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☆ Putin's war turned this quiet Polish airport into a global military hub where passenger jets touch down alongside Patriot missiles
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-26 | by ( Stephanie Stacey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Rzeszów-Jasionka Airport is just 50 miles from Poland's border with Ukraine. He told Insider: "I realized that a great challenge was ahead of us and that any mistake on our part couldn't be an option." Hamryszczak told Insider that he had to rise to "countless" challenges, including making complex arrangements with world leaders and welcoming the world's media. Air Force One is "the most famous aircraft that has ever visited our airport," Hamryszczak said. "This is no longer the same regional airport that operated in 2021, or even before the pandemic," Hamryszczak told Insider.

☆ The unintended consequences of remote work
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-14 | by ( Paayal Zaveri | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

While remote work offers flexibility, it often comes at the cost of maintaining a work-life balance. Remote work has also made it possible to hire anyone anywhere, which CEOs and hiring managers are starting to realize. Tech companies are offshoring jobs, due to America's broken immigration system, and remote work is making it easier. American tech companies are offshoring jobs, but it isn't all because of remote work. He says remote work led to all of this in the first place.

☆ 'Robot lawyer' DoNotPay is being sued by a law firm because it 'does not have a law degree'
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-12 | by ( Stephanie Stacey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

DoNotPay, which uses AI to provide legal services, is facing a proposed class action lawsuit. The complaint argues: "Unfortunately for its customers, DoNotPay is not actually a robot, a lawyer, nor a law firm. DoNotPay does not have a law degree, is not barred in any jurisdiction, and is not supervised by any lawyer." DoNotPay claims to use artificial intelligence to help customers handle an array of legal services without needing to hire a lawyer. It was founded in 2015 as an app to help customers fight parking tickets, but has since expanded its services.

☆ London has a new airport train that's even more expensive than the Heathrow Express per mile
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-12 | by ( Stephanie Stacey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

A new rail service that connects Luton Airport to the train station 1.25 miles away is now running. It costs £4.90 to ride the Luton DART, or about £3.90 ($4.70) per mile. The DART costs more per mile than the Heathrow Express and the cost about $350 million. The Luton DART, which finally connects Luton airport, just north of London, to its railway station started running a limited service on Friday. Take a look at the Luton DART.

☆ A Silicon Valley Bank staffer says he's feeling 'anxious, sad, and confused' after its collapse
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-12 | by ( Stephanie Stacey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Silicon Valley Bank's sudden implosion came as a surprise for both investors and employees. Hussin Baig says he's "thankful" but also "confused" because he "grew up" at Silicon Valley Bank. That's the day Silicon Valley Bank was taken over by federal regulators at the FDIC. The FDIC has offered Silicon Valley Bank staffers 45 days of employment at 1.5 times their salary, according to an email seen by Reuters. Silicon Valley Bank, Baig, Allred, Elliot, and Klets did not immediately respond to requests for comment from Insider.

☆ You can stay in this 'delightfully quirky' tiny home in a remote part of Scotland that looks like a submarine tower
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-12 | by ( Stephanie Stacey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: 1 min

The building is made from sheets of industrial aluminum joined by aircraft-style rivets. Aluminum can endure pretty harsh weather so it's quite well-suited to this isolated corner of Scotland. Markham and Rogers initially considered using oak but they wanted something more "contemporary." Nigel RigdenSource: Out Of The Blue

☆ Silicon Valley Bank's sudden implosion has become meme gold
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-11 | by ( Jordan Hart | Stephanie Stacey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Silicon Valley Bank's implosion has left many reeling, but internet memes are thriving. On Friday, Silicon Valley Bank was shut down and taken under the control of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, or FDIC. But Silicon Valley Bank's situation was quite different. SVB's implosion has sent shockwaves through the tech industry and left startup founders scrambling to find emergency loans. Take a look at some of the memes produced at Silicon Valley Bank's expense.

