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Trading grinds to a halt across many CME markets after a 'cooling issue' at a data center
NEWS | 28 November 2025
"Due to a cooling issue at CyrusOne data centers, our markets are currently halted," CME Group posted on X, adding that it was "working to resolve" the problem. Due to a cooling issue at CyrusOne data centers, our markets are currently halted. — CME Group (@CMEGroup) November 28, 2025The CME is the world's largest exchange operator by market value, powering the trade of stocks, commodities, currencies, and other assets. The group posted later Friday that "BrokerTec EU markets are open and trading," but all of its other markets "remain halted." All other CME Group markets remain halted due to a data center cooling issue at CyrusOne.

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Former Amazon Employee Placed on PIP, Took Paternity Leave to Buy Time
NEWS | 28 November 2025
Michael Permana decided to take paternity leave after learning he had been placed on a performance improvement plan by Amazon. Michael Permana decided to take paternity leave after learning he had been placed on a performance improvement plan by Amazon. Michael PermanaMichael Permana decided to take paternity leave after learning he had been placed on a performance improvement plan by Amazon. When Michael Permana learned that his time as a software engineer at Amazon might be running out, he made an interesting decision: he took paternity leave. In Permana's case, at least he had some warning, and paternity leave bought him some time to look for his next gig.

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Former TV Exec Kevin Reilly Doesn't Think the Peak TV Era Will Return
NEWS | 28 November 2025
But not that long ago, lots of us were reveling in the "Peak TV" era — a time when inventive TV programming was plentiful and, crucially, popular. Peter Kafka: You got to be a TV executive in what we now call the Peak TV era. Kevin Reilly: I was sitting there talking to great creators, and I was telling them we were HBO for basic cable. You don't think he was really dismissive of Netflix? There's going to be some kind of consolidation no matter what.

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The Trump phone was set to be released in August. Months later, it's still nowhere to be found.
NEWS | 28 November 2025
An image of the golden "T1 phone" as seen on the Trump Mobile website. lighning bolt icon An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. lighning bolt icon An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Months ago, Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump — the president's two oldest sons — announced the creation of "Trump Mobile," a new line of Trump-branded smartphones. It's now late November, and the Trump Mobile website simply says the phone will be available "later this year."

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14-Year-Old Won $25,000 for His Origami Project of Over 100 Trials
NEWS | 28 November 2025
While most 14-year-olds are folding paper airplanes, Miles Wu is folding origami patterns that he believes could one day improve disaster relief. The New York City teen just won $25,000 for a research project based on an origami fold called Miura-ori, which is known for collapsing and expanding with precision. "I've been folding origami as a hobby for more than six years, mostly of animals or insects," Wu told Business Insider. To figure out the winning combination, Wu tested three different parallelogram widths, three different parallelogram angles, and two different parallelogram heights. That means Wu tested 54 hand-folded variations and oversaw 108 trials.

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SPONSORED | 28 November 2025
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Trump is changing student-loan eligibility for professional degrees. Here's what you need to know.
NEWS | 28 November 2025
This year, there's a new topic to argue about at the Thanksgiving table: What is a professional degree? It's a question that President Donald Trump's Department of Education recently addressed in its overhaul of student-loan repayment. Some advocates said the department's professional degree definition could strain student-loan borrowing access to those in the healthcare profession seeking post-graduate training, like nurses, although the changes won't affect undergraduate borrowing. How will the changes to student-loan borrowing caps and professional degrees impact you? The borrowing caps could strain other professions and cause some students to either forgo their advanced degrees or turn to the riskier, private lending market.

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'We're going to see a lot of carnage': VC investor says AI boom will create giants — and topple overhyped startups
NEWS | 28 November 2025
Mel Williams, a partner and cofounder at TrueBridge Capital Partners, says the AI frenzy will mint a few giants while some overhyped startups collapse. Mel Williams, a partner and cofounder at TrueBridge Capital Partners, says the AI frenzy will mint a few giants while some overhyped startups collapse. GREG BAKER/AFP via Getty ImagesMel Williams, a partner and cofounder at TrueBridge Capital Partners, says the AI frenzy will mint a few giants while some overhyped startups collapse. While VCs pick startups, Williams' job is to pick the VCs — giving him a rare, ecosystem-wide view of what's coming. Outside AI, the venture market looks surprisingly healthy — but the fallout will still be brutalWilliams said the frenzy is largely confined to the field of AI.

