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☆ Pop art: Explaining it’s enduring appeal
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-18 | by ( Christian House | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —As accidental adverts for art shows go, a giant pooch made of flowers is a crowd pleaser. Outside the Guggenheim Bilbao in northern Spain, Jeff Koons’ much-loved flower 1992 sculpture “Puppy,” shows how Pop art — that high kick of counter-intuitive artistic expression so often equated with the 1960s — never really went away. The Pop baton has been handed over numerous times in art history. The Guggenheim Museum was pivotal to the development of the movement, both in terms of its fame and its art historical importance. The show features works by many American Pop art A-listers like Roy Lichtenstein (above).

Persons: Jeff Koons ’, —, Koons, Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, Robert Rauschenberg —, Lauren Hinkson, ” Erika Ede, ”, Claes Oldenburg, Maurizio Cattelan, Pinocchio, Lucia Hierro, Warhol, Lichtenstein, Rauschenberg, Jasper Johns, James Rosenquist, Jim Dine, Coosje van Bruggen, Frank Lloyd Wright, Erika Ede, Joan Young, “ Andy Warhol, “, Lucía Hierro, Hierro, Lucía Guzmán, –, “ I’ve, begonias, Pop Organizations: CNN, Guggenheim, Highland, Guggenheim Museum Locations: Spain, York, Manhattan, Bilbao, Dominican American, New York, Hierro

☆ Check out some of the art masterpieces in the record $300 million gift to a US university
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-16 | by ( Rebecca Rommen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

An art collector donated the largest art gift ever to a US university, Seattle University said. Property developer Richard Hedreen donated a $300 million collection to the university. AdvertisementAn art collector has made the largest-ever art donation to a US university, Seattle University said in a press release earlier this week. Richard Hedreen gifted the private Jesuit university more than 200 works worth a total of $300 million to create the Seattle University Museum of Art. "My wife, Betty, attended Seattle University, and I am giving the collection to the university in her honor," Hedreen said.

Persons: Richard Hedreen, Roy Lichtenstein, —, Betty, Hedreen, Elizabeth, Seattle University Hedreen, Rashid Johnson seascape, Andy Warhol, Willem de Kooning, Lucien Freud, Dick, Betty Hedreen, Patrick J, Callans, Eduardo Peñalver, Giovanni TOSCANI, Amy Sherald, Pablo Picasso's, Gustav Klimt's, Fächer Organizations: Seattle University, Service, Jesuit, Seattle University Museum of Art, Roy Lichtenstein Seattle University, Trustees, Giovanni TOSCANI Seattle, Seattle University's Jesuit, Financial Times, Amy Sherald Seattle University Locations: Seattle

☆ Duke's 3-year fraud investigation into Dan Ariely has ended, and the star professor still has a job. Does he want it?
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-22 | by ( Kate Taylor | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +17 min

For years, the Duke professor Dan Ariely was at the top of his game. Three professors behind the blog Data Colada reported evidence of fake data in a 2012 paper Ariely coauthored on honesty pledges. "When people do take a risk and they succeed, everybody enjoys it," Ariely told BI. In 2010, Ariely told NPR that two dentists examining the same teeth for cavities would agree only 50% of the time, citing research from Delta Dental. While the board originally said it would "unanimously stand in support of President Gay," Gay stepped down in early January in response to the backlash.

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DOHA, Qatar (AP) — China's Pan Zhanle backed up his world record in the swimming relays by winning the men's 100-meter freestyle at the World Aquatics Championships on Thursday. The 19-year-old Pan swam the fastest 100 in history with a time of 46.80 seconds in the lead-off leg of China’s gold medal-winning 4x100 relay team. HIGH DIVINGWith a huge final dive, Britain's Aidan Heslop claimed the men's title off the 27-meter tower at Doha Old Port. WATER POLOCroatia advanced to the Saturday championship in men's water polo with a 17-16 semifinal victory over France on penalties. Italy claimed the other spot in the final with an 8-6 victory over Spain.