☆ 'Zoom rooms' and hideaway offices show how remote work is changing the way we design new homes
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-11 | by ( Stephanie Stacey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Family homes with two offices and "Zoom rooms" with camera-ready lighting are popular. The real-estate site Zillow told Insider offices were mentioned in 11.5%% of all listings in February 2023, up 4.5% from February 2022. Amanda Pendleton, Zillow's home-trends expert, told Insider a home office was no longer a "nice-to-have luxury." "When people don't have enough space or cash for two full-sized offices, they're replacing rooms," Hester said. She told Insider Veev's homes had LED strips around the edge of the ceiling to make even lighting that works well on camera.

☆ The German company that makes Leopard and Panther tanks wants to build a factory in Ukraine, report says
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-05 | by ( Stephanie Stacey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Rheinmetall wants to build tanks in Ukraine, CEO Armin Papperger told the Rheinische Post. A plant would cost about $200 million and could produce 400 battle tanks a year. Rheinmetall makes the Leopard 2 tanks that Germany finally offered to send to Ukraine in January. "Talks with the Ukrainian government are promising and I'm hoping for a decision in the next two months," Armin Papperger, the CEO of Rheinmetall, told the newspaper. Rheinmetall makes an array of weapons and ammunition, including the Leopard 2 tanks that Germany finally offered to send to Ukraine in late January.

☆ American-made cheese can still be called 'gruyère,' a court ruled, and cheese makers in France and Switzerland aren't happy
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-05 | by ( Stephanie Stacey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

"Gruyère" can be used for cheeses produced in the United States, an appeals court ruled. It's a victory for dairy groups in the US, but cheese-makers in Switzerland and France aren't happy. Gruyère is a firm yellow cheese named after the town of Gruyères in Fribourg, Switzerland, where it originated. "Cheese consumers in the United States understand 'gruyère' to refer to a type of cheese, which renders the term generic." Krysta Harden, president of the US Dairy Export Council, called the ruling an "outstanding result for manufacturers and farmers here in the United States," per Reuters.

☆ Twitter revenue plunged in December as advertisers stayed away after Elon Musk's takeover, report says
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-04 | by ( Stephanie Stacey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Twitter revenues fell about 40% in December versus the same month in 2021, per Wall Street Journal. The slide came after many advertisers slashed spending following Elon Musk's takeover last October. That came after half of Twitter's top 100 advertisers pulled out in the first month after Musk's controversial takeover, per Media Matters. Some big names including Apple and Amazon have returned to the platform, but they're again under threat due to Twitter's controversial cost-cutting strategies. Twitter Blue, introduced last November, allows users to pay between $8 and $11 a month for the blue checkmarks that were previously reserved for high-profile figures.

☆ I teach remote workers how to maintain boundaries. This is one thing I get clients to do each day.
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-04 | by ( Stephanie Stacey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Ali Pruitt suffered burnout working an office job, but found remote work was no instant fix. She now makes her living teaching other remote workers how to build a work-life balance. Now I earn my living teaching remote workers how to unplug at the end of the workday. Commuting used to mark the end of the workday, but remote workers need to set their own lines now. Remote work gave me a chance to healDespite its challenges, I'm still passionate about remote work.

☆ Fighter jets escorted a plane into a London airport after it lost communications and may have caused a 'sonic boom'
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-04 | by ( Stephanie Stacey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Fighter jets escorted an aircraft to an airport in London after it lost communications, per BBC News. This came shortly after people heard a "loud bang," which some thought was a sonic boom. Some plane spotters believe it might have been a sonic boom caused by the fast movement of the RAF jets. Essex Police tweeted that a plane heading from Iceland to Nairobi, Kenya was escorted into Stansted at about 12.50pm UK time. Departures from another London airport were reportedly suspended for around 15 minutes, per BBC News.

