America is trapped in a nightmare of never-ending subscriptions

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Doug Mattison just wanted to cancel his gym membership.

Credit card companies are ripping you off like never before

Tech Insider : Economy, Politics
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Lana Linge has $42,000 in credit-card debt, but it's not the giant tab that has her most frustrated.

Millennials and Gen Zers are now helicopter parenting their parents

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Big banks promised to protect the planet. Now they're doing an about-face.

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When a small group of climate protesters logged on to a Zoom meeting in early July to speak with Citibank's top sustainability executives, their emotions ranged from cautious optimism to guarded skepticism.

America's most boring job is on the brink of extinction

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Illustration of Gen-Z taking a photo.

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For most of his youth, Bryan wanted to be an astrophysicist.

The heartbreaking cost of modern dating

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What business can learn from Biden's resignation

Tech Insider : Economy, Politics
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The older a CEO becomes, the worse they are at their job, a recent study of executives' performance found.

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Two or three years ago, it's hard to pinpoint exactly when, employees at an investment firm started to notice something was wrong with their aging CEO.

Why Taylor Swift keeps blasting fans with never-ending albums

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"It's a very momentum-driven market," said Ben Klein, a music marketing executive. "You want to really capitalize on that by putting out as much product as possible."

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The shadowy new way employees are cheating their way to the top

Tech Insider : Economy
Shadow workers are immersed in darkness behind a screen
Across the globe, a wave of workers are secretly outsourcing parts or all of their jobs.

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Remi never intended to secretly outsource her job. It sort of just happened.

From ALICEs to FIREs: Your complete guide to America's weird new tribes

Tech Insider : Economy
Toy versions of Geriatric Millenials, Peak Boomers, and FIRE

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Can you spot the difference between an ALICE and a HENRY? Are you too much of a dingus to know your DINKs? Would you ever consider joining the FIRE movement?

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