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'Affluent People Love a Deal': These Luxury Items Are Flying Off the Shelves at Costco, According to the Company's Longtime Chairman

'Affluent People Love a Deal': These Luxury Items Are Flying Off the Shelves at Costco, According to the Company's Longtime Chairman

Some Costco customers are washing down their $1.50 hot dog combo with fancy Champagne, apparently.

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These Are the 'Secrets' to Getting a Deal on a Home (Even in This Real Estate Market), According to Barbara Corcoran

These Are the 'Secrets' to Getting a Deal on a Home (Even in This Real Estate Market), According to Barbara Corcoran

With home prices and mortgage rates still high, even the always-optimistic Barbara Corcoran admits it "feels impossible."

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Hermès Is Giving All Employees a Bonus Worth About Half a Birkin Bag

Hermès Is Giving All Employees a Bonus Worth About Half a Birkin Bag

Hermès Executive Chairman Axel Dumas said the company was "celebrating an excellent year, in a tougher environment" on its 2024 earnings call.

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'How Vulnerable Senior Investors Are': Morgan Stanley Was Ordered to Pay $843,000 to an Elderly Widow Who Was Scammed Out of Millions (and Not By Them)

'How Vulnerable Senior Investors Are': Morgan Stanley Was Ordered to Pay $843,000 to an Elderly Widow Who Was Scammed Out of Millions (and Not By Them)

The scheme involved multiple criminals who pretended to be technical support staffers, employees at the bank, and even government workers.

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Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin Is Laying Off 1,400 Employees: 'No Easy Way to Communicate This'

Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin Is Laying Off 1,400 Employees: 'No Easy Way to Communicate This'

The cuts will affect around 10% of its workforce.

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JPMorgan Is Reportedly Laying Off Around 1,000 Workers

JPMorgan Is Reportedly Laying Off Around 1,000 Workers

JPMorgan is also planning job cuts in mid-March, May, June, August, and September, according to new reports.

13.02.2025 10

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Elon Musk's xAI Is Reportedly Set to Hire Thousands of 'AI Tutors' That Pay Up to $65 an Hour

Elon Musk's xAI Is Reportedly Set to Hire Thousands of 'AI Tutors' That Pay Up to $65 an Hour

Employees told Business Insider the company is expanding hiring soon.

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'Probably Died Waiting for You to Do Your Lesson': Duolingo Says Its Mascot, Duo the Owl, Is Dead

'Probably Died Waiting for You to Do Your Lesson': Duolingo Says Its Mascot, Duo the Owl, Is Dead

The language app posted the news on social media Tuesday.

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Barbara Corcoran Says This Is How to Get People to Respond to Your Emails

Barbara Corcoran Says This Is How to Get People to Respond to Your Emails

With this quick trick, email recipients will never be able to get away with saying they didn't see your email again.

11.02.2025 5

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Firefox Would Like to Remind Everyone It Exists and 'Isn't Backed By a Billionaire'

Firefox Would Like to Remind Everyone It Exists and 'Isn't Backed By a Billionaire'

The web browser's social team is plugged in.

08.02.2025 10

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Google Re-Edited Its AI-Generated Super Bowl Ad Because of a 'Cheesy' Fact Error

Google Re-Edited Its AI-Generated Super Bowl Ad Because of a 'Cheesy' Fact Error

The tweaked commercial has been re-uploaded to YouTube.

07.02.2025 3

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Starbucks Is Limiting Mobile Orders to Reclaim the Coffeehouse's 'Connection' With Customers

Starbucks Is Limiting Mobile Orders to Reclaim the Coffeehouse's 'Connection' With Customers

The coffee chain has made a spate of recent changes to its stores.

07.02.2025 10

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Thieves Steal $40,000 Worth of Eggs in a Massive Trailer Heist: 'Liquid Gold'

Thieves Steal $40,000 Worth of Eggs in a Massive Trailer Heist: 'Liquid Gold'

Egg prices are expected to continue to rise in 2025.

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'Restaurants Are Being Forced to Make Difficult Decisions': Waffle House Is Adding a Per Egg Surcharge

'Restaurants Are Being Forced to Make Difficult Decisions': Waffle House Is Adding a Per Egg Surcharge

Egg shortages are causing prices to skyrocket.

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Elon Musk Just Got an Official Title in the U.S. Government. Does It Come With a Paycheck?

