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Bad Bunny's Super Bowl Halftime Show Made a Statement About America: Review
NEWS | 09 February 2026
"The Super Bowl Halftime Show is absolutely terrible, one of the worst, EVER! For those who understand visual storytelling, however, Bad Bunny's performance made perfect sense. In keeping with the recent tradition of Super Bowl halftime shows, Bad Bunny used iconography to take a stand instead. Bad Bunny's Super Bowl performance is part of a new halftime show traditionBad Bunny's performance shares DNA with Beyoncé and Kendrick Lamar's Super Bowl appearances, both of which used bold imagery to make strong statements. Bad Bunny's performance raised similar questions, but offered simpler, more optimistic solutions.

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Map shows how almost 100 private jets departed the Bay Area within 2 hours of the Super Bowl ending
NEWS | 09 February 2026
Todd Rosenberg/Getty ImagesJay-Z's private jet took off about an hour after the Super Bowl ended. Around 1,000 private jets descended on the Bay Area ahead of the Super Bowl, but scores of jets were quick to get away once the action finished. Business Insider tracked 95 private jets, using data from ADS-B Exchange, that departed Bay Area airports between 7:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. PST on Sunday. The vast majority of the other 92 private jets flew to cities within the US, but one went to Vancouver and another to Toluca, in Mexico. According to data from JetSpy, which tracks US-registered airplanes, 914 business jets arrived in the Bay Area between Wednesday and Saturday.

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Bad Bunny didn't mention ICE at Super Bowl, but still sent a message
NEWS | 09 February 2026
Bad Bunny used his Super Bowl halftime show to make a statement about diversity. Bad Bunny used his Super Bowl halftime show to make a statement about diversity. Chris Graythen/Getty ImagesBad Bunny used his Super Bowl halftime show to make a statement about diversity. Bad Bunny used his Super Bowl spotlight to make a political statement — but not the one many were anticipating. While Bad Bunny did not mention ICE at the Super Bowl, the singer has slammed violence linked to immigration in recent days.

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Luxury as lure: the role of high-end real estate in the Alexander brothers' sex trafficking trial
NEWS | 09 February 2026
An evidence photo in the Alexander brothers sex trafficking trial in Manhattan shows the Hamptons mansion where two women testified they were drugged and raped. An evidence photo in the Alexander brothers sex trafficking trial in Manhattan shows the Hamptons mansion where two women testified they were drugged and raped. But whether these and other costly locales are also crime scenes is a central question in the Alexander brothers' sex trafficking trial, which on Monday starts its third week before a federal jury in Manhattan. From left, former luxury real estate brokers Tal Alexander and Oren Alexander, Alon Alexander, and US District Court Judge Valerie E. Caproni in federal court in Manhattan. The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, where prosecutors in the Alexander brothers sex-trafficking trial say two women were sexually assaulted in August 2017.

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Gen Z Is Not Getting Driver's License at 16, Making Parents Drive Them
NEWS | 09 February 2026
As a mom of three kids, Christina Mott had been counting the days until her oldest son, Colton, got his driver's license. In 1983, roughly half of US 16-year-olds had a driver's license. "I had a 22-year-old this week that hadn't gotten his driver's license yet," says Roble, who's 59. "The data shows that most 16-year-olds, at this point, are not that interested in a driver's license," Uber president Andrew Macdonald said in a recent interview. Meanwhile, fewer public schools offer free driver's ed programs, the global research firm IBISWorld reported last year, adding to the logistical and financial hurdles of getting a driver's license.

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SPONSORED | 09 February 2026
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I'm Bethenny Frankel. My workdays in Florida involve beach walks, supermodel snacks, and running my dating community from my phone.
NEWS | 09 February 2026
I'm busy, but I'm not sitting at a desk every day. My brain works well, I have a phone, and that's really all I need. I moved from New York to South Florida in March 2025, and I love wandering around like a weirdo on the beach. If someone wants to get on the phone with me, I'll often take the call while I'm in the car. I'm an efficient, very organized person, but I'm also a lounger, a pyjama-wearer, and a relaxer.

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Check out the big names in business who showed up for the Super Bowl
NEWS | 09 February 2026
lighning bolt icon An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. lighning bolt icon An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. To no one's surprise, Sunday's Super Bowl was a star-studded event. A host of big names in business and tech flocked to Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California, to watch the New England Patriots battle it out with the Seattle Seahawks.

