A guaranteed basic income program helped a millennial afford a crib for her newborn when her income dipped during maternity leave

Tech Insider : Economy, Economy
A mother leans over her newborns crib, giving him a pacifier
Tatiana Lopez, 39, (not pictured) is a new mom and participant in Flint, Michigan's guaranteed basic income pilot.

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These are the 5 luxury items China's Gen Z is going nuts for, a retail expert says

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Shoppers walk past a French luxury fashion brand Yves Saint Laurent (YSL) store in Hong Kong.
Shoppers walk past a French luxury fashion brand Yves Saint Laurent (YSL) store in Hong Kong.

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America is missing a golden opportunity to boost the job market

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Red emergency box with a large dollar sign inside and the text 'Boost Job Market, Break Glass' on the front

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Everyone from Starbucks to Chinese giants wants in on the boba tea craze. Meet the family who says they started it all.

Tech Insider : Travel, Economy, Travel
A male service staff making boba milk tea at Chun Shui Tang in Taichung, Taiwan.
A boba pioneer, Chun Shui Tang in Taichung has been serving up boba milk tea for nearly four decades.

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JPMorgan's Jamie Dimon thinks people overreact too much about market fluctuations

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JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon
JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon said people overreact to daily market fluctuations and that the impending fed rate cut is not as significant as people think.

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Jamie Dimon says he's skeptical inflation will hit the Fed's 2% goal

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JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon
Jamie Dimon is still predicting a recession.

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JD Vance said migrants are the reason it's so expensive to rent or buy homes. He's wrong.

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Republican vice presidential candidate Sen. JD Vance delivers remarks during a campaign rally in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Sen. JD Vance has repeatedly blamed high housing costs on immigrants. He's proposed deporting millions of people to address the housing crisis.

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Americans are still having a lot of stuff delivered from DoorDash and Uber, and it shows how much we'll pay for convenience

Tech Insider : Economy
Uber Eats driver on the job while moving through a busy city street.
An Uber Eats driver on the job.

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Blue-collar entrepreneurs say it's harder to turn a profit with startups like cleaning or pest control as competition heats up

Tech Insider : Economy
A man in a suit holding a plunger
Business owners of sweaty startups like cleaning and pest control told BI that they love the work, but it's getting harder to grow.

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Consumers reported losing $210 million to scams across payment apps last year. A new bill wants to help future victims get their money back.

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A silhouette of a person using a cell phone is seen against a purple background with the Zelle name and the company's motto:
Zelle users would have increased protections against scams under a proposed bill in Congress.

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