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Lauren McCadney had always wanted to live next door to friends or family. In her late 50s, she finally made that happen, though not the way she’d planned.In 2020, Lauren’s mother, who had been living with her brother and his family in Frederick, Maryland, died. Lauren, who was going through a difficult divorce and doesn’t have children, decided she wanted to be closer to her family and help her brother care for their dad, who was dealing with his own health challenges.In 2021, she moved from her home in Chicago to Maryland, renting a house a few blocks away from…

MrBeast is YouTube’s biggest creator, racking up the most subscribers in the world with over 465 million. On TikTok, he hasn’t quite captured the throne and is in third place, with nearly 125 million followers, behind influencers Charli D’Amelio (over 155 million) and Khaby Lame (over 160 million).That could be set to change. There’s a sign that the content creator, whose real name is Jimmy Donaldson, is doubling down on TikTok in 2026. His company, Beast Industries, is looking to hire a new “head of TikTok” this year, according to a recent job posting.This new hire will be tasked with…

When Alyson Isaacs joined Meta in 2022, she only had about $200 in her savings account. A six-figure salary offered a chance to rebuild her finances, but her ultimate goal lay outside Big Tech.After college, Isaacs “completely drained” her savings on a startup she’d co-founded, and found herself grappling with her next career move. After weighing her options, she decided to follow the advice of a mentor: go to “startup rehab” — in other words, take a full-time job.”You can always get a job at a Big Tech company,'” said Isaacs, who’s 28 and lives in San Francisco.About four months…

2026-02-15T22:52:03.243Z 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. Sam Altman says OpenAI has hired OpenClaw creator Peter Steinberger. OpenClaw is a viral AI agent launched last month. Altman said Steinberger will build “next generation” AI agents at OpenAI. OpenAI just scored a win in the AI talent wars.OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said Sunday on X that he…

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Sarai Saez Rogers, a 36-year-old mom. It has been edited for length and clarity.When Claire, my best friend for over 10 years, and I laid eyes on the late-18th-century duplex with a big front yard, we knew it was the perfect house to buy together.We’d gotten to know each other in New Mexico, where both of our husbands were stationed while in the military. For 10 years, we were each other’s community. Neither of us had family around, so we had to make our own support systems.We both got divorcedMy husband…

Updated 2026-02-15T14:52:01.259Z 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. After the White House, the Obamas moved to an 8,200-square-foot mansion in Washington, DC. Donald Trump flew to his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida instead of attending Joe Biden’s inauguration. The Bidens returned to their family home in Greenville, Delaware, a Wilmington suburb. When their terms end, US presidents…

Jamie Dimon has stuck to his trademark bluntness when talking about AI and jobs.”It will eliminate jobs,” Dimon said at a Fortune conference in December. “People should stop sticking their heads in the sand.”In the near term, Dimon said in an interview with CNN that JPMorgan’s head count remains steady, or even rises, as AI continues to roll out — if the bank does a “good job.”The bigger promise is efficiency. “It will affect every job,” Dimon said at a 2024 Alliance Bernstein conference, describing a future where AI handles tasks like note-taking and summarization at the push of a…

Shopping at Walmart is one way to save money, but the best prices are usually at the company’s warehouse chain, Sam’s Club.Like Costco, which Sam’s is modeled after, the retailer charges shoppers a membership fee to access the ultra-low-markup bulk goods.At $50 to get in the door, the annual fee can deter some shoppers: Are the deals really worth it?The question is increasingly important for US households focused on stretching their dollars, a consumer climate that has favored value-conscious retailers like Costco and Walmart.To find out, we used a shopping list from a similar analysis we did at Costco, in…

Relocating to a new city is a mixed bag — especially when you’re nearing retirement.When I moved away from home for grad school in 1990 at age 28, it was easy to socialize, since I was surrounded by classmates eager to make friends.But in 2021, when I moved from New York to Miami for work at age 58, it was much harder to meet new people. The COVID-19 pandemic was still lingering, and I tried to connect with colleagues over a socially distanced lunch, but I couldn’t really join clubs or meet neighbours. I found it hard to expand my…

Buried deep in the millions of pages known as the Epstein files, one document offers a rare glimpse into how the 0.0001% live: a list of billionaire Mortimer Zuckerman’s personal expenses for a year.Think of it as a financial diary from the uppermost stratosphere of wealth, where the ordinary rules of budgeting simply don’t apply.Tucked at the bottom of a portfolio performance report conducted by financial advisors at Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, the accounting tracks Zuckerman’s spending from 2011. It includes the everyday and inexpensive, like $140 in parking tickets, to the extravagant, a $220,000 outlay to buy and keep…