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  • 2 weeks ago | forbes.com | Sarah Whitmire

    Think back to your first job out of school. Was there formal training? An onboarding experience? Did you have a clear sense of your job’s structure, as well as the path for advancement? As Forbes’ latest ranking of the Best Employers For New Grads shows, there are a number of companies setting their new Gen Z hires up for success on these fronts, and more. This young cohort values work-life balance, but that doesn’t mean they pass on a challenge.

  • 1 month ago | forbes.com | Sarah Whitmire

    The nation’s largest health insurer went 0-for-3 on its latest earnings report, and Wall Street responded accordingly. UnitedHealth stock fell 22.4% Thursday after reporting it missed targets for revenue, earnings per share and future earnings outlook. It was otherwise a mild day for stocks, but UnitedHealth’s historic loss (its worst since 1998) weighed heavily on the Dow, which fell by 1.3%.

  • 1 month ago | forbes.com | Sarah Whitmire

    If you’ve heard about famed startup incubator Y Combinator, which counts Airbnb and Instacart among its biggest wins, there’s a highly selective rival that’s been quietly nurturing tomorrow’s tech stars. Neo was founded by early Facebook investor Ali Partovi in 2017 to find and invest in top talent while they’re still in college. Take Michael Truell, who was studying at MIT when he became a Neo Scholar.

  • 2 months ago | forbes.com | Sarah Whitmire

    When I read this week that consumer genetics company 23andMe had filed for bankruptcy, I felt a familiar pang of regret. I am one of 23andMe’s 15 million customers who entrusted the firm with a small sample of my saliva in exchange for health and ancestry information they could analyze from my DNA. After the company’s massive 2023 data breach that impacted nearly 7 million users, this marked at least the second time I wished I’d kept my genes to myself.

  • 2 months ago | forbes.com | Sarah Whitmire

    Whether the “R” word is on the horizon or not, troubling U.S. consumer data is beginning to pile up. Consumer sentiment is at a 15-month low, credit card delinquency is on the rise, and nearly half of U.S. adults don’t have three months of emergency savings. In such times, it could be tempting to dip into a retirement account—and there are a number of exemptions (both new and old) that will allow you to do so without paying a 10% early withdrawal penalty.

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