Finance
I launched a Buy Canadian marketplace in response to US trade tensions. Now traffic is surging.
This as-told-to essay is based on conversations with Valerie Crisp, the 38-year-old founder of Common Goods, an online Canadian marketplace. She is based in Toronto. Her words have been edited for length and clarity. The Buy Canadian movement certainly ebbs and flows. But right now I’m blown away…
New York wants to win back Canadian tourists with over 100 travel deals amid Trump’s trade war: ‘Our message is one of love’
New York has a message for Canadian tourists who might be rethinking their trips to the US: “We’re lucky to have neighbors like you!” The Empire State is particularly exposed to a decline in Canadian tourism as President Donald Trump’s proposed 50% tariffs and calls to make Canada America’s 51st…
Dolly Parton loved to cook. Here are her best tricks for fluffier eggs, better cornbread, and more.
After I interviewed Dolly Parton for the first time, I made her cornbread for my family. It was the first thing my dad mentioned when I shared the news that she had died on Tuesday. “I remember her cornbread,” he replied. “Food brings back good memories with people.” Maybe that’s why I’ve spent the…
One chart shows how much more data center jobs pay than other gigs
Working as a manager or engineer for a data center can pay off. A recent Indeed Hiring Lab post about the data center job market showed that data center roles typically pay better than their counterparts in similar non-data center jobs. There can be work-life trade-offs, such as working nights or…
Australia’s social media ban for teens is going, uh, pretty badly
Imagine for a moment that you’re an Australian 14-year-old (if you are an Australian 14-year-old, well, thank you for reading Business Insider, first of all. You can skip ahead). Life is already hard enough — your toilets flush the other way, and there’s that whole cane toad problem. But worst of…
What leaders can learn from Mark Carney’s approach to trade negotiations with Trump
Mark Carney is facing a challenge familiar to many company leaders: how to deal with a more powerful partner you can’t afford to lose. The Canadian prime minister is in a trade fight with US President Donald Trump. Though Carney lacks the upper hand because Canada depends more on access to the US…
I replaced doomscrolling with one tiny habit. After 30 days, my screen time was down 44%, and I was way less anxious.
For a long time, I’ve been acutely aware that doomscrolling was making me anxious. But still, constantly scrolling through all sorts of distressing content on my phone was a habit I couldn’t seem to break. Whether I was waiting in line at my local coffeeshop or unwinding in bed at night, I found…
Canadian tourists are avoiding the US. These 15 states could feel the loss the most.
Canadians aren’t visiting the US as much as they used to since President Donald Trump’s return to the Oval Office in 2025. His presidency has focused on aggressive trade policies, heavy US tariffs on Canadian goods, and rhetoric on turning the northern country into a US state. Trade tensions…
This startup sold Wall Street on AI. Its existential challenge is doing it again.
Hebbia helped popularize AI for Wall Street. Now it’s trying to stay ahead of the companies chasing the massive opportunity. The startup, one of the earliest companies to use AI to analyze large collections of financial documents, is overhauling its flagship product as larger rivals like Harvey and…
Everyone says software is dead. SaaS startup Linear just doubled its valuation to $2.5 billion.
Artificial intelligence was supposed to kill software-as-a-service. Linear didn’t get the memo. The startup behind a popular product management tool has doubled its valuation to $2.5 billion and surpassed $100 million in annual recurring revenue, defying the ongoing narrative that AI will make…