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☆ Celebrities have scored free food, sometimes for life, from places like Dunkin', McDonald's, and more. Here's how.
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-17 | by ( Sarah Jackson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Brands like Chipotle frequently give celebrities and other influential figures passes for free food, hoping they'll post about it and promote the brand to their millions of followers. McDonald'sMcDonald's has reportedly issued free food cards at the franchisee and corporate level. AdvertisementBerkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett has said he has a McDonald's card good for free food in his hometown of Omaha, Nebraska. AdvertisementBill Gates' McDonald's Gold Card reportedly entitles him to free food for life at any location. Burger KingBurger King started giving celebrities cards for a lifetime of free food in 2006 and had given out around a dozen by 2008, according to Ad Age.

Persons: —, Olivia Rodrigo, Chipotle, Here's, McDonald's McDonald's, Berkshire Hathaway, Warren Buffett, Buffett, Rob Lowe, Lowe, David Peterson, McDonald's, Sen, Mitt Romney, Romney, George Romney, Ray Kroc, Bill Gates, Stephanie Perdue, Perdue, Chris Nikic, Roy Murray, Tony Hawk, Big Sean, Addison Rae, Abby Wambach, Candice Beck, Ozzy Osbourne, Burger, Burger King Burger King, Jennifer Hudson, Hugh Laurie, didn't, George Lucas, Robert Downey Jr, Jay Leno, Burger King, Ed Sheeran, Jack Whitehall, Nando's, Dunkin, Novak, DunKing Ben Affleck, that's Organizations: Service, Business, Berkshire, Wall Street, Brand, Burger King, Ad, BK Locations: Omaha , Nebraska, Santa Barbara, Goleta , California, Santa, Chipotle, Burger

☆ Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick to step down at the end of the year
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-20 | by ( Ashley Capoot | In | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick will step down from his role as head of the video game company on Dec. 29, according to an internal memo from Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer on Wednesday. The leadership change was expected after Microsoft closed its $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard in October. He first joined the company as Director and CEO of Activision Inc., in February 1991 before serving as CEO of Activision Blizzard beginning in July 2008. In a memo to employees Wednesday, Kotick expressed "gratitude and appreciation" for his time at Activision Blizzard. Thomas Tippl, the vice chairman of Activision Blizzard; Rob Kostich, president of Activision Publishing; Mike Ybarra, president of Blizzard Entertainment; and others will report to Matt Booty, the president of Microsoft's Game Content and Studios.

Persons: Bobby Kotick, Phil Spencer, Kotick, Bobby —, Spencer, Tony Hawk, Thomas Tippl, Rob Kostich, Mike Ybarra, Matt Booty, Brian Bulatao, Dave McCarthy, — CNBC's Jordan Novet Organizations: Activision, Microsoft Gaming, Microsoft, Activision Blizzard, Activision Inc, CNBC, Activision Blizzard's, Activision Publishing, Blizzard Entertainment, Blizzard, Gaming, CNBC PRO Locations: U.S, Europe

☆ 'She Shreds': Skateboarding Girls up Their Game at California Contest
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-09 | by ( Nov. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +4 min

At the 12th annual Exposure Skate competition this month in the California beach town of Encinitas, girls under 10 and in their teens were shredding. "I hope girls' skateboarding improves even more and we can push each other and beat the boys," Suganami added with a laugh. Parents of the skateboarding girls are equally stoked by the expertise and the attention. "They are missing that girls are the future of skateboarding and girls can be good at skateboarding too," said Lulu Johnson. "So what you will see if you go to a skate park or skateboarding contest, is the competitors are cheering each other, supporting each other.

