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A few months ago, my procrastination caught up to me as I tried booking a last-minute flight home from Paris back to the US. I’m typically a loyal Delta flyer, but I experienced sticker shock when I saw the prices of its last-minute economy flights back home. So, although I…
I remember sitting on opposite ends of the couch, years into our marriage, barely speaking to each other. We were in therapy, and the couple’s therapist looked at us and said we’d be better off apart. At the time, I believed her.Our marriage had slipped into a quiet disconnection. We…
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Watch collectors might want to skip the Rolex boutique and head straight for the pawn shop this year.That is, if the Trump administration’s new 39% tariff on goods from Switzerland sticks.The White House released updated tariff plans on Thursday, raising the rate from the proposed 31% announced earlier this year.…
Summer internships on Wall Street are coming to a close, which means college students who toiled late at the desk for weeks trying to impress the boss will soon know whether it worked.The number of investment banking interns who are invited to return after graduation to work full-time varies by…
If you think you’re moving fast and breaking things, you haven’t met Jake Adler, who poured his actual blood into his startup.Adler, the founder of Pilgrim, a biotech and defense startup building medical devices for the battlefield, tested his flagship product — a hemostatic dressing he calls Kingsfoil — by…
In November, I traded the hustle and bustle of city life in Newark, New Jersey, for the tropical climate and beautiful beaches of Tulum, Mexico. I’ve never been happier.Even though I’ve lived here for less than a year, I don’t think I’ll ever move back to the US — but…
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Big Tech’s AI spending bonanza isn’t slowing down anytime soon.On quarterly earnings calls with investors this week, Amazon, Microsoft, Google, and Meta all raised capex guidance for the year as the AI race intensifies.The level of investment represents a dramatic spike in spending in a short period of time. Amazon…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Samantha Stobo, a 32-year-old who lives in Miami with her mom. It has been edited for length and clarity.When your life feels like it’s falling apart, it might actually be coming together. I was in a bad place in 2022, but…
