Sen. Jeff Merkley raised concerns about ending the SAVE student-loan repayment plan. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images A group of Democratic lawmakers raised concerns with Trump's proposed settlement to e...
Article URL: https://nitishastra.substack.com/p/how-debt-bankrupted-the-british-empire Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46741949 Points: 13 # Comments: 5...
Bitwise debuted an ETF offering exposure to Bitcoin and precious metals that's themed around the debasement of fiat currencies....
Community donations at Smitten Kitten (left and right), and BabyBel Mozzarella the cat (middle), are supporting Minnesotans. Mikayla Stanek (Smitten Kitten); Vanessa Beardsley (Catzen) January is typi...
Will the tech billionaire attempt a takeover of an airliner out of spite? Here’s the background on Musk’s latest beef, and what it’s really all about....
The annual gathering in the Swiss Alps resort town has been dominated by escalating tensions between the US and its European allies, with leaders warning of a crumbling world order, rising unilaterali...
With Boomers controlling more than half of US household wealth, the coming generational transfer could funnel a portion of this capital into crypto markets, a new OKX survey shows....
European leaders criticise stance on Arctic island, with Macron taking aim at US president’s ‘useless aggressivity’...
Private jets from dozens of different countries arrived near Davos on Monday. Pete Syme/Business Insider Business Insider tracked private jets landing near Davos on the first day of the WEF annual mee...
An Amazon Web Services data center in Ashburn, Virginia, US, on Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025. | Photo: Getty Images The Trump administration and a bipartisan group of governors are pressuring the PJM Interc...
Microsoft, Meta, Amazon, Perplexity, and Mistral AI have joined Google in paying the Wikimedia Foundation for access to its projects, including Wikipedia's vast collection of articles. The Wikimedia F...
Mistral CEO Arthur Mensch says its edge over Silicon Valley isn't smarter models, but being a European alternative built for control, sovereignty, and trust. LUDOVIC MARIN/POOL/AFP via Getty Images Ar...
Business leaders like Klarna's CEO support Trump's credit card cap proposal, while major banks and investors warn of risks. BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images Donald Trump proposes a 10% cap on c...
An Allegiant flight attendant. David Becker/AP Flight attendants at ultra-low-cost carriers earn a base pay of between $22 and $68 per hour. Allegiant cabin crew earn higher base pay than those at Uni...
Tyler Le/BI A few years ago, HR practitioner T. Tara Turk-Haynes hired yoga instructors and meditation gurus to help employees handle burnout at the media company where she worked. She's not doing any...
One of the most popular sets from the Scarlet and Violet era, Pokémon TCG: 151, continues to be immensely popular even now in the Mega Evolution era. Market price on its selection of sealed products r...
A Commission proposal to be presented on January 29 seeks to re-industrialise and decarbonise the bloc's heavy industry to combat fierce competition from China and the United States....
CBA negotiations intensified in recent months, but previous events helped spark the stalemate between the WNBA and WNBPA....
Mr Beast and Rob Gronkowski attended YouTube's 2025 Brandcast event, where it pitched an audience of ad buyers in New York City. Michael Loccisano/Getty Images YouTube's pitch for TV advertising budge...
I went to NRF 2026. Jordan Hart/Business Insider AI dominated this week's discussions at Retail's Big Show, a leading industry conference. I attended for the first time and saw retail leaders showcase...