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Personal loan rates depend a lot on the borrower: The rates for the best personal loans tend to be around 6%, and right now, people with good or excellent credit may be eligible for



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Sen. Bob Menendez, left, and Sen. Ben Cardin on Capitol Hill in April 2018.
  • Sen. Bob Menendez was indicted on corruption-related charges in September.
  • Menendez pleaded not guilty and temporarily stepped down as Senate Foreign Relations Committee chairman.
  • Menendez's removal could be a game-changer for two countries who have long sought US fighter jets.

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Most office buildings in Seoul are full again thanks to white-collar workers returning to the office.
  • A report says the South Korean capital has the strongest office-real-estate sector in the world.
  • Some have chalked it up to reluctance to accept remote work after pandemic restrictions eased. 
  • In the US, office vacancies are at a 30-year high as working from home has remained popular.

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An aerial view shows the burnt cars of festival-goers at the site of an attack on the Nova Festival by Hamas gunmen from Gaza, near Israel's border with the Gaza Strip, in southern Israel, October 12, 2023.
  • The IDF mistakenly hit Nova festival attendees while aiming for Hamas militants, Haaretz reports.
  • 364 people were killed at the psychedelic trance music festival near the Gaza border.
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Business Insider spoke to three flight attendants for three different airlines about their experiences.
  • While training, flight attendants rank their preferred "base cities" where they'll fly from.
  • It's an intense process based on seniority and availability, but ultimately the airline decides.
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The Screen Actors Guild – American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) strike may be over, but concerns about artificial intelligence regulations in the union's new contract with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) have given actors pause.

SAG-AFTRA members are currently voting to ratify the new contract, with the vote ending Dec. 5. Union leadership



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Palestinians take down the fence on the Israel-Gaza border and enter Israel after clashes and attacks in Gaza City, Gaza on October 07, 2023.
  • IDF lookouts warned their commanders about activity along the Gaza border, according to reports.
  • They were ignored, told to stop bothering them, and even threatened, N12 reported.
  • One lookout said they were told they would be "court



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MBA students are finding a job market that's normal but no longer hot.
  • The job market is still strong. It's just not what it was when some MBAs decided to go school.
  • Some students might have to wait longer to land jobs after a slowdown from a red-hot market.
  • One second-year student told Business Insider he had to pivot to a job in consulting.

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Vail, Colorado.
  • Ski towns are so expensive that workers struggle to afford local housing and stay in their jobs.
  • Vail, Colorado has spent $17 million paying homeowners to rent to local workers, according to the Wall Street Journal.
  • It's a little bit of progress for a massive problem.

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A Ukrainian artillery unit fires toward Russian positions on the outskirts of Bakhmut on December 30, 2022.
  • Both sides of the war in Ukraine have burned through insane amounts of ammo, straining stockpiles globally. 
  • The war has prompted the US Army to rethink how much it should be producing and stockpiling, both for itself and its allies.
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  • Market prophet Gary Shilling issued a raft of dire warnings to investors in an interview this week.
  • Stocks may crash 30%, a recession is imminent, and commercial real estate is a bubble about to burst, he said.
  • The Fed is likely to crush inflation and start cutting interest rates next year, Shilling said.

Stocks could crater by 30%, the US economy is careening toward