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• Kohl's piggybacks off Amazon

  10-07-2019 02:00 via warc.com
  American department store Kohl’s has talked up its “single biggest initiative” of the year: taking in and processing returns of products bought from Amazon, in an effort to bring customers into its more than 1,100 stores around the...
  
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• Hollywood wants to beat TikTok at its own game — but faces hurdles

  13-02-2026 16:32 via businessinsider.com
  Netflix is looking more like TikTok, by adding short-form clips from shows like "Bridgerton" and starting a new reality show with social media star Alix Earle.Liam Daniel/Netflix; TheStewartofNY/GC ImagesHollywood streamers are turning to short-form video as YouTube and TikTok take viewership time.Netflix, Disney, and Paramount are adding, or planning to add, vertical clips to their streamers.Short-form video isn't a cure-all, media analysts warn.Hollywood giants are betting that snack-sized ver
  
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• I went to the Italian Alps for the Winter Olympics. Here are 6 things that surprised me most about the experience.

  13-02-2026 16:29 via businessinsider.com
  I attended the 2026 Winter Olympics in Livigno and encountered lots of surprises along the way.Agnes GroonwaldI attended two skiing and snowboarding events at the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics.Both events were held in Livigno, a high-altitude ski town near the Swiss border.We had a great time and encountered lots of surprises along the way.My first Olympic Games in Paris were defined by swimming arenas, metro transfers, and navigating summer crowds. So, I expected my second round, the Winte
  
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• The best cooling sheets for hot sleepers, tested and reviewed

  13-02-2026 15:42 via businessinsider.com
  When you buy through our links, Business Insider may earn an affiliate commission. Learn moreWith the best cooling sheets, you can sleep without feeling overheated.Alex Temblador/Business InsiderBeing a hot sleeper can feel like a curse. Truthfully, there's little worse than waking up in the middle of the night tangled in sweaty sheets and drenched in perspiration. If this situation sounds all too familiar to you, it could be time to look into a set of the cooling sheet. The best sheets for hot
  
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• Goldman's CEO David Solomon says he 'reluctantly' let top lawyer Kathy Ruemmler resign after Epstein fallout

  13-02-2026 15:25 via businessinsider.com
  Solomon said the bank still has work to do when it comes to hiring women.Nicolò Campo/LightRocket via Getty ImagesGoldman Sachs CEO David Solomon addressed the fallout of a media storm tied to his general counsel.Kathy Ruemmler, Goldman's top lawyer, is set to step down in June over ties to Jeffrey Epstein.Ruemmler submitted her resignation after thousands of her emails with Epstein came to light.Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon addressed the complicated situation the firm faced this week
  
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• Epstein files: A list of people facing consequences over the DOJ's release

  13-02-2026 15:09 via businessinsider.com
  The Justice Department's Epstein files have revealed new connections between powerful people and the disgraced financier.US Department of JusticeThe Justice Department's Epstein files have a wide blast radius.Goldman's top lawyer resigned, marking the highest-profile fallout over the most recent DOJ release.Here are the people dealing with consequences over the DOJ's January 30 Epstein files.The blast radius keeps widening.The Justice Department's release of over 3 million pages of Jeffrey Epste
  
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• We're full-time travelers in our 50s who've been to over 50 countries. Here are 5 of the biggest mistakes we've made.

  13-02-2026 15:02 via businessinsider.com
  My husband and I have made some mistakes since we started traveling full-time.Shelly PetersonA few years ago, my husband and I sold nearly everything we owned to travel full-time.We've enjoyed unforgettable experiences, but have also made some costly mistakes along the way.Now, we know to leave time for spontaneity and prioritize location when booking accommodations.When my husband Shayne and I sold nearly everything we owned to travel the world full-time, we thought we were ready for anything.
  
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• The CEO of Dubai's largest ports firm has been replaced after ties to Epstein revealed

  13-02-2026 15:00 via businessinsider.com
  Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem.Izettin Kasim/Anadolu via Getty ImagesThe firm behind Dubai's major ports, DP World, has replaced its CEO.It comes after Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem's links to Jeffrey Epstein came to light.In a 2013 email, Epstein called bin Sulayem "one of my most trusted friends."The firm behind Dubai's major ports replaced its CEO on Friday after links to Jeffrey Epstein came to light.Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem had served as the chair of DP World since 2007, and as its CEO since 2016.DP W
  
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• For our third date, we spent 12 hours hiking. It was way better than dinner, and we're still together 2 years later.

