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[ad_1] 2025-07-03T09:30:02Z 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. Southern cities dominate RentCafe’s top 10 list for renters in the US. RentCafe analyzed housing affordability, local economies, and quality of life. The South claims 41 of the top 50 cities, highlighting cost of living advantages. Go South, young man.Well, if you’re a renter, you might want to at least consider…

[ad_1] CNN  —  Paramount Global is being hammered for bowing to presidential pressure and settling a lawsuit that it likely could have beaten in court. But this convoluted episode is really more about the plaintiff, President Trump, than about Paramount. “It is odd to call this a ‘settlement’ when the result of it is so unsettling,” veteran journalism professor Al Tompkins remarked. Employees at CBS News, which produces “60 Minutes,” feel the same way. “There is great fear about what comes next,” a CBS News staffer told CNN on condition of anonymity. Even though Trump’s “60 Minutes” lawsuit is now…

[ad_1] CNN  —  Every Fourth of July, thousands descend on the Coney Island boardwalk to watch the Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest. It’s the busiest day of the year for the Brooklyn neighborhood — and a boon to its businesses. For more than a century, New Yorkers have flocked to Coney Island for its holiday festivities, which culminate in a traditional fireworks display. There’s nearly three miles of beaches along the ocean as well as an amusement park that includes the nearly century-old Cyclone roller coaster, electric go-karts and arcades; minor-league baseball games; museums; and an aquarium. This year’s…

[ad_1] London CNN  —  Switching to a four-day work week can be good for the bottom line, according to the results of a new trial in the United Kingdom. For six months between last November and April, nearly 1,000 employees across 17 companies and other organizations worked a shorter week while retaining the same pay and workload. All the 17 entities have kept the shorter work week after the trial period, the 4 Day Week Foundation, a UK campaign group that organized the trial, said Thursday. It wasn’t only workers who reaped the benefits of a shorter week. Some organizations…

[ad_1] From taxes to student loan forgiveness, provisions in President Donald Trump’s “big beautiful bill” are one step closer to affecting Americans’ wallets.Earlier this week, the Senate narrowly passed its version of Trump’s expansive domestic agenda that would extend the president’s 2017 tax cuts and make key changes to the tax system, along with implementing significant changes to Medicaid and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.Now, House Republicans have to plot a way forward. They could accept the Senate’s changes to the legislation and send it to Trump’s desk, or make additional tweaks of their own. Trump has pressured Congress to…

[ad_1] What does the head of McKinsey & Company, one of the world’s most prestigious consulting firms, say is essential to leading high-performing teams?Humor.”A little levity — a joke at your own expense, a lighthearted moment — can go a long way toward building trust, breaking down barriers, and democratizing the team room,” Bob Sternfels, McKinsey’s global managing partner and chair of the firm’s board of directors, told Business Insider in a an email last month.Founded in 1926, McKinsey is approaching its 100th year in business. Sternfels, who was first elected by the firm’s senior partners to lead it in…

[ad_1] This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Jeremiah Peoples, a 28-year-old staff developer advocate at Slack in Austin. It’s been edited for length and clarity.I work in software engineering as a staff developer advocate without a college degree. After my first semester in Butler University’s computer science program, I dropped out and joined the military in May 2016.While in the military, I taught myself how to code. In February 2020, I started a six-month temporary duty assignment, similar to an apprenticeship, to build satellite applications.I was immediately reminded of how little I knew. After work, I felt…

[ad_1] A national security-focused VC fund, America’s Frontier Fund, is raising a large new fund, capitalizing on the sector’s support as the Trump administration rallies behind defense tech.The firm is raising up to $315 million for its first fund, called the Frontier Fund, according to a pitch deck viewed by Business Insider. In early 2023, the target for the fund was $500 million, per an SEC filing.The fund will consist of $140 million of private capital from limited partners and $175 million of government loans, according to the deck. The fundraise hasn’t closed yet, and the terms of the deal…

[ad_1] A Columbia grad who was one of Google’s youngest engineers and a serial entrepreneur who built hundreds of homes starting at age 16 have their sights set on disrupting the construction industry with AI.Roop Pal and Puneet Sukhija launched construction startup Bild AI in February and on Xday announced a $3.1 million seed round led by Khosla Ventures, with participation from Mission Street Capital, Ryan Sutton-Gee, and Ooshma Garg.Bild uses AI to read blueprints and estimate the materials and costs associated with a project. This is currently a timely and error-prone process done by hand, Pal said.The company, which…

[ad_1] New York City’s Democratic nominee for mayor, Zohran Mamdani, is running on some eye-catching promises. One of them is free public buses.Mamdani argues that ending fees on buses, whose 2 million daily riders are disproportionately low-income, would allow the system to move more people — and more quickly, while relieving financial strain on the neediest.It’s a controversial proposal with a tricky political path to implementation, one that a few US cities, such as Boston and Kansas City, have tried.Mamdani and other proponents point to New York City’s recent yearlong free bus pilot, which he pushed for as a state…