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Greg Abel might just be a little looser with the purse strings than Warren Buffett.Abel, who succeeded Buffett as Berkshire Hathaway’s CEO at the turn of this year, oversaw a drop in the conglomerate’s mountain of cash and Treasury bills from $380 billion at the end of March to $365 billion at the end of June, excluding Treasury payables.Berkshire opened its coffers to buy $23.5 billion in stocks while selling only $3.7 billion, meaning it purchased nearly $20 billion on a net basis. It had been a net seller for 14 quarters straight. The last time it had a larger…

My partner and I had always dreamed of having our own small space on wheels so we could live simply and have a flexible lifestyle.So, in 2019, we began building our very own tiny home on a 32-foot trailer. After many months (and YouTube tutorials), it was complete.For a while, we lived in it while parked on his parents’ property in New Jersey. By 2021, we’d decided to move our 350-square-foot build across the country to California, where we’d found a great tiny-home community in a national forest about an hour outside San Diego.Although I’d been nervous about moving our…

I moved to Paris from the United Kingdom in 2017, and while I expected some challenges along the way, I was surprised to discover that many of the things I’d been worrying about turned out not to be issues at all.However, in their place were several other unforeseen obstacles that I wished I’d been aware of before I relocated.The language barrier wasn’t an issue in the way I expected it to be It took me a while to find ways to actually practice my French.  Jodie Hughes I’d spoken French fluently-ish as a teen, but I’d barely used so much…

Gen Z is often labeled as cold or less sociable, but that might be an unfair characterization.In order to determine the best places for Gen Z to live, Time Out surveyed local residents ages 18 to 29 around the world, asking them about everything from affordability to nightlife. Time Out travel writer Liv Kelly told Business Insider that the survey findings show Gen Z socializes plenty, but does so differently than past generations.Kelly said her generation finds joy in day-to-day experiences rather than living for the weekend. While nightlife was a factor in Time Out’s rankings, alternatives like outdoor activities and…

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with William Swanson, a 22-year-old working in medical sales who moved to New York in June. The conversation has been edited for length and clarity.I had just graduated from college and was moving from Massachusetts to New York for a job starting in June. I planned to get an apartment with friends, but they wouldn’t arrive in the city until the end of July. Since they didn’t want to start paying New York rent before they needed to, I had to find a short-term place to stay in the meantime.Finding long-term housing…

People shop at the Union Square Greenmarket on August 07, 2026 in New York City. Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesWarm weather usually drives salad sales, but consumers spooked by the ongoing cyclospora outbreaks are avoiding lettuce this summer.Traffic to Chopt Creative Salad Co. locations fell 24% on July 18, right after the Food and Drug Administration announced the outbreak, according to Placer.ai data. Sweetgreen on Thursday said consumer concerns about the outbreak had about a 6 percentage point impact on same-store sales in July, and the company cut its full-year outlook. And earlier this week,…

OpenAI job seekers, listen up.Ty Geri joined the AI lab in 2025 as a product manager. Business Insider asked for his advice on landing a job at OpenAI — and he said that enthusiasm was key.”I think OpenAI tries to hire people who are really passionate, and care, and want to be a part of this mission,” he said.Geri’s advice is agnostic of role, he said: engineer, researcher, product manager, data scientist, whatever.His other advice was to use the company’s products. That doesn’t mean he expects all the products to work instantaneously. Some will be “a little rough today,” he said,…

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Michael Frost, 67, and his wife Connie, 63, who are raising their teenage granddaughter in Georgia. They have permanent custody of her and said they’ve prioritized providing her with a stable home and strong education. This interview has been edited for length and clarity.MICHAEL: My wife and I have been raising Kinsley, our granddaughter, since she was 2 years old. Now, she’s 13.This is the second marriage for both my wife and me, and we married in 2012. I have three daughters, and she has four. I tease everybody that we…

If you’re in the market for a new fall bag, know this: it should probably be big enough to carry a cable-knit sweater, a cozy plaid blanket, and a container of your favorite pumpkin-spice treats.The Coach Brooklyn bag and Chloé Paddington purses that reigned supreme in recent years will no longer cut it.Cool girls want bags that are bigger, slouchier, and look more lived-in than the trendy pieces of years past.Designers like Bottega Veneta showcased massive totes on fall runways, and retailers like Free People have recently introduced classic purses in larger sizes in their stores.Fashion fans and stylists have also…

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with 26-year-old Andrew Caldwell, a software engineer in Tarpon Springs, Florida. Business Insider has verified his identity and background. This story has been edited for length and clarity.I’ve always loved the art of writing code and building things. When I was a kid, I made games on Roblox and helped my father automate some tasks for his job as a voiceover artist.That led me to a career in software development, and I’ve been working in the space for about 9 ½ years. I started as an intern at a marketing firm in…