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☆ Green Bubble Stigma: Apple's Genius Marketing Trick to Make iPhones Cool
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-03 | by ( Emily Stewart | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

One thing that is definitely not "cool," it seems, is having a green text bubble. In the filing, it says people without Apple devices often feel a "social stigma, exclusion, and blame for 'breaking' chats where other participants own iPhones." "Brands that have a really well-established image, Apple's cool image, for instance, that they worked on to establish over the years — consumers really see that as a legitimate signal of their own coolness to themselves and other people." Consumers really care about using products and brands to express who they are to themselves and the world around them. And if you've ever watched "Ted Lasso" or anything else on Apple TV+, you've perhaps noticed iPhones and Apple products are ubiquitous.

Persons: Apple, Steve Jobs, you've, Ted Lasso, Louis Vuitton, Joseph Nunes, they're, They're, Joshua Clarkson, Nunes, that's, doesn't, Ordabayeva, Emily Stewart Organizations: Apple, Justice Department, Dartmouth's Tuck School of Business, Brands, Samsung, Google, Motorola, USC Marshall School of Business, University of Cincinnati, Consumers, Business Locations: New Jersey, Cupertino , California, iMessage

☆ 'Green Bubble Stigma' Shows Apple's Power to Create a Prestige Brand
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-03 | by ( Emily Stewart | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

It also is one of the most substantial exceptions to the Posse Comitatus Act, which generally prohibits using the military for law enforcement purposes. Trump has spoken openly about his plans should he win the presidency, including using the military at the border and in cities struggling with violent crime. His plans also have included using the military against foreign drug cartels, a view echoed by other Republican primary candidates such as Florida Gov. The threats have raised questions about the meaning of military oaths, presidential power and who Trump could appoint to support his approach. William Banks, a Syracuse University law professor and expert in national security law, said a military officer is not forced to follow “unlawful orders."

Persons: Donald Trump, “, I’m, ”, ” Trump, Trump, don’t, Joseph Nunn, Brennan, “ There’s, Nunn, Ron DeSantis, Nikki Haley, Michael Flynn, Flynn, Charles Q, Brown, Joe Biden's, Lyndon Johnson, Dr, Martin Luther King Jr, Johnson, John F, Kennedy, Dwight Eisenhower, Eisenhower, George H.W, Bush, Rodney King, Michael O’Hanlon, O’Hanlon, Pat Ryan, Ryan, William Banks, Banks, ” Nunn, Jill Colvin, Michelle L, Price, Linley Sanders Organizations: WASHINGTON, New, Brennan Center for Justice, Florida Gov, South, Army, FBI, Trump, Pentagon, Joint Chiefs, Staff, U.S . Capitol, AP, Republican, Washington, Civil, 101st Airborne, Central High School, National Guard, Brookings Institution, Democratic, U.S . Military Academy, Syracuse University, Associated Press Locations: Iowa, New York City, Chicago, Florida, South Carolina, U.S, Baltimore , Chicago, Rock , Arkansas, Los Angeles, New York, West, Washington

☆ Liberia’s President George Weah concedes victory to political rival
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-18 | by ( Stephanie Busari | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Liberia’s President, George Weah, has conceded defeat to opposition candidate Joseph Boakai after a tight run-off election. Weah, a former soccer star, called Boakai after the country’s National Elections Commission (NEC) released provisional results on Friday. Therefore, a few minutes ago, I spoke with President-elect Joseph N. Boakai to congratulate him on his victory. President Weah was voted into office in 2018 and will step down in January. A run-off was triggered when Weah, 57, secured a victory in an earlier October poll with a margin of just 7,000 votes over his political rival, Boakai.

