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Lifestyle 15 hours ago

Australia’s product rental market is catching up to the rest of the world. Here’s how 3 companies are changing the resale landscape.

The rental market has been slowly gaining traction in Australia, as consumers shift their mindset and behaviour around renting and resale.
Business Insider Australia spoke to three Australian companies about how the circular economy is evolving locally.
Younger consumers are increasingly "not looking at ownership,” co-founder of Australian-based rental market Releaseit Peter Krideras said.

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News Oct. 20, 2021, 10:07 AM

Australians are racing to secure flights as borders open, with Qantas and Virgin Australia reporting a 150% surge in bookings

Australians are rushing to buy tickets for interstate and overseas travel as the country reaches the 70% vaccination targets needed to reopen.

US Oct. 20, 2021, 9:20 PM

Kyrsten Sinema is torpedoing Democrats’ plans to roll back the Trump tax law, forcing a last-ditch scramble for alternatives

Democrats are scrounging for new ways to pay for Biden's economic agenda, as the Arizona senator moves against tax increases on the wealthy.

Lifestyle 10 hours ago

The ACE Family lost ownership of their $10 million mansion and could face eviction

Austin and Catherine McBroom no longer own their $10 million mega-mansion in Los Angeles after it was publicly auctioned in a foreclosure sale.

US 10 hours ago

Sarah Paulson says she knows her ‘the killer is escaping’ line from ‘American Horror Story’ is a TikTok meme – but she thinks users don’t realize it’s her

"American Horror Story: Asylum" actress Sarah Paulson said in an Instagram Live that she knew about "the killer is escaping" TikTok memes.

US 10 hours ago

Gwyneth Paltrow said she’s proof that it’s possible to meet your ‘dream man’ in middle age

The founder of Goop married writer and producer Brad Falchuk in 2018. She told Today meeting him in her 40s made their connection stronger.

US 10 hours ago

A ‘Succession’ fan edited part of the show to look and sound like the iconic baseball scene in ‘Twilight,’ and the video is a must-watch

Fans have drawn parallels between the baseball scenes in "Twilight" and "Succession" for years. On Wednesday, a social media user created a crossover.

US 10 hours ago

How much money YouTubers make, according to dozens of creators

YouTubers explain how much they earn per month, their RPM rates, and what they made on videos with 100,000 and 1 million views.

News 10 hours ago

Issa Rae changed the ending of ‘Insecure’ just 2 weeks before the finale was supposed to be filmed

The star and executive producer of HBO's comedy series said she had a "burst of inspiration" at the last minute, so she emailed the showrunner.

US 10 hours ago

Blackstone’s president reveals how to nail an interview and get hired at the PE giant, where its first-year analyst acceptance rate is under 0.5%

What it takes to ace your interview and get hired at private-equity giant Blackstone, including questions to expect and how the hiring process works.

News

News Oct. 20, 2021, 12:46 PM

The future of the office is remote-first. Here’s what experts say will happen to the CBD.

Property Council of Australia data shows CBD workers were slow to return to offices once restrictions were lifted in early 2021, and current occupancy rates are well below pre-pandemic levels.

News Oct. 19, 2021, 4:01 PM

Menulog plans to grow its Sydney office workforce by 500 people to meet Australia’s growing appetite for food delivery services

Food delivery platform Menulog has revealed plans to create 500 jobs in Sydney through to mid-2022, as the company prepares to cater for the nation's growing delivery app appetite.

News Oct. 15, 2021, 12:27 PM

How to know if your investments are exposed to currency risk – and what you can do about it

If you’re an investor or business owner who transacts on financial assets outside Australia, you’re more than likely exposed to some form of currency risk, throwing your projected earnings into a world of unpredictability. Currency risk rears its head when the value of the currency your investments are denominated in […]

Markets

Markets Oct. 19, 2021, 3:10 PM

Billionaire investor Carl Icahn warns a market crisis is brewing, says bitcoin may be an inflation hedge, and reflects on his Apple and Netflix bets in a new interview. Here are the 7 best quotes.

Icahn reacted to an Insider report that he missed out on $40 billion by selling Apple and Netflix stock, saying he always cashes out early.

Markets Oct. 18, 2021, 4:18 PM

Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson says the US Treasury does ‘everything in its power to kill’ crypto

The US Treasury does everything in its power to kill crypto, according to Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson.

