The American Dream of graduating college, landing a six-figure job, and moving into a white picket-fenced home is slipping out of reach. More Gen Zers and millennials are stuck living with their families than ever—so now Airbnb is investing a quarter of a billion dollars to help turn the tide. Airbnb recently announced an initial
It’s 5:52 a.m. in Moynihan Train Hall. I’m balancing a container of fruit and my water bottle in one hand while tightening the straps of a backpack that’s weighed down by two laptops with the other. It’s the start of my twice-weekly commute between New York City and Washington, DC. I’m five months into this
At 7 a.m. Eastern Time today, the price of oil sits at $108.34 per barrel, using Brent as the benchmark (we’ll explain what that means shortly). That’s an increase of $1.77 since yesterday morning and roughly $40 more than at this time last year. oil price per barrel % Change Price of oil yesterday $106.57
You’ve just set down your Xbox controller after wiping out the final boss. Now, time for an ad! The folks at Patentlyze made me aware of a recent patent filing from Microsoft that hints at Xbox’s in-game advertising ambitions. The filing, published earlier this month, outlines a concept for a content management system that would
Female-founded startups secured just $8.5 million with a total of two transactions. It made for puzzling reading, given that the region’s startup ecosystem, particularly in the Gulf, is thriving, with more women choosing to launch their own businesses. Abu Dhabi alone recorded 3,058 new business licenses issued to Emirati women in the first half of
Forget Greece — Brevan Howard’s latest real-estate digs will be in an old-school hedge fund hot spot. The $35 billion manager is adding an office in Greenwich, the leafy Connecticut suburb long known for its concentration of hedge funds, early next year, a person close to Brevan told Business Insider. It will be the European-based
