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The post-pandemic job market was supposed to reward hard work and higher education. Instead, it’s become a high-stakes game of digital roulette, according to one high-ranking City executive.Quentin Nason, a former Deutsche Bank managing director and now vice chair of the London Foundation for Banking and Finance, said in a LinkedIn post that the graduate recruitment system is “broken for both sides.”He said he sees it firsthand through City Pay it Forward, an organization that helps high school and university students in the UK break into finance.”Many tell me they’ve applied for 150 or more roles and still have nothing…

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Andrew Clark, a 38-year-old SEO and content specialist and father based in Baltimore. The following has been edited for length and clarity.Ever since my daughter was born in 2020, I’ve worked remotely and set my own business hours at various companies as an SEO and content specialist. Even with the flexibility of setting my own schedule, it was always a balancing act — trying to prioritize quality time with my family while still advancing my career and staying engaged professionally.Now I work at Call Tracking Metrics, which has a three-day-a-week in-office…

A General Motors Co. Chevrolet Silverado truck at a dealership in Upland, California, US, on Wednesday, Oct 15, 2025. Kyle Grillot | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesDETROIT — General Motors is set to report its third-quarter earnings before the bell Tuesday amid a litany of challenges facing the automotive industry.Here is what Wall Street is expecting, according to average estimates compiled by LSEG:Earnings per share: $2.31 adjustedRevenue: $45.27 billionThose results would mark a 7.2% decrease in revenue compared with a year earlier and a 22% drop in adjusted earnings per share. GM’s 2024 third-quarter results included $48.76 billion in revenue, net…

Some are born to be a CEO. Others have it thrust upon them.Dustin Moskovitz cofounded two large, publicly traded companies. The first was Facebook; he was Mark Zuckerberg’s sophomore year roommate. The second was Asana, which he led as CEO for over a decade.Moskovitz stepped down as CEO in July. Despite his history of leadership, he told Stratechery that he didn’t love the role.”I don’t like to manage teams, and it wasn’t my intention when we started Asana,” Moskovitz said. “I’d intended to be more of a independent or Head of Engineering or something again.”Moskovitz said that he found being…

In April 2019, I was ambitious, burnt out, and heartbroken, so I took on a temporary assignment in Singapore with my employer, a large tech-based retailer. In the first few weeks, I was pleasantly distracted by the dizzying heights of my new city. There was amazing food, weekend travels, the lure of a big pay check, not to mention temporary escapism from my aching heart.After a few months living the high life, regularly posting my travels online to a sea of excitement, I decided to move there long-term. I was craving adventure and independence, and the extra cash I’d be…

Twitter used to be a place lots of journalists used. Then Elon Musk bought it, changed a lot — including its name — and lots of journalists left.Now Twitter — which now calls itself X — would like them to come back, says Nikita Bier, the company’s head of product. And it’s promising to treat them better.”If you’re a writer or journalist who left X in the last couple years, coming back could be the biggest arbitrage opportunity of your career,” Bier wrote Sunday.The pitch to writers and journalists boils down to this: Bier says that if people put links…

I almost gave up on celebrating my birthday this year.Then, while scrolling through Instagram, I saw a video from the Toronto influencer Isabelle Heikens, who hosts a multicourse dinner at her home each month. Heikens — who has more than 300,000 followers — prepped for her “winter citrus-themed” dinner party by making basil-infused olive oil, gutting grapefruits, whisking eggs, and setting her table with elegant plates.In a separate video, her guests enjoyed cocktails while Heikens put the final touches on the meal. They all sat around the table devouring the food as Heikens beamed with pride.I was sold. For my…

Updated 2025-10-20T21:04:32Z 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. The first McDonald’s franchise opened in Des Plaines, Illinois, on April 15, 1955. By the 1970s, McDonald’s had grown into a popular fast-food establishment. The Quarter Pounder, Quarter Pounder with cheese, and Egg McMuffin were also added to the menu. By the 1970s, just a decade into its operation under businessman…

The alternative minimum tax represents one potential caveat to the widespread and, mostly, correct belief that the One Big Beautiful Bill Act cut everyone’s payments to Uncle Sam.Below are five key questions for financial advisors, tax professionals and clients to help them understand their potential AMT exposure. OBBBA tweaked the rules in ways that will hike the number of households subject to it. The level of liability will not reach the days before the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017. However, the adjustments may prompt some clients to speed up their collection of certain income to this year, rather than…

As October stretches on, the government is creeping farther and farther up a grim list: the nation’s longest shutdowns.The government shut down on October 1, affecting everything from food assistance programs to airports to federal employees’ monthly budgets. Shutdowns as we currently know them only began in the early 1980s, and so far this fall’s is the third-longest in history. If it continues until Wednesday, it’ll jump up to second place.A 35-day shutdown in 2018 and 2019 takes the prize as the country’s longest, and they typically last around eight days. Since Congress is still deadlocked over Affordable Care Act…