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[ad_1] This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Kristina Bouweiri, owner of Reston Limousine. It has been edited for length and clarity.I never planned on being in the limousine industry. I thought I’d follow in my father’s footsteps and join the Foreign Service. I was born in Japan and spent 20 years living overseas because of his job. I studied international affairs in college, worked on women’s empowerment projects in Somalia, and planned to make an impact in the nonprofit world.But when I returned to the US, the only job I could find was 100% commission sales. One…

[ad_1] Tickets to space aren’t cheap — but Axiom Space is a company pricing its offerings at the decidedly high end of the industry.Its tickets, which cost roughly $70 million, are steep compared to other human spaceflight options offered by space tourism companies. For context, Blue Origin requires a $150,000 refundable deposit for a ticket to space, and auctioned off a ticket for $28 million. Virgin Galactic tickets were previously priced at $600,000, and are expected to go up.So why is Axiom’s offering priced so much higher?For starters, the destination is different. Unlike other human spaceflight missions, like Blue Origin’s…

[ad_1] New York CNN  —  US stocks were mixed on Monday and the S&P 500 approached an all-time high as trade talks between the US and China kicked off in London. The Dow fell 75 points. The broader S&P 500 was flat and the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite gained 0.15%. Stocks were relatively unchanged as investors monitored developments from the trade talks. The S&P 500 on Friday hit its highest level since February and was less than 2.4% away from hitting a new record high. The Dow, S&P 500 and Nasdaq are coming off of back-to-back weeks of gains. The US…

[ad_1] CNN  —  As federal agents prepared to fan out in Los Angeles for a controversial immigration crackdown, the officers were greeted by a familiar face: Dr. Phil McGraw. The television personality and his camera crew were embedded with US Immigration and Customs Enforcement when some of the raids took place on Friday. The footage is being incorporated into a special report on “Dr. Phil Primetime,” a program on McGraw’s conservative TV channel Merit TV, a spokesperson confirmed to CNN. McGraw’s presence on the ground in L.A. reinforces the made-for-TV nature of Trump’s immigration crackdown. Get Reliable Sources newsletter The…

[ad_1] Apple kicks off its Worldwide Developers Conference on Monday — traditionally an event where the company tries to woo developers, users, and Wall Street all at once.Maybe that will happen this time around. But only because expectations are so low: Apple is limping into this year beset with all kinds of problems, from many directions, and it’s not clear how it’s going to work its way out from them.Let’s get this part out of the way at the top: You, a normal person, are unlikely to care about anything Apple announces at WWDC this week.Two years ago, Apple used…

[ad_1] This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with David Risher, the 59-year-old CEO of Lyft based in San Francisco. It’s been edited for length and clarity.After I joined the board of Lyft four years ago, I was asked to apply to be CEO. At first, I said no, but the more I thought about it, the more excited I got.I wanted to bring the competitive spirit I learned at Microsoft, where I’d started my career and the customer obsession I’d learned from working with Jeff Bezos at Amazon, where I was a VP of product development. I also wanted to…

[ad_1] At a recent dinner for tech investors in San Francisco, venture capitalists discussed the usual industry gossip on deals before turning to a more nagging question: Who is behind the Arfur Rock X account?”The guessing game was certainly going on,” said Dylan Itzikowitz, a principal at South Park Commons who attended the dinner. “There are a lot of rumors about who he is.”Cloaked in anonymity, Rock is on a mission to bring more transparency to tech, as long it’s good news.Rock launched last year as a more serious, techie version of the popular Wall Street Litquidity account to serve…

[ad_1] Shaffan Mustafa was laid off for the first time in 2020. Four years later, in January 2024, the software engineer in Ohio was laid off again. Then, in September, he was let go from a contract job. “I wish I could say I didn’t have experience with layoffs, but unfortunately, I have a bit too much,” he tells me.The first time, he found it depressing. It took him 10 months of scouring job boards and hundreds of unanswered applications before he landed his next role at a local consulting company. The second time, says the 29-year-old, “I was still…

[ad_1] When people think of the Jersey Shore, the MTV reality show might come to mind. Gym, tan, laundry; fist pumping, and nightclubs. But a small beachside city is drawing a more chic crowd to the beaches of New Jersey, and redefining what the shore looks like in the process.Long Branch, New Jersey, which is an hour’s drive from Trenton and a similar distance from Manhattan, has largely kept its small-town charm. But a transformation is afoot, and sisters Jennifer and Michele Maybaum have seen it up close.”We’ve really seen the evolution of Long Branch going from a, you could…

[ad_1] New York CNN  —  Chipotle is tapping into America’s seemingly never-ending obsession with ranch dressing. Beginning June 17, the chain is permanently adding Adobo Ranch to its menu. The dip, a variation on classic ranch, is seasoned with adobo pepper, sour cream and other herbs and spices that Chipotle says will give its food a “craveable kick,” the company announced Monday. The addition of Adobo Ranch is the first time Chipotle has added a new dip in five years. In 2020, the chain rolled out a reformulated queso, which immediately boosted sales. The company is likely hoping for the…