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☆ No partner? No problem. People are joining forces with friends to afford to buy a house
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-09 | by ( Jordan Pandy | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Read previewElisa Ball and John Williams bought a house in Florida last year. Though they dated from 1997 to 2009, Ball and Williams are now just friends. As a result, people like Ball are buying homes with friends. I bought every single property with friends, and that was the only way I could get started. You must make sure you trust who you're buying withMaking a purchase as large as home is always risky.

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☆ I quit my draining IT job and moved to South Korea to teach English. The language barrier is tough, but I'm much happier here.
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-08 | by ( Jen Glantz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Alex Brown, a UK native, moved to South Korea to teach English after quitting his IT job in 2023. Despite language and navigation challenges, Brown enjoys his new job and life in South Korea. AdvertisementThis as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Alex Brown, a 30-year-old from Hampshire, England, who moved to South Korea to teach English. AdvertisementI started researching and discovered programs where I could teach English in different countries. AdvertisementI'm glad I picked South Korea to live for a yearMy experience here has been positive so far.

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☆ I pay $18 a month for a membership that gets me 50% off stays at new luxury hotels and a free coffee drink every day
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-08 | by ( Sydney Edwards | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

The membership comes with half-off discounts for stays at select new hotels and free coffee drinks. For $216 a year or $18 a month, members are promised deals on hotel stays, discounted meals, and free coffee at Ennismore partner brands. The membership also comes with a free barista-made drink every dayI've taken advantage of the free coffee and dining discounts offered through the membership. AdvertisementBeing able to work from a trendy spot while using my membership to get free coffee and dining discounts is pretty great. Since I live near some of the participating properties and eateries, I already feel like I'm getting a lot out of my membership.

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☆ President Biden wants higher taxes on Corporate America's stock buybacks
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-07 | by ( Bob Pisani | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

President Biden wants to increase the taxes on those buybacks. Corporations prefer stock buybacks Corporate America has wide latitude on what it does with the cash flow it generates. Excess cash will typically fall into three buckets: buybacks, dividends and capital expenditures. Capital expenditures $597 b. "However, if economic growth momentum instead continues to build, investors may begin to increasingly reward companies that are investing for growth," Goldman said.

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☆ Kirsten Dunst says she stopped acting for 2 years because she was offered only 'sad mom' roles
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-07 | by ( Amanda Goh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Kirsten Dunst says she took a break from acting after receiving only "sad mom" roles. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementKirsten Dunst said she took a step back from acting after starring in the 2021 film "The Power of the Dog" because the only offers she received were "sad mom" roles. "I haven't worked in two years," Dunst told Marie Claire, adding, "Every role I was being offered was the sad mom." Advertisement"There's definitely less good roles for women my age," the 41-year-old said, adding, "That's why I did 'Civil War.'"

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☆ Jobs report Friday is expected to show a slowing but still healthy labor market
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-07 | by ( Jeff Cox | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

If the forecast is close to accurate, it would mark a considerable downshift from January's explosive growth of 353,000, but still representative of a fairly vibrant labor market. "This is kind of a cautious labor market. ZipRecruiter's quarterly job-seeker survey showed expectations for the medium-term outlook hitting a series high, while applicants also indicated stronger levels of confidence in their financial wellbeing and current state of the labor market. A jobs market that remains red-hot could deter the Federal Reserve from cutting interest rates this year as expected. In its most recent survey of economic conditions, the Fed found that the ultra-tight labor market has loosened somewhat, but there are still active pockets.

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☆ Gen Zers want you to know they are sick of extravagant influencer brand trips
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-06 | by ( Lindsay Dodgson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Gen Z is growing disinterested in the extravagant brand trips influencers are sent on. The generation that has grown up with social media says the lavish lifestyles of the internet's rich and famous no longer thrill them. Tarte brand trips are famed in the influencer worldFor years, brand trips have been a way to solidify a company's name among the young people who watch YouTube and scroll TikTok and Instagram. Varbanova said there are some young people — mostly millennials and DINKs — who still see over-the-top, out-of-touch brand trips as aspirational. If Gen Z's spending money is the goal, brand trips are missing the mark.

