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Some big banks in Russia are reportedly getting ready to ask for an emergency bailout if their finances don’t improve over the next year.Executives in at least three of the country’s big banks have considered the risk that they may need to ask Russia’s central bank for a bailout in…
Jen Berrent helped WeWork navigate a thicket of leases and lawsuits. Now, she’s building a new kind of law firm using artificial intelligence to gut Big Law’s gravy train.Founded by two former general counsels and backed by $4 million in venture funding, Covenant is betting that private markets are ready…
This as-told-to essay is based on a transcribed conversation with Jay Jung, 28, a software engineer from San Francisco, about landing jobs in Big Tech. The following has been edited for length and clarity.During college, I found it hard to get internships.Since then, I’ve built my career as a software…
In the days before President Donald Trump’s April 2 tariff announcement sent markets tumbling, two of his top advisors sold off at least $1.3 million combined in stocks, averting potential losses.The trades, made by White House Deputy Chief of Staff Dan Scavino and White House Presidential Personnel Office Director Sergio…
NATO forces have seen noticeable improvements in anti-submarine operations in recent years, due in part to investments in more capable technology and surveillance platforms, a top US admiral told Business Insider on Wednesday.Adm. Stuart Munsch, the commander of US Naval Forces Europe-Africa, said that NATO has become increasingly involved and…
Tim Kennedy, a Green Beret, former MMA fighter, and a recognizable figure in today’s “Vet Bro” influencer culture, revealed this week that he had wrongly implied that he received a military award reserved only for battlefield bravery.The award in question, a Bronze Star, was instead bestowed for commendable work performance,…
US-made Patriots have emerged as Ukraine’s best protection against Russian missile attacks. However, the combat successes of these once-controversial air defense systems have also made the weapons top targets.Ukrainian air defenders got their first MIM-104 Patriot surface-to-air missile battery over two years ago, and since then, the US Army —…
Jeff Bezos is marrying Lauren Sánchez in an extravagant, star-studded ceremony in Venice this weekend — and their PR team will be limbering up for a hectic few days.”The average person has no idea just how layered the PR machinery is behind a celebrity mega-event like Bezos’ Venice wedding,” Mayah…
The massive 30,000-pound bunker-buster bombs dropped on Iran’s nuclear facilities over the weekend were developed to attack these kinds of targets, the top US general said Wednesday, revealing that the military spent a decade and a half closely studying Tehran’s most fortified site.Speaking to reporters at the Pentagon, Gen. Dan…
The top US general shared new details at a Pentagon briefing on how Patriot air defense systems shot down Iran’s missile strikes on Monday.”We believe that this is the largest single Patriot engagement in US military history,” Gen. Dan ‘Razin’ Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said Thursday…
