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Chili’s CEO Kevin Hochman starts his day before sunrise, and some of his best business ideas come to him once he’s on the move. Loading audio narration… “I usually start between 5 and 6 [a.m.],” Hochman, who is president and CEO of Chili’s parent company Brinker International, told Business Insider.After checking emails, he heads out for his daily 3.25-mile run, followed by a walk with his dog. However, Hochman’s morning routine isn’t just about fitness: those quiet, early-morning hours have become an informal strategy session for Hochman, one that helps shape decisions at a chain with locations across 49 states…

NBC late-night host Seth Meyers had some fun at the expense of David Ellison’s Paramount Skydance. Loading audio narration… Meyers put Paramount on blast on Monday during NBCUniversal’s annual presentation to advertisers, taking shots at Paramount+, CBS, and the father-son duo of Larry and David Ellison. Larry Ellison, the billionaire Oracle founder, helped backstop Paramount’s deal to buy Warner Bros. Discovery.”After over a decade, we have taken down CBS. Well, the Ellisons did, but I like to think we helped,” Meyers joked, referencing NBC’s industry-leading viewership for the 2025-2026 season by a key Nielsen metric.The late-night host also had a…

Would a federal gas tax pause give Americans financial relief? – CBS News Watch CBS News President Trump told CBS News on Monday that he wants to suspend the federal fuel tax as the war with Iran continues to send gas prices skyrocketing. CBS News business contributor Javier David joins with analysis. Source link

Jennifer O’Brien has more than a decade of marketing experience but said she still finds value in tapping AI when promoting her fine jewelry company. Loading audio narration… “As a solo entrepreneur, I do not have time to wear so many different hats. AI has helped me replicate the work of a marketing department,” said O’Brien, who started Calms Jewelry a year ago.Beyond saving time, AI can unlock creative ideas and workflows that some solopreneurs said they would not have discovered on their own. “Leveraging AI to see the things that I can’t see or think outside of the box…

As a bright-eyed, bushy-tailed, and naive teenager, I was keen to work in journalism, an industry in which the written word was valued above all else. Loading audio narration… I spent years refining my craft, wanting to be the best storyteller possible: I invested in workshops to sharpen my writing skills, pitched dozens of outlets, and spent countless hours building connections with editors.I hadn’t been “working on” my appearance as part of my career prep— it wasn’t something I thought I had to do.But in an age when so many people get their updates from TikTok videos or news segments,…

The General Motors global headquarters in Detroit, Jan. 12, 2026.Jeff Kowalsky | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesDETROIT – General Motors is laying off hundreds of salaried employees in its information technology operations as the automaker reevaluates its workforce needs and cuts costs, CNBC has learned.The global reductions began Monday and will impact about 500 to 600 employees, largely in Austin, Texas, and Warren, Michigan, according to a person familiar with the plans who was not authorized to speak publicly about the reductions. GM confirmed the cuts, which were first reported by Bloomberg News, but declined to give specific details about the…

The JPMorgan Chase & Co. building before the ribbon cutting ceremony, at the firm’s new headquarters at 270 Park Avenue, in New York City, U.S., Oct. 21, 2025.Eduardo Munoz | ReutersA JPMorgan Chase-led group of banks cut their exposure to a private credit fund co-managed by KKR days before the asset manager announced it was spending $300 million to prop up the troubled vehicle.The fund, FS KKR Capital Corp., said Monday in a release that KKR will inject $150 million into the fund as equity and spend another $150 million to buy shares from investors who want to exit. Those…

Central Park Tower, center, along Billionaire’s Row in New York, US, on Friday, May 1, 2026. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesHigh-end real estate sales in Manhattan increased in the past month, according to new data, despite New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s proposed pied-à-terre tax that brokers warn could cause a wealth flight.There were 133 contracts signed for apartments priced at $4 million or more between April 14 and May 10, according to Olshan Realty. That compares with 130 during the same period last year. The total dollar volume increased by 10% to $1.12 billion, Olshan said.Sales at the…

If your cofounder relationship wouldn’t survive sharing a hotel room, that’s a problem, according to one Anthropic cofounder. Loading audio narration… Daniela Amodei left OpenAI with her brother, Dario, to launch Anthropic. The duo — along with their five other cofounders — built one of the most valuable AI businesses, one that investors are racing to get into.In a talk at the Stanford Graduate School of Business, Amodei offered advice on picking a cofounder. Interpersonal relationship dynamics “matter a lot more than you think,” she said.”Dario and I have been fighting and getting over it for over forty years,” she…

As AI companies race to secure power for their data centers, natural gas is having a moment. Loading audio narration… Data centers are growing bigger and more power-intensive. They are being built on tighter timelines than ever before, and the current power infrastructure in the United States is struggling to keep up.”Speed matters,” Vivian Lee, a managing director and partner at Boston Consulting Group, told Business Insider. “Bringing a site online even a year earlier can have a meaningful economic impact.”Lee said it typically takes two to three years to build a data center, assuming the local community is on…