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Getting a four-year college education isn’t always worth it for everybody — whether it comes down to avoiding the rising cost of a degree or pursuing careers outside a traditional college setting — but in some state economies, not having a bachelor’s degree sets you further behind than in others.Business Insider looked at the median annual earnings of adults aged 25 and over across the country, as reported in the Census Bureau’s 2024 American Community Survey data, and compared the median earnings of adults with a bachelor’s degree with those of adults with some college or an associate degree.We then…

Tom Cerasoli can measure Knicks mania by his inbox.The Knicks are back in the NBA finals for the first time since 1999 and are on a winning streak that’s electrifying New York City. Cerasoli, the head of sponsorship and partnership management at Citi, is responsible for fielding internal requests for tickets to the finals. While he doesn’t have final say on who snags one of the firm’s coveted seats, he shed light on how the bank decides who gets them.The demand is understandable. As of Friday morning, the cheapest pair of tickets for Game 3 at Madison Square Garden was…

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Thomas Phillips, 33, a business owner from Southampton, England, who left the UK in 2024 and now lives in Austin, Texas, while running his SEO agency. Phillips is on a E-2 Investor Visa. The following has been edited for length and clarity.I’m originally from Southampton in the UK — it’s where the Titanic set off from. I think that’s the only thing Southampton has going for it.I’ve been doing search engine optimization for the last 20 years or so. I now run DTC SEO Agency, we do search engine optimization for…

Over the last spring semester, my friends and I bemoaned our common predicament as Harvard College juniors: the difficulty of landing a summer internship.Even with the stellar qualifications that brought us here, it has not been enough to satisfy the demands of countless external companies.Many parents mostly send their children to college — especially an Ivy League institution like Harvard — to “see a return on investment.” For students like me, the fear of not being able to produce a deliverable feels more than merely bad; it can place tangible financial stressors.That’s why it was so stressful for me when…

Daniel Radcliffe takes a bow onstage during curtain call at “Every Brilliant Thing” Opening Night at Hudson Theatre on March 12, 2026 in New York City. Theo Wargo | Getty ImagesBroadway just wrapped its highest-grossing season on record, offering another sign that consumers are willing to spend on experiences even as concerns about inflation and economic uncertainty linger.The 2025-2026 show season topped the prior year’s record and generated nearly $1.91 billion in ticket sales, according to industry data from The Broadway League.”Even in a challenging economic environment, Broadway remained notably on par with last season, reflecting both the resilience of…

Ben Johns comes over to the right side to hit a dink shot against Anna Bright and Hayden Patriquine in the 2026 PPA Carvana Mesa Cup finals match of the Pro Mixed Doubles Division at Arizona Athletic Grounds on February 22, 2026 in Mesa, Arizona. Bruce Yeung | Getty ImagesA version of this article first appeared in CNBC’s Inside Wealth newsletter with Robert Frank, a weekly guide to the high-net-worth investor and consumer. Sign up to receive future editions, straight to your inbox.Last month, investment firms of the ultra wealthy went all-in on sports and played on multiple fronts. At the beginning…

There’s a Polish player in the women’s final at Roland-Garros — and it isn’t world No. 3 Iga Świątek.It’s Maja Chwalińska, a 24-year-old qualifier who had to win three matches at the French Open just to get into the main draw of the second Slam of the year.In Thursday’s semifinal, Chwalińska took out Russia’s Diana Shnaider to secure her place in Saturday’s final. The win also guaranteed her a seven-figure check. The Roland-Garros champion will take home €2.8 million, or about $3.25 million, while the runner-up will collect €1.4 million, or about $1.63 million.Chwalińska is just the second women’s qualifier…

Opposed to using AI for her software-engineering job, Erin Maus secured something of a miracle from her employer: a religious exemption.Maus, a Unitarian Universalist, said she proposed the special treatment in April, citing environmental and ethical objections to AI that don’t align with her religious beliefs. She also said she consulted an employment lawyer and her local chapter’s minister to help make her case.Maus was granted the accommodation in mid-May, according to an email seen by Business Insider.”I’m writing my code and reviewing my code by hand, which seems crazy to say,” said the 34-year-old, who lives in North Carolina…

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Gabrielle Tao, a former Salesforce SVP. It has been edited for length and clarity.I spent more than two decades working in tech, including at companies like Oracle and Salesforce. By many measures, my career was successful — I’d helped build multiple successful products. But it still felt like there was a limit to how far I could go as a woman of color.I had wanted to start my own company for decades, but I never genuinely thought I could do it. I spent years absorbing subtle and explicit messages that I…

It’s like Christmas for two of Wall Street’s biggest banks.The headquarters of Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley decked their halls with SpaceX gear on Wednesday ahead of the rocket maker’s blockbuster IPO — a show of banker enthusiasm for what could be the largest market debut in history.Morgan Stanley draped its lobby entrance gates with SpaceX logos and its lobby wall with a giant mural of Mars, a nod to SpaceX’s lofty ambitions. Goldman Sachs plastered its lobby walls with renderings of Starship, SpaceX’s reusable rocket. It also touted its role as “lead left” bookrunner for the IPO. Morgan Stanley…