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Surveillance footage shows people reacting amid smoke at the moment of an attack at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, October 10, 2026, in this frame from a handout video.Saudi Ministry of Media | ReutersThe Federal Aviation Administration told U.S. airlines to exercise caution when flying in or around Saudi Arabia after deadly attacks claimed by Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis, which have shut down the airport in the Saudi capital.King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, remains closed as of Monday after attacks that started last week. The attacks escalated Saturday, when a projectile struck a passenger terminal…

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Tricia Wallwork, CEO and Chair of the Board at Milo’s Tea. It has been edited for length and clarity.When my grandad Milo returned from World War II, he married my grandma, Bea, the very next week. He likes to say he only had $20 and a footlocker, but he also had a vision: for a hamburger stand serving burgers, fries, pies, and sweet tea to Birmingham’s steelworkers.That was the beginning of Milo’s Tea. Since then, the business has had three distinct iterations: the initial burger stand, franchise restaurants that my dad…

Investing and F1 may not share obvious similarities at first glance, but when it comes to managing people, some lessons cross disciplines.During a recent conference appearance, Bridgewater Associates founder Ray Dalio and Toto Wolff, the billionaire CEO of Mercedes F1, agreed that demanding leaders need to pair high standards with genuine care for their teams. As Dalio put it, management needs to implement “tough love.””My mantra is meaningful work and meaningful relationships,” Dalio said on a panel at the Milken Institute Asia Summit in Singapore last week. “When I say tough love, there’s the tough, but there’s also that element…

When Pete Thomas spots a meeting on his calendar that he doesn’t remember scheduling, the startup executive launches a mini investigation.He searches his inbox for the sender’s name, and if that fails, he tries LinkedIn. If Thomas still comes up empty or senses tomfoolery, he’ll scan the invitation’s contents for odd URLs or other red flags before hitting delete. He’s received several in recent months that failed those checks.”It’s a distraction,” said Thomas, CTO of Kapwork, a fintech firm in Los Angeles. “You always have to look for context.”As if email and text message scams weren’t enough, workers are contending…

Two Sigma’s interns had a very productive summer. So productive that it’s raising the bar for future interns.A majority of the $80 billion firm’s intern class of 82 math whizzes completed their core projects weeks earlier than past cohorts and were able to work additional tasks, known as stretch goals, according to Evan Anger, the manager’s head of talent acquisition.”We put as much into the onboarding and training of our interns as we do our full-time employees,” Anger said. A new part of training this year was dedicated to LLM sessions from senior leaders.Two Sigma, which was launched in 2001…

At 5 a.m. in Northern Virginia, chefs are already preparing chicken and chile roja enchiladas, fried shrimp tacos, and big batches of rice and beans to feed thousands of data center construction workers.By late morning, a crew brings the food from the off-site kitchen to a break tent where workers can pick up lunch without leaving the worksite. They don’t pay: The Big Tech companies spending billions on AI infrastructure foot the bill.On an average day, National Jobsite Catering serves about 1,500 meals at each of its dozen data center construction sites across Northern Virginia, Texas, Ohio, Louisiana, Nevada, and…

The construction workers building Meta’s largest-ever data center are arriving in a tiny Louisiana town with more than specialized skills and manpower. They’ve also got cash to spend.It’s a fact that local entrepreneurs are leveraging to build new businesses.”It’s been a good opportunity for everybody,” David Rodgers, the cofounder of Ice Queen, a local business, told Business Insider. “I tell people, you can’t stop it unless you have $50 billion. You might as well get on board and go with the flow.” Meta is building its largest data center to date, Hyperion, in Louisiana’s Richland Parish.  USA TODAY Network via…

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Wendy Rowland, 53, who lives in Mississippi. Rowland, who was a stay-at-home mom, returned to work in her 50s to help pay for her husband’s long-term care, as he suffers from early-onset dementia. This interview has been edited for length and clarity.My husband has early-onset Lewy body dementia. He is 59 and has been in a memory care facility for over two years now. We have already used his 401(k), and I sold the house we had for over 20 years. Once the money from that is gone, I’m not sure…

When Elysse Morris decided to become a dental hygienist, it seemed like a natural fit. She was a fairly “sciencey” student in high school and generally liked going to the dentist. Plus, she’d always been a talker.Eleven years into her career, Morris, now 34, knows she could probably be making more money. Her home state of Virginia has a severe shortage of dental hygienists, and temporary workers can command high hourly rates by hopping between practices. But Morris has spent four years at the same privately owned office because she’s happy there. Her boss gives her decent equipment, benefits, a…

There’s a popular saying that it takes a village to raise a child.I’d always understood the saying as a metaphor. But when my husband and I decided to build a house on the same property where my parents, younger siblings, and my brother’s fiancé live, that adage became a lot more literal.Now, we’re raising our daughter on our “family compound,” with our village right next door.A compound wasn’t the initial plan, but living here has been an incredible experience My parents built their house first.  Taylor Bunting Although my family had jokingly talked about building houses next door to each…