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How this job went from the Wall Street equivalent of a used car dealer to the hottest gig for 2026
NEWS | 09 February 2026
In late January, JPMorgan Chase announced a new "center of excellence" in its investment bank: the Private Capital Advisory and Solutions group. Miller told Business Insider that the pace of the activity has become breathless. Last month, London-based banker Andrei Brougham joined Goldman Sachs from Rothschild to steer its EMEA secondaries advisory business. A February report from JPMorgan found that 76% of family offices still have no secondary private equity exposure, illustrating how much runway remains. "I think it's a really big hiring story," she told Business Insider.

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Cisco CEO explains why he thinks it's 'stupid' to interview internal candidates for a promotion
NEWS | 09 February 2026
Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins says he hates interviewing internal candidates for promotions. "I think when we have two or three internal candidates for a promotion, the whole interview process is stupid," Robbins said during a recent interview on TBPN. This frustration, Robbins said, translates into his belief that "every day you're working is an interview for your next job." "If your peer group would look at your promotion announcement and go, 'that makes perfect sense,' then you've done your job, right?" "And if you can't look in the mirror and say, 'OK, those people, would they be happy, would they believe it's the right decision?'

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Being Diagnosed With a Chronic Illness Changed How I View Success
NEWS | 09 February 2026
when he was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis. when he was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis. When I was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis in 2022, I thought: Why me? A colonoscopy showed I have ulcerative colitis, a type of inflammatory bowel disease that causes symptoms like abdominal pain and rectal bleeding. For example, I have a colonoscopy every year because ulcerative colitis puts me at higher risk of getting colorectal cancer.

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I Flew on Europe's Best Airline for Business Class and Food; Review
NEWS | 09 February 2026
I flew on Turkish Airlines in business class from Istanbul to New York and was impressed with the 'flying chef,' though my seat didn't have a door. I flew on Turkish Airlines in business class from Istanbul to New York and was impressed with the 'flying chef,' though my seat didn't have a door. You don't usually expect restaurant-style service at 35,000 feet — but Turkish Airlines still staffs a 'flying chef' in business class on its longest routes. Considering Turkish won Skytrax's 2025 awards for Europe's best business class and best business class catering, I was eager to see how the seat and food measured up. Business Insider paid a media rate for the business class upgrade to New York.

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I Worked With Disney's New CEO for Years. Here's What He Taught Me.
NEWS | 09 February 2026
Former Disney employee Heir Jordan worked at the company for 15 years and watched its new CEO transitionFormer Disney employee Heir Jordan worked at the company for 15 years and watched its new CEO transition VALORFormer Disney employee Heir Jordan worked at the company for 15 years and watched its new CEO transition VALORThis story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. I worked at Disney for about 15 years — from 2008 to 2016 and again from 2018 to 2024. When I saw that he was chosen to be Disney's next CEO, it really hit home. He's not afraid to be seenThere's no way you can be the CEO if you're afraid to be seen. How he looks, talks, and presents himself now is exactly how he operated before being announced as Disney's new CEO.

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I found a Bottega Veneta bag at the thrift store. I paid $8, and it's worth $3,000.
NEWS | 09 February 2026
I'd thrift on my lunch break from work, and then on the weekends I'd go live and sell my pieces. I scored a luxury designer bag during a recent shopping tripIn December 2025, I was at a thrift store in the San Francisco Bay Area. It was a normal Wednesday, which is the day this particular thrift store opens for the week, and when I always try to go. The leather inside was really soft and buttery too; that's always a sign a bag is legitimate. Scoring finds at the thrift store takes a little skill — and luckI thrift all the time because I now do this for a living, but I think consistency is key.

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A Real Estate Investor Borrowed From 401(k) to Buy Her First Property
NEWS | 09 February 2026
The couple, Kenji and Leti Asakura, used real estate investing to create an additional revenue stream, allowing them to scale back at work and spend half the year traveling. "I had heard of people taking money out of their 401(k) as loans before, and my thought was, 'Those people are irresponsible. However, as she learned in the real estate course, she could borrow (not withdraw) from her account. This is going to be OK to try something that I considered audacious like that," she said, adding that people still question her when they find out she used retirement money to fund real estate purchases. Her advice is to start small: Watch YouTube videos or listen to podcasts about real estate, sign up for a course, or browse the Zillow listings in your area.