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2026-02-25T10:55:01.228Z Share Copy link Email Facebook WhatsApp X LinkedIn Bluesky Threads lighning bolt icon An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link Save Saved Read in app This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Have an account? Log in. Bidding has closed on a 1901 mansion where Oleg Cassini designed fashions for Jacqueline Onassis. On Wednesday, a bankruptcy judge will review a $34.5 million top bid for the Gilded Age townhouse. Look inside the Beaux-Arts beauty and read about its contentious, sometimes violent history. A 20-room Gilded Age…

For years, Josette Chang and Alexander Nathanson were doing all the “right” things with their money — maxing out retirement accounts, saving consistently, and earning high incomes in finance and medicine — but they didn’t have a clear plan.”We were kind of on autopilot,” Nathanson told Business Insider. “The internet says, ‘Max out your 401(k).’ We did that, but we didn’t really think much beyond that.”Within a year of investing in a financial planner and reevaluating their strategy, the New York City couple were surprised to learn that they had already reached financial independence. Chang quit her finance job in…

Last year, Joslyn Orgill stood at a crossroads. She could keep her six-figure data engineer job at Google — or leave it behind to pursue something that felt more fulfilling.Orgill and her husband had bought a home in Austin less than two years earlier, a decision that made staying at Google feel like the practical choice. Still, the reasons to leave began to build. She was concerned about job security in tech, felt somewhat invisible at a large company, and had a growing desire to pursue a Ph.D. in computer science — and potentially a career in academia.Last August, Orgill…

If you’ve spoken with anyone in the dating market recently, you’ve likely heard them describe “The Apps” with an air usually reserved for recounting war stories of yore.”The Apps” — the bevy of dating platforms like Tinder, Hinge, and Bumble that fill up singles’ phones — haven’t always been such a slog.There was once what New York Magazine called “the golden age of dating apps” — the time period from the early aughts up until the pandemic, when dating apps were free or lightly paywalled, and swiping options and matches felt infinite. It was peak millennial lifestyle subsidy; after an…

Visa is winning the AI race in the payments industry, according to a brand new ranking — but no company is revealing quite how much the technology is paying off.A brand-new index from Evident, a company that tracks AI in finance, lists Visa as no. 1 among 12 global payments companies. Mastercard and PayPal follow in second and third place. Fintech giants like Stripe and Block rank fifth and sixth on the index, demonstrating how quickly newer players have built serious AI firepower.”With relatively nascent industry players like Stripe and Block performing well — and showing their AI potential reflected…

In the House, the chamber is evenly divided between the Republican side and the Democratic side. But you wouldn’t know it from Tuesday night’s speech.There were noticeably fewer Democrats on hand, with several seats appearing to be empty on their side of the aisle. Several Republicans, apparently taking advantage of the open space, even sat on the Democratic side.Many of the Democratic women who did attend could be seen wearing white, a color associated with the suffragette movement.Ahead of the speech, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries encouraged Democrats to either boycott the speech or sit in silent protest, an apparent…

Trump focused much of his speech on his economic agenda, touting his administration’s effort to lower consumer prices.”From trade to healthcare, from energy to immigration, everything was stolen and rigged in order to drain the wealth out of the productive, hardworking people who make our country run,” Trump said, adding, “Now we are the hottest country anywhere in the world.”The president blamed Democratic lawmakers for high inflation rates, which remain above the Federal Reserve’s 2% goal. He said his policies have lowered the cost of housing, healthcare, and energy — though the financial reality is more nuanced for many Americans.Trump…

President Donald Trump called the Supreme Court’s decision that overturned his signature tariffs “unfortunate” during his State of the Union address.Trump addressed the nation several days after the Supreme Court ruled against most of his 2025 tariffs that were enacted under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act.Despite this setback to his economic agenda, which he touted on Tuesday, Trump said he wouldn’t need to make new trade deals, even though he used the now-struck-down tariffs as his primary negotiating tool, because other countries were happy with the deals made so far.Immediately after the SCOTUS ruling, Trump signed an executive order…

After 10 tries, David Ellison’s Paramount Skydance has finally made a proposal that Warner Bros. Discovery’s board is excited about.Paramount is prepared to pay $31 per share for all of WBD, including its TV networks like CNN and TruTV, up from $30 per share in its previous public offers, WBD told shareholders on Tuesday afternoon.WBD’s board said Paramount’s offer “could reasonably be expected” to “lead to” a superior proposal to Netflix’s. However, WBD added that its board had “not made a determination” yet as to whether Paramount’s latest bid is actually better.If WBD’s board determines that Paramount’s bid is better,…

Forvis Mazars reported Tuesday that its combined revenue globally for fiscal years 2024-25 reached $5.7 billion as of Aug. 31, 2025, or about 11% year-over-year growth.Processing ContentAudit and assurance services contributed 45% of global revenue, followed by tax at 23%, advisory (consulting, financial advisory and sustainability) at 21%, and outsourcing at 11%. The Top 10 Firm reported growth across all regions, although last September, the firm reported U.S. revenue growth of 4% to $2.24 billion in 2025, down from recent years, according to its 2025 integrated report.”Our financial results reflect the trust of our clients, the strength of our people,…