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☆ Inflation data commands center stage next week and provides a test for the market rally
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-11 | by ( Zev Fima | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +10 min

All three major U.S. stock indexes closed higher for the week, led by the Dow Jones Industrial Average . The Nasdaq Composite added 1.14% while the S & P 500 advanced 1.85% in a relatively quiet week of economic updates. Within the portfolio, Disney and Wynn Resorts released quarterly numbers; we took issue with the stock reaction to both reports. It also raises the stakes around major economic releases, such as next week's consumer inflation report. In the week ahead, earnings season continues — headlined by Walmart on Thursday — and inflation data will dominate the economic calendar.

Persons: We've, Jim Cramer, Dow Jones, we'll, We'll, Stanley Black, Decker, Jack, JACK, Arcutis, Spero, JD.com, Armour, Jim Cramer's, Jim, Carlo Allegri Organizations: Dow Jones, Nasdaq, Disney, Wynn Resorts, Procter, Procter & Gamble, Walmart, CPI, PPI, Club, Home Depot, Biotech Corporation, Music Entertainment, Central Puerto S.A, TeraWulf Inc, Paysafe Group Holdings, QuickLogic Corporation, Kopin Corp, Royalty Corp, Agilysys Inc, Crop Solutions Corp, Inovio Biomedical, Intercorp Financial, Lithium, Argentina ) Corp, Sea, Sony Group Corporation, SONY, Holding, HudBay Minerals, Autolus Therapeutics, Game Technology, Nu Holdings, Dragonfly Energy Holdings Corp, Bakkt Holdings, Prestige Consumer Healthcare, SilverCrest Metals, Inc, Mining Corp, Acurx Pharmaceuticals, Cresco Labs, Dole plc, DOLE, Arcos Dorados Holdings, ARCO, Cisco Systems, Grab Holdings, Copa Holdings S.A, Technologies, Iris Energy, KORE Group, Super, Spero Therapeutics, ZTO, Baidu, Deere & Company, NICE, Lightspeed Commerce, Ship Lease, Canada Goose Holdings, Drainage Systems, Consolidated Water Co, Outlook Therapeutics, Despegar.com, Corp, DXC Technology Company, Flowers Foods, Bruker Corporation, WYNN, CNBC, Foods Locations: Procter &, Central, Cayman, Lithium Americas, Argentina, Manhattan, New York City

☆ How Mother Figures Impact Our Lives
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-09 | by ( Catherine Pearson | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +13 min

For Mother’s Day, The Times asked readers to tell us about the mother figures in their lives. KELLY SANDOVAL, 48, SQUAMISH, B.C., CANADAI come from a multicultural background, but the Puerto Rican side of the family lived far away. When I showed up, Linda, my host mother, picked me up from the bus stop and made me tea and crumpets. If I had a nightmare and woke my mother up, she would tell me to climb into bed with Rita. During that year I also moved into my first apartment, away from the guidance of my mother.

Persons: Sara Walcott, “, ”, Walcott, Ruth, she’d, JUDITH SHAPIRO, Halbeck, ZEVA OELBAUM, Jacqueline, ” Jacqueline, It’s, JESSICA CHAHINE, Patty, darlin, KELLY SANDOVAL, Alina, “ Fallon, FALLON ALVAREZ, Linda, We’re, BELLA MUNTZ KIRCHNER, AUSTIN , TEXAS Tenzin, CHANTAL TORTOROLI ROBERTS, Mom, idealists, ANNETTE EUFEMIO, Miss Jordan, MARJORIE GEORGE, Yoshibe, I’m, MARY HAYES, Viola, Lois, Aunt Flossy, Frankye, DOUG MOURER, MANSON, Colleen, WENDY, Greenberg, Bach, MANUEL FIGALLO, Rita, HARRIET LISS, MARY EILEEN CONNERY McDONNELL, Wilma, Ella Fitzgerald, Judy Garland, MADLYN DICKENS, Dunn, —, Parkinson’s, I’ve, ” GENEVIEVE GEER, ANYA SANCHEZ, mami ”, Kitty ” —, KITTY CHACHRA Organizations: The Times, SOUTH, CANADA, Radio City Music Hall, Miss, Gloucester Cathedral, THE, The Locations: Macon , Ga, McLEAN , VA, Kansas City, Mo, New York, MONTCLAIR, N.J, France, Paris, SQUAMISH, Puerto Rican, PORTLAND, Cambridge, England, AUSTIN , TEXAS, LARCHMONT, MANILA, PHILIPPINES, BROOKLYN, N.Y, Japan, INDIANAPOLIS, Walla Walla, Wash, Northern Idaho, Swedish, Seattle, I’m, BELLINGHAM, ARLINGTON , VA, STAMFORD, CONN, GEORGETOWN, THE BRONX, MARATHON, Cava, Spain, BOULDER, COLO, India, Toronto, longhand, Delhi, WATERLOO , ONTARIO

