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It’s no secret that open-concept homes are becoming less popular.There are many reasons people are closing up their open-concept spaces — one of the biggest being that people don’t know how to make these floor plans work for them.Business Insider spoke to two interior designers about the common mistakes people make with their open-concept homes.Think about your life before you embrace an open conceptCharlotte Eustace, a UK-based interior designer who founded Eustace Studio, said she thinks one of the biggest issues people face with open-concept homes is that they don’t think of how they will work in their lives.”Because it…

Updated 2025-06-19T13:56:01Z Share Facebook Email X LinkedIn 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. Kykuit, a 40-room mansion in Sleepy Hollow, New York, belonged to the Rockefeller family. It was built in 1913 for John D. Rockefeller, founder of the Standard Oil Company. The property features an art gallery, sprawling gardens, and a collection of vintage cars. At the height of his success, John D.…

The Russian economy is “on the brink” of entering a recession, the country’s economy minister warned on Thursday.Speaking at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, a major annual business event in Russia, Maxim Reshetnikov said data showed the economy “cooling.”When a moderator asked him to describe the state of the economy, he said it seemed that the country was “on the verge of going into recession,” according to Russian news agency Interfax.He later clarified that he wasn’t making an outright prediction. “I said that we were on the brink,” Reshetnikov said. “From here on out, everything will depend on our…

Mercer Island, a wealthy enclave just outside Seattle.Danita Delimont | Gallo Images Roots Rf Collection | Getty ImagesA version of this article first appeared in CNBC’s Inside Wealth newsletter with Robert Frank, a weekly guide to the high-net-worth investor and consumer. Sign up to receive future editions, straight to your inbox.The United States is home to the most millionaires of any country, with a tally of 23.8 million in 2024, according to a new report by UBS. The Swiss bank estimated the U.S. minted some 379,000 new millionaires last year, or more than a thousand each day, for an increase of 1.5%.Mainland…

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with William Gagnon, executive vice president and COO of Excel Dryer, a hand-dryer manufacturer based in East Longmeadow, Massachusetts. Their main product is the XLERATOR Hand Dryer. This story has been edited for length and clarity.We are a family-owned and operated company. I own it with my father, Dennis, who always wanted to own his own manufacturing company and make quality products that were American-made, dependable, and that people like to use. That was his criteria.The apple didn’t fall far from the tree. We’ve worked together over the years to make sure that it…

2025-06-19T11:08:01Z Share Facebook Email X LinkedIn 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. Many CEOs and business leaders have shared their thoughts on work-life balance. Some support it while others call it a hindrance to success. Here’s what some of the biggest names in business make of work-life balance. How do you juggle your personal life with your work?Just about everyone has an opinion on…

While some new dating apps look to the future with AI, others are going back to basics.Myles Slayton, CEO of dating app Cerca, is betting that Gen Z dating app users want their next relationships to come from their already established social circles — not strangers.Cerca, which launched in March, curates matches with mutuals using people’s contact lists on their phones. Cerca’s users are limited to seeing four profiles a day and find out at 8 p.m. each day whether someone liked them back.The startup recently raised a $1.6 million seed investment led by venture capital firm Corazon Capital, Business…

“I like my money where I can see it — hanging in my closet,” Carrie Bradshaw famously declares in “Sex and the City.”Sarah Jessica Parker, the actor who’s portrayed the fashionista columnist in six seasons of the TV show as well as two movies, shares her character’s love for designer clothes and luxury accessories. Her teenage daughters have different ideas, Parker revealed on the “Call Her Daddy” podcast this week.Marion and Tabitha, 15, like clothes and will ask Parker a couple of times a month to buy something, she said, adding: “But they mostly buy their clothes used, almost entirely.”Unlike…

It’s the great mystery facing frustrated job seekers: Who — or what — is rejecting my application?As more companies turn to AI to boost productivity, applicants often tell BI that they wonder whether a human ever reviewed their résumé. We reached out to seven major companies and found out that AI’s role in the hiring process varies widely.Mark Grimwood, Salesforce’s SVP of Recruiting, said the company received “tens of thousands” of applications for account executive roles in the first quarter of this year — a position the company is investing heavily in.Grimwood said two key factors help manage this volume:…

Cimarron Beckstead, 39, has put over $20,000 into his two kids’ college savings accounts — and he didn’t have to put any of his own money aside.Instead, he thanks the state of Alaska for annual oil dividend checks.”We wanted to put it into an investment account for their future rather than just spend it on a new TV or whatever else we want right now,” Beckstead, a father of a five- and seven-year-old, told Business Insider. “We’re going to recalculate everything as they start getting a little bit older and see if we need to start adding more ourselves. But…