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I Started a 529 College Plan for My Son, Even Though Money Is Tight

In 2021, my husband and I were only one year into postgraduate life and very new to marriage. At the time, our financial literacy left a lot to be desired, and being new parents only complicated all of this.As our son grew month after month, we started thinking more seriously about…

Rejected Twice by Microsoft, He Built a Plan and Finally Got the Job

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Adit Sheth, a senior software engineer at Microsoft. Business Insider has verified his employment. This interview has been edited for length and clarity.While completing my master’s in computer science at the University of Texas at Dallas in 2016, I had an…

Amazon Employees Criticize CEO Jassy’s AI-Driven Job Cutting Plan

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy told employees Tuesday that AI will shrink the company’s corporate white-collar workforce over the next few years, citing “efficiency gains” as the driving force.Amazon employees weren’t having it.Across internal Slack channels, Amazon’s white-collar workers tore into Jassy’s message, taking aim at his leadership and unapologetic push…

How to Talk to Your Children About Your Estate Plan and Will, From CMO

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Casey Cohen, the 53-year-old chief marketing officer of The Estate Registry in Las Vegas. It has been edited for length and clarity.I’m the chief marketing officer of The Estate Registry, where I lead efforts to streamline the management and protection of…

Trump’s Movie Tariff Plan Baffles Hollywood

There are many stories out right now about Donald Trump’s call for a “100% Tariff on any and all Movies coming into our Country that are produced in Foreign Lands.”But let’s give the concision award to Variety, which noted that Trump’s Sunday night announcement generated many questions in Hollywood, “starting…

Here’s Hegseth Plan to Remake the Army for the Next War

Less crewed helicopters, more cheap drone swarms. That’s just one of the directives listed in a memo from Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on sweeping changes to the US Army.Hegseth envisions a future Army in which drone swarms capable of overwhelming enemies replace crewed helicopters and augment the remainder of…