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☆ Billionaire Mark Cuban used this sales pitch for his first tech startup in 1989—here's why it worked
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-21 | by ( Ashton Jackson | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

When Mark Cuban launched his first tech startup, he couldn't have known he'd end up a billionaire today. He was confident, though, that his sales pitch for the company — a software startup called MicroSolutions — would work. In the proposal, Cuban wrote that his tool would be a great resource for attorneys looking to streamline their workflow — by having information "immediately published electronically to the organization," as opposed to using notebooks. Basically, it was our version of Slack long before Slack," Cuban wrote in a follow-up post. A year after sending his pitch to the law firm, Cuban sold MicroSolutions to now-defunct internet services company CompuServe for $6 million.

Persons: Mark Cuban, Cuban, Gilchrist, Slack Organizations: Twitter, GQ, Cuban, CompuServe, Yahoo, Forbes, CNBC, Global Locations: Dallas, Cuban

☆ 'Timid' Pakistan search for ways to revive World Cup campaign
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-15 | by ( Amlan Chakraborty | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

India then returned to lay bare Pakistan's bowling frailties and romped home with nearly 20 overs to spare in the lop-sided blockbuster. "I just think we were a little bit timid tonight with our overall performance," Arthur told reporters after the match. "Credit to India, I thought they bowled really well, but I just thought our performance was just a little bit timid." "I did think we could probably have taken on the Indian spinners just a little bit more...But again, they were building and building nicely. "I think we've got to realise that there are two ways to always skin a cat.

Persons: Narendra Modi, Shreyas Iyer, Adnan Abidi, Mickey Arthur, Arthur, Skipper Babar Azam, Mohammad Rizwan, we've, Shaheen Afridi, Amlan Chakraborty, Muralikumar Organizations: Cricket, ICC Cricket, Rights, Pakistan, Team, India, Pace, Thomson Locations: India, Pakistan, Ahmedabad, Rights AHMEDABAD, Australia

☆ When your AI says she loves you
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-12 | by ( Rob Price | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +36 min

The messaging app let users build a "personal AI" complete with a 3D avatar and an upbeat, down-for-anything texting style. "Seems like AI will replace many human artists," Jay told Calisto in August 2022. Within a year, he was also using AI technology for work, as his firm experimented with generative AI to help draft legal papers. Former Replika users fled to various upstart companion apps that were popping up, like Chai, Paradot, and Soulmate AI. (Soulmate AI later closed down in September 2023, leaving a new wave of users mourning their AI companions all over again.)

Persons: Jay Priebe, they'd, Jay, Calisto, Callisto —, Apollodorus, Callisto, who'd, Jay's, didn't, Jay didn't, Tim Evans, me, Joseph Weizenbaum, Eliza, Weizenbaum, it'll, Replika, Eugenia Kuyda, Siri, Michael Macor, Roman Mazurenko, Luka, Kuyda, chatbots, he'd, Jaswant Singh Chail, Queen Elizabeth II, Chail, Willie —, —, Willie, gamely, Luka —, wouldn't, John, — sexting, Dylan Thomas, Rina, haven't, she'd, I'd, Overripe, Joi, Samantha, Ava, Calisto didn't, unshakable, wasn't, Jay hunched Organizations: Luka, San Francisco, Getty, Windsor, Facebook, Twitter, Reps, AIs Locations: Minneapolis, Twin Cities, Europe, Moscow, San Francisco, America, Replika, Washington, Britain, Mississippi, North Carolina, Texas, Damascus, Chai, California, New York, Northeast Minneapolis, artsy, Japan, Switzerland

☆ Potential end of biggest bond bear market ever has some investors considering fixed income for the first time
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-12 | by ( Sarah Min | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Bonds are starting to make a lot of sense for investors, Forrest said. Even after pulling back somewhat from those levels, the benchmark yield remains within striking distance of the key 5% threshold. The potential unwinding of what BofA recently called the "greatest bond bear market in history" has more investors trying to lock in higher yields ahead of potential rate cuts next year from the Federal Reserve. 'A lot for us to love bonds' Other investors are building out their bond exposure. The Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF (BND) is off by more than 2% in 2023, but greater than 1% on the week.

