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☆ How Corporate America is rethinking its sustainability and diversity efforts
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-09 | by ( Dan Defrancesco | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . In today's big story, we're looking at how Corporate America is rethinking its sustainability and diversity efforts amid a push to avoid being labeled "woke." The rallying cry against companies' progressive campaigns is starting to leave a mark on Corporate America. AdvertisementAfter years of big promises and grand plans around social issues like diversity and sustainability, companies have taken a noticeable step back , Business Insider's Emily Stewart writes. The electric car maker axed more than 3,400 job postings in North America down to just three on Wednesday.

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☆ Sexism, Cheating, and Nightclubs: Inside the Dark Heart of Chess
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-09 | by ( Rob Price | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +18 min

Socialites are playing chess on "The Real Housewives of New York City." In 1990, according to the US Chess Federation, only 4% of chess players were women. Out in the world, chess' resurgence has been accompanied by a wave of new clubs and events. I made a pilgrimage to the Marshall Chess Club, a 109-year-old institution in Greenwich Village. The following evening, I went to an East Village bar and found a very different scene at Club Chess.

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☆ Biden trolls Trump over golf 'championship' trophies: 'Quite the accomplishment'
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-25 | by ( Dan Mangan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Retired professional golfer Jack Nicklaus presents Republican presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump with the 2024 Trump International Golf Club Most Improved Player award on March 24, 2024, in West Palm Beach, Florida. President Joe Biden trolled Donald Trump late Sunday after his Republican challenger bragged about winning not one but two "club championship" trophies at his own Florida golf club. The Democrat's social media team has been quick this election cycle to zing Trump as they prepare for a rematch of the 2020 election. Other social media users already roasted Trump for his boast on Truth Social, which said, "It is my great honor to be at Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach tonight, AWARDS NIGHT, to receive THE CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP TROPHY & THE SENIOR CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP TROPHY." Tim O'Brien, a senior executive at Bloomberg Opinion, replied to Biden's clap-back, writing, "He's too nice to note that Trump is a notorious cheater at golf."

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☆ I'm a psychologist who dated many toxic people until I finally realized I was the problem. Here's what I did about it.
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-17 | by ( Scott Lyons | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Even though I'm a psychologist, I kept find myself in toxic relationships. I realized I was the problem; I was attracted to toxic traits because of my childhood. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . I realized why I was stuck in the same love story on repeat — an an-all-too-familiar reenactment of many childhood relational wounds. I identified the "toxic trait" or pattern that I was magnetizing or unconsciously attracted to and made it a turn-off.

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☆ Verizon is dropping cryptic ads ahead of the Super Bowl, and the internet says all clues point to Beyoncé
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-11 | by ( Hannah Getahun | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Verizon released two ads that fans say hint at a Beyoncé Super Bowl commercial. Some say she could be set to appear in a Super Bowl commercial. The short clip ends with "2/11/24" in the center of a black screen — the date of this year’s Super Bowl — and a split-second song snippet. “Should we be in a Super Bowl commercial? Beyond anticipating the commercial, fans also expect that Queen Bey could use the opportunity to announce a Las Vegas residency.

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☆ Here's a ‘really simple’ way to change people’s minds, says Wharton persuasion expert: It makes people 30% likelier to say yes
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-08 | by ( Megan Sauer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Asking someone for help can feel like a burdensome request. Asking for a helper tells the other person that you respect their expertise, flattering them into agreement. That's just one example of turning "options into identities," says Jonah Berger, a marketing professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. "Framing actions as opportunities to claim desired identities will make people more likely to do them," Berger tells CNBC Make It. "If voting becomes an opportunity to show myself and others that I am voter, I'm more likely to do it."

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☆ On the Eve of the Super Bowl, Usher Proves His Mastery
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-08 | by ( Jon Pareles | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

It has taken perseverance, extraordinary musical gifts and a little luck for Usher to land where he is right now. At 45, the R&B singer and songwriter Usher Raymond is releasing his new album, “Coming Home,” just two days before he will headline the Super Bowl halftime show. His single “Good Good,” released last summer, has racked up tens of millions of plays on Spotify. It’s one of the 20 tracks on “Coming Home,” an album that sums up and expands what Usher does best. “Good Good,” which features Summer Walker and 21 Savage, is a downright mature post-breakup song about genuinely staying friends afterward.

Persons: Usher, Usher Raymond, ”, cheater, Billy Joel’s, Summer Walker, ” Usher Organizations: Spotify Locations: Las Vegas, Atlanta

☆ The best and worst restaurant chain apps, from Starbucks to McDonald's
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-06 | by ( Nancy Luna | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

We can order food, earn rewards, and find unique online-only offers. McDonald'sAfter lagging behind rivals for years, the chain's app now has over 57 million active members. That feature has been around since Dunkin's mobile app first launched in August 2012. The chain first began testing mobile ordering in a handful of markets in 2009 before going national in 2011. For example, the Chipotle app gives you uber-specific portion size choices such as "normal," "extra" or "light' servings.

