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April 19, 2026
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Welcome back to our Sunday edition, where we round up some of our top stories and take you inside our newsroom. A job hunter was ghosted after multiple interviews with a nonprofit, only to discover she didn’t get the role through a Facebook post. Here’s what she did next.
On the agenda today:
- Inside an invite-only gathering for the exclusive California Peptide Club.
- If you bought a house recently, you had historically bad timing.
- A look at the severance package Disney is giving to its laid-off employees.
- Should you invest $10,000 or stuff it in your mattress? Nine Wall Street pros weigh in.
All about peptides
The California Peptide Club is an invite-only gathering for discussing all things peptides. Arielle Pardes got to attend a recent event for the self-optimization wonder drugs people are becoming obsessed with.
What she found was everything from peptide evangelists to dozens of people who identified as “peptide curious.” But the event included lots of gray area, as it was difficult to tell where anecdotal evidence ended and medically-backed data began.
“It feels like you’re hacking yourself.”
The ‘new homeowner penalty’
Rising home prices, a surge in borrowing rates, and spikes in overlooked expenses like insurance and taxes have conspired to make homeownership difficult — even for those with a healthy amount of savings and a helping hand from family.
The financial gut punch could linger long after they settle into their new place. The effects of this could also warp America’s real-estate market for decades.
The ugly math facing new homeowners.
The severance laid-off Disney workers are getting
The Mouse House began a new round of layoffs, the first under new CEO Josh D’Amaro. Laid-off staffers will receive a severance package based on their level and length of tenure at the company, according to guidelines in Disney’s employee handbook, which was viewed by BI.
The layoffs followed the unification of its enterprise marketing and brand teams earlier this year, D’Amaro said in a memo sent to staff.
How Disney’s offer compares to other media companies.
Also read:
- Exclusive: Read the memo from Disney’s brand and marketing chief about why his team got hit hard by layoffs
- Exclusive: Read the memo ESPN Chairman Jimmy Pitaro sent staff about the Disney layoffs
Where to invest $10k right now
The markets have been on a wild roller coaster ride this year. From Anthropic’s AI scare to the Iran war, there’s a lot for investors to navigate right now.
In BI’s latest installment of where to invest $10,000, we spoke to nine Wall Street pros to figure out where they see opportunities in the market.
More of this week’s top reads:
- The AI layoff playbook is here.
- Inside the Tax Day party where Substack bros and West Village girls asked David Einhorn for dating advice.
- Deloitte is cutting down PTO, parental leave, and other benefits for some US workers.
- The digital trail of the 20-year-old accused of targeting OpenAI CEO Sam Altman.
- The hot way to get rich with little effort.
- Exclusive: VCs are flooding Anthropic with offers to invest at up to an $800 billion valuation.
- “Little business people”: How Pokémon turned kids into dealmakers.
- Most NYC renters are struggling to afford housing. These maps show where it’s worst.
Curated by Steve Russolillo and edited by Dan DeFrancesco, Grace Lett, and Amanda Yen.
This is a shorter version of our flagship newsletter, which brings you in-depth analysis and summaries of the top stories from Wall Street to Silicon Valley.