  13-02-2026 14:44 via businessinsider.com
  Our third date involved a wild, 12-hour hike. It helped us connect on a deeper level and test our compatibility. Eibhlis Gale-ColemanTired of basic dinner dates, I suggested trying a hiking challenge with a fairly new love interest.For our third date, we spent 12 hours together having deep conversations and hiking through fog.Our unconventional date brought us closer, and we've now been together for two years. I used to find dating quite fun: the flurries of excited texts, first-date nerves, deb
  
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• I went to Bad Bunny's high-end steakhouse in Miami. These 10 things surprised me the most.

  13-02-2026 14:39 via businessinsider.com
  I ate gold-covered nigiri and wagyu beef during my visit to Bad Bunny's Gekko.Kristine Villarroel/Business InsiderI visited Bad Bunny's Gekko, a steakhouse restaurant in the heart of Miami's Brickell neighborhood.For $164, I got six bites of food, drinks, and dessert.I was surprised by the restaurant's location and by how few references there were to the singer.Bad Bunny's Super Bowl Halftime Show was a success, but can the same be said about his other business ventures?Ahead of Bad Bunny's hist
  
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• I dress NBC's Olympic talent. It's a 24-hour operation that requires 7,500 outfits.

  13-02-2026 14:35 via businessinsider.com
  Amy Acton is responsible for dressing many of the on-air talent during the Olympics broadcast.Courtesy of Amy ActonAmy Acton is the founder and CEO of Acton Style Group.She is responsible for dressing hundreds of people who work on the Olympics broadcast.It takes years of preparation and a team of 20 to pull it off.This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Amy Acton, the founder and CEO of Acton Styling Group. It has been edited for length and clarity.I'm the exclusive stylist for NB
  
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• Inflation cooled more than expected in January

  13-02-2026 14:32 via businessinsider.com
  The Bureau of Labor Statistics published new consumer price index data on Friday.Chase Castor/Getty ImagesJanuary's inflation rate was 2.4%, a cooler rate than the 2.5% forecast and the previous 2.7%.The report was slightly delayed due to the partial government shutdown.The new report follows the jobs report that showed a strong January after a difficult year.Americans' wallets are ringing in the new year with a little relief from rising prices. The US started 2026 with a slower inflation rate t
  
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• I lived abroad by myself when I was 22. I wish I'd waited until I was older.

  13-02-2026 14:20 via businessinsider.com
  captionTKSyeda Khaula SaadAt 22, I moved to Morocco by myself after spending most of my life within 45 minutes of my hometown.There were things I loved about the experience, but I felt homesick and couldn't wait to leave.Now that I'm 29, I wish I had the opportunity to live abroad in a new place.Elizabeth Gilbert was 33 years old when she began her "Eat, Pray, Love" journey.Frances Mayes is 35 when she buys her villa in "Under the Tuscan Sun." Even Emily of "Emily in Paris" is in her late 20s wh
  
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• 20 terrible things that happened on Friday the 13th

  13-02-2026 14:17 via businessinsider.com
  Costa Concordia capsized.FILIPPO MONTEFORTE/AFP via Getty ImagesFebruary 13 is a Friday.Friday the 13th has been a superstitious date for a very long time, but no one knows exactly why.There are multiple examples of terrible or tragic events happening on these Fridays in history.Friday the 13th is so famously unlucky that there's even a phobia dedicated to it: friggatriskaidekaphobia.Even if you personally don't put stock in this fear, there are a lot of people who do. The Stress Management Cent
  
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• Here are the key xAI figures who have departed in the recent exodus

  13-02-2026 14:09 via businessinsider.com
  Elon Musk is merging xAI with SpaceX, his rocket company.Harun Ozalp/Anadolu via Getty ImagesElon Musk's AI startup is facing a flurry of top employee departures.The departures included xAI cofounders Jimmy Ba and Tony Wu, who both thanked Musk for the opportunity.More than half of xAI's cofounders have left the startup since Musk founded it in 2023.xAI is facing an exodus of top employees.Two cofounders and at least seven other employees have announced their departures from Elon Musk's AI start
  
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• 5 tech bosses took a combined $26 billion wealth hit in Thursday's AI sell-off

  13-02-2026 14:02 via businessinsider.com
  Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg, and Jensen Huang have lost a collective $192 billion in wealth since Inauguration Day.Win McNamee/Getty Images; Gilbert Flores/Variety via Getty Images; Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC/Getty Images;Chip Somodevilla/Getty ImagesTech bosses saw their fortunes shrink on Thursday as AI stocks stumbled.Musk, Zuckerberg, Bezos, Huang, and Dell saw a combined $26 billion wiped off their fortunes.Walmart heirs Jim, Rob, and Alice Walton are this year's biggest wealth gainer
  
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• I'm an American who studied abroad at Zhejiang University in China. It was unlike anything I experienced back in the US.

