Airbnb boss Brian Chesky says he personally called CEOs he knew to ask if they could hire the thousands of staff he laid off during the pandemic

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Brian Chesky speaks at the Fast Company Innovation Festival at Convene on September 20, 2023 in New York City.
Brian Chesky speaks at the Fast Company Innovation Festival at Convene on September 20, 2023 in New York City.

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Here's how one top Fed official is thinking about the increasingly unaffordable US housing market

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Tom Barkin
Tom Barkin

Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond

What the plastic surgery industry can tell us about the path of the economy

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India Plastic Surgery Surgeons
Demand for cosmetic surgery is down around 50%-60% since the pandemic, a veteran surgeon told Insider.

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Tourists are still not returning to China and that's not good for anybody

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Great Wall of China.
Fewer people are visiting the Great Wall of China.

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Hot girl summer is about to come to a crashing halt, and winter is coming for women

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Taylor Swift performs onstage during
Taylor Swift on her Eras Tour.

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China's economy is sputtering as the nation's exports hit their lowest level in over 3 years

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China's working population will shrink in the coming decades and keep the nation's economy from surpassing America's, research firm says

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A Chinese flag flying over Shanghai street
A Chinese flag flying over Shanghai.

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Americans haven't felt this good about the economy in 2 years

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How can you tell if someone isn’t really into doing you a favor?

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Thumbs Up and Thumbs Down
Every two minutes or so, all over the world, someone asks someone else for a small favor. and all over the world, almost everyone says yes. All the time.

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How humans behave during natural disasters

I'm a Gen Xer who left my stressful engineering job for a yearlong break — and it was the best thing for my happiness and health

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Christopher Gehring after running the Boston Marathon.
Christopher Gehring ran the Boston Marathon in April.

Christopher Gehring

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