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[ad_1] 2025-09-17T19:04:18Z 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. Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos advised young professionals to be dependable in their roles. He said the trait is becoming a “lost art” and there’s an “entitlement” among younger generations. Sarandos started off as a video store clerk and rose to co-CEO of Netflix. Ted Sarandos has a message…

[ad_1] Now that the Federal Reserve has started cutting rates again, investors may be on the hunt for new sources of income. The central bank lowered the federal funds borrowing rate by 25 basis points — or 0.25 percentage point — on Wednesday. As that rate decreases, yields on short-term assets like money market funds and Treasury bills will follow suit. There is currently a record $7.3 trillion in money market funds, according to the Investment Company Institute . “We are encouraging investors to consider locking in higher yields and to diversify away from excess cash and short-term fixed income…

[ad_1] Amid mass layoffs, leadership changes, and little company-wide communication, the new leader of the xAI team training Grok told workers this week they could “breathe a sigh of relief.”During a team-wide all-hands on September 15, the head of the data annotation team, Diego Pasini, told workers they would receive 10% raises, and that the company planned to expand the number of workers on the data annotation team to 10 times its current size. Data annotators train chatbots like Grok by rating responses and labeling content so the system learns to be more accurate and consistent.He also said that Elon…

[ad_1] Every asset class will be impacted by the Federal Reserve embarking on a rate-cutting cycle. That includes cryptocurrency, and especially Bitcoin , still the largest and most widely followed by a long shot. Even for investors who don’t trade or care about it, Bitcoin matters. Why? It has become a critical risky asset because of its strong positive correlation with the S & P 500 over the last several years. While they don’t always move in lockstep, it is rare for the two to diverge for long. At times, bitcoin leads; other times, the S & P 500 does. In 2025, BTC…

[ad_1] For Walmart, it’s a priority to quickly stock store shelves with the freshest food possible.In doing so, the nation’s largest grocery-store retailer can prevent food waste from eating into its profits, even in an industry known for thin margins.Yasemin Gunay, a managing director at Boston Consulting Group, told Business Insider that retailers and restaurants have historically planned their inventory levels based on their internal data, mostly based on past sales trend data.However, advancements in AI algorithms have allowed companies like Walmart to consider external factors, like changes to the weather or major sporting events. By more accurately anticipating demand,…

[ad_1] Some stocks stand to see outsized gains if, as expected, the Federal Reserve cuts interest rates Wednesday. The market is unanimous that the cost of short-term borrowing is set to decline. Interest rate futures traded on the CME Group are pricing in 100% odds that fed funds will decline by at least a quarter percentage point from their current 4.25% to 4.50%, according to its FedWatch tool. Given that, CNBC Pro used AI investing platform Reflexivity to screen for stocks that have historically rallied on the back of rate decreases by the central bank. CNBC Pro then sorted inside…

[ad_1] When I announced that my family was moving to Wisconsin, many friends and colleagues were surprised.I’m a journalist, and in my industry, choosing life outside certain major cities is still sometimes seen as an odd move, even with the prevalence of remote work.Moving to the Midwest from Los Angeles meant I would be potentially further away from networking and job opportunities. Plus, I’d only visited Wisconsin a few times.There were a few reasons this felt like the right decision, though. My husband’s parents lived in Milwaukee, and mine were in Ohio and Pennsylvania. We’d already been talking about living…

[ad_1] From stealth mode to center stage, Mach Industries is bringing AI into one of the world’s most complex and controversial sectors: defense. At TechCrunch Disrupt 2025, Ethan Thornton, CEO and founder of Mach Industries, steps onto the AI Stage to share what it takes to build in high-stakes environments where speed and autonomy matter most — and why next-gen infrastructure starts with rethinking the fundamentals. Inside the AI arms race — and the founder aiming to rewrite it Thornton launched Mach Industries out of MIT in 2023 with a bold mission: to build decentralized, next-generation defense technologies that safeguard…

[ad_1] Investors should consider investing in powersports and RV stocks in the event that the Federal Reserve cuts the federal funds rate at the conclusion of its two-day policy meeting on Wednesday, according to Citi. “Powersports/leisure vehicles have far and away been the biggest victims of the ‘higher-for-longer’ rate regime, and stand to gain the most in a falling rate environment,” analyst James Hardiman wrote in a note dated Tuesday. The analyst added that RV names like Thor Industries , Winnebago Industries and Camping World Holdings as well as boat names such as Brunswick Corp and MarineMax are “companies perceived…

[ad_1] Miami-based home builder Lennar looks to build upon its recent winning ways since bottoming in April. Shares had fallen as much as 47% from their September 2024 peak, but are starting to see their fortunes turn around. Interest rates play an integral role in their success and the anticipation of Fed rate cuts and a drop in mortgage rates has led to a nice rally. We will discover how much that rally continues after the Fed decision Wednesday afternoon and when it reports its individual results on Thursday after the bell. Shares have fallen after each of the last…