☆ 3 ways Indeed is leveraging AI to help bridge the gap between hiring managers and job seekers
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-08 | by ( Sponsor Post | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Here are three ways Smart Sourcing can help you hire smarter and faster. "As you accept or reject candidates, the Smart Sourcing AI will learn what you prefer over time," Kudrikow said. Matches are based on three things: The keyword relevancy of your job post, job seekers' resumes, job seekers' search activity on Indeed, and how recently job seekers have been on the site. With a Professional Subscription, hiring managers gain the ability to automate post-outreach and follow-up with custom reminder messages. Getting started with Smart SourcingSmart Sourcing subscriptions are available starting today, and existing Indeed Resume subscriptions have transitioned to Smart Sourcing.

Persons: Allison McLellan, Harris Poll1, Jason Kudrikow, Harris, Smart Sourcing's, Kudrikow, you've, Kudikrow Organizations: Smart, Universal Health Services, UHS, Employers, Insider Studios, . Survey Locations: Puerto Rico, United States

☆ 4 realistic steps to starting a passive income side hustle: What social media may not tell you
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-08 | by ( Megan Sauer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Starting a passive income side hustle may look quick and easy on TikTok. Make It spoke with a group of experts who've built passive income businesses and scaled them into six-figure successes. JP Mancini II turned his boat chartering side hustle into mostly passive six-figure income. Ryan Hogue, 35, left his web development career in 2020 to focus on building passive income streams. DON'T MISS: The ultimate guide to earning passive income online After roughly a year, Torres left her engineering role.

Persons: Jannese Torres, D'Lites, Dinero, podcaster, JP Mancini, Florida —, JP Mancini II, Mancini, Ryan Hogue, Ryan Hogue Gamifying, Hogue, Rather, Torres, Jasmine McCall, McCall Organizations: CNBC, SXSW Locations: Hampton , Virginia, Key West, Florida, Puerto Rican

☆ John Leguizamo on His Best Movie Roles: 'Carlito's Way,' 'Encanto'
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-07 | by ( Palmer Haasch | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

Before John Leguizamo was an acclaimed writer, director, and film star, he was a young Latino actor just trying to get into audition rooms. On turning down 'Carlito's Way' multiple times and becoming a leading man(L-R) Al Pacino and John Leguizamo in "Carlito's Way." UniversalYou've spoken before about turning down "Carlito's Way" a few times before you eventually made the call to sign on. John Leguizamo as Luigi in "Super Mario Bros." (1993) Warner BrosOn doing too many 'ice movies' and feeling dissed by 'Mr. On 'Sigma male' Bruno and getting a bonus for 'Encanto'Maribel and Bruno (voiced by John Leguizamo) in "Encanto."