☆ Meta is slashing up to $500 off the price of its VR headsets after 'underwhelming' sales and mixed reviews
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-04 | by ( Stephanie Stacey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Meta is cutting the price of its VR headsets, which are a big part of its metaverse ambitions. The high-end Meta Quest Pro will be reduced from $1,500 to $1,000. The headset has had mixed reviews and suffered "underwhelming sales," The Verge reported. The price of the 256GB Meta Quest 2 will drop from $500 to $430, while the higher-end Meta Quest Pro will get a $500 haircut to $1,000. They've been matched by "underwhelming sales," Alex Heath of The Verge reported in his Command Line newsletter on Friday.

☆ Someone donated $400,000 to save an apartment that an artist spent 33 years filling with bizarre works including a lion's head fireplace
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-03 | by ( Stephanie Stacey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Ron Gittins meticulously decorated his rented apartment from 1986 till his death in 2019. Friends feared the art-filled apartment would be lost after it was put up for auction. The apartment's former resident was artist Ron Gittins, who died in 2019. After his death, friends and family came together to pay Gittins' rent and try to preserve his art-filled home. Nothing is yet known about the individual who made the donation or why they decided to make it.

☆ Turkish Airlines put 'heroic' earthquake rescue dogs in the passenger cabin on their flights home — and even let some sit in business class
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-01 | by ( Stephanie Stacey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Turkish Airlines flew earthquake rescue dogs home for free on special flights. The dogs were flown in from around the world to help locate victims trapped beneath the rubble. A representative for Turkish Airlines told Insider: "It was the least we could to do show our appreciation for these heroic dogs' sincere and heroic efforts." These rescue dogs are pictured waiting for their return flight to Thailand. Turkish Airlines told Insider that it had flown dogs from countries including Thailand, Kyrgyzstan, Hungary, and China.

☆ Key Putin ally claims Russia is dismantling seized western weapons to turn 'the enemy's experience to our advantage' in Ukraine
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-26 | by ( Stephanie Stacey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Dmitry Medvedev has hit back at Western reports that Russia is running short of weapons in Ukraine. He said Russian factories were working "around the clock" to produce the "latest technologies." Researchers study high-tech Western weapons seized in Ukraine to improve Russian kit, said Medvedev. He also said that Russia was improving its arsenal by studying high-tech Western weapons seized on the battlefield. By dismantling them "piece by piece," Medvedev said Russia had "turned the enemy's experience to our advantage."

☆ A California man set a new world record after making 2,995 visits to Disneyland, going every single day for more than 8 years
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-26 | by ( Stephanie Stacey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Jeff Reitz, 50, made 2,995 consecutive visits to Disneyland between 2012 and 2020. He began his daily trips while he was unemployed to distract himself from job-hunting, per LA Times. Jeff Reitz, 50, from Huntington Beach, California made 2,995 consecutive visits to Disneyland in Anaheim between 2012 and 2020. His achievement was finally enshrined as a world record last week after Guinness World Records created a new category to honor Reitz's Disneyland devotion. That left him just five days shy of his initial goal of 3,000 consecutive visits, per the LA Times.

☆ The Barnes & Noble CEO says sales are rising because he trusts his booksellers to 'create good bookshops' and run each store the way they want to
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-25 | by ( Stephanie Stacey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Sales at Barnes & Noble are rising because staff are it's not trying to make stores "homogenous," its CEO said. "Sensible retailing principles" equal "terrible bookstores," Daunt told the Business Studies podcast. He took over as CEO of Barnes & Noble in 2019 with plans to update the chain's 600 stores across the US. By 2022, total sales at Barnes & Noble were 3% higher than pre-pandemic levels, with book sales up by 14%. "If you're in Alabama, you should run a very different bookstore to if you're on the Upper West Side of Manhattan," he told Business Studies.