Persons: Zhanle, Pan, didn't, ” Pan, let's, ”, Caeleb Dressel, Kyle Chalmers, Alessandro Miressi, Hungary's Nandor Nemeth, Britain's Laura Stephens, Helena Rosendahl Bach, Lana Pudar, Rachel Klinker, ” Stephens, “, Sarah Sjöström, Swede, Aidan Heslop, France's Gary Hunt, Catalin, Petru Preda, James Lichtenstein, Heslop, you’ve, ” Heslop, ___ Organizations: Paris, Olympic, Doha, Doha Old Port, Croatia Locations: DOHA, Qatar, Paris, Australia, Italy, Denmark, Bosnia, Herzegovina, Doha, United States, France, Croatia, Spain

☆ More Cheese, Please: Farmers Are Squeezing Cows for Fattier Milk
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-13 | by ( Kirk Maltais | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Dairy farmers look to different breeds and feeds in the quest for more butterfat. Photo: Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty ImagesAmericans are eating more cheese and butter. That has dairy farmers scrambling to get their cows to produce fattier milk. The efforts include using different cow breeds and feed mixes, and making sure animals are comfortable and don’t get too hot. The result is that the average amount of butterfat in milk produced by U.S. dairy herds has climbed past 4% and above the previous record set during World War II.

Persons: Andrew Lichtenstein, don’t Organizations: Getty Images Locations: U.S

☆ Crypto’s 2023 was marred by fraud and scandal. It was its best year ever
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-24 | by ( Allison Morrow | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

New York CNN —Crypto’s 14th year in existence was one marred by scandal, bankruptcy, fraud and regulatory squabbling. Bitcoin, the crypto’s bellwether asset, is up 160% for the year. “It was the year of crypto’s resiliency,” Kyla Curley, a crypto expert and partner at global advisory StoneTurn, tells CNN. “Fraud is fraud,” Curley says, “Regardless of the technology or the industry … you cannot stop human nature. Adding to that bullish sentiment: the bitcoin halving, or, more menacingly, “the halvening.”While it’s often a buy-the-hype-sell-the-news kind of event, the halving does tend to push bitcoin higher.

Persons: New York CNN —, “, ”, Sam Bankman, Zhao, Alex Mashinsky, Heather “ Razzlekhan ” Morgan, Ilya Lichtenstein, ‘, Bonnie, Clyde ’, Bitcoin, crypto’s, ” Kyla Curley, ” Curley, Changpeng Zhao, Eduardo Munoz, Costas Baltas, Faryar Shirzad, bitcoin, ” Antoni Trenchev, ” Trenchev, Warren Buffett, Anthony Scaramucci, “ Bitcoin Organizations: New, New York CNN, New York CNN — Crypto’s, CNN, Department of Justice, crypto’s, grifters, Bitcoiners, SkyBridge Locations: New York, SBF, Bitcoin

☆ One identical twin went vegan while the other didn’t. See what happened
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-30 | by ( Sandee Lamotte | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

A vegan diet differs from a vegetarian diet in that it eliminates not only animal flesh but dairy, eggs or any other ingredient derived from animals. In each pair, one twin was assigned a vegan diet, while the other was assigned an omnivore diet. “I feel like a lot of people who do a vegan diet think ‘Oh great, soda is vegan. Cutting back on eating meat and animal byproducts can be done slowly, bit by bit. Harvard’s Hu agreed: “While this study showed a vegan diet may provide additional advantages compared to a healthy omnivorous diet, it does not mean that everyone should become a vegan or vegetarian.

