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This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Himal Mandalia, 45, who lives in London. The following has been edited for length and clarity.I had a difficult childhood, and I missed a lot of school. When I hit my 20s, I didn’t know what I wanted to be, so I floated between jobs. By age 32, in 2012, I’d reached a low point and felt my life was going nowhere.What I achieved in the following 10 years went beyond my wildest dreams.In 2013, I landed a job as a software developer for a content marketing agency. I’d been coding…

Nike expanded its resale dominance beyond sneakers in 2025.Online reselling platform StockX said Nike was its top-selling sneaker brand in 2025 — and its fastest-growing in the separate shoe category. StockX ranked the brands based on the number of trades that occurred the previous year in its annual trend report, released this week.The sportswear giant is typically a top seller on StockX, a popular place for buying and selling sneakers. Nike’s growth in the broader shoe category, which was led by Ugg, points to wider resale gains as well. While Nike doesn’t directly benefit from those sales, the growth highlights…

Donald Trump has unveiled a slew of proposals aimed at making life more affordable for everyday Americans, but according to one top economist, there’s something that would make a bigger difference than anything the president has floated so far.Trump has laid out plans to tackle everything from mortgage rates to credit card debt to energy costs. Yet, Nobel laureate economist Paul Krugman thinks those options pale in comparison to one move Trump could make with relative ease: reviving an Obama-era consumer watchdog.In an analysis of Trump’s plans posted on his Substack, Krugman laid out the problems he sees with credit…

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Sam Slater, a 41-year-old real estate developer based in Boston. It’s been edited for length and clarity.I was born in South Florida, where my parents and uncle currently live, and I moved to Massachusetts when I was 10 years old.I run our family office, which is based in both Boston and Palm Beach, Florida. We have business ventures across multiple industries, but my focus is on our real estate portfolio. From light industrial to agricultural to multifamily real estate, we’re well-diversified across many states in the US, as well as Canada.It’s…

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Barbara Ford, an 83-year-old registered nurse and patient advocate for a healthcare company. Ford’s husband worked into his 80s until some health issues led him to retire. This interview is edited for length and clarity.A nurse helps those who need help. If you have knowledge, you should share it. If you know how to do something and somebody is struggling, then lend a hand and help them.My first job was working as a board clerk at the University of Rochester’s hospital. I wanted to be a nurse, and I discovered that…

2026-01-15T05:23:19.001Z 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. Donald Trump imposes 25% tariff on advanced computing chips like Nvidia H200 and AMD MI325X. The tariff aims to boost US tech manufacturing while exempting chips to support domestic supply chain growth. Trump cited national security concerns and invoked Section 232 to enact the tariff. New year, new tariffs.On…

Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon speaks during an interview at the Economic Club of Washington in Washington, D.C., U.S., Oct. 30, 2025. Kevin Lamarque | ReutersGoldman Sachs is scheduled to report fourth-quarter earnings before the opening bell Thursday.Here’s what Wall Street expects:Earnings: $11.67 per share, according to LSEGRevenue: $13.79 billion, according to LSEGTrading revenue: Fixed income of $2.93 billion, equities of $3.70 billion, per StreetAccountInvesting banking fees: $2.58 billion, per StreetAccountGoldman Sachs is set up to be a beneficiary of several trends in the fourth quarter.Trading desks across Wall Street have benefited in the last year as President Donald Trump’s…

Cubans line up for appointments at the U.S. embassy in Havana, Cuba, on Jan. 8. Ramon Espinosa/AP hide caption toggle caption Ramon Espinosa/AP WASHINGTON — The State Department said Wednesday it will suspend the processing of immigrant visas for citizens of 75 countries, including Afghanistan, Iran, Russia and Somalia, whose nationals the Trump administration has deemed likely to require public assistance while living in the United States. The State Department, led by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, said it had instructed consular officers to halt immigrant visa applications from the countries affected in accordance with a broader order issued in…

I come by my love of department stores honestly.Growing up, my mom and I would stop at Barney’s after doctor’s appointments and peruse through Bloomingdale’s on the way to the 6 train in its basement. I tried on prom dresses at Neiman Marcus and wedding dresses at Bergdorf Goodman.Saks Fifth Avenue, which my own mother called the mothership, was the most magnetic of them all.For over a century, Saks Fifth Avenue has epitomized the quintessential luxury American department store. Christmas displays, a bustling main floor, and a shoe department so large it literally had its own ZIP code (10022-SHOE).Late Tuesday…

The House Ways and Means Committee voted unanimously to approve a bipartisan bill that would accelerate processing of tax returns by the Internal Revenue Service through the use of barcode-scanning technology.Processing ContentThe Barcode Automation for Revenue Collection to Organize Disbursement and Enhance (BARCODE) Efficiency Act, co-sponsored by Rep. Brad Schneider, D-Illinois, and Rudy Yakym, R-Indiana, would require the IRS to use barcodes, barcode-scanning technology and optical character recognition (or a similar) technology to digitize certain federal tax return information and correspondence, unless the technology is slower or less reliable than other IRS processes, according to a description on Congress.gov. “With just…