Marianne Flippo paid a male escort roughly $635,000 for eight months of exclusive companionship. Then, according to a lawsuit filed this week in Manhattan Supreme Court, he and his agency allegedly told her the only way to make the arrangement permanent was to pay $10 million to buy him out of his contract. “I now
When you buy through our links, Business Insider may earn an affiliate commission. Learn more The iPhone screen protector has existed for just about as long as the iPhone itself, and for good reason. With so few buttons, the display is one of the device’s only points of interaction. A broken screen means bad visuals,
President Donald Trump came to battleground North Carolina doubling down on a tantalizing and implausible midterm promise. “If we win,” he said, “we’re going to get you $5,000. So that’s it. Very simple.” The Republican candidates who spoke at the rally had nothing to say about it. Their silence reflects a broader pattern. About a
Personal AI agents that can do everything from booking hotels to organizing your calendar are the hot new thing — risks be damned. Muse, Meta’s new AI agent, shot to the top of Apple’s App Store on Friday after launching last week. The Instinct personal AI agent, an independent startup, saw its popularity surge in
This is Fortune 500 Power Moves, a column tracking executive shifts—from appointments and promotions to resignations and retirements—within the highest ranks of Fortune 500 companies. Below is a recap of the C-suite developments at America’s highest-revenue-generating companies announced between Sept. 12-18, 2026, organized by sector. Titles included in this roundup: CEOs (Chief Executive Officers), COOs
The “Bond King” has a word of warning for investors: beware of higher interest rates. Jeff Gundlach, the veteran fixed-income investor and CIO of DoubleLine Capital, laid out his latest outlook for markets at an event in Manhattan on Thursday. Treasury yields have spiked to nearly two-decade highs in recent weeks, but rates have the