Persons: ”, Christopher Gardner, Gardner, “, ” Alice Lichtenstein, Frank Hu, ” Hu, ” Gardner, “ I’m, quinoa, there’s, Harvard’s Hu Organizations: CNN, Stanford Prevention Research Center, Nutrition Studies Research, Stanford, Tufts University’s Cardiovascular Nutrition Laboratory, Harvard, of Public Health, JAMA Locations: Palo Alto , California, Chan, Boston, Brussels, Yukon

They spoke to The Associated Press in the months leading up to Rosalynn Carter's death Sunday at age 96. “I do not think there has ever been another sort of leader in the mental health field who has had as much of an impact on mental health care and access to care and how we think about mental health and mental illness as Mrs. Carter,” Cade said. Then, as president, he created a national commission on mental health, which led to the passage of the Mental Health Systems Act of 1980, a major revamping of federal policy that sought to treat people with mental illness in their communities. Those who worked with her over the decades say Carter’s accomplishments were rooted in her compassion and listening skills. What else could we be doing?”____Associated Press reporter Holly Ramer received a 2017-18 Rosalynn Carter Fellowship for Mental Health Journalism.

Persons: Rosalynn Carter, ”, “ feebleminded, Hugh Gallen, Dayton Duncan, “, ” Duncan, Jimmy, Kathy Cade, Rosalynn, Carter, ” Cade, ” Rosalynn Carter, Jimmy Carter, Reagan, Cynthia Wainscott, you’re, Wainscott, Bill Lichtenstein, ” Lichtenstein, Lichtenstein, Marion Scher, ” Scher, Cade, Holly Ramer Organizations: CONCORD, U.S . Justice Department, Gov, Laconia State School, White, Carter, Associated Press, Mental Health Systems, Carter Center, Mental Health America, National Mental Health Association of Georgia, ABC News, The Carter Center, Mental Health Journalism Locations: N.H, Laconia , New Hampshire, Laconia, Atlanta, Georgia, Boston, U.S, South Africa

☆ Federal Takeover Sought for Rikers Island
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-18 | by ( Corinne Ramey | Erin Ailworth | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Rikers Island houses thousands of defendants awaiting trial in New York City in addition to convicted inmates serving short sentences. Photo: Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis/Getty ImagesManhattan’s top federal prosecutor and lawyers for people detained at Rikers Island asked a judge to take the rare step of ordering a federal takeover of the troubled New York jail complex, saying city officials could no longer manage a facility dominated by brutal conditions. The formal request comes after years of litigation over safety at Rikers Island, which houses thousands of defendants awaiting trial in addition to convicted inmates serving short sentences. The lawyers also asked that a judge find New York City in contempt for violating prior court orders requiring improved conditions at its jails.

Persons: Andrew Lichtenstein Organizations: New Locations: New York City, York, Rikers

☆ A 'sea change' may be coming for investment advice about 401(k)-to-IRA rollovers, one expert says
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-08 | by ( Greg Iacurci | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesWhy Labor Department wants to raise protectionsIn 2020, about 5.7 million Americans rolled a total $618 billion into IRAs, according to most recent IRS data. IRAs held about $11.5 trillion in 2022, almost double the $6.6 trillion in 401(k) plans, according to the Investment Company Institute. Here's the problem, in the eyes of the Labor Department: 401(k) investors have certain protections that don't generally extend to IRA investments or the advice to move money to IRAs. "ERISA fiduciary duties are the highest fiduciary duties under U.S. law," said Josh Lichtenstein, partner at law firm Ropes & Gray. That advice typically generates compensation like a commission for the broker or agent, and the Labor Department is concerned those incentives may bias recommendations for certain investments that pay them more but aren't in an investor's best interests.

Persons: IRAs, Josh Lichtenstein, Pew, Julie A, Su, Tom Williams, David Levine Organizations: Bloomberg, Getty, Labor Department, Investment Company Institute, ICI, Gray, Investors, Pew, Trusts, Labor, Health, Education, Washington , D.C, CQ, Inc, The Labor Department, White House Council, Economic Advisers, Groom Law Locations: rollovers, IRAs, Washington ,

☆ Daniil Medvedev booed off the court after Paris Masters exit, while Novak Djokovic eases through
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-02 | by ( Samuel Joseph | Sam Joseph | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

3 Daniil Medvedev also faced a shock second round defeat at the Paris Masters, losing in three sets to Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov on Wednesday. After Dimitrov took the first set 6-3 and with the score locked at 5-5 in the second, Medvedev threw his racket before stepping up to serve. Despite the disruption, Medvedev managed to level things up and won the second set tie-break to send the match to a deciding final set. Djokovic, who hold the record for the most Masters 1000 tournament wins, celebrates after the match. With Medvedev and Alcaraz both suffering earlier-than-planned exits, Djokovic’s path to a 40th Masters title may have just gotten slightly easier.