  13-02-2026 13:07 via businessinsider.com
  The author attended a prestigious college in China.Courtesy of Thomas StackI studied at Zhejiang University, the Chinese school that just topped the global ranking in academic research.I had a great dorm, great meals, and great classes.My Chinese classmates took studying and academics much more seriously.In the spring of 2013, I was a sophomore at Tufts University in Massachusetts, soon to declare a dual major in international relations and Mandarin Chinese.Despite my lofty aspirations to travel
  
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• Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff's ICE joke was delivered at a difficult time for his company

  13-02-2026 12:57 via businessinsider.com
  Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff.Halil Sagirkaya/Anadolu via Getty ImagesThis post originally appeared in the Business Insider Today newsletter.You can sign up for Business Insider's daily newsletter here.Marc Benioff's joke didn't just fail to land. It exploded on impact.The Salesforce CEO's attempt at an ICE-related quip has employees up in arms, and comes as the company is already dealing with plenty of tension over its future, BI's Ashley Stewart writes.During Salesforce's employee-only "Company
  
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• More hiring managers want you to prove you're good with AI during interviews

  13-02-2026 11:54 via businessinsider.com
  More companies are encouraging job candidates to use AI in parts of the interview process.Getty ImagesSome companies that didn't want job candidates using AI in skills assessments now encourage it.The software maker Canva lets those seeking technical roles use AI to learn how they think.Big firms, including Meta and McKinsey, are revamping some hiring exercises to incorporate AI.Leaders at the software company Canva used to wonder whether job candidates were secretly using AI during technical in
  
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• Why Anheuser-Busch is crushing it, even as Americans drink less alcohol

  13-02-2026 11:45 via businessinsider.com
  Rich Fury/Getty Images for Bud LightAmericans aren't drinking as much alcohol, but shares of Anheuser-Busch are the highest since 2000.Key pivots towards premium and non-beer products are paying off.Wall Street analysts are overwhelmingly bullish about the company's future prospects.Americans are drinking less alcohol. Whether it's because of rising costs, shifting social dynamics, or the emergence of greener alternatives, beer and booze consumption is at the lowest on record.But that hasn't sto
  
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• McKinsey says it has 25,000 AI agents. Its rivals say that's not a metric of success.

  13-02-2026 11:31 via businessinsider.com
  Consulting firms like EY and McKinsey & Company are building AI agents to transform how they work.Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty ImagesMcKinsey & Company said it added 25,000 AI agents in under two years.EY, meanwhile, says 'a handful of agents' do the heavy lifting for its consultants.AI is rapidly reshaping the consulting industry as firms adopt AI and advise others to do the same.McKinsey CEO Bob Sternfels said last month that the firm added 25,000 AI agents to its staff in less th
  
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• Dell is rolling out a new sales pay structure. It means bigger payouts for top performers and less for the rest.

  13-02-2026 11:31 via businessinsider.com
  credit should read CFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty ImagesDell has changed how it pays sales staff.The new structure rewards high performers while scaling back earnings for low performers.The change comes as tech giants embrace a hardcore workplace culture.Dell has kicked off its new financial year with a shakeup to how sales staff get paid.Under the new structure, Dell is increasing rewards for high performers but scaling back earnings for sellers who fall short of their full quota, according
  
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• Retail traders piled back into stocks after last week's tech rout. Here's what JPMorgan said they bought.

  13-02-2026 11:30 via businessinsider.com
  The Wall Street bull stands in the financial district near the New York Stock ExchangeSpencer Platt/Getty ImagesRetail traders bought the dip in beaten-down software names after last week's plunge.They also piled back into Magnificent Seven stocks after earnings-induced declines.JPMorgan flagged what the retail cohort bought in the week after the software sector's historic drop.Dip-buyers in the retail crowd rushed back into stocks and ETFs after last week's big software-led plunge, JPMorgan say
  
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• This cybersecurity CEO says we're in an AI bubble. These are the 3 things he looks for when investing in a startup.

