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☆ Make a Great Taco Even Better With Jackfruit
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-30 | by ( Ligaya Mishan | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Rivals for the title include a 144-pounder reportedly sighted at a jackfruit festival in the southern Indian state Kerala in 2010. Kerala is where the American poet and essayist Aimee Nezhukumatathil first tasted jackfruit, at age 8. Then they watched her devour jackfruit and understood that she was one of them after all. But in 2020, when grocery supplies were running low during the pandemic, she spotted canned young jackfruit at the local store. “It’s about as close as you can get to tearing into flesh,” Nezhukumatathil says.

Persons: Aimee Nezhukumatathil, ”, jackfruit, ” Nezhukumatathil, Nezhukumatathil Organizations: Rivals, Miss Locations: Maharashtra, Kerala, American, Chicago, Oxford, Mississippi, United States

☆ Tulip discusses role of technology in addressing manpower shortages
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-30 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailTechnology the 'only solution' to lack of manpower in operations: Manufacturing technology companyNatan Linder, co-founder and CEO of Tulip, discusses the role of technology in addressing manpower shortages.

Persons: Natan Linder Organizations: Technology, Manufacturing

☆ Insider Today: Skip the supplements
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-20 | by ( Joi-Marie Mckenzie | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. The singer's rollout strategy for "The Tortured Poets Department" — releasing zero singles and barely promoting — is a true power move. Bernadette RankinThis week's dispatchGet into destination dupesAre you sick of high prices to travel to your favorite destination across the pond? AdvertisementAccording to Expedia, one of the biggest trends of 2024 is destination dupes — places where you can travel for way less. More of this week's top reads:The Insider Today team: Joi-Marie McKenzie, editor-in-chief, in New York.

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☆ Forget traveling to the Netherlands. I saw millions of colorful tulips without having to leave the US.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-16 | by ( Bernadette Rankin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

I've always dreamed of traveling to the Netherlands to visit the famous tulip festival. Instead, I visited Mount Vernon, Washington, during the height of the Skagit Valley Tulip Festival. AdvertisementThe Netherlands' legendary tulip fields have always been on my bucket list. After seeing the monthlong event referred to as "the Netherlands of the Northwest" by the festival's executive director, I knew I had to visit the Skagit Valley Tulip Festival. AdvertisementIf you have time and don't mind paying the admission price for each farm, I highly suggest visiting all four participating Skagit Valley Tulip Festival farms.

Persons: I've, —, Bernadette Rankin, Bernadette Rankin Next Organizations: Tulip, Service Locations: Netherlands, Mount Vernon , Washington, Skagit, Northwest Washington, Seattle, RoozenGaarde

☆ Here are Monday's biggest analyst calls: Nvidia, Tesla, Amazon, Take-Two, BJ's, Dell, Disney, Broadcom, Apple & more
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-08 | by ( Michael Bloom | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

"We are reinstating coverage of AVGO with a buy rating and a new price target of $1,500." "We are upgrading Take-Two from Neutral to Buy and raising our target price from $170 to $200." KeyBanc reiterates Nvidia as overweight Key raised its price target on the stock to $1,200 per share from $1,100. Oppenheimer reiterates Alphabet as outperform Oppenheimer raised its price target on the stock to $185 per share from $172. "We resume coverage after a period of Rating Suspended with a Buy/High Risk (1H) rating and target price of $11."

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NOORDWIJKERHOUT, Netherlands (AP) — Theo works weekdays, weekends and nights and never complains about a sore spine despite performing hour upon hour of what, for a regular farm hand, would be backbreaking labor checking Dutch tulip fields for sick flowers. Photos You Should See View All 60 Images“You could also buy a very nice sports car," for the price of the robot, Visser said Tuesday — its makers say the robot costs 185,000 euros ($200,000). “But I prefer to have the robot because a sports car doesn’t take out the sick tulips from our field. Yeah, it is expensive, but there are less and less people who can really see the sick tulips,” he added. Theo van der Voort, who gave his name to the robot at WAM Pennings farm, and who retired after 52 years hunting for sick flowers, is impressed.

