How Business Insider investigated C-sections at over 1,700 American hospitals

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C-section rates vary drastically between neighboring hospitals. Our data suggests financial pressures play a role.

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In the spring of 2016, obstetrician Dr. Jesanna Cooper's practice hired a nurse-midwife to deliver babies at Princeton Baptist Medical Center, a hospital in Birmingham, Alabama. The nurse-midwife was the center's first in about 20 years.

America's brides are sick of expensive, sweaty weddings. So they're turning to October.

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Business Insider's 2025 Rising Stars of Real Estate

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The year the Big Tech job market cracked

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Menopause treatment is getting personal

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Welcome to the golden age of employee monitoring

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Why the fate of HBO depends on how little CNN is worth

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Warner Bros. Discovery will spin out its television networks. But how much they're worth depends on the bidder.

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The pump-up songs CEOs and business leaders rely on to get them through the day, from Beyoncé to Eminem

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CEOs and business leaders love songs by Beyoncé, Fleetwood Mac, and Sombr, among others.

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Economists run a secret prediction game each year. When ChatGPT took part, here's what happened.

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