Persons: CNN —, George Weah, Joseph Boakai, Weah, Joseph N, Boakai, ”, Bola Tinubu, Weah’s Organizations: CNN, Elections Commission, NEC Locations: Liberia, West, Central Africa, West Africa

☆ Exclusive: Canadian winner of gas rights on Congo's 'killer' Lake Kivu failed criteria
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-02 | by ( Sonia Rolley | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +9 min

[1/5] Aerial view shows Lake Kivu and the skyline of the city of Goma, North Kivu province, Democratic Republic of the Congo October, 21, 2023. First to be auctioned were three methane blocks in Lake Kivu, sometimes dubbed a "killer lake" because of a risk of deadly eruption. The documents do not show why Alfajiri was included in the auction, who requested that the report be edited, or why. Lake Kivu is one of three lakes in Africa scientists say are at risk of limnic eruption. The report's second version - also dated Dec. 8 and seen by Reuters - raised Alfajiri's score to 55.75, putting it ahead of Winds.

Persons: Arlette, Felix Tshisekedi, Alfajiri, Didier Budimbu, Christian Hamuli, Hamuli, Joseph Nzau, Budimbu, Alfajiri's Hamuli, vulcanologist Dario Tedesco, Alfajiri's, Frank Ihekwoaba, Alessandra Prentice, Bate Felix, Joe Bavier, Frank Jack Daniel Our Organizations: Democratic, REUTERS, Reuters, Alfajiri Energy Corporation, Investigative Journalism, Exploration, Ray Group, Ray, Thomson Locations: Lake Kivu, Goma, North Kivu province, Democratic Republic of, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Canada, Calgary, Rwanda, Kivu, Africa, Congolese, U.S

☆ I lived in a school bus and traveled the US for a year with my boyfriend. We used Taskrabbit to make money and connections.
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-27 | by ( Perri Ormont Blumberg | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Maggie Peddicord and her boyfriend, Joseph, bought a school bus and traveled in it for one year. To fund their journey and bus expenses, they both started working on the handiwork app Taskrabbit. Before I started on Taskrabbit, I worked as a research assistant at Cincinnati Children's Hospital. Once we moved in and started traveling, it cost about $500 a month for gas and other repairs and about $250 a month for groceries. Joseph networked with Taskrabbit clients by finding people who might be interested in selling or purchasing a yacht one day.

Persons: Maggie Peddicord, Joseph, —, It's, Tasker, Joseph Chazin, I, We've, van lifers, Carly Wesolowski, Taskrabbit, Here's Organizations: Service, Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Facebook Locations: Taskrabbit, Fort Collins , Colorado, Cincinnati, Banks, North Carolina, Texas, Ohio, Seattle, San Diego, Washington, DC, Columbus , Ohio, Northern Michigan, Missoula , Montana, Skokomish, San Francisco, Los Angeles . San Diego, Colorado

☆ Singapore's digital economy – from e-commerce to social media – nearly doubled in five years
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-10 | by ( Sheila Chiang | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

The study, published Friday, revealed that the economic contribution of the digital economy to Singapore's GDP nearly doubled to 106 billion Singapore dollars ($77.5 billion) in 2022, up from SG$58 billion in 2017, according to CNBC's calculations. The digital economy is divided into two parts: the information and communications sector; and digitalization in the rest of the economy. One-third of the digital economy was driven by the information and communications sector and two-thirds by digitalization in the rest of the economy. "The expansion of the digital economy has come on the back of increasing adoption of digital technologies by enterprises, which in turn contributed to the robust growth of tech manpower," IMDA said in the report. Comparatively, Singapore's digital economy performed better, contributing to 16.7% of its GDP in 2020.

Persons: Joseph Nair, IMDA Organizations: Central Business District, Getty Images, Media Development Authority, Singapore, digitalization Locations: Marina, Singapore, SINGAPORE, Estonia, Sweden, United Kingdom

☆ African climate summit seeks to shift focus to finance from floods, famine
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-31 | by ( Duncan Miriri | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

A report last year by the non-profit Climate Policy Initiative found Africa has received only 12% of the finance it needs to cope with climate impacts. The thousands of delegates are expected to debate solutions ahead of a U.N. climate summit next month in New York in September and the COP28 U.N. summit in the United Arab Emirates from the end of November. The summit's organisers also say they expect deals worth hundreds of millions of dollars to be concluded in Nairobi. In June, it hosted an auction where companies from Saudi Arabia bought more than 2.2 million tonnes of carbon credits. One project generating carbon credits in Kenya is BURN Manufacturing's production of clean cooking stoves to replace heavily polluting wood and charcoal-based fires.