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☆ As Putin Pitches His Vision, Voters Avert Their Gaze From the War
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-15 | by ( Valerie Hopkins | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Vladimir V. Putin’s vision of Russia — successful, innovative and borderless — is on display at one of Moscow’s biggest tourist attractions, a Stalin-era exhibition center that currently houses a sleek showcase called Russia 2024. The exhibition promotes what the Kremlin portrays as Russia’s achievements in the past two decades, roughly the period Mr. Putin has been in power, and his promises for the future after he secures another six-year term in rubber-stamp elections this weekend. The exhibition is in many ways a microcosm of a country whose people largely — at least in public — avert their gaze from the big and bloody war in Ukraine that Mr. Putin started more than two years ago. The centerpiece is a grand hall housing pavilions featuring all the Russian regions, including five illegally annexed from Ukraine. Visitors to one pavilion are greeted by two LED screens attached to robotic arms displaying tulip fields that portray the region of Belgorod, which borders Ukraine, as calm and peaceful.

Persons: Vladimir V, Russia —, Stalin, Putin Organizations: Mr, Visitors Locations: Russia, Ukraine, Belgorod, Ukrainian

☆ Flower Arrangements Are Reaching New Heights
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-15 | by ( Alice Cavanagh | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

“I have so much admiration for florists who can make haphazard, wild arrangements,” says Miguel Yatco, 30, the floral artist behind the Brooklyn-based studio Agos Muni. If last summer saw the culmination of a trend for sprawling, low-lying floral landscapes, Yatco’s work represents an aesthetic about-face. But these works are also defined by their height, their long stems often extending above or through equally elongated vessels. Compared to the bouffant-like silhouettes of Bosschaert’s assemblages, Boutemy’s were narrow, continuing the line of the cylindrical Venetian bubble-glass vases that held them. “Rigor and clarity are the most important things,” Boutemy says, and an elongated shape means “each flower remains visible and each gives strength to another.”

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☆ Bitcoin rockets to an all-time high above $69,000, surpassing 2021 record
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-05 | by ( Tanaya Macheel | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

"Bitcoin reclaiming its all-time high yet again shows it is never going away," said Alex Thorn, head of research at Galaxy Digital. Catalysts driving the surge in the cryptocurrency include the U.S. spot bitcoin ETFs that started trading earlier this year, along with the tightening bitcoin supply ahead of the late April "halving." "The odds have always been against bitcoin," Thorn said, citing naysayers who have referred to it as "a bubble" and compared it to the "tulip mania" in Holland during the 1600s. "Retail interest is oftentimes momentum driven, and all-time high levels are a pivotal momentum driver for even more investment," he told CNBC. Nevertheless, U.S. spot bitcoin ETFs have brought legitimacy to it and been hugely popular, with BlackRock's iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) passing $10 billion in assets under management last week.

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PARIS (AP) — As the Paris spring couture shows entered their third day, Jennifer Lopez ensured that the power of runway designs were matched by the power of a VIP audience. The singer and actress energized the Palais de Tokyo, arriving at the last minute for Elie Saab's show amid pandemonium. Haute couture — the fashion industry’s ideas factory — is the age-old tradition of producing exorbitantly priced, made-to-measure garments for the world’s richest women. NAKAZATO’S ‘BLOOD WEDDING’In a display that could be described as a theatrical “blood wedding,” Yuima Nakazato’s latest couture show intentionally left an eerie feeling. Nakazato, known for his boundary-pushing creativity, delved into the darker realms of fashion for spring.

Persons: Jennifer Lopez, Elie Saab's, Lopez marveled —, ” Yuima Organizations: PARIS, Palais, Saab Locations: Paris, Tokyo, Marrakech

Robots of all kinds caused a stir on the show floor this week at the annual CES technology trade show in Las Vegas. The types of casino union jobs at risk could look drastically different five years from now, for example, when the Culinary Union's contract ends. We are filling the need in the market and we are bringing specialty coffee to more places.”But Werner said AI poses a real threat to casino union jobs that don’t require face-to-face interaction with customers — housekeeping, food preparation and cooks, for example. That's especially true for a people-pleasing tourist destination like the Las Vegas Strip, where customers expect top-notch service and experiences, including the latest trends in technology. That makes Las Vegas “a good place to test these things and see how customers react to it," he said.

