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An ad for the micro drama “How to Tame a Silver Fox,” an age-gap romance, opens with a shot of a woman, then cuts to two people having sex. Loading audio narration… The promo for the ReelShort show was a shock to Tess Dinerstein, the woman in the scene. The reason: There wasn’t any sex or nudity in the show itself.”It was really jarring,” Dinerstein told Business Insider. Dinerstein said she worries that people won’t take her seriously as an actor if they see the promo. She also worries about how her parents could react.”I felt like it delegitimized the…

I’m a career coach working with directors through C-level leaders in retail, tech, finance, real estate, and other industries. When my clients ask me how they should use AI at work, their real question is, “How do I stay competitive as expectations change and my colleagues leverage new tools?” Loading audio narration… Some people use AI to get through their to-do lists faster, while others use it to enhance their thinking, fine-tune how they communicate, and make their value easier to recognize. The tool may be the same, but the outcomes can be very different.Here are five ways you can…

Mark Cuban is back with more career advice in the age of AI. Loading audio narration… In a Wednesday X post, the billionaire former “Shark Tank” investor listed out five things that employees should take note of before deciding whether to stay put or leave for another company:Is your company growing?As an employee, what is it that you do and can do in the future, to better contribute to those profits/goals?Are you intellectually challenged in your job?Are you spending as much time as you can find to learn all you can about AI?Does your CEO understand AI?Expanding on the fifth…

I’m writing this for anyone under the spell of the digital nomad highlight reel, and for my younger self, who confused suffering with adventure. This is the story of when I stopped asking, “Where should I go next?” and started asking, “What do I need to thrive?” Loading audio narration… Siargao, a surf island in the southern Philippines, gave me two of the best pandemic years of my life, until it started telling me it was time to leave.I arrived there in 2020 after traveling across Asia and the US. I was living out of a single carry-on, swimming in…

People walk by a McDonald’s restaurant on March 11, 2026 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Kevin Carter | Getty ImagesMcDonald’s is expected to report its first-quarter earnings before the bell on Thursday.Here’s what Wall Street analysts surveyed by LSEG are expecting the company to report:Earnings per share: $2.74 expectedRevenue: $6.47 billion expectedIn March, McDonald’s and its CEO Chris Kempczinski went viral — in all the wrong ways — for a taste test of its new Arch Burger that viewers saw as less than enthusiastic. Despite the ridicule from rivals and social media users, Wall Street is still predicting that the fast-food…

In a world where cultural capital equals deal currency, GameStop CEO Ryan Cohen is dipping into his reserves. Loading audio narration… On Wednesday, Cohen put up some of his video games, sports memorabilia, and GameStop merch on eBay as part of his very public pressure campaign to buy the online marketplace, which is worth four times the value of the video game store.”I’m selling stuff on eBay to pay for eBay,” the so-called “Meme King” said on X.The listings include a GameStop mug, a Halo Master Chief statue, and a graded Donald Trump card showing the president being sworn in after the…

At the Milken Global Conference, the talk is about saving the world, but the real action still revolves around raising money. Loading audio narration… Between panels on policy, guided meditations, and celebrity sightings, thousands of suited financiers descend on Beverly Hills every Spring for what remains, at its core, one of the most lucrative networking events in finance.Milken Institute CEO Richard Ditizio’s opening speech highlighted wealth inequality and how a “deficit of hope” among young people has resulted in “bets on the fates of US servicemen shot down in Iran.” The program included panels about niche financial topics and AI,…

DoorDash plans to spend $100 million on gas benefits for its delivery drivers in the first half of 2026. Loading audio narration… The additional cost — $50 million in the company’s first quarter and another $50 million it expects to spend in the second — is leading DoorDash to delay some other investments, CFO Ravi Inukonda said on the company’s earnings call on Wednesday.In March, DoorDash started offering “relief payments” of up to $15 a week toward gas, depending on how far drivers traveled on deliveries. The delivery company also said that drivers who paid for gas using the company’s…

An American flag flies at Warner Bros. Studio in Burbank, California, on Sept. 12, 2025.Mario Tama | Getty ImagesWarner Bros. Discovery on Wednesday reported a staggering net loss for the first quarter, but it has an explanation. The company booked a net loss of $2.9 billion, far larger than the net loss of $453 million it reported in the year-earlier quarter. The figure included $1.3 billion of “pre-tax acquisition-related amortization of intangibles, content fair value step-up and restructuring expenses” as well as the $2.8 billion termination fee that Warner Bros. Discovery owed Netflix after their pending transaction fell through in…

On nearly every finance-themed panel at the annual Milken conference, there were plenty of excuses. Loading audio narration… Private markets titans descended on Los Angeles this week amid plenty of noise. Executives are facing more scrutiny of their private equity and credit strategies after years of explosive fundraising fueled by wealthy investors. Now, redemption pressures, limited liquidity, weaker returns, and concerns about how AI will impact their portfolio companies are stressing their investment theses and marketing promises.”It’s a show-me moment among managers,” said Michael Brandmeyer, chief investment officer of Goldman Sachs’ outsourced investing unit.The conference, typically a place where asset…