Persons: John Leguizamo, Leguizamo, Brando, James Dean, Shakespeare, William Goldman, Benny Blanco, Luigi, Mario, he's, He's, Al Pacino, I've, Benicio, Annabel Jankel, Rocky Morton, Mr, Smith, you've, Wears, Stanley Tucci, Robin Williams, Vince Vaughn, Sid, Sloth, Fox, —, Mike Berg, Peter Ackerman, Chris Wedge, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ben Stiller, Ray Romano, Denis Leary, Michael Keaton, would've, hadn't, Bruno, Coco, that's, Lin, Manuel Miranda, Spike Lee, Sam, Mel Blanc, I'd Organizations: Broadway, New York Daily News, Warner Bros, Marvel, Sigma, Walt Disney Animation, Disney, Cannes, HBO Locations: Jackson Heights , Queens, Toro, Puerto Rican

☆ Marine moved from the U.S. to Brussels with her family—our mortgage is under $3,000/month: Take a look inside
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-04 | by ( Jessica Van Dop Dejesus | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

My husband Martin and I met in Brussels in 2012, when I literally stepped on his toes at my neighborhood farmer's market. We ultimately chose Brussels, the capital of Belgium and the administrative center of the European Union. Take a look inside our apartmentWe live in a street-level duplex in a building with only three apartments. She loves that she and her family can host dinner parties in the dining room. Federico CampanaleThe bedrooms, laundry room, storage, and bathroom are on the bottom floor.

Persons: Martin, we'd, he'd, Jessica, Jessica van Dop, I'd, Federico Campanale, it's, We've, Saint Gilles Organizations: NATO, Washington , D.C, Pentagon, Marine Corps, European Union Locations: Brussels, Netherlands, Washington ,, Europe, Rotterdam, Belgium, Saint Gilles, Puerto Rico, Western New York, Our, Saint, Eastern, Puerto Rican

☆ ‘Bare-adise’ adventure: This nude cruise is due to set sail from Miami in 2025
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-02 | by ( Tamara Hardingham-Gill | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —What do you need to pack for a cruise? When it comes to this upcoming cruise from tour and travel company Bare Necessities, the answer appears to be very little. The nudist cruise specialist is teaming up with Norwegian Cruise Line to launch an 11-day voyage from Miami to the Caribbean, scheduled to set sail onboard the 295-meter Norwegian Pearl in February 2025. The “11-Day adventure back to Bare-adise” is scheduled to depart from Miami on February 3 and return on February 14. “Our mission is to provide relaxing, entertaining and health-conscious vacation opportunities that offer non-threatening, natural environments where the appreciation, wonder and compatibility of nature and the unadorned human form can occur,” say Bare Necessities.

Persons: Norwegian Pearl, “ Organizations: CNN, Cruise Line, St Locations: Miami, Caribbean, Bahamas, Puerto Rico, Maarten, Norwegian

☆ I went to a food festival where Latina chefs shared their culinary journeys — and fed my Boricua soul
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-02 | by ( Sofía Viera | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

I spoke with Latina chefs about their culinary crafts at a Latin food festival in New Jersey. On a warm, sunny April day in Paramus, New Jersey, the Westfield Garden State Plaza parking lot transformed into a Latin food festival. Children enjoy the warm weather and live music during a Latin food festival in Paramus, New Jersey. Cynthia Soto, owner of Empanada Lady stands for a portrait near her food stand during the Latin food festival. Honestly, I wasn't expecting much when I heard about a Latin food festival in Paramus.

Persons: —, Hurricane Maria, Alvarado Jr, Cynthia Soto, Soto, I've, Franny Reyes, Kathy Quiroga —, Reyes, Sweets, they've, they're, Quiroga, Kathy Quiroga, Karla, Bianca, Margarita, Amores, Fernandez, Sofía Viera Organizations: Puerto Rican, Service, Westfield Garden, Hurricane, BI, BI Entrepreneurship, Latina, Puerto Locations: New Jersey, Puerto, Paramus , New Jersey, Puerto Rico, Jersey, José, Puerto Rican, Piñones , Puerto Rico, Dominican, Long, Kathy Quiroga — Dominican, Reyes, Puerto Rican Cuban, East Coast, mayo, Paramus, Brooklyn

☆ 39-year-old who makes $9,300/mo in passive income: My No. 1 piece of side hustle money advice
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-01 | by ( Jannese Torres | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Today, at 39, I have seven income streams, including affiliate marketing, blog and podcast ads, speaking engagements, digital courses, AirBnB rental income and brand partnerships. I used to use basic spreadsheets to reconcile my side hustle income and expenses, and I usually only did this at year's end, so I had little idea what was happening throughout the year. Setting up your business finances involves several important steps to ensure that you can effectively manage your income, expenses and overall financial health. Cash accounting records transactions when money actually changes hands, while accrual accounting records them when they occur, regardless of when payment is received. Sign up for CNBC's new online course How to Earn Passive Income Online to learn about common passive income streams, tips to get started and real-life success stories.