Elon Musk Just Got an Official Title in the U.S. Government. Does It Come With a Paycheck?

Musk has an office at the White House and a new title of "Special Government Employee."

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What Is the De Minimis Provision? President Donald Trump's Tariffs Remove a Loophole Used By Chinese Retailers Like Temu.

What Is the De Minimis Provision? President Donald Trump's Tariffs Remove a Loophole Used By Chinese Retailers Like Temu.

Amazon, eBay, and Etsy could benefit from Trump's executive order that removes the de minimis loophole, according to reports.

03.02.2025 3

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'Retiring the Hybrid Policy': Dell Issues a Strict Return-to-Office Mandate for Most Employees

Dell Technologies has around 43,000 employees in the U.S.

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'Gen Z Is Obsessed': Chili's Sales Have Skyrocketed Thanks to the Triple Dipper and Turbo Chefs

On an earnings call this week, one analyst said the company's turnaround was "the best one of all time" in the restaurant industry.

31.01.2025 10

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Barbara Corcoran Says She Doesn't Look at Resumes: 'Always Hire Attitude Over Experience'

If you think you need a strong resume to work with real estate pioneer Barbara Corcoran, think again.

30.01.2025 5

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'Nobody Ever Gave Me Anything': More Boomers Say They're Not Transferring Wealth to Family Until They're Dead

A new survey from Charles Schwab found boomers are more hesitant to distribute their wealth than other generations.

29.01.2025 10

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'I Love Doing Product Reviews': Bill Gates Stepped Down from Microsoft in 2020, But Admits He Still Spends 15% of His Time Working at the Company

In a new interview with the Wall Street Journal, Gates also said he is still close with Microsoft's CEO Satya Nadella.

28.01.2025 10

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A Company Is Giving Away $10,000 Every Second During the Final 2 Minutes of the Super Bowl

Rewards app Fetch will distribute $1.2 million to 120 people in a first-of-its-kind livestream.

27.01.2025 5

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People Are Selling Old Phones With TikTok Installed for Thousands of Dollars — Here's Why

There are listings on resale sites for iPhones and Androids with TikTok downloaded for up to $10,000.

25.01.2025 10

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Spirit Airlines Issues New Dress Code After Last Year's Viral Crop Top Incident

"Lewd, obscene, or offensive in nature" body art has also been added to the list.

24.01.2025 4

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'Flubbed Completely': A Company Mistakenly Sent a Picture of Cartoon Duck to Employees When Laying Them Off

Payments company Stripe had some communication issues when conducting layoffs this week.

24.01.2025 10

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Is ChatGPT Still Down? Workers and Students Complain They Have to Write Code and Essays Themselves

OpenAI says they fixed the issue, which appeared to be worldwide, just after 10 a.m. EST.

23.01.2025 5

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Elon Musk and Sam Altman Clash Over $500 Billion Stargate AI Plan Touted By Trump: 'Don't Have the Money'

The two tech billionaires argued on X over the massive new AI project.

22.01.2025 3

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What Is Stargate? OpenAI, Oracle, and Softbank Team Up for $500B AI Infrastructure Initiative.

President Donald Trump is reportedly announcing the news on Tuesday.

22.01.2025 10

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'We Will Have Job Eliminations': Starbucks CEO Announces Corporate Layoffs Will Begin Soon

Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol announced the news in a memo. Here's when the cuts will begin.

21.01.2025 4

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'I Am Open to Investing': Mark Cuban Announces Open Call for 'Anyone' Who Can Build a TikTok Alternative

The billionaire entrepreneur says he's ready to support a viable alternative to TikTok on the AT Protocol.

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Is the Supreme Court Upholding the TikTok Ban? Here's What We Know and What It Means for Your Business

TikTok says creators and small businesses could lose $1.3 billion in the first month.

17.01.2025 10

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Tired of Getting Ghosted By Hiring Managers? These Are the 10 Fastest Growing Jobs for 2025, According to LinkedIn.

Here's a look at the jobs with the most growth potential this year.

16.01.2025 5

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'I Want the Best People on Our Teams': Meta Is Laying Off More Than 3,000, CEO Mark Zuckerberg Calls for 'Extensive Performance-Based Cuts' — Read the Memo

In an internal memo shared on Tuesday, Zuckerberg said it's "going to be an intense year" at the company.

