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This as-told-to-essay is based on a conversation with Shaun Chavis, 58, who is based in Baltimore. It has been edited for length and clarity.Since being laid off last June, I’ve applied for over 100 jobs, and I’m completely boggled by the responses I’ve received — or rather, the lack of…
After spending two months watching women and girls fetch water from the village tap and then walk home with the enormous containers balanced on their heads, I had become increasingly determined to try to help with this daily task. I had admired the women’s strength before, but as my neck…
You can call me a dork, but working in public radio was my dream as a teenager — and the hours I spent mapping out my career path and building up my résumé paid off by the time I was an adult.After graduating from college in 2019, I interned at…
The data is in, and last year presents an economic conundrum: Overall growth was relatively strong, but job growth was virtually nonexistent. It bodes ill for the gap between the rich and everyone else.Newly released data showed the US economy grew 2.2% in 2025. That’s a respectable pace, although cooler…
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Looking aheadThe data center boom crept up on America, and we were ready. Business Insider jumped on the topic nearly two years ago, and this past week we won a George Polk Award for our work, which included a first-of-its-kind interactive map of data centers across the country and a…
$75,300 can buy you a lot: a brand new Porsche, a gold Rolex, and, in New York City, one year of kindergarten.As the city’s affordability crisis deepens, the cost of everything from a slice of pizza to private school has risen to new heights.Avenues: The World School, a 14-year-old school…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Marc Bowker, owner of Alter Ego Comics, a comic book shop in Lima, Ohio, after the Supreme Court overturned some of President Donald Trump’s tariffs. This story has been edited for length a clarity.My first reaction to the Supreme Court decision…
2026-02-19T14:34:01.222Z Share Copy link Email Facebook WhatsApp X LinkedIn Bluesky Threads lighning bolt icon An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link Save Saved Read in app This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Have an account? Log…
When Amazon tried to charge my business account $288.56 last month, the payment didn’t go through. Instead, I got an “insufficient funds” notification on my phone.Turns out, it’s expensive to let inventory — especially “aged inventory” — sit in an Amazon warehouse.The “aged inventory surcharge” quite literally bled my business…