Persons: Carlos Alcaraz’s, Daniil Medvedev, Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov, Dimitrov, Medvedev, Antonio Borga, Renaud Lichtenstein –, ” Medvedev, Alexander Bublik, jeered, “, ”, Novak Djokovic breezed, Tomás Martín, Djokovic, Stephanie Lecocq, Reuters Djokovic, Alcaraz Organizations: CNN, Paris Masters, Bulgarian, Medvedev, Reuters, Argentine Locations: Eurasia, Paris, Serbia

☆ Red meat linked to risk of type 2 diabetes, study finds
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-19 | by ( Kristen Rogers | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

I hope our study could settle the debate regarding whether we should limit red meat intake for health concerns or not.”Eating certain amounts of red meat has been linked with higher risk of developing type 2 diabetes. The authors studied 216,695 people who had participated in the Nurses’ Health Study, the Nurses’ Health Study II and the Health Professionals Follow-up Study, all of which recruited participants from around 1976 to 1989. Eating the most processed or unprocessed red meat was linked with a 51% and 40% higher risk of type 2 diabetes, respectively. But multiple biological factors could have affected the relationship between red meat and type 2 diabetes, the authors said. “Consistently reported, dairy, legumes and nuts are the best foods with which to replace the red meat,” she added.

Persons: ”, Xiao Gu, ” Gu, White, Alice Lichtenstein, Gershoff, Lichtenstein wasn’t, Lichtenstein, Gunter Kuhnle, wasn’t, “, Walter C, Willett, Harvard T.H, Gu Organizations: CNN, Harvard, American, Clinical Nutrition, of Public Health, Nurses, Health, NHS, Nutrition Science, Tufts University, Nutrition Laboratory, University of Reading Locations: Chan, North America, Boston

☆ Home Sweet Times Square: How New York City can save Midtown Manhattan from the 'urban doom loop'
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-08 | by ( Eliza Relman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

And New York City has had success transforming single-use office districts, most notably Lower Manhattan's financial district, into more vibrant mixed-use places. Times Square is one of those, according to Tom Harris, president of the Times Square Alliance, which represents the district's businesses. AdvertisementAdvertisement"I'm not negating it, but certainly the opportunities south of Times Square, to the west of Times Square, are a little bit better for development of the housing stock," he said. The mix of businesses around Times Square has changed in a way that could be appealing to potential residents. Times Square lost 179 businesses during the pandemic, but has since welcomed more than 180 new businesses into the neighborhood, according to the Times Square Alliance.

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☆ Black UAW workers won progress in America's auto industry. They are on strike for its future
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-07 | by ( Nathaniel Meyersohn | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

The percentage of Black workers in the auto industry today is more than double their share of the workforce overall. But the decline in US auto jobs and the erosion of unions have hit Black workers hardest. Black workers are likelier to belong to unions, in any industry, compared to White and Hispanic workers. Black union workers earn on average 16.4% higher wages than non-union Black workers, and they are likelier to have health care and retirement benefits, studies show. Hard-won gains disappearSoon after Black auto workers broke into better paying jobs, the US auto industry began its long decline, decimating Black communities in particular.

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☆ Hispanic unemployment rate declines in September
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-06 | by ( Samantha Subin | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Andrew Lichtenstein | Corbis News | Getty ImagesThe U.S. unemployment rate held steady in September, but ticked down among Hispanic workers, according to data released Friday by the U.S. Labor Department. The unemployment rate held steady at 3.8%, and came in slightly ahead of a 3.7% forecast. Broken down, it dipped to 4.3% from 4.4% among Hispanic women and held steady at 4.3% for Hispanic men. However, it does mark a stark from the depths of the pandemic when the group experienced the highest unemployment rate, according to Gould. Among Black men, the unemployment rate increased to 5.6% from 5%, and fell to 4.5% from 4.7% among Black women.

