buying

Why Americans Are Buying Vacation Rentals in Italy

Every time Laurie DeRiu visited her father-in-law in Sardinia, she left enamored by the Italian island’s beauty and relaxed atmosphere.”It’s a totally different quality of life there,” DeRiu, 60, told Business Insider. “It’s not at all the hustle and bustle that happens, especially in the northeast.”Though she fantasized about someday…

Buying a House With My in-Laws Has Provided Stability

We were just past our first year of marriage when my husband’s parents opened up to us about their cognitive decline. They told us they had two options: move into a nursing home, or live with us.They did their research, letting us know that if they were able to get…

Buying a Home Is Hard — Even If You Work for Zillow

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Orphe Divounguy, a senior economist at Zillow. In April, Divounguy purchased a home in Raleigh, North Carolina. The conversation has been edited for length and clarity.I’ve been with Zillow for almost three years. As a senior economist, I provide internal and…

Sundar Pichai Said Google Debated Buying Netflix ‘Super Intensely’

Sundar Pichai said he still wonders about some decisions Google has made — one of them being that the company never acquired Netflix.The Google CEO gave a wide-ranging interview on the “All-In Podcast,” which posted Friday. At the end of the talk, host David Friedberg, a former Googler himself, asked…

Inside the Post-Liberation Day Buying Spree at Apollo

Apollo Global Management, known for its nonbank loans, is on a buying spree — but not where you might think.Since Trump’s tariff wars have wreaked havoc on stocks and bonds, the alternative asset manager has been busy putting its excess cash to work, Mark Rowan, the company’s CEO, said in…