Persons: Dinero, Jannese Torres Organizations: CNBC Locations: Puerto Rican

☆ A healthy lifestyle can mitigate genetic risk for early death by 62%, study suggests
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-29 | by ( Madeline Holcombe | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —Even if your genetics put you at greater risk for early death, a healthy lifestyle could help you significantly combat it, according to a new study. Individuals with genetic risk could extend their lifespan by up to 5.5 years with a healthy lifestyle, the data showed. “Adherence to a healthy lifestyle could substantially attenuate the lifespan reduction for individuals with genetic susceptibility to a shorter lifespan,” Li said. But researchers were able to identify four factors that were associated with the biggest impact on risk of early death. Making lifestyle changesBuilding a healthier lifestyle may sound like a major undertaking, but manageable steps can help you get there.

Persons: Xue Li, Dr, Aladdin Shadyab, Shadyab, Li, ” Li, “, Rosamund Dean, ”, you’ve Organizations: CNN, School of Public Health, Zhejian Univeristy, of Medicine, University of California, National Institute for Data Science, Health, Medicine, Zhejiang University, US Centers for Disease Control, CDC, of Locations: China, University of California San Diego, of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico

☆ This 'super easy' move earned a couple over $700 to put toward a dream vacation
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-27 | by ( Kamaron Mcnair | In Kamaronmcnair | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Rob Scores and his wife, Julianne, had long had Puerto Rico on their dream vacation list. Here's how they were able to make their dream vacation a reality. When the friend wanted to move out, Julianne decided she didn't want to be a long-distance landlord and selling the home would be the best move. The couple decided to try to sell the jewelry — some necklaces and earrings — Julianne has had since she was a teen, Scores says. To their surprise, the jewelry scored the couple $729 they could put toward their Puerto Rico trip.

Persons: Rob Scores, Julianne, it's, — Julianne Organizations: CNBC, Google Locations: Puerto Rico, Austin , Texas, New York, Austin

☆ A Gen X couple moved from California to Massachusetts to escape high housing costs: 'We still pinch ourselves over how lucky we are.'
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-23 | by ( Noah Sheidlower | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

AdvertisementSteve Dalton, 56, and his partner Sydney Sauber, 58, were ready to leave the Bay Area of California after nearly two decades. Leaving California for MassachusettsDalton, an IT professional for a university, was born and raised in the Bay Area. While there, she met Dalton, and they moved into a condo in San Pablo two years later in 2010. As they reached retirement age, the couple wanted to purchase a house, though they knew that would be implausible in the Bay Area with their budget. He estimates a similar home in the Bay Area would cost over $2 million.

Persons: Steve Dalton, Sydney, Dalton, —, they've, Worcester, Massachusetts Dalton, Pablo didn't, Sauber, he's, They've Organizations: Sydney Sauber, Sauber, Worcester, Service, Survey, Chevron, Red Sox Locations: California, Massachusetts, Bay, West Coast, Worcester , Massachusetts, Worcester, Marin County, San Francisco, Contra Costa County, Puerto Rico, New York , Texas, Florida, New England, Northampton, Salem , Massachusetts, Dover , New Hampshire, East, San Pablo, Oakland, Pablo, Englanders

☆ The TV Show That Predicted America’s Lonely, Disorienting Digital Future
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-21 | by ( Maya Salam | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

He fell in love with a woman he’d met online. He and Rosa talked on the phone daily for months and exchanged reams of texts in Spanglish. “You’re so sexy, my love,” Danny replied. Though they’d never met, he was making big plans: marriage and family. When the red flags started to pile up, Danny contacted “Catfish,” on MTV, for help.