Persons: Andrew Lichtenstein, September's nonfarm, Dow Jones, Michelle Holder, Elise Gould, Gould Organizations: Brooklyn Puerto Rico Day, Corbis, U.S . Labor Department, John Jay College, Economic Policy Institute Locations: Bushwick, Brooklyn , New York, New York

☆ New U.A.W. Chief Has a Nonnegotiable Demand: Eat the Rich
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-05 | by ( David Streitfeld | More About David Streitfeld | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Nelson Lichtenstein, a labor historian, said he saw Mr. Fain as a throwback. leadership in a long while, reaching back to the 1930s and 1940s,” Mr. Lichtenstein said. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the “pyramid of success” developed by John Wooden, the coach who produced a U.C.L.A. Mr. Fain copes with stress by working out and listening to music, cranking up selections from the entire spectrum — hip-hop, ’80s rock, Metallica, Frank Sinatra. He’s still getting used to the job, and to the fact that Shawn Fain from Kokomo Local 1166 is the U.A.W.

Persons: Nelson Lichtenstein, Fain, ” Mr, Lichtenstein, Bernie Sanders, Walter Reuther, Martin Luther King Jr, ”, John Wooden, Patrick Anderson, cranking, Frank Sinatra, He’s, Shawn Fain, U.A.W Organizations: Anderson Economic Group Locations: Vermont, East Lansing, Mich, Kokomo

☆ The full moon has different names for each month. Here's the meaning and origin for the whole lunar calendar.
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-26 | by ( Morgan Mcfall-Johnsen | Jenny Mcgrath | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

The next full moon will be a harvest moon, rising on September 29. AdvertisementAdvertisementSeptember: harvest moon, "corn moon," "barley moon"Amish people harvest corn in Maryland. A harvest moon sometimes occurs in October (the moon doesn't follow the Gregorian calendar), but it's always the full moon closest to the autumnal equinox. The next worm moon: March 25, 2024April: "pink moon," "sprouting grass moon," "egg moon," "fish moon"Wildflowers along the California coastline in Big Sur at sunset. AdvertisementAdvertisementThe next seasonal blue moon: August 19, 2024The next monthly blue moon: August 19, 2024

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☆ Auto jobs are booming in the union-hostile South
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-20 | by ( Nathaniel Meyersohn | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

New York CNN —Looming over the United Auto Workers strike: Automakers’ continued migration to the anti-union South. Jobs at nonunion EV battery facilities pay less than the roughly $32 an hour that veteran UAW workers make. Since 1990, the South’s share of auto jobs has doubled from around 15% to 30% today, according to S&P Global Market Intelligence. Mostly nonunion EV jobs and manufacturing investments are surging in Southern states led by Republicans. The South has picked up 66% of planned EV jobs, while projects in Midwestern states such as Michigan, Indiana, Kansas and Ohio have combined for 26% of planned jobs, according to S&P Global.

Persons: ’, Ford, nonunion autoworkers, ”, Stephen Silvia, Southern, Mason, Honda, Deni McIntyre, unionize, “ It’s, Nelson Lichtenstein, Jeffrey Greenberg, Lichtenstein, Bill Lee, Nikki Haley, Houston Cofield, Biden, Biden’s, Shawn Fain Organizations: New, New York CNN, United Auto Workers, General Motors, Volvo, Benz, BMW, Toyota, Hyundai, American University, Southern Gamble, Workers, Foreign, Ford, GM, Dixon, Midwest, UAW, EV, P Global Market Intelligence, Nissan, Mercedes, Volkswagen, Kia, CNN, University of California, Clinton Presidency, Universal, Southern Republican, South . Tennessee Gov, Former South Carolina Gov, Republicans, North Carolina –, Environmental Defense Fund, P Global, Ford Motor Co, SK Innovation Co, Bloomberg, Getty, Big Three Locations: New York, Detroit, Smyrna , Tennessee, Spartanburg , South Carolina, Vance , Alabama, Lincoln , Alabama, Germany, Santa Barbara, Clinton, Korean, United States, Tennessee, Kentucky, Alabama, South, Chattanooga, Southern, – Georgia, South Carolina , Kentucky, North Carolina, Midwest . Georgia, Michigan, Indiana , Kansas, Ohio, Stanton , Tennessee, BlueOval

