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[ad_1] I get mixed reactions every time I tell people I live in a retirement village. Some people just laugh it off because they don’t understand how I came to that decision. Some ask, “Isn’t that depressing?” while some family members initially thought I was way too young to live around seniors.I get it — it’s not typical to find a 30-something in a retirement village. But every Wednesday morning when I join my silver-haired neighbors for a game of bingo, I realize it’s the best decision I’ve ever made.After a break-up, I needed somewhere new to liveI’m a 38-year-old…

[ad_1] It hasn’t been an easy year so far for Jerome Powell. Unfortunately for the Fed chair, the second half is likely to be even tougher.Powell faces a unique set of circumstances. President Trump’s tariffs threaten to raise consumer prices; at the same time, the labor market is showing some signs of cooling off. The dual threat sets up an epic and delicate conundrum for Powell and the central bank as they go about setting policy, according to Robert L. Hetzel and Joseph E. Gagnon, two former Fed economists.The Fed has two mandates that can sometimes be at odds: keeping…

[ad_1] CNN  —  The European Union will delay the implementation of its trade countermeasures against the United States from Monday until early August to allow more time to negotiate a deal. At a news conference on Sunday, Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission, referenced the letter the United States sent to the bloc Saturday, which threatened to impose a 30% tariff on European goods exports on August 1 absent a trade agreement. “We will therefore also extend the suspension of our countermeasures till early August,” she said at the briefing in Brussels. “At the same time, we…

[ad_1] CNN  —  America’s plan to “re-industrialize” technology manufacturing is “exactly the right thing,” said Jensen Huang, CEO of the world’s leading AI chipmaker. In an interview with CNN’s Fareed Zakaria, Huang, who heads the Santa Clara, California-based Nvidia, said the United States should invest in manufacturing and is currently “missing that entire band in our industries.” “That passion, the skill, the craft of making things; the ability to make things is valuable for economic growth — it’s value for a stable society with people who can create a wonderful life and a wonderful career without having to get a…

[ad_1] Elon Musk’s xAI told workers to download employee tracking software on their personal computers, prompting privacy concerns — and one worker’s apparent resignation.The AI startup told the tutors who train its Grok chatbot earlier this month that they would be expected to download a workforce management system called Hubstaff, according to a document viewed by Business Insider.The tutors were initially asked to download the software onto their personal computers by July 11 if they did not have a company-issued device, according to the document and sources with knowledge of the issue that asked to speak anonymously as they were…

[ad_1] This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Jade Wilson, a 31-year-old senior software engineer at Microsoft, about being diagnosed with autism and ADHD. Business Insider has verified Wilson’s employment and diagnoses. The following has been edited for length and clarity.When I first started working at Microsoft as a software engineer in 2022, I didn’t know I was autistic or that I had ADHD. I just knew that I reacted to things differently.I was especially sensitive to noise. It was hard to sit still in meetings without fidgeting, and the office lights felt overstimulating. Making eye contact was…

[ad_1] This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Leo Robadey, a 44-year-old former customer success manager based in Denver, about taking a career break from his tech job in pursuit of a happier life. It’s been edited for length and clarity.During the pandemic, I turned 40 and really took stock of where I was in life. I’ve been in hustle culture mode for the last 15 years. I wasn’t dissatisfied with my career, but I started to feel the mounting need to slow down in life and not always be chasing that next step.Arthur Brooks, the Harvard social…

[ad_1] 2025-07-13T09:03:01Z Share Facebook Email X LinkedIn 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. Red Lobster is hoping its new seafood boils can help its business turnaround efforts. The restaurant chain recently launched affordable seafood boils that have become buzzy on social media. We visited a Red Lobster to try them out and thought the value was good for how much food we got. You…

[ad_1] Millennial dads yearn to split parenting duties with their spouses and balance their jobs while still keeping their heads screwed on. However, the quest for 50/50 isn’t always easy.As Business Insider’s Josie Cox wrote, millennial dads are trying to take a greater share of the responsibilities when it comes to parenting young kids. BI asked dads to weigh in on their experiences balancing childcare and work in an informal reader survey. In 48 hours, we received over two dozen responses from millennial dads across the country.Many of the dads who replied said they were somewhat able to balance parenthood…

[ad_1] New York CNN  —  Every piece of gold that Farzana Ghani owns holds a memory. She has intricate jewelry sets from her mother-in-law from her wedding in Pakistan; a gold chain gifted from her mother after she performed the Hajj, the Muslim pilgrimage; and gold coins to celebrate her daughter’s birth. And she will keep investing in gold, as prices for the metal reach record highs. “Compared to bonds and compared to holding cash, I would still prefer to buy gold coins,” Ghani, 56, of Miami, Florida, said. Brides in South Asia are famously decked out in the precious…