I left a comfortable career with Disney and Warner Bros. to run a noodle brand. Betting on myself was worth the risk.

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Young Chang, CEO of A-Sha Foods USA, poses next to a display of A-Sha products.
Young Chang, CEO of A-Sha Foods USA, told Business Insider his brother-in-law convinced him to leave his steady corporate job to work in the food industry.

A-Sha Foods USA

Costco is getting a traffic boost from opening early for executive members

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Costco shoppers wait to enter a warehouse.
Costco shoppers wait as the door opens at 9 a.m. for executive members.

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Tech salaries: Here's how much the top companies pay engineers and other key roles in 2025

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A group of employees overlayed by moving salary numbers
 

Getty images; Tyler Le/BI

Tech salaries are soaring, and corporate companies are cutting big checks to lock down top talent.

From Silicon Valley giants to retailers, media companies, telecom firms, and gig platforms, the salaries offered reflect just how competitive the market has become.

Why the US is barring Iranian diplomats from shopping at Costco

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Costco at 8:56 a.m.
Costco at 8:56 a.m.

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I've had an executive Costco membership for 10 years. It pays for itself — and then some.

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Gabrielle holds up a Costco executive member card in front of the store.
I've had a Costco executive membership for 10 years.

Gabrielle Lenart

LVMH CEO Bernard Arnault, once the world's richest man, said a 2% wealth tax would destroy the French economy

Tech Insider : Business, Economy, Technology
Bernard Arnault, Chairman and chief executive officer of LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE, delivers a speech at the Viva Technology conference in Paris, France, June 16, 2017. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier
Bernard Arnault, Chairman and CEO of LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE, delivers a speech at the Viva Technology conference in Paris

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Inside Starbucks' crackdown on cup notes

Tech Insider : Business, Environment
A Starbucks cup with the name
Part of the "Back to Starbucks" initiative includes mandatory notes on every cup. Failure to follow the rules means baristas face write-ups or even termination.

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Photos show how much grocery shopping has changed since the first supermarkets opened a century ago

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A child in a bucket hat looks at grocery store items on a shelf
A child browses at an unknown grocery store in the 1940s.

Syd Greenberg/FPG/Archive Photos/Getty Images

Missed the gold rush? Here's why some collectors start with silver

Tech Insider : Economy, Business
A one-ounce American Silver Eagle bullion coin is placed among one-ounce bullion coins of Canadian Silver Maple Leaf, South African Silver Krugerrand and Chinese Silver Panda.
A one-ounce silver coin costs about $42, compared with nearly $3,700 for a gold one.

Yuriko Nakao/Getty Images

The $400 cookware, $2,100 jacket, and other status symbols you'll be seeing everywhere this fall

Tech Insider : Style, Business
Fashionable young man surrounded by luxury items (Jacques Marie Mage sunglasses, Le Creuset Pumpkin Cocettes, Chloé Paddington bag, Black Pearl candles from Baobab, and High-Neck Puff-Sleeve Jacket).

Baobab; Bergdorf Goodman; Chloé; Le Creuset; Getty Images; BI

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