It was like any other day for 24-year-old sales adviser Kanimolhi Krisnan from Shah Alam in Malaysia’s Selangor state. She was at the MRT station waiting for the bus to go home after work when a stran...
Jensen Huang, Jeff Bezos, and Mary Barra all started far from the top. Getty Images Many of the world's most powerful business leaders began their careers in more humble ways. From Jensen Huang workin...
Palmer Luckey, Ro Khanna, and David Sacks have all posted on X about the wealth tax. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images; Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images; PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Ima...
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...
Dubai Sports Council organised the event under the patronage of Crown Prince of Dubai and Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence of the United Arab Emirates Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashi...
Black Panther writer and director Ryan Coogler has detailed the script for Black Panther 2 before the death of star Chadwick Boseman. Boseman died in August 2020 aged 43 from complications of colon ca...
Japan’s two-year government bond yield rose after an auction of the tenor drew weak demand amid speculation that the Bank of Japan may need to raise interest rates more aggressively to rein in inflati...
Article URL: https://www.economist.com/united-states/2025/12/18/toll-roads-are-spreading-in-america Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46403992 Points: 16 # Comments: 14...
A girl reaches up to burst a large bubble on the Palace Plaza in Stuttgart, Germany, 19 October 2017. Photo: Marijan Murat/dpa (Photo by Marijan Murat/picture alliance via Getty Images) Marijan Murat/...
Natalie McCarter's husband died in February 2019. Courtesy of Natalie McCarter Natalie McCarter is a 43-year-old mom to two whose husband died in February 2019. She is thankful to have so many photos ...
Kristin Patrick. Marc Jacobs This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Kristin Patrick, the CMO at Marc Jacobs, about her daily routine in New York City. It's been edited for length and cl...
A Grok investor said he's "deeply concerned" about the "speculative" data center market. Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images A Groq investor said he's "deeply concer...
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...
In 2024, Qualcomm's Snapdragon X chips finally made Arm-based Windows laptops viable. Unlike previous Arm laptops that struggled to even run Windows well, this new class offered solid performance and ...
Anduril employees are Slack messaging "all day, every day, all the time," COO Matt Grimm said. John Keeble/Getty Images Anduril COO Matt Grimm said that he sorts for the most recent unread Sla...
Two men arrested over a 1 billion yen (US$6.4 million) robbery in Hong Kong were remanded in custody after appearing at Fanling Court on Friday. Lee Wan-kwong, 36, and Lee Chun-wa, 28, were each charg...
iStock; Rebecca Zisser/BI New social, professional networking, and dating startups are coming onto the scene. VCs and angel investors are funding some of these promising startups. Here are the pitch d...
TK Courtesy of Camille Seigle Camille Seigle is a consultant who helps individuals and organizations unlock their potential. She co-authored a book with Ali Mann Stevens, inspired by their postpartum ...
Ollie's Bargain Outlet plans to more than double its store count in the coming years. Paul Weaver/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Ollie's Bargain Outlet was a top destination for last-minute ...
China is taking steps to reshape the direction of its foreign investment, unveiling a revised catalogue of encouraged industries that steers overseas capital towards the advanced and technologically c...