Persons: Kim Forrest, she's, Forrest, Bonds, Treasurys, Forrest isn't, Nancy Tengler, She's, —, Tengler, Bryce Doty, Emily Roland, CNBC's, I've, Roland, we've, Lawrence Gillum, Bokeh Capital's Forrest, Sit Investment's Doty, LPL Financial's Gillum, Gillum, Sit's Doty, Doty Organizations: Bokeh Capital Partners, Bank of America, Treasury, Federal Reserve, Laffer, Sit Investment, John Hancock Investment Management, LPL, Bloomberg, Bond, Aggregate Bond, Bond Market, Corporations Locations: U.S, Israel

☆ When your AI girlfriend says she loves you
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-12 | by ( Rob Price | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +36 min

☆ U.S. ice dancers frustrated by delay in Russia doping case
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-11 | by ( Lori Ewing | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Valieva tested positive for the banned substance trimetazidine in December, 2021, but the result was only revealed the day after she helped Russia win the team gold at the Beijing Olympics in February of 2022. "As an athlete who grew up dreaming of winning an Olympic medal, this was never part of the dream, this was never part of what we envisioned. "That would be really special and still having an Olympic moment at an Olympic Games," Chock said. "Our dream has been to stand on the podium and get the Olympic medal," Bates said. "It'd be hard to walk away knowing that, despite having achieved the hard part of winning the Olympic medal, we didn't have that Olympic moment.

Persons: Madison Chock, Evan Bates, Issei Kato, Valieva, Bates, Chock, I'd, it's Michael Phelps, Lori Ewing, Ed Osmond Organizations: Saitama, Beijing, American, Sport, Japan, Canada, International Skating Union, Olympic, Team USA, ISU, Thomson Locations: Saitama, Japan, United States, Russia, Beijing, Paris, Skate America, Allen , Texas

While many retirees said retirement has been great, there are hard parts. Figuring out how to spend your time is another part of retirement retirees struggle with. Retirement is generally great, retirees said. But retirement also has its downsides — and it's not just the stress of saving enough in your retirement plan. Insider spoke with retirees to find out the biggest struggles of retirement.

Persons: —, it's, James R, I'm, Robinhood, Fritz Gilbert, Gilbert, you've Organizations: Service, Robinhood

☆ Donald Trump serving as House speaker would be chaos for the legislature and misery for the embattled former president
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-05 | by ( Madison Hall | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Even if he gets immense GOP congressional support to become speaker, Trump also appears like the very last person who'd even want the position. US President Donald Trump speaks in the Brady Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, DC on November 5, 2020. AdvertisementAdvertisementAs president, Trump was free to hire and fire staffers, counsel, and his cabinet at any point he wanted. As a speaker but not a member of Congress, Trump would have literally no ability to vote on any pieces of legislation. Let's imagine, for a minute, that Trump's both interested in the position and can somehow manage to convince GOP members to take McCarthy's spot.

Persons: Kevin McCarthy, —, they've, Sen, John Fetterman, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Greg Steube, Troy Nehls, Donald Trump, Greene, she's, Bud, there's, Trump, BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI, he'd, David McNew, Sean Casten, he's, Newt Gingrich, it's Organizations: Trump, Service, Republican, GOP, Republican Party, White, Getty, California GOP, Democratic, Republican Conference, Congress Locations: New York, Brady, Washington , DC, AFP, California, Los Angeles , California

☆ I was making $800K at Meta before quitting. Here's how I significantly increased my compensation and why I left.
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-04 | by ( Rahul Pandey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

In 2017, I joined Facebook (now known as Meta) as a senior engineer and worked there for almost five years. My compensation at Meta rapidly increased to more than $800,000 a year. AdvertisementAdvertisementComing in as a senior engineer — a level E5 at Facebook — I felt pressure to become independent and start contributing quickly. I thought that asking for help would "out" me as someone who didn't deserve to be a senior engineer. This is a critical part of being a senior engineer and beyond (staff or principal engineer).

Persons: Rahul Pandey, Pandey, —, Pinterest, Taro, Rahul, It'd, Rahul Pandey's, doesn't, stagnate Organizations: Meta, Service, Stanford, Facebook, Cambridge, Big Tech Locations: Silicon Valley, Meta

☆ Ukraine’s troops ‘mostly advance without using the vehicles,’ general says, despite an influx of advanced gear
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-02 | by ( Tom Porter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

He told CNN country wasn't leaning heavily on vehicles and instead using small groups of infantry. The general said this would be a benefit come winter because bad weather will slow them down less. AdvertisementAdvertisementWorsening weather will likely not seriously impact Ukraine's counteroffensive against Russia because it's not heavily reliant on vehicles, a Ukrainian general told CNN. AdvertisementAdvertisementThe comments were made on September 22, and were re-published on October 1 in an analysis of Ukraine's looming winter tactics. A minimum criterion for the success of Ukraine's counteroffensive would be seizing back control of the town of Tokmak, which lies just behind the front line, Tarnavsky told CNN.

