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Been thinking about the Amazon layoffs, AI, and what it all means? Join whip-smart Business Insider journalists Dan DeFrancesco, Aki Ito, and Eugene Kim for an online Q-and-A today at 2 p.m. ET. Details here: www.businessinsider.com/watch-live-a...
Watch Live: BI answers your questions about the Amazon layoffs and what comes next
Business Insider's reporters walk through the big layoffs at Amazon, why the cuts came, and who could be next.
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Tired of making PowerPoints at work? Well, this couple whips them up at home — to settle relationship debates. "We do this because we are conflict-avoidant millennials." Wild. www.businessinsider.com/settle-argum...
My partner and I settle arguments with PowerPoint debates. We each get 5 minutes and a limited number of slides.
My partner and I settle minor conflicts with PowerPoint debates. It helps us listen to each other better and diffuses tension.
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@businessinsider.com’s Grace Kay got her hands on a recording of a Tesla training on company culture during the Austin factory’s weeklong shutdown. The instructor was rather candid with workers. www.businessinsider.com/tesla-burnou...
Recording reveals what Tesla training instructor told staff about company culture
"A lot of people leave this company, and they have kind of a negative taste in their mouth," the trainer said, urging workers to help improve things.
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The gym business Floyd Mayweather co-founded has seen dozens of franchises close. He blames economic and industry changes. Some franchisees blame him and say he didn't deliver on what he told them at a 2021 event. Dan Geiger & Ellen Thomas report. www.businessinsider.com/floyd-maywea...
Floyd Mayweather's fitness business is on the ropes. Gym owners are punching back.
The champion boxer says industry changes hurt his empire, and that franchisees could do more. Franchisees say he didn't do enough.
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Tenants have been complaining that rental fees are out of control. Now @kcecireyes.bsky.social finds that some residents are being charged eviction fees, even if they don't get evicted, without a judge’s order. www.businessinsider.com/tenants-evic...
Tenants are being charged eviction fees even if they don't get evicted
Some are fighting back with lawsuits that argue a court needs to approve these legal and administrative charges.
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BI’s @jayshams.bsky.social and @thenewsham.bsky.social have the scoop on one Big Law firm’s very fast decision to fight Trump. Has it faced any fallout yet? Read on. www.businessinsider.com/donald-trump...
Donald Trump went after one of America's top law firms. Its decision to fight back took just two hours.
Four law firms targeted by Trump opted to fight the administration in court. Federal judges signaled they would later rule in favor of the firms.
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"They both have this uncanny ability to be very trusting and yet find themselves surrounded by the worst people." Read this fascinating profile of Stan Lee’s daughter by @businessinsider.com’s Jason Guerrasio. www.businessinsider.com/inside-life-...
The marvelous, tormented life of Stan Lee's 'greatest creation'
Stan Lee called her his "greatest creation." Now JC Lee is on a quest to reclaim his empire — and live up to his legend.
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Every group chat has them: the organizer... the derailer... the lurker... the emoji lover. @katienotopoulos.bsky.social breaks down the SignalGate participants and it’s delightful. www.businessinsider.com/signal-group...
Which 'Houthi PC small group' chat member are you?
The Signal group chat with officials like Pete Hegseth talking about war is serious. It's also a view into texting styles. Turns out, I'm a JD Vance.
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Scoop from Jack Newsham and @jayshams.bsky.social www.businessinsider.com/paul-weiss-t...
Trump says Paul Weiss banned DEI. The firm's internal memo doesn't.
The agreement language sent to Paul Weiss staff has some major differences from what Donald Trump posted on Truth Social, like no mention of DEI.
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"The Commerce Secretary is not Jim Cramer," ethics expert Richard Painter told BI. www.businessinsider.com/white-house-...
The White House's promotion of Tesla's stock is an ethics nightmare — and it's not even working
Trump's Commerce Secretary pushed "unbelievably cheap" Tesla stock as shares continued to fall.
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"It said one reason for declining well-being in the US is a rising number of people eating alone.” Wut? I love eating alone! Are most solo diners sad? www.businessinsider.com/us-drops-low...
The US dropped to its lowest-ever ranking in the global list of happiest countries to live
The US fell to 24th in the 2025 World Happiness Report, which highlighted issues like Americans eating alone and rising 'deaths of despair.'
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A website doxxed Tesla owners, printing names, addresses, and numbers. One guy who already ditched his car got an anti-Tesla text mentioning his street from an anonymous number. Story via Ana Altchek and @alicetecotzky.bsky.social www.businessinsider.com/site-doxxing...
A website doxxed Tesla owners — but some had already sold their cars
BI spoke to eight Tesla owners who had their personal data exposed on a public site aimed at doxxing Tesla owners and DOGE employees.
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wake up babe, new mafia just dropped www.businessinsider.com/palantir-maf...
Meet the Palantir Mafia, who have collectively raised more than $6 billion for their own startups
These 30 alumni of Palantir have left to create their own startups and have collectively raised more than $6 billion from VCs.
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Happy St. Patrick’s day! Business Insider has a guide that could be useful if you’re out at the pub tonight—or just want to sound incredibly charming. www.businessinsider.com/funny-and-fa...
21 sayings you'll understand only if you're Irish
These phrases are known far and wide in Ireland. Find out what they really mean in time for St. Patrick's Day.
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Welcome to New York's hottest tech hangout. Melia Robin checked it out and reports the pour-over coffee is $9 and the cardamom buns are worthy of sonnets. www.businessinsider.com/la-cabra-cof...
New York tech workers are flocking to a coffee shop across from OpenAI's new office. I checked it out to see why.
The Puck Building is becoming the red-hot center of Manhattan's tech scene. That's led to crowding at the coffee shop across the street.
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Um, who flushes clothing down an airplane toilet??? Story from @pwsyme.bsky.social www.businessinsider.com/flight-to-no...
9-hour flight to nowhere after 8 bathrooms stopped working when bags, rags, and clothes were flushed
An Air India flight returned to Chicago last week after 8 of the 12 bathrooms on the Boeing 777 went out of service, "causing discomfort to all on board."
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For anyone obsessed with the Justin Baldoni-Blake Lively saga, Katie Warren and Jack Newsham uncovered an intriguing new detail. www.businessinsider.com/justin-baldo...
3 days before Justin Baldoni sued The New York Times, someone paid $120 to boost content about an emoji integral to the suit
The payment's timing suggests the client knew nonpublic information about the emoji's significance in the lawsuit.
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"Everyone is worried that their job will be next, and nobody knows when it's going to end. We already have fewer projects and expect more to get cut." Reporting from Polly Thompson on DOGE’s ripple effects in the consulting world. www.businessinsider.com/deloitte-acc...
Deloitte and Accenture workers worry about losing their jobs as DOGE focuses on consulting contracts
Workers in Deloitte and Accenture's federal divisions told Business Insider they're anxious about what DOGE's cost-cutting could mean for their employment.
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Microsoft once had a reputation for a "country club" culture. Recent performance-based cuts suggest a shift is underway. Read this terrific story by BI’s Ashley Stewart. www.businessinsider.com/microsoft-pe...
Country club no more: Inside Microsoft's move to cull staff on performance
When Satya Nadella became CEO, the software giant softened its approach to performance management. That's beginning to change.
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Some laid-off Meta employees are finding it surprisingly difficult to get rehired. @pranavdixit.bsky.social digs in. www.businessinsider.com/meta-secret-...
Meta keeps secret 'block' lists of ex-employees — and even help from its C-suite can't get you off them
Former employees and managers and have been left in the dark about what it takes to get off Meta's block list.
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