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☆ Welcome to the club: You're middle class but still counting your pennies
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-18 | by ( Juliana Kaplan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

The middle class is more of a club than an income bracketThe ranks of middle-income earners have been shrinking, according to the Pew Research Center. A solid chunk of millionaires consider themselves middle class, despite accounting for just over 12% of American families. And there's good reasons," Lawrence R. Samuel, the author of the book "The American Middle Class: A Cultural History," told Business Insider. "Being middle class is almost like classless. Clinging to at least the mirage of the middle class might be important to upholding more core American ideals.

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☆ U.C. Santa Cruz Workers to Strike Over Protest Crackdowns
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-17 | by ( Jacey Fortin | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Academic workers at the University of California, Santa Cruz, will go on strike starting on Monday to protest the university system’s handling of pro-Palestinian demonstrations, the workers’ union announced on Friday. The union, U.A.W. 4811, which is part of the United Auto Workers, represents about 48,000 graduate students and other academic workers at 10 University of California system campuses and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. According to the union, about 2,000 members work at Santa Cruz as teaching assistants, tutors and researchers. academic workers are standing up to go on strike in response to the university’s crackdown on our fundamental rights to free speech and protest on campus,” Mr. Jaime said on Friday.

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☆ US and Philippine Marines train in seizing and defending key terrain near Taiwan's south coast in a show of force against China
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-16 | by ( Drew F. Lawrence | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

They were operating in Northern Luzon and the Batanes Islands, Philippine territory north of the mainland — key terrain for a potential conflict with China. The mission, known as maritime key terrain security operations, or MKTSO, was practice for that conflict, but had real-world implications. It was a show of force headed by elements of the Marine Corps ' newest Pacific-oriented unit: the Marine littoral regiment, or MLR. AdvertisementUS Marines prepare to load onto a UH-60 Black Hawk for the maritime key terrain security operations event at Paredes Air Station, Philippines. Malia SparksThose units were joined by a rifle company, also a joint-nation element, with the ability to seize and defend key terrain in the event of conflict.

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☆ Singapore law professor discusses biggest challenges the country's new prime minister will face
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-15 | 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 EmailSingapore law professor discusses biggest challenges the country's new prime minister will faceEugene Tan, associate professor of law at Singapore Management University, discusses the issues that incoming Singapore Prime Minister Lawrence Wong will have to address. Wong will be sworn in on Wednesday.

Persons: Eugene Tan, Lawrence Wong, Wong Organizations: Singapore, Singapore Management University

☆ Singapore’s Lawrence Wong sworn in as new prime minister — the first leadership change in 20 years
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-15 | by ( Lim Hui Jie | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Lawrence Wong was sworn in on May 15 as Singapore's new prime minister, after Lee Hsien Loong stepped down following two decades in office. Edgar Su | Afp | Getty ImagesSINGAPORE — Singapore's Lawrence Wong was inaugurated as the city-state's fourth prime minister on Wednesday, taking over from former prime minister Lee Hsien Loong, who has led Singapore for 20 years. Trade and industry minister Gan Kim Yong will be promoted to deputy prime minister and work alongside current DPM Heng Swee Keat. Lee, the eldest son of Singapore's founding Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew, announced last month he will hand over power to the new prime minister in mid-May. Wong also served as principal private secretary to then prime minister Lee Hsien Loong from 2005 to 2008.

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☆ Lawrence Cunningham talks Berkshire Hathaway's investment in Chubb
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-15 | 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 EmailLawrence Cunningham talks Berkshire Hathaway's investment in ChubbHosted by Brian Sullivan, “Last Call” is a fast-paced, entertaining business show that explores the intersection of money, culture and policy. Tune in Monday through Friday at 7 p.m. ET on CNBC.