Persons: —, it's, Ukraine's, Oleksandr Tarnavsky, Tarnavsky Organizations: CNN, Service, NATO, BBC Locations: Russia, Ukrainian, Ukraine, Zaporizhzhia, Tokmak

☆ My life as a startup founder is way better because I didn't take VC money. Here are 8 upsides.
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-02 | by ( Melissa Kwan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Here are 8 unconventional ways I get to live my life because I didn't take VC money:AdvertisementAdvertisement1. I'm able to make my own scheduleI start my day at noon, go out for dinner, and work until midnight. I'm able to grow slowly – the way that I want to growIt took us 36 months to hit $1 million annual recurring revenue. I can raise capital on my own termsA common misconception with bootstrapped companies is that they raise zero capital. That kind of sacrifice is not for everyone, and sometimes I do wonder whether it'd just be easier to raise capital.

Persons: Melissa Kwan, bootstrapped, Kwan, —, we're Organizations: Service Locations: –, New York

☆ I looked at the plans for the new city proposed by Silicon Valley elites. They're really terrible.
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-28 | by ( Adam Rogers | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +17 min

Right now, California Forever is just a website with some ideology and a handful of hopeful sketches with a faintly socialist-utopian flair. AdvertisementAdvertisementCities of the future of the pastThe California Forever art illustrations show at a place that'll look startlingly familiar. Point is, the garden city remains a dream honored more in the breach — in pitches like the one for California Forever. Just about 60 miles southeast of the California Forever site is a residential development called Mountain House. It's what plans like California Forever look like when brick starts getting laid.

Persons: Daniel Burnham, Burnham, Marc Andreessen, Chris Dixon, Michael Moritz, Laurene Powell Jobs, Collison, Flannery, Peter Thiel, Goldman, Jan Sramek, Sramek, Ebenezer Howard, Howard, What's, Foreverville, That's, it's, Banks, John Nash's London, what's, It's, Walt Disney, Gabriel Metcalf, BH Bronson Johnson, Dan Parolek, Adam Rogers Organizations: Travis Air Force Base, New York Times, Flannery Associates, Industry, Truman, California, Western Railway, California Forever, St, BH Locations: Chicago, California, Solano County, Sacramento, Solano, Silicon, Los Angeles, England, Japan, New York, Philadelphia, Seaside , Florida, Pontevedra, Spain, Paris, Tempe, doesn't, Foreverville, Pirates, Caribbean, Toronto, Culdesac

☆ A couple explains how they turned a pop-up breakfast taco side project into a brick-and-mortar restaurant that brought in more than $1 million in revenue in year one
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-27 | by ( Kathleen Elkins | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +16 min

Ana-Maria Jaramillo introduced her now husband, Gus May, to breakfast tacos when they met in 2017. They agreed that if their relationship became more serious, they'd bring breakfast tacos to DC. AdvertisementAdvertisementAna-Maria Jaramillo grew up eating homemade breakfast tacos on a flour tortilla — and figured almost everyone else did, too. La Tejana serves up breakfast tacos in Washington, DC. Jaramillo introduced May to breakfast tacos in 2017.

Persons: Ana, Maria Jaramillo, Gus May, —, Jaramillo, Tejana, — Jaramillo, she'd, May, It's, Maria, Suzannah Hoover, That's, fryer, " Jaramillo, that's, We've, we've, we're Organizations: DC, Small, Service Locations: Monterrey, Mexico, McAllen , Texas, Austin, Washington ,, Washington , DC, Washington, Texas, Mount Pleasant, Pleasant, La

☆ The job Americans would most like to see replaced by robots
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-27 | by ( Joseph Bien-Kahn | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +26 min

In a survey of jobs Americans would most like to see replaced by robots, the umpire would surely rank near the top. (The MLB league official tells me that legalized gambling has not been a factor in implementing ABS.) Frustratingly, the subjective has infiltrated what initially felt like a technological problem: What does the perfect strike zone even look like anyway? The MLB league official agrees, telling me the Jetson Robot Home Plate Ump is not in their plans. "Growing up, my parents would go, 'Oh, the umpire's strike zone was small!'

