for Harvard students slowly transformed into something quite extraordinary, growing into the mammoth business it is today.