Persons: Lawrence Cunningham, Chubb, Brian Sullivan, “ Organizations: Berkshire, CNBC

☆ University of California Workers Vote to Authorize Strike in Rebuke Over Protest Crackdowns
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-15 | by ( Jonathan Wolfe | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

But academic workers in the University of California system authorized their union on Wednesday to call for a strike over something else entirely: free speech. 4811, represents about 48,000 graduate students and other academic workers at 10 University of California system campuses and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. The strike authorization vote, which passed with 79 percent support, comes two weeks after dozens of counterprotesters attacked a pro-Palestinian encampment at the University of California, Los Angeles, for several hours without police intervention, and without arrests. The vote does not guarantee a strike but rather gives the executive board of the local union, which is part of the United Auto Workers, the ability to call a strike at any time. Eight of the 10 University of California campuses still have a month of instruction left before breaking for summer.

Persons: Lawrence, counterprotesters Organizations: University of California, U.A.W, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, United Auto Workers Locations: Los Angeles

☆ Singapore’s Riches Grew Under Its Leader. So Did Discontent.
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-14 | by ( Sui-Lee Wee | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

He made Singapore even more prosperous by largely following the semi-authoritarian and free-market model pioneered by his father, Lee Kuan Yew, the country’s first leader. On Wednesday, Singapore gets a new leader for the first time in nearly 20 years. But there are concerns that the vaunted “Singapore model” is failing more and more people. Singapore is one of the most expensive cities in the world, but it does not have a minimum wage. The strains are exacerbated by the need for overseas workers; about 40 percent of Singapore’s nearly six million people are not citizens.

Persons: Taylor Swift, Lee Hsien Loong, Lee Kuan Yew, Lee, Lawrence Wong Locations: Singapore, United States

AdvertisementDonald Trump sits next to his attorneys Todd Blanche and Emil Bove during the former president's criminal hush-money trial in Manhattan. Eric Trump listens as his father, Donald Trump, speaks to the media in the courtroom hallway during the former president's criminal hush-money trial. Vance listens as Donald Trump speaks to the media in the Manhattan courthouse where his hush-money trial is taking place. AdvertisementFormer President Donald Trump speaks alongside his wife, former first lady Melania Trump, during a rare joint appearance as they arrived to vote in Florida's primary election. "There was no crime," Donald Trump railed Tuesday as he spoke to reporters in the courtroom hallway.

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Smarter grids, like Chattanooga's, are just part of what it will take to modernize the American grid in the coming decades. A troubled transition to renewable energyOffshore wind farms are one of the growing areas of renewable energy. And the Edwards & Sanborn project, the US's largest solar energy and energy storage project in California, came online in January. Renewable energy is not only cleaner than fossil fuels but also often less expensive. Breaking down barriersThe US grid isn't designed for fluctuating renewable energy, so much of it goes to waste because clean-energy projects can't connect to the grid.

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☆ Singapore's incoming PM Wong appoints new deputy PM in minor reshuffle
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-13 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Singapore's Finance Minister Lawrence Wong will be promoted to deputy prime minister, in a cabinet reshuffle announced on June 6. Singapore's incoming prime minister Lawrence Wong announced a minor cabinet reshuffle on Monday ahead of assuming the top post later this week, with the biggest change the promotion of the trade minister to become his deputy, local media reported. Trade Minister Gan Kim Yong, 65, was given the additional title of deputy prime minister and was made Wong's replacement as chair of the central bank, media said. Wong will take over the premiership from Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, 72 on Wednesday. Wong will become only the fourth prime minister of the 59-year-old nation, which has been ruled by one party since 1959.

