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[ad_1] Bank of America highlighted a slate of stocks that have plenty of upside following quarterly reports. The firm said shares of companies like Microsoft still have room to run after earnings . Other buy-rated names include Delta Air Lines, Domino’s Pizza, Procter & Gamble and Levi Strauss. Delta Air Lines Shares of Delta are down 15% in 2025, but they’re too compelling to ignore, according to analyst Andrew Didora. He said he’s standing by the stock following the company’s latest earnings report . Delta continues to see robust strength in its premium services despite an uncertain consumer environment, Didora…

[ad_1] 2025-08-02T10:28:02Z 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. Pharrell Williams’ auction house sold $1 million worth of rare and collectible watches in July. The collection featured watches from brands like Rolex, Cartier, and Richard Mille. These are the five top-selling watches, which accounted for 70% of the sales. Pharrell Williams opened up a trove of watches…

[ad_1] This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Parrie Hartley, 30, who moved from Austin to Barcelona in February 2025. The conversation has been edited for length and clarity.I’m from a really small town outside of Houston, where there are not a lot of employment opportunities. I’ve always been a city girl at heart, so in 2020, after a brief stint living in Australia, I moved to Austin and started working in software sales.Austin’s tech scene is booming. Many, like big corporations, like Amazon, Tesla, and Meta, have opened offices there, bringing with them a lot of jobs.…

[ad_1] If you are a billionaire, you’re going to need a bigger boat — or at least want a bigger boat.Superyachts are an increasingly requisite status symbol for billionaires, providing highly secluded leisure and networking sites. They are — more so than real estate — the single most expensive asset you can own.”It’s a bit of a celebration of your success in life, of wealth,” Giovanna Vitelli, the chair of the Azimut Benetti Group, one of the biggest producers of superyachts, told Business Insider.As a marker of wealth, unofficial yachting rules say the bigger the richer. A 50-meter vessel is likely…

[ad_1] The latest job report confirms what many job seekers have been feeling: The market really is that bad.For those who have been applying to thousands of jobs or slogging through grueling interview rounds only to get passed over, the numbers aren’t likely surprising.”Things have ebbed and flowed,” Stephanie O’Neill, a job seeker based in Los Angeles who has been on the job hunt for 10 months, told Business Insider. “A couple months ago, it seemed like it was picking up, but it appears to be slowing down again.”The July jobs report revealed that 73,000 jobs were added in July,…

[ad_1] Harvey Mendelson is no stranger to reinvention.His career over the last six decades has pivoted from stockbrokering to real estate to car sales, with a few business launches along the way. Now, at 88, he’s discovered a new passion: photography.Mendelson, who lives in California, owns and runs a photo gallery and digital printing business at a local live theater. He displays his work and makes fliers for the theater. It doesn’t pay much, but he doesn’t need much, he said. He has no debt, and he said that while he’s not rich, the key to staying financially comfortable has…

[ad_1] This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Dianne Michels, 81, who works at Trader Joe’s in the Chicago area while developing a consulting and coaching business. She works to pay down her $70,000 in debt and fund the business, which she hopes will live on beyond her. This interview has been edited for length and clarity.Part of me never wants anybody to know how old I am because I don’t want them to treat me like I’m an old person. The way people in retirement are treated is like they’re no longer relevant.I started my career at…

[ad_1] 2025-08-02T09:11:01Z 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. Julissa Machado pivoted from recruiting to sales using creative job application tactics. She used visual decks instead of cover letters, aligning with company branding guidelines. This approach led to her hiring in a sales development role at a software company. This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation…

[ad_1] Summer internships on Wall Street are coming to a close, which means college students who toiled late at the desk for weeks trying to impress the boss will soon know whether it worked.The number of investment banking interns who are invited to return after graduation to work full-time varies by year, by bank, and by group. This summer, many factors stand to shake up the return-offer rate: M&A has come soaring back after a slow start to 2025. At the same time, more banks are rolling out artificial intelligence tools that stand to impact junior banker jobs.”At this point…

[ad_1] RTO can be a risky move.As companies across sectors, like Starbucks, Amazon, and Dell, have been calling employees back into the office, BI spoke to several workplace experts about the practice. They broadly agreed that when handled poorly, RTO can have a negative impact on your employees’ motivation, morale, and retention.”If you’re enacting an RTO, you have to be ready for worst-case scenarios that may damage your ability to compete, at least in the medium term,” Melissa Swift, who worked at Deloitte and Korn Ferry and now runs a workplace consultancy, told BI.However, not all RTOs are created equal,…