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TheStreet aims to feature only the best products and services. If you buy something via one of our links, we may earn a commission.Coach’s viral bag comes in a trendy pastel colorIt’s no secret that I absolutely adore Coach. I keep a close eye on the brand’s latest and greatest, including its Powder Pink collection that sold out almost instantly and its viral messenger bag that became a hit on the internet and one of the most-used bags in my Coach collection. Now, I’d be remiss if I didn’t shout out the wildly popular Brooklyn Shoulder Bag 39 that I spotted on sale at Coach Outlet for 40% off. With a regular price of nearly $500, the viral Brooklyn bag is on sale for $297. And it’s not just the sale that’s worth highlighting either. The only discounted colorway is in dreamy Bluebell, which is in the same color family as the cool, icy blue hue that’s absolutely everywhere this spring.Brooklyn Shoulder Bag 39 in Bluebell, $297 (was $495) at Coach Outlet

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Why the Coach Brooklyn bag is so popularThe Coach Brooklyn Shoulder Bag 39 first went viral in the summer of 2024 and was touted as a quiet luxury piece. The Maple color became a customer favorite with both suede and leather options being highly sought after. It became the official “It” girl bag, especially with celebrity and model Bella Hadid sporting the style and driving its popularity even further. Despite the celebrity endorsement, the hobo-style bag is worth the hype, and that’s coming from someone who has checked out the bag repeatedly in stores. The shoulder bag has a minimal and elegant silhouette that’s perfect for everyday use. Crafted from soft natural grain leather, it has a slouchy yet elegant look. It’s incredibly spacious, with enough room to fit up to 15-inch laptops. The size makes it extra versatile, making it a great work bag or everyday bag. The bag also has a wide and comfortable strap, along with a loop on the side that has a Coach hangtag that you can also use to add your own bag charms to.The sale on the bag alone is worth adding it to your cart, but this Bluebell color makes it an especially great deal this spring. Cool blue is one of the hottest trends of the season, with Pinterest noting it has one of its top 2026 trends. And for the Bridgerton fans out there, you might call it Bridgerton blue or Regency blue.Related: Coach Outlet’s ‘90s-inspired shoulder bag is on sale for 60% off, and it’s your last chance to get itDetails to knowDimensions: It measures 15.25 inches long by 4.75 inches wide by 17 inches high.Colors: The Bluebell color is on sale, but it’s also available in black, Merlot, and Maple at the regular price.Material: The shoulder bag is made of natural grain leather.Features: It has a 12.5-inch handle drop, an interior snap pocket, and can fit up to 15-inch laptops.Many shoppers called it the “perfect everyday bag” that’s also great for work, travel, and more. Reviewers say it fits everything they need, including a laptop, tablet, books, wallet, and water bottle. Even though it’s spacious, customers note that it’s still lightweight and comfortable to wear.Shop more dealsHadley Large Shoulder Bag, $199 (was $350) at Coach OutletHoxis Hobo Bag, $25 (was $36) at AmazonNewbella Hobo Bag, $40 (was $50) at AmazonThe Brooklyn Shoulder Bag 39 is now just $297 at Coach Outlet, thanks to 40% off the icy blue Bluebell colorway. While it’s a trendy spring color, I like to think of it as a cool, unexpected neutral that you’ll want to wear for years to come.

As Apple has grown its product lines (like MacBooks and iPhones) and expanded the services it offers (like cloud storage and Apple TV) over recent years and decades, it has needed to employ more and more people. From its two founders, Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak, who started Apple out of a garage in 1976, the company has evolved into a global tech giant with offices and retail stores in over 20 countries, employing tens of thousands worldwide. Here’s how many employees Apple has, how much they make, where they work, and what the CEO pay gap looks like.How many employees does Apple have?Apple had about 166,000 full-time employees globally at its fiscal year ending September 27, 2025, according to business data aggregator Bullfincher. That’s more than double the number of people it employed (about 60,400) in fiscal year 2011, when founder Steve Jobs served his last full year as CEO.According to Apple’s job creation page, 80,000 employees — a little less than half of the company’s workforce — are in the U.S., with an additional 450,000 working for the company’s suppliers. Here’s a look at the company’s employment footprint over the last decade:

Apple grew its workforce footprint by 1.22% percent from 2024 to 2025. BullFincher

