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The online sports betting boom is pushing some Gen Z and young millennial gamblers into bankruptcy. Loading audio narration… Consumer bankruptcy attorneys told Business Insider that over the past year or so, they’ve seen a surge of young clients — mostly men in their 20s and 30s — running into financial trouble largely due to online gambling.In many cases, those clients have racked up tens of thousands of dollars in credit card debt by placing bets on online sportsbooks, the lawyers said.”The gambling is really the one that has in the last year, year and a half, really taken off,”…

For years, Kristy Shen and her husband, Bryce Leung, chased the dream of homeownership. Loading audio narration… “We were desperately trying to buy a house,” Shen told Business Insider.Having grown up in poverty in China, she was initially more comfortable putting money into a home than into the stock market.”My thinking was, ‘The stock market is scary.’ Everyone tells us, especially our parents, that houses are safe.”While real estate may have felt safer, the barrier to entry was much higher. Despite both working in tech and earning good salaries, homeownership in Toronto still felt out of reach. “It just seemed…

This interview is based on a conversation with Mandy Appleyard, 65, from Yorkshire, England, a celebrant specializing in funerals. It has been edited for length and clarity. Loading audio narration… In May 2019, my life was turned upside down when I received a call at work saying my active, 81-year-old mom was in the hospital.She had a massive stroke without any warning and, when she was discharged three months later, was still unable to move or really speak.There was absolutely no question in my mind that I would leave my job as a lecturer in journalism and freelance writer to…

Retail is in a moment of sweeping leadership change.The longtime CEOs at two of the largest chains, Walmart and Target, handed the reins to their proteges this year — and dozens of others are shaking up the C-suite.The transitions come as challenges, including a global trade rebalancing, accelerated adoption of AI, and increasingly stretched US household budgets, demand new solutions.Fresh legs might be a welcome addition in this race.Leadership consultancy Challenger, Gray & Christmas found that 43 retail companies announced CEO exits in the first 10 months of 2025, up from 32 in the same period last year. Quite a…

Zoila Guerra Sandoval, mother of the child of José Mynor López, one of the workers killed in the 2024 collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, stands above downtown Baltimore in the office of Eldridge Crandell Law Firm, in Baltimore, on April 22, 2026. Wesley Lapointe for NPR hide caption toggle caption Wesley Lapointe for NPR Stay up to date with our Politics newsletter, sent weekly. BALTIMORE — Zoila Guerra Sandoval, 48, remembers making “frijoles blancos,” white beans, the day before the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed in Baltimore in 2024. She had just spoken with José Mynor López about…

Barbara Corcoran, 77, says she overcame years of self-doubt by changing one bad habit. Loading audio narration… On Thursday’s episode of “The Burnouts” podcast, Corcoran told hosts Phoebe Gates and Sophia Kianni that it took her a long time to learn to believe in herself.”It’s just funny what your head can do for you. Most of everything, I think, plays out in your head,” Corcoran said. “You know, I wish I told myself as a younger woman, you’re a lot more capable than you think you are. But it took years to really learn that.”She founded the Corcoran Group, a…

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Trisha Soo, a 32-year-old teacher and artist from Singapore. It has been edited for length and clarity. Loading audio narration… I’ve been doing calligraphy since I was 10 years old.I started learning from YouTube tutorials and making cards and calligraphy pieces for friends and family. It started as a hobby and a creative outlet.Now, it’s become a strong financial pillar for me. Still, it comes with many late nights. She quit her previous job because of intense burnout.  Aditi Bharade After graduation, I worked at a special needs center as a…

Multiple forces have converged to trigger a wave of job cuts across the tech industry. Some of these changes could be temporary, while others could stick and change the character of tech work forever. Loading audio narration… The latest news feels bad. Meta is cutting another 8,000 jobs. Microsoft offered buyouts to long-term employees. Oracle shed thousands of roles. Block chopped 40% of staff.These cuts are painful and stressful for the people involved. However, it pays to put recent numbers in context, gauge how much AI is to blame, and consider how permanent this situation might be.A recent report from…

Smoke rises from Port of La Guaira in Venezuela on Jan. 3, 2026 after U.S. forces seized the country’s president, Nicolas Maduro and his wife. Jesus Vargas/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Jesus Vargas/Getty Images Federal prosecutors on Thursday unsealed an indictment against a U.S. Army soldier, accusing him of using his insider knowledge of the clandestine military operation to capture Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro in January to reap more than $400,000 in profits on the popular prediction market site Polymarket. The Justice Department says Gannon Ken Van Dyke, 38, who was stationed at Fort Bragg, in North Carolina, was…

Nike is benching some of its employees. Loading audio narration… The sportswear giant said Thursday that it is cutting about 1,400 roles in its global operations division, mainly in technology. Venkatesh Alagirisamy, who became chief operating officer in December, announced the reductions in a memo to staff detailing several changes “in the coming weeks.”Alagirisamy wrote that the company is in the “final stretch” of the turnaround plan, dubbed its “win now” actions, which focuses on five key areas: culture, product, marketing, marketplace, and in-person presence.The changes include modernizing manufacturing, reallocating resources, and reshaping Nike’s tech team, according to the memo. The cuts mark…