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The Netflix logo is pictured at the company’s offices on Vine in Los Angeles, Dec. 5, 2025.Patrick T. Fallon | AFP | Getty ImagesFor years, Netflix top brass would tell investors they were builders not buyers. Now, that sentiment toward growth may be changing. On Thursday Netflix reported its quarterly earnings. Typically, Netflix’s earnings calls are focused on metrics like engagement, content spending, price hikes and membership. While those factors were still present on Thursday’s call, analysts were also questioning Netflix’s merger and acquisition aspirations following the Warner Bros. Discovery sale process.Late last year, Netflix emerged as a bidder for…

I’m 30 and have been with my partner for nearly a decade. But instead of living with him, I’ve been staying with my mom and sister for the past four years. Loading audio narration… Before that, he and I lived together in San Francisco. But after four years in the city, we grew tired of spending $2,750 a month on rent, and longed for a lifestyle that would allow us to travel and save money for our future.To do so, we made the difficult decision to temporarily go long-distance and move in with our respective families — mine in North…

As grocery chains face mounting pressure from inflation-weary shoppers and growing competition, some in the industry are starting to rely on AI to protect margins without losing customers. Traditional levers to protect profits or drive sales, like raising prices or running blanket promotions, are becoming less effective as shoppers split trips across multiple retailers in search of value. That dynamic has helped drive market share gains for discounters like Dollar General and warehouse clubs like Costco, forcing traditional grocers to rethink how they compete. Many are turning to more targeted, tech-enabled strategies to balance affordability with profitability. One emerging approach…

It’s an Alex/ix off. Loading audio narration… There’s drama between two of the biggest personalities in digital media: Alex Cooper and Alix Earle.Whether you’re obsessed or oblivious, there are real business implications at stake. Let’s break it all down.What’s going on? This week, Cooper posted a video calling out Earle, who used to work for her, for reposting a not-so-nice TikTok about her. (It referred to Cooper as an “ambulance chaser,” among other things.) Cooper encouraged Earle to “say what you got to say about me,” to which Earle commented, “Okay on it!!” The collective internet is now losing its…

It’s a truth universally acknowledged that a single man with a crypto wallet must be in want of a West Village girlfriend. Jane Austen’s heroines had their balls and soirees; the downtown women of today have the Tax Day Party. Loading audio narration… Attendees rode a rickety, manually operated elevator up to The Bench, a venue that purports to be a liminal space where people from disparate professional and cultural spheres can mix. The dress code was half stodgy button-downs, half slip skirts, and vintage watches.Organized by the design agency Family Office — not to be confused with a generational…

Colleagues at a company are often compared to a family unit, but this can be a faulty metaphor, Hastings wrote. While families are often seen as a lifetime commitment, Hastings approached Netflix as a sports team, where the coach can swap and trade players periodically to make sure that they’re all the best fit for their positions.That’s why one of the most controversial parts of Netflix’s pitch deck, under Hastings, read: “Like every company, we try to hire well / unlike many companies, we practice: adequate performance gets a generous severance package.” As in: If an employee is simply adequate,…

There’s no one-size-fits-all path to early retirement. Loading audio narration… Business Insider has spoken with dozens of people pursuing FIRE, or financial independence, retire early. Most know their numbers inside and out — annual spending, net worth, savings rate — but they use different strategies to reach their “FIRE number.”For two couples, an unconventional approach to housing helped make that possible.Josette Chang and Alexander Nathanson broke the “golden rule of mortgage payments” and paid off the mortgage on their New York City apartment years ahead of schedule. Even though they had a low 3.1% interest rate and what many personal…

Bath & Body Works has a secret ingredient in its turnaround effort: Amazon. Loading audio narration… The retailer, known for its hand sanitizer and fragrances, started selling on Amazon in the US in February. Bath & Body Works CEO Daniel Heaf said that the e-commerce giant is playing a major role in a revamp of its online strategy.Bath & Body Works already has “unbelievable scale” in markets including North America, Heaf said on Wednesday at the Semafor World Economy Summit. While it’s trying to grow through sales on its own website, Amazon plays a necessary part, he said.”It’s actually difficult…

Kinly McCaffrey, a content creator from Texas, has collected about 30 Labubus, including the plush dolls and vinyl figurines, since the Pop Mart toy went viral last year. Loading audio narration… McCaffrey, who has more than 200,000 followers on TikTok, posts blind-box unboxings that rack up millions of views. One of her most viral posts includes a video comparing her Labubu to a “Lafufu” — its janky counterfeit cousin — which has amassed 3.1 million views.But she said viewer interest in Labubu, and Pop Mart as a whole, has “leveled out.””I think the value of the collection is declining as…

An executive order that’s “in progress” could cost banks billions of dollars — and millions of hours. Loading audio narration… This week, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent teased a coming executive order requiring banks to obtain citizenship data for new and existing account holders. When asked about potential pushback, he said banks should be ready to comply.”If Treasury and the banking regulators say it’s their job, it’s their job,” Bessent said on Wednesday.If that plan becomes reality, banks could face a costly, time-consuming set of new logistical processes. The American Action Forum, a center-right think tank, estimated that the new requirement…