Why saving for retirement has never felt scarier — or more confusing

Tech Insider : Economy
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Instead of a golden sunset to look forward to, retirement has become anxiety-inducing for many Americans.

iStock; Rebecca Zisser/BI

The biggest secret at work: your office crush

Tech Insider
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All around the office, your managers, direct reports, and peers are spending some untold portion of company time daydreaming about or flirting with each other.

Mikel Jaso for BI

Your credit card company is looking for new ways to screw you over

Tech Insider : Economy
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Cred card issuers are very good at getting money out of people. There are all sorts of levers they will use to make up for reduced late fees.

iStock; Rebecca Zisser/BI

There is no loneliness epidemic

Tech Insider : Economy
Is there really a loneliness epidemic?

Iana Kunitsa/Getty Images, Abanti Chowdhury/BI

New York City is entering a gaudy new Gilded Age

Tech Insider : Economy
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New York City dining has embraced a new Gilded Age with luxurious, maximalist restaurants with decadent ingredients as international as the city.

Carl Godfrey for BI

The bars and restaurants that put the glint on New York City never stopped partying.

The genius marketing trick that's the key to the iPhone's 'prestige'

Tech Insider
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Apple has spent more than 15 years fostering an in-crowd/out-crowd scenario with the iPhone. And for many Americans, it's working.

Getty Images; Alyssa Powell/BI

Our AI future is about to make one basic resource insanely valuable

Tech Insider : Economy
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The algorithms that undergird our digital lives are increasingly making questionable decisions that enrich the powerful and wreck the lives of average people.

Claire Merchlinsky for BI

Silicon Valley used to reward innovation. Now it strives to sabotage it.

Tech Insider : Economy
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Matt Chase for BI

Trump Media's stock is almost certain to crash

Tech Insider : Politics
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It seems unlikely that Trump's media company's stock price is going to stay so high forever.

Getty Images; Alyssa Powell/BI

If you want a preview of China's economic collapse, just look at Japan

Tech Insider : Economy
A Japanese flag on top of Mount Figi and the Chinese flag laying close to it
Japan's recent success stems from a decadeslong effort to reboot the economy. That will be nearly impossible for Beijing to re-create.

Tyler Le/BI

Japan's long-comatose economy is finally showing proof of life.

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