Persons: Danny, he’d, Rosa, “, ”, ” Danny, they’d, Jose Organizations: MTV, Puerto Locations: Spanglish, Puerto Rican

☆ Dengue cases top 5.2 million in the Americas as outbreak passes yearly record, PAHO says
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-19 | by ( Michael Rios | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Dengue cases are surging in the Americas, with cases reported topping 5.2 million as of this week, surpassing a yearly record set in 2023, according to the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO). PAHO spokesperson Ashley Baldwin told CNN Thursday that 5,214,480 cases of dengue have been reported in the Americas as of Wednesday. In all of 2023, the total number of cases reported in the region was 4,572,765. “We are in an emergency situation because of dengue,” PAHO Director Jarbas Barbosa said in a news briefing Thursday. Early detection and access to proper medical care will reduce the probability of dying due to severe dengue,” Baldwin added.

Persons: PAHO, Ashley Baldwin, ”, Jarbas Barbosa, ” Baldwin, Barbosa, Agustin Marcarian, Eraldo Peres, Baldwin Organizations: CNN, Pan American Health Organization, Reuters Public, AP, US Centers for Disease Control, Prevention, World Health Organization, Virgin Islands Locations: Americas, Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, Peru, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Ceilandia, Brasilia, Puerto Rico, Virgin, American Samoa

☆ Trump’s Trial Enters Third Day With 7 Jurors Chosen
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-18 | by ( Ben Protess | Jonah E. Bromwich | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Seven jurors down, five more to go. The case against Mr. Trump stems from a hush-money payment to a porn star, Stormy Daniels, who during the 2016 presidential campaign threatened to go public with her story of a sexual encounter with Mr. Trump. Prosecutors say Mr. Trump concealed her story, and others, to influence the election. But prosecutors say he falsified business records to cover up the sex scandal, and charged him last year with 34 felony counts. Many expected jury selection to be a weekslong slog, but seven jurors were seated on Tuesday afternoon.

Persons: Donald J, Trump, Stormy Daniels, Daniels, Juan M Organizations: Prosecutors, Disney Locations: Ireland, Puerto Rico, Harlem

☆ Why is the Trump trial jury anonymous? What to know
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-18 | by ( Zachary B. Wolf | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

RELATED: Full 12-person jury set for Trump trial after Thursday proceedings. Even the lawyers in that case weren’t permitted to know the identities of the jurors, a step further than the precautions in place for the Trump trial in New York. In this hyperconnected social media age, anonymity is hard to achieve. Meanwhile, a special hearing on whether Trump has violated a gag order for his continued social media attacks is set for next week. When anonymous juries go wrongMaybe Trump remembers one of the most infamous, anonymous jury incidents, featuring another famous New Yorker, the mob boss John Gotti.

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☆ The 10 most active states in the US — and the 10 least active
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-18 | by ( Mykenna Maniece | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Read previewWith benefits like increased longevity, improved sleep, and a strengthened immune system, physical activity is a key component of maintaining a healthy lifestyle. The Department of Health and Human Services' "Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans" recommends adults do 150 minutes of moderate-intensity or 75 minutes of vigorous-intensity aerobic physical activity a week, at minimum. To determine adults' physical inactivity levels, the CDC used data collected by the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System from 2017 to 2020. AdvertisementAdults from 52 jurisdictions were included in the survey, including 49 states, as well as Washington, DC, Guam, and Puerto Rico. Here are the 10 least active and 10 most active states in the US based on the prevalence of physical inactivity as determined by the CDC.