Persons: Mike Blake ENCINITAS, Cona Suganami, Suganami, Amelia Brodka, Brodka, Tony Hawk, Hawk, Lauren Wigo, Marisol Concha, Lisa Lilley, Ruby, Lilley, Mindy Johnson, Lulu, Lulu Johnson, extol, Mike Blake, Mary Milliken, Lincoln Organizations: Reuters Locations: Mike Blake ENCINITAS , California, California, Encinitas, Tokyo, Poland, Park, New York City, Oceanside , California, Minnesota

Persons: Jordyn Barratt, Mike Blake, Cona Suganami, Suganami, Amelia Brodka, Brodka, Tony Hawk, Hawk, Lauren Wigo, Marisol Concha, Lisa Lilley, Ruby, Lilley, Mindy Johnson, Lulu, Lulu Johnson, extol, Mary Milliken, Lincoln Organizations: REUTERS, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Hawaii, Encinitas , California, U.S, , California, California, Encinitas, Tokyo, Poland, Park, New York City, Oceanside , California, Minnesota

☆ This PC is infused with real human blood
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-23 | by ( Haley Tenore | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Blizzard is giving away a blood-infused PC to one lucky winner, as well as hosting a blood drive. The game studio, which is behind popular games like "Diablo IV" and "Overwatch," is giving away a PC that might be part of a vampire's dream gaming setup: a liquid-cooled PC that's infused with human blood. The blood donations and the blood-infused PC are both a reference to the newest season of "Diablo IV," Season of Blood, which launched on October 17 and features vampire powers. However, you don't have to be 18 or over to enter the giveaway for the blood-infused PC. In 2021, Lil Nas X released a custom pair of Nike Air Max '97s infused with a drop of human blood in each pair.

Persons: Nas X, Tony Hawk, —, Lil Nas, Nike Air Max, MSCHF Organizations: Service, Nvidia, Blizzard, PC, Nike Air

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Brazil's 15-year-old skateboarding sensation Rayssa Leal, one of the favorites to win a gold medal in the street event at the Paris Olympics next year, won her first Pan American Games crown on Saturday. The teenager nicknamed “Fadinha” (Little Fairy in Portuguese) has become one of the biggest names in the sport since she won a silver medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Her compatriot and friend Pamela Rosa finished with the silver medal, 25 points behind. American skateboard legend Tony Hawk shared the clip of what he called a “fairytale heelflip” on social media. The men's final for street skateboarding at the Pan American Games will take place later on Saturday.

Persons: —, Rayssa Leal, “ Fadinha, Pamela Rosa, Paige Heyn, Leal, Tony Hawk, ___ Organizations: Paris Olympics, Pan American, Nishiya Locations: SANTIAGO, Chile, Santiago, Paris, Japan, Tokyo, American

☆ Microsoft closes $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard after lengthy regulatory review
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-13 | by ( Jordan Novet | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

"Today we start the work to bring beloved Activision, Blizzard, and King franchises to Game Pass and other platforms," Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer said in a blog post . Microsoft has closed its $69 billion acquisition of video game publisher Activision Blizzard , according to a regulatory filing by the company Friday. Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick will stay on as CEO through the end of the year. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, who took the helm in 2014, is aiming to diversify the company's business beyond its core areas such as operating systems and productivity software. WATCH: Microsoft deal with Activision Blizzard set to clear final hurdle

Persons: Phil Spencer, Tony Hawk, It's, Bobby Kotick, Satya Nadella, pushback, Victoria Graham, Activision Blizzard Organizations: Activision, Blizzard, Microsoft, Markets Authority, Federal Trade Commission, European Commission, Markets, Economic, Activision Blizzard, Nintendo, Sony, Nvidia, San, U.S, Appeals, Circuit, Ubisoft, FTC Locations: U.S, San Francisco federal

☆ How finally closing its Activision purchase will diversify Microsoft's revenue streams
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-13 | by ( Morgan Chittum | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Microsoft (MSFT) closed its landmark acquisition of Activision Blizzard (ATVI), according to a company regulatory filing Friday, furthering the Big Tech name's video game ambitions. However, this biggest video game deal ever was completed despite the Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) ongoing fight to block it. Activision reported $7.5 billion in revenue for the 2022 fiscal year, in comparison to Microsoft's $212 billion in sales for the same period. As a subscriber to the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer, you will receive a trade alert before Jim makes a trade. Microsoft submitted a new proposal to U.K. regulators for the takeover of American game publisher Activision Blizzard after its initial proposal was rejected.

