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This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Sarah Pardi, 35, who moved to Paris in 2023. This conversation has been edited for length and clarity.I’ve been obsessed with France for as long as I can remember. I don’t even know where it started — there aren’t any French people in my family. Maybe I saw a movie about it as a kid. But I grew up very poor, so I wasn’t sure how I’d ever make it happen.When I turned 18, I was like, “Okay, I’m going to figure out how to start traveling.” At the time, I’d…

Growing up in the suburbs of southern California, I knew a few things to be true about my family. Most importantly, I knew that all we had were each other. Unlike my friends at school, we did not have any extended family. There were no big Thanksgivings, hangouts with our cousins, or sleepovers at our grandparents’ house. It was just us four, navigating the differences between the Western culture we lived in and the Eastern culture of our roots.I grew up in Los Angeles as the eldest daughter of an immigrant family. My parents had left their motherland in search…

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Rikki Dimitriadis, 31, an American based in Miami. The details of her planned move to Dubai have been verified by Business Insider. This piece has been edited for length and clarity.I have a one-way flight from Miami to Dubai booked for April 1st. There, I’ll be starting a new job as a senior hairdresser, and I plan to live near the Burj Khalifa.Dubai is calling my name. Nothing can dampen my excitement about relocating, not even the recent Iranian strikes.I was in New York during 9/11, and it made me accustomed…

2026-03-04T23:26:01.228Z Share Copy link Email Facebook WhatsApp X LinkedIn Bluesky Threads lighning bolt icon An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link Save Saved Read in app This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Have an account? Log in. Raising kids across 3 countries — the US, Australia, Switzerland — changed how I approach parenting. It opened my eyes to how different cultures empower children to reach their full potential. My kids learned early independence in Switzerland and the power of preparation in Australia. Parenting my children across…

No one really tells you how to look for a home — and I don’t mean a structure with four walls and a front door. I mean the place you’re proud to be part of, to describe to people who’ve never been, to bond over with strangers you’ve just met.If I’m honest, my husband Cody and I started our search for a new home from vastly different perspectives: I’m a Guyanese-American Black woman raised by Caribbean parents in an eclectic corner of North Jersey. I grew up proudly wearing my badge of independence as I took the bus and train…

2026-03-05T19:30:43.697Z Share Copy link Email Facebook WhatsApp X LinkedIn Bluesky Threads lighning bolt icon An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link Save Saved Read in app Loading audio narration… This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Have an account? Log in. Low-rise jeans are making comeback as brands like Lucky Brand launch denim campaigns. American Eagle said it’s seeking to push into the low-rise trend amid wider denim market pressure. Celebrities like Kylie Jenner and Jennifer Lopez have embraced the return of low-rise jeans. The jeans millennials…

2026-03-06T10:36:01.284Z Share Copy link Email Facebook WhatsApp X LinkedIn Bluesky Threads lighning bolt icon An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link Save Saved Read in app This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Have an account? Log in. The software-apocalypse is hitting private credit, putting the biggest players on defense. Following concerns over Blue Owl’s software exposure, other leaders are talking up their portfolios. Execs like Marc Rowan and Jon Gray defended their portfolios against software risk this week. Months of concern over the private credit industry…

Billy Joel is moving out. The main piece of the “Piano Man” singer’s Long Island estate just sold for $28.75 million, Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Laffey International Realty, the home’s realty company, announced in a post on Instagram earlier this week.The 26-acre waterfront estate, known as “MiddleSea,” in Centre Island, New York, first went on the market in 2023 after completing a five-year renovation project.The original asking price for the whole property, which is comprised of four distinct houses, was $49 million. After going on the market in 2023, it was relisted in 2024 with additional renovations.The estate’s sale was eventually…

Daniel Mazur’s near-decade-long run at $66 billion hedge fund Citadel is a lifetime in the cutthroat hedge fund world, but his time is finally up at Ken Griffin’s firm. Loading audio narration… A person familiar with the move told Business Insider that Mazur, a stockpicker for Citadel’s Global Equities unit since the summer of 2016, is joining Izzy Englander’s Millennium as a senior portfolio manager. Citadel and Millennium declined to comment.A person close to Citadel told Business Insider the manager liquidated Mazur’s portfolio earlier this year and promoted two people under him — Brad Gemberling and Greg Fitter — to…

Kristi Noem might not be a Hollywood star, but her department spent like the big studios.The former secretary of the Department of Homeland Security was ousted from her post on Thursday, following months of controversy over her handling of immigration enforcement in Trump’s mass deportation campaign.During Noem’s appearance before Congress on Tuesday, Senator John Kennedy, among other lawmakers from both sides of the political aisle, pressed Noem about the department’s spending of taxpayer dollars, including a $220 million ad contract.The ads, which Noem said were intended to encourage undocumented immigrants to leave the US, included footage of the now-former secretary…