YouTube star Jimmy Donaldson, better known as MrBeast, announced on social media that his company, Beast Industries, has acquired Step, a financial services platform. “Nobody taught me about investing ...

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Since the advent of the Fitbit and other step-counting activity trackers, most people have absorbed the idea that taking 10,000 steps a day is the benchmark for a healthy life. While scientists are ...