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Joel Greiff, 57, was new to the Villa Vie Odyssey. He had boarded the residential cruise ship on October 1 and kept his belongings to a minimum.
Traveling light came in handy when all passengers were abruptly told to leave the ship on Tuesday in Sihanoukville, Cambodia, amid what management has
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- Entrepreneurship comes with risk and uncertainty. As one founder put it, "You have to be insane."
- Two successful founders share the mindsets that helped them push through when failure felt possible.
- They explain how anyone can develop the resilience and confidence to take entrepreneurial risks.
A traditional job typically comes with a regular paycheck and
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- Taylor Kelly started running candle-making workshops in 2023 to get out of the house and meet people.
- He turned his side hustle into a full-time small business after he was laid off from his corporate job.
- His company offers classes like
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- OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is conflicted about how AI models are changing fields like mathematics.
- Altman said that he had some "sadness and melancholy" when he saw what OpenAI's
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- Halloween is the busiest day for Uber and Lyft drivers.
- Lyft's CEO called it "our biggest day" in 2025.
- It can be a lucrative day for gig workers — if they can stand rowdy passengers.
The busiest day of the year for Uber and Lyft drivers is almost here.
While
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- Carolyn Tisch Blodgett said she sets an example for the brand by integrating her family and work.
- She said bringing her children to big games helps encourage working parents "to be their full selves."
- Blodg
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- Microsoft offered a buyout to 60,000 employees this week.
- The offer spooked the tech industry and stoked chatter and concern inside the company.
- The key question: How many employees Microsoft is prepared to lose?
Microsoft's huge employee buyout stunned the industry this week, raising urgent questions about why the software
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- A Korn Ferry report said "workers will zigzag more than they climb" the career ladder next year.
- This fluid career lattice has its positives, such as skill expansion.
- However, there are also benefits to the traditional linear path, such as raises and a clear goal.
Instead of going straight
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- I schmoozed with CEOs, founders, and investors at Business Insider's The Long Play in New York.
- Attendees heard from speakers ranging from Barry Diller to Ashley Graham — and spent a whole lot of time networking.
- Some attendees tried pitching deals. Others
The Wikimedia Foundation is staking out a middle ground in a group of landmark AI copyright cases, pushing courts to legally protect large language models (LLMs) training on copyrighted work - but not chatbots regurgitating that work to users. An overly black-and-white ruling, it says, could either deprive Wikipedians of useful AI-based tools or endanger the open web.
In an amicus brief
