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Ron Johnson spent more than a decade working alongside Steve Jobs — including a stretch when the two spoke on the phone every night for about a year.The former head of retail at Apple oversaw the creation of 350 stores and the development of nearly 50 more, representing nearly three-quarters of Apple’s locations today. Johnson, who stayed at the company until Jobs’ death in 2011, said the Apple cofounder left him with an important lesson that he still carries today.”The big one is: Don’t be in a hurry,” Johnson said during a Business Insider live Q&A about his new book,…

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Luba Patlakh Kaplun, founder of Kidology. It has been edited for length and clarity.I used to dream of being a broadcast journalist. But my parents — Russian Jewish immigrants from Ukraine — wanted me to do something more serious, in their eyes. I floundered for a bit, studying journalism, then opening a marketing agency. All the while, my parents were asking, “When are you going to establish yourself?”Much of my family works in medicine, but I can’t do blood and needles. I did an internet search for careers with the most…

Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin speaks during a news conference July 1 in New York. David Delgado/AP hide caption toggle caption David Delgado/AP The U.S. Supreme Court has revived for now a federal data system the Department of Homeland Security revamped into a tool to check the citizenship of millions of Americans on voter rolls. The tool has mistakenly flagged some eligible voters as potential noncitizens. The news comes as the Trump administration has been pouring resources into searching for noncitizens on voter rolls ahead of the upcoming election. The Supreme Court’s decision opens the way for the administration to…

Political candidates are attacking AI in ads, and they’re focusing on the one thing scarier than a killer robot: a high electricity bill.Republicans, Democrats, and Independents are peddling anti-AI messaging this year, with subtle differences. The attacks pose a challenge for AI companies looking to build political support for data centers and other infrastructure projects.Business Insider reviewed 130 US political TV ads that mentioned artificial intelligence or data centers. More than AI safety or other hot-button tech issues, campaigns are mostly making noise about AI’s costs, per our review of Senate, House, and gubernatorial campaign ads aired between January 2025…

U.S. airlines waived change fees for flights Friday through Sunday ahead of a nor’easter that federal forecasters warn will bring high winds and rainfall with the potential for dangerous flooding.As of Friday morning, there were minimal delays around the Northeast ahead of the storm and few cancelations set for the weekend. Carriers will often cancel a chunk, if not most of their schedules, during severe winter storms or hurricanes to ensure planes, passengers and crews aren’t out of place, but airlines are still assessing the nor’easter’s potential path.American Airlines, United Airlines and JetBlue Airways said customers can change their flights…

When I started actively hunting for a new role outside my home in London, I imagined I would move back to northern England, where I had grown up.I’d lived and worked in London for 20 years. I first moved there after graduating, and quickly landed a job at a public-relations agency. I enjoyed everything the city had to offer: the live comedy scene and free museums, the Tube, and the summer evenings in beer gardens on the Thames.However, my daily commute had long become a chore, and the prospects of buying my own place in the city were slim. I…

Westend61 | Westend61 | Getty ImagesA version of this article appeared in CNBC’s Inside Wealth newsletter, a weekly guide to the high-net-worth investor and consumer. Sign up to receive future editions, straight to your inbox.Trusts are designed to keep wealth out the public eye, and inheritance battles usually happen behind closed doors. But a first-of-its-kind study of hundreds of contested trust cases offers a rare look at the circumstances that can send heirs to court. One of the biggest pitfalls for handing down wealth is choosing one child to control a family trust when siblings or other relatives would also benefit, according…

The Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk logos.Mike Blake | Tom Little | ReutersEvery time Novo urges investors to look ahead, Eli Lilly gives them another reason to look back at its widening lead over the Danish drugmaker. Novo this week laid out an ambitious strategy to reignite growth beyond its top-selling Wegovy and Ozempic injections, which face patent expirations in key markets in the early 2030s. At its Capital Markets Day on Monday, the company promised a pipeline of potential blockbuster products, including drugs that would diversify from its core area of obesity and diabetes. But Wall Street so far isn’t convinced…

Marcus von Kapff’s knowledge of Detroit’s formerly byzantine permitting process for opening a small business has come in surprisingly handy in his new role at JPMorgan.Von Kapff spent two decades at JPMorgan before becoming Detroit’s chief operating officer in 2024, and is now back to work on the firm’s Security & Resilience Initiative, a $1.5 trillion effort to boost industries seen as strategically important to the US.Many of the SRI team’s projects rely on coordination between the government and private industries, and von Kapff said his time in the public sector has positioned him uniquely well to do that work.…

David Rubenstein explained why he bought a baseball team, missed out on Amazon and Facebook, and would be careful betting on or against the AI boom.The billionaire cofounder of Carlyle Group, one of the world’s biggest private equity firms, spoke to Business Insider ahead of the release of his new book “Inside the Owner’s Box: Conversations on Power and Leadership in Sports.”In the book, Rubenstein tells the story of buying the Baltimore Orioles for around $1.7 billion in 2024, and shares his interviews with fellow team owners, including Robert Kraft of the New England Patriots.He told Business Insider that a…