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The J. Edgar Hoover building’s FBI seal pictured in March in Washington, D.C. Dan Bongino, deputy director of the FBI, announced the bureau’s renewed efforts around three cases on Monday. Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images The FBI is refocusing on three, high-profile cases that emerged just before and during the Biden administration, Dan Bongino, the deputy director of the FBI, announced Monday on X. The FBI wants to revive or invest more resources into cases that Bongino said pointed to “potential public corruption,” including the investigation into a pair of undetonated pipe bombs left near…

With a shaky IPO market, tariff uncertainty, and stock market jitters, these are not easy times to be the chief financial officer of a late-stage tech company.Against that precarious backdrop, I sat down last week with the CFOs of Mercury, Vercel, and Cribl at the San Francisco office of CRV, one of Silicon Valley’s oldest venture firms and an early investor in all three startups.”I’m expecting a lot more uncertainty,” said Daniel Kang, CFO of Mercury, a fintech banking startup that recently doubled its valuation to $3.5 billion after raising $300 million in its latest funding round. “There’s a lot…

Breaking down the tax cuts, extensions in Trump’s “big, beautiful” bill – CBS News Watch CBS News President Trump’s so-called “big, beautiful” bill includes tax cuts and extensions, and a proposal to create $1,000 “Trump accounts” for babies born during his second administration. Ann-Margaret Carrozza, an asset protection attorney and former assemblywoman, discusses. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On Source link

The biggest chunk of Google cofounder Sergey Brin’s recent gift of Alphabet stock worth almost $700 million went to his nonprofit called Catalyst4, Bloomberg reported.The transfer of just over 4 million Alphabet shares was revealed in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing last week that did not disclose the recipients.A spokesperson for Brin’s family office, Bayshore Global, said the shares were given to three philanthropic organizations, Bloomberg reported on Saturday.Bayshore Global didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment from Business Insider.Brin gave 3.2 million shares to his own nonprofit called Catalyst4, per the report. The organization, which he launched…

Population: 79,735Median home price: $70,000Median household income: $36,194A little about Flint: Flint is synonyms with its water crisis. When the city began sourcing from the Flint River, the distribution pipes started corroding and leaching lead into the water supply. It’s been over a decade since the switch, and some pipes still need replacing and people remain sick from years of drinking contaminated water, The Guardian reported last year.At the time, the City of Flint said in a statement that it had significantly upgraded its monitoring and infrastructure. Though its water meets federal standards for lead levels, they stated that “no…

Have you ever secretly brought a friend or partner on a work trip, leaving them to sneak around the hotel while dodging your boss?Brian, a millennial who works in the film industry and asked that we only use his first name, told Business Insider that when he traveled to Cannes Film Festival on a business trip in 2017, a friend secretly crashed in his hotel room.He said he didn’t tell his boss because he didn’t want to seem unprofessional. Even though the trip was mostly work, he and his friend ended up meeting people with whom they still hang out…

Passengers check in for Southwest Airlines flights at Chicago Midway International Airport on Feb. 18, 2025 in Chicago, Illinois.Scott Olson | Getty ImagesSet your alarm. Southwest Airlines customers have only one day to go before the company starts charging to check bags for the first time in more than half a century.Starting Wednesday, Southwest will end its blanket “two bags fly free” policy.It was a perk that was sacrosanct among customers and the airlines’ longtime executives alike, setting the airline apart from competitors. But baggage fees brought in nearly $7.3 billion for U.S. airlines last year, according to federal data,…

A 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. Billionaire Daniel Lubetzky built his fortune on Kind snack bars made with nuts, fruits and whole grains. He sold a controlling stake in Kind Snacks to food giant Mars in 2020. Through his family office Camino Partners, he has backed other popular consumer brands like fast-casual chain Cava, hair care brand Prose and Belgian Boys breakfast items. Camino, founded in 2023, has recently widened its focus…

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Blake Silva, a 29-year-old Disney-focused content creator and influencer from Ventura, California. It’s been edited for length and clarity.Disney isn’t just the love of my life — it’s also my livelihood.I can’t remember a time when I wasn’t obsessed with Disney. I always tell people that I loved Winnie the Pooh before I could talk. And now that I can talk, all I talk about is Winnie the Pooh.My two siblings and I grew up in a tight-knit, loving family in Southern California, about two hours from Disneyland. My parents would…

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Nick Parker. It has been edited for length and clarity.Any parent knows that having a flexible job is important. You might need to stop working at a moment’s notice to go pick up a sick kid or be home for two weeks while the stomach flu works its way through the family.For me, this is even more important. I’ve got three kids and they all have autism. My son, 9, didn’t speak for a long time, but with early intervention, he’s thriving. My middle daughter, 7, is nonverbal and uses a…