This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Carla Bacon, 69, who is caring for her 70-year-old husband while working a full-time job in Oklahoma. Bacon’s husband has slowly been recovering from a stroke, and they’ve had to go into medical debt to make ends meet. This interview has been edited for length and
Canada should broaden its response to its trade war with the US by going beyond tariffs and targeting fighter jets and coal, said a Canadian premier. “I am encouraging the prime minister to look at non-tariff measures to respond, as well, to what the Americans are trying to do to Canadians,” British Columbia Premier David
Canadians aren’t playing around. Doug Ford, premier of Ontario, Canada’s most populous province, says Canada is willing to go much further in the escalating trade war with the US than President Donald Trump realizes. “We can put massive pain on the US,” Ford told reporters during a searing press conference on Monday. “President Trump underestimates
Paramount Skydance representatives are expected to meet on Monday with the California Attorney General’s office to discuss a potential settlement of the states’ antitrust case, according to two sources familiar with the situation. Paramount has been pushing hard for a deal to allow its $111 billion merger with Warner Bros. Discovery to close. The deal
At the top, it’s hard to know where else to go. In an interview on Harry Stebbings’ 20VC podcast published on Monday, Andrew Macdonald, Uber’s chief operating officer and president, said that finding new businesses can be challenging when the company’s core business is already so large. Call it the “classic innovator’s dilemma,” he said.
Actor Hayden Panettiere has died at 36, her representative told Business Insider on Monday. “It is with profound sadness that we share the tragic passing of our beloved Hayden. She was an incredible light and a force of nature who brought immeasurable love and joy to all who knew her — and to the millions