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This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Diarmuid Early, the 40-year-old winner of the 2025 Microsoft Excel World Championship. It’s been edited for length and clarity.I’ve been in the Excel business for about 20 years.I played around with it a little bit in college and started using it professionally at Boston Consulting Group. Then I spent 10 years at Deutsche Bank as a business manager. It was lots of data analysis and reporting on financials.I’ve been doing my own thing for about six years now, so I’ve pretty much used Excel my entire career.Winning the Excel World Championship…

While tech stocks were busy setting records in 2025, the executives behind those companies were equally busy turning their paper fortunes into actual cash — more than $16 billion worth, according to Bloomberg’s analysis of insider trading data. Jeff Bezos led the way. The Amazon founder sold 25 million shares for $5.7 billion in June and July, right around the time he was getting hitched to Lauren Sanchez in Venice. Oracle’s former CEO Safra Catz wasn’t far behind at $2.5 billion, followed by Michael Dell at $2.2 billion. Nvidia’s Jensen Huang watched his company become the world’s first $5 trillion…

We may receive an affiliate commission from anything you buy from this article.In his new book, “Eat Your Ice Cream: Six Simple Rules For a Long and Healthy Life” (to be published Tuesday by W.W. Norton & Co.), Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel, an oncologist and health policy expert, discusses longevity, and how to best differentiate valid and effective health and wellness advice from “the speculative, deceptive, and just plain stupid.”Read an excerpt below, and don’t miss Norah O’Donnell’s interview with Emanuel on “CBS Sunday Morning” January 4!”Eat Your Ice Cream” by Ezekiel J. Emanuel, M.D.Prefer to listen? Audible has a 30-day free trial…

Ameilia Boodoosingh Gopie didn’t expect the deep depression after the birth of her first daughter in August 2022. In the months that followed, Gopie struggled to get out of bed and couldn’t spend time with her daughter. Her husband was essentially “a single dad for eight months,” she said. Routine appointments fell by the wayside.After nearly a year, Gopie finally began to feel better. She was determined to make up for lost time. She took her daughter to visit family in New York, Canada and Trinidad. Soon, her daughter was walking and talking. Gopie was so distracted by “getting to…

Nancy Preston didn’t have a heart attack. Nor did she have chest discomfort, shortness of breath or heart palpitations — all symptoms of heart disease. Instead, a routine mammogram led to Preston having quintuple bypass surgery last summer.“It was just something horrible waiting to happen,” said the 67-year-old from New York City. “I did not have symptoms, except for feeling a little more fatigued than usual, which I attributed to age.”Preston does have a family history of heart disease. Her mother had a heart attack and a double bypass, and an older sister had a heart attack and has a…

2026-01-03T09:57:01.256Z Share Copy link Email Facebook WhatsApp X LinkedIn Bluesky Threads lighning bolt icon An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link Save Saved Read in app This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Have an account? Log in. What if AI doesn’t just change the future of work but eliminates it entirely? Elon Musk has referred to this possible future as “universal high income.” Musk isn’t the only name in tech to ponder just how different work could be in a post-AI world. Is this heaven? No,…

It turns out, love may benefit from a little less labor.Couples who spend money on time-saving services — like getting takeout, hiring a housecleaner or calling a dog walker — report greater relationship satisfaction, especially during stressful periods, says Ashley Whillans, a behavioral scientist and professor at Harvard Business School.Whillans studies the “tradeoffs people make between time and money.”“When you spend money to save time — hiring an accountant, a babysitter, a cleaner — you feel more control over your life,” she said. “That sense of autonomy boosts well-being.”Not everyone can afford to outsource bigger household chores. But Whillans says…

HOUSTON (AP) — Former Uvalde, Texas, schools police Officer Adrian Gonzales was among the first officers to arrive at Robb Elementary after a gunman opened fire on students and teachers.Prosecutors allege that instead of rushing in to confront the shooter, Gonzales failed to take action to protect students. Many families of the 19 fourth-grade students and two teachers who were killed believe that if Gonzales and the nearly 400 officers who responded had confronted the gunman sooner instead of waiting more than an hour, lives might have been saved.More than 3½ years since the killings, the first criminal trial over…

Vinyl can be an intimidating and expensive hobby to get into, but it doesn’t have to be that way. Though there are many pricey turntables on the market, newbies can still find several affordable options with worthwhile performance. To help you get started, I’ve rounded up the best budget record players you can buy.I’ve been reviewing audio gear for over a decade, so I’ve tested my share of turntables along the way. For these budget picks, I tried to stick to ones under $200. My top recommendation overall is the Audio-Technica AT-LP60X. This affordable record player features solid components and…

Elon Musk’s Grok has sparked backlash after the AI image generator was used to generate nonconsensual sexualized images of real people, including minors.Over the past week, some X users have used Grok to digitally undress people in photos, with the AI model generating fake images of the subject showing more skin, wearing a bikini, or altering the position of their body.Some of the requests are consensual, such as OnlyFans models asking Grok to remove their own clothes. But others prompted Grok to “remove the clothes” from images of adults that were not themselves. Some of those images include minors, according…