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2025-09-22T07:25:43Z 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. John Oliver said Jimmy Kimmel’s show getting suspended was the latest blow to free speech in the US. The “Last Week Tonight” host said Kimmel was the “latest canary in the coal mine.” Kimmel’s show, “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” was pulled off the air over his comments on Charlie Kirk.…

Bernard Arnault, France’s richest man and the CEO of luxury giant LVMH, has criticized France’s proposed 2% wealth tax.French economist Gabriel Zucman proposed the tax, which would be imposed on the ultra-rich with net worths of over 100 million euros, or about $117 million. French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu is now under pressure from the Socialist Party to include the wealth tax in France’s 2026 budget.Speaking to British newspaper The Sunday Times, Arnault said, “This is clearly not a technical or economic debate, but rather a clearly stated desire to destroy the French economy.”He slammed Zucman, calling him a “far-left…

China’s tech exports to the US have cratered, but demand from the rest of the world is keeping the East Asian giant’s trade machine humming.In August, Chinese shipments of tech products to the US plunged 70% compared to the fourth quarter of 2024, according to a Goldman Sachs analysis published Sunday.The collapse followed the rollout of President Donald Trump’s new tariffs, including a 20% “fentanyl tariff” on all Chinese imports that took effect in March.Meanwhile, other Asian economies filled the gap. From the fourth quarter through August, tech exports to the US from countries like South Korea, Vietnam, and India…

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella arrived in the US in 1988 to attend the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. He graduated in 1990 and later received an MBA from the University of Chicago.In his memoir, “Hit Refresh: The Quest to Rediscover Microsoft’s Soul and Imagine a Better Future for Everyone,” Nadella said he married his wife in 1992, and they decided she would move from India to live with him. However, her visa application was rejected.A coworker suggested that Nadella give up his “coveted” green card for an H-1B visa as another way to bring his wife stateside. Nadella applied for the H-1B…

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Yann Schuermans, the CEO of Baskit, who is based in Jakarta, Indonesia. His words have been edited for length and clarity.By 30, my career looked ideal on paper, but I couldn’t ignore the pull to create something of my own.When I was studying international management at the University of Manchester, I spent a year abroad in Hong Kong. That experience opened my eyes to Asia’s pace and possibilities, and I knew I wanted to be part of it.In 2016, two years after graduating, I joined AB InBev’s Asia Pacific headquarters in…

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Laura Zaccaria, a Singapore-based HR professional and new mom who taught herself to build an AI-assisted web app while on six months of maternity leave. It’s been edited for length and clarity.I’ve never studied anything related to coding.My husband started to dabble with vibe coding. He replicated my not-for-profit yoga organization website and sent me the link. He was like, “See what you can do now in a couple of hours?” I was quite intrigued.He was going to sign up for a class called Code with AI in June. He asked…

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Susan Lindgren, a 58-year-old from Santa Monica, California, who has been living in Da Nang, Vietnam, for the past year and a half. It has been edited for length and clarity.After 25 years of working as a business software consultant, I realized I was burned out.At my last job, I implemented software systems for multiple corporate clients simultaneously, and each role felt like a full-time job.I always felt like my plans were a “maybe.” Whether it was birthday parties or dinner plans, I was only committing at 80% because work took…

2025-09-21T22:32:22Z 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. Paul Graham said his family canceled Disney+ after ABC suspended Jimmy Kimmel’s show. A movement to boycott Disney has grown since ABC, which Disney owns, took the show off the air. ABC suspended the show last week after Kimmel joked about Trump’s response to Charlie Kirk’s death. Y Combinator…

I’m 38 years old, and I’ve already made peace with the fact that I’ll probably never fully retire. That might sound depressing to some, but for me, it feels like the opposite. It’s invigorating.Part of my decision is pure practicality. Like most people, I need an income to support my family, and that reality shapes my future. And like most people, I don’t have the kind of retirement savings that will let me stop working completely in my mid-50s, then spend the next few decades in leisure. And honestly, even the traditional path of retiring around 65 doesn’t feel like…

Welcome back to our Sunday edition, where we round up some of our top stories and take you inside our newsroom. Corporate America was thrown into chaos Friday night. The Trump administration issued a surprise executive order that would implement a new $100,000 fee for H-1B visa holders. Stakeholders (and their lawyers) immediately scrambled to understand who exactly it would impact.Tech and finance companies rushed to tell their employees on these visas to stay in the US. The worry was Trump’s order would make it far more expensive — and potentially impossible — for them to return if they traveled…