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The CEOs of Minnesota’s most prominent businesses are calling for local, state, and federal officials to find a solution as tensions skyrocket the day after federal agents shot and killed a second person in Minneapolis.A Border Patrol agent killed Alex Pretti, 37, a US citizen who worked as a nurse at the local Veterans Affairs hospital, on Saturday morning. Pretti had been filming federal immigration agents when the confrontation began.Minneapolis and neighboring St. Paul have been the site of continuous protests since the Department of Homeland Security flooded the cities with immigration agents in December. Tensions have been especially high…

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Sandy Adam, 69, who moved from Pittsburgh to Chatou, a suburb of Paris, in 2025. The essay, which also incorporates quotes from emails between Adam and Business Insider, has been edited for length and clarity.My connection to Europe developed over a lifetime. Like many Americans, it began by studying French in high school. I had pen pals in both France and England, and later, when my children were young, we hosted a French student in our home for six weeks. Europe always felt familiar and aspirational.Professionally, I spent most of my…

2026-01-25T13:27:01.226Z 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. Historic blizzards have caused fatalities, major damage, and lasting infrastructure changes. The Great Appalachian Storm of 1950 killed 383 people and dropped 62 inches of snow in some areas. A staggering 189 inches of snow fell on Mount Shasta, California, in 1959. The US is experiencing a potentially historic…

U.S. President Donald Trump and CEO of Ford Jim Farley clap, as President Trump visits a Ford production center, in Dearborn, Michigan, U.S., January 13, 2026. Evelyn Hockstein | ReutersDETROIT — The only consistency has been inconsistency for the U.S. automotive industry during the first half of this decade — a trend that’s expected to continue amid challenging market conditions in 2026.The U.S. auto sector — a crucial driver of the economy estimated around 4.8% of America’s gross domestic product — has endured rolling crises since the Covid-19 pandemic shuttered U.S. assembly plants in early 2020. The global health crisis…

Davos (Business Insider version)The global elite of Davos probably isn’t what you think of when you think about spunky Business Insider. But we sent a small editorial team to bring you the best of it — BI-style — and I want to tell you about it.Aki Ito is our chief correspondent on careers, a huge topic for Davos — and for us. She asked people across business tough questions about the future of work (believe me, I was in the room) to help bring insights for your success. She also moderated a conversation with chief people officers from companies across…

Despite the occasional headline about big payouts from prediction market gamblers, hedge funds have mostly avoided the nascent space.Trading on platforms like Kalshi and Polymarket specifically is often not worth it for many funds, which require deeper markets to make bigger bets on macro developments and would likely struggle to get their compliance team’s sign-off on using these platforms.While some proprietary trading firms are now dabbling in the space, including Susquehanna, which posted job openings for prediction market traders, the so-called smart money’s interest is focused more on the data being generated by these platforms to help inform their bets.Similar…

Warren Buffett warned about the perils of personal debt in a rare interview last May that aired last week.The famed investor, 95, also offered timeless advice about parenting, moving on from mistakes, choosing a job, and living a full life during the two-hour CNBC special titled: “Warren Buffett: A Life and Legacy.”Many people “love spending beyond their income” by racking up credit-card debt, but that’s a path to ruin, Buffett said. “The rest of your life, you’re underwater, and why in the hell do you want to be underwater?”The self-made billionaire said that people who aren’t worried about money tend…

Sydney Frost and Jessamine Black spend their days painstakingly combing through eBay’s virtual racks for the perfect clothing finds.They’ve been shopping on the online marketplace for years and say it’s usually their first choice when hunting for new pieces to expand their wardrobes.It may not be as convenient as shopping firsthand — you can’t try on the clothes before you buy, and shipping and return policies vary by seller — but it’s a sacrifice they say they’re willing to make for the right threads.”I feel like you can find really unique items on eBay that not a lot of other people will…

There’s a long banner hanging in Amplitude’s San Francisco office. It reads: “NO MAGICAL THINKING.”No, it’s not some rag on Joan Didion. It’s a reminder, CEO Spenser Skates told Business Insider, that technology can never replace deep thinking and hard work. In the AI age, that reminder is more important than ever — so much so that employees must look up at it every day.Amplitude, an 800-person, publicly traded analytics company, is undergoing an AI transformation — with the goal of reinvigorating its business.Amplitude went public in September 2021 at the height of the pandemic, climbing to an all-time closing…

President Donald Trump seems to have realized the American public is not picking up what he’s putting down on the economy, so he’s borrowing a fresh set of ideas from an unlikely place — the other side of the aisle.Over the past few weeks, the White House has rolled out a blitz of proposals that sound more like something out of Bernie Sanders’, Elizabeth Warren’s, or Zohran Mamdani’s offices than a Republican administration. Trump has called for institutional investors to be banned from buying single-family homes, and he’s sought to block military contractors from undertaking stock buybacks and issuing dividends…