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This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Mojo and Zainab Joyo, owners of Elaichi Co. It has been edited for length and clarity.A few years ago, I found myself missing a very specific piece of my childhood: sitting in chai cafés in Pakistan with my cousins. We’d be together, late at night, sharing stories and enjoying quality time together — and chai was at the center of it.I wanted to recreate that feeling, especially after the social isolation of the pandemic. My wife Zainab and I talked about how to do that, and finally, in 2024, we had…

Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly took their GLP-1 pill battle to the preeminent obesity meeting this weekend as they prepare for the next sea change in how patients receive their drugs.Novo Nordisk on Sunday announced that prescriptions of the Wegovy pill have topped 3 million since it entered the U.S. market about five months ago. The Danish drugmaker’s CEO Mike Doustdar celebrated the milestone, saying in an interview with CNBC that Novo was able to accelerate prescriptions even as Lilly introduced its own GLP-1 pill in April.”If that’s not acceleration, then I don’t know what is,” Doustdar told CNBC this…

The U.S. food supply is “not at risk” from the return of the flesh-eating screwworm ​parasite to Texas, U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said Monday. “This is not a virus, it’s not a disease, it’s just a little pest, a larva that lands in a calf’s wound, for example, and it can be treated,” Rollins said in an interview on CNBC’s “Squawk Box.””We have boots on the ground … we’ll be able to beat this back, but we’re going to do everything we can, investing over a billion dollars to push this pest back into Mexico, then to eradicate,…

Although van life is increasingly popular — or at least increasingly visible, as the many people who ask if we “do the YouTube thing” prove — it’s still not well understood.Short-term road trips make more sense to people: Sure, you can handle just about anything for a brief period. But can you actually fit two adults and one dog in less than 70 square feet for years on end?The answer is yes, but that’s not where people’s curiosity usually ends. Here are the biggest questions people have when they learn that my partner and I have lived in a van…

“Hot Smart Rich” podcaster Maggie Sellers Reum didn’t just get a seven-figure investment from “The Diary of a CEO” star Steven Bartlett — she got a valuable piece of advice from him, too.Sellers Reum said Bartlett helped her deal with her “very dark thoughts” of self-doubt by reminding her that her work is important to helping women feel seen and heard.She said that Bartlett’s investment through his media company, FlightStory, gave her credibility in the business world, and that his encouragement helped her take risks. That gave her the confidence to approach model and actor Molly Sims at an event…

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Lana Mountford, 74, who lives in Bellingham, Washington. Mountford tried an assisted living facility that cost $7,000 a month, but it was too expensive and not a good fit. She purchased a small two-bedroom house in 2024 and lives independently with a part-time caregiver who charges $35 per hour. This interview is edited for length and clarity.I was married before I was 20 and divorced in 1986. I’ve been on my own pretty much since then. I don’t have any children and didn’t go to college. I’ve saved for retirement since…

A United Airlines plane taxis at Los Angeles International Airport on April 21, 2026 in Los Angeles, California.Justin Sullivan | Getty ImagesRIO DE JANEIRO — United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby said he doesn’t expect more airline consolidation in the U.S. and he’s not interested in pursuing a merger for his airline after American Airlines rejected the idea of a combination earlier this year.”United’s not going to do a deal just to do a deal,” Kirby told reporters Sunday on the sidelines at the International Air Transport Association’s annual meeting.When asked about the wave of consolidation that has brought together Allegiant…

Lavazza said its Tablì tabs are made of 100% coffee, without any gelatin, coating or binders.Source: LavazzaLavazza is bringing its espresso tablets to the U.S., aiming to loosen Keurig Dr Pepper’s grip on the single-serve coffee category.The Italian coffee giant unveiled Tablì last year and launched the new brewing system first in Italy. The tablets, made of compressed ground coffee without a coating, binder or gelatin, can only be used with a Tablì coffee machine made by Lavazza. Each tablet is marked with the words “100% coffee. At launch, the tabs will come in five varieties: espresso, double espresso, decaf…

When JT Batson thinks about the FIFA World Cup, he compares it to an IPO.The head of US Soccer, the sport’s governing body, recently recalled a conversation with a veteran CFO who described what it’s like to take a company public: lots of work building toward a single, high-profile moment.Yet, ultimately, Batson said, the real test is what happens afterward.That long-term mindset is shaping how he’s approaching what might be the biggest event in American soccer history.As the US prepares to co-host the World Cup starting Thursday, Batson said he’s focused on building an organization capable of capitalizing on the…

For more than two decades, people have walked into my therapy office and told me they were burned out. Most of them weren’t actually burned out.Corporate wellness programs and social media carousels that gloss over the topic are leading to incorrect self-diagnoses. People are using “I’m burned out” the way they used to say “I’m tired.”Once you’ve concluded you have burnout, you’ll look for evidence to confirm it. Every time you feel bored in a meeting or overwhelmed by a full schedule, you’ll chalk it up to more evidence that you’re burned out.I understand the temptation. Calling it burnout makes…