Finance
When Sam Altman needed someone to beat Elon Musk in court, he hired a lawyer who had done it once before: William Savitt. Loading audio narration… Savitt was a natural choice to take the case. For decades, he’d occupied the upper echelons of corporate litigation. He represented Twitter in 2022,…
Consumers are in for a rude awakening from the what one expert is calling the second wave of inflation caused by the Iran war.The impact of the war on consumers’ wallets has been relatively limited, with inflationary pressures showing up in high gas prices and pricier flights. Market watchers warn…
When they’re not flying real first-person-view drones, some Ukrainian pilots are training inside “Grand Theft Auto V.” Loading audio narration… Ukraine has often leveraged video games and simulators to train pilots, helping them build the hand-eye coordination needed for flying FPV drones. The crossover of skillsets has even made gamers…
Luke Howland, 24, moved back in with his parents this year. It wasn’t part of the plan. Loading audio narration… At 19, while many people his age were heading to college, Howland used his savings from high school jobs to open an electric bike retail store in Flagstaff, Arizona. After…
After my husband and I bought our dream house — a 2,100-square-foot ranch-style property in a peaceful Connecticut neighborhood — we never thought we’d rent again. Owning it felt like the culmination of everything we’d been working toward. Loading audio narration… But at some point, our house stopped aligning with…
“The Devil Wears Prada” was all about glamour, down to its star-studded cameos. So it makes sense that the sequel would up the ante with a slew of famous faces.In “The Devil Wears Prada 2,” Andy Sachs (Anne Hathaway) is hired back to the fictional fashion magazine Runway as its…
This interview is based on a conversation with Jacob Watson, 84, an ordained interfaith minister, writer, and former grief counselor, from Portland, Maine. It has been edited for length and clarity. Loading audio narration… My late wife, Kristine, and I were grief counselors, which inevitably led us to discuss our…
After my divorce, I braced for loneliness on holidays, but it hit hardest on Mother’s Day. Loading audio narration… My first one alone, my best friend from college texted me a photo of her proudly wearing the necklace her son, the same age as my daughter, had cobbled together. Its…
Warren Buffett trumpeted his Apple bet and invited outgoing CEO Tim Cook to take a bow during Berkshire Hathaway’s shareholder meeting on Saturday. Loading audio narration… Greg Abel, who succeeded Buffett as Berkshire’s CEO at the start of this year, unexpectedly announced that the legendary investor and chairman would say…
There’s pressure on employees to up their AI token consumption. Loading audio narration… Sylvain Duranton, global leader of BCG X, Boston Consulting Group’s tech build and design division, said companies need to ensure they are preparing for the future.”I think you need to start the pump,” Duranton told Business Insider.Asked…
