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☆ Inside Rep. Rob Menendez's fight to be more than a 'nepo baby'
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-04 | by ( Bryan Metzger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +19 min

"I don't have the capacity to think through, well, what if, what if, what if," Menendez told me. Mayor Bhalla told me that he began contemplating his primary challenge shortly after the elder Menendez was first indicted in September. AdvertisementSitting in his recently opened campaign office, the mayor told me that the most important facet of his candidacy was his fight against New Jersey's party boss-driven political culture. "Everything here is a headline or a deadline driving the process," Councilman Paul Presinzano said of Mayor Bhalla. Menendez looks on as Bhalla's opening remarks at a Jersey City candidate forum are filmed by a cameraman.

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Its price target of $4,380 suggests nearly 18% upside from Friday's close. "We expect numbers to reset lower (again) with the downward revision a negative catalyst for the multiple, and the margin story likely being pushed out to 2025," wrote analyst Christian Carlino. Analyst Anthony Powell accompanied the move by raising his price target to $204 from $194, implying a potential 15% rally for the stock. The investment firm upgraded the airline stock to market-perform from underperform, boosting its price target to $32 from $26. His price target of $338 per share implies upside of just 5% from Friday's close.

Persons: Bernstein, Evercore, Piper Sandler, Brian Mullan, Mullan, — Jesse Pound, Aaron Kessler, — Michelle Fox, JPMorgan downgrades Holley, Holley, Christian Carlino, Carlino, HLLY, hasn't, — Lisa Kailai Han, AvalonBay, Anthony Powell, Powell, AVB, Lisa Kailai Han, Joshua Shanker, Morgan Stanley, bullish Tesla, Tesla, Adam Jonas, Jonas, Russell Quelch, Quelch, MSCI, Arun Viswanathan, Viswanathan, Rosenblatt, Hans Mosesmann, Mosesmann, Michael Linenberg, Linenberg, David Vernon, David Raso, Raso, Assuredness, Fred Imbert, ~$ ~$ Organizations: CNBC, Airlines, Southwest Airlines, Deutsche Bank, JetBlue, Caterpillar, Foods, . Restaurant, Seaport Research, Booking Holdings Seaport Research Partners, Booking Holdings, JPMorgan, Barclays, Bank of America, AIG, of America, Tesla Network, RBC, Ball Corporation, Markets, Ball Corp, Aerospace, BAE Systems, Ball, Micro Computer, Super Micro Computer, Micro, ASM, Spirit Airlines, Bernstein, Spirit, Boeing Max, ISI, CAT Locations: Southwest, Friday's

☆ I hope Renée Rapp never succumbs to media training
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-16 | by ( Palmer Haasch | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

But her press tour for "Mean Girls" may be one of her best performances yet. This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Take this clip from the "Mean Girls" junket. Advertisement"So, I love Megan Thee Stallion. On "Today," she reflected on how she felt after being cast as Regina George in "Mean Girls" on Broadway in 2019.

Persons: —, Renée Rapp, she's, Rapp hasn't, celeb, Regina George, she'd, Buddy, Megan Thee Stallion, Rapp, Meg, Tory Lanez, Megan, Megan Thee, Mark Cuban, Lindsay Lohan, Taylor Swift, Selena Gomez's Organizations: Service, Business

☆ Simone Biles wins fourth gold of world championships as she completes first international competition since two-year break
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-08 | by ( Ben Morse | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Simone Biles won her fourth gold medal of the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships on Sunday, finishing first in the floor exercise, as she completes her first international competition since her two-year break from gymnastics. The gold in floor is Biles’ 23rd world championship gold medal and was her second of the day, having won the beam competition in Antwerp, Belgium. Simone Biles competes in the women's beam final at the world championships. Biles in action during the floor final at the 2023 world championships. Biles has now earned 30 career medals – 23 gold, four silver, three bronze – at the world championships, as well as a record 37 total medals across both the Olympics and the world championships.

