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[ad_1] 2025-09-27T11:24:01Z 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. Starbucks on Thursday announced it would close 1% — more than 100 — of its North American stores. The announcement didn’t specify which locations would close, so Business Insider started a list. Starbucks said in a statement that it is grateful to the communities its coffeehouses have built. When…

[ad_1] As I approached the spring semester of my senior year of college, the realization that this journey of college would soon be ending sank in.It was time to start turning in my textbooks, submit my senior thesis, and say goodbye to the life I’d known for the past four years.It also meant I needed to find a full-time job. I was extremely fortunate that I did not have to search for a full-time job because former employers offered me a position in March of my senior year.I had worked at the company before and was offered a management position…

[ad_1] Arko Chattopadhyay, a CEO and cofounder, is planning to hire up to 10 employees in the next year for his Bay Area-based AI startup, Pipeshift.The recent H-1B visa fee increase hasn’t changed those plans, Chattopadhyay, who goes by the name Arko C professionally, told Business Insider.Last Friday, President Donald Trump signed an executive order raising H-1B visa application fees to $100,000. The visa program has become a mainstay of the tech industry, allowing companies to hire highly skilled workers, like engineers, from abroad.News of the $100,000 price tag rocked tech circles, with some founders warning that it would stifle…

[ad_1] Quentin Peccoux vibe codes every day. He’s one of seven full-time employees at an AI-powered startup. Initially, he feared the technology would replace him. Now, he says it “feels like a superpower.”He’s not alone in boasting about AI’s impact. Shivam Sagar, one of nine full-time employees at another company, said that AI agents can do the work of two to three additional engineers. The productivity boost is invigorating, but work-life balance is still tough to achieve — for his first six months in the job, he felt like all he did was eat, sleep, and code.For better or worse,…

[ad_1] This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Karen Lee-Coss, 53, who lives in North Carolina. The mom of two teenagers takes care of her 78-year-old mom and took care of her dad before he died. The following has been edited for length and clarity.Caregiving for a parent is a lot like being a parent yourself. Even if you do send your children to day care or someone comes into the home to help, you’re still always on 24 hours a day.I’ve been a full-time employee at a medical device company for eight years and have been caring for my…

[ad_1] The higher price tag for coveted H-1B visas might drive up employers’ costs, but not necessarily their appetite for US workers.That’s one possible result of the Trump administration’s recent decision to raise the cost of these special visas, meant for skilled workers that employers can’t find in the US, to $100,000, researchers who study the issue told Business Insider.Faced with higher costs to bring in foreign workers, some US firms could look overseas for remote workers before they turn to domestic ones. That wouldn’t be great news for the US job market.On top of that, if the overall US…

[ad_1] Germany Wants to Compete in the AI Arms Race at Axel Springer Summit – Business Insider Business Insider 2025-09-27T09:00:01Z 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. I flew 2,950 miles to Berlin for the Welt AI Summit — two days of discussions on the future of AI. OpenAI’s Sam Altman, Palantir’s Alex Karp, and the head…

[ad_1] Tay Ladd watched “The Gilded Age,” so she gets the old money vs. new money divide.The debate might be as old as New York. The TV show’s characters covet storied old townhouses, while contemporary buildings are considered gauche.Ladd knows what side she’s on. She prefers a newer “luxury” apartment building filled with communal amenities, like fitness classes or spas, that classic pre-war apartment buildings almost never have.And at least in New York City, the economics have flipped as well. Newly built housing is seeing slower rent growth than the pre-war apartments that have long dominated the city’s rental inventory.”It…

[ad_1] New York financier Howard Rubin was arraigned on Friday afternoon and held without bail on charges of sex trafficking.In a 10-count indictment, the Department of Justice has accused Rubin and his personal assistant, Jennifer Powers, of transporting women to a “sex dungeon” in a New York penthouse to engage in various commercial sex acts with Rubin.Rubin pleaded not guilty to the charges. A lawyer for Rubin did not immediately respond to requests for comment from Business Insider.John Marzulli, a spokesperson for the prosecution, told Business Insider that Magistrate Judge Kuo rejected Rubin’s bail application — release on a $25…

[ad_1] 2025-09-26T21:53:05Z 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. Trump calls for the firing of Microsoft’s Lisa Monaco and said it’s over national security concerns. Monaco is a Biden-era deputy attorney general and joined Microsoft as head of Global Affairs in June. Microsoft recently cut some AI and cloud services to Israel’s military amid privacy concerns. President…