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A teenager in Nigeria just won an international award for using recycled materials to transform a trash-dumping ground into a park with a playground, and she’s not stopping there.On Wednesday, 17-year-old Amara Nwuneli was awarded $12,500 in the 2025 Earth Prize competition, which casts a worldwide net for teenagers working…
Updated 2025-03-25T17:21:47Z This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Have an account? Log in. Ryugyong Hotel in Pyongyang, North Korea, is one of the tallest unoccupied buildings in the world. Construction on the “Hotel of Doom” began in 1987 and has…
Temu is hiring from Amazon and Walmart to recruit US sellers.Temu continues to hire business development managers to entice brands to sign up.The company aims to expand its US seller base as it faces the potential end of de minimis shipping.Temu has been hiring employees from e-commerce incumbents like Amazon…
Billionaire Ken Griffin bought a duplex in Manhattan for $45 million.Griffin owns over a quarter billion of real estate in New York City alone.The seller, Julia Koch, had been trying to sell the condo for three years.Hedgefund manager and billionaire Ken Griffin continues his real-estate conquest after buying a historically…
The outsize returns VCs depend on might be out of reach through healthcare M&A this year.VCs told BI they don’t see much appetite for big deals among healthcare’s historical mega-buyers.Healthcare startups looking to sell may have to settle for lower prices from their peers.Healthcare startups are hoping for more M&A…
I watched my mother stretch every dollar, so I learned how to build real wealth.I built a career in finance, learning to grow my money over time.I now ensure my kids don’t worry about their salaries that much and instead save and invest.I can still picture my mother sitting at…
