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I met my ex in Spain, on a warm October night in 2024. He approached me as we were both walking home from a boxing class and confidently started a conversation.About two weeks later, we went on our first date. A few months after that, we took our first weekend trip together. In April, he surprised me with a key to his home. By June, I’d moved in.Our relationship was built on genuine care for one another. Throughout our relationship, we always sought to support each other’s well-being and growth. Of course, we had bumps here and there, but they…

A horror story in eight words: Private equity just invested in my favorite BLANK.”PE ruins everything” is a well-worn trope, but it’s not unearned.Private-equity investors have a history of stripping companies for parts and saddling them with debt, leaving customers wondering what happened to the product they once loved.So it wasn’t surprising that some fans of Los Tacos No. 1, an NYC Tijuana-style taco chain, feared a new PE investment would ultimately ruin things.Christian Pineda, the chain’s CEO and cofounder, told BI’s Martina Nacach Cowan Ros that he’s determined not to let that happen, and that “private equity is not…

Todd Combs, portfolio manager at Berkshire Hathaway Inc., waits for the start of the “Berkshire Hathaway Invest In Yourself 5K” race presented by Brooks Sports, a Berkshire Hathaway Inc. company, on the sidelines of the Berkshire Hathaway shareholders meeting in Omaha, Nebraska, U.S., on Sunday, May 4, 2014.Daniel Acker / Bloomberg / Getty ImagesJPMorgan Chase has made $5 billion in startup investments in the first year of its U.S. security and resiliency initiative, the company said Monday, a faster-than-expected pace that indicates the bank is finding plentiful opportunities in emerging defense, manufacturing and supply chain firms.The bank, which last year…

It’s expensive out there: Gas prices have been stuck at over $4 a gallon for more days this year than any other. The war in Iran shows no signs of cooling off. Inflation is swallowing any raises you might have gotten at work.It’s a recipe for a challenging midterm cycle for President Donald Trump, who faces an affordability crisis at home that’s not going away — and a far-away war that’s only making costs go up.The volatility surrounding the contested Strait of Hormuz, a key oil and gas transit waterway, has hit American consumers hard.Since the Iran war first kicked…

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Lauren Antonoff, CEO of Life360. It has been edited for length and clarity.My mother was an awesome parent, but she was a person first. It was just the two of us for a lot of my childhood, between the time my dad died when I was 8, and my mom remarried when I was 14.During those years, my mom was parenting while also in school, working, and dating. She was always there for me, but she wasn’t trying to manage my childhood. She didn’t do homework with me, for example. She…

Walmart promotes roughly 500 employees daily — so there’s no shortage of opportunities to climb the ladder.Workers who advance quickly tend to share two qualities, says Walmart chief people officer Donna Morris, who oversees the company’s workforce of more than 2 million people worldwide.The first is staying focused on the job in front of you, she said. Morris said the employees who stand out are motivated to make a difference and excel in their current roles.”They are focused as much, if not more, on being exceptional at what they’re doing today,” Morris told Business Insider.Once you nail the actual job…

France’s worsening unrest is exposing how difficult it could be for the government to rein in spending and restore confidence in its battered bond market.Mass protests over rising living costs and poor school conditions swept across France over the weekend, with violence and looting breaking out in several cities. Shops were ransacked in Paris and other cities, while a fire devastated the historic town hall in Limoges, west-central France.The unrest adds to the challenges facing a government already struggling to pass a budget and bring its debt under control ahead of next year’s presidential election.French government bonds, known as OATs,…

In Milan, a demonstration over the weekend against wars and the rising cost of living also descended into clashes between protesters and police.Photos showed chaotic scenes around Piazza del Duomo, the landmark central square outside the Milan Cathedral and one of the city’s busiest tourist areas, with looters damaging shop fronts and setting objects on fire.Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni condemned the violence in a post on X on Sunday.”Thugs who exploit demonstrations to sow chaos, attack those who ensure security, and hold entire cities hostage,” she wrote. “Demonstrating is a right. Setting our cities ablaze is not.”The demonstrations were…

President Donald Trump is still playing hardball with Russia, according to US Department of Energy Secretary Chris Wright.Wright defended Trump’s decision to waive sanctions on Russia during a Sunday interview on CNN’s “State of the Union with Jake Tapper and Dana Bash.”In September, Trump signed into law a sanctions package targeting Russian officials and parts of its economy in an effort to pressure Russia amid its war on Ukraine. Last week, Trump issued an executive order waiving those new sanctions, other restrictions, and some duties on Russia.In early October, Trump also announced an agreement with President Vladimir Putin under which…

“When I got back, they’d taken everything.”That’s what one shopkeeper in Paris told me as she cleared debris from her store after major cost-of-living protests turned violent across parts of France.Chaotic scenes unfolded on Saturday as rioters clashed with police and set vehicles and trash bins alight before masked marchers began to ransack businesses, including in the trendy Marais shopping district. After hundreds of arrests and a tense, momentary calm on Sunday morning, more violence broke out Sunday evening as black-clad rioters dragged debris into streets and set it aflame.Employees at a boutique fashion brand working in the area as…