Markets Oct. 19, 2021, 5:58 PM

The majority of cryptocurrencies are ‘garbage’ and only a few will emerge as winners, says Guggenheim’s Scott Minerd

70% of crypto coins 'will go away,' the CIO of Guggenheim Partners said in a Bloomberg interview from the Milken Conference.

Tech

Tech 20 hours ago

Facebook recently trademarked two names and a logo in Australia, ahead of a rumoured rebrand

Recent trademark applications filed by Facebook in Australia may offer clues as to what its new name could be.

Lifestyle Oct. 19, 2021, 9:16 PM

‘I quit’ – Reddit users are posting angry resignation texts to their bosses on an ‘anti-work’ subreddit

On the "r/antiwork" subreddit, users are posting screenshots of purported text exchanges that show them telling their managers that they're resigning.

News Apr. 8, 2021, 4:34 PM

Hackers scraped data from 500 million LinkedIn users – about two-thirds of the platform’s userbase – and have posted it for sale online

LinkedIn said "the posted dataset appears to include publicly viewable information that was scraped from LinkedIn," and it is investigating.

Strategy

Strategy Oct. 19, 2021, 11:09 AM

Over 60% of office workers believe they are more productive when they can work flexibly, new research suggests

A raft of new research suggests enabling flexible work makes employees happier and more engaged, as Australian workers navigate returning to the office.

News Oct. 14, 2021, 3:21 PM

A company in Iceland’s official ‘4-day work week’ trial had to increase its hours again after initially cutting them too much

A manager at Reykjavik Service Centre told Bloomberg that cutting hours meant staff were more satisfied than before.

Strategy Sep. 24, 2021, 1:24 PM

The pandemic hit Australian women hard. Now one social enterprise is helping them start businesses built for the future.

Mandy Richards runs a social enterprise that helps women start micro-businesses that enable remote and flexible work.

Lifestyle

Lifestyle 15 hours ago

Australia’s product rental market is catching up to the rest of the world. Here’s how 3 companies are changing the resale landscape.

The rental market has been slowly gaining traction in Australia, as consumers shift their mindset and behaviour around renting and resale. Business Insider Australia spoke to three Australian companies about how the circular economy is evolving in Australia.

Lifestyle Oct. 15, 2021, 4:18 PM

This tiny house on a working farm in regional NSW only fits 2 people – and it’s completely off-grid

Designed by Cameron Anderson architects, which works mostly on regional projects, this tiny hut can be rented on AirBnb and sits on a working rural property 10 minutes from the centre of Mudgee.

Lifestyle Oct. 8, 2021, 12:53 PM

BWS is giving away free 6-packs this October. Here’s how to get yours.

The last (almost) two years have been a hard slog for all of us, and especially to those of us who have been in extended lockdown.

Reviews

Reviews 16 hours ago

Everything you need to know ahead of Black Friday and Cyber Monday 2021

What started out as one of the biggest shopping days in the United States, has since exploded into an international phenomenon. So what exactly are Black Friday and Cyber Monday, and what can we expect during the upcoming 2021 sales?

Reviews Oct. 8, 2021, 11:00 AM

These are the best tech deals that you can currently grab for headphones, smartphones and more

Here are some of the best deals that you can currently pick up across a range of tech and electronics, including computers, headphones and kitchen appliances.

Reviews Sep. 30, 2021, 11:37 AM

The 5 best noise-cancelling headphones in 2021

We've researched and tested several noise-cancelling headphones in order to pick the very best models. Here's what we recommend picking up.

Lifestyle 10 hours ago

The ACE Family lost ownership of their $10 million mansion and could face eviction

Austin and Catherine McBroom no longer own their $10 million mega-mansion in Los Angeles after it was publicly auctioned in a foreclosure sale.

US 10 hours ago

Sarah Paulson says she knows her ‘the killer is escaping’ line from ‘American Horror Story’ is a TikTok meme – but she thinks users don’t realize it’s her

"American Horror Story: Asylum" actress Sarah Paulson said in an Instagram Live that she knew about "the killer is escaping" TikTok memes.

US 10 hours ago

Gwyneth Paltrow said she’s proof that it’s possible to meet your ‘dream man’ in middle age

The founder of Goop married writer and producer Brad Falchuk in 2018. She told Today meeting him in her 40s made their connection stronger.

US 10 hours ago

A ‘Succession’ fan edited part of the show to look and sound like the iconic baseball scene in ‘Twilight,’ and the video is a must-watch

Fans have drawn parallels between the baseball scenes in "Twilight" and "Succession" for years. On Wednesday, a social media user created a crossover.