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Coworkers often engage in small talk, which is usually a well-meaning attempt at forming connections.However, some subjects or remarks can be misunderstood or come across as inappropriate in a professional setting, potentially straining relationships between coworkers.That’s why Business Insider asked four etiquette experts about the topics people should avoid discussing at work. Here’s what they said.How others spend their time and money What a coworker does with their time or money is their business.  Dayfaphoto/Shutterstock The lines between work and personal life can sometimes feel blurry, but how a coworker spends their paid time off or paychecks is none of…

Owing $40 trillion might sound daunting. But for the American government, ballooning debt has become the new business as usual — even if it takes a bite out of consumers’ wallets.On Wednesday, the Treasury Department announced that the national debt had reached over $40 trillion, up by more than $11 trillion over the last five years. Also this week, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent stepped in to try to ease skyrocketing yields — the 30-year US Treasury yield hit its highest level since June 2007, as investors looked to offload bonds amid continued oil price uncertainty. Bessent took some unexpected direct…

Ad giant WPP is fighting back against a lawsuit filed by one of its former executives, alleging that he improperly leaked sensitive trade secrets and client data that could jeopardize its business.The lawsuit, from former WPP exec Richard Foster, accuses the company of retaliating against him and firing him after he raised concerns that the group’s media investment division was allegedly running an improper global kickback operation. In a new filing added to the case last week, Foster’s legal team included details of a purported investigation by WPP client Sony that said WPP had run a “fraud scheme” in China…

Matt Zames, then-chief operating officer of JPMorgan Chase, center, in New York, Feb. 27, 2017.Kholood Eid | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesFormer JPMorgan Chase executive Matt Zames will join the Trump administration as an advisor to the Social Security agency, CNBC has learned.Zames is taking an unpaid position to help his former JPMorgan colleague Frank Bisignano, who became Social Security commissioner last year, tackle modernization of the agency, said people with knowledge of the move, who asked not to be named because they weren’t authorized to discuss it publicly. He starts Monday at Social Security Administration headquarters in Baltimore, Maryland, where…

MrBeast has found a partial replacement for outgoing studio head Corie Henson, two people with knowledge told Business Insider.Justin Killion was named interim head of MrBeast Studios, which encompasses YouTuber Jimmy Donaldson’s main channel and its gaming vertical.Henson left earlier in August after about a year in the job. Killion’s remit is smaller than hers, as it doesn’t include oversight of “Beast Games,” the competition show MrBeast is making with Amazon’s Prime Video, or WatchTime Studios, a new unit created to make video content that’s non-MrBeast centric.Killion reports to Jeff Housenbold, the CEO of Beast Industries, MrBeast’s holding company, and…

China was once one of the most attractive and fastest-growing markets for many American brands.With its population of more than 1.4 billion people and massive opportunities for businesses, companies were racing to take advantage of the boon that China could offer. But in recent years, some consumer brands, including Nike, Starbucks and General Motors, have begun to see the tide turn. With rising geopolitical tensions, a surge in domestic competition and a disconnect from the Chinese consumer, American companies have lost ground in the region that once offered fuel for growth.”China is such a big market. The numbers are so…

Vials of measles-mumps-rubella vaccine are displayed on a counter at a Walgreens Pharmacy in Mill Valley, California, Jan. 26, 2015.Justin Sullivan | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesRecord measles cases and rising childhood vaccine exemptions in the U.S. have fueled concerns that Americans are increasingly turning against vaccines.But the reality may be more complicated than that. The biggest challenge for public health officials trying to contain deadly diseases may not be widespread anti-vaccine sentiment or the influencers and political figures who spread it. Only a small share of Americans indicate they firmly believe common myths about the shots, according to a…

The Empire State Building, the Chrysler Building and One Vanderbilt are seen among other buildings in midtown Manhattan in New York, Jan. 11, 2024.Angela Weiss | Afp | Getty ImagesA version of this article first appeared in the CNBC Property Play newsletter with Diana Olick. Property Play covers new and evolving opportunities for the real estate investor, from individuals to venture capitalists, private equity funds, family offices, institutional investors and large public companies. Sign up to receive future editions, straight to your inbox.It should come as no surprise that the number of artificial intelligence-specific tech workers is growing rapidly, and the effect…

When the US consumer is weakening, Walmart is usually one of the last dominoes to fall.When economic conditions get tough, low-income shoppers rely on it even more. It’s also become a destination for higher-income consumers looking to cut costs.That’s what made Walmart’s first comparable-sales loss in six years particularly hard to swallow on Thursday. It was not only a bad sign for the business, but also the economy at large, given the company’s bellwether status.The investor reaction was swift and punishing. Walmart fell as much as 10% in early trading before finishing the day 9% low. The move wiped out…

The summer intern hunched over their phone, surreptitiously typing away, might be doing one of two things: betting on a prediction market or managing an AI chatbot.Morgan Stanley’s equity research team asked the firm’s summer interns about both their AI use and, for the first time, betting habits as part of its annual survey. More than 500 North American interns, most of whom are 21 or younger, participated in this year’s survey, which was conducted in June and published in August.More than a quarter of the interns said they’d used a betting or prediction market app in the past year,…