14.01.2025 4

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It's Pay-to-Stay at Starbucks As the Coffeehouse Reverses Its Open Door Policy

If you want to use the restroom, work remotely, or sit to chat with friends, you'll need to be a paying customer.

14.01.2025 6

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'It's Horrendous': Los Angeles Rental Prices Surge During Fires Despite Price Gouging Laws

There are reports of soaring rental prices as 105,000 people remain under mandatory evacuation orders, and an additional 87,000 are under evacuation...

13.01.2025 5

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Macy's Just Released the List of 66 Stores Closing This Year — Here's Where

This week, Macy's announced which of the 66 stores they were closing this year as part of their "Bold New Chapter" strategy. The company announced in...

12.01.2025 7

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These Are the 10 Highest-Paying Jobs That Only Require a 2-Year Degree — With Some Around $100,000 and Higher

People with two-year degrees may see career growth in the healthcare, aviation, and technology industries over the next 10 years, according to a new...

10.01.2025 5

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Airbnb, Planet Fitness Offering Free Services for Those Affected By the Los Angeles Fires

Airbnb is offering free, temporary housing, while Planet Fitness is offering free use of their facilities. Here's how businesses are reacting to the...

09.01.2025 4

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Is Kevin O'Leary Buying TikTok? 'Shark Tank' Star Teams Up With Frank McCourt for 'People's' Bid

"Kevin and I, along with the thousands of supporters who have come forward to back The People's Bid, firmly believe we can build a better TikTok,"...

09.01.2025 10

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Microsoft Is Set to Cut Jobs as Big Tech Layoffs Surge Into the New Year

The tech industry's layoff trend over the last few years may continue into 2025. According to a new report by Business Insider , Microsoft will be...

08.01.2025 8

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'Is This Car Hacked?': Viral Video Shows a Man Trapped in a Circling Waymo Driverless Taxi

Mike Johns works as an AI consultant, so he knows technology and everything it can do to improve our lives — or make you so dizzy you might get...

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Getty and Shutterstock Are Merging. Here's What It Means for Creators and Businesses.

Getty Images and Shutterstock announced plans to merge on Tuesday to create one company named, Getty Images Holdings, Inc. The news arrives as...

07.01.2025 8

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'America Has a Private Jet Addiction': These States Have the Most Private Jet Flights—and New York and California Aren't on the List

Even though the Big Apple is the richest city in the U.S., with nearly 350,000 millionaires and 60 billionaires, New York State doesn't even crack...

07.01.2025 10

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'Fat As a Cow': Motorcycle-Sized Bluefin Tuna Sells for $1.3M in Tokyo Auction

A bluefin tuna sold for 207 million yen (around $1.3 million) at Tokyo's Toyosu fish market on Sunday, the second-highest price ever recorded since...

06.01.2025 10

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Here's How Much a Family of 4 Needs to Live 'Comfortably' in Every U.S. State, According to a New Report

As the cost of living continues to rise in the U.S., a family of four needs to earn more than ever to live "comfortably," according to a new report...

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Want to Be Jeff Bezos's Next Door Neighbor in Miami? You Now Can — For $200M

Jeff Bezos owns at least three properties in Miami's exclusive Indian Creek enclave, for which he's paid about $237 million, per the New York Post....

27.12.2024 4

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'High Error Rates': ChatGPT Is Down, Tens of Thousands of Users Affected in Mass Outage. Here's What We Know.

According to Downdetector, it appears that ChatGPT is down for most users in a mass outage. As of press time, more than 15,000 users have reported...

27.12.2024 7

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'Don't Talk Too Much': Here's How to Get an Investment for Your Business, According to Kevin O'Leary, Barbara Corcoran, and Daniel Lubetzky

Whether you're pitching your business in a boardroom, elevator, or the "Shark Tank," there are a few key tips that can help make your appeal...

27.12.2024 10

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These Were the 2 Most Popular Retirement Cities in the U.S. in 2024, According to Zillow Data

Zillow released its annual list of the most popular housing markets this month and 2024 brought some surprises. The most popular housing market in...

26.12.2024 6

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Here's What's Open and Closed on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day 2024: Hours for Target, Walgreens, Walmart, CVS, Whole Foods, and More

Despite trying to be prepared and holiday shopping early, the question of what's open and what's closed during Christmas inevitably always comes...

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