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☆ Kraft Heinz's CEO has a clean-eating lifestyle at odds with all that processed food — but he insists it shares his health mission
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-27 | by ( Cameron Manley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Kraft Heinz CEO Carlos Abrams-Rivera's healthy lifestyle seems at odds with his company's processed products. Food giant Kraft Heinz is aiming to offer customers healthier products and improve the nutritional value of some of its staple items, such as ketchup, he said. Research has linked the consumption of ultra-processed foods to increased risk of health issues, the BMJ medical journal has said. AdvertisementAbrams Rivera told The Journal that the processing of many of Kraft Heinz's products was necessary to supply a growing population, however. Nevertheless, the CEO said he remained committed to cutting sodium and sugar from Kraft Heinz's products, per The Journal.

Persons: Kraft Heinz, Carlos Abrams, Abrams, Rivera, —, Rachel Rothman, Abrams Rivera Organizations: Research, Service, Kraft, Wall Street, Centers for Disease Control Locations: San Diego

☆ 26-year-old's side hustle brings in $38,500 a month, takes 20 minutes a day: This can be 'passive all year long'
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-25 | by ( Megan Sauer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Francisco Rivera quit his tutoring job in December after his side hustle brought in six-figures in 2023. DON'T MISS: The ultimate guide to earning passive income online Rivera estimates 30% to 50% of each sale is profit. The success of Rivera's Etsy shop allowed him to quit his tutoring job in December. Leveraging existing skillsAfter college, Rivera worked in Apple stores in the Dallas-Fort Worth area for three years. Rivera started seeking new ways to make income when demand for online tutoring waned after the pandemic, he says.

Persons: Francisco Rivera, Francisco Rivera's, Rivera, Rivera's, he's, Bali —, That's Organizations: Sail University, Apple, CNBC, Outschool Locations: Bali, Dallas, Fort Worth, Orlando

☆ A millennial couple considered hundreds of houses — then spent $150,000 on a falling-apart Victorian sight unseen. They think it's worth it.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-16 | by ( Samantha Grindell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Read previewEvy Rivera and Jacob Evans were looking to put down roots when they found their dream fixer-upper. AdvertisementAfter watching the series, Rivera and Evans fell in love with the idea of renovating a dated property while maintaining its integrity. "We had seen quite a few Victorian homes already in other parts of New York," Rivera said. Evy Rivera and Jacob Evans bought a Victorian home from the 1800s. Evy Rivera and Jacob Evans"It's not a glamorous life at all," Rivera said of restoring their home.

Persons: —, Evy Rivera, Jacob Evans, Rivera, Evans, Jacobs, Dwight Reynolds, It's, They've, They're, it's Organizations: Service, Business, HGTV Locations: Denver, Florida, Instagram, New York, Pennsylvania, Earlville , New York

☆ Woman Could Have Prevented Great Recession; Ignored by Wall Street Men
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-04 | by ( Josie Cox | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +21 min

The story of Brooksley Born is not only the tale of a remarkable regulator whose Cassandra-like warnings — if heeded — could've prevented the great financial crisis from exploding into raging, ruinous enormity. Not long after she assumed chairmanship of the CFTC, Born started to feel a lingering unease with the rapidly expanding derivatives market. So to Rubin, Born was more of an inconvenience than anything, and she certainly wasn't in his club. Not long after, Treasury officials lobbied Congress to pass legislation preventing the CFTC from being able to regulate the OTC derivatives market. In the months and years that followed, it became increasingly hard to deny that the multi-trillion-dollar OTC derivatives market was the root cause of the great financial crisis.