☆ A law firm accused one of its own attorneys of 'quiet quitting' in a lawsuit
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-25 | by ( Stephanie Stacey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Napoli Shkolnik, a law firm in New York, is suing one of its attorneys for "quiet quitting." The firm's complaint explicitly references the pandemic-era "trend" of "quiet quitting." The law firm wants to strike Palmore's compensation for her "period of her disloyalty" — meaning it wants her to return more than $400,000. Lucas Markowitz of Offit Kurman, for Napoli Shkolnik, told Abovethelaw.com that Palmore "misrepresented her skillset, experience and book of business to obtain a position with Napoli Shkolnik. She then directly competed with Napoli Shkolnik by leading her own law firm."

☆ This Belle Époque public restroom in Paris has been restored to its former glory, but costs about $2 to use
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-25 | by ( Stephanie Stacey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

A public restroom in Paris that was built in 1905 has been restored and reopened. The facilities feature varnished mahogany, ornate tiles, mosaics and stained-glass windows. The subterranean toilet costs 2 euros ($2.13) to use to cover the cost of an attendant and cleaning. The Lavatory de la Madeleine is more than a century old and features varnished mahogany, stained-glass windows, ceramic tiles, and ornate mosaics. The restroom has been closed since 2011 but reopened on February 20 following extensive renovations.

☆ Flight from El Paso delayed for hours after high school student sends disturbing message to passengers using AirDrop, officials say
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-25 | by ( Jordan Hart | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

A flight from El Paso to Chicago was delayed for hours last Friday after passengers received a cryptic message. The plane returned to its gate just before takeoff so officials could investigate the aircraft for a bomb, officials say. The threat came in the form of an AirDrop message only visible to those with an Apple device. Last Friday, on American Airlines flight 2051, which had 125 passengers on board, those with Apple devices received an AirDrop notification, local news reported. In January, a flight from Israel to Turkey was delayed for two hours after passengers received images of plane crashes via AirDrop, Insider's Stephanie Stacey reported.

☆ Jeff Bezos finally collected the Légion d'honneur awarded by France about a decade ago at a 'secret' ceremony, report says
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-24 | by ( Stephanie Stacey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Jeff Bezos collected France's prestigious Légion d'Honneur on February 16, Le Point reported. French President Emmanuel Macron gave Bezos the award at a private, unannounced ceremony, per Le Point. President Emmanuel Macron presented the Amazon founder with the Légion d'honneur at a "secret" private ceremony on February 16, according to the report. Le Point published a photograph of Macron sitting with Bezos, who's wearing a pale grey suit, inside the ornate Elysée Palace. About 2,200 French citizens and 300 foreigners are awarded the Légion d'honneur annually.

☆ Russian mercenary boss passed money laundering checks by using a utility bill in his 81-year-old mother's name, report says
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-23 | by ( Sinéad Baker | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Yevgeny Prigozhin got past UK money laundering laws using a bill in his 81-year-old mom's name. The Wagner Group boss passed the checks that allowed him to sue a UK journalist, the FT reported. At the time he was under UK sanctions for his group's role in bloody conflicts around the world. A lawyer at Discreet Law replied by saying: "We are satisfied with the [anti-money laundering] documents," according to the FT. Discreet Law founder Roger Gherson told the FT that Discreet Law "cannot comment on confidential communications with their former clients."

☆ Progress Shark, a 32-foot model of a great white wearing a rainbow leotard, is the breakout star of WorldPride in Sydney, Australia
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-19 | by ( Stephanie Stacey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

A 32-foot model of a great white shark has become the unexpected mascot of WorldPride. It's been decked out in the colors of the Progress flag to mark WorldPride being held in Sydney. Even before it was officially unveiled on February 8, Progress Shark had become a viral sensation after Sydney WorldPride released a computer-generated preview. The Australian Museum tweeted that it was "blown away by all of the love" being shown for Progress Shark. Progress Shark now has its own fan account on Instagram — and it's sparked memes, fan-art, stickers, and even a miniature knitted version.

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