  13-02-2026 11:18 via businessinsider.com
  Shlomo Kramer said he believes we're in an AI bubble.PhotosetCato Networks CEO Shlomo Kramer said we're experiencing an AI bubble.As a serial entrepreneur, he said he invests in companies that align with team, market, and product.He said products need to have a hook, the potential to become a platform, and the ability to be monetized.The CEO of cybersecurity company Cato Networks believes we're experiencing an AI bubble — but he's still writing checks.Serial entrepreneur, Shlomo Kramer, to
  
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• Lyft salaries revealed: How much software engineers, data scientists, and others at the ride-hailing company get paid

  13-02-2026 11:17 via businessinsider.com
  Lyft app.SOPA ImagesLyft is expanding into new products, such as self-driving cars.Software engineers can earn base salaries of as much as $312,000, work visa data shows.Here's what the ride-hailing service pays some tech workers, from data scientists to designers.Lyft is setting itself up for its next stage of growth.The service, which relies on about 1 million gig-worker drivers, is breaking into new areas, including launching a service for older riders called Lyft Silver and one for teens. Li
  
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• I used Claude to negotiate $163,000 off a hospital bill. In a complex healthcare system, AI is giving patients power.

  13-02-2026 11:06 via businessinsider.com
  Stethoscope and medical billDNY59/Getty ImagesMatt Rosenberg, a NY-based marketing consultant, asked Claude to analyze a $195,000 hospital bill.Claude helped him navigate complex billing codes and compare the charges to Medicare prices.He negotiated a $163,000 discount with the hospital and says AI is changing the power patients have.The hospital bill arrived a month after the cremation. Eight lines of vague descriptions — cardiology, pharmacy, medical supplies — each with a dollar a
  
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• Ukraine is feeding intel to Patriot interceptor makers as Russia mixes up its missile attacks, lawmaker says

  13-02-2026 11:02 via businessinsider.com
  Western countries have sent multiple Patriot batteries to Ukraine since the full-scale invasion began.AP Photo/Efrem LukatskyRussia is using different tactics when it attacks Ukraine with ballistic missiles, a Ukrainian lawmaker said.Ukraine feeds the intelligence back to the US to improve the performance of interceptor missiles, he shared.Patriot batteries are considered Ukraine's top defense against Russia's ballistic missiles.Russia often mixes up how it attacks Ukraine with ballistic and cru
  
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• Inside the outrage over Marc Benioff's ICE jokes at a pivotal time for Salesforce

  13-02-2026 11:00 via businessinsider.com
  Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff.Bloomberg/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesSalesforce CEO Marc Benioff made jokes about ICE during an employee event.Scores of employees, even executives, have expressed concerns about Benioff's comments.This comes as Salesforce faces challenges, with its stock falling 43% over the past year."Dude. What.""NOT FUNNY.""Deeply horrifying"At a perilous time for Salesforce, employees flooded an internal Slack channel this week to denounce CEO Marc Benioff's latest gaffe.Instead o
  
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• Anthropic tried to crack down on 'nightmare' investment deals. They're still everywhere.

  13-02-2026 11:00 via businessinsider.com
  Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei said that the company, which plans to open an India office early next year, was attracted to the country's technical talent.Chance Yeh/Getty Images for HubSpotAnthropic has tried to clamp down on SPVs, or special purpose vehicles.Business Insider found multiple examples of SPVs being used to market Anthropic shares.SPVs often don't offer shares in the company and come with high fees.Even as Anthropic has tried to clamp down on a popular investment vehicle, Business Ins
  
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• The K-shaped economy is reshaping Valentine's Day spending

  13-02-2026 10:37 via businessinsider.com
  Getty Images; BISpending on Valentine's Day is facing pressure from rising prices, affecting plans.Higher earners are sustaining spending, while lower earners are struggling.For some, that might mean budget flowers and a movie at home this Valentine's Day.Even Valentine's Day might not be immune to the economy's uneven tilt this year. Take it from the beloved Valentine's candy hearts: In addition to traditional messages like "KISS ME" and "LOVE BUG," the treats are now imploring you to be financ
  
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