Finance
I turned my Manhattan stoop into an art project. It brought my neighborhood together.
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Kristi Hemric. It has been edited for length and clarity. I had always dreamed of buying a townhouse in Manhattan, and when I did, I knew I had to decorate my stoop. I’m from Dallas, and everyone decorates the front of their houses for every…
Elon Musk finally has Warren Buffett as a shareholder — sort of
Elon Musk has wanted Warren Buffett as a shareholder for years. His wish has finally come true, in a sense. As of June 30, Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway indirectly owned about 0.04% of SpaceX, a stake worth over $800 million, according to Business Insider’s calculations. This “look-through stake”…
The US Army is asking around to see who can supply hard-to-find parts for Ukraine’s Bradleys
The US Army is taking stock of industry’s ability to source rare or obsolete parts needed to keep Ukraine’s Bradley infantry fighting vehicles running, according to a recently posted notice. The M2 Bradley, an armored combat vehicle, first entered service with the US military in the 1980s and has…
A 39-year-old fitness coach mistook her colon cancer symptoms for IBS
From a very young age, Danni Duncan struggled with IBS symptoms. “I remember being maybe around 5 or 6 and really being in so much pain, literally on my hands and knees in the bathroom,” Duncan, 40, told Business Insider. She was put on elimination diets throughout primary school and diagnosed with…
Italy with my in-laws meant late starts and tricky meals. Then we got a week to ourselves.
When my husband, brother-in-law, and I were invited to our mutual friend’s destination wedding in Tuscany, we promptly RSVP’d “yes!” My husband, brother-in-law, and I all live in the United States, but my husband’s parents live in Belgium, so we don’t see them often. We invited my mother and…
At 69, we traded our empty-nester condo in the city for a much larger house in the suburbs
When my husband and I first became empty nesters more than 20 years ago, we moved from our suburban Maryland home to a two-bedroom condo in Arlington, Virginia. We hoped to make some new friends as we started this chapter of our lives. The city itself was fun, and the living environment was…
I returned to Australia after 5 years in New York City. Moving home has been harder than leaving.
When I moved from Australia to New York City in my mid-20s, I had no idea it would be the best five years of my life. I couldn’t have scripted my time living in the city if I’d tried. I’d lived through the COVID-19 pandemic, learned a lot about my professional craft in communications, and
3 execs who sold their company to Martin Sorrell’s S4 Capital are suing, alleging they’re owed millions
Three executives who sold their company to S4 Capital are suing the agency group helmed by advertising mogul Martin Sorrell, alleging it has withheld millions of dollars and shares owed to them. The former CitrusByte execs allege in the lawsuit that S4 engaged “in a campaign of obfuscation and…
Microsoft AI’s CMO is leaving as the company rethinks consumer marketing efforts
Microsoft AI’s chief marketing officer, Andréa Mallard, started transitioning out of her post about six months after being appointed to the role, Business Insider has learned. In an internal email, Microsoft announced that Mallard, who joined Microsoft’s AI unit from Pinterest in January, plans to…
Silicon Valley has a new insult for performative hustle posts: ‘grindslop’
Han Wang insists his intentions were pure. The 25-year-old cofounder of Mintlify is a prolific X poster, sending off his snippets of management philosophy to the platform’s techies. One of his essays fanned the flames of Silicon Valley’s hardcore workplace debate. He called it: “Remember to not…