Persons: Lehman Brothers, jolting, — could've, It's, Potter Stewart, Henry Edgerton, Porter, she'd, Bill Clinton, Clinton, Janet Reno, Brooksley, Michael Greenberger, Born, Gibson, weren't, Robert Rubin, Goldman Sachs, Rubin, Michael Hirsh, Alan Greenspan, Greenspan, Ayn Rand, Hirsh ., Hirsh, Greenspan didn't, braggadocian machismo, lauding Rubin, Lawrence Summers, Arthur Levitt, Josie Cox, Levitt, Summers, Jim Leach, Richard Lugar, —, Bethany McLean, Joe Nocera, Bob Rubin, Born's Cassandra, George W, Bush, Lauren Rivera, Christine Lagarde, Lehman, ABRAMS Organizations: Stanford University, Stanford Law School, Stanford, Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit, Arnold, Futures Trading Commission, American, CFTC, Bankers Trust, Procter, Gamble, Sumitomo, Federal Reserve, Fed, Securities and Exchange Commission, Financial Markets, Abrams, Term Capital Management, Enron, SEC, Born, Northwestern's Kellogg School of Management, Financial, International Monetary Fund, Lehman Brothers, Reuters, Street, The Washington Post, Guardian, Abrams Press Locations: California, Vietnam, United States, Washington, America, ABRAMS , New York

NEW YORK (AP) — Chita Rivera, the dynamic dancer, singer and actress who garnered 10 Tony nominations, winning twice, in a long Broadway career that forged a path for Latina artists and shrugged off a near-fatal car accident, died Tuesday. Rivera's death was announced by her daughter, Lisa Mordente, who said she died in New York after a brief illness. In August 2009, Rivera was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest honor the U.S. can give a civilian. Rivera put her hand over her heart and shook her head in wonderment as President Barack Obama presented the medal. In 2013, she was the marshal at the Puerto Rican Day Parade in New York City.

Persons: — Chita Rivera, Tony, Lisa Mordente, Rivera, Anita, Barack Obama Organizations: Latina, Associated Press, Puerto Rican Locations: New York, U.S, wonderment, New York City

☆ 12 facts about Chita Rivera, the Broadway legend known for 'West Side Story' and 'Chicago'
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-30 | by ( Caralynn Matassa | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: 1 min

Chita Rivera, a Broadway legend who originated roles in beloved musicals like "West Side Story" and "Chicago," has died. She was 91. Rivera's daughter, Lisa Mordente, announced the news of her mother's death, saying it happened on Tuesday after a brief illness. Trained as a ballet dancer, Rivera became one of the most-nominated performers in the history of the Tony Awards throughout a decadeslong career that started when she was 19. Here's a look back at Rivera's life and legacy.

Persons: Chita Rivera, Rivera's, Lisa Mordente, Rivera Organizations: Broadway Locations: Chicago

The Washington Commanders fired defensive coordinator Jack Del Rio and defensive backs coach Brent Vieselmeyer on Friday. “Today I relieved Jack Del Rio and Brent Vieselmeyer of their duties," coach Ron Rivera said in a statement. Del Rio was 12 games into his fourth season with Washington after Rivera hired him in 2020. “People’s livelihoods are being destroyed, businesses are being burned down, no problem,” Del Rio said in June 2022. But the lack of results ultimately cost Del Rio and Vieselmeyer their jobs.

Persons: Jack Del Rio, Brent Vieselmeyer, Ron Rivera, “, Rivera, Eric Bieniemy, Rivera's, Josh Harris, Del, George Floyd, rushers Chase, Montez, ___ Organizations: Washington, Dallas Cowboys, Jaguars, Raiders, U.S, Capitol, NFL, rushers Chase Young, Del Rio Locations: Washington, Del Rio

(AP) — Washington Commanders part-owner Magic Johnson criticized coach Ron Rivera's team for playing with “no intensity or fire" in a 40-20 loss Thursday night to the Chicago Bears, a club that hadn’t won a game in nearly a full year. By the time Sam Howell led the hosts to their initial first down, nearly 2 1/2 minutes into the second quarter, Chicago (1-4) was already ahead 17-0. At halftime, the tally was 27-3, and the Bears had outgained the Commanders 307-84 in total yards. Afterward, the Commanders forced the Bears to punt for the first time all evening. Later, with a chance to cut the deficit to seven with under 5 1/2 minutes left, Slye missed a 46-yard attempt.