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☆ I bought a house with my ex 14 years after we broke up. We're saving so much money, and I'm happier.
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-01 | by ( Jordan Pandy | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

My rental in Palm Beach County, Florida, increased dramatically from 2021 to 2023, and it almost became unaffordable for one person. I pay less for my share of the house and have more spaceJohn fell sometime in 2022, and he lived in Daytona Beach, Florida. I began looking in Palm Beach County, and I couldn't touch anything. We also looked in Ormond Beach, Florida, but unfortunately, that didn't work — prices were too high. We looked in Melbourne, Florida, we looked in Palm Bay, we looked in Vero Beach.

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☆ ChatGPT helped me renovate my kitchen. Here's how it saves me time on everyday tasks outside of work.
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-01 | by ( Charissa Cheong | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Meg Faibisch Kühn discovered ChatGPT a year ago and started using it every day at work. It wasn't immediately obvious that ChatGPT was a tool for enhancing my personal life as well as my work. ChatGPT helped me renovate my kitchenMy husband and I wanted to renovate our kitchen in the most cost-effective way possible. Screenshot from ChatGPT/Courtesy of Meg Faibisch KühnI was able to use it to figure out how many tiles I needed for the floor. Courtesy of Meg Faibisch Kühn3.

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☆ A complete timeline of Tom Holland and Zendaya's relationship
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-01 | by ( Olivia Singh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +53 min

AdvertisementNovember 2016: Holland and Zendaya appear in their first-ever joint cover, for The Hollywood ReporterZendaya and Tom Holland in June 2017. March 2021: Holland describes Zendaya as 'very sensible and humble'Zendaya and Tom Holland in June 2017. November 17, 2021: Holland and Zendaya comment on their relationship going publicZendaya and Tom Holland in "Spider-Man: No Way Home." February 18, 2022: Tom Holland denies reports that he bought a new house in London with ZendayaTom Holland in February 2022. I visited a lot while they were shooting it and I really, really enjoyed it.

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☆ 3 friends who got tickets to all 6 Taylor Swift shows in Singapore said they used spreadsheets, 4 devices, and a network of extended relatives to do it
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-29 | by ( Shubhangi Goel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Taylor Swift is kicking off her Singapore concert series. One Singaporean told CNA she got tickets to all six Swift shows in Singapore. She and her friends had to tap into an extended network of relatives to pull it off. AdvertisementFor Nat Jaafar and her two friends, watching Taylor Swift perform in Singapore was a must-do. This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers.

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☆ I dated my coworker. Then he broke up with me and became my boss.
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-27 | by ( Lara Sterling | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

While we didn't work together directly, I interacted with him sometimes. But even back then, I knew that dating a coworker was a bad idea. AdvertisementThough our company didn't forbid colleagues from dating one another, we both already sensed the taboo nature of our dalliance so we tried to keep it a secret. When you add in the chance of sexual harassment allegations, I would never recommend dating a coworker. Even if you work in different departments, dating a coworker is opening a Pandora's box of emotions that are difficult to navigate professionally.

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☆ Kevin McCarthy says Biden's biggest problem is his age
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-27 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

download the appSign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. Read previewFormer House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said Tuesday during a CNBC interview he had "a real concern" about President Joe Biden's ability to effectively interact with foreign leaders, shining another spotlight on the debate around the president's age ahead of the 2024 election. His problem is age," McCarthy said during a discussion on CNBC's "Squawk Box." Vice President Kamala Harris leaped to the president's defense, blasting the special counsel's claims regarding Biden's memory as "inaccurate and inappropriate." AdvertisementBut so far, Republican voters remain solidly behind Trump, as he's won every major statewide primary or caucus since January.

