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Hawaii removed its indoor mask mandate and travel requirements due to the coronavirus pandemic. The state will no longer require tourists to self-quarantine and provide vaccination or testing proof.  Some 78% of the Hawaiian population is fully vaccinated, according to the Mayo Clinic. Loading Something is loading. Hawaii has removed its indoor mask mandate and…

A sanctioned Russian oligarch told the FT that his investment firm was afraid to meet him personally. Petr Aven stepped down from LetterOne in early March after he was sanctioned by the UK and EU. The company reportedly proceeded to ban him from talking to staff and locked him out of the office. Loading Something…

My father's family fled Belgium during World War II in the middle of the night when he was 16. He told me not to buy real estate and to pay for everything in cash, which is advice I've ignored over the years. However, his advice on the merits of entrepreneurship and living below one's means…

22-year-old Carmen Barbera is a receptionist at Burj Al Arab, "the best hotel in the world." She started out in the luxury hospitality industry two years ago as a butler in the Maldives.  Here's what it's like to work in the iconic Dubai resort, where suites cost up to $25,000 a night. Loading Something is…

US Markets Loading... H M S Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Stephen Zenner/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images I tried curbside pickup at Aldi and Walmart to see how they really compare.  Aldi's app is glitchy, and the whole process has some kinks that need working out. Walmart has curbside down perfectly, from ordering to grocery pickup.  Curbside…

If you thought the stock market's sell-off to start the year was ugly, get ready: Wall Street's most elite investors are bracing for an even deeper market shock as the war in Ukraine drags on.In my conversations with some of the top minds in finance, many of whom talked to me on the condition of…

Two Blue Origin passengers are the first married couple to fly to space on a commercial rocket. Sharon and Mark Hagle told Insider they've also got plans to fly with SpaceX and Virgin Galactic. Sharon said she'll take Richard Branson's advice to look through the window when in zero gravity. Loading Something is loading. After…

Turkish minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said Russian oligarchs are welcome in the country, per CNBC. It comes amid Russian billionaires being sanctioned by Western countries during the war. Superyachts should remain outside the territorial waters of sanctioning countries, Turkey said. Loading Something is loading. Sanctioned Russian oligarchs are welcome in Turkey as tourists and investors, according…

The US added 749,000 private payrolls in August, according to ADP's monthly employment report. The total beat the median economist estimate of 649,000 payrolls, according to estimates compiled by Bloomberg. The report precedes the US government's nonfarm payrolls report slated for Friday release. Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories. Private-sector hiring accelerated through September…

Leaked data obtained by the investigative-journalism site Reveal about injury rates inside Amazon warehouses suggests the company has publicly downplayed how dangerous its warehouses are for workers. The data shows injury rates have climbed every year from 2016 to 2019, that robotic warehouses on average clock more injuries than non-robotic ones, and that injury rates…