Persons: CNN — Simone Biles, Rebeca Andrade, China’s Zhou Yaqin, Biles, Simone Biles, Lionel Bonaventure, It’s, Zhou, Yves Herman, Reuters Brazil’s Rebeca Andrade Organizations: CNN, Getty, Olympic, Reuters, Olympics Locations: Antwerp, Belgium, China’s, Europe, AFP

☆ India out to end decade of hurt at home World Cup
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-01 | by ( Amlan Chakraborty | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

India won the Asia Cup last month, beating former world champions Pakistan and Sri Lanka at the tournament, and have all their frontline players available after welcoming back Jasprit Bumrah, KL Rahul and Shreyas Iyer from injury. Rohit has spoken frequently about his desire to win a global title and even as firecrackers were going off in Colombo after the Asia Cup final the opener told fans to put their celebrations on hold until they win the World Cup. HOME ADVANTAGEHome comforts could prove crucial at the World Cup. Kohli may not get another chance to win the World Cup as he will be almost 39 by the time the next edition rolls in 2027. Perched on his team mates' shoulders on a victory lap of the world's largest cricket stadium after the Oct. 19 final would be a fitting World Cup farewell for another Indian batting great.

Persons: Rohit Sharma, Shreyas Iyer, Rohit, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav, Bumrah, wristspinner, Pandya, Kohli, Mahendra Singh, Sachin Tendulkar, Amlan Chakraborty, Peter Rutherford Organizations: India, Asia, Pakistan, Australia, Thomson Locations: DELHI, India, Sri Lanka, Colombo, Mumbai, New Delhi

But a person who worked closely with Ramaswamy said, "He thinks people are put on this earth to serve him." Roivant attracted investors including Masayoshi Son's SoftBank Vision Fund, Peter Thiel's Founders Fund, and the hedge fund Viking Global Investors. Former Roivant employees said Ramaswamy worked hard and expected the same of others. McLaughlin called the employee's recollection "inaccurate," adding that Ramaswamy "has never once raised his voice or used bad language with employees." At Roivant, Ramaswamy kept his politics largely to himself, former employees said.

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☆ This is the No. 1 trait you need to be more successful than most—Mark Cuban learned it by age 12
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-31 | by ( Megan Sauer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

"I was a little short chubby kid [and] my parents didn't have a lot," Cuban recounted on the show. Learning the moves to show him he was competent, had rhythm and could quickly pick up new skills, Cuban said. "It really did [help with confidence]," Cuban tells CNBC Make It in an email. "It will be the person with high confidence and lower abilities who will get the job over the person with low confidence and higher abilities." "It was the best job ever," Cuban told sportscaster Jim Rome on a podcast in 2019.

Persons: Mark Cuban, NBC's, didn't, Cuban, We've, couldn't, Bonnie Low, Kramen, Jim Rome Organizations: Dallas Mavericks, CNBC, Staff, Solutions, Indiana University

CNN —It was a familiar sight – Simone Biles twisting though the air, effortlessly and powerfully completing routines no other female gymnast has ever landed in competition. An eighth title for Biles would break the record that she currently shares with Alfred Jochim, who won his seventh title 90 years ago in 1933. Biles is the most decorated gymnast in US history, winning 32 medals across the Olympics and the world championships. Gymnastics Championships begins at 3.30 p.m. PST (6.30 p.m. ET/11.30 p.m. UK time) on Sunday. Biles will begin on vault, before taking on the uneven bars, balance beam and finishing on floor.

Persons: – Simone Biles, Alfred Jochim, “ Beams, ” Biles, “, Ezra Shaw, Biles, Shilese Jones, Skye Blakely, Peacock Organizations: CNN, US, Reuters, “, Tokyo, U.S, Gymnastics, NBC, USA, YouTube

☆ Donald Trump looks 'ready for battle' in his mugshot but 'a little bit of fear' is leaking through, a body language expert says
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-25 | by ( Rebecca Cohen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Former President Donald Trump is "ready for battle" in his Georgia mugshot, according to a body language expert. But the expert said his pose "indirectly leaks a little bit of fear" over DA Fani Willis' case. This may indicate, Driver noted, that Trump "knew it was coming" and that he might be saying [Willis] has "got a case," but that he is "going to go down fighting." "This perception may be due to the association between head size and brain size, which is often linked to intelligence," Driver noted. Driver noted of the mugshot, "This is, basically, 'You've got a case, but I'm not backing down,' versus 'You've got nothing on me, this is a joke.'"

