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Everything you shouldn't do during a home renovation

Wed, 05/01/2024 - 05:31

Tech Insider : Economy

A home renovation disaster image — Our yearlong cottage renovation stretched out more than three years. The work still isn't done.
Chris Burnett for BI

Real Estate, Discourse, economy, home-renovation, Contractors, Construction, Contracts

Exclusive: Bill Gates, ousted for misconduct, is still pulling the strings at Microsoft

Tue, 04/30/2024 - 10:31

Tech Insider

Akinbostanci/Getty, Nobi_Prizue/Getty, MR.Cole_Photographer/Getty, NurPhoto/Getty,Leon neal/Getty, Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty, NurPhoto/Getty, — Leon neal/Getty, Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty, NurPhoto/Getty, Abanti Chowhury/BI

Tech, Discourse, Discourse, Microsoft, bill-gates, satya-nadella, sam-altman

Welcome to the white-collar recession

Tue, 04/30/2024 - 05:28

Tech Insider : Economy, Economy

A long line of white-collar workers, with a caution sign indicating slow movemen — Getty Images; Alyssa Powell/BI

economy, Discourse, Careers, Tech, economy, Unemployment, Hiring

Young guys literally only want one thing and it's this $7,000 chair

Sun, 04/28/2024 - 06:17

Tech Insider : Economy

A man sitting in a Herman Miller Eames lounge chair and ottoman with money in the background — For a certain type of newly rich, young American man, the Herman Miller Eames lounge chair and ottoman is the pinnacle of status.
iStock; Rebecca Zisser/BI

Retail, Discourse, culture, finance, economy, Retail, furniture

Elon Musk just set Wall Street up for one of his classic head fakes

Sat, 04/27/2024 - 08:48

Tech Insider : Economy

Photo collage of Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla, holding a box of office items in front of an Exit sign — There's only one person to blame for Tesla's shambolic state and only one person whose exit could save the company: Elon Musk.
Steve Granitz/FilmMagic via Getty Images; Tesla; Alyssa Powell/BI

Transportation, Tech, Discourse, economy, elon-musk, tesla, twitter

America generates 40 million tons of plastic waste a year — and it can't be recycled

Wed, 04/24/2024 - 05:35

Tech Insider : Economy

A globe wrapped in plastic — Americans produce 40 million tons of plastic waste each year. And it has to go somewhere.
Carl Godfrey for BI

economy, Science, Sustainability, Discourse, plastic, Recycling, waste

The rules for real estate have changed. Here's how you can profit from the upheaval.

Tue, 04/23/2024 - 05:21

Tech Insider : Economy

Illustration of a person walking through a house maze. — A $418 million settlement could help American homebuyers save tens of thousands of dollars. But the path to ownership is still lined with hazards.
Maria Hergueta for BI

Real Estate, economy, finance, Markets, Discourse, real-estate, housing-market

How America stopped caring about quality and learned to embrace 'customer satisfaction'

Mon, 04/22/2024 - 05:23

Tech Insider

A distraught guy in between survey faces — Nick Little for BI

All I can really say about the appointment at my kid's allergist is that it occurred. We waited weeks to get in, got some tests, received a diagnosis and a treatment plan, had a weird insurance thing that wasted our time. American healthcare took place.

Then I got a survey.