Persons: Victoria Graham, Jim Cramer, Jim, Tony Hawk, Jim Cramer's Organizations: Microsoft, Activision Blizzard, Big Tech, Activision, pushback, Markets, CMA, Ubisoft, Federal Trade Commission's, CNBC, FTC, Xbox, Nurphoto, Getty Locations: U.S, OpenAI

☆ Some Gen Xers Are Still Stoked About Skateboarding
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-12 | by ( Suryatapa Bhattacharya | Photographs Maggie Shannon For The Wall Street Journal | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

People who skate well into their adult years often do so because they have a baseline comfort with the sport, said skateboarding legend Tony Hawk. A member of Deathracer413 at a skate park in Encinitas, Calif.

Persons: Tony Hawk Locations: Encinitas, Calif

☆ Trading app Public to launch in the UK as the Tiger Global-backed fintech unicorn begins its European expansion
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-13 | by ( Callum Burroughs | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

US investment app Public is launching in the UK as it pushes into the European market. The company is backed by funds like Tiger Global and Accel as well as celebrities like Will Smith. US trading app Public is set to launch in the UK as it begins its European expansion. Leif Abraham, Public cofounder, said the UK made a "lot of sense" for the company. Public also has plans to expand to other European geographies in future, having announced its intentions to grow out its offering last year.

Persons: Will Smith, Tony Hawk, Leif Abraham, Abraham, Robinhood, Otis Organizations: Tiger Global, Accel, Public, FX Locations: New York, Copenhagen, Europe

☆ Will Smith-backed U.S. broker Public launches in the UK in first foray overseas
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-13 | by ( Ryan Browne | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Gabby Jones | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesAmerican stock brokerage startup Public launched its services in the U.K. Thursday, marking its first international expansion its launch in 2017. The app, backed by celebrities including Will Smith and skateboarding legend Tony Hawk, will offer U.K. users commission-free trading in over 5,000 U.S.-listed stocks during the country's regular trading hours. Bibas said that, for now, the U.K. is the only country Public is focusing on for its international expansion. In the future, it hopes to take learnings from its U.K. launch to open in other European markets. Freetrade, the U.K. brokerage startup, slashed its valuation by a whopping 65% last month to £225m in a crowdfunding round, citing a "different market environment."

Persons: Gabby Jones, Will Smith, Tony Hawk, AJ Bell, Hargreaves Lansdown, Leif Abraham, Public's, Abraham, Jannick Malling, PFOF, Dann Bibas, Bibas, he's Organizations: Bloomberg, Getty, Public, CNBC, Jannick, GameStop, Citadel Securities, European Union, Khepri Advisers, Financial, Authority, Accel, Tiger Global Locations: U.S, Abraham, Denmark, Germany, New York, Copenhagen, London, Amsterdam, Covid

☆ Arisa Trew: Australian teenager, 13, becomes first female in skateboarding history to land 720 trick
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-27 | by ( Thomas Schlachter | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —Australian teenager Arisa Trew has become the first female to land a 720 – a skateboarding trick involving two full rotations while in the air – as she competed in the Tony Hawk Vert Alert event on Saturday. In 1985, legendary skateboarder Hawk became the first to complete the trick but since then no female has joined him in achieving the feat – until now. Zak Kaczmarek/Getty Images/FileHer coach Trevor Ward also took to Instagram to talk about the process of the teen making history and the battle between 16-year-old Lilly Stoephasius and Trew to land the trick. The 2 best vert skaters going head-to-head to land the 720 in front of the inventor of the trick. Congrats Arisa you are amazing.,” Ward concluded.

