The new jobs report was great. But maybe don't go looking for a new gig just yet.

Tech Insider : Economy
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Workers have been on a roller coaster over the past four years, and while the job market is still strong, it may be settling down a bit.

Getty Images; Alyssa Powell/BI

Casual friendships are dying out — and we're all worse off for it

Tech Insider : Economy
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Casual friendships are key to our emotional lives, but these "fringe friends" are slowly disappearing.

Seba Cestaro for BI

Nikol Moses felt the itch to head somewhere new.

The mystery of Chipotle's 'burrito season,' solved

Tech Insider : Economy
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Chipotle is hiring 19,000 workers to handle "burrito season" — a sudden increase in sales from March to May. Which begs the question: there's a "burrito season"?

Photos by Hollis Johnson; Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images; Alyssa Powell/BI

Want a happy and creative future? Spend more time longing for the past.

Tech Insider
A business man sitting in front of a TV with other nostalgic items around him
Nostalgia doesn't hinder progress, it actually helps us move forward.

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Inside the company that calls itself 'Moneyball-plus'

Tech Insider : Economy, Sports, Sports
Michael Schwimer posing during photo shoot on baseball field at Bullis School.
"I'm a believer in capitalism," says Michael Schwimer, who founded Big League Advantage to cash in on the future earnings of teenage athletes.

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The truth behind America's cruise obsession: 'They don't want to see anything that's real'

Tech Insider : Travel, Economy
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The Icon of the Seas sets sail on January 27. But what is it an icon of?

Royal Caribbean International; Getty Images; Alyssa Powell/BI

America's Zoomtowns are suffering from some nasty growing pains

Tech Insider : Economy
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America's midsize cities exploded over the past few years. Now residents, new and old, are fighting over housing, traffic, and local culture.

Glenn Harvey for BI

America's new gender war

Tech Insider : Politics
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Young women are becoming more liberal while young men are turning to the right. It all started with #MeToo.

Tommy Parker for BI

How loyalty died in the American workplace

Tech Insider : Economy
Illustration of two co-workers shaking hands with crossed fingers behind their backs.

Kiersten Essenpreis for BI

China's rapidly dwindling future will shape the world for decades to come

Tech Insider : Economy, Politics
Animated GIF depicting a hand shrinking a map of China with a Chinese flag

Getty Images; Alyssa Powell/BI

2024 is the year of the incredible shrinking China.

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