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☆ It's hard to use printers to build houses. This startup says it's found a solution — by creating a 3D printed home starter kit.
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-12 | by ( Brittany Chang | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Roadblocks stand between startups and their promise of cheaper and quickly built 3D printed homes. NEW LOOK Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . But amid this quest to alleviate the US housing crisis, the nascent 3D printing construction industry has continued to face major roadblocks. This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers.

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☆ Walmart is selling a $248 dupe of a cozy West Elm swivel chair that costs $899
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-30 | by ( Lauren Edmonds | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Walmart is selling a dupe of a pricey West Elm swivel chair. Walmart's Mira Velvet Swivel Chair costs $248, while West Elm's Cozy Swivel Chair costs as much as $899. AdvertisementOn Monday, Apartment Therapy's Morgan Pryor noted that the swivel chair sold at Walmart is a near-identical dupe to West Elm's Cozy Swivel Chair. The West Elm Cozy Swivel Chair. The West Elm Cozy Swivel Chair for $899.

Persons: Walmart's, Cozy, —, @guiliannagm, Therapy's Morgan Pryor, Stanley Organizations: Walmart, West, Service, Gardens, Shoppers, Twitter, Costco, Sam's Club Locations: Elm

☆ Mass layoffs hit Sports Illustrated staff
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-19 | by ( Rob Wile | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

The publisher of Sports Illustrated is laying off much of the storied magazine's entire staff. The news, first reported by Front Office Sports, came less than 24 hours after publisher The Arena Group announced "a significant reduction in its workforce," comprising 100 employees. According to FOS, Sports Illustrated's parent company, Authentic Brands Group, has sought to revoke Arena's license to publish SI after Arena missed a payment. The union representing SI's staff said in a tweeted statement that it had been notified of Arena's intention to "lay off a significant number, possibly all" of its union-represented staff. "This is another difficult day in what has been a difficult four years for Sports Illustrated under Arena Group (previously The Maven) stewardship," the union said in a statement.

Persons: Richard Deitsch, Long, Ross Levinsohn, Manoj Bhargava, Bhargava Organizations: Sports Illustrated, Front Office Sports, Arena, Authentic Brands, The, Arena Group, SI, Authentic Brands Group, NBC News, Time Inc, Meredith Corp, Better Homes, Gardens, Sports, Innovations Ventures, Men's, Sports Illustrated Resorts Locations: Dominican Republic

☆ 'Bookshelf wealth' is the latest way to show people you're genuine
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-16 | by ( Kylie Kirschner | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Here's a new trend to learn for your next cocktail party: Bookshelf wealth. Bookshelf wealth — an interior design trend profiled in House Beautiful, Better Homes & Gardens, and now The New York Times — rejects a perfectly staged, hyper-curated room in favor of a look that's a little more messy and quirky. Advertisement"What separates this from other interior design styles is that these homes look cozy and lived in," says interior design creator Kailee Blalock in a TikTok video posted by @houseofhive. A particular interior design aesthetic that can only be achieved through not trying too hard and displaying items that are meaningful might sound a bit oxymoronic. Advertisement"Bookshelf wealth might be the saddest, most pathetic trend I have ever heard of," Interior design creator Marissa Warner said in a TikTok post on her account, @TheHomeNarrative.

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☆ The USDA's new plant zone map could change how you garden, including when and what you grow
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-21 | by ( Grace Eliza Goodwin | Jenny Mcgrath | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

According to the new map, central Arkansas shifted half a zone up from zone 7b to zone 8a since the USDA last updated its map in 2012. The 2023 USDA map shows warmer zones in central Michigan, as well as shifts in some Northeastern states. AdvertisementLimitations of the USDA's new plant zone map"The map is a guideline, not a guarantee," Foster wrote, and plants can thrive in several zones. AdvertisementIn the Northwestern US, the 2023 USDA map (left) shows some regions of Montana in new, warmer zones. Sections of the South Central US, including Houston, Texas, and New Orleans, Louisiana, have changed to new zones in the 2023 USDA map (left).

