
Bob Bryan
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1 week ago |
businessinsider.com | Bob Bryan |Emily Stewart |Henry Blodget
If you haven't seen it yet, go check out Airbnb, Ticketmaster, Booking.com, or StubHub and behold the magic that is all-in pricing. These platforms, which once had a reputation for stacking on hidden fees as consumers got to the checkout page, are now showing their costs up front. It's not because all these companies have had a collective epiphany — it's because the government is compelling them to be more transparent.
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1 week ago |
businessinsider.com | Bob Bryan |Juliana Kaplan |Henry Blodget
For a certain subset of Americans, credit card rewards make the world go around. The cottage industry around credit cards and their requisite rewards is centered on a tantalizing prospect: You spend money to make money. And, if you play the game right, you can secure perks you'd never otherwise afford. I've spoken to younger credit card holders who have found themselves in luxury layback seats on planes or in fancy airport lounges.
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2 weeks ago |
businessinsider.com | Bob Bryan |Emily Stewart |Henry Blodget
William Fischer was in Peru, about to embark on a motorcycle tour around South America, when he got an offer he couldn't refuse — a job offer, that is. A US-based fintech startup reached out in spring 2024, and Fischer was intrigued. The only hiccup: They were 100% in office, no exceptions. The mandate didn't jibe with his LatAm-by-bike plan, or the digital nomad lifestyle he'd lived since 2021, working remotely while traveling to Spain, Mexico, and South Africa, among other locales.
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2 weeks ago |
businessinsider.com | Bob Bryan |James Rodriguez |Henry Blodget
Chelsea Atkinson understood, at least in theory, that her father's house might one day be hers. She just didn't expect that day to arrive so soon. The death of her father in 2019 came as a shock: He was just 58, but complications from an earlier bout with lung cancer led to a quick decline. "It was like, 'Boom,'" Atkinson says. She was 28, an only child, and had already purchased a house in Austin, where she'd grown up.
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2 weeks ago |
businessinsider.com | Bob Bryan |Emily Stewart |Henry Blodget
Alex Mundo gets a little worked up at the idea of tariffs making the instruments at his music store more expensive, especially for beginners. "There's going to be a lot of kids now who aren't going to be able to get their stuff, aren't going to be able to become musicians," he says. "It's already becoming very cost-prohibitive as it is."Mundo is a jack-of-all-trades within one trade: music.
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