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Meet Lucy Guo, the college-dropout AI founder who overtook Taylor Swift as worlds youngest self-made woman billionaire - VnExpress International
2025-05-05 08:45:04| Spiritual Career Counseling
Lucy Guo, 30, has unseated singer-songwriter Taylor Swift to become the worlds youngest self-made woman billionaire, amassing a fortune worth US$1.25 billion through her AI and tech startups.Swift, 35, had held the title since she was named a billionaire in late 2023. She and Guo are two of only six self-made women billionaires worldwide under the age of 40.The bulk of Guos wealth stems from her $1.2 billion stake in Scale AI, a startup she co-founded but left years ago. The rest is tied to other ventures, including her newer startup, Passes.Lucy Guo, founder of Passes. Photo from Lucy Guo's Instagram/@guoforitWhile Guo has built her career around tech startups, her initial draw to the industry was a practical one. Raised frugally by Chinese immigrant parents who were electrical engineers but lost their jobs early in her life, she only saw tech as a fast track to wealth at first."I was bullied in school for being poor," Guo told Business Insider. "So I was like, okay, I need to make...
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Florida vs. California: How two states are facing the insurance crisis
2025-05-05 04:45:04| Spiritual Career Counseling
California and Florida have for years been the canary in the gold mine for a homeowner insurance crisis that experts warn might soon spread to many more states across the country.The two disaster-prone states, which face different challenges within their own markets, have seen homeowners insurance premiums skyrocket in recent years as carriers dealing with rising costs and growing catastrophe exposure either significantly hiked their rates or cut coverage in the most vulnerable areas, leaving homeowners with limited options.Despite facing similar challenges, the two states are experimenting with wildly different solutionsonce again becoming examples for the rest of the country of the dos and don'ts of a crisis that is expected to spread across the nation.Why It MattersThe homeowners insurance crises in California and Florida have drastically different causes, but they have one element in common: both coastal states are particularly vulnerable to natural disasters, with wildfires in Ca...
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Canadas auto sector weighs difficult new reality under Trumps tariffs - National | Globalnews.ca
2025-05-05 04:45:04| Spiritual Career Counseling
Its been about one week since the tariffs imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump on the North American auto sector took effect and those within the Canadian industry say so far, confusion is whats most prominent.The 25 per cent tariffs went into effect April 3, putting a duty on all foreign-made vehicles entering the U.S., though automakers compliant with the terms of the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA) can deduct the value of U.S. content.Canada also imposed its own duty of 25 per cent on U.S.-assembled vehicles, though it too will allow importers to deduct the value of Canadian and Mexican content under CUSMA.So what were seeing immediately in terms of reaction is companies are taking a moment to just try and understand what the lay of the land is, what exactly the rules are, and then figure out what the path forward is for future exports into the United States, said Brian Kingston, president and CEO of the Canadian Vehicle Manufacturers Association (CVMA).Story continues b...
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