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☆ Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg — Reporter at The Wall Street Journal
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-09 | by ( Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +2 min

Jeffrey A. TrachtenbergJeffrey Trachtenberg covers the book industry and is part of the Journal’s Media and Marketing Bureau in New York. Other topics in Jeff’s coverage have included the popularity of political books, debates over “cancel culture” within publishing houses and other literary trends. Jeff co-authored a 2021 series on the succession drama at Scholastic, following the unexpected death of the children’s publisher’s longtime boss. Jeff has also covered the magazine industry for the Journal, chronicling how giants such as Condé Nast have sought to pivot from a focus on glossy print titles into online publishers. Previously, Jeff covered the retailing, consumer electronics and music industries for the Journal, reporting on such big retail chains as Federated Department Stores and Saks Fifth Avenue, and the music arms of Sony, Bertelsmann and Polygram.

Persons: Jeffrey A, Trachtenberg Jeffrey Trachtenberg, he’s, Barnes, Noble, Jimmy Carter, Philip Roth, J.K, Rowling, Jeff, Condé Nast, Barry, Meredith, Ralph Lauren, Jacqueline Bisset, Kirk Douglas, Lew Wasserman Organizations: Journal’s Media, Marketing Bureau, Scholastic, IAC, Better Homes, Gardens, Federated Department Stores, Saks Fifth, Sony, Bertelsmann, Polygram, Forbes, Franklin & Marshall College Locations: New York, Westchester, N.Y

☆ Two young tech workers share why they relocated to Arkansas from Texas and California
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-14 | by ( Jordan Pandy | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

They stayed in Bentonville, Arkansas, for three days and stopped in Fayetteville — about 330 miles from Dallas — for coffee on the way back. Northwest Arkansas, which consists of Benton, Madison, and Washington counties, has become the country's 100th-largest metro area. Northwest Arkansas' plan to bring in new talentCompanies like Walmart, Tyson Foods, and JB Hunt are headquartered in Northwest Arkansas and have been attracting movers for years. The Northwest Arkansas Council tried luring remote tech talent with $10,000 and a mountain bike. Do you work in tech and recently move to Northwest Arkansas?

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☆ 2023 layoff tracker: The latest on which companies have announced job cuts
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-25 | by ( Jennifer Korn | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +20 min

New York CNN —BuzzFeed, Lyft, Whole Foods and Deloitte all recently announced layoffs affecting thousands of US workers. With 11,000 job cuts announced in November and the 10,000 announced in March, Meta’s headcount will fall to around 66,000 — a total reduction of about 25%. The company announced in January that it was eliminating some 18,000 positions as part of a major cost-cutting bid at the e-commerce giant. IndeedJob listing website Indeed.com announced cuts of approximately 2,200 employees, representing almost 15% of its total workforce, the company said in March. The cuts come after the company announced several rounds of job cuts throughout the pandemic due to falling demand, followed by rapid hiring last year.

There had been conflicting signals over the likely timing of the presidential and parliamentary elections since last month's earthquake, with some suggesting they could be postponed until later in the year or could be held as scheduled on June 18. Erdogan has faced a wave of criticism over his government's handling of the deadliest quake in the nation's modern history. Now he also must contend with criticism over the response to the quake in a region that traditionally backed him. The quake also injured 108,000 people in Turkey. Some two million people were registered as having fled the region, which has been hit by more than 11,000 aftershocks, AFAD said.

☆ Mega-publisher Dotdash Meredith cuts 7% of its workforce, citing weakened ad market
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-26 | by ( Oliver Darcy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

It’s the latest example in a brutal wave of layoffs that have consumed the media and technology industries. In making the job cuts at Dotdash Meredith, which will impact 274 employees, CEO Neil Vogel cited the poor economic terrain the company is trying to navigate. In recent months, the media and technology sectors have taken a battering as advertisers tighten spending amid economic uncertainty. CNN, NBC News, MSNBC, Vox Media, The Washington Post, BuzzFeed, Gannett and other news organizations have cut their workforces in recent months. Google said it had made the decision to eliminate 6% of its workforce, which translates to approximately 12,000 jobs.

