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• Oil has surged to $100, but the energy shock may be bigger than it looks

  24-07-2026 07:34 via businessinsider.com
  
  Analysts warn fuel and shipping costs are rising even faster than oil.Leon Neal/Getty ImagesOil futures have surged 30% in a month to top $100 a barrel.Diesel, jet fuel, shipping and insurance costs are rising even faster than crude.Supply risks are now bigger than at any point in the war, analysts say.Oil prices have surged over 30% over the past month to breach $100 a barrel as renewed US-Iran fighting in the Middle East threatens global energy supplies.Attacks in the Red Sea are also adding t
  
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• Christopher Nolan's leadership approach boils down to 5 key lessons

  24-07-2026 07:25 via businessinsider.com
  
  Hollywood's biggest stars will move mountains for Christopher Nolan. Here's why.Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagicChristopher Nolan has earned the loyalty of some of Hollywood's biggest stars.Actors who've worked with him, like Cillian Murphy and Michael Caine, have shared what makes him an effective leader.Here are five leadership lessons anyone can learn from the Oscar-winning filmmaker.Christopher Nolan has built a reputation for attracting Hollywood's biggest stars — and convincing many of them to
  
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• South Korean Gen Z's answer to corporate despair: tiny turtle charms on phones

  24-07-2026 06:04 via businessinsider.com
  
  Tiny turtle charms are becoming little beacons of hope for South Korea's Gen Z.Selynn HwangA tiny turtle charm might be the answer to your latest corporate headache.South Korean Gen Z are sticking cute turtles to their phones as little symbols of luck.Each colored turtle represents different things: pink for love, green for health, and yellow for money.Gen Z small luxuries have become even smaller in South Korea, where a new trend of baby turtle charms is flourishing.Turtles have long been seen
  
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• Jimothy the raccoon is proof that being weird, feral, and unknowable is the key to winning the internet

  24-07-2026 06:02 via businessinsider.com
  
  Jimothy the raccoon (not pictured) is the internet's latest celebrity.Bernd Weißbrod/picture alliance via Getty ImagesJimothy the weird raccoon has reached peak social media virality.Like all internet-famous animals, there's already Jimothy merch.It's worth thinking about why Jimothy — in all its bizarre glory — became the object of online obsession.If there's one thing you see on the internet today, I hope it's Jimothy.Here's the 101 on Jimothy: A strange raccoon roaming the s
  
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• Elon Musk said helping create OpenAI accidentally accelerated the AI race, which ‘wasn’t really’ his intention

  24-07-2026 06:01 via businessinsider.com
  
  Elon Musk said that helping create OpenAI had unintended consequences he didn't expect, which accelerated the AI race.Benjamin Fanjoy/Getty ImagesElon Musk said that helping create OpenAI had unintended consequences he didn't expect.Musk said that Anthropic's creation from OpenAI accelerated the AI race.Musk said competitors should be allowed to review each other's models for risks before launch.Elon Musk says one of his biggest efforts to slow the concentration of AI power may have had the oppo
  
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• I moved to the US on a green card. I wouldn't do the same today on an H-1B visa.

  24-07-2026 02:14 via businessinsider.com
  
  Mohamed Zeeshan self-petitioned for a green card in 2021.Courtesy of Mohamed ZeeshanMohamed Zeeshan moved to the US as a green card holder in 2023.He was drawn to American liberties, such as free speech and a lack of bureaucracy.But Zeeshan is concerned about how visa uncertainty is affecting immigrants today.This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Mohamed Zeeshan, 32, an Indian national and green card holder, who lives in Arlington, Virginia. The following has been edited for leng
  
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• Taco Bell dropped the price on one of its menu items to $1 for a day. And yes, it was lettuce-free.

  24-07-2026 01:36 via businessinsider.com
  
  Mario Tama/Getty ImagesTaco Bell sold $1 Enchiritos after foot traffic dropped in the wake of the cyclosporiasis outbreak.Shredded lettuce served at Taco Bell was linked to cases of diarrhea in five Midwestern states.Lettuce supplied by Taylor Farms was traced back to people who fell ill after eating at Taco Bell.Taco Bell rolled out a $1 menu item to try and help people forget about the whole iceberg-lettuce-linked explosive diarrhea ordeal.On Wednesday, the fast-food giant sold Enchiritos for
  
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• OpenAI's new release turns a bad week ugly for software stocks

  24-07-2026 00:14 via businessinsider.com
  
  OpenAI CEO Sam Altman.Anna Moneymaker/Getty ImagesOpenAI's Presence release caused a software selloff, analysts say.The AI lab is continuing its push into software that goes atop its cutting-edge models.The IGV index sank after OpenAI's announcement, with hits to Workday, Atlassian, HubSpot, and more.OpenAI just handed software stocks a beating with its latest push into enterprise work.After the company revealed a new product on Wednesday meant to make AI agents more effective for customers, sof
  
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