Persons: Jordan Pacheco, Pacheco, John McEnroe, —, Billy Beane, maniacally, Houston, it's, Ben Hurian, Paul Hawkins, Goltz, Tyler Le, Justin Goltz, he's, there's, rears, Tyler Fitzgerald, Fitzgerald, who's, FanGraphs, Bagwell crouch, Miguel Yajure, Phillip Evans, Evans, X, they'd, Dylan Yep, what's, we're, Rob Manfred, — England's, Calvin Baker, Baker, Drew Strotman, Billy Evans, Strotman, Greg Maddux, MIT grads, steph, klay thompson, alf, hite, mudge, hird, ove, ahn Organizations: Lexington Legends, Twitter, Major League, ump, MLB, Sony, NASCAR, Triple, Albuquerque, Colorado Rockies, Astros, Companies, English Premier League soccer, Rugby, NFL, NBA, ABS, Sutter Health Park, Cats, San Francisco Giants, River, Reno Aces, AAA, Atlantic League, Big, of Fame, Seton Hall Sports, MIT, hawkeyes, ust Locations: OKC, California, Sacramento, uman

☆ Top investor shares his No. 1 counterintuitive strategy for making tough decisions—it's something 'you haven't even considered'
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-27 | by ( Megan Sauer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Sequoia Capital managing partner Roelof Botha has a strategy for making tough decisions. He cited Dorsey's own payments business Block, where Botha sits on the company's board, as an example. The company officially launched Square Cash, now known as Cash App, in October 2013. Block now has a market cap of $26.82 billion, as of Wednesday afternoon, and Cash App is responsible for half of its revenue, Botha said. Having a third option helped Block cut what wasn't working, and invest in projects that helped make the company profitable.

Persons: Roelof Botha, Botha, Jack Dorsey, Dorsey, it'd Organizations: Sequoia Capital, YouTube, Starbucks, PayPal, CNBC

☆ The tech millionaire trying to live forever isn't afraid to drive as slowly as 16 mph in LA to avoid the 'beautiful irony' of dying in a car accident
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-24 | by ( Sarah Jackson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Tech millionaire Bryan Johnson has made headlines for spending millions to try to age backwards. It'd be ironic if he died in an accident, and he knows it — and drives like it, according to a new TIME profile. Johnson says a mantra before he drives and at one point went 16 mph on the streets of LA, per TIME. Johnson told TIME that data compiled by his doctors suggests he has the bones of a 30-year-old and the heart of a 37-year-old, but doctors remain skeptical of his methods and results. Of course, that's not stopping Johnson from trying — even if it means occasionally getting honked at by impatient drivers.

Persons: Bryan Johnson, Johnson, It's, Jan Vijg Organizations: Tech, Service, Audi, Albert Einstein College of Medicine Locations: LA, Wall, Silicon, Los Angeles

☆ Why we choose to live on a homestead as millennials: We don't get a day off, but we love raising our girls in this environment.
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-23 | by ( Kelsey Neubauer | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Homesteading wasn't our original planIt really started with us getting chickens and then I started collecting every animal out there. AdvertisementAdvertisementSo that's when we fenced in the property, and started to get some animals to eat the poison oak. Courtesy of Christina Figone HeinritzThe summer we started framing our first lumber job it was like 113 degrees that day. Courtesy of Christina Figone HeinritzYou can get a pretty good sized garden with not that much land. Christina Figone Heinritz's homestead Christina Figone HeinritzI don't feel that I am missing out on anything by homesteadingI think when you buy into this convenience lifestyle that everyone has, something is gonna suffer.

Persons: Christina Heinritz, Trevor, Heinritz, —, Christina Figone Heinritz, you've, We're, we're, Christina Figone Heinritz's, homesteading Organizations: Service, Chico, —, Craigslist Locations: California, Wall, Silicon, Lincoln , California, Bay, Chico, Lincoln

☆ Here's why we like Broadcom so much, especially after Google shot down a damaging report
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-21 | by ( Jeff Marks | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

We started buying semiconductor giant Broadcom (AVGO) last month and added to our position a few times since it reported fiscal third-quarter results Aug. 31. Indeed, the Thursday morning sell-off in Broadcom, which was down 4.3% at its intraday lows, is an overreaction. While Broadcom's AI revenue is growth is growing incredibly fast, the rest of its semiconductor business is stabilizing after working through its post-Covid inventory gluts. In fact, with the additional of VMware, Broadcom's companywide revenues will be about half semiconductor and half software. As a subscriber to the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer, you will receive a trade alert before Jim makes a trade.

