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For 27 years, Mike Burnett has built businesses by getting ahead of the curve.In 1999, while working in sales and supporting a growing family, he started a side hustle placing tabletop games in restaurants. He bought a few machines to earn extra income. Then, the manufacturer asked whether he would consider becoming a distributor, selling the same opportunity to other would-be operators.Burnett and his friend-turned-business partner, Jeff Marsh, built a bare-bones website and, with little savings, used credit cards to buy newspaper ads. In their first month, they sold $20,000 worth of equipment.”Honestly, I thought it was a fluke,” Burnett…

Cat owners are spending on their feline friends in a bright spot for pet food makers and sellers. Though consumers are watching their wallets as the prices of fuel and groceries rise, sales for cat food and other cat-related products are climbing, according to sellers of those products. General Mills, Chewy and Petco Health and Wellness Co. all called out the segment as a strength in their businesses during their most recent quarterly earnings calls.Sales of dog products, on the other hand, continue to soften. The rise in sales of cat items comes as the American Pet Products Association found a…

Hyundai signage at the New York International Auto Show on April 2, 2026.Danielle DeVries | CNBCDETROIT — Hyundai Motor is expected to outsell Ford Motor in quarterly sales for the first time ever, according to a new forecast released Thursday by Cox Automotive.The South Korean automaker is expected to report a 6.5% increase in year-over-year sales from July through September to 511,421 units. That compares with an expected 7.1% decline for Ford over the third quarter to 504,172 new vehicles sold, according to Cox predictions.The expected leaderboard change would make Hyundai the third best-selling automaker in the U.S. behind General…

Barry Diller’s People Inc. has rescinded its proposal to buy MGM Resorts International, sending shares of the casino giant down roughly 11% on Thursday. The update comes nearly four months after Diller’s company offered to purchase MGM Resorts for $48.30 per share. People Inc. already owns a roughly 26.1% stake in MGM. Diller, chairman of People Inc. — formerly known as IAC — attributed the decision to the complicated nature of the deal. “There are lots of ingredients that go into a proposal of this kind on its way to completion,” Diller said in the press release. “We didn’t feel…

Lowe’s is launching a drone delivery service in partnership with DoorDash and Alphabet’s Wing, CNBC has learned exclusively. The company said the new drone delivery service — a first in the home improvement retail space — will give customers access to over 100 products in a delivery window as fast as 20 minutes. A pilot program is already live in North Carolina, with plans for expansion.Customers can order products directly through DoorDash, which will have drone delivery listed as an option for eligible customers. The drones currently transport orders of roughly 2.5 pounds per flight and operate within a 5-mile…

The James S. Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 21. Alex Wroblewski/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Alex Wroblewski/AFP via Getty Images A federal judge restored White House access to CNN, MS NOW and Politico for 14 days. But the ruling leaves one question unanswered: Could the administration simply try again, this time following the proper process? Gabe Rottman, vice president of policy at the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, says that would not necessarily settle the larger constitutional issue. The Reporters Committee, a nonprofit that provides free legal…

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Ishansh Gupta, 29, who lives in Munich. The following has been edited for length and clarity.Growing up in India, I knew I wanted to live in the US one day. I had relatives who’d moved there, and the way Bollywood movies portrayed the American dream resonated with me. I was interested in technology, and some of the biggest opportunities were there.While completing my bachelor’s degree in computer science and engineering in India, I applied for internships around the world to increase my chances of getting accepted by a US university for…

Now might be the perfect time to launch that business you’ve been dreaming about.Americans filed more than 3 million applications to start businesses in the first six months of 2026, up 16.5% from a year earlier, according to US Census Bureau data. The uptick comes as AI lowers the barriers to entrepreneurship, and shifting job requirements and recurring layoffs make some traditional careers feel less secure.Deepali Vyas, CEO and founder of Vyas Media, told Business Insider that more opportunities are opening up for people to build businesses.”Twenty years ago, you probably needed employees and designers and marketers,” Vyas said. “Today,…

Signs of support for AP, CNN, MS NOW and POLITICO hang on the White House grounds on September 21, 2026 in Washington, DC. Finn Gomez/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Finn Gomez/Getty Images WASHINGTON — The Department of Justice defended President Trump’s recent media ban, arguing that reporting by CNN, MS Now and Politico on a wide range of issues — from the White House ballroom construction, to the reported depletion of ammunition during the Iran war, and the Republican midterm convention — jeopardized national security and spread falsehoods. In a late Tuesday court filing, in response to the lawsuit…

MS NOW White House reporter Akayla Gardner reported on Saturday near the White House complex after being denied entry following President Trump’s ban on CNN, MS NOW and Politico. Jose Luis Magana/AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana/FR159526 AP hide caption toggle caption Jose Luis Magana/AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana/FR159526 AP Sign up for NPR’s Up First morning newsletter for the stories you need to start your day Reporters try to hold President Trump and his administration accountable. Now three major U.S. news outlets are asking a federal judge — a Trump appointee at that — to hold the president in check for what…