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More expensive student-loan payments are coming.Beginning July 1, the Department of Education will notify student-loan borrowers enrolled in the SAVE plan of their deadline to transfer to a new repayment plan. It follows President Donald Trump’s elimination of SAVE, which gave borrowers cheaper monthly payments and a shorter timeline to debt relief.An email SAVE borrowers received, reviewed by Business Insider, said that borrowers who do not select a new plan in the 90-day timeframe they are given will automatically be placed in either the standard repayment plan or the new tiered standard plan, both of which are more expensive than…

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Melissa Khan-Blackmore, a project manager and consultant in her early 30s from Tampa, Florida. Business Insider has verified her income and employment history with documentation. The following as-told-to essay has been edited for length and clarity.I’m a childhood cancer survivor and the daughter of immigrants. Those experiences shaped my perspective on hard work, making the most of life, career growth, and the importance of helping others see what’s possible.I’ve built what I consider a portfolio career around project management; alongside corporate project management work and consulting, I also teach project management…

Dario Amodei says he’s not trying to be a “prophet of doom” about AI and jobs, but the Anthropic CEO is warning that mass displacement may not be a temporary growing pain of the technology — it may be part of what makes AI work.In a new policy essay, Amodei wrote that there is a “decent possibility” that, despite efforts to soften the blow, AI could cause “significant enduring job loss” — and that this “may be an intrinsic property of the technology and the way it broadly replicates human cognition.”The argument reframes one of the AI industry’s most uncomfortable…

Paramount Skydance is preparing to move around some streaming staffers as David Ellison’s company wraps up its long-term project of unifying the tech platforms of Paramount+ and free streamer Pluto TV.This so-called “convergence” project has been a top priority for Paramount. Two high-level streaming employees recently said that convergence is on pace to meet the company’s stated goal of a “mid-year launch.” While Paramount is planning to keep Paramount+ and Pluto TV as separate services, the hope is that having a single tech platform will save resources and improve recommendations across each app, which could drive higher engagement.Once convergence is…

More of your Uber fare is going to the company than the driver, according to a new study.Uber’s “take rate,” or the percentage of each fare that the company hangs on to, has risen above 50% this year in some cities, according to an analysis by Len Sherman, an executive in residence and adjunct professor at Columbia Business School.That’s well above the 15% to 20% share of each fare that Uber took about a decade ago, Sherman found. Uber does not regularly report its take rate.Sherman’s analysis examined nine years of ride-hailing data for three Uber drivers in different cities…

The 2026 World Cup is expected to bring a wave of global soccer fans to North America. But the travel boom is shaping up to look less like one uniform surge and more like a city-by-city, match-by-match test of pricing power.”Demand is real and positive, but it’s not evenly distributed across host cities,” said Jay Wardle, president of travel data intelligence company Sojern. New flight-booking data from Sojern shows most U.S. and Canadian host cities are seeing year-over-year gains for the tournament window, led by Houston and Dallas. But Seattle and all three Mexican host cities are trailing last year’s…

AI might mean the end of the frantic 2 a.m. email from the boss.Orlando Bravo, the billionaire founder of software-focused private equity firm Thoma Bravo, said that AI is changing how much he relies on junior associates to perform the rote tasks that have historically kept them glued to their computers into the early hours.”I bother them a lot less, because at midnight I can do something really quickly with AI, instead of calling them to do it in the middle of the night, which improves their life anyway, which is what they want,” Bravo told CNBC at a conference…

Key PointsGlobal credit activity among lenders as well as overall competitiveness of loan terms reached an all-time high in April, according to JLL. The month saw strong refinance demand and large loan placements.Data centers are driving much of the activity as the massive buildout fuels the real estate industry as well as the broader economy. A 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…

Outback Steakhouse’s website felt extremely easy to navigate.Once I selected my nearest location, I just clicked the “Bloomin’ Bundle Meals” section of the menu to get started. (Notably, these meals are not available at all Outback locations.)I chose the center-cut 6-ounce sirloin meal for four, declined paying extra to upgrade to Victoria’s filet for an extra $20, and selected our “preferred cook temperature.” I could only choose one, so I went with medium.My meal came with two sides, and choices were limited: Aussie fries, homestyle mashed potatoes, or “fresh seasonal veggies.” I opted for fries and vegetables. It wasn’t clear…

Former first lady Jill Biden frequently cited the motto, “Teaching isn’t just what I do, it’s who I am.”Biden is perhaps one of the most notable teachers to occupy the White House, with a career in education spanning four decades and ranging from high schools and colleges to a psychiatric hospital.But experience in the classroom has shaped the nation’s highest office more than you might realize: Nineteen presidents and first ladies have served as K-12 teachers. Business Insider compiled a list of each individual, excluding non-presidential spouses known as acting first ladies.Among these, both spouses of just two presidential couples…