Warren Buffett, the CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, is retiring at the end of this year. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images R360's Barbara Goodstein says Berkshire Hathaway's coming shake-up is an opportunity for ...
Dub, a fintech startup that lets people copy influencers' stock trades, raised a $30 million Series A round in 2025. Dub The creator economy has captivated notable VCs' attention and checks. Some crea...
📋 Key Facts ✓ Ashley Archambault was a single mother for seven years, learning holiday budgeting during financially challenging times. ✓ ...
Russian President Vladimir Putin took questions on the war and the economy during his annual televised phone-in event. Contributor/Getty Images Most Russians expect the war with Ukraine to end in 2026...
Duolingo shuts down for two weeks every winter, and its CEO says the cost is worth it for real rest. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images Duolingo gives its staff two weeks off over the holidays, allowing emplo...
Tim Cook sporting a custom pair of Nike Vomero Plus sneakers at an Apple store reopening in Tokyo earlier this year. Apple Tim Cook bought $3 million in Nike shares, nearly doubling his stake in the c...
📋 Key Facts ✓ ByteDance plans 50% more global spending on incentives like bonuses and raises in 2026 for top performers. ✓ Bonuses incr...
Ivan Rodriguez Alba/Getty Images TikTokers have been debating two jobs: $120,000 for fully virtual work, or $240,000 for five days in-person. The debate between virtual, in-person, and hybrid work rag...
📋 Key Facts ✓ Caroline Pham served as acting chair of the CFTC. ✓ Monday marked Caroline Pham's last day at the regulator. ...
Crumpled up losing lottery tickets sit in a wastebasket at a liquor store in California. The Powerball jackpot has surpassed $1 billion. The next drawing is on Monday. Juliana Yamada/Los Angeles Times...
📋 Key Facts ✓ Strategy paused its streak of bitcoin purchases ✓ Added $748 million to its USD reserve ✓ Total f...
From left: Anthony Gutman, David Solomon, Jacqueline Arthur. Courtesy of Goldman Sachs 10 Goldman Sachs leaders shared their go-to book and podcast recommendations. Business Insider asked the CEO and ...
The time it takes to save for a home down payment fell to about seven years in 2025. TrongNguyen/Getty Images The time to save for a typical home down payment has dropped to seven years in 2025. While...
Thailand is one of the countries with an expected tourist tax increase in 2026. Planet One Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images Several destinations plan to raise or introduce tourism taxes ...
Tech leaders like Sundar Pichai, Mark Zuckerberg, and Elon Musk led a workforce efficiency crusade in 2025. Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images; Steve Granitz/FilmMagic The "efficiency" m...
📋 Key Facts ✓ Cantor Fitzgerald predicts a HYPE rally to $200 by 2035. ✓ DEX adoption and HIP-3 fuel the case for HYPE's growth. ...
AI could expand white-collar work by making complex tasks cheap enough to attempt, Box CEO Aaron Levie says. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Box CEO Aaron Levie says AI will increase, not reduce, white-c...
Blackstone is acquiring Hamilton Island, a vacation destination near the Great Barrier Reef. Steve Christo - Corbis/Corbis via Getty Images Blackstone is acquiring Hamilton Island, a resort destinatio...
Workers in six more states will see their minimum wages hit $15. Jeffrey Greenberg/Universal Images Group via Getty Images Nineteen states will raise their minimum wages in January, affecting over 8 m...
Brian Niccol has spent his first year as CEO of Starbucks making a series of changes, big and small, to improve operations at the coffee giant. Eugene Gologursky/Getty Images for Fast Company Brian Ni...