☆ Aromatherapy spray that killed two people in a multistate outbreak also killed pet raccoon
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-16 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Mirna-Alsharif-Byline-Jm.Jpg | Mirna Alsharif | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

A lavender and chamomile-scented aromatherapy spray contaminated with deadly bacteria that killed two people has also killed one of the victim's pet raccoon, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The spray was linked to a multistate outbreak that killed a 5-year-old boy in Georgia and a 53-year-old woman in Kansas. The aromatherapy spray was also the source of the illness of a 53-year-old man in Minnesota and a 4-year-old girl in Texas. According to the CDC, the Texas patient's previously healthy pet raccoon broke a bottle of the spray and walked through the liquid. The bacteria Burkholderia pseudomallei are rarely found in the United States and are generally found in contaminated soil or water in parts of South and Southeast Asia.

☆ Most Americans don't think life will be better for today's kids
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-25 | by ( Juliana Kaplan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Americans were asked if they think life will be better for the next generation, and most don't think so. How likely do you think it is that today's youth will have a better life than their parents--very likely, somewhat likely, somewhat unlikely, or very unlikely?" Just 13% said it was very likely, and 29% said it was somewhat likely. Republicans drove the drop in optimism, with just a third saying that they think the next generation will fare better. But Democrats — the majority of whom do think things will get better — still saw their optimism at its lowest-ever.

☆ The CEO of Barry Diller's IAC says Netflix with ads will be a double blow to network TV revenue: 'Now they're losing audience and losing scarcity.'
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-20 | by ( Claire Atkinson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

The growth of ad-supported streaming at scale is set to challenge the $60 billion TV ad business. One top internet executive, IAC CEO Joey Levin, says Netflix will destroy networks' scarcity argument. Wall Street also is waiting to see if Netflix draws ad dollars from social media or TV. Traditional TV networks are about to lose one of their main arguments for charging big rates for ads. Netflix's arrival on Madison Avenue next year is going to erode the hugely lucrative TV ad business, said Levin, who spoke with Insider in September.

☆ 7 people who left California detail the bigger and better homes they were able to buy or rent in their new locations
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-15 | by ( Jordan Pandy | Robert Davis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +12 min

Seven people who chose to leave California told Insider about the bigger and better homes they could afford in other locations. Brittany PhillipsName: Brittany Phillips, 37Profession: Hairstylist making about $85,000 a yearHome in California: Phillips shared a three-bedroom, 1,353-square-foot house with a roommate. Home in Florida: Phillips and her 13-year-old daughter moved in with her parents in a northwest Florida hot spot, Panama City Beach. Worst part of California: Phillips felt that California is simply unaffordable. Worst part of California: Berube said Chino Hills was getting crowded and expensive.

☆ Jesse Watters' rise at Fox, from Bill O'Reilly's ambush man to Tucker Carlson wannabe
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-27 | by ( Noah Hurowitz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +23 min

At the time, Watters was best known for pulling off elaborately planned ambush interviews on "The O'Reilly Factor," then Fox News' top-rated show. When Grim picked his phone up and trained it again on Watters, the smile was gone from Watters' face. Watters on the set of his show "Jesse Watters Primetime." In early 2022, "Jesse Watters Primetime" debuted, airing right before "Hannity." Watters, whose entire career has been at Fox News, might be a safer bet, according to Muto, the former O'Reilly producer.

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☆ Walmart enters the metaverse with Roblox experiences aimed at younger shoppers
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-26 | by ( Melissa Repko | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Walmart has two experiences in Roblox. Walmart is entering the metaverse with two experiences premiering Monday on online gaming platform Roblox. Roblox will serve as a testing ground for Walmart as it considers moves in the metaverse and beyond, said William White, Walmart's chief marketing officer. Some of the trademarks indicated interest in making or selling virtual goods and offering users virtual currency, as well as non-fungible tokens or NFTs. In a year-in-review blog post, Roblox called out the success of brand experiences, including top destinations for users who are 17 or older.

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