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• Costco customers sometimes go viral for sharing personal email replies from CEO Ron Vachris.
• Many of the notes I've seen that got a response had feedback about the member experience.
• "I do read my email and respond to the majority," Vachris told me.

Costco's culture of attention to detail is one of the wholesale club's keys to success.

That extends to the very top

• The DOJ's bid to split Ticketmaster from its parent company Live Nation goes to trial Monday in NYC.
• The feds and 40 states say Live Nation is a monopoly that keeps event tickets far too expensive.
• From Kid Rock to Roc Nation's CEO, here are some of the big names listed as potential witnesses.

Two years after the Biden administration's

• Native Floridian Kimberly Jones said her state has become unrecognizable.
• Lots of construction, traffic, and higher costs made Jones feel no longer at home.
• In 2025, she and her husband moved to a small town in North Carolina, where she's happier.

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Kimberly Jones, a 60-year-old native

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The first Block falls

The AI-driven job apocalypse is no longer a hypothetical.

Block CEO and cofounder Jack Dorsey gutted his fintech company

• The US and Israel launched Operation Epic Fury against Iran on Saturday.
• Iran's retaliation involved strikes across six Gulf nations.
• Photos taken during and after the strikes showed damage to a luxury hotel in Dubai and other spots.

The attacks launched by the US and Israel on

• Sarah Pardi, 35, and her husband moved to Paris in 2023 and plan to live there indefinitely.
• Pardi said that France and the US have a lot in common, but there are a few big differences.
• For one, locals don't really enjoy small talk, and discussing work after hours is a faux pas.

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Sarah Pardi

• Airports across the Middle East have suspended all flight operations until further notice, leaving many stranded.
• The US and Israel launched strikes against Iran on Saturday, with Iran launching retaliatory strikes across the region.
• One Emirates passenger told Business

• Passionate workers who keep learning are least likely to lose their jobs to AI, Bill Gurley says.
• People "sitting idly" in a job without purpose are "ripe for disruption," the investor said.
• Harnessing AI to become a better worker will make you the "last person" on the firing list, he said.

Passion could be the best defense against AI taking your job

• California billionaires, spooked by a proposed wealth tax, are hunting for real estate in Miami.
• Larry Page set off the "gold rush," a local agent said. Sergey Brin and Mark Zuckerberg may follow.
• These

• Bank CEOs have praised the pivotal efficiency changes promised by AI.
• Some have said AI will cut jobs, and others say it will create more employment opportunities.
• We look at the public record to see what banking's top executives are saying about head count.

Is AI coming for Wall Street's jobs? Not yet.

Some 60% of the 240 financial

• Shares of LexisNexis's parent company Relx are down roughly 17% since the start of the year.
• A top exec told Business Insider that LexisNexis isn't doomed because AI model makers lack its proprietary data.
• Relx recently