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I downsized from a house to a small apartment. I got rid of a lot, but kept one sentimental item.
Recently, after a major change in my personal life, I relocated from a single-family home to a 660-square-foot apartment. Transitions are hardly ever easy. Among all the uncertainty that comes with moving from a large living space to a smaller one is figuring out what to do with all your stuff…
I bought a fixer-upper for $347,000 and turned it into two Airbnbs. It went so well I turned the garage into two more.
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Vanessa Banh, 28, a former accountant turned entrepreneur who bought a four-bedroom house with a garage in Modesto, California, and turned it into four separate Airbnb properties. The following has been edited for length and clarity. I feel like…
Russia is slowly grinding through the Donbas as Ukraine braces for a brutal fight over its last strongholds
There is a moment before the camera begins rolling when the young Ukrainian commander says, “History is repeating itself for us in the Donbas. Unfortunately.” Then he falls silent. A few minutes later, the man, known by the call sign “Fleshka,” takes a seat on a weight bench in the garden of a…
See 9 years of Wall Street rising stars who made their mark
We’re looking for the brightest up-and-comers on Wall Street. Since 2017, Business Insider’s Rising Stars of Wall Street list has highlighted the young professionals redefining the finance industry. We’ve featured traders rewriting the playbook, investors shaping private markets, and influential…
Micro dramas are weird, cheap, soap operas for your phone. And they’re booming.
What if you could watch short videos on your phone? What if you could pay people to watch those videos? I know, I know: I’m describing Quibi, the infamous app that flopped in 2020. But: I’m also describing micro dramas — low-budget movies cut into one-minute chunks. And those do seem to be working…
The great boomer business handover comes to Stew Leonard’s
Stew Leonard Jr. is greeted like a celebrity as he makes his way through his family’s business. Known as Connecticut’s “Disneyland of grocery stores,” Leonard’s locations come complete with animatronics, petting zoos, and costumed mascots. Every few feet, a customer does a double-take and rushes…
I moved in with my parents 3 years ago to help my dad with my mom’s caregiving. I’m glad I got that time with her.
I moved back to my Louisiana hometown from Biloxi, Mississippi, in 2023 after 35 years on my own. It was the solution to two problems — I was newly divorced with nowhere to go, and my dad needed help caring for my mom, who had dementia. It was supposed to be temporary. Respite care for
I spent my Saturday with the Target exec on a mission to fix its stores
If the holiday shopping season is a retailer’s final exam each year, back-to-school is the midterms. For Target, this year’s test is a big one. Success depends on getting the basics right: exciting merchandise, fully stocked stores, and competitive pricing. Those are all areas where Target has…
Bryan Johnson tackled human longevity. Now he wants dogs to live forever.
Tech entrepreneur Bryan Johnson has become famous for his mission to help humans live forever, with his catchphrase “Don’t die.” Now he wants to do the same thing for dogs. Johnson’s interest in canine longevity was piqued when he recently adopted a professionally trained Belgian Malinois named…
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says China isn’t behind the anti-data-center debate
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott isn’t buying the Chinese psy-op theory. In a Fox News interview on Friday, the Texas governor pushed back against the notion that China is influencing the data center debate in the United States. “I haven’t done it because of anything said by China, I’ve done it by listening…