Adison Landon Adison Landon, 31, quit her job in May to start a business in the same industry. Many Americans have bet on self-employment as a way to get ahead financially and gain flexibility. Nearly 17 million Americans are self-employed, the highest share of the workforce since 2008. Adison Landon, a 31-year-old from Fort Collins,…
Monthly Archives: July 2022
NAACP President Derrick Johnson suggested that Biden’s student debt plan does not address a meaningful amount of debt, especially for Black borrowers, who are typically burdened by more of it. Lisa Lake/Stringer The NAACP’s annual convention is taking place in Atlantic City this weekend. White House officials, including Labor Sec. Marty Walsh and HUD Sec….
Jens Kalaene/picture alliance via Getty Images National Ice Cream Day is Sunday. Purveyors of the tasty treat are offering free ice cream and discounts to mark the sweet day. Here’s the scoop on the ice cream freebies and discounts you can get today. National Ice Cream Day is here, and that means a chance to…
26% of 628 job switchers surveyed by Joblist in June said they regret quitting their last job, and 42% said their new roles have “not lived up to their expectations.” RealPeopleGroup/Getty Images Over the past year, workers have been quitting — and switching jobs — at near-record highs. The Great Resignation helpd some workers gain…
Russian President Vladimir Putin during the CSTO summit in Moscow on May 16, 2022. Getty Images Russia’s Swiss embassy threatened a newspaper with legal action over an image it published. The the Neue Zürcher Zeitung included an image of Putin as a clown in an article on memes. Officials said “insults and fakes” were beyond…
Hi, I’m Matt Turner, the editor in chief of business at Insider. Welcome back to Insider Weekly, a roundup of some of our top stories. On the agenda today: Gen Z hates working from home — and they’re actually quitting their remote jobs.Facebook is facing a reckoning as advertisers abandon the platform. People are waging a…
Prime Day has come and gone, and according to Amazon, Prime Day 2022 was the most successful ever, raking $3bn over the two-day event. It shows that amidst rising inflation and cost of living crisis, people are hankering for bargains wherever they can find them. You might, as I had, thought that the items that…
Andrew Tate is a British-American entrepreneur, kickboxer, and internet personality. He owns multiple supercars (including a Bugatti) and is popular on TikTok—with over 5 billion total views. He appeared in many podcasts and talks about having multiple sources of income. His popularity skyrocketed due to his hot takes on women and money. After his kickboxing…
Photo by Paul Cuoco on Unsplash I knew I was in trouble from the jump. There were sixteen students in the yoga class. Ten of those students were young(ish) women who looked like they never stopped doing yoga, not even to meal prep, drink Kombucha, or sleep. Three of the students were old(ish) women who…
Sports fans rejoice! It just got a whole lot easier to follow your favorite sports teams on Apple News. With iOS 16, the Apple News app on your iPhone now has a dedicated sports section, aptly called “My Sports.” Previous versions of iOS already had sports content in Apple News – you could search stories…