Persons: Arisa Trew, Hawk, “, ”, Trew, Tony Hawk, Zak Kaczmarek, Trevor Ward, Lilly Stoephasius, Tony, “ Arisa, Congrats, ” Ward Organizations: CNN, Olympic Games, Paris Locations: Salt Lake City , Utah, Australia

☆ Amazon CEO Andy Jassy's total pay plummeted in 2022 — but there's more to it than meets the eye
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-15 | by ( Hallam Bullock | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

AWS CEO Andy Jassy, who is set to become Amazon CEO, helped oversee the cloud unit's rise. Amazon CEO Andy Jassy's total compensation plunged last year to $1.3 million. It may still seem like a lot of money, but in 2021, Jassy's total pay was over $200 million. Also, keep in mind that Jassy's base salary in 2022 was $317,500, an 80% leap from $175,000 in 2021. Musk's reign of chaos at Twitter may have saved it from collapse, but there's a long way to go.

☆ Tony Hawk turned down a $500,000 payment for 'Pro Skater,' opting for royalties instead. He ended up making at least 8 times that.
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-31 | by ( Will Gendron | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Tony Hawk made an appearance on "The Diary of a CEO" podcast and discussed his best financial move. Ahead of the release of video game "Pro Skater," he was offered a $500,000 payment for his likeness. Activision's fiscal report from 2002 cites the video game series as "the single largest independent U.S. video game franchise for the fiscal year" and credits the game, in part, for the company's increased revenue. 2020's "Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1+2" would go on to sell one million units faster than any other iteration of the series, per Activision. "Nowadays an entire generation of kids, have asked me if I'm named after a video game," Hawk said on "Diary of a CEO."

☆ Meet some of the 'hot rodders' making classic gas-powered cars run on electric motors and batteries — see their coolest conversions
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-19 | by ( Alexa St. John | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

"We're seeing that more and more, as the next generation of hot rodders come up, that they do want to do an EV conversion. 1974 BMW 2002 5-Speed electric conversion Bring a TrailerThe proof? Gadget, who was featured in the "Revenge of the Electric Car" documentary, starts by taking batteries out of crashed Teslas. "You'll see electric cars actually beat gasoline cars with the same horsepower out of the gate, but when they're absolutely quiet, you'll lose some people," Drewry said. 1966 VW Bus 21 Window with a Netgain Hyper 9 motor and EV West’s bolt-in “6 pack” Tesla battery EV WestFor Bream, it's actually about prolonging legacy.

[1/2] The entrance to the Activision Blizzard Inc. campus is shown in Irvine, California, U.S., August 6, 2019. REUTERS/Mike BlakeDec 2 (Reuters) - Workers who test games at Activision Blizzard Inc.'s (ATVI.O) unit Blizzard Albany have voted to form a union months after the games developer began negotiating with employees at its Wisconsin unit, the first in the company to unionize. Blizzard Albany has developed installments of popular video game franchises including Guitar Hero, Call of Duty, and Tony Hawk's Pro Skater. Activision had argued that Blizzard Albany's entire workforce of about 100 employees, including production workers, should have been involved in the union vote and not only game testers. The vote announced on Friday came after about two dozen employees of Activision unit Raven Software voted to unionize in May.

☆ Meet the key people involved in the passing of the torch at Ray Dalio's Bridgewater Associates
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-07 | by ( Dan Defrancesco | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Co-CEOs of Bridgewater Associates Nir Bar Dea and Mark Bertolini. When it comes to the world of hedge funds, there's arguably no bigger name than Ray Dalio. It's not just the fact that Dalio grew Bridgewater Associates to the $150 billion behemoth that it is today. To be sure, Bridgewater isn't the only hedge fund in the midst of a changing of the guard. The dispute between billionaire Dan Och and Sculptor Capital Management doesn't seem like it'll be cooling off anytime soon.

☆ Tiger Global-backed unicorn trading app Public.com set to expand into the European market in 2023 and make acquisitions
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-03 | by ( Callum Burroughs | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

New York-based trading app Public.com is set to launch in the European market in 2023. The startup, which is valued at $1.2 billion, is backed by Tiger Global and a string of celebrities. Public's shift into the European market comes as talks to acquire Dutch counterpart Bux collapsed. Public.com, a US trading app backed by Tiger Global and a string of high-profile celebrities, is set to enter into the European market next year. The move comes as talks to acquire European counterpart Bux collapsed, a source familiar with the matter said.