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☆ Photographer who accused Taylor Swift's father of assaulting him says he's never been 'punched in the chops, particularly by the talent's dad'
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-27 | by ( Eammon Jacobs | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Photographer Ben McDonald accused Taylor Swift's dad of punching him in Sydney, Australia. He said he's never been "punched in the chops, particularly by the talent's dad." AdvertisementA photographer accused Taylor Swift's dad, Scott Swift, of punching him as he tried to take her photo in Australia in the early hours of Tuesday morning. "Police have been told a 71-year-old man allegedly assaulted a 51-year-old man at Neutral Bay Wharf about 2.30am before leaving the location," a New South Wales Police spokesperson told Business Insider. "In 23 years, I haven't been assaulted and punched in the chops, particularly by the talent's dad," McDonald told the Associated Press.

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☆ Kevin McCarthy says there's 'a real concern' about Biden's ability to lead and interact with foreign leaders: 'That would be on top of everything else'
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-27 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

download the appSign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. Read previewFormer House Speaker Kevin McCarthy in a Tuesday interview said he had "a real concern" about President Joe Biden's ability to effectively interact with foreign leaders, shining another spotlight on the debate around the president's age ahead of the 2024 election. "So yes, there is a real concern here and I think that would be on top of everything else," he added. Vice President Kamala Harris leapt to the president's defense, blasting the special counsel's claims regarding Biden's memory as "inaccurate and inappropriate." But so far, GOP voters remain solidly behind Trump, as he's won every major statewide primary or caucus since January.

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☆ How 'YouTube's resident librarian' built his business around book content, from hosting an award ceremony to a brand deal with Valentino
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-26 | by ( Marta Biino | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

download the appSign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. As the self-proclaimed "resident librarian" of YouTube, Edwards has amassed 1.3 million subscribers on his main channel and almost half a million on a second one with videos discussing books and reading. But while he's recently built a reputation as a BookTuber, Edwards didn't start his YouTube career with book videos. Between 2015 and 2020, he was more of a college YouTuber, publishing content about university life and studying tips. "The content people were generally making on BookTube was 'Books I want to read in April,' and then 'Books I read in April.'

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☆ I went on my first sober vacation in 22 years. I didn't miss alcohol and I was more present with my family.
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-25 | by ( Terri Peters | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

I just went on my first alcohol-free vacation and found that I enjoyed myself much more. I started drinking alcohol when I turned 21 and, with the exception of when I traveled during my pregnancies, every vacation I've taken since has involved alcohol. I enjoyed my trip so much more by not numbing out with alcoholTerri Peters enjoyed her alcohol-free vacation. I was way more present with my familyTerri Peters recently took her first vacation since going sober and felt she was more present with her family. According to Kuda, going into an alcohol-free vacation with the mindset that you're going to experience great things is key.

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☆ I'm a Gen Zer. We aren't lazy, but 9-to-5s can be a struggle after college during Covid — here's how I've learned to cope.
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-23 | by ( Charissa Cheong | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

My first few weeks of full-time work were tiring. Here is what I've learned about how to cope better and balance life and work while working a 9-to-5. I said to my manager, "I'm coming in early every day, so I'm technically working more hours than in my contract. AdvertisementI personally prefer to go to work early and come home early so I have more time in the evening. Martin said she was arriving at work early, so she asked her manager if she could leave early too.

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☆ Duke's 3-year fraud investigation into Dan Ariely has ended, and the star professor still has a job. Does he want it?
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-22 | by ( Kate Taylor | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +17 min

For years, the Duke professor Dan Ariely was at the top of his game. Three professors behind the blog Data Colada reported evidence of fake data in a 2012 paper Ariely coauthored on honesty pledges. "When people do take a risk and they succeed, everybody enjoys it," Ariely told BI. In 2010, Ariely told NPR that two dentists examining the same teeth for cavities would agree only 50% of the time, citing research from Delta Dental. While the board originally said it would "unanimously stand in support of President Gay," Gay stepped down in early January in response to the backlash.

