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Four years after taking over as CEO, Andy Jassy has made his mark on Amazon, ⁦‪Eugene Kim‬⁩ reports: "We want to operate the world's largest startup at our size." www.businessinsider.com/inside-amazo...
Inside Amazon's 'hardcore' culture reset
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy is yanking the company back to its roots, from RTO to monitoring employee phone use
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September 2, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Boomers had Apple, Millennials had Facebook. Gen Z investors are missing their generation-defining opportunity.
Terrific story by Rebecca Torrence, with interesting perspective from a Boomer and a Zoomer - @profgalloway.com and his Prof G co-host Ed Elson
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Gen Zers are getting the worst kind of investing FOMO
The hottest tech stocks are only trading behind closed doors. Gen Z wants in.
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August 12, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Is the answer to endless scrolling... a less cool phone?
@juliapug.bsky.social on the surging interest in the Light Phone and the new 'Appstinence' movement www.businessinsider.com/appstinence-...
Is America headed for an age of dumb phones?
Tech lovers are trading in their smartphones for dumb phones and embracing 'appstinence'
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May 19, 2025 at 12:14 PM
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For @businessinsider.com, I wrote about why I'm worried Millenials like me won't be able to achieve a secure #retirement.

Retirement planning assume the economy will grow as it has over the past decades, but the future seems riskier than ever.
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Why our most basic assumptions about retirement may not add up
As a millennial, my dream is to eventually retire like my boomer parents. I'm skeptical I ever will.
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May 4, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Stan Lee called her his “greatest creation.” Now JC Lee is on a quest to reclaim his empire — and live up to his legend. Your #sundayread from Jason Guerrasio

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The marvelous, tormented life of Stan Lee's 'greatest creation'
Stan Lee called her his "greatest creation." Now JC Lee is on a quest to reclaim his empire — and live up to his legend.
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April 13, 2025 at 1:04 PM
"I've never felt this at peace on a plane before"
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How I learned to love the middle seat in economy
ASMR helped me survive a red-eye flight in economy. Then it saved my honeymoon.
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April 11, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Trump’s cuts are alarming the MAHA faithful.
They hoped RFK Jr. would help their kids with autism. Then the cuts began, by @GabbyLandsverk
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Trump cuts are alarming the MAHA faithful
They hoped RFK Jr.'s Make America Healthy Again push would help their kids with autism. Then the DOGE cuts started to kick in.
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April 10, 2025 at 1:20 PM
The Great IPO Depression is bad news for everyone. There's less incentive to innovate and take risks. Mom-and-pop investors have fewer chances to strike it big with the next Facebook or Airbnb. Smart analysis from
@dakincampbell.bsky.social, Rebecca Torrence
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The latest victim of Trump's tariffs: IPOs
Tech companies like Klarna and StubHub were set to make their stock market debuts. Instead, IPOs are the latest victim of Trump's tariffs.
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April 7, 2025 at 2:15 PM
What's Harvard's strategy as Trump targets elite universities with massive funding cuts?
As @davelevinthal.bsky.social reports:
Hire the top MAGA-friendly lobbyists Curry favor w Trump loyalists Strength in Numbers: Team up w red-state schools
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'This is a crisis': inside Harvard's high-stakes strategy to fend off Trump
How Harvard University is gearing up to fend off President Trump's threat to slash its federal funding.
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March 13, 2025 at 1:18 PM
"How many businesses does he need to hear from before he's like, 'Crap, I really am going to paralyze the entire US labor market if I do this'?"

@davelevinthal.bsky.social on corporate America scrambling to stop Trump's mass deportation plans www.businessinsider.com/immigration-...
Behind the scenes, corporate America is scrambling to stop Trump's deportation plans
Inside the stealth lobbying campaign by big business to change Trump's mind on immigration
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February 10, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Silicon Valley's hot new buzzword: High agency, by Dan Latu www.businessinsider.com/high-agency-...
Why everyone suddenly wants to be seen as 'high agency'
Move over, "disruptors." Everyone wants to be seen as "high agency" now.
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February 6, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Hey everyone, the mall is cool again!
Story by Aaron Short and art by Pedro Nekoi www.businessinsider.com/how-malls-be...
Gen Z is turning into big-time mallrats
Zoomers were raised on online shopping. So how did they become a generation of IRL mallrats?
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January 23, 2025 at 4:44 PM
The Gospel of the Good Birth: It's hard enough to be a parent. Now you're expected to 'optimize' the birth experience
by Amelia Harnish www.businessinsider.com/everyone-is-...
The pressure to be a perfect parent now extends to childbirth
I wanted my baby's birth to be perfect. My obsession almost drove me nuts.
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January 5, 2025 at 8:20 PM
The cursed inheritance
#sundayread by @MatthewEBremner
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Their mother inherited a priceless archive. The battle to control it tore the family apart.
An imprisoned duchess, a palace showdown, and a death-bed wedding: inside the bitter battle over a priceless historical treasure.
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December 15, 2024 at 3:19 PM
Two brothers created the Yeti cooler. Then their partner was murdered.
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Two brothers created the Yeti cooler. Then their partner was murdered.
From Texas to the Philippines: the unsolved murder behind the founding of Yeti.
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December 1, 2024 at 2:17 PM
They got $6,000 or more in no-strings-attached Basic Income.

The money went to groceries, gas. A new mom extended her maternity leave. An ex-convict started therapy. A dad was able to spend less time on side hustles and took up camping with his kids.

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Does basic income work? We spoke to 8 families who got it.
The latest news from Business Insider
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November 25, 2024 at 2:48 PM
Never before has the geographic center of power shifted so dramatically with the arrival of a new administration, @davelevinthal reports from Washington www.businessinsider.com/inside-trump...
'It's Trump 5.0': Lobbyists reveal how Trump is changing the influence game
K Street lobbyists are flocking to Florida, as the nexus of power under Donald Trump shifts from Washington to Palm Beach.
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November 25, 2024 at 12:33 PM
"It's true, you can buy a château in France for nothing. There's a reason for that: because nobody wants them!"

That is, the French don't want them. Americans very much do.

Lovely #sundayread from Astrid Landon

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The French are selling their châteaus for cheap. Americans are discovering why.
Americans see French châteaus as money makers. Turns out they're money pits.
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November 24, 2024 at 5:27 PM