☆ Ben Feigin, ‘Schitt’s Creek’ executive producer, dies at 47
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-26 | by ( ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

Ben Feigin, an award-winning producer on “Schitt’s Creek” and founder and CEO of Equation Unlimited, LLC, died Monday of pancreatic cancer. Feigin served as executive producer on “Schitt’s Creek,” serving as a key force in the series’ development and launch. For the final season of “Schitt’s Creek,” Feigin received an Emmy for outstanding comedy series, a Producers Guild Awards for outstanding producer of episodic television for a comedy and a Golden Globe for best musical or comedy television series. Feigin also received a GLAAD Media Award for best comedy series in 2020 and 2021. Feigin joined Anonymous Content in 2006, founding their comedy and enterprise divisions, in addition to continuing work as a producer.

☆ Public.com, an investing app backed by Will Smith and Maria Sharapova, is in talks to acquire Dutch trading startup Bux
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-28 | by ( Callum Burroughs | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Investing app Public.com is in talks to acquire Dutch trading startup Bux, sources say. Bux was valued at an estimated $320 million to $480 million in 2021, but the expected deal price is lower. Investing app Public.com is in talks to acquire Dutch stock trading startup Bux, according to two sources with knowledge of the discussions. New York-based Public has been in active talks with Bux for two months, the sources said. Bux has never stated its valuation but was valued between $320 million and $480 million at its 2021 funding round, according to Dealroom estimates.

Dacă hotelul Codru a fost mai norocos, inclusiv din cauza că se află în nucleul istoric al capitalei, hotelul Național – nu. Ruina din centrul capitaleiPrivatizarea hotelul Național a fost făcut în stilul altor privatizări cu specific „național” – cu multe încălcări. Pe parcursul anilor 2010, edificiul a fost subiect de dispută judiciară între autoritățile locale și proprietarul care nu și-a executat obligațiile. Acesta însă a refuzat, deoarece ar fi preferat dintâi să existe un Plan Urbanistic de Detaliu aprobat de Consiliul Municipal Chișinău. Hotelul Național (inițial Intourist), a fost construit în perioada anilor 1974-1978, după proiectul arhitecților A. Gorbunțov și V. Șalaghinov.

Persons: Tony Hawks, . Hawks, Nicolae, Vlad Plahotniuc, Veaceslav Platon ., Ion, Ion Ceban, Victor Chironda, Elena Panuș, Chironda, Ilie Ceban, Svetlana Dogotaru, Emitentul, Vendeta, ., . Șalaghinov, Sf, Teodor Tiron Organizations: Academia, Științe, Hotelul Național, Alfa, Partidului Comuniștilor, Apel, Național, Municipal Chișinău, Chișinăului, CNA, Națiunilor Unite, Hotelul Locations: Moldovei, Moldova, comunistă, Codru, Chișinău, URSS, Republica Moldova, Israel, Apel Chișinău, Valerii, Iași, Națiunilor

☆ Tony Hawks Centru angajează medic și kinetoterapeut
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-06 | by ( Alte Articole | ) www.civic.md time to read: +1 min

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☆ Are cancer în stadiul 4 și vrea să reușească să vadă întreaga lume. Tânărul din Marea Britanie, a ajuns acum în Moldova
▼ + stars: | 2020-11-19 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +2 min

Acum doi ani, acesta a fost primul gând al lui Luke Grenfell-Shaw, student și triatlonist la Universitatea Oxford. "După mai multe şedinţe dificile de chimio- și radioterapie și o intervenție chirurgicală majoră, Luke a decis să facă înconjurul lumii, a cumpărat o bicicletă tandem și a pornit la drum. "Luke a parcurs deja aproape 7.000 de kilometri. Acum câteva zile, Luke a ajuns în Moldova și spune că a fost impresionat. Sunt foarte, foarte fericit."

Persons: Luke Grenfell, Shaw, Luke, Tony Hawkins Organizations: Universitatea Oxford Locations: Moldova, Beijing, Anglia, Europa de Est, Chișinău

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