Persons: Finbarr O'Reilly, Soipan Tuya, Amos Wemanya, Chris McKinney, Joseph Ng'ang'a, Duncan Miriri, Christophe Van Der, Aaron Ross, Barbara Lewis Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, Initiative, Kenyan Environment, United, United Arab Emirates, Kenya, Africa Carbon Markets, Thomson Locations: Haute Uele, Congo, Rights NAIROBI, Africa, Nairobi, New York, United Arab, Gabon, Saudi Arabia, Kenya, Egypt

☆ Carlo Vittorini, Publisher Who Lifted Parade Magazine, Dies at 94
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-13 | by ( Richard Sandomir | More About Richard Sandomir | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Carlo Vittorini, who as publisher guided Parade magazine, the nearly ubiquitous weekly Sunday newspaper supplement, to revenue and circulation heights, died on June 25 at his summer home in Nantucket, Mass. His wife, Nancy Vittorini, said the cause was congestive heart failure. Mr. Vittorini spent 50 years in the magazine business, nearly all of it when it was still thriving. In 1992, when Parade’s circulation was soaring, he confidently told The St. Joseph News-Press/Gazette of Missouri: “Nobody can get a message out as quickly as we can. Newhouse Jr., the chairman of Advance Publications, as Parade’s publisher, president and chief executive.

Persons: Carlo Vittorini, Nancy Vittorini, Vittorini, Joseph, ”, Newhouse Jr Organizations: Sunday, Joseph News, Press, of, Newsweek can’t, S.I, Advance Locations: Nantucket, of Missouri

☆ 18 Best Deals to Shop at the Container Store Memorial Day Sale
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-25 | by ( ) www.wsj.com time to read: +8 min

By Leslie YazelIt’s the age-old consumer joke: You buy things and then you have to buy more things to store those things. And while the Container Store is known for storage, the retailer sells a wide range of products. For more Memorial Day sales, see our staff picks and best deals. I used to use a terracotta disk in my brown sugar container to make it last longer without getting solidified. It is compatible with several Pop container sizes released after August 2019.

Mr. Stanbro, however, was accused of assault and after he left the hospital was put in solitary confinement. At Clinton Correctional Facility, near the Canadian border, guards kicked and punched a handcuffed man, breaking his rib. In all three cases, the staff members filed false reports to cover up the assaults, court records show, and faced no discipline. The Marshall Project obtained disciplinary data on more than 290 cases in which the corrections department tried to fire guards or supervisors accused of abusing prisoners. In nearly three-quarters of those cases, the agency also accused the officers of covering up misconduct, often by acting in concert.

An officer who broke his baton hitting a prisoner 35 times, even after the man was handcuffed, was not fired. In dozens of documented cases involving severe injuries of prisoners, including three deaths, the agency did not even try to discipline officers, state records show. The records probably reflect only a fraction of the violence guards have inflicted in New York’s corrections system, experts said. These records do not detail prisoner attacks on officers, which the department and the guards’ union said have increased in recent years. A key reason the prison system finds it so hard to get rid of guards is the contract the state signed in 1972 with the union.