Persons: Roman Alejo, ”, Ted Pappageorge, Pappageorge, “, Bill Werner, ” Pappageorge, Meng Wang, Wang, Werner, Alejo, ” Alejo, James Brooks Organizations: LAS VEGAS, Las, “, Culinary Workers, . Hospitality, Associated Press, University of Nevada, CES, Vegas, Culinary Union Locations: Las Vegas

☆ Miss Universe 2023 preliminary: Highlights from the national costume competition
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-17 | by ( Alex Rees | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

That’s a serious question, but with a delightfully nonsensical answer: All served as inspiration for national costumes on display during the 2023 Miss Universe pageant’s preliminary competition. (Specifically, those were the looks donned by Miss Great Britain, Miss Philippines, Miss Dominican Republic and, yes, Miss Switzerland.) Eighty-four countries are represented at this year’s Miss Universe, which is taking place in the El Salvadoran capital of San Salvador. Miss Nepal, Jane Garrett, is one of the first “curvy” women to compete at Miss Universe; Erica Robin, meanwhile, is the first woman to represent Pakistan at the pageant. Hector Vivas/Getty ImagesTrue to form for the competition, Miss France ventured into Moulin Rouge's costume department.

Persons: Miss Great, Miss Nepal, Jane Garrett, Erica Robin, R’Bonney Gabriel, Hector Vivas, Miss Brazil, El Salvador's, Alex Peña, Ireland's, carnations, Miss Nigeria's, Miss Curaçao's, Marina Machete, Miss Malaysia, Serena Lee, Jordanne Levy, Moulin, Anntonia Porsild, Bryoni Natalie Govender, Miss Mongolia's Organizations: CNN, Swiss Guard, Miss, El, Oxford English, Miss Netherlands, Games, country's Air Force, Images Locations: Miss Great Britain, Miss Philippines, Miss Dominican Republic, Miss Switzerland, El Salvadoran, San Salvador, Netherlands, Portugal, Miss, Pakistan, USA, Miss Iceland, Venezuelan American, Costa Rica, Miss Portugal, Honduras, Jamaica, Thailand, South Africa

☆ These are the 10 best places to buy a vacation house in the U.S. based on rental performance, yearly expenses and more
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-31 | by ( Celia Fernandez | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Evolve, a vacation rental company, ranked the best places in the U.S. to buy a vacation house right now. In October, Evolve, a vacation rental company, released its ranking of the best places to buy a vacation house right now. 1 place to buy a vacation house right now, according to Evolve. 2 best place to buy a vacation house right now. The Evolve report states that the median rental revenue for Holland is $44,577, the example cap rate is 8.8% and the median listing price is $355,544.

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☆ Bitcoin is on the rise again. Here’s why Warren Buffett remains a crypto hater
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-22 | by ( Yun Li | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Cryptocurrencies are on the rise again, helped by optimism surrounding the possible introduction of a spot bitcoin ETF. But no matter how strong this rally gets, it won't convince one of the industry's biggest critics — Warren Buffett. Bitcoin surged 10% over the past week, at one point briefly topping $30,000, as hopes grew that a spot bitcoin ETF will soon be approved. But whether a bitcoin ETF soon becomes reality or not, it won't alter the Oracle of Omaha's thesis on cryptocurrencies, which is that they are highly speculative, non-productive assets. Buffett, who once famously called bitcoin "probably rat poison squared," has compared the bitcoin phenomenon to the tulip bulb mania in the Netherlands in the early 1600s .

