AWS continues to go from strength to strength, despite economy-wide downturn

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is continuing to rake in the dough, regardless of how the wider economy is doing, the company has revealed in its latest financial results, The cloud hosting giant posted a gob-smacking $19.74 billion in revenue in its second quarter 2022 results, growing 33% year on year.  Profit margins also remained healthy; AWS…

Big banks run into trouble with regulators over customer ID and opening fake accounts

The SEC has called out JPMorgan, UBS, and TradeStation for deficient customer identity theft prevention programs. All three FIs agreed to cease and desist from future violations, to be censured, and to pay fines of up to $1.2 million. Insider Intelligence publishes hundreds of insights, charts, and forecasts on the Banking industry. Learn more about…

A psychologist shares how to pinpoint the cause of your work stress, plus specific methods to manage it effectively

Interruptions to your work are a major cause of stress, according to psychologist Franziska Lauter. Malte Mueller/Getty Images External triggers like time pressure put us under stress at work. It’s important to identify your stressors and fight them, psychologist Franziska Lauter said. She shared some ways you can recognize and combat yours with Insider. This…

More of the US-made rocket artillery systems Ukraine has been using to hammer Russian forces have arrived

This is a US-made M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS), a weapon that Ukraine has been using to great effect against Russian forces. US Air Force photo by Senior Airman Beaux Hebert Four more US-made rocket systems arrived in Ukraine on Monday, officials confirmed. Ukraine now has 16 High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS)…

Student-loan borrowers can expect Biden to announce whether he will cancel their debt by the end of August

President Joe Biden speaks to the media before boarding Air Force One at Des Moines International Airport, in Des Moines Iowa, Tuesday, April 12, 2022, en route to Washington. AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster Student-loan payments are set to resume in one month. Biden said he is planning to announce student-loan forgiveness before then. He is reportedly…

Pro-impeachment House Republican facing Trump-endorsed challenger says she’s ‘never been in this position’ because usually ‘elections take care of themselves’

Republican Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler of Washington outside the Capitol on May 20, 2021. Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call via Getty Images Jaime Herrera Beutler faces a Trump-backed primary challenger after she voted to impeach him over Jan 6. She says she’s “never been in this position” and is used to winning elections by focusing on local…

Trump-tied conservatives are 15 states away from an unprecedented re-write of the Constitution

States that have passed Convention of States’ resolution to amend the US Constitution. Shayanne Gal/Insider Conservatives are just 15 states away from an unprecedented constitutional convention. A group with ties to Trump’s orbit and corporate America is leading the push. Five states, including Wisconsin, have joined the pro-convention movement in recent years. Conservatives are just…

Fish and chips are as British as the Queen. A brutal few months has the industry floundering.

Michael Stratis continues his father’s legacy and opens his own fish and chips shop in Leeds called Fryday’s. Joanne Coates for Insider Prices of oil, fish, potatoes, and fuel have been high this year in the UK. Inflation is high, too. That makes for uncomfortable conditions for the owners of fish-and-chips shops. One owner had…