☆ Vikings complete biggest comeback in NFL history, beat Colts in overtime
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-17 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/5] Dec 17, 2022; Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA; Minnesota Vikings running back Dalvin Cook (4) scores on a touchdown reception as Indianapolis Colts safety Rodney McLeod (26) and safety Julian Blackmon (32) pursue late during the fourth quarter at U.S. Bank Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jeffrey Becker-USA TODAY SportsDec 17 (Reuters) - The Minnesota Vikings pulled off the biggest comeback in National Football League history on Saturday when they rallied from a 33-0 halftime deficit to beat the visiting Indianapolis Colts 39-36 in overtime. The previous record for the biggest comeback in NFL history was set by the Buffalo Bills in 1993 when they erased a 35-3 third quarter deficit to beat the Houston Oilers 41-38 in overtime of a wild card playoff game. The victory also handed Indianapolis quarterback Ryan the dubious distinction of having been on the losing end of both the largest comeback in Super Bowl history and NFL history. Reporting by Frank Pingue in Toronto Editing by Toby DavisOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ FTX founder's remarks pose challenge for his lawyers
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-18 | by ( Andrew Goudsward | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Nov 18 (Reuters) - FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried, facing mounting legal challenges over the collapse of his cryptocurrency exchange, may have harmed his defense by speaking publicly in recent days, legal experts said. Bankman-Fried has sought to explain the implosion of FTX and disparaged government regulators in posts on Twitter and conversations with reporters. Attorneys said such statements will likely make life more difficult for the defense lawyers seeking to manage fallout from the exchange’s demise and navigate multiple federal investigations. His law firm represents many other financial industry clients. Joseph is a former president of the American College of Trial Lawyers who has written about racketeering law and rules of evidence.

☆ CFOs Boost Currency Protections, Extend Hedge Contracts as Strong Dollar Takes Toll
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-07 | by ( Nina Trentmann | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +6 min

Changes to companies’ hedge contracts include covering larger amounts of earnings as well as longer durations beyond the usual 18 to 24 months. Newsletter Sign-up WSJ | CFO Journal The Morning Ledger provides daily news and insights on corporate finance from the CFO Journal team. There are growing indicators of the impact of the strengthening dollar on companies’ results and stocks, according to Goldman Sachs Group Inc. Many companies have hedges in place to protect cash flows, earnings and balance sheets from currency fluctuations, said Mr. Neu. Prologis Inc., a San Francisco-based operator of warehouses, is working to extend its hedges, CFO Tim Arndt said.

☆ Factbox: Europe's efforts to shield households from soaring energy costs
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-02 | by ( Susanna Twidale | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +9 min

Without the measure, average home energy bills were tipped to reach over 3,500 pounds a year in October with forecasts of much higher bills to come. CZECH REPUBLICThe Czech government has agreed to cap electricity and gas prices next year to shield households from soaring prices. ITALYItaly approved an aid package worth some 14 billion euros ($14 billion) in September to shield firms and families from surging energy costs. The measures came on top of some 52 billion euros already budgeted since January to soften the energy crisis in Italy. NORWAYNorway has been subsidising household electricity bills since December and now covers 80% of the portion of power bills above a certain rate.

☆ Cozi imense la prezidențialele din Uganda: Liderul țării timp de 40 de ani, Museveni, înfruntă o vedetă pop
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-14 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +4 min

Votul a fost întârziat în câteva locații din Kampala și a început cu aproape jumătate de oră după startul oficial de la ora 7.00 (ora locală). Museveni a condus Uganda fără pauză de la acapararea puterii în 1986, când a ajutat la încheierea anilor de tiranie de sub Idi Amin. Perioada de dinaintea zilei alegerilor a fost marcată de represiuni împotriva rivalilor lui Museveni și a criticilor anti-guvernamentali dar și de atacuri fără precedent asupra presei și a activiștilor pentru drepturile omului. Însă, Wine, al cărui nume real este Robert Kyagulanyi, a acuzat șeful statului că prezidează asupra corupției și a eșuat în a creea locuri de muncă. Populația are o vârstă medie de mai puțin de 16 ani, iar mulți cetățeni ai Ugandei nu au văzut alt lider în afara lui Museveni, scrie digi24.ro.

Persons: Museveni, Wine, Joseph Nsuduga, Miercuri, Natalie Brown, Robert Kyagulanyi Organizations: ONU, Uniunea, Naționale Locations: Est - Africană, Uganda, SUA, UE, Uniunea Africană, Ugandei

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