Persons: — Warren Buffett, Bitcoin, Buffett, It's, Buck Rogers, Charlie Munger, Munger, bitcoin Organizations: CNBC, Berkshire Locations: Netherlands, Berkshire, U.S, United States, bitcoins

☆ There are 2 signs that stock market euphoria is mirroring past bubbles and could end badly for investors
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-17 | by ( Jennifer Sor | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The stock market is going through a "euphoria" episode that will end badly, according to Smead Capital. Other commentators have warned of market downside as interest rates stay higher for longer. AdvertisementAdvertisementThe stock market is going through a "euphoria" that could end badly for equity investors, according to investment advisor Smead Capital. "In our conversations with investors, we are pointing out the 'totality' of this financial euphoria episode. Other Wall Street commentators have warned of more downside ahead for equities as interest rates stay higher-f0r-longer.

Persons: —, Smead Organizations: Smead Capital, Service, Smead, South Seas Locations: Amsterdam

☆ A quant fund boss talked his mom into selling Nvidia at 60% of its current price. She won't let him forget it.
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-02 | by ( George Glover | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Quant fund chief Jason Hsu thought Nvidia's rally couldn't last any longer – so talked his mom into selling at $250 a share. "I'm going to be putting a hex curse on that stock," Hsu joked. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementAdvertisementThe head of a quant trading fund told his mom to sell her Nvidia shares when they were trading at just 60% of their current price – and hasn't heard the end of it since. "I told my mom, 'Sell Nvidia, you made such a good gain.'

Persons: Jason Hsu, Nvidia's, Hsu, —, hasn't, he'd, Rayliant Organizations: Service, Nvidia, Rayliant Global Advisors, Research

☆ Princess Diana’s ‘black sheep’ knit is the most valuable sweater ever sold at auction
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-14 | by ( Leah Dolan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Princess Diana wore many show-stopping outfits over the years, leaving behind an indelible impact on fashion history as it relates to royal dress codes, semiotics and more. The piece: a “black sheep” sweater first worn by the late Diana when she attended a polo match in 1981, while she was engaged to the now King Charles III. But the quirky knit sold today has not only eclipsed that record sum, it has also become the most valuable sweater ever sold at auction. One black sheep stands out from the crowd on the front of the sweater. “We are thrilled that this cherished sweater has now found a new home, carrying with it the enduring legacy of Princess Diana,” said Muir and Osborne in a statement.

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Local public health officials say the potential loss of funding could severely impact several essential services, including vaccines, cancer screening and testing for sexually transmitted infections. A national public health expert said the situation is unique in the U.S. and a threat to the entire public health field — especially going into an election year when health officials and their department could again become political targets. “I’m hoping this isn’t the start of a new trend of retroactive punishment against public health departments.”More than than 300,000 people live in Ottawa County, making it Michigan's seventh largest county. “You should not be at war with your health providers.”The Network for Public Health Law and the National Association of County and City Health Officials filed amicus briefs in support of Hambley’s lawsuit last month. And Freeman said her organization is keeping a close eye on Ottawa County: “This isn't something we want on the books for other county commissioners to consider in the future."

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☆ Tiny Forests With Big Benefits
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-24 | by ( Cara Buckley | More About Cara Buckley | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The tiny forest lives atop an old landfill in the city of Cambridge, Mass. Its aspens are growing at twice the speed normally expected, with fragrant sumac and tulip trees racing to catch up. It has absorbed storm water without washing out, suppressed many weeds and stayed lush throughout last year’s drought. Tiny forests have been planted across Europe, in Africa, throughout Asia and in South America, Russia and the Middle East. Now tiny forests are slowly but steadily appearing in the United States.

Persons: it’s, they’ve Organizations: Griffith Locations: Cambridge, Europe, Africa, Asia, South America, Russia, East, India, Japan, United States, Washington, Los, Northeast

☆ The secret side of the Mediterranean – by boat in Turkey
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-07 | by ( Rob Hodgetts | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

Tropez of Turkey,” but there are plentiful nooks and crannies to discover away from the crowds. Jetties jut into the emerald water enticing boat crews to dine at the small tavernas, including Captain Ibrahim’s and Rosemary Restaurant. Across the gulf on its own peninsula is pretty waterfront town Bozburun, known for its thyme honey, sponge fishing and traditional boat builders. Bestas Limani is known as Cold Water Bay as it's fed by chilly mountain springs. To the south of Fethiye is Bestas Limani, more commonly known as Cold Water Bay because of the cold springs that flow from the mountains.

