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Fast-food chains are bidding farewell to the penny.Retailers like McDonald’s and Wendy’s are making subtle pricing changes as the US phases out the one-cent coins, rounding the bill up or down if customers do not have exact change.A McDonald’s representative told Business Insider in a statement that locations in certain parts of the country are experiencing a shortage of pennies. Restaurants may round up or down to the nearest five cents if customers do not have exact change.”This is an issue affecting all retailers across the country, and we will continue to work with the federal government to obtain guidance…

Blood, sweat, tears, and great team members.That’s what it takes to launch a brand new hotel, Marriott International’s chief commercial officer, John Toomey, told Business Insider.”The most difficult job for a hotelier is opening a hotel from zero, where you don’t have one guest in your hotel,” Toomey said.Toomey joined Marriott International in 1996 and has been with the hospitality giant for nearly three decades. In his current role, he oversees over 650 hotels run by Marriott in the Asia Pacific, excluding China.”When you’re starting something from zero, you really feel it,” Toomey said. “It takes great leadership. It takes…

YouTube TV subscribers are poised to miss another week of “Monday Night Football.”YouTube TV hasn’t had access to Disney-owned channels in over a week as carriage negotiations between the two companies drag on. So the streaming service is now offering a small reprieve in the form of a $20 refund.”We’ve been working in good faith to negotiate a deal with Disney that pays them fairly for their content and returns their programming to YouTube TV,” the platform told subscribers in an email on Sunday. “We know it’s been disappointing to lose Disney content, and we want you to know we…

Senators have arrived at Capitol Hill for a rare Sunday session, hoping to reach a deal to end the government shutdown.Senate Majority Leader John Thune, a Republican from South Dakota, told reporters on Sunday from the Capitol steps that a “deal is coming together.” He said he hoped to hold an initial test vote Sunday evening.”We’ll see kind of where the votes are,” Thune told reporters. “This kind of stuff can drag on indefinitely if you allow it to.”Republicans control the majority with 53 seats in the Senate, but need 60 votes to pass the funding package.The Senate Committee on…

Most Americans would probably welcome an unexpected $2,000 infusion to their bank accounts, courtesy of their federal government.It might, however, be too good to be true.President Donald Trump said Saturday in a Truth Social post that the government would use revenue from tariffs to send the cash to “everyone” except “high-income people.”It’s not the first time the president has floated this idea. He dangled the prospect of sending checks to Americans in fundraising emails over the summer.The idea is reminiscent of the pandemic-era relief checks, when the government sent three rounds of payments directly to eligible Americans totaling over $800…

The Trump administration says states must “immediately undo” any steps taken to send full SNAP benefits in November.The demand, issued by the US Department of Agriculture in a late-night Saturday memo, has further complicated the situation surrounding the hunger relief program, which has now become a central bargaining chip in the ongoing political standoff over the government shutdown.The US Department of Agriculture distributed the memo to regional SNAP directors, saying states that began sending full payments this month weren’t authorized to do so.”Accordingly, States must immediately undo any steps taken to issue full SNAP benefits for November 2025,” the memo…

President Donald Trump on Sunday said that a dividend payment of “at least” $2,000 would be paid to most Americans from US tariff revenues.In a post on Truth Social, he wrote: “We are taking in Trillions of Dollars and will soon begin paying down our ENORMOUS DEBT, $37 Trillion.””A dividend of at least $2000 a person (not including high income people!) will be paid to everyone.”The Supreme Court is reviewing the legality of Trump’s sweeping tariffs, which he has justified under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA). Lower courts previously determined that many of the levies were unlawful.The president…

Sandra and Jeff Mayernik had it all: successful careers as real estate agents, and a large custom-built home on five acres overlooking Oregon’s Cascade Mountains.But over time, their idyllic life had became more stressful. Jeff suffered multiple heart attacks, their income stopped growing, and their bills kept rising. By 2023, the couple faced an uncomfortable truth: they were burned out and needed a change of scenery.After selling everything they owned — their cars, home, and art collection — the Mayerniks, now retired, moved abroad. Since November 2023, they have traveled to or lived in about a dozen countries, including Panama,…

Updated 2025-11-09T12:55:01Z Share Facebook Email X LinkedIn Reddit Bluesky WhatsApp Copy link 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. A historic West Village townhouse less than 10 feet wide is listed for $4.195 million. The townhouse is the narrowest home in New York City, and attracts curiosity from passersby. It’s been home to a long list of famous residents, including a Pulitzer Prize-winning author. A New York…

While companies may aim for a future where generative AI can replace the work of a junior employee, the technology is in its “shadowing” era, sitting deskside and learning the ropes.AI training, the process of refining a large language model’s responses to make it more accurate, requires real humans to evaluate how well the AI answers a prompt. When applied to wonky professions, like investment banking, where examples of real work aren’t easily found online, that human guidance is even greater.That explains why AI training firms like Mercor and Scale AI’s subsidiary Outlier, and LLMs like Elon Musk’s xAI are…