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Uber and Lyft drivers are seeing more trips that pay them $3 or less. They say it's another example of declining driver pay.
Ride-hailing drivers are reporting $3 or lower fares. They say it's indicative of a larger pay issu…
Noah Sheidlower,Jacob Zinkula
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The world is facing an orange juice crisis. The race is now on to find a substitute fruit.
A global orange shortage may force manufacturers to consider using alternative fruits, such as mand…
Mikhaila Friel
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Middle-class Gen Xers are facing a new retirement challenge: their student loans
Student-loan debt is weighing down older workers, who may see their Social Security garnished to pa…
Juliana Kaplan,Ayelet Sheffey
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The 15 best entry-level jobs for new college and high school grads
Inspector ranked No. 1 on the list, which Indeed told Business Insider largely includes property an…
Madison Hoff
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Why employers are reluctant to hire young men
America's young men have stopped working. One reason for the rise in joblessness: our broken unempl…
Emily Stewart
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The big lie about sleep
When it comes to slumber, what matters most is how rich you are.
Jeremy Ney
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China's quest to turn the yuan into a global currency isn't actually driven by domination. It's about sanctions.
In a recent global survey of 1,660 enterprises, many respondents said their trading partners were u…
Huileng Tan
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Over a dozen GOP states seeking to block student-loan forgiveness through Biden's SAVE repayment plan may have been set back by a separate court ruling
A ruling in a separate lawsuit to block student-debt relief could suggest how the court might rule …
Ayelet Sheffey
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For some millennials, the reality of their retirement plans is that they're a fantasy
New data shows a significant gap with how much millennials expect they need to retire ($1.7 million…
Dan DeFrancesco
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New Mexico experimented with a basic income program that gave $500 a month to immigrant families. They used the money to pay rent and secure jobs.
New Mexico gave households with mixed citizenship status $500 a month for a year. Participants saw …
Allie Kelly
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More people may never own a home they're the 'forever renters'
Some people can't afford to buy a property, and others don't want the hassle. But renters have less…
Theron Mohamed
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Silver price gains are outshining gold's thanks to China's overproduction of solar panels
Silver prices have soared 35% to 12-year highs, outpacing gold's gains. The rally is driven by indu…
Huileng Tan
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The IRS has failed to police the huge tax breaks offered by Puerto Rico, whistleblower claims
According to The New York Times, an IRS insider wrote that less than 1% of those using a Puerto Ric…
Filip De Mott
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More interest-rate hikes aren't off the table yet, Fed president says
"If we get surprised by the data, then we would do what we need to do," Neel Kashkari said during a…
Filip De Mott
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The steampunk technology that could save America's cities
How an underground maze of abandoned pipes can fix the urban doom loop
Adam Rogers
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A group of emerging nations could soon start knocking down one key pillar of dollar dominance
Central-bank-issued digital currencies could chip away at the US dollar's share in international pa…
Huileng Tan
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Social Security's 2025 bump is projected to be the smallest in 5 years
Social Security's 2025 cost-of-living adjustment is projected to be 2.66%. Over 70% of older adults…
Cork Gaines
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21 states where recession bells are ringing after unemployment jumps
Piper Sandler's chief global economist, Nancy Lazar, highlighted 21 states to Business Insider wher…
Theron Mohamed
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A homeless Iowa mom of 2 is struggling to find a landlord who will accept her housing voucher before it expires. The state is making it harder by allowing landlords to discriminate against her.
Iowa law allows landlords to reject voucher holders just because they use a voucher. This kind of h…
Eliza Relman
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A millennial who made over $300,000 secretly working 2 remote jobs says he'll do whatever he can to ensure he never has to commute to work again
A millennial says secretly working two remote jobs has helped him buy a car and pay off debt. But r…
Jacob Zinkula
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Western countries are lining up to name and shame China for overproduction
G7 finance chiefs criticized China's industrial overproduction, saying they will consider taking st…
Huileng Tan
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China's gold rush shows the Chinese still have money to spend they're just not into Starbucks or Gucci
Chinese consumers are holding back on discretionary purchases as its economy faces multiple headwin…
Huileng Tan
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American parents with young children say they haven't felt this financially insecure in nearly a decade. Here's why.
Parents with young children worry more about money now than they have in years, new data shows. Sky…
Lauren Edmonds
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Living on $25,000: ALICEs who live paycheck to paycheck explain how they scrape together enough food to get by
Many households living paycheck to paycheck have to rely on thinly-stretched grocery budgets, food …