Related: Where is Apple’s headquarters? A spaceship-like office with thousands of treesWhat is Apple’s revenue per employee?Apple posted $416 billion in revenue in 2025. Based on 166,000 full-time workers, the company brought in about $2.5 million per employee. By comparison, in 2011, a year before Tim Cook took over as CEO, per-employee revenue was lower, at $1.79 million (based on $108 billion in revenues and about 60,400 full-time employees).By comparison, the revenue per employee at Nvidia—the world’s biggest company by market value—was larger, at $5.1 million in its fiscal year 2026, based on about 42,000 employees and $215.9 billion in revenue.Who are the highest and lowest-paid Apple employees?Apple, like other companies, uses a CEO pay ratio, which compares the CEO’s compensation to that of the median employee. In 2025, CEO Tim Cook was the highest-paid employee at $3 million. His annual salary hadn’t changed since 2016. But his total compensation was $74.29 million, compared to the median employee compensation of $139,483. That CEO pay ratio was 533 to 1. This ratio is based on Apple’s annualized base salaries for permanent full-time and part-time employees who didn’t work the full year.By comparison, Nvidia’s ratio was smaller, at 166 to 1, due to employing fewer workers than Apple and paying a higher median salary. CEO Jensen Huang’s total compensation in Nvidia’s fiscal year 2025 was $49.86 million, versus $301,233 for the median employee.Which Apple department has the most employees?Apple doesn’t provide this information publicly. According to Unify GTM, which compiles data using artificial intelligence, the bulk of Apple’s workforce is in engineering. Based on 120,485 Apple employees (which would be equivalent to about its headcount of about 123,000 full-time employees in 2017), 41% were in engineering, followed by business management (15%), sales and support (9%), marketing and product (7%), operations (7%), finance and administration (6%), information technology (4%), consulting (3%), other (5%), and a remaining 3% that Unify didn’t identify.By comparison, in 2026, Nvidia had 42,000 employees across 38 countries, of which 31,000 were involved in research and development and 11,000 in sales, marketing, operations, and administrative positions.More on Apple:Tim Cook’s net worth: The Apple CEO’s stock & wealth in 2025Steve Wozniak’s net worth: The Apple cofounder’s wealth in 2025Steve Jobs’ net worth: How rich Apple’s founder could have beenApple’s workforce dynamics are likely to change in the years to come. In 2025, the tech giant announced plans to invest $600 billion in the U.S. over a four-year period, aiming to bring some of its supply chain and advanced manufacturing back home through an initiative dubbed the American Manufacturing Program (AMP). Apple said that in four years, it planned to directly hire 20,000 people in the U.S. — of which the majority would be focused on research and development, silicon engineering, software development, and AI and machine learning.Where do most of Apple’s employees work?Apple’s largest concentration of workers is at its Apple Park headquarters in Cupertino, California, which houses more than 12,000 employees across many of the company’s divisions, including research and development. Still, Apple has more than 500 retail stores globally, which collectively employ thousands of workers.

President Trump said this week the war with Iran was basically done.Oil prices fell quickly on the statement news. In fact, futures trading of Light Sweet crude oil, the benchmark U.S. crude oil, has seen the price fall nearly 12% from March 6 and nearly 33% its peak on March 9.But did you expect the price of gasoline to start falling at your local station? Maybe yes. But, sadly, you would be wrong. Mostly because, despite the president’s optimism, the Iran conflict remains fluid. The surprise of gas pricesThe national average price of gasoline was still rising as of March 10, according to GasBuddy.com. GasBuddy put the national retail price at $3.57 a gallon, up from the prior day’s $3.541 and 25% from the December 31 price of $2.82.It may take a little time before you see any relief because of news coming out of the Middle East. Related: Will investors fall for anything? As Iran War declared “complete,” it threatens to continue, with asterisksAnother reason: Retail gasoline dealers have had to change prices so quickly as they soared into March 9 that it takes time to trim. Even then, don’t expect them to fall back to levels seen in early January, when GasBuddy data shows the U.S. national price bottom at about $2.74 per gallon. Gas prices vary widely across the country. The low price in Dallas in early January was $2.23 gallon. Typically, retail gas prices come down more slowly than when they go up. The same holds for crude prices. Related: Oil spike sends powerful message for everyoneA surprise jolts oil markets So, a lot of oil is just parked and not getting released to refiners around the world. That’s understandable given video and photos of damage from Iranian missiles and drones on countries around the Persian Gulf. The fears of tanker attacks is so big that two events on March 10 prevented prices from dropping even further.Energy Secretary Chris Wright tweeted in the morning that U.S. Navy ships were excorting tankers through the Strait. The tweet was quickly delated, however. The reason: News outlets, including CBS News, reported U.S. intelligence reports indicated that Iran was getting ready to lay mines in the Strait.The continuing worries about the Strait has surprised oil traders, investors, and, probably, the Trump Administration, said Patrick DeHaan, head of Petroleum Analysis at GasBuddy.com.More Oil and Gas:Energy giant sends blunt $20 billion message on dividend growth147-year-old oil giant just raised dividend 4% in 20262 Insulated Markets as Asia Oscillates on OilA dramatic price dropStill, the drop in oil prices in less than 48 hours is, frankly, dramatic.Light sweet crude hit a 52-week high early Monday at $119.48 per 42-gallon barrel. It settled at $83.45 on March 10, down 12% in a day and down 30.2% from its 52-week high the DAY BEFORE. But the price jumped 8.8% in the last hour of trading. Brent crude, the global benchmark, settled at $87.80 a barrel, down 11.3% on the day and off 26.5% from its peak a day earlier. But it, too, jumped in the last hour of March 10 trading and was still rising in after-hours trading. If — and when — the war truly starts to wind down, the blockage should start to ease within a next few days, DeHaan said. But slowly, others agree. “Putting the risk genie fully back in the bottle may take a while,” Jonas Goltermann of London-based Capital Economics said in a note. “Even if there is a resolution to the war in relatively short order, some of its effects are likely to linger.”

Drone strike damage in Manama, Bahrain.Getty ImA

Energy shares dropEnergy shares were largely lower in a day that started with a continuation of Monday’s rally but then fell apart. Energy Select Sector SPDR exchange-traded fund closed down 1.3% to $55.60. Exxon Mobil dropped 1.5% to $148.13. Chevron, which has been investing heavily in Iraq, fell 1.7% to $186.29, and ConocoPhillips slumped 2.5% to $114.15. The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index, up as many as 48 points early in the day, closed down 14 points to 6,781. The Dow Jones Industrial Average saw a gain of 480-point gain devolve into a 34-point loss at 47,707. Related: Morgan Stanley resets bets on defense stocks amid war

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