ASIA: The major Asian stock markets had a green day today: • NIKKEI 225 increased 438.90 points or 0.69% to 63,923.00 • Shanghai increased 27.321 points or 0.71% to 3,891.601 • Hang Seng increased 46.54 points or 0.19% to 24,713.78 • ASX 200 increased 24.00 points or 0.28% to 8,696.50 • SENSEX increased 332.63 points or 0.45% to 74,336.45 • Nifty50 increased 99.00 points or 0.43% to 23,217.60 The major Asian currency markets had a mixed day today: • AUDUSD decreased 0.0003 or -0.04% to 0.71287 • NZDUSD decreased 0.0001 or -0.02% to 0.57560 • USDJPY increased 0.058 or…
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When Codie Sanchez looks back on her earliest social media content, she does what many of us do when examining our internet past: She cringes. “Some of the first videos we made, I’m like, My God. There’s money floating around in the air behind me, it makes me want to die,” Sanchez says. “But like any new business owner, you get talked into things that aren’t you.” Despite those questionable early choices, Sanchez has since become an internet force. She’s collected a combined 15 million social media followers and authored the best-selling book Main Street Millionaire, largely by promoting the…
Even a veteran franchisee makes rookie mistakes. Dave Baumgartner opened his 100th Dunkin’ location this spring, capping off a goal he’d been chasing for 16 years. His surprising advice to anyone starting out? Don’t follow his example. Baumgartner signed his first Dunkin’ franchisee agreement in 2009 for four stores with an option for 17 more, jumping in fast despite having no restaurant experience. Looking back, he says that was too aggressive. “If I were going to give anyone advice, it would be to start with just one store,” he says. “You need that year or two to learn what you…
Every hot startup this year seems to have “AI” somewhere in its pitch. But Thatch just raised $108 million at a $1 billion valuation with the idea of making healthcare cheaper. That’s a major jump from its $410 million valuation just 17 months ago. The company grew its annual recurring revenue roughly 7x, CEO and co-founder Chris Ellis told TechCrunch. Thatch helps employers offer workers an individual health plan marketplace instead of one-size-fits-all coverage, using a model called ICHRA, recently rebranded CHOICE. Here’s how it works: employers set a fixed budget per employee instead of negotiating one plan for the…
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways The best AI gives people their workday back. Don’t confuse legacy infrastructure with the source of friction. Give your employees relief from the hundreds of small, repetitive tasks that quietly consume their days. Every founder has a moment when they have to decide whether they’re solving the obvious problem or the real one. When my company first started working with university admissions teams, people assumed we’d build a better CRM. It made sense on paper. Admissions offices rely on platforms like Slate, Salesforce, Banner, and PeopleSoft to manage applications, communications…
Here’s some news hot off the grill: In-N-Out managers make more than the average California software engineer, accountant or financial adviser. In 2023, the average manager at the company pulled in $180,000 plus profit-sharing. Three years later, that number has climbed to $200,000 a year on average, a spokesperson for In-N-Out confirmed to Inc. “Our founders, Harry and Esther Snyder, believed not only in taking great care of our customers, but also in taking really great care of our associates,” the spokesperson said. “Their philosophy was to treat associates like family and strive to be an outstanding employer, and paying…
If you’re trying to see a doctor, you’ll soon be able to book an appointment in more places. Online scheduler Zocdoc is expanding its Care Access Network, allowing the infrastructure that powers its own site to be used by other platforms where people search for and book medical care. Among the sites rolling out the scheduling feature—which lets people see and book open appointments with local clinicians that can be sorted by which insurance they accept—are Yelp and Healthgrades, as well as Amazon Health AI, which will use the technology for nationwide appointment booking. It’ll also be used by Blue…
For many years now, Apple has been making the case that the iPhone is the most popular camera in the world. Part of the appeal, to hear the company tell it on stage, is how the camera leverages the iPhone’s considerable processing power to make capturing incredible images easier than ever before. Each year brings a new iPhone that finds new ways to convert visual information from a tiny sensor into memories. And with the iPhone 18 Pro, releasing later this week, Apple appears to be focusing on something new: authenticity. {“blockType”:”mv-promo-block”,”data”:{“imageDesktopUrl”:”https://images.fastcompany.com/image/upload/f_webp,q_auto,c_fit/wp-cms-2/2025/12/multicore.png”,”imageMobileUrl”:”https://images.fastcompany.com/image/upload/f_webp,q_auto,c_fit/wp-cms-2/2025/12/multicore-mobile.png”,”eyebrow”:””,”headline”:”u003Cstrongu003Eu003Cstrongu003ESubscribe to Multicoreu003C/strongu003Eu003C/strongu003E”,”dek”:”Multicore is about technology hardware and design.…
The apparel industry is no stranger to store closures, and this week another retailer has joined the ranks of those shuttering stores. Healthcare clothing company Scrubs & Beyond has announced that it will close all of its stores, which include more than 100 locations across 30 states. Here’s what you need to know about the store closures. What is Scrubs & Beyond? Scrubs & Beyond is a specialty clothing retailer that sells healthcare apparel for medical professionals—doctors and nurses who work in hospitals and healthcare offices across the country. According to its website, Scrubs & Beyond says it is the…
American Express is expanding its airport lounge footprint again, this time with a significant first for its Centurion Lounge network. The company is opening a new Centurion Lounge at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol on September 17, marking the first lounge in continental Europe to carry the Centurion Lounge name. The nearly 6,000-square-foot space will become the 33rd location in the network. What travelers can expect inside the new Amsterdam Centurion Lounge The opening gives eligible American Express cardholders another lounge option at one of Europe’s busiest international hubs, while also pushing the airport lounge battle among credit card companies deeper into…