Welcome back to our Sunday edition, a roundup of some of our top stories. If you’re sick of me hosting Matt Turner’s Sunday edition, I have good news: He’s back next week. (However, you still live with me on weekdays.)
But first: Looking back at Harris vs. Trump.
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Although the US presidential election is already here, Tuesday’s debates still offer many changes.
The first in-person meeting between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump it had a lot of fireworks. The highlight was Harris’ game most of Trump’s rallies.
The sentiment got under Trump’s skin, somewhat throwing the former president at his own game. And one of Trump’s biggest supporters – Elon Musk – acknowledged that Harris “more than most people’s expectations.” (However, he still supports Trump.)
Finally, many signs pointed Harris won the argument. But what effect that will have in November remains to be seen. Polls show Trump lost three debates to Hillary Clinton in 2016.
Meanwhile, Trump asserted that he did well on Tuesday, and his allies accused ABC talk show hosts David Muir and Linsey Davis of tipping the scales in Harris’ favor.
One undeniable victory that Harris can claim is the support of Taylor Swift, who officially recognized the vice president. (JD Vance, Trump’s partner, it doesn’t worry)
But the biggest losers are the American electorate. For all the latter, no candidate has given much information about how they plan to fix the economy. Good luck to you, we made our own test based on them previous reports and campaign promises.
And don’t get your hopes up for the game again. Although he pushed into the Harris camp for the second round in October, Trump put the kibosh on bringing it back.
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Middle managers have overdone it
Burnout rates among middle managers have risen over the past few years – and it’s no wonder why. They have been the target of layoffs, they have to use the RTO’s unfriendly rules, and they are often the bearers of bad news as promotions are frequently reduced.
Business Insider spoke to some middle managers who said the stress was enough to consider asking for a demotion. Others are looking for a way out altogether.
How they try to deal with them.
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Are we girls too close to the sun?
It is not easy to be a successful woman in business. Female bosses can feel particularly caught between work and home demands, and some don’t know how to achieve a healthy work-life balance.
Fortunately for the overworked girlboss, a self-help site for responsible women wants to have the answer. The BI secretary went to the back.
Here’s what he found.
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Many things “change”…
After the death of the investment banker’s friend and former Green Beret in May, JPMorgan and Bank of America pledged to limit junior banking hours to 80 a week “in most cases.”
But young people are not sure. Not at all. “Actually, nothing will change,” one incoming analyst told BI. And their skepticism is not just a feeling: History is on their side.
Can IB really change??
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Sam Altman rises, falls, and rises again
About a year ago, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman was at the top of his game, with one fellow VC telling BI at the time that he was “bigger than Taylor Swift.” But soon after, Altman’s pristine image began to deteriorate.
In May, he made enemies with Scarlett Johansson, and at the same time, some of OpenAI’s top talent began to leave. But when it comes to business, chaos doesn’t seem to matter. From Apple’s landmark deal to record-breaking fundraising, OpenAI just keeps winning.
Why no one cares about Altman’s villain arc.
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This week’s idea:
“It’s God or the universe or the power source or the Great Pumpkin or whatever that tells me I don’t need to have a job.”
– Kevin Cash, a five-degree Navy veteran, describes his frustrating experience applying for about 2,200 jobs from the end of his tenure in 2022.
Other top stories this week read:
- Apple’s new iPhone 16 with AI looks… boring. That would be a good thing.
- Why everyone from invite kings to stockbrokers is an attraction to Nvidia.
- 44 of the most promising AIs of 2024, according to top VCs.
- Millions of people are about to get free HBO, because of New WBD cable price.
- Why MrBeast can face big business challenges and become “BuzzFeed 2.0,” according to a prominent VC.
- Jensen Huang says that if “anything could happen” in Taiwan, Nvidia could have GPUs designed anywhere.
- San Francisco gave Twitter a huge tax break to keep it afloat. What went wrong?
- AI startups present a new source of income: private YouTube and TikTok videos.
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Private corporations have made billions in higher education. Students paid the price.
Today’s Insider Team: Dan DeFrancesco, assistant editor and anchor, New York. Grace Lett, editor, Chicago. Amanda Yen, fellow, New York.