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Last August, George decided he wanted to try to work a second remote job — and not tell his employers he was job juggling.The California-based millennial was bored with his contract finance gig in the biotech industry, he told Business Insider via email. And he thought the extra income would help him afford rent, pay down credit card debt, and travel more.But there was another big reason he wanted to be “overemployed:” It would help him afford weight-loss drugs.”I wanted to start on Mounjaro and knew I couldn’t afford the out-of-pocket cost without a second job,” said George, whose identity…

That’s according to the annual World Happiness Report, published on Wednesday by the Wellbeing Research Centre at the University of Oxford.The report is based on Gallup World Poll data analyzed by a team of experts. The rankings are largely based on life-satisfaction polls conducted in each country, which represents “subjective well-being.” Lithuania was ranked 19th on the overall happiness list but secured the top spot in the under-30 rankings. Vilnius, the country’s capital city, has a reputation for being a vibrant location for young workers.Ricardo Sergio Schmitz, a Brazilian consultant based in Vilnius, previously told Business Insider that young professionals…

By Patturaja Murugaboopathy (Reuters) – Investors are flocking to U.S. medium-term government bond funds and helping push their assets to record highs, as uncertainty about the Federal Reserve’s policy path prompts them to seek the sweet spot between income and protection. According to Morningstar Direct data, U.S. medium-term government bond funds, which include Treasuries and debt issued by government-linked agencies, attracted $9.8 billion in the first two months of this year. That compared with just $2.3 billion for long-term government funds and an outflow of $3.5 billion from short-term government bond funds. Assets under management (AUM) at U.S. medium-term government…

Accolade, Inc. (NASDAQ:ACCD) Chief Financial Officer Stephen H. Barnes recently engaged in transactions involving the company’s stock, according to a new SEC filing. Barnes sold shares to cover tax obligations related to the vesting of Restricted Stock Units (RSUs). On March 19, 2024, Barnes sold a total of 119 shares of Accolade’s common stock at an average price of $9.484 per share. This transaction amounted to a total of $1,128. The shares were sold to meet tax withholding obligations as part of a “mandatory sell to cover” transaction following the vesting and settlement of RSUs. It is important to note…

By Marianna Parraga HOUSTON (Reuters) – Suriname’s state-owned oil company Staatsolie has begun talks with oil majors Exxon Mobil (NYSE:) and TotalEnergies (EPA:) to encourage joint development of fields that straddle its and Guyana’s maritime borders, the head of its state oil firm told Reuters late Tuesday. The early-stage discussions are part of Suriname’s efforts to increase foreign investment in its energy production and turn the South American nation into a regional gas hub. Its first major oil production from offshore is about four years away. To Suriname’s west, an Exxon-led consortium in Guyana has quickly ramped oil output to…

Move over CrossFit, yoga and Peloton. Stretching sessions are the hot revival fitness fad. Studios like StretchLab, Stretch Zone, Lymbr and Stretch’d are popping up in strip malls and street corners, offering tight and achy people one-on-one stretching sessions with “flexologists” and “stretch therapists” for $100 or more per appointment. It’s not yoga, physical therapy or a massage — these sessions focus only on stretching. In a one-on-one session, an instructor will assist people with back, hamstring, shoulder and other stretches. High-end gym chains such as Life Time and budget options like Planet Fitness are also trying to capitalize on…

USD/JPY rallies up to multi-year highs in the 151.000s – a historical BoJ intervention zone.  The move is backed by USD strength as interest rates are seen remaining high in the US.  The BoJ raised interest rates but this did not defend the Yen as expected, since Japanese rates remain extremely low.  The USD/JPY rallies to multi-year highs in the 151.000s on Wednesday on the back of broad-based US Dollar (USD) strength ahead of the Federal Reserve policy meeting and a “one and done” trade weakening the Japanese Yen (JPY).  The USD/JPY is reaching an intervention zone where the Bank of…

What’s the biggest macro driver of crypto prices in the near term? Moderator Noelle Acheson posed this question to 10T Holdings founder Dan Tapiero during the first panel discussion at Day 3 of Blockworks’ Digital Asset Summit in London. Tapiero warned his answer might be “boring,” but he said it was easy: the ETFs. The Securities Exchange Commission cleared 10 US spot bitcoin funds to start trading on Jan. 11. The funds have so far tallied $11.6 billion of net inflows in their first 10 weeks on the market. “You’ve onboarded literally tens of trillions of dollars in value sitting…

To live “comfortably” as a single person in 99 of the largest U.S. metro areas, you’ll need a median income of $93,933, according to a recent SmartAsset analysis.”Comfortable” is defined as the income needed to cover a 50/30/20 budget, which assumes 50% of your monthly income can pay for necessities like housing and utility costs, 30% can cover discretionary spending and 20% can be set aside for savings or investments. SmartAsset extrapolated the income needed for a 50/30/20 budget based on the cost of necessities, using data from the MIT Living Wage Calculator.Here’s the income a single person needs to…