Internal document reveals Amazon's secret contingency plan for life without the US Postal Service

businessinsider.com 9/30 11:00P ekim@businessinsider.com (Eugene

A US Postal Service worker delivers Amazon boxes in New York Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg via Getty Images Amazon developed Project Aurelian as USPS contract negotiations became strained. Amazon's own...

ChatGPT's new plan costs $500 a month

businessinsider.com 9/29 7:15A hchandonnet@businessinsider.com

Sam Altman leads OpenAI. The company announced a new subscription tier, costing $500 a month. Selcuk Acar/Anadolu via Getty Images OpenAI announced a $500 a month plan for ChatGPT. The Pro 500 plan includes access to "Ultrafast" computing,...

My husband and I met at work. Then, I switched careers.

businessinsider.com 9/29 5:56A insider@insider.com (Ashley Arch

My husband and I originally connected through our mutual interest in wanting to help young people and teach. Courtesy of Ashley Archambault My husband and I met while working as teachers many years ago. Since then, I left the field. I now write...

I'm a small business owner who took 50 of my employees to Greece. It was worth the $2,000 a person...

businessinsider.com 9/29 5:18A rshahidi@businessinsider.com (Ro

Bashir Chedrawee took his employees on a trip of a lifetime to Greece. Courtesy of Noah Friedman Restaurant owner Bashir Chedrawee wanted a bigger company trip — so he took his team to Greece. He spent months planning and negotiating prices to...

My sister and I started a small business reselling vintage items. Here's what everyone gets wrong...

businessinsider.com 9/27 1:07A insider@insider.com (Amanda Leig

The author (right) and her sister run a small business together. Courtesy of Amanda Leigh Lichtenstein My sister and I ruin a small business together, reselling vintage items we find in thrift stores. It's not as simple as it seems because we have...

I paid for a $900 Michelin-star dinner with my son. The price tag was worth it to show him the life...

businessinsider.com 9/26 1:47A ehochberg@insider.com (Kimanzi C

The author spent $900 on a fine-dining experience with his adult son. Courtesy of Kimanzi Constable My son was born when I was 19, and we grew up together. I've tried to show him what's possible if he's willing to work for it. I recently took him...

My baby business was pummeled by tariffs on China and Canada. It's taught me perseverance.

businessinsider.com 9/25 10:49P hchandonnet@businessinsider.com

Garett Senez s business was hit by tariffs on China and Canada. You ve just got to keep going, he said. Garett Senez Garett Senez's company Quark Baby is based in Canada, but 90% of its business is in the US. Quark Baby also did its manufacturing...

A JPMorgan veteran left to work in Detroit's government. Now he's back to help the bank's $1.5...

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Marcus von Kapff returned to JPMorgan after working in the public sector. JPMorgan Marcus von Kapff spent 20 years at JPMorgan before working in Detroit's government. He's back at the bank, using his experience to help with its $1.5 trillion US...

She left her NYC teaching job to open a sewing studio. Here's how she did it.

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Kate Saffady, 50, runs Brooklyn Stitch Studio full-time as of June 2026. Her revenue year-to-date is around $190,000. George Etheredge for BI Kate Saffady left teaching to manage her Brooklyn sewing studio full-time. Brooklyn Stitch Studio offers...

Forget Salem. We should all be hopping on our broomsticks to check out Sleepy Hollow.

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Inside the Sleepy Hollow Cemetery. Tactical Toadfish/Getty Images/iStock Last fall, I visited Sleepy Hollow, a village around 30 miles outside New York City. It was immortalized in " The Legend of Sleepy Hollow ," the story of the Headless...

I felt unfulfilled as a stay-at-home mom. Now I run a travel business from my bedroom and enjoy the...

businessinsider.com 9/23 11:31P jridley@businessinsider.com (Jan

Nicola Lewis runs her travel company from home. Courtesy of Nicola Lewis Saleswoman Nicola Lewis was thrilled to have a baby after fertility issues. She opted to stay home. The mom loved being with her son but felt unfulfilled because she missed...

NYC's DoorDash settlement is just one part of Mamdani's big swing against delivery apps

businessinsider.com 9/22 10:30P allisonkelly@businessinsider.com

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani. ANGELA WEISS / AFP via Getty Images The last two NYC mayors have gone after major delivery companies. Mamdani's win against DoorDash this week is part of a bigger campaign over gig worker pay and safety....

A 60-year-old took out student loans to help her kids succeed. She's facing retirement with a...

businessinsider.com 9/20 12:00A asheffey@businessinsider.com (Ay

Nansi Lynch has $156,000 in student loans that she took out to help her kids get a college education. Jonathan Pitts-Wiley for BI Nansi Lynch never went to college. But she's approaching retirement with a $156,000 student-loan balance. "I don't...

Meet San Francisco's 'permanent underclass' — and the ones who think they still have a shot

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Getty Images; Tyler Le/BI Halfway through our interview with Kacie Barrett, a 26-year-old project manager in San Francisco, her screen froze. When she came back on 30 seconds later, she apologized for the choppy WiFi, a result of downsizing her...

2 friends pooled $2,000 of their own savings and turned it into a $30 million company by focusing on...

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Laurie-Anne King, left, and Britt Baker cofounded the financial-education company Dow Janes. Haley Busch Two friends turned $2,000 into a business that's on track to generate $30 million in revenue in 2026. Their advice: Build a product customers...