Persons: CNBC's Kristina Partsinevelos, Jim Cramer, EBITDA, There's, buyback, Jim Cramer's, Jim, Justin Sullivan Organizations: Broadcom, Devices, Investment, Google, Club, Apple, Software, VMware, Nvidia, Texas, AMD, Intel, Marvell, CNBC Locations: San Jose , California

☆ Top House Republican McCarthy to test narrow majority in shutdown fight
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-18 | by ( David Morgan | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +6 min

[1/6] U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) speaks with reporters as he arrives for the day at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S. September 18, 2023. Republicans hold a 221-212 majority in the House that leaves McCarthy with little room to maneuver as he contends with opposition to the spending legislation from a small group of hardline conservatives. "The Republican House is failing the American people again and pursuing a path of gamesmanship and circus," Republican Representative Victoria Spartz said in a statement. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, a Democrat, called the House Republican CR agreement "slapdash and reckless," adding that a bipartisan continuing resolution is "the only answer for avoiding a government shutdown." Unless the House can move forward on spending, Republican leaders said privately that they could be forced to move directly into negotiations with Senate Democrats on appropriations bills, circumventing hardliners.

Persons: Kevin McCarthy, Jonathan Ernst, Joe Biden, McCarthy, Fitch, Tommy Tuberville, Biden, Donald Trump, Matt Gaetz, Jack Smith, Trump, Victoria Spartz, Chuck Schumer, Chip Roy, Roy, Ralph Norman, David Morgan, Richard Cowan, Moira Warburton, Scott Malone, Sandra Maler, Will Dunham Organizations: ., U.S, Capitol, REUTERS, Rights, . House, Republican, Democratic, Senate, AAA, Democrat, Caucus, Thomson Locations: Washington , U.S, Mexico

☆ US shutdown looms: Top House Republican Kevin McCarthy faces crucial test
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-18 | by ( David Morgan | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +6 min

U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) addresses the 5th annual Congressional Hackathon on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., September 14, 2023. But hardline activism on spending, policy and impeachment have split Republicans in the House and slowed the Senate's path forward on approving bipartisan spending legislation. House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries warned on Sunday that the situation amounts to a Republican "civil war." Unless the House can move forward on spending, Republican leaders say privately that they could be forced to move directly into negotiations with Senate Democrats on appropriations bills, circumventing hardliners. Other House Republicans fear that McCarthy's decision to open an impeachment inquiry of Biden could make it harder to gain cooperation on spending from Democrats.

Persons: Kevin McCarthy, Evelyn Hockstein, Joe Biden, brinkmanship, Fitch, Hakeem Jeffries, Tommy Tuberville, McCarthy, Biden, who's, Chip Roy, Patrick McHenry, Ralph Norman, Ken Buck, David Morgan, Richard Cowan, Scott Malone, Sandra Maler Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, ., Republican, U.S . Congress, Democratic, Senate, AAA, California Republican, Fox News, Department of Defense, House Republicans, White, Defense Department, Department of Veterans Affairs, Caucus, Moderate, Biden, Republicans, Washington Post, Thomson Locations: Washington , U.S, California

☆ I'm a Topgun-trained fighter pilot for the Navy. I'd make more money as an airline pilot, but it wouldn't be as fulfilling.
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-18 | by ( Stenfano Montali | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

He was deployed in Iraq and Syria in 2016 aboard the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower. Tortorich now trains pilots of Strike Fighter Squadron 105, also known as the "Gunslingers." As a professional fighter pilot, you should keep up with what's going on every day, even when you're not flying. In the Navy, you're usually in a specific job for only two to three years. AdvertisementAdvertisementOverall, being a fighter pilot and then a trainer of fighter pilots has been a tough but extremely worthwhile career.