Persons: Magic Johnson, Ron Rivera's, hadn’t, “ Let's, ” —, —, Rivera, Jack Del Rio —, Justin Fields, DJ Moore, ” Rivera, “, ” Johnson, Dan Snyder, Washington “, “ didn’t, Terry McLaurin, ” McLaurin, that’s, we've, Darrick Forrest, Moore, Khalil Herbert . Washington, Fields, Sam Howell, “ Let’s, Howell, Logan Thomas, Matt Eberflus, Thomas, Joey Slye, Ron, Slye, ___ Organizations: —, Chicago Bears, Redskins, Washington, Philadelphia Eagles, Buffalo Bills, Bears, Chicago, Denver Broncos Locations: LANDOVER, Md, — Washington, Chicago, Washington

A person holds a photo of late Haitian President Jovenel Moise, who was shot dead earlier this month, during his funeral at his family home in Cap-Haitien, Haiti, July 23, 2021. REUTERS/Ricardo Arduengo Acquire Licensing RightsSept 7 (Reuters) - A retired Colombian army officer pleaded guilty in a U.S. court on Thursday to conspiring and supporting a plot to kill Haitian President Jovenel Moise, shot dead in his bedroom two years ago, a brazen assassination that created a destabilizing power vacuum. The document also says Rivera provided material support, training and personnel to support Moise's kidnapping or murder. Rivera is one of 11 defendants in the case, which includes businessmen accused of helping obtain vehicles and firearms from Florida. Reporting by Sarah Morland; Editing by David Alire Garcia and David GregorioOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Jovenel Moise, Ricardo Arduengo, German Rivera, Mike, Moise, Rivera, Ariel Henry, Rodolphe Jaar, Martine Moise, don't, Sarah Morland, David Alire Garcia, David Gregorio Our Organizations: REUTERS, U.S, Thomson Locations: Cap, Haitien, Haiti, Colombian, U.S, German, Moise's, Caribbean, Florida, Haitian, Chilean, Miami

☆ Spain to begin exhumation of 128 Civil War victims from burial complex, el Pais reports
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-11 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/3] Relatives of late Spanish dictator Francisco Franco carry the coffin after the exhumation at The Valle de los Caidos (The Valley of the Fallen) in San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Spain, October 24, 2019. Emilio Naranjo/Pool via REUTERSMADRID, June 11 (Reuters) - Forensic scientists will on Monday begin the exhumation of 128 victims of the Spanish Civil War from a vast burial complex near Madrid, El Pais newspaper reported. The remains of some 34,000 people, many of them victims of Franco's regime, are buried anonymously in the complex. Relatives of those whose remains lie inside have been fighting for years to give their loved ones a burial under their own names near their families. In 2016, a court approved the exhumation of the brothers, but seven years later the family is still waiting.

Persons: Francisco Franco, San Lorenzo de El, Emilio Naranjo, El Pais, Purificacion Lapena, Manuel Lapena, Antonio, Jose Antonio Primo de Rivera, Franco, Primo de, Felix Bolanos, Graham Keeley, Jan Harvey Organizations: REUTERS, Falange, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Spanish, Valle, San Lorenzo de, San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Spain, REUTERS MADRID, Madrid , El Pais, Cuelgamuros, Madrid

☆ Spain to exhume fascist movement founder's body from Madrid mausoleum
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-24 | by ( Charlie Devereux | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

REUTERS/Juan MedinaMADRID, April 24 (Reuters) - Spain on Monday will dig up the body of Jose Antonio Primo de Rivera, founder of the fascist Falange movement that supported the Francoist regime, and remove it from a mausoleum carved into a mountainside near Madrid. Last year, the Valley of the Fallen was renamed Valley of Cuelgamuros - the original name of the site - under Spain's new Democratic Memory law. "It's another step in the resignification of the valley," Presidency Minister Felix Bolanos told reporters in Barcelona on Friday. The son of dictator Miguel Primo de Rivera, who governed Spain from 1923-1930, Jose Antonio was shot by firing squad in November 1936 by left-wing Republican forces in Alicante. Franco, a conservative general, and Primo de Rivera, a flamboyant playboy, had little love for each other, according to Francos's biographer Paul Preston.

