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Only 49 songs have stayed at No. 1 on the chart for 10 weeks or more — here they all are
More than three decades after its release, “All I Want for Christmas Is You” returned to No. 1 in December 2022 for its milestone 10th week on top of the chart. The holiday hit became Carey’s third song to earn double-digit weeks atop the Hot 100, making her the third artist and first woman ever
5 Car Brands That Will Bleed Your Wallet Dry — and 3 You Should Buy Instead
The new car you sign for tomorrow could cost you $50,000 in lost value before your loan is even paid off. That isn’t a worst-case scenario. For some of America’s most popular brands, it’s the average outcome. The average new vehicle now loses about 41.8% of its value over five years, according to a…
She left Bank of America to start a fragrance brand with $300. Last year, it made $21 million.
Back in 2018, Maekaeda Gibbons was a loan officer at Bank of America, spending her days evaluating other people’s finances. She had a problem: an expensive taste in perfume that didn’t match a loan officer’s salary. So she started experimenting with her own versions of pricier scents, with no real…
Microsoft’s CEO is putting Brad Smith in charge of communications, memo shows
Microsoft’s CEO Satya Nadella has a new plan for who will oversee the company’s public announcements, according to an internal memo viewed by Business Insider. President Brad Smith will be in charge of the company’s communications department, previously overseen by Chief Marketing Officer Takeshi…
Silicon Valley’s new fashion icon: Alexandr Wang and his camo t-shirt
Move over Alexander Wang — it’s Alexandr Wang (with only one “e”) whose fashion choices are generating buzz online. The Meta exec, fresh off the runaway popularity of the Muse AI agent, is the guy Mark Zuckerberg effectively spent $15 billion to hire last year. And he dressed for the occasion…
The states where adults without bachelor’s degrees earn the most — and the least
The cost of attending college across the US continues to drastically rise. For many Americans, the decision to pursue a four-year degree is as much a financial calculation as an academic one. A recent study about the earnings outcomes of different fields reignited an ongoing conversation about the…
Are Home Insurance Companies Profiting Unreasonably From Disaster and Distress?
The Los Angeles wildfires that opened 2025 were the costliest insured wildfire event on record, with about $40 billion in insured losses, according to Swiss Re. The same year, U.S. property and casualty insurers posted a $60.9 billion underwriting profit, nearly triple the year before, according to…
Russia is unlikely to break through in Ukraine, but risks to NATO are rising, Western intel warns
Russia is unlikely to see a notable breakthrough on the battlefield in Ukraine within the coming months, but it poses a growing risk to NATO, according to a new Western intelligence assessment. “There is no prospect of Russia achieving any major breakthroughs in the war against Ukraine over the…
Mark Zuckerberg says Meta was working on camera-free Ray-Bans before ‘pervert glasses’ backlash
Don’t think Meta made a camera-free version of its AI Ray-Bans just because of the unpleasant fact that people have been calling the camera versions “pervert glasses.” Mark Zuckerberg says they’ve long been in the works. Meta just added an audio-only pair to its lineup of smart glasses. The new…
Analysis Exposes a Relentless Layoff Trend Across American Tech Companies
Editor’s Note: This story originally appeared on Zety.com. Layoffs in recent years often didn’t end after the first round. Drawing on publicly reported data from Layoffs.fyi, Zety’s latest Repeat Layoff Index tracked U.S.-based tech companies that announced job cuts between 2023 and 2025 and…