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It's my favorite time of year: It's officially sweatshirts and shorts weather. Or better known as the time when temperatures cool, the leaves on the trees are bursting into charming colors, and we're all going back inside.

As we look toward home, there are a few

• Eric Allison has steered three generations of flying taxi ventures.
• He led Zee.Aero, the precursor to Larry Page's Kitty Hawk, before joining Uber's Elevate division.
• Allison then joined Joby Aviation, where he now serves as the Chief Product Officer.

Eric Allison has been on the front lines of the boom and bust cycles of

• I lived in New York for eight years, but moving to Colombia felt like a breath of fresh air.
• My dollar stretches further in South America.
• I've moved internationally before, and the decision came easily to me.

When I first moved to New York in 2017, I drank the Kool-Aid: work hard, play hard. I had

• Jamie Dimon's concern over "cockroaches" in credit has spawned a debate about private credit.
• While some industry watchers sound the alarm on the booming industry, others are more sanguine.
• Many industry leaders defended private credit this week following Dimon's comments.

This week, the world's leading financial institutions were

• Classic handbags from a select few designers tend to hold their value best.
• Styles from Hermès and Louis Vuitton were among the most purchased on luxury retailer Fashionphile this year.
• Here are three bags to buy that will have lasting appeal on the secondary market.

Sometimes when you get the

• Jash Mehta was a consultant before cofounding the organic coffee and tea brand Pop & Bottle.
• She told Business Insider that running a startup has been the "best MBA you can ever do."
• Since becoming a mom, Mehta says she's become a better leader for

I was once a harsh critic of people who worked out with their AirPods. Not only did it look awkward, but the buds themselves provided no on-ear stability, making them more of a liability than an asset. Then the AirPods Pro came out…and I still thought the same thing. That was, until I actually exercised with them. 

Apple’s noise-cancelling buds quickly became a workout favorite. Then the AirPods

• A professor warned that AI is making students dependent on Big Tech's algorithms for knowledge.
• Anthropic data shows students already use AI to write, edit, and even solve assignments directly.
• Kimberley Hardcastle of Northumbria University

• US consumers are feeling the pinch of tariffs on small orders shipping into the US.
• The tariffs are also complicating international shipping, customers are finding.
• Problems at UPS have compounded the issue, they say.

Rich DeThomas never thought ordering wine from Italy would be this

Vacuums haven't exactly been the picture of "buy it for life" since they stopped making 'em like the Electrolux canister clunker that my grandma used in the '70s — and that my mom still uses to this day for certain situations.

So, why don't vacuums last as long anymore? Their designs and capabilities are ever-evolving, but the materials used to make them aren't keeping up with the innovation, it