☆ Airbnb hosts who are booking up their spaces during the era of 'Airbnbust' share 3 strategies they're using to make money on the platform
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-28 | by ( Kathleen Elkins | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Many Airbnb hosts are currently facing empty booking calendars and stiff competition. Vacation rental bookings started slowing down in 2022 and we've since entered an era coined 'Airbnbust.' "You can make more monthly money because people will pay more for a vacation rental than a long-term rental," he told Insider. Heilbron owns a second Airbnb property in Pinehurst, North Carolina, where golf events are frequently hosted. Courtesy of Avery HeilbronAnother major perk of owning a short-term vacation rental in Pinehurst is that the village hosts a lot of golf tournaments, including the U.S.

☆ A 30-year-old property owner in Seattle is experimenting with short-term rentals and overcoming the 'Airbnbust' by setting up one-of-kind listings, including a 70s-themed 'Groovy Guest House'
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-09 | by ( Kathleen Elkins | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Real estate investor Peter Keane-Rivera recently got into short-term vacation rentals. After nearly five and a half years of doing long-term rentals, Seattle-based property owner Peter Keane-Rivera is experimenting with short-term vacation rentals via Airbnb. "He said, 'you'll pretty much double the rent on a long-term rental unit if you convert it to a short-term vacation rental,'" Keane-Rivera, who works full-time at a large aerospace manufacturer in the Seattle area, told Insider. While that may have been true when his mentor was listing Airbnbs, vacation rental bookings started slowing down in 2022 and hosts started worrying about what was coined 'Airbnbust.' After looking through listings of other Airbnbs in the Seattle area and evaluating his competition, Keane-Rivera settled on creating a 70s-themed space.

☆ How small-business owners can use LinkedIn as free advertising to attract customers
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-24 | by ( Erin Greenawald | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

The consultants Catarina Rivera and Tania Bhattacharyya use LinkedIn to market their services. Tania Bhattacharyya, the founder of the thought-leadership and brand-messaging consultancy Lumos Marketing, said she'd accessed other valuable marketing leads through LinkedIn, including public-relations and speaking opportunities. The good news is if you want to give LinkedIn a go, it doesn't have to be all that hard. This is true even for business owners who don't plan to engage much on LinkedIn, Bhattacharyya added, given how highly Google ranks LinkedIn profiles on search. "Your first six or seven words are really important for when you show up in search results or when someone sees your comments on someone else's post," Rivera said.

☆ D'Arcy Carden reveals what it was like living with her 'Shotgun Wedding' co-star Jennifer Coolidge: She's 'America's sweetheart'
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-28 | by ( Esme Mazzeo | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

D'Arcy Carden said Jennifer Coolidge is even "smarter and funnier" than people think. D'Arcy Carden attends the 28th Annual Critics Choice Awards in Janurary 2023. Carden watched 'Die Hard' to prepare for her roleJennifer Lopez, D'Arcy Carden, and Cheech Marin in "Shotgun Wedding." "The Good Place" star D'Arcy Carden attends the 2019 Emmys in Los Angeles on Sunday. Frazer Harrison/Getty ImagesShe described being the center of the "Shotgun Wedding" twist as "so fun" and "delicious."

☆ Italy set to appoint veteran economist Barbieri as new Treasury head
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-19 | by ( Giuseppe Fonte | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

SummarySummary Companies Barbieri to replace Rivera, who failed to win over MeloniPrevious Treasury chiefs include former PM DraghiBureaucrats in Italy get substantial say in policy-makingROME, Jan 19 (Reuters) - Italy's government is set to appoint veteran economist Riccardo Barbieri as director general of the Treasury, replacing Alessandro Rivera in the influential position, the economy ministry said on Thursday. The move marks a victory for newly installed Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, who was looking to remove Rivera and put her stamp on key positions. "A cosmopolitan former banker and chief economist, Barbieri is one of the Treasury senior officials who liaises more frequently with Brussels," said Francesco Galietti, head of political risk consultancy Policy Sonar. MPS is 64%-owned by the Treasury following a 2017 bailout that cost taxpayers 5.4 billion euros ($5.8 billion). Rivera spent much of his career within the economy ministry, specialised in the handling of banking and financial crises.