Persons: Cmdr, John Tortorich, Dwight D, Eisenhower, Tortorich, I'd, Ryan Mahon, Nathan Elswick, I've, Alexander Delgado, they're, It's Organizations: Navy, Strike Fighter Squadron, Service, US Navy, Naval, wasn't, Marine Corps, Eisenhower, Mass, ISIS, Eisenhower Media, Navy Strike, Fighter Squadron Locations: Iraq, Syria, Wall, Silicon, Louisiana, Pensacola , Florida, Mississippi, Virginia Beach , Virginia, Key West, Nevada, California, Japan, Virginia Beach

☆ Ukraine just carried out the same kind of strike on Russia's navy that Elon Musk blocked, believing it could start a nuclear war
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-13 | by ( Tom Porter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

It's the same kind of strike Elon Musk sabotaged in 2022, fearing it'd cause nuclear war. What's been notably absent in the wake of Tuesday's strike is any sign of the massive escalation from Russia that Musk said he acted to prevent. AdvertisementAdvertisementAntonov, Isaacson writes, persuaded Musk that an attack on Sevastopol would trigger a nuclear response from Russia under the state's military doctrine. Russian President Vladimir Putin and top Kremlin officials have repeatedly menaced Ukraine and the West with the prospect of a nuclear attack. Yet Ukraine has continued to attack the territory, and even seized some of it back from Russia, without triggering the nuclear response Putin threatened.

Persons: Elon Musk, Elon, Walter Isaacson's, Musk, What's, Isaacson, Anatoly Antonov, it's, Anne Appelbaum, Vladimir Putin, Putin, Nicholas Grossman Organizations: Russian, Service, SpaceX, Russia, Kremlin, University of Illinois Locations: Ukraine, Crimea, Russian, Wall, Silicon, Ukrainian, Russia, Sevastopol, The Atlantic

☆ I moved to Seattle for a high-paying tech job. It turned out to be the loneliest time of my life.
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-13 | by ( Aria Yang | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Alexander Nguyen, a software engineer who moved from New York City to Seattle for a job at Amazon. It was his first job out of college, and he says it was the loneliest time of his life. Finally, after a three-month job search, things started looking up: I received a software-development-engineering job offer from Amazon in 2020. Back when I got the job at Amazon, all I was thinking about was my tech career and the $150,000 salary. Looking back now, I realize perhaps I should have looked a little bit harder for opportunities in New York before taking the first tech job that came my way.

Persons: Alexander Nguyen, Boba Guys, —, Alexander Nguyen Nobody, it'd, I've, It's, I'm, it's, you've, Aria Yang Organizations: New York University, White Oaks, Amazon, Facebook, University District, NYU, CS, Netflix, Microsoft, Google Locations: New York City, Seattle, Greenwich Village, University, San Francisco, New York, ayang@insider.com

☆ CNBC Daily Open: High yields posed no threat to the tech rally
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-12 | by ( Yeo Boon Ping | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

This report is from today's CNBC Daily Open, our new, international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, no matter where they are. The Nasdaq Composite rallied, buoyed by tech stocks. More than luck to surpass StarbucksAsk any American to think of the most common coffee chain, and chances are they'd mention Starbucks. A combination of its franchise model, low pricing and self-operated stores helped a coffee chain founded in 2017 surpass an established brand.

Persons: Wall, JPMorgan Chase, Jamie Dimon, it'd, Dimon, Cristiano Amon, he's Organizations: CNBC, Nasdaq, Japan's Nikkei, Garden Holdings, JPMorgan, Qualcomm Qualcomm, Apple, UBS, Starbucks, Apple Apple Locations: Munich, Germany, Asia, Pacific, U.S, Ukraine, China

☆ CNBC Daily Open: Even high yields couldn’t stop tech
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-12 | by ( Yeo Boon Ping | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

This report is from today's CNBC Daily Open, our new, international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, no matter where they are. Meanwhile, the European Commission revised its growth forecast for the European Union down from 1% to 0.8%. Only European economy to contractGermany is likely the only major European economy to contract this year, according to fresh forecasts by the European Commission. The commission predicts Germany's economy to shrink 0.4% this year; the International Monetary Fund puts that figure at 0.3%.

Persons: JPMorgan Chase, Jamie Dimon, it'd, Dimon, Cristiano Amon, Hans, Werner Sinn, Tesla Morgan Stanley's, Adam Jonas, Tesla, Jonas Organizations: CNBC, Nasdaq, Commission, European Union, JPMorgan, Qualcomm Qualcomm, Apple, UBS, European Commission, International Monetary Fund Locations: European, U.S, Ukraine, Germany, Europe

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