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One thing that might get workers to embrace AI? The 4-day workweek.

Working fewer days might help create buy-in among workers for adopting AI, authors of a book on the four-day workweek suggest. Drew Angerer/Getty Images Adopting a four-day workweek could boost employ...

1dBusiness InsiderTechnologyImpact

Bilt unveils credit cards with 10% interest rate for first year after Trump calls for cap

Bilt Rewards CEO Ankur Jain Taylor Hill/Getty Images Trump has called for a 10% cap on credit card interest rates. Bilt is rolling out a new suite of 3 credit cards offering 10% interest for the first...

18hBusiness InsidereconomicsImpact

Warren Buffett said he would have spent $100 billion without blinking — and cash is like 'oxygen' but 'not a good asset'

Warren Buffett is the CEO of Berkshire Hathaway. Nati Harnik/AP Warren Buffett didn't like Berkshire having so much cash and would have happily spent $100 billion. He compared cash to "oxygen"...

23hBusiness InsidereconomicsImpact

US inflation held steady at 2.7% in December

Figure meets expectations but experts warn of distorted data...

2dFinancial Timeseconomics

Brands that skimp on social media marketing do so at their own peril

Learning app Duolingo has 17 million followers on TikTok where its mascot Duo is a social-media celebrity. Isa Foltin/TikTok via Getty Images Social media is more important than ever for US retail sit...

21hBusiness Insidereconomics

From humanoid robots to agentic AI, I learned what retail insiders are buzzing about at a major industry conference

I went to NRF 2026. Jordan Hart/Business Insider AI dominated this week's discussions at Retail's Big Show, a leading industry conference. I attended for the first time and saw retail leaders showcase...

1dBusiness InsiderTechnology

IMF presses governments to step up support for workers displaced by AI

Analysis finds evidence of the technology hitting wages and employment in certain areas...

1dFinancial TimeseconomicsImpact

European ammunition maker gears up for €30bn IPO

Czechoslovak Group set to become one of Europe’s most valuable defence companies with Amsterdam listing...

1dFinancial TimeseconomicsImpact

How to de-risk from America

There is no precedent of a dominant power abandoning its primacy, as Trump is doing...

2dFinancial TimesPolitics

Verizon’s wireless network is down for many people nationwide

The first big outage of 2026 is here, as Verizon customers across the US, including several of our phones, complain that service has been spotty or nonexistent since just after noon ET, with phones sw...

19hThe VergeTechnologyImpact

The New Alienware Area-51 Ryzen X3D RTX 5090 Gaming PC Drops in Price Following CES 2026

If you're seeking the absolute best of the best in PC gaming performance, look no further than Alienware's flagship Area-51 prebuilts. Following CES 2026 , Dell has discounted an Alienware Area-51 AMD...

1dIGNTechnology

Russian Crude Cargoes Pile Up on Tankers as Deliveries Falter

At least 12 vessels full of Urals idle off Omani coast, more are anchored near China...

2dBloombergeconomicsImpact

Luxury retail giant Saks files for bankruptcy

Saks Global, which owns the iconic Saks Fifth Avenue department store, has filed for bankruptcy. Jimin Kim / SOPA Images/Reuters Saks Global has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The luxury ...

1dBusiness Insidereconomics

Prediction market volume hits record $702M despite recent scrutiny

Prediction market Kalshi dominated trading volumes on Monday, accounting for two-thirds of the $701.7 million tally....

1dCoinTelegrapheconomicsImpact

UBS conveys upbeat note on Chinese stocks in 2026 as global investors seek diversification

UBS Group conveyed a sanguine outlook on Chinese stocks in 2026, as the world’s second-largest economy proved to be an important alternative for global investors seeking to diversify away from US equi...

2dSouth China Morning Posteconomics

Oil services giant SLB to pounce on Trump’s Venezuela opening

Shares in the world’s largest oilfield services company have risen by 14% since US capture of Nicolás Maduro...

1dFinancial TimesPoliticsImpact

Robinhood CEO Says AI Could Spark a ‘Job Singularity’

Vlad Tenev argues AI will fuel a surge of new jobs, solo companies, and industries, not just cause displacement....

13hDecryptTechnology

Alibaba, JPMorgan said to invest in Chinese chip designer Montage’s Hong Kong listing

Chinese chip designer Montage Technology is set to enlist Alibaba Group Holding and JPMorgan Asset Management among the key investors in its upcoming Hong Kong listing, according to people familiar wi...

1dSouth China Morning Posteconomics

Protesters say 'unliveable to be a farmer in France today' as they condemn Mercosur deal

French farmers steered some 350 tractors on January 11 toward French Parliament to protest low incomes and an EU trade deal with South America that they fear threatens their livelihoods. They say thei...

2dFrance 24PoliticsImpact

She and 4 friends quit their jobs to make a mobile game. Now, they've raised $30 million in a Series A led by A16z.

Irem Sumer is the CEO and cofounder of Talemonster Games. Talemonster Games Talemonster Games raised $30 million in Series A funding led by Arcadia and Andreessen Horowitz. CEO Irem Sumer and her team...

14hBusiness InsiderTechnologyImpact