By acquiring MPS, UniCredit could have bridged in part the gap with domestic champion Intesa Sanpaolo (ISP.MI), which overtook it as Italy's top lender in 2020 by buying smaller peer UBI. Such a deal would have further widened the distance between the top two banks and Banco BPM (BAMI.MI), which ranks third with roughly one-fifth of their assets. Sources with knowledge of the matter have told Reuters Banco BPM together with UniCredit remain potential buyers for MPS. On Thursday, Banco BPM CEO Giuseppe Castagna was quoted as saying MPS was "too big a mouthful" for his bank to swallow. Bankers say an MPS deal could help Banco BPM loosen the grip of Credit Agricole (CAGR.PA), the French bank which this year became the single biggest investor in Banco BPM.

☆ 6 Uber and Lyft drivers share their wildest holiday work tales, from drunk passengers to extreme tips
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-12 | by ( Jenny Powers | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +12 min

Christmas can be a busy season for Uber and Lyft drivers taking passengers to their families' homes. Shelly Castle, 43, a Lyft driver in Houston, Texas: 'They wound up inviting me in and treating me to breakfast'Shelly Castle. Jonathan Gaurano, 29, an Uber driver in Los Angeles, California: 'I hatched a plan and set out to create an epic compilation video'Jonathan Gaurano. While this wasn't the first video I'd created incorporating Uber passengers, it was certainly my most popular. Bunny Rivera, 35, an Uber driver in Washington, DC: 'They refused to not give up and began chanting'Bunny Rivera and her son.

☆ Ex-U.S. lawmaker arrested for conspiring to act as agent of Venezuela
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-06 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

WASHINGTON, Dec 5 (Reuters) - Former U.S. lawmaker David Rivera was arrested on Monday on charges of conspiring to launder money and to illegally act as an agent of the Venezuelan government, according to a U.S. official and an indictment. Rivera and associate Esther Nuhfer sought to improve bilateral ties and prevent further U.S. economic sanctions against Venezuela, without disclosing this as required by the Foreign Agents Registration Act, according to the indictment. "On November 16, 2022, Rivera was indicted by a federal grand jury sitting in the Southern District of Florida." In 2020, a PDVSA unit under opposition control sued Interamerican Consulting, stating it received $15 million from PDVSA but performed no meaningful services. Interamerican paid millions of dollars to a company managing yachts for a Venezuelan businessman, according to records that emerged from that lawsuit.

[1/5] Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni speaks during a news conference to present her government's first budget in Rome, Italy, November 22, 2022. Meloni, a fiery conviction politician, has often spoken out against Italy's reliance on technocrats to solve its economic problems and lambasted alleged interference from "high international finance" and "Brussels bureaucrats". During the election campaign Meloni called in vain for her predecessor Mario Draghi to freeze the sale of a majority stake in ITA. PUSHBACKDeputy Economy and Finance Minister Maurizio Leo, an adviser to Meloni, had proposed splitting his ministry by hiving off the finance department responsible for tax matters. The head of the finance department, Fabrizia Lapecorella, has asked to move to another ministry, two sources said.

Lea Michele referenced the viral rumor that she can't read in a recent TikTok video posted over the weekend. Jonathan refers to actor Jonathan Groff, who Michele is close friends with. The online rumor that Michele can't read began as a joke in 2017, according to meme database Know Your Meme. The commenters on Michele's TikTok video appeared thrilled to see the actor subtly weighing in the years-old meme. And then there’s a rumor online that I can’t read or write?

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