Persons: — Organizations: Service, of Health, Human Services, Business, CDC Locations: Washington, DC, Guam, Puerto Rico, New Jersey

☆ New York jury convicts man in first-ever cryptocurrency market manipulation case
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-18 | by ( Dan Mangan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

A New York federal jury on Thursday convicted a Puerto Rico man of a $110 million scheme that was the Department of Justice's first-ever cryptocurrency open-market manipulation case, prosecutors said. The man, 28-year-old Avraham Eisenberg of San Juan, faces a maximum possible sentence of 20 years in prison for the charges of wire fraud, commodities fraud, and commodities manipulation. Prosecutors said Eisenberg fraudulently obtained about $110 million worth of cryptocurrency from the Mango Markets exchange and its customers by artificially and dramatically driving up the price of both futures contracts and the MNGO crypto token, and then borrowing cryptocurrency based on the value of the inflated assets. "When Eisenberg borrowed and withdrew this cryptocurrency, he had no intention of repaying the borrowed funds but rather intended to steal those funds," the Manhattan U.S. Attorney's Office said in a statement when he was indicted in February 2023.

Persons: Avraham Eisenberg, Prosecutors, Eisenberg Organizations: Department of, Mango Markets, Manhattan U.S, Attorney's Locations: York, Puerto Rico, Department of Justice's, San Juan

☆ Latin-fusion dishes like Caribbean tacos and jerk chicken with guava barbecue sauce showcased chefs' cultural pride at an Austin food festival
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-17 | by ( Cat Cardenas | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

Chadwick Burnaw, the owner of an event company, hosted the Sazón Latin Food Festival in Austin. This article is part of "Festivals of Flavor," a series celebrating Latin festival cuisines. Festivalgoers danced to music at the Sazón Latin Food Festival in March. Cat Cardenas for BIHe'd scope out San Francisco's nightlife scene, looking for clubs that would play the merengue and bachata music he was familiar with. They served Jamaican-Latin fusion dishes alongside their kids at the Sazón Latin Food Festival.

Persons: Chadwick Burnaw, —, he'd, Burnaw, Festivalgoers, Cat Cardenas, Cardenas, Chris Burrell, Yadira, we'd, Burrell, . Cat Cardenas, they've, Tatiana French, Dejean, Mix'T, they'd, pico de gallo, it's, she's, there's Organizations: Service, Washington, Food, San Francisco State University, BI, City, aguas, Honduran, sos pwa Locations: Austin, South Austin, Caribbean, DC, San Francisco, Texas, California, Bay, America, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Samba, Clarendon, Jamaica, Honduras, ., Puerto Rican, Costa Rican, Virginia, French, Haitian, East Austin

☆ More Americans Are Moving Abroad Because the US Is Too Expensive
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-17 | by ( Kelli María Korducki | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +12 min

"We realized we couldn't afford the mortgage and the car payments and everything," Stonestreet told me. Americans work more, vacation less, spend more on healthcare, and die sooner than people in other high-income economies. These factors likely explain why some Americans are moving to countries that aren't generally considered low-cost-of-living locales. She said that living abroad afforded her a degree of flexibility and spontaneity that would be out of reach back home. From their temporary perch in Tirana, Albania, the couple told me via WhatsApp that their only regret about moving abroad was not doing it sooner.

Persons: Amelia Basista, Stonestreet, Basista, Maliya, I'm, Fale, scoping, Cristina Johnson, Johnson, Mariana, Dustin Lange, that's, Mariana Lange, Mark Zoril, Andrew Hallam, Zoril, hasn't, — Zoril, Tomorrow's Organizations: State Department, American Citizens, Monmouth University, Labor Statistics, Financial Technology Association, Business Locations: South America, Denver, Cuenca, Ecuador, Germany, Canada, France, Minneapolis, Latin America, America, Puerto Morelos, Mexico, Pennsylvania, Belize, States, Austin, North Carolina, Central America, Portugal, Spain, Lisbon, Europe, Tirana, Albania

☆ I'm a millennial who avoided cruises because I thought they were full of germs and kids. My first experience proved me wrong.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-13 | by ( Sophie Katzman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Read previewThis is an as-told-to essay based on a transcribed conversation with millennial Eliza Green, who took her first cruise vacation on Virgin Voyages. Virgin Voyages sounded particularly appealing. In October 2023, my husband, two other couples, and I embarked on Virgin Voyage's Scarlet Lady Dominican Daze. Cruise food was better than an all-inclusive resortThe food was a pleasant surprise, far better than the buffet options I'd imagined on other cruises. The cabin was a needed respiteBefore traveling on a cruise, I'd heard of windowless cabins and cramped rooms.

