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2026-02-02T13:34:35.779Z 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. Disney’s streaming services reeled in record profits last quarter. The Mouse House was boosted by price increases amid stalled US streaming viewership. The company has some ideas to jump-start engagement, from AI videos to a homepage redesign. Disney’s price increases are working like magic.The Mouse House’s streaming business enjoyed…

Kevin Warsh checks a lot of boxes that Federal Reserve watchers care about.But the top economist at Moody’s Analytics, Mark Zandi, says the real test is whether Warsh can keep politics out of interest rate decisions.”Kevin Warsh is a reasonable choice for the next Federal Reserve chair. His obvious strength is his previous stint on the Fed during the Global Financial Crisis. He knows the institution and everyone in global central banking circles,” Zandi wrote in an X post on Sunday.”But the critical question is whether he will be strong enough to ensure that interest rates are set based on…

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Shirin Behzadi, author of “The Unexpected CEO: My Journey from Gas Station Cashier to Billion-Dollar CEO.” It has been edited for length and clarity.My childhood in Iran was normal and stable. Then, when the Iranian Revolution started, chaos and violence were everywhere. I was arrested the first time when I was walking down the street. The second time, I was 15, and was arrested on charges of having a book. I can’t even remember what the book was. The Revolutionary Guards who were arresting me were about my age themselves, and…

A farmer’s sign marks hemp plants in Stanley, Va., in 2020 in an effort to convince thieves that the plants are not marijuana — and not worth stealing. Nicholas Kamm/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Nicholas Kamm/AFP via Getty Images Is it hemp, cannabis or marijuana? That depends on who’s discussing the enigmatic plant that’s legal in some forms (for now) but faces new restrictions in other forms this fall. The confusion comes as no surprise to Nick Johnson, author of the book Grass Roots, which looks at the history of the cannabis plant and its use as…

J.J. ‘s son was detained by federal agents outside his home in Minneapolis and later released; the experience left the 20-year-old anxious and fearful. Zaydee Sanchez for NPR hide caption toggle caption Zaydee Sanchez for NPR MINNEAPOLIS — Early one morning three weeks ago, before his kids were up, J.J. says ICE agents started knocking on his family’s front door. His wife grabbed documents to show they and their four children are lawful refugees from Venezuela. “They told me they just needed to verify the fingerprints for our oldest son, but he would not be detained,” he said. The family…

There are dozens and dozens of guides on how to ask for a promotion. What about a demotion?Igor Tsvetkov spent over a year as a senior staff software engineer at Meta, coming from a background at Google and Cruise. Then he posted on LinkedIn, describing how difficult he found it to try to blend into Meta’s culture — and why he decided to ask for a downward shift in title.”I did not fit in perfectly,” Tsvetkov wrote in the December post, describing the need for intimate systems knowledge and credibility among leaders at his rank. “It is very hard to achieve…

For the past few decades, fast food consumption has had a reliable recession indicator: when budgets tighten, Americans head for the drive-thru.However, in today’s K-shaped economy, analysts say that the old playbook is breaking — and some of the biggest chains are finding that even price cuts aren’t bringing customers back.”We have a consumer that’s cutting back on dining, and that’s been happening for really, probably two and a half to three years,” Restaurant Business editor in chief Jonathan Maze told Business Insider. “So we now see a large number of chains that are using a discount strategy as a…

One of the most underrated revolutions of the past 50 years is the explosion of easily accessible data. Whether it’s detailed breakdowns of the characteristics of every neighborhood in the US, improved weather forecasting models that give us extra days to prepare for hurricanes, or personalized genomic analyses that can give us early warnings about disease, there has never been more information more readily available than in the last few decades.For businesses and consumers alike, this data surge has been a massive boon to the collective bottom line. A deeper understanding of our world has led to more stable markets…

Walt Disney Co. signage on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, US, on Monday, Sept. 29, 2025. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesDisney reported quarterly revenue and earnings on Monday that topped analyst expectations, lifted by its theme parks, resorts and cruises segment. The experiences unit reported more than $10 billion in quarterly revenue for the first time, CFO Hugh Johnston told CNBC. Disney’s domestic theme parks recorded $6.91 billion in revenue, while its international parks reported $1.75 billion in revenue, each up 7% compared to the prior-year period. In particular, Disney saw attendance rise…

When Bill Strayer first dreamed about moving to Asia, Japan was always the goal.Born in Colorado, Strayer went to college in Missouri and later moved to the Bay Area to work in tech. There, work trips across Asia introduced him to cultures he hadn’t encountered growing up.As an adult, he participated in a homestay program in Japan three times, living with local families.”That’s what really kicked me into gear for being in Japan,” Strayer, 63, told Business Insider. “I studied Japanese, I watched Japanese movies, I listened to Japanese music. I made 14 trips to Japan.” His original goal was…