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☆ ‘Barbie’ Review: Out of the Box and On the Road
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-18 | by ( Manohla Dargis | More About Manohla Dargis | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

That’s a question that swirls through Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie,” a live-action, you-go-girl fantasia about the world’s most famous doll. The movie opens with a prelude that parodies the “dawn of man” sequence in “2001: A Space Odyssey” (with girls, not ape-men), and then shifts to Barbie Land, a kaleidoscopic wonderland. There, Gerwig sets the scene and tone with Barbie (Margot Robbie) — who calls herself stereotypical Barbie — soon floating out of her Dreamhouse, as if she were being lifted by a giant invisible hand. Written by Gerwig and her partner, Noah Baumbach, the movie introduces Barbie on yet another perfect day in Barbie Land, in which dolls played by humans exist in what resembles a toyland gated community. There, framed by a painted mountain range, Barbie and a diverse group of other Barbies rule, living in homes with few exterior walls.

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☆ A TikTok craze has people stealing dishes and glasses from restaurants, and it's revealing a long history of sticky-fingered diners
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-24 | by ( Yeji Jesse Lee | Nancy Luna | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Restaurant owners say the trend shows just how often things go missing at their establishments. Restaurant owners told Insider that customers who deploy the five-finger discount have been around for as long as they can remember but TikTok has given people an opportunity to share their exploits. "I actually have to stock them in my apartment," he told Insider. Some restaurant owners are trying to look at the bright side. Occasionally, he said, he's even seen people post videos of house parties where, in the background, he can see partiers drinking out of one of his bar's glasses.

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☆ How a WWII diary led to an unlikely friendship spanning decades and continents
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-22 | by ( Maggie Hiufu Wong | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

Hong Kong CNN —David Bellis first visited Hong Kong as a tourist in 1989. She spent more than three years in an internment camp in Stanley, now a tourist-friendly seaside area of Hong Kong. But little did she know, her wartime diary would lead to an unlikely friendship with another Hong Kong resident – Bellis. An avid history lover, Bellis collects old Hong Kong photos and shares his discoveries on his Gwulo website. But in her 90s, you know, she was still teaching us about old Hong Kong and she had (another) book published.

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☆ Ron Insana says an AI bubble may be forming, but we're not there yet
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-09 | by ( Ron Insana | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

How to trade it Let's remember the elements of a bubble, as defined by many market historians who have written about such financial market phenomena (myself included). The public increasingly has been buying related tech stocks and associated ETFs, but we have yet to see the single-minded focus of the entire stock buying world come to bear on AI stocks. In 1999 alone, some 456 stocks went public at the height of the internet mania. If there is to be a bubble in AI, it's the early days. Also, "easy money" from the Federal Reserve, a key component of financial frenzies, is not fueling speculation in publicly traded AI shares, or any other asset class for that matter.

Persons: Jaap Arriens, Charles MacKay, John Kenneth Galbraith, Edward Chancellor, Charles Kindleberger, David Faber Organizations: Nurphoto, Nvidia, Microsoft, Google, Oracle, Adobe, Fund, Nasdaq, CNBC, Federal Reserve Locations: Sea, Mississippi, England, France

Macro and trend-following hedge funds dropped 3.2% this month through March 29, while algorithmic commodity trading advisor funds (CTAs) dove 6.8%. Hedge fund strategies based around macroeconomic ideas like those run by Rokos, DG Parters and EDL Capital fund posted negative performances in March, sources and bank data said. Trend-following hedge funds, which trade on systematically programmed ideas, also posted big losses. The bank decided not to change clients' borrowing limits, but it has increased diligence oversight on the hedge fund exposure, including new clients, the broker said. Trend-following funds tend to bail quickly on trades that stop working, said a pension fund director who invests in hedge funds.

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