Persons: Donald Trump, Fani Willis, Donald Trump's, he's, Trump, Janine Driver, Driver, Willis, Trump's, You've, I'm, Joe Navarro Organizations: Service, Language, JN Forensics Locations: Georgia, Wall, Silicon, mugshot, Fulton County , Georgia, Fulton Couty

☆ Harvard-trained psychologist: If you use any of these 9 phrases every day, ‘you're more emotionally secure than most'
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-29 | by ( Dr. Cortney Warren | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

If you use any of these nine phrases, you're more emotionally secure than most people:1. One of the most noticeable characteristics of emotionally secure people is that they articulate themselves well. Similar phrases: "I'm sorry, but I can't help with that because I have too many other commitments." Having a solid belief system is key to being emotionally secure because it guides our choices. When a value is violated, emotionally secure people are able to take a stance for what they believe is moral and fair.

☆ From Jay-Z to Elon Musk: Inside the rise of Quinn Emanuel partner Alex Spiro, one of the lawyers helping the billionaire break out of his $44 billion deal to buy Twitter
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-20 | by ( Jack Newsham | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +14 min

Elon Musk has fired many lawyers but hired Alex Spiro for at least five cases, with a mixed record. But there's at least one lawyer who Musk seems to get along with: Alex Spiro. Spiro had been working behind the scenes for the billionaire when he was trying to buy Twitter. But they are hardly the "hardcore street fighters" Musk wants in a lawyer, according to a recent tweet of his. It's not clear how Spiro and Musk connected in the first place, but they seem to operate on the same wavelength.

☆ Putin is suffering 'legitimate humiliation' after misjudging the West's willingness to get involved in Ukraine war, Russia expert says
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-15 | by ( Erin Snodgrass | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Putin is likely humiliated as Russia's military losses mount in Ukraine, a Russia expert told Insider. Putin's personal vendetta against Ukraine and his misplaced assuredness in Russia's military supremacy likely blinded him to the Western world's willingness to come to Ukraine's aid. "He misjudged the willingness of western governments and firms to take a hit to punish Russia, and certainly the willingness of Europe to imperil their supply of gas." The US, too, has had to make sacrifices as a result of Russia's war in Ukraine. Russia's mounting military losses in conjunction with the Western world's rallying behind Ukraine is a worst-case scenario for Putin.

☆ A psychologist says these 7 skills separate successful kids from 'the ones who struggle'—and how parents can teach them
▼ + stars: | 2022-04-16 | by ( Michele Borba | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

They tell their kids "You're special" or "You can be anything you want." Kids need an emotional vocabulary to develop empathy. Here are ways parents can teach that: Label emotions: Intentionally name emotions in context to help them build an emotion vocabulary: "You're happy!" Share feelings: Kids need opportunities to express their feelings in a safe way. To help kids build curiosity, I like to use open-ended toys, gadgets and games.

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☆ A psychologist says parents of 'exceptionally resilient and successful' kids always do these 7 things: 'Yes, some are a little intense'
▼ + stars: | 2021-05-11 | by ( Kumar Mehta | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

Based on research and studies, here are seven things (yes, some are a little intense) that parents of exceptionally resilient and successful kids always do:1. Every child is born with more advanced skills in some areas over others. They are patient when their kids ask questionsParents of the most accomplished people always make learning new things a priority. Most parents choose the latter, but parents of exceptional kids choose the specialist approach. And the sooner they develop those advanced skills, the quicker they'll develop best-in-class skills.

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