☆ I was arrested for trying to buy cannabis 15 years ago. Now, I run a multi-million dollar business selling weed.
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-17 | by ( Yoonji Han | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Keshawn Warner is the cofounder of Dazed, a cannabis dispensary in Massachusetts and New York. AdvertisementAdvertisementThis is an as-told-to essay based on a conversation with Keshawn Warner, co-founder of the cannabis dispensary Dazed. Then, in 2008, at the height of the stop and frisk era, I was arrested for trying to buy cannabis. A Dazed cannabis dispensary. AdvertisementAdvertisementWhen we heard that New York had legalized cannabis and was opening up its cannabis industry, my ears perked up.

Persons: Keshawn Warner, Warner, Yoonji Han, Woodrow Wilson, There's, we'd, Andrew Lichtenstein, dink, I'd, Patrick Roberts, frisked Organizations: Warner, Morning, Getty Images, Norfolk State University, Yankees, York Locations: Massachusetts, New York, New York City, East Harlem, Puerto Rican, California, Breckenridge in Colorado . Denver, York, Manhattan

☆ Airbnb listings in NYC to shrink as city cracks down on short-term rentals
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-05 | by ( Marnie Hunter | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —Travelers looking to rent an apartment for a few days in New York City will find slimmer pickings now that city officials have started enforcing new rules cracking down on short-term rentals. Airbnb has called the rules a “de facto ban” on short-term rentals (STRs) that will hurt hosts and the tourism economy. The requirements for approval are strict and follow laws that pre-date the new registration rules. Hanson said that long-term average hotel occupancy in New York City is between 80% and 85%, well above the national average between 62% and 67%. Thousands of listings across various booking sites will be affected as the new registration rules are enforced.

Persons: Airbnb, ”, Christian Klossner, Andrew Lichtenstein, ” Theo Yedinsky, Bjorn Hanson, Jonathan M, Hanson, ” Hanson, ” Airbnb Organizations: CNN, Travelers, NYC’s, Special, Expedia, New York, Tisch Center of Hospitality, New York University, isn’t, Marriott, Hilton, CNN Travel, Local Locations: New York, “, York, New York City, “ New York

☆ Roy Lichtenstein and Irving Blum: They Go Way Back
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-04 | by ( Robin Pogrebin | More About Robin Pogrebin | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

“Irving made it possible for us to buy that work of art, pure and simple,” said Glenn D. Lowry, MoMA’s longtime director. Born Dec. 1, 1930, in New York, where his father owned furniture stores, Blum moved to Phoenix when he was 10. Blum met the collectors who came to visit galleries in the area. Blum came back with a painting by Josef Albers — a pioneer of color in abstract art — and he was on his way. Then in 1956 the gallerist David Herbert took Blum to meet Ellsworth Kelly.

Persons: “ Irving, ”, Glenn D, Lowry, MoMA’s, Warhol, ” Blum, Ellsworth Kelly’s, Frank Stella’s “, Blum, Hans Knoll, Betty Parsons, Sidney Janis, Eleanor Ward, Martha Jackson —, “, Sam Kootz, Florence Knoll, Josef Albers —, David Herbert, Ellsworth Kelly Organizations: Museum of Contemporary Art, Air Force Locations: Frank Stella’s “ Ctesiphon, Los Angeles, New York, Phoenix, Tucson, German, Knoll, Midtown Manhattan, Connecticut

☆ Ron DeSantis has been described as having the 'personality of a piece of paper.' That can be fixed, etiquette and dating experts say.
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-05 | by ( Lloyd Lee | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Ron DeSantis may say he can talk at length about the issues he's most passionate about. But on the campaign trail, DeSantis has been repeatedly snubbed for what critics describe as his "lack of personality." "Etiquette really is a set of skills that you can choose to use when and where you'd like," Maggie Oldham, who has taught etiquette for more than ten years, told Insider. The DeSantis campaign team did not respond to a request for comment on this story sent outside of business hours. The DeSantis campaign is over.

