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[ad_1] In just two years, Hannah Sieczkowski, 24, went from dreading her job and living with her parents to landing a role she enjoys — and becoming a homeowner.In November 2023, Sieczkowski and her husband, Kyle, 27, purchased a $435,000 four-bedroom, 3.5-bath home in Woodstock, Georgia, a suburb north of Atlanta. A variety of financial factors made homeownership feasible, including their dual incomes. Together, they earn about $130,000 annually. She works as a vendor management specialist, and he’s a cybersecurity analyst.”We’re the only ones we know at our age that actually have a house,” Sieczkowski said. “It’s only by the…

[ad_1] Warren Buffett’s dealmaking made him a legend, but the breakup of Kraft Heinz marks one of his few missteps, the investor’s close followers say.Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway conglomerate partnered with Brazilian private equity firm 3G Capital to acquire Heinz for around $23 billion in 2013. Two years later, they teamed up again to merge Heinz with Kraft in a $40 billion deal.Buffett, a fast-food aficionado, called it “my kind of transaction,” adding that the combined company could “supply you Heinz ketchup or mustard to go with your Oscar Mayer hot dogs that come from the Kraft side. Add a Coke,…

[ad_1] 2025-09-04T05:58:58Z Share Facebook Email X LinkedIn Reddit Bluesky WhatsApp Copy link 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 in. Tesla released its robotaxi app for iOS users on Wednesday. The company said an Android version is “coming in the future.” Tesla’s robotaxi service is currently available in Austin and San Francisco. Tesla released an iOS app for its robotaxi service on Apple’s App Store on Wednesday.”Robotaxi app…

[ad_1] When I look back on 20 years across three continents, I’ve learned one truth: Some places make expat life easier than others.A decade ago, I was at what felt like the height of my career in South Africa as a magazine editor, yet I wasn’t fulfilled. The constant anxiety fueled by the crime rate was a heavy weight, and I had hit my professional ceiling.The moment of clarity came in 2014, on a night bus winding through rural Thailand during a vacation. I realized then that I needed to move abroad.But as many expats discover, working abroad isn’t always…

[ad_1] American Eagle is counting its controversial Sydney Sweeney ad as a win.CEO Jay Schottenstein said he considered the campaign a “success” as the company beat analyst expectations for the second quarter on Wednesday.The apparel brand said the “great jeans” marketing campaign starring Sweeney, launched in late July, has helped drive an “uptick in customer awareness, engagement, and comparable sales.””The iconic fall denim campaign with Sydney Sweeney confirms we are the American jeans brand,” Schottenstein said during Wednesday’s earnings call.American Eagle’s earnings rose 15% year over year to 45 cents per share during its second quarter that ended August 2,…

[ad_1] French AI startup Mistral AI is finalizing a €2 billion investment at a post-money valuation of $14 billion, reports Bloomberg, positioning the company as one of Europe’s most valuable tech startups. The two-year-old OpenAI rival, founded by former DeepMind and Meta researchers, develops open source language models and Le Chat, its AI chatbot built for European audiences. Mistral isn’t commenting on the report, but the round would represent Mistral’s first major raise since June 2024, when it was valued at €5.8 billion. The company has previously raised over €1 billion from prominent investors, including Andreessen Horowitz and General Catalyst.…

[ad_1] Scale AI, which helps tech companies prepare data to train their AI models, filed a lawsuit against one of its former sales employees and its rival Mercor on Wednesday. The suit claims the employee, who was hired by Mercor, “stole more than 100 confidential documents concerning Scale’s customer strategies and other proprietary information,” according to a copy seen by TechCrunch. Scale is suing Mercor for misappropriation of trade secrets and is suing the former employee, Eugene Ling, for breach of contract. The suit also claims the employee was trying to pitch Mercor to one of Scale’s largest customers before…

[ad_1] A Nebraska-based cleaning products firm announced a nearly $200 million move to build what’s being billed as the only “official” Dogecoin treasury company — and Elon Musk’s go-to attorney is heading up the effort.CleanCore Solutions on Tuesday issued a public statement naming Musk’s longtime personal attorney, Alex Spiro, as the chairman of its board of directors.The Dogecoin meme cryptocurrency has long been backed by Musk. Spiro, a partner at the New York office of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Wednesday.Spiro has helped Musk defeat a defamation lawsuit and worked…

[ad_1] Apple’s Siri overhaul may include an AI-powered web search tool with technology powered by Google’s Gemini, according to a new report from Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. The iPhone maker, which has been criticized for falling behind in the AI race, delayed its long-awaited Siri update until 2026. In the meantime, the company has been scrambling to determine whether its own AI models alone will work well enough to make its upgraded Siri competitive with the AI answer engines available today from tech companies like OpenAI, Perplexity, and Google. Per Bloomberg, Apple could be turning to Google for a solution to…

[ad_1] Lawyers for Donald Trump and Sundar Pichai have been in private negotiations for four months in hopes of resolving the president’s 2021 “de-platforming” lawsuit against YouTube and the CEO, Business Insider has confirmed — and now the judge is demanding a public update.In an order issued from Oakland late Tuesday, US District Court Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers told the parties to provide “a substantive plan” for resolving the lawsuit.The judge rejected the parties’ joint request for two more months to let negotiations play out before their next court appearance. Instead, she set an October 6 date for a public…