Merrill Lynch hiked starting salaries for trainee advisers by $10,000 and has taken on 1,700 newbies so far this year. We have the details.

Rebecca Ungarino | "We're trying to do a better job communicating what a career as an adviser looks like, and what it's like getting started," Merrill Lynch Wealth Management head Andy Sieg said.

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A California cannabis lab tested counterfeit vapes and found high levels of dangerous chemicals, including vitamin E, pesticides, and hydrogen cyanide

Jeremy Berke | A study shared exclusively with Business Insider found that counterfeit vapes contain vitamin E acetate, pesticides, and hydrogen cyanide.

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Brex, the $2.6 billion credit card company for startups, explains why it's getting closer to traditional finance with its new Brex Cash bank account product

Megan Hernbroth | Brex cofounder and co-CEO Henrique Dubugras announced Brex Cash, the startup's third new product in 2019, on stage at TechCrunch Disrupt.

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The world's most accurate economic forecaster sees a 'prolonged global slowdown' on the horizon — and warns it can only be narrowly avoided

Akin Oyedele | Christophe Barraud, the most accurate forecaster of the US economy since 2012, explains why a speedy recovery from the trade war is unlikely.

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'All the makings of a crash are there': A hedge fund manager sees a giant bubble in the 'Ponzi economy' — and he’s sounding the alarm on WeWork and Tesla

Christopher Competiello | "I've been through 2 crashes in my life, and I think this is the third one," said Harris Kupperman, the president of Praetorian Capital Management.

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Here's the cover letter that landed a former MySQL and Sun Microsystems executive the top job at a $331 million startup

Melia Russell | HackerOne CEO Mårten Mickos wrote a cover letter that showed he did his homework about the employer.

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Daniella Monet has found success combining Instagram fame and eco-conscious investing, after starring in Nickelodeon's 'Victorious'

Amanda Perelli | From playing a part on Nickelodeon, to sharing her everyday life on YouTube, actress and entrepreneur Daniella Monet shares her experience in media.

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LIVE CONFERENCE CALL: A recruiter, an executive coach, and a business-school dean reveal how to get a job at Goldman Sachs

Business Insider | Business Insider is hosting a conference call on how to get a job in banking at Goldman Sachs. Our guests include a recruiter and an executive coach.

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After 60 angel investments and a stint at Oracle, these former tech execs have plans to revamp the venture capital industry

Julie Bort | Kyle York made a killing when Oracle bought Dyn for a reported $600 million-plus. Now he's launched a new kind of venture capital firm.

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