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To reach NBA legend Shaquille O'Neal's level of success, both on and off the court, you need to adopt the right mindset. That's according to the Hall of Famer himself. "Of course, you have to have a little bit of talent — but if you have a certain mindset, nothing can stop you," O'Neal tells CNBC Make It. The 15-time All-Star says he found his competitive edge during his early NBA playing days, when he learned to turn criticism into motivation. "I like when people criticize me and say I [can't] do something," O'Neal, 49, says. "That would upset me and when you get a guy like me upset, I'm coming in like The Hulk." And "there's no way you can stop it," he adds. Before games, O'Neal says, he'd often read articles that criticized him to fire himself up. "All it takes is one word to tick me...

LEEDS, England :England shot out India for a paltry 78 and cruised to 120 for no loss in their robust reply to take early control of the third test at Headingley on Wednesday. Complementing the bowlers' effort, Haseeb Hamid and Rory Burns batted through rest of the opening day forging England's best opening partnership in the series so far. Hamid celebrated his promotion to the opener's role with an unbeaten 60, while Burns was on 52 at stumps with England 42 runs ahead and on course for a big first-innings lead. "It's been a great day for us and topped off by being none down overnight," seamer Craig Overton, who claimed 3-14, told Sky Sports. "It's good for us bowlers to get some rest and be ready to go when we're back out there. "We know they're a good bowling attack, we know it wil...

SAN SALVOR : In the main handicraft market of El Salvador's capital, traders complain that with a week to go before bitcoin becomes legal tender, no officials have come to explain how it will work or what benefits it may bring. The sense of unease extends beyond San Salvador's "Excuartel" market well into the Central American country of 6.4 million people that on Tuesday will become the first nation in the world to adopt bitcoin as legal tender. "We don't know the currency. We don't know where it comes from. We don't know if it's going to bring us profit or loss," said Claudia Molina, a 42-year-old seller of T-shirts and souvenirs. "We don't know anything." "They haven't given us training. They haven't told us what we're going to use or how to make the change." At "Excuartel," a popula...

Major Japanese airline All Nippon Airways said Tuesday that it would reduce the number of flights on 12 domestic routes due to declining travel demand amid the continuing coronavirus pandemic. Some of the ANA flights to be axed, mainly those to major tourist destinations, will be transferred to low-cost carrier Peach Aviation as part of the efforts to meet a possible rise in travel demand after the COVID-19 crisis is contained. The two airlines are under the wing of ANA Holdings Inc. The changes are included in ANA’s revised flight plans for the second half of fiscal 2021, which runs through March next year. Daily round-trip flights will be reduced to three from the initially planned four for the route between Tokyo’s Haneda Airport and Toyama Kitokito Airport and to eight from nine for...

Restoring relationships with friends and allies damaged by Donald Trump has been a foreign policy priority for U.S. President Joe Biden. He has been largely successful in doing so through the “Quad” and the Group of Seven frameworks aimed at meeting the challenges posed by China. However there was one important group of countries that the White House seemed to overlook in the early months of his presidency — the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). In the first six months of his administration, Biden spoke with over 40 leaders of the world by phone, but he had not done so with a single ASEAN leader. Fortunately, things have changed for the better recently, with Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman visiting Indonesia, Cambodia and Thailand in June, followed by Defense Secret...

Several airlines are rerouting their flights to avoid Afghanistan airspace after Taliban fighters sealed their takeover of the country, and U.S. and Western officials scrambled to evacuate their personnel. Afghanistan aviation officials said air traffic control was handed over to the military, and that planes will be "flying in un-controlled airspace at their own risk," according to a notice to pilots. United Airlines on Sunday started rerouting its U.S.-India flights around Afghanistan. "Due to the dynamic nature of the situation we have begun routing affected flights around Afghanistan airspace," the airline said in a statement. The carrier serves Delhi from its Newark Liberty International Airport hub daily and five times a week from Chicago O'Hare International Airport. It also flie...

The U.S. Navy sailed a warship near a Chinese-controlled island in the disputed South China Sea on Wednesday for the first time since Beijing began implementing a law requiring foreign vessels to give notice before entering waters it claims. The guided-missile destroyer USS Benfold “engaged in ‘normal operations’ within 12 nautical miles of Mischief Reef” in the Spratly chain of the strategic waterway, the U.S. Navy’s 7th Fleet said in a statement. The “freedom of navigation operation” (FONOP) near the islet, which is also claimed by Taiwan, Vietnam and the Philippines, was the fourth known operation conducted by the U.S. under the administration of President Joe Biden. China’s military lambasted the latest operation as the latest proof of the United States’ “militarization of the South...

TOKYO : Japan's trade ministry is ready to back Western Digital's bid to merge with memory chipmaker Kioxia provided control of cutting edge technology stays in Japan, two sources with knowledge of the industry regulator's internal discussions said. The tie-up could give Japan greater leverage in geopolitical rivalries increasingly dominated by technology, including over shortages of chips. It could also help Japan forge deeper semiconductor industry ties with its U.S. ally, a commitment that President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Suga made in April. "We will give our support to the indispensable, important semiconductor capacity innovation in Japan," one of the sources told Reuters. Western Digital would need to present a plan that both Japan and the United States "can celebrate," the s...

Select’s editorial team works independently to review financial products and write articles we think our readers will find useful. We may receive a commission when you click on links for products from our affiliate partners. When you're a first-generation American, building wealth can be quite difficult. Your family is navigating an unfamiliar financial system and you're trying to teach them while also teaching yourself. What's more, many of our families only learn how to do the necessary basics to survive — open a savings account and pay down debt — but they don't learn how to thrive. According a report from the St. Louis Federal Reserve, the median income of a foreign-born American is $20,400 a year, while a native-born American makes $28,000, so immigrant and first-generation families ...

:Fitch Ratings cut the ratings of China Evergrande Group and two of its subsidiaries on Wednesday, the latest in a series of downgrades targeting the property firm over its struggles to restructure huge debts. Regulators have warned that Evergrande's 1.97 trillion yuan (US$304.79 billion) of liabilities could spark broader risks to the country's financial system if not stabilised. Fitch said in a statement that it had downgraded the long-term foreign-currency issuer default ratings of Evergrande and subsidiaries Hengda Real Estate Group Co and Tianji Holding Ltd to CC from CCC+. Fitch defines a CC rating as indicating "very high levels" of credit risk. Fitch also downgraded the senior unsecured ratings of Evergrande and Tianji, as well as the rating on Tianji-guaranteed senior unsecured...