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JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon has said that people will probably be working 3.5 days a week within a few decades, but in the meantime, many of his own bankers are still logged on far more than the typical 40 hours. Loading audio narration… Junior bankers, known as analysts and associates, have long been known for grueling schedules, and that hasn’t changed much. Data from recruiting firm Odyssey Search Partners found that junior bankers worked as many hours in 2025 as in 2022, with those at bulge-bracket banks reporting an average of 81 hours a week.And deal volume in 2026 suggests…

A document that was included in the U.S. Department of Justice release of the Jeffrey Epstein files shows a diagram prepared by the FBI attempting to chart the network of Epstein’s victims and the timeline of their alleged abuse. Jon Elswick/AP hide caption toggle caption Jon Elswick/AP In the more than two months since the Department of Justice released its latest batch of files on the investigation into Jeffrey Epstein, prosecutors have not brought any new charges based on the documents, despite federal lawmakers on both sides of the aisle continuing to demand accountability. The more than 3 million pages…

A banner featuring an image of President Trump is displayed on the facade of the Department of Justice headquarters in Washington, DC. The Justice Department has been trying to force states to hand over sensitive voter data that it plans to share with the Department of Homeland Security. Drew Angerer/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Drew Angerer/AFP via Getty Images As Justice Department officials are working to acquire sensitive voter registration data from states and have recently disclosed a plan to share it with the Department of Homeland Security, a key privacy officer in DOJ’s division tasked with…

Carla Wale, the director of the Gallagher Law Library at the University of Washington School of Law, is developing optional AI ethics training for law school students. hide caption toggle caption When it comes to using AI, it seems some lawyers just can’t help themselves. Last year saw a rapid increase in court sanctions against attorneys for filing briefs containing errors generated by artificial intelligence tools. The most prominent case was that of the lawyers for MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell, who were fined $3,000 each for filing briefs containing fictitious, AI-generated citations. But as a cautionary tale, it doesn’t seem…

A former Amazon vice president says getting a bad manager removed is rarely as simple as escalating complaints — and doing so the wrong way can backfire. Loading audio narration… Speaking on “The Peterman Pod,” Ethan Evans said employees often assume that raising concerns to their boss’s manager will automatically trigger action. In reality, he said, higher-ups face incentives to dismiss or downplay those complaints.”If you come to me with a weakness in one of my employees,” Evans said, there’s a “subconsciously” calculated choice: assume the report is overly sensitive, or accept it and create a much bigger problem. If…

An executive of one of Pop Mart’s biggest competitors said there is a recipe for making a “golden” character like Labubu. Loading audio narration… Miniso, a Chinese lifestyle company, is the force behind Top Toy, a company that makes blind boxes. Its intellectual property characters include YoYo, a little figure with a tilted head, as well as IP collaborations with Sanrio, Disney, and Chiikawa.Robin Liu, Miniso’s marketing chief, said IPs like Labubu have driven a rise in interest in collectibles.”To win many fans or achieve commercial success, an IP must have strong recognizability and uniqueness — not look generic,” Liu…

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Fernando Lira, 35, CEO of JML Group in Japan. His words have been edited for length and clarity. Loading audio narration… I didn’t move to Japan thinking about fashion — I came to study the language and build a career in logistics. Over time, though, the way I dressed became one of the clearest lessons Japan taught me about work, credibility, and belonging.To grow professionally, I decided to leave the Netherlands, where I grew up. It felt too familiar, and I wanted something new.Japan offered both distance and challenge. Ten years…

Get ready for a bumper crop of TBPN-style shows. Loading audio narration… OpenAI scooped up the livestream talk-show startup on Thursday for an undisclosed sum.”It is a wild move,” said Jack Westerkamp, cohost of the TBPN-esque show “Breaking and Entering,” which covers the advertising and marketing industries. The deal showcases the “sheer influence” TBPN has had on the tech industry, he added.It also showed why there’s already been a handful of shows, including “Breaking and Entering,” inspired by TBPN.TBPN has popularized — or rather, re-popularized — the live talk show. The show’s split-screen format showcases mic’d-up hosts John Coogan and…

United AirlinesBloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesUnited Airlines hiked its checked bag fee by $10 on Thursday, becoming the second U.S. carrier in less than a week to raise the fee as the industry grapples with this year’s surge in fuel costs, airlines’ biggest expense after labor.United’s new fee will be $45 to check a first bag on most domestic itineraries if the traveler pays ahead of time and $50 if they pay within 24 hours of their flight.”United is raising first and second checked bag fees by $10 for customers traveling in the U.S., Mexico and Canada and Latin…

The rush for the exits in private credit has reached a whole new level. Loading audio narration… Blue Owl received a record $5.4 billion in redemption requests across two of its retail-oriented funds on Thursday — the largest withdrawals yet in a wave of many that have hit the industry’s biggest players over the last five weeks. They cement how private credit has quickly turned from one of the hottest assets on Wall Street to a growing source of anxiety.Blue Owl joins its peers like Blackstone and Apollo in seeing elevated requests in the first quarter of the year, but…