Finance
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Susie Cranston, CEO of Cresset. It has been edited for length and clarity. Loading audio narration… There’s a famous story in my family: my mom and her twin sister were in first grade at a religious school in the Bay Area.…
One of the first things I did when I got pregnant with my daughter was put her on every daycare waitlist I could find. Loading audio narration… Daycares in Vancouver are extremely competitive — many have waitlists of a couple of years, and some have waitlists of four years or…
Ukraine, once hugely reliant on Western support and expected to lose quickly to Russia’s invasion, is now pioneering new types of weaponry and building expertise in new ways of warfare that have its partners’ interest. Loading audio narration… From the start of the war to now, Ukraine has shifted from…
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s central promise has been to bring down his city’s cost of living. Loading audio narration… But New York’s affordability problems are a result of its own success: Despite slowing population growth, the city’s housing stock and services are still in high demand, pushing prices…
Cloudflare is laying off more than 1,100 employees as the cybersecurity company says it is reorganizing for the “agentic AI era,” according to a memo sent to staff on Thursday. Loading audio narration… The cuts came hours after the company reported first-quarter earnings that beat Wall Street expectations, though shares…
Citi’s investment banking unit is, to quote the bank’s investor day presentation, adopting a “serial winning mindset” as it continues its push to hire top talent. Loading audio narration… The firm’s banking unit has hired 60 managing directors from 20 different institutions since the beginning of last year, Viswas Raghavan,…
Want a software job at Google? Bring your AI wingman. Loading audio narration… The company is piloting a new interview process for software engineering candidates that will let them use an AI assistant, according to an internal document reviewed by Business Insider.The change is part of a broader overhaul of…
Microsoft released details of its buyout offer for long-serving employees in an internal document viewed by Business Insider. Loading audio narration… Microsoft last month announced it would offer buyouts to employees at level 67 and below in the US who have 70 or more years of age and service. Microsoft…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Lorraine English, a 72-year-old Floridian who moved to North Carolina in 2025. The conversation has been edited for length and clarity. Loading audio narration… I lived in San Francisco for many years, but in 2000, I moved to Bradenton, Florida, a…
Tesla’s long-delayed second-generation Roadster just got another small sign of life. Loading audio narration… On April 28, the automaker filed a trademark application for a new Roadster logo tied to its long-awaited halo EV. The insignia is a “triangle-shaped figure with bent corners” that includes “four vertical lines at the…