Persons: —, Eliza Green, I'd, Scarlet, Bimini Organizations: Service, Voyages, Business, Virgin Locations: Miami, Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic, Bimini, Bahamas, Jamaica

☆ The Push for a Better Dengue Vaccine Grows More Urgent
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-11 | by ( Stephanie Nolen | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

It forewarns of a changing landscape for the disease. The mosquitoes that spread dengue thrive in densely populated cities with weak infrastructure, and in warmer and wetter environments — the type of habitat that is expanding quickly with climate change. More than 3.5 million cases of dengue have been confirmed by governments in Latin America in the first three months of 2024, compared with 4.5 million in all of 2023. There have been more than 1,000 deaths so far this year. The Pan-American Health Organization is warning that this may be the worst year for dengue ever recorded.

Organizations: American Health Organization Locations: America, Brazil, Argentina, Peru, Puerto Rico, Latin America

☆ How 2 executives found success in Puerto Rico's booming business landscape
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-09 | by ( Sponsor Post | Sponsored Invest Puerto Rico | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

In 2023, more than 550 businesses and nearly 6,000 new job opportunities were established on the island, according to Invest Puerto Rico. More than ever, Puerto Rico is positioned to host entrepreneurs and executives considering establishing or expanding their business presence. When González cofounded the tech consultancy firm Wovenware in 2003, Puerto Rico's tech scene was virtually nonexistent. Fast forward two decades since its founding, and Wovenware stands as a testament to Puerto Rico's vibrant tech ecosystem, having grown into a key player. Learn more about establishing yourself in Puerto Rico's business landscape.

Persons: Luis Ramos, Christian González, González, might've, Ramos, it's, — Organizations: Invest, Honeywell Aerospace, Puerto, Puerto Rico, University of Puerto, Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, Honeywell, González, Workers, Insider Studios Locations: Puerto Rico, Invest Puerto Rico, Puerto Rican, Puerto, University of Puerto Rico, Aguadilla, Puerto Rico's

☆ Oregon Powerball player wins a $1.3 billion jackpot, ending more than 3 months without a grand prize
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-07 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

A Powerball player in Oregon won a jackpot worth more than $1.3 billion on Sunday, ending a winless streak that had stretched more than three months. The single ticket matched all six numbers drawn to win the jackpot worth $1.326 billion, Powerball said in a statement. The winning numbers drawn early Sunday morning were: 22, 27, 44, 52, 69 and the red Powerball 9. The $1.326 billion prize ranks eighth in U.S. lottery history. "This is done to ensure that every ticket sold for the Powerball drawing has been accounted for and has an equal chance to win.

Organizations: Oregon, New, Florida Lottery, Washington , D.C, U.S . Locations: Trona , California, United States, Washington ,, Puerto Rico, U.S, U.S . Virgin Islands

☆ Powerball: A ticket sold in Oregon has won the nearly $1.33 billion Powerball jackpot
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-07 | by ( Dalia Faheid | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —A Powerball ticket sold in Oregon has won the nearly $1.33 billion jackpot – the fourth-largest jackpot in the history of the game, according to Powerball. It’s now the eighth largest among US lottery jackpot games, Powerball said in a news release. The jackpot was previously won on New Year’s Day when a ticket in Michigan scored an $842.4 million jackpot. The largest Powerball jackpot – and the largest US lottery prize – ever won was $2.04 billion by a ticket purchased in California in November 2022, according to the lottery. Winning the Powerball jackpot means a ticket matched all five white balls plus the red Powerball.

Persons: It’s, – Organizations: CNN, Powerball, New, of Columbia, Virgin Islands Locations: Oregon, Arizona , Delaware, Florida , Iowa , Massachusetts, Michigan, Wyoming, California, of Columbia , Puerto Rico, Virgin, Tallahassee , Florida

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