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How a former marketing exec quit over paper clips and built a thriving Hudson Valley farm

After walking away from a corporate marketing career, Sue Decker and her husband scaled Blue Star Farm from a test acre to a year-round Hudson Valley operation.

By Alexandra Kirkman

December 17, 2025

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TOPSHOT – Elon Musk holds a chainsaw reading “Long live freedom, damn it” during the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center at National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Maryland, on February 20, 2025. The chainsaw was a present to Elon Musk from Argentina’s President Javier Milei. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP) (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

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Elon Musk once called DOGE ‘the chainsaw for bureaucracy,’ but it has quietly ceased to exist well ahead of schedule, report says

By Jason Ma

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Economy

Six-figure earners are ‘living the illusion of affluence’ while working side hustles, skipping meals, and pretending Venmo’s not working

By Jason Ma

Environment

Newsom, DeSantis join forces to blast ‘idiotic’ push to allow oil drilling off coasts of California, Florida

By Matthew Daly, Matthew Brown, and others

Economy

Trump White House prepares tariff fallback ahead of court ruling

By Josh Wingrove and Bloomberg

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Gen Z is ‘very comfortable’ with using mental-health services. Older generations? Not so much, Accenture exec says

By Steve Mollman

May 29, 2025

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Gen Z is ‘very comfortable’ with using mental-health services. Older generations? Not so much, Accenture exec says

Boost businesses that look and think like yours, and they’ll boost you back

This millennial runs a $53 million eco-friendly business backed by Zac Efron and Kevin Hart—He’s never been promoted, and flies planes to unwind

Denny’s CEO says she starts any new gig by ‘walking around with a little journal’ and asking staff the same questions

Anthropic CEO warns AI could eliminate half of all entry-level white-collar jobs

Starbucks just posted a $360K-salary job ad—but candidates need ‘tact and decorum’ and a specialist qualification to apply

Quentin Tarantino’s right-hand man says the best financial advice the director gave him is straight from Warren Buffett’s playbook

Santa Ono, a Canadian-born immunologist and former University of Michigan president, just got the green light to be the University of Florida’s next president

Gen Z grads don’t want tech jobs anymore—instead low-paid careers with plenty of holiday in teaching are all the rage, LinkedIn says

Cash-strapped recent college grads: These are 10 of the most affordable U.S. cities to live that also have low unemployment rates

Indeed exec says bachelor’s degrees are ‘not the only way to gain skills’—and employers who require them are missing out

Indeed’s CEO shares the unusual question he’s been asking job candidates for 15 years: Apple or Android?

AI is ‘breaking’ entry-level jobs that Gen Z workers need to launch careers, LinkedIn exec warns

This millennial CEO grew up with a heroin addict dad. Now he’s running a multimillion-dollar agency

High school students are totally behind and addicted to their phones—it’s making teachers crazy and driving them to quit

Snoop Dogg says ‘adversity is like the gym for your soul’ and offers 3 pieces of advice for USC business school grads

Duolingo CEO walks back AI-first comments: ‘I do not see AI as replacing what our employees do’

Visa exec says Saudi businesswomen are showing a ‘very aggressive’ side as traditional barriers to success crumble

A firefighter’s frustration with scrambling to fire hydrants for water sparked an idea: Meet the Heli-Hydrant

Shark Tank’s newest star gives Gen Z grads a reality check—that they need to ‘wake up earlier and stay up later’ to achieve their dreams

These are the books JPMorgan says the top 1% should read right now—with recommendations for ultrawealthy Gen Z included

Zillow exec says ‘remote work isn’t a perk, it’s a business strategy’

Kermit the Frog’s sage advice for new grads: ‘Rather than jumping over someone to get what you want, consider reaching out your hand… life is better when we leap together’

‘Heavy is the head that wears the crown’: Jamie Dimon says these are the two things that will change for whoever becomes JPMorgan CEO

Inside Walmart’s massive new headquarters that is making job seekers 3 times more likely to relocate to Arkansas

The CEO of MNTN got his start teaching himself how to code: He just took the company public with Ryan Reynolds

Telegram’s CEO built two dominant social networks from scratch before 40 and has fathered more than 100 biological children. He’s also facing up to 10 years in prison

How one small business owner is preparing for the tariff economy—And her advice for staying resilient

Chipotle employees are rising through the ranks and making 6 figures after Guild suggested a simple switch that transformed the workforce

Gen Z creators may soon have a new $20,000-paying side-gig thanks to this new Instagram feature

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