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This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Elaine Yang, a strategic area and infrastructure planner based in Irvine, California, who installed a Samara ADU, short for accessory dwelling unit, in her backyard. Yang, 42, said the decision was not a financial one but was instead a small way to help address California’s housing crisis. The following has been edited for length and clarity. Loading audio narration… I never thought I would buy a home. I was just crossing my fingers that I’d be able to retire one day.For most of my adult life, I lived in a single…

Paramount Skydance’s plan to buy Warner Bros. Discovery is one step closer to reality. Loading audio narration… WBD shareholders voted to approve the Paramount acquisition during a special meeting on Thursday morning. WBD’s board of directors approved the deal in late February, after originally picking Netflix’s offer to buy its key streaming and studio assets.However, WBD investors voted against the proposed compensation package for executives, including CEO David Zaslav, who was slated to earn up to nearly $887 million. This vote is not binding, making it more of a symbolic gesture. The board will ultimately decide the compensation.Institutional Shareholder Services…

It all started when I first watched Disney’s “Mulan.” Loading audio narration… As a child of the 1990s, Disney played an important role in my upbringing, especially in shaping my curiosity and future interests. I remember the thrill of putting in that VHS cassette gifted to me by my Papa and Dodo over and over again.Something was calling out to me: China. Little did I know at the time that “Mulan” would lead me to study in Asia and to where I am today, working in higher education.I always loved Asian cultureAs a little girl, I had plenty of aspirations.…

Whether you’re shopping for a new home or just signed a lease on an apartment, you’re no doubt aware of the high cost of housing — and the pressure it puts on tight budgets.To understand how housing costs affect people across the US, it helps to examine how rent and mortgage payments fit into local living costs, including wages and energy costs.For years, housing experts have cited keeping housing costs under 30% of monthly income as a rule of thumb for affordability, but in some states, this is far from a reality for many.A recent WalletHub study examined housing affordability…

Jakub Porzycki | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesWarner Bros. Discovery shareholders approved the company’s proposed merger with Paramount Skydance in a preliminary vote on Thursday, bringing a buzzy sale process one step closer to the finish line. Paramount has offered $31 per share for the entirety of Warner Bros. Discovery — its cable TV networks like TNT, CNN and Discovery Channel as well as its streaming service HBO Max and the Warner Bros. film studio. That proposal was the result of several offers since September and a bidding war with Netflix and Comcast. In late February, Paramount’s upped offer to $31…

An American Airlines flight lands at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Arlington, Virginia, U.S., Nov. 7, 2025.Nathan Howard | ReutersAmerican Airlines on Thursday cut its 2026 earnings forecast, becoming the latest airline to lower its outlook after a surge in fuel costs added billions to expenses this year.American said it could post an adjusted per-share loss of 40 cents up to earnings of $1.10 a share, lower than the per-share earnings of $1.70 to $2.70 it forecast in January, though Wall Street analysts have been lowering their forecasts for the industry since the U.S.-Israel attacks on Iran this year.Airlines…

Comcast topped Wall Street’s revenue and earnings estimates for the first quarter on Thursday, lifted by NBC’s sports slate in February and improving broadband customer losses. The company said it lost 65,000 broadband customers compared with 183,000 losses in the same period last year. Heightened competition from wireless providers like Verizon and T-Mobile has led to quarterly customer losses for Comcast and its cable peers in recent years – which has weighed on these companies’ stocks in particular. In response, Comcast in the last year has shifted its strategy and introduced more competitive pricing packages in a bid to reduce the broadband…

A customer fills his vehicle with fuel at a gas station on April 13, 2026 in Miami, Florida. As the United States military blockades the Strait of Hormuz fuel prices rose above $100 dollars a barrel.Joe Raedle | Getty ImagesAs war in the Middle East pushes the national average for gas to around $4 a gallon, American drivers are feeling a significant pinch at the pump. Fuel costs have surged 37% since the start of the war, according to insurance-comparison marketplace Insurify.Typically, higher gas prices lead consumers to cut back on how many miles they drive. Fewer miles driven translates…

Click. Drag. Train. Loading audio narration… More companies are monitoring what you do on your work laptop or phone. Surveillance could also help show AI how you do your job.Across industries, companies are investing heavily in AI agents that can automate tasks and make decisions. To build the best agents, employers often need high-quality data to model real work.Now, on top of using software to ensure you’re working and following the rules, companies can use your clicks as how-to data for those agents.”This is the evolution of workplace surveillance — from measuring work to learning how to replace it,” said…

JPMorgan is pushing its engineers to use AI more and tracking them with internal dashboards visible to thousands of their peers, ramping up pressure on workers to prove they’re keeping up. Loading audio narration… The bank recently told developers in its roughly 65,000-person Global Technology division to show “meaningful improvement” in both the quality and volume of their code by using AI. Behind the scenes, it’s also built internal tools to measure that progress, including dashboards that rank engineers based on their usage of tools like GitHub Copilot and Anthropic’s Claude, and a formula to categorize users.Business Insider reviewed screenshots…