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How 5 People Found AI Training Jobs — and How Much Money They Make
NEWS | 28 November 2025
Elizabeth BoydIn July 2023, I received a LinkedIn message from a Scale AI recruiter inviting me to apply as a law domain expert on Remotasks, a Scale AI-owned platform that preceded Outlier. Good pay rates with regular bonuses, weekly payments, and not needing to look for clients on a regular basis made the AI work more attractive than the content creation work I'd been doing. However, nearly all my AI work was with Remotasks, then Outlier, until this summer. Now, the bulk of my AI training work is with the Mercor AI platform. A Scale AI spokesperson told Business Insider that Outlier gives contractors pay rates and estimated task times at the start of a project.

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It's never been easier to AI a Thanksgiving dinner table — just look at social media
NEWS | 28 November 2025
lighning bolt icon An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. lighning bolt icon An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. A week before Thanksgiving, Google Gemini launched Nano Banana Pro, an updated version of its AI image generator. Comparing a similar image created by the older version of Nano Banana, users flagged the hyper-realism of the new model. Nano Banana vs Nano Banana ProWe’re cooked.

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How making billions actually works, according to a billionaire
NEWS | 28 November 2025
John Morgan has an estimated wealth of $1.5 billion, according to Forbes, placing him on its 2025 Billionaires List. Morgan started his personal-injury firm, Morgan & Morgan, in 1988. Today, he has offices in all 50 US states and employs more than 1,000 lawyers. Morgan pioneered legal advertising, putting his face on ads across hundreds of US cities. Other than his law firm, Morgan owns a collection of science museums, malls, billboard companies, and even a crime and punishment attraction that houses the original white Bronco that O.J.

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I Was Laid Off by Intel Twice and Still Can't Find a New Job
NEWS | 28 November 2025
Sriram RamkrishnaSriram Ramkrishna, 56, has struggled to find work since being laid off by Intel in July. Dealing with an Intel layoff for the second timeThree years later, my second Intel layoff forced me to start the job search process all over again. The job search has been harder than I expected due to the competitive marketDespite my initial optimism, the past four months of my job search have been challenging. In 2016, it had been 20 years since my last interview, whereas I just went through a job search in 2022 before rejoining Intel. However, what's particularly challenging about my current job search is the competitive nature of the market.

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We spoke to 10 millionaires about their dream holiday gifts. Their wish lists include ski gear, jewelry, and cheese clubs.
NEWS | 28 November 2025
Brett Heyman, founder of Flower by Edie Parker, is hoping for a monthly gift to bring some brightness even after the holidays end. "Winter is long, and by the end of January I'm less motivated to leave the house for fun," she says. I was given Murray's monthly cheese club many years ago by somebody who clearly knew and loved me. Shari Raymond, founder of Milton and Goose, wants to open a shipment of Jacques Torres Famous Chocolate Chip Cookies. "I've both given and received them in the past, and they're always a delight," she says.

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Martha Stewart named this maple-bourbon dessert the best pie in America — and the recipe is free
NEWS | 28 November 2025
The Salted Maple Bourbon Pie was crowned by Martha Stewart during the Stissing House x Substack Pie FestThe Salted Maple Bourbon Pie was crowned by Martha Stewart during the Stissing House x Substack Pie Fest Valerie Terranova/Getty ImagesThe Salted Maple Bourbon Pie was crowned by Martha Stewart during the Stissing House x Substack Pie Fest Valerie Terranova/Getty ImagesThis story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. I've been living in the US for 15 years, and there's one thing I really look forward to during the holidays: pies. Now I have a new one to add to that list: the salted maple bourbon pie that Martha Stewart chose as the 2025 winner for the Stissing House x Substack Pie Fest. The instructions are intimidating, but it sounds deliciousNikki Freihofer describes her now-famous pie as "a pancake breakfast that grew up." (When she announced the winner, Stewart joked that she could've used more booze, but it sounds like plenty to me!)

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A 31-year-old man was eating too much protein. He cut his body fat percentage in half by eating more carbs and doing full-body workouts.
NEWS | 28 November 2025
He switched to a flexible diet and a more efficient workout plan to build muscle and burn fat. He switched to a flexible diet and a more efficient workout plan to build muscle and burn fat. He switched to a flexible diet and a more efficient workout plan to build muscle and burn fat. It's a dreaded, seemingly endless phase of loading up on protein to build muscle, but gaining fat instead. More carbs instead of bland bro mealsWakeford said a flexible diet allows him to enjoy special occasions such as a recent trip to Japan.