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Why Your Manager Comes Off Cold — and Why That’s a Good Thing

Editor’s Note: This story originally appeared on Zety.com. While empathy is widely celebrated as a hallmark of good leadership, managers may benefit from keeping some emotional distance. New research from Zety and SIGMA Assessment Systems suggests that in environments where difficult calls are routine, emotional detachment can be an asset.…

Inside Turkey’s  Billion Marble and Stone Industry

Most of the world’s marble and travertine comes from Turkey, the world’s top exporter of natural stone. But even though the country has been mining for thousands of years, waste heaps are still piling up, and mining companies are struggling to handle all of the excess stone. We went to…

The world’s richest man says he’s living in a trailer

When your net worth is almost $1 trillion, you can choose to live wherever you want, and right now, for Elon Musk, that’s a trailer.Musk, the world’s richest person, said on Monday that he’s currently calling an Airstream trailer home while overseeing xAI’s Macrohard data center buildout in Tennessee.The billionaire…

Welcome to the era of stability stacking

Millennials are feeling insecure about their jobs, and they’re piling on alternatives to traditional careers to build their own safety nets.They’re the largest generation in the workforce and are taking on multiple income streams, skills training, and other jobs outside their primary work to feel more secure — what Glassdoor…

Kara Swisher says ‘hugely successful’ businesses have these 3 things

Starting a business is a feat in itself — but building one that lasts is even harder.Kara Swisher built her reputation as a reporter covering Silicon Valley and investigating billionaires at The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal before launching the media brand Recode, and writing “Burn Book,” a…

Consulting’s Trump-era DEI bill hits  million as Accenture joins Deloitte and IBM in settling discrimination claims

Accenture is the latest company to pay up for President Donald Trump’s DEI policies.The technology and consulting firm agreed to pay $25 million to settle allegations that it failed to comply with antidiscrimination requirements in federal contracts, the Department of Justice announced on Monday.The agency accused Accenture of discriminating against…

Montana’s experimental treatment law hands a VC the keys

Investors on the libertarian fringe of the biotech industry are making their dream of wide-ranging access to experimental drugs a reality in Montana.Last year, they helped draft a state law to expand access to drugs that no regulator has deemed safe and effective. Now, Montana is relying on a privately…