Teddi Burgess (left), Paul Rivera (middle), and Ivan Ventura (right). Rideshare and delivery drivers face dangers like assault, carjacking, and theft on the job. Drivers are creating advocacy groups to address safety risks and share advice for working with the public. Insider spoke with seven current and former rideshare drivers about their top tips for staying…
Monthly Archives: July 2022
A St. Paul, Minnesota protest against the Ukraine war. Michael Siluk/UCG/Universal Images Group/Getty Images Brent crude, oil’s international benchmark, hit $95.55 Thursday as prices fell to pre-invasion levels. Energy supply shortages in Europe could tip the EU into a recession, while a recession in the US may already be here. West Texas Intermediate hovered above…
Getty Images Biden’s Education Department released a list of proposals to reform the student-loan industry. The public can now submit comments on those proposals for the next 30 days. The reforms included improvements to targeted loan forgiveness programs, like PSLF. President Joe Biden’s Education Department wants to know what you think of its plans to…
Virginia Housing Virginia Housing and its partners unveiled a 3D-printed home in Richmond, Virginia. The three-bedroom, two-bathroom home sold for $235,000. This budding 3D printing home construction tech is increasingly being used to create housing developments. Virginia’s latest 3D-printed family home has been unveiled, this time in Richmond. Virginia Housing But if you’re in the market…
Donald Trump (right) on Tuesday escalated his feud with Elon Musk in a Truth Social post belittling the billionaire. Andrew Kelly and Gaelen Morse/Reuters Elon Musk and former President Donald Trump are going at it online. Musk said Trump should “sail away into the sunset.” Trump called Musk a “bullshit artist.” Their relationship wasn’t always…
Amsterdam Airport Schiphol Anton Gvozdikov/Shutterstock.com Online travel agency Hopper has unveiled the worst-delayed European airports so far in July. Brussels Airport in Belgium topped the list, while London Heathrow didn’t make the top 10. A Hopper spokesperson told Bloomberg that it only looked at the percentage delayed, not passengers impacted. The summer travel chaos is…
Morgan Jones, who has fibromyalgia and lupus, told Insider she was “abandoned” at the Toronto airport after her flight was canceled. Courtesy of Morgan Jones A wheelchair user told Insider she was “abandoned” by Air Canada after her flight was canceled. Her June 25 flights from Dallas to St. John’s were delayed nearly a dozen…
Buy now, pay later providers Afterpay and Klarna are sharpening their focus on in-store retail. Non-ecommerce retail sales in the US are expected to hit $5.938 trillion in 2022, making up 85% of total retail sales. Insider Intelligence publishes hundreds of insights, charts, and forecasts on the Payments & Commerce industry. Learn more about becoming…
Former President Donald Trump speaks during an event with Joe Lombardo, Clark County sheriff and Republican candidate for Nevada governor, and republican Nevada Senate candidate Adam Laxalt, Friday, July 8, 2022, in Las Vegas John Locher/AP Trump is holding informal off-the-record dinners with donors and supporters, Politico reports. The “kitchen cabinet dinners” are meant to…
Staff shortages have contributed to a wave of flight cancelations and travel disruptions. Digital Media Pro/Shutterstock Delta’s CEO, Ed Bastian, said he didn’t regret letting 2,000 pilots retire in 2020. Uncertainty over COVID-19 vaccines meant no one could predict when demand would resume, he said. Bastian said pilot shortages were unlikely to become an issue…