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[ad_1] Intuitive, a medtech giant with over 13,000 employees globally, says it is temporarily pausing offers to candidates who require H-1B visas.It’s a clear indication that the White House’s new $100,000 H-1B fee policy, announced less than a week ago, is having a real impact on tech hiring — and not just on cash-strapped startups.Intuitive, based in Sunnyvale, California, has a market cap of over $150 billion. It generated over $8 billion in revenue last year and is an S&P 500 member. It’s best known for its da Vinci robots, which perform minimally invasive surgeries.The company disclosed the new H-1B…

[ad_1] A new batch of documents from the estate of Jeffrey Epstein includes mentions of Elon Musk, Bill Gates, Peter Thiel, and Steve Bannon on what appear to be scheduling notes for the deceased pedophile financier.Business Insider hasn’t independently verified whether these meetings actually occurred. Representatives for Musk, Gates, Thiel, and Bannon didn’t immediately respond to requests for comment.On Friday, Democrats serving on the House Oversight Committee, which subpoenaed Epstein’s estate, published six pages from a tranche of documents the committee received.Several of those pages include emails that appear to be from one of Epstein’s assistants showing draft schedules for…

[ad_1] The stand-off between Disney’s ABC and local TV station owners Sinclair and Nexstar about Jimmy Kimmel is over.”Jimmy Kimmel Live!” will return to ABC affiliate stations controlled by Sinclair on Friday night after a nine-day pause, the company said on Friday afternoon.”Our objective throughout this process has been to ensure that programming remains accurate and engaging for the widest possible audience,” Sinclair said. “We take seriously our responsibility as local broadcasters to provide programming that serves the interests of our communities, while also honoring our obligations to air national network programming.”Nexstar also agreed to bring back Kimmel, according to…

[ad_1] 2025-09-26T20:44:15Z 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. TikTok is expected to sell its US assets to a consortium of investors, companies, and wealthy individuals. Trump listed Oracle’s Larry Ellison, Rupert Murdoch, and Michael Dell as involved in the deal. ByteDance, TikTok’s global parent, is expected to maintain a minority stake in the US business. Who’s…

[ad_1] TikTok is getting closer to spinning off its US business, and employees have questions about what that actually means for their jobs.On Thursday, President Donald Trump signed an executive order blessing the sale of TikTok US to an investor group. Two TikTok employees said they’d seen a link to the executive order posted internally, but as of Friday afternoon, no company-wide memos had followed.The situation has left some employees wondering who their ultimate boss would be if the deal goes forward and what would happen to their stock options in ByteDance, TikTok’s current parent company. Some ask: Could there…

[ad_1] 2025-09-26T19:41:28Z 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. Some spectators ditched their typical Friday workwear for flamboyant outfits at the Ryder Cup. Business Insider spotted many American flag overalls and suits among the swarms of golf polos. Trump showed up in white golf shoes and a suit without a tie. The Ryder Cup: immaculate greens, $28…

[ad_1] Silicon Valley flooded the news this week with headlines about wild AI infrastructure investments. Nvidia said it would invest up to $100 billion in OpenAI. Then OpenAI said it would build out five more Stargate AI data centers with Oracle and Softbank, adding gigawatts of new capacity online in the coming years. And it was later revealed that Oracle sold $18 billion in bonds to pay for these data centers. On their own, each deal is dizzying in scale. But in aggregate, we see how Silicon Valley is moving heaven and Earth to give OpenAI enough power to train…

[ad_1] YouTube Music is testing AI music hosts that provide relevant stories, fan trivia, and commentary about what you’re listening to, the company announced on Friday. The move comes two years after Spotify launched an AI DJ that delivers a curated selection of music alongside AI-powered spoken commentary about the tracks and artists you like. YouTube Music’s new feature builds on its ongoing experiments with conversational AI. In July, the service rolled out an AI conversational radio feature that lets users create a custom radio station by describing what they want to hear. YouTube Music’s new AI hosts are currently…

[ad_1] Updated 2025-09-26T18:35:50Z 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 moved from Wisconsin to New York City over 10 years ago. The Midwest still surprises me with its lower prices, larger stores, and emptier airports. The Midwest’s friendliness, passion for football, and strong accents also feel novel to me now. Since moving from Wisconsin to New…

[ad_1] Instead of the 60/40 portfolio, investors may want to consider a 25/25/25/25 portfolio to pick up some extra returns, according to Bank of America’s Michael Hartnett. The portfolio has outperformed the traditional allocation of 60% stocks and 40% bonds so far this year, as well as last year, he told CNBC. It consists of an equal division among stocks, bonds, cash and gold. “It is … a reminder to investors that even when the equity market is doing well, having your eggs in a few baskets can do just as well, if not better,” said Hartnett, chief investment strategist…