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☆ Charlie Munger trashed crypto, warned AI hype seems overblown, and talked poker and donuts at a private event. Here's an inside look at his Zoomtopia keynote.
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-11 | by ( Theron Mohamed | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Charlie Munger panned crypto, warned about AI hype, and trumpeted Zoom at Zoomtopia last week. NEW LOOK Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. AdvertisementAdvertisementCharlie Munger trashed cryptocurrencies, warned the AI buzz seems overblown, and praised Zoom for keeping him connected during his closing keynote at Zoomtopia on October 4. Craig Durr, research director at The Futurum Group:"Munger shared his seasoned perspective on crypto and AI – both of which he was skeptical about. He said communications help drive business, and business success is about focus and consistency.

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☆ ‘I’ve always made fun of the rules.’ John Waters has only ever been himself
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-04 | by ( Marie Lodi | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

“I could keep all the money,” Waters once told culture website Flavorwire of the screenings. During a press preview for the exhibition, Waters revealed that one item he wished they had procured was Divine’s “cheater” — drag terminology for a prosthetic vulva with fake pubic hair. Whether it’s subverting a four-figure tub of moisturizer or Hollywood, Waters has always been true to himself. “I’ve always made fun of the rules of the world that I live in. That’s how you can have fun, by breaking some of them.”One rule Waters isn’t breaking, however, is his daily writing schedule.

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☆ My Ex-Husband Was a Cheater. Should I Tell His Fiancée the Truth?
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-20 | by ( Kwame Anthony Appiah | More About Kwame Anthony Appiah | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

He now lives with his fiancée, and it has since come out that they had been dating while we were married. They were both having an affair (she was married, and has several children), yet the fiancée’s ex-husband does not know about their indiscretions. The ex-husband travels extensively with our collective children, my ex and his fiancée, and my kids often ask me why I don’t join them. I’ve also found out that my ex-husband had several ongoing secret relationships with other women during our marriage, though his fiancée believes she was his first and only affair. Conversely, the values of truth and candor guide me in all of my other interpersonal relationships, and keeping such knowledge secret feels duplicitous and unethical.

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☆ Hans Niemann: Judge dismisses chess grandmaster’s $100 million lawsuit against Magnus Carlsen, among others, in cheating scandal
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-28 | by ( Ben Morse | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —A US judge on Tuesday dismissed the $100 million defamation lawsuit filed by American chess grandmaster Hans Niemann against Magnus Carlsen, among others, in an alleged cheating scandal which has rocked the sport, according to court documents. Niemann’s lawsuit, which was filed in October last year, came after an alleged cheating scandal which sent shockwaves through the sport. 1 Carlsen accused Niemann of cheating at the $350,000 Sinquefield Cup in St. Louis, Missouri. In his second amendment, Niemann alleged that Carlsen paid a friend $328 (€300) to shout “Cheater Hans” from the stands at the closing ceremony of a tournament. Fewer than 0.14% of players ever cheat on the site, according to the company’s report on Niemann’s alleged behavior.

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☆ ChatGPT Wrote My AP English Essay—and I Passed
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-21 | by ( Joanna Stern | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Look, back in high school, I was a pillar of honesty and hard work. No cheating—unless you count Nintendo cheat codes. This month, however, I returned to high school a big ol’ cheater. Specifically, a ChatGPT cheater.

☆ Herschel Walker's exes celebrate his Georgia loss and say they feel vindicated, report says
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-07 | by ( Sinéad Baker | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Ex-girlfriends of Herschel Walker celebrated his loss in the Georgia runoff election, per the Daily Beast. Exes told the Beast that they felt vindicated and that Georgia had made the right choice. Five women who were once involved with Walker spoke to The Daily Beast after his loss, saying they felt Georgia had made the right choice. She told the Beast after Walker's loss: "I am extremely proud of the outcome of this runoff. The great people of Georgia deserve better representation in the Senate than Herschel Walker, and today they have chosen better."

☆ Magnus Carlsen’s Walk-Off Stunner in Rematch With U.S. Teen Fuels More Chess Chaos
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-20 | by ( Andrew Beaton | Joshua Robinson | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Magnus Carlsen resigned after making just one move against an opponent at the center of an alleged cheating controversy. When American grandmaster Hans Moke Niemann began with two conventional pawn moves against world champion Magnus Carlsen in an online event on Monday, the top-ranked Norwegian responded with a stunning counter, one that isn’t in any chess book. Carlsen’s move was the latest explosion in a scandal that has rocked professional chess this month. Carlsen recently withdrew from an in-person event after losing to Niemann, with his only public comments coming in the form of a cryptic video of a European soccer manager. The chess world was quick to understand the implications of his unprecedented decision: Niemann faced widespread speculation that he is a cheater.

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