Persons: Ron DeSantis, Critics, couldn't, Megyn Kelly, DeSantis, Robert F, Donald Trump, Julia Esteve Boyd, Esteve Boyd, Maggie Oldham, you’re, Oldham, it's, Andrew Lichtenstein, Blaine Anderson, Anderson, Iowa, Jesse Watters, Roy Rochlin, Ron, he's, He's Organizations: Florida Gov, Service, Gov, Florida, Getty, Daily, GOP, mater, Yale University, New Locations: Florida, Wall, Silicon, Manchester , New Hampshire, Iowa, Wolfeboro , New Hampshire

☆ US man pleads guilty to laundering crypto stolen from Bitfinex hack
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-03 | by ( Luc Cohen | Thomson Reuters | Reports On The New York Federal Courts. Previously Worked As A Correspondent In Venezuela | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Photo illustration of Bitfinex cryptocurrency exchange website taken September 27, 2017. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/IllustrationWASHINGTON, Aug 3 (Reuters) - A New York technology entrepreneur pleaded guilty on Thursday to laundering funds stolen from Bitfinex, one of the world's largest cryptocurrency exchanges, with his wife, an online rapper, expected to follow. His wife Heather Morgan, who used the hip-hop alias "Razzklekhan" to promote her music, is expected to enter her own plea later on Thursday. Lichtenstein and Morgan had been arrested in February 2022 on charges of laundering more than 100,000 bitcoin that was stolen after a hacker attacked Bitfinex in 2016. A docket entry in late July shows that Lichtenstein and Morgan reached their plea deal with the U.S. Attorney's office in Washington.

Persons: Bitfinex, Dado Ruvic, Ilya Lichtenstein, Colleen Kollar, Heather Morgan, Lichtenstein, Morgan, Lisa Monaco, Luc Cohen, Andrea Ricci Organizations: REUTERS, WASHINGTON, U.S, U.S . Department of Justice, Prosecutors, Thomson Locations: York, Washington, United States, U.S

☆ 'Crypto couple' husband confesses to being the original Bitfinex hacker during plea hearing
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-03 | by ( Michelle Mark | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

The "crypto couple" pleaded guilty to money laundering conspiracies in federal court on Thursday. The couple was accused of conspiring to launder 119,764 stolen bitcoin worth $4.5 billion. Lichtenstein pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit money laundering, and Morgan pleaded guilty to one count of money-laundering conspiracy and one count of conspiracy to defraud the United States. Prosecutors said Lichtenstein and Morgan conspired to launder 119,764 bitcoin stolen from Bitfinex, though the couple were not initially accused of carrying out the hack itself. The stolen bitcoin was worth $71 million at the time before skyrocketing in value in the subsequent years.

Persons: Ilya Lichtenstein, Heather Morgan, Lichtenstein, Morgan, Both Lichtenstein, Prosecutors Organizations: Morning, CNBC, Department of Justice, Authorities, Prosecutors Locations: Russian, American, United States, Manhattan, Russia

A New York man on Thursday admitted being the original hacker of bitcoin in the 2016 hack on Bitfinex he pleaded guilty in federal court to a conspiracy to launder the stolen cryptocurrency, which ended up being worth $4.5 billion. Until Thursday's admission in court by Lichtenstein, it was not publicly known who had hacked the bitcoin from the cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex. Morgan, an aspiring rapper known as "Razzlekahn" and "The Crocodile of Wall Street," was in court for her husband's plea hearing. Lichtenstein and Morgan were charged in the case with attempting to launder more than 119,000 bitcoin stolen in the 2016 hack of the cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex. "In actuality, Lichtenstein and Morgan used the account to launder proceeds of thehack of" Bitfinex, the filing charges.

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