2+ week, 6+ day ago   (390+ words) Carter’s Junk Away bills as much as $15,000 a month in peak season, Grandbois said. His W-2 employees are his high school friends, but he admits that he wasn’t able to scale up and reach profitability until he created a pricing…...

3+ week, 10+ hour ago   (471+ words) Trade talks between the US and Canada collapsed Friday in part amid a last-minute standoff over cutting US tariffs on Canadian medium- and heavy-duty vehicles, people familiar with the matter said. Both countries had the outline of a deal, which…...

3+ week, 13+ hour ago   (725+ words) Even the wealthiest parents in America are worried about their kids’ financial futures. Millions of Gen Zers face unemployment as entry-level hiring has slowed, competition has become fiercer, and AI takes over tasks that were historically performed by recent grads....

3+ week, 15+ hour ago   (892+ words) Business leaders and investors face a deepening paradox: Companies are pouring more money into artificial intelligence than ever, but they’re not seeing the gains in productivity that they expect. Even CEOs are starting to admit this disconnect. One Atlanta Federal…...

3+ week, 18+ hour ago   (1042+ words) This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation for our Cost of Living video series with Devonte Duncan, 27, a software engineer living in Brooklyn, New York City. It has been edited for length and clarity. Watch the full Cost of…...

3+ week, 19+ hour ago   (360+ words) Small businesses are offering retirement plans a lot more often than they used to, and white-collar workers are benefiting the most. Nich Tremper, senior economist at payroll and benefits platform Gusto, said over 5 million more small-business workers had access to…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (631+ words) The San Francisco Bay Area, epicenter of the artificial intelligence boom, is home to a massive amount of tech workers employed by some of the world’s most valuable companies, from Apple to Nvidia. But for the first time, New York…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (1201+ words) The American manufacturing sector has without a doubt been rebounding this year. Factories are hiring; production is rising. In July, manufacturing activity reached its highest level since 2022. President Donald Trump credits his “massive tariffs” for the good news, declaring in…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (920+ words) This as-told-to slideshow is based on a conversation with Abbie Manning, 30, owner of SW VIP Concierge, a luxury concierge and lifestyle management company based in South Devon, UK. The following has been edited for length and clarity. I worked as…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (403+ words) At the top, it’s hard to know where else to go. In an interview on Harry Stebbings’ 20VC podcast published on Monday, Andrew Macdonald, Uber’s chief operating officer and president, said that finding new businesses can be challenging when the company’s…...