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[ad_1] President Donald Trump says the United States has found a buyer for TikTok.In an interview with Fox News that aired on Sunday, the president said the buyer was a group of “very wealthy people” that he would reveal in “about two weeks” — his favorite timeline.Trump added that he would “probably” need China’s approval for a sale to go ahead, but appeared confident that Chinese leader Xi Jinping would back it.Trump has stepped in three times so far to extend a deadline for TikTok’s Chinese owner, ByteDance, to find a new buyer or effectively cease operating in the United…

[ad_1] Last year, I quit my dream job to be a stay-at-home dad while my wife worked full time. It was the best decision for our family, and I’ve loved every minute of it.My wife has always been the primary breadwinner of the family, so we decided I could step back from my career to work part time as a freelance writer and — most importantly — take care of our two little ones, a 3-year-old girl and a 5-year-old boy.It has been challenging in ways I couldn’t have predicted, but I wouldn’t have it any other way.We spent years…

[ad_1] A sign sits in front of a McDonald’s restaurant on May 13, 2025 in Chicago, Illinois. Scott Olson | Getty ImagesThe S&P 500 rose to a fresh record on Friday, but macro uncertainties persist. Investors may want to consider dividend-paying stocks as a way to enhance returns in the event of choppy markets.Tracking the stock picks of top Wall Street analysts can help investors select attractive dividend stocks, given that these experts assign their ratings after an in-depth analysis of a company’s fundamentals and its ability to generate solid cash flows to consistently pay dividends.Here are three dividend-paying stocks, highlighted…

[ad_1] China essentially banned cryptocurrencies years ago. Now that pent-up demand is finding an outlet in Hong Kong markets as local regulators eye the potential of stablecoins. Hong Kong-traded shares of Guotai Junan International nearly tripled in price Wednesday after becoming the first mainland Chinese-backed securities brokerage to obtain a license for virtual currency trading in Hong Kong . So many mainland-based investors bought the Hong Kong-listed stock that Guotai’s total trading value ranked first on the exchange on Wednesday and Thursday, exceeding that of Alibaba, according to Wind Information. Guotai held onto second place on Friday, ceding the top…

[ad_1] Wall Street investors believe that Nvidia ‘s next rally to even higher highs is only a matter of time. The chipmaker ended last week by hitting fresh all-time highs three days in a row. But this bullish showing stands in contrast to the doubt that has hovered around the stock for much of the year. NVDA YTD mountain NVDA YTD chart Nvidia — alongside the other major semiconductor names — had a rough start to 2025, as fears around China export controls weighed heavily on sentiment. For most of the past year, shares have traded within a flat range…

[ad_1] Welcome back to our Sunday edition, where we round up some of our top stories and take you inside our newsroom. Want to know what a day in the life is like for the CEO of a superyacht firm? Anders Kurtén of Fraser Yachts told BI about his daily drive to Monaco and his nightly unwinding routine.On the agenda today:But first: One writer’s “vindication.”If this was forwarded to you, sign up here. Download Business Insider’s app here.This week’s dispatch Shutterstock; Emojipedia; BI Hot takesKatie Notopoulos is one of those people who articulates what you think before you quite realize…

[ad_1] Updated 2025-06-29T09:47:01Z 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. Declining foot traffic and rising e-commerce have led thousands of stores to permanently close. Former household names like Borders, Circuit City, and Blockbuster are now just retail history. BI rounded up dozens of once-beloved stores that no longer have a meaningful brick-and-mortar presence. Brick-and-mortar retail is a tough business.One day,…

[ad_1] Being let go from a job is not always a surprise. Sometimes, there are whispers before the door slams shut, small signs that your time is winding down. That’s how it was for me.In 2010, I was an academic counselor at a community college in Washington, DC. I had also volunteered to develop the tutoring center, believing I was stepping into a dream role. For over a decade, I’d worked in community education as a GED writing teacher, a tech training program manager, and an ESL teacher.I didn’t just help students pick a major — I asked them to…

[ad_1] In his 1986 book “Engines of Creation,” engineer K. Eric Drexler — often called the godfather of nanotechnology — made a prediction.”The coming era of molecular machines will mean the end of many limits: the limit of scarcity, the limit of slow development, the limit of ignorance enforced by the lack of tools,” he wrote.Reading those words a few years later, when he was 16, Matthew Putman started thinking.”Our bodies work as these little micro-machines where you have ribosomes and enzymes and things that are working and replicating and making things all the time, but our factories work the…

[ad_1] A year ago, Glenn Hopper was advising just a handful of company leaders on how to embed AI agents and tools like ChatGPT throughout their organizations. Today, the Memphis-based AI strategist has an extensive waitlist of C-suite executives seeking his help with those tasks and more.”This technology is moving so fast, the gap between what CEOs need to know and what they actually understand is massive,” said Hopper, a former finance chief and author of the 2024 book “AI Mastery for Finance Professionals: Foundations, Techniques, and Applications.” That’s why so many bosses are knocking on his door, he told…