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For years, Kristy Shen and her husband, Bryce Leung, chased the dream of homeownership. Loading audio narration… “We were desperately trying to buy a house,” Shen told Business Insider.Having grown up in poverty in China, she was initially more comfortable putting money into a home than into the stock market.”My…

“Hey, I’m Bobby from Gas Index, I’m an AI. What’s regular goin’ for today?” Loading audio narration… “Say it again?” an attendant from Manhattan responded — before telling the bot the sign above the station was flashing a $3.89 price for a gallon of regular.”Perfect, thanks,” Bobby said before hanging…

In 2018, Josette Chang and Alexander Nathanson bought an apartment together in Midtown East. Loading audio narration… Chang had been renting in Manhattan since moving there for graduate school, and was tired of the annual rent hikes.”Every year you get a letter from your landlord telling you how much more…

Karen and Bob Carifee, a married couple from Texas, were sitting on the beach in Dubai watching the sunset on Saturday when they heard a loud noise and saw the luxury Fairmont hotel just across the water get hit, with black smoke billowing into the sky.”I’m like, ‘Are you kidding…