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The author toured a Flexjet Praetor 600 that costs about $10,000 hourly for fractional ownership.
  • Flexjet sells partial ownership of private planes for a set number of flying hours.
  • This allows people to fly privately for cheaper than the cost of full jet ownership.
  • I toured one of Flexjet's $23 million Embraer Praetor 600s. It costs about $10,000 hourly.

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The New York-based chipmaker GlobalFoundries rolled out a student debt relief program this year — part of the company's broader efforts to address workforce challenges.
  • Chipmaker GlobalFoundries began offering student loan debt relief to eligible employees this summer.
  • The benefit is aimed at helping the company attract and

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Scientists have discovered small, potentially habitable areas on Mars where life could, in theory, transform sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide into oxygen, according to a new NASA study. 

Though the research doesn't mean photosynthetic aliens are indeed living in these environments now — or even that they were there in the past — the findings provide the U.S. space agency with attractive targets



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Oh hey there! If you're here, it must be time for Wordle. As always, we're serving up our daily hints and tips to help you figure out today's answer.

If you just want to be told today's word, you can jump to the bottom of this article for October 19's Wordle solution revealed. But if you'd rather solve it yourself, keep reading for some clues, tips, and strategies to assist you.

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Connections is the latest New York Times word game that's captured the public's attention. The game is all about finding the "common threads between words." And just like Wordle, Connections resets after midnight and each new set of words gets trickier and trickier—so we've served up some hints and tips to get you over the hurdle.

If you just want to be told today's puzzle, you can jump to the end



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Doug Mattison just wanted to cancel his gym membership.

The 59-year-old could no longer afford the monthly fee, so a year after he signed up, he went back to the gym's website to cancel it. But it didn't have an option for members to cancel online, so he called the gym and was told he had to come in person. So he went to the gym, but even then he couldn't cancel — he


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  • Standing-desk companies are expected to steadily increase their revenue over the next decade.
  • A study suggests they may not help reduce the risk of cardiovascular issues like heart disease.
  • It found that standing for more than two hours a day may increase the risk of circulation issues.

A few months into the pandemic, my husband bought us a convertible standing desk. We were



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The brains of NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft are stored in a metal vault.

It's where the large exploration vehicle — the length of a basketball court — safeguards its computers, software, and many electronics. On Oct.14, the craft launched to Jupiter's moon Europa, a world planetary scientists suspect harbors an ocean twice the volume of Earth's. With around 50 close swoops by Europa, NASA will



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The Tesla Cybertruck went on display at the company's booth at the Paris Motor Show.
  • Tesla's Cybertruck was released a year ago, but there's still no sign of it coming to Europe.
  • Tesla displayed the pickup at the Paris Motor Show this week, and BI had the chance to see it.
  • With its brutalist design and sheer size, Cybertruck is unlike anything currently on Europe's roads.

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Business Insider's reporter went to Jackson Hole, Wyoming, to see how some of America's wealthiest live and vacation.
  • Jackson Hole, Wyoming, is a luxury enclave for some of America's wealthiest.
  • The area is known for its extreme income inequality, with the top 1% earning vastly more.
  • I visited Jackson Hole for the first time to find out why the rich live and vacation there

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Workers who are already working from home value hybrid work a lot.
  • Workers value remote work as much as a 7% to 8% pay increase, a new survey finds.
  • Hybrid work is especially valued by workers in their 30s with kids and degrees.
  • Teleworking has increased, even as firms try to pull their workers back into the office.

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  • VCs are lobbing cash at the presidential election and key congressional races, FEC data shows.
  • While most VCs favored Democrats, a16z's crypto giving dwarfed all other donations.
  • The top individual donor was Greylock partner Reid Hoffman, who pledged support for Kamala Harris.

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