Welcome back to our Sunday edition, where we collect some of our main stories and get you inside our news room. Bill Gates approached his applications to college for Harvard, Yale and Princess differently – and he was accepted into all three. Read more, including what he told schools about his Druters about a career on computers.
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North Korea celebrates the 75th anniversary of the founding of the Korean Ruling Workers’ Party, in this image issued by the North Korean news agency on October 10, 2020. Kcna through the reuters
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Business Insider writes a lot about dollars and cents, workplace, CEO and the latest technology. We also have a team of journalists – throughout the SH.BA, the United Kingdom and Singapore – deepened in the ways of war, weapons and defense business.
Recently, you may have seen history from Jake Epstein and Chris Panella for North Korean soldiers who have fought for Russia against Ukraine.
Jake heard from a Ukrainian commander who entered the battle against these soldiers that they essentially served as “cannon forage” for the cause of Russia, and Chris withdrew what the West has learned about this combat force. In this quick video, Chris offers more tests with arresting images. And look at the latest news here.
Jake also received documents detailing how US Navy warships in the Red Sea conflict defeated the drones without shooting. And if you are interested in a return return, Lauren Frias profiled the boat stealth of a type of Lockheed Martin from the 1980s, whose influence lives.
Sinéad Baker at our London office recently wrote that the Russia’s intercontinental ballistic missile program is in trouble. Irony is once Russia Drew in expertise for the program from Ukraine.
Our video team “Boot Camp” goes within high octane training programs of military branches and law enforcement agencies. Graham Flanagan and the team told the story of a Philippine immigrant who took an accelerated road to American citizenship joining the Marines, and how he did it through basic training.
Our expertise in these fields informs all kinds of stories, including the drone drama on New Jersey, the prominent Elon Musk debate for F-35, and the Trump administration plan for a “iron cube for America”.
Whether you are an expert in these areas or as intriguing as I do, I hope you enjoy our continuous coverage.
As always, please tell me at eic@businsinsider.com.
Doge and Trump get the goal
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Days after President Trump signed executive orders to shock the federal workforce, Doge was looking for some federal workers who colleagues could be fired, targeting Dei and encouraging employees who received the salary to move to the private sector.
The attempt to recover the federal manpower has faced reactions, including a host of lawsuits that have imposed some early actions in oblivion. Among the part of the humiliation of the directives, return and official guidelines, federal employees have remained clashed.
Within the first 17 days.
In our senior agency era
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First came self-initiation. Then there was a break. Now, Silicon Valley has a new favorite Buzzy term: high agency.
Over the past year the high agency is done Aspirational feature of entrepreneurial technology workers. Brandwatch of the analytical site found a 500% jump in the use of the X, Reddit and other social media pages. It is no coincidence to be a high agency now, with Elon Musk bringing philosophy of technology to the federal government.
But is it really different from its predecessors?
Daily Beast 2.0
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During her 16-year existence, the beast gained a reputation for its sharp-routing reporting was not profitable. In 2024, long media leaders Joanna Coles and Ben Sherwood were hired as co -owners.
After taking over, Sherwood told staff that the media was on track to lose $ 9 million that year. Since “Boanna”, the media is now lucrative for the first time in its history. Its content has also been easier in the strong journalism it was once known, though its new leaders say they plan to do more investigative work.
Our journalists take you within the landing and upsing of turning effort.
A new class of owners
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Employers like Amazon, AT&T, and even the federal government are gathering employees again at their tables with RTO mandates, causing chaos in the apartment market. Some workers have to throw homes that buy during the peak of distance work.
It is also not an ideal time to sell a home, thanks to high levels of mortgage and poorer demand, especially in the south. Many potential sellers are becoming “accidental owners” instead and renting their properties.
Being owner is not easy, either.
This week’s quotation:
“The sports gambling industry has cultivated a completely new market. And we have just begun to see social effects.”
– Michael Lewis, author of “The Big Short” and “Moneyball”, chatting with Peter Kafka about raising sports betting.
Most of this week’s ball reads:
- A USAID closure can make China more powerful. Beijing is already pouring billions to the world.
- Nike is making a surprise return to the Super Bowl – and JPMORGE Analysts broke the news.
- It really enters into a deal to sell its insurance business at Elevance Health.
- How is it to do your first Super Bowl ad? Scary, says CMO of Instacart.
- Trump wants a US sovereign wealth fund. Here’s what this can say.
- The 2025 combiner’s application deadline is approaching. Here’s what the accelerator of starting in the ideas is looking for.
- Walleye, Balyasny Start 2025 Strong. Here’s how the protective funds made in January.
- The secret world of Wall Street technology is opening like never before.
- Why should you be careful in copying Trump’s leadership style without prison.
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Deepseek is a useful tool, but not as strong as his competitors, say 5 workers he use to increase productivity.
BI TODAY team: Dan Defrancesco, Deputy Editor and Anchor, in New York. Grace Lett, editor, at Agoikago. Amanda Yen, Associate Editor, in New York. Lisa Ryan, Executive Editor, in New York. Elizabeth Casolo, friend, in Agoikago.