The economy has changed a lot in the first year of Trump's second term. Alex Wong/Getty Images Donald Trump just wrapped up the first year of his second term as president. Business Insider examined ho...
Getty Images; Tyler Le/BI For most Americans, every home purchase is a bit of a gamble. Is now the right time to jump into the market? Can I haggle on the price a bit more? What if mortgage rates drop...
Jerome Powell, a particularly mild-mannered speaker, slammed recent attempts to intimidate his department. Li Yuanqing/Xinhua via Getty Images The DOJ is probing Jerome Powell over his congressional t...
Georg Loewen (left) and Leslie Snipes (right) Georg Loewen (left), Leslie Snipes (right) Most Fortune 100 employees are under a return-to-office mandate. However, hybrid and off-the-record remote work...
Semafor CEO Justin Smith says his company hosted close to 100 events in 2025. His ambition is to build a Washington, DC-based event that's supposed to rivals the annual Davos gathering in Switzerland....
White House economic advisor Kevin Hassett (left) and former Fed Gov. Kevin Warsh are leading prediction market odds for the likehood of becoming President Donald Trump's pick to lead the Federal Rese...
Michela Allocca is the founder of Break Your Budget. Courtesy of Michela Allocca Michela Allocca grew Break Your Budget into a top personal finance brand on social media. She quadrupled her income by ...
Cartier is expected to keep gaining momentum in 2026. Yuriko Nakao/Getty Images First-time watch buyers are reshaping the luxury watch market with new purchasing trends in 2026. Younger consumers favo...
The author was laid off at age 58. Courtesy of the author Getting laid off at 58 forced me to confront what retiring comfortably really means. Chasing a "magic number" for retirement kept me w...
Middle managers are taking on more direct reports after the "Great Flattening." dowell/Getty Images The average number of reports for managers is increasing as the "Great Flattening" p...
Due to increased demand for hardware from AI data centers, 2026 was already going to suck for anyone looking to upgrade or build a gaming PC. Now it looks like things are getting even worse, as the RT...
It's been another big year for Netflix. Stranger Things, KPop Demon Hunters, Frankenstein, Wake Up Dead Man, and a lot more kept audiences glued to the streaming service in spite of price increases an...
Lego Pokémon's Venusaur, Charizard, and Blastoise set. The Lego Group Lego released its first-ever Pokémon set this month. The presale allocation sold out quickly, and it's already a popular target fo...
"This bill is a scam. It is not a congressional stock trading ban," Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez told Business Insider. Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images A GOP-backed bill to cu...
The short-term outlook doesn't bode well for the GPU market. Hardware Unboxed recently announced that the GeForce RTX 5070 Ti graphics card may have just hit end-of-life status, since major board part...
Meta is laying off around 10% of staff at its Reality Labs division as part of sweeping cuts set to affect more than 1,000 people. This includes the closure of a number of VR-first studios, such as Tw...
Eryn Bostwick, 37, is delaying having kids because of her student loan debt. Courtesy of Eryn Bostwick Eryn Bostwick, 37, is postponing having kids due to her student-loan debt. As a first-generation ...
Consumers are spending more than ever on mobile apps. Anusak Laowilas/NurPhoto via Getty Images The "year of mobile" may finally be upon us. Mobile adtech firm Liftoff filed to go public this ...
Martin Luther King Jr. fought for both racial and economic equality. Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images Martin Luther King Jr. fought for both racial and economic equality during his life. He argued f...
The ripple effects from the RAM shortage have already been resonating throughout the PC industry. Nvidia wants to scale back on its lower priced video cards that are equipped with a large amount of VR...