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☆ I'm a man who created a sexy female AI influencer to make extra money. It's been harder and weirder than I thought.
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-21 | by ( Marta Biino | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

A man created a female AI influencer in order to make money after losing his job. This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with the male creator behind AI influencer Kimochii. I thought an AI influencer would be the easiest and quickest way. Kimochii is an AI influencer with 43,000 Instagram followers. Even though I'm not making that much money with Kimochii, I'm too invested in her life now.

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☆ HBO is making it harder to watch John Oliver for free — the opposite of what Comedy Central is doing with Jon Stewart
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-20 | by ( Peter Kafka | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Discovery is delaying "Last Week Tonight" YouTube streaming to push viewers to Max. Every Sunday night, John Oliver hosts "Last Week Tonight" on cable TV. When it plays on YouTube, where HBO runs it without ads, it doesn't make any money. So hoping that making "Last Week Tonight" a little harder to see for free fits pretty easily into that pattern. AdvertisementThe move also runs counter to the way TV networks are treating comedy #content in general.

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☆ Prince William said something that provoked a look of shock and excitement from 'The Bear' star Ayo Edebiri, and the internet is having a field day
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-19 | by ( Olivia Singh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Advertisement"The Bear" star Ayo Edebiri met Prince William, and the internet is having a field day trying to decipher her facial expression. After the awards show, William shook hands and greeted rising star award nominees Edebiri, Phoebe Dynevor, Sophie Wilde, and Mia McKenna-Bruce. Prince William, Phoebe Dynevor, Ayo Edebiri, Sophie Wilde, and Mia McKenna Bruce after the BAFTA ceremony. "I am simply begging you all to look at this photo of Ayo Edebiri meeting Prince William at the #BAFTAs," said @Hopesloop on X (formerly known as Twitter). AdvertisementPrince William, Phoebe Dynevor, Ayo Edebiri, Sophie Wilde, and Mia McKenna Bruce after the BAFTA ceremony.

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☆ A millennial bought a $2,950 vintage truck and built a whimsical wood cabin on top of it. She's lived there for 5 years — and loves it.
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-19 | by ( Maria Noyen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

However, Kai said the goal is still to move the truck permanently onto land she owns. The house truck is road-legal, Kai said. Trish BromleyOne of Kai's most common questions is whether the house truck is "road-legal." While it is possible to drive the house truck, Kai said they don't do it often because of the cost of fuel and how attention-grabbing it is. But the ultimate goal is to eventually buy a plot of land where she and Ben can park the house truck full-time.

Persons: Kai, Trish Bromley, she's, Ben Organizations: Dodge

☆ My 93-year-old dad taught me the importance of friendships
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-19 | by ( Amy Abbott | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

He held every office in civic and church clubs, including Lions Club Tail Twister. A highly responsible position, The Tail Twister enforced fines for made-up infractions like wearing the wrong color tie. The punishment: the Tail Twister cut off the offending tie about three inches below the knot. At 66, I've lost my mother and all my grandparents, but I haven't lost any close friends near my age. Like my Dad, I'm a planner and an instigator, always trying to stay in touch.

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☆ James Brown's daughters reveal who the Godfather of Soul really was: He 'was Daddy'
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-19 | by ( Felice León | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

James Brown's daughters, Deanna Brown Thomas and Yamma Brown, discussed their father's life and legacy. The interview is in anticipation of the A&E limited series, "James Brown: Say It Loud," premiering Monday night. Music really was his purpose," Brown’s daughter, Yamma Brown, told Business Insider when describing her dad’s driving force. AdvertisementYamma Brown: James Brown was daddy. “James Brown: Say it Loud,” executive produced by Mick Jagger and Questlove, premieres Monday, February 19 at 8 p.m. ET/PT on A&E.

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