Persons: Lawrence Wong, Gan Kim Yong, Wong, Lee Hsien Loong Organizations: Singapore's, Trade

☆ Who Are Key Players in the Menendez Case?
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-11 | by ( Tracey Tully | Benjamin Weiser | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +7 min

Who Are Key Players in the Menendez Case? Mr. Menendez goes to trial on May 13 with two of the businessmen, Fred Daibes and Wael Hana. Fred Daibes New Jersey Real Estate Developer Mr. Daibes is accused of giving Mr. Menendez furniture, gold and cash. Nadine Menendez Mr. Menendez’s Wife Ms. Menendez served as a go-between for Mr. Menendez, Egyptian intelligence officials and men who were seeking political favors from the senator, according to the indictment. Defense LawyersAdam Fee Lawyer for Robert Menendez He previously spent five years as a prosecutor in the U.S. attorney’s office for the Southern District — the same office prosecuting Mr. Menendez.

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☆ 10 U.S. cities where home prices increased the most this year—4 are in Illinois
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-11 | by ( Mike Winters | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Home prices are on the rise again after declining for the second half of 2023, with 93% of all major metro areas posting gains so far in 2024, a National Association of Realtors report reveals. Roughly one-third of the 223 major metro markets NAR examined had a double-digit price increase in the first three months of 2024. The surge in prices is largely due to pent-up demand for homes, says Lawrence Yun, NAR's chief economist. "In the current market, rising prices are the direct result of insufficient housing supply not meeting the full demand," Yun says. Here are the 10 metro areas where home prices have increased the most so far in 2024.

Persons: Lawrence Yun, Yun Organizations: National Association of Realtors, NAR Locations: U.S

☆ Mary Wells Lawrence, High-Profile Advertising Pioneer, Dies at 95
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-11 | by ( Robert D. Mcfadden | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

She put the “plop plop, fizz fizz” into Alka-Seltzer. She warned Benson & Hedges smokers that long cigarettes might pop balloons or set fire to beards. And from Niagara Falls to Broadway, she reached millions with her “I ♥ NY” campaign. Ms. Wells Lawrence was the first woman to own and run a major national advertising agency — Wells Rich Greene — and the first female chief executive of a company listed on the New York Stock Exchange. She was “arguably the most powerful and successful woman ever to work in advertising,” Stuart Elliott, who was then the advertising columnist of The New York Times, wrote in 2002 of Ms. Wells Lawrence, who sold her agency for $160 million (about $385 million today) and retired in 1990.

Persons: Seltzer, Benson, Mary Wells Lawrence, Katy Bryan, Ms, Wells Lawrence, Wells Rich Greene —, ” Stuart Elliott Organizations: Braniff, Alka, Hedges, New York Stock Exchange, The New York Times Locations: Niagara Falls, Broadway, Ohio, New York, London

☆ Americans say it’s the worst time ever to buy a home
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-09 | by ( Matt Egan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Just 21% say it’s a good time to buy a house, according to a Gallup survey released Thursday. An overwhelming majority of Americans — 76% — say it’s a bad time to buy a house. Young Americans seeking to buy a home have been confronted by a toxic one-two punch of record-high home prices and painful mortgage rates. For context, in April 2019, the final reading before Covid-19, 61% of Americans polled by Gallup said it was a good time to buy a house. Mortgage rates top 7%Americans started to sour on the housing market as mortgage rates spiked and home prices surged after Covid.

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☆ Money market funds yielding more than 5% won’t last. Where to deploy idle cash instead
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-09 | by ( Darla Mercado | Cfp | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Money market funds' siren song has become a little louder: With the timing of Federal Reserve rate cuts shaky, yields on cash are still hot – for now. Here's how to decide where and when to redeploy some of your idle cash into fixed income. Taxes are also a key consideration as you build out your fixed income sleeve. Interest income from Treasurys, meanwhile, is subject to federal income tax but exempt from state and local taxes. A gradual entry toward fixed income You don't have to build out your fixed income allocation in one day.

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☆ Affordable homes haven't been this hard to find in years despite lower mortgage rates — but prices are declining in these 15 cities
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-09 | by ( James Faris | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Price growth was partially offset by lower mortgage costs, as 30-year fixed rates hung between 6.6% and 6.94% in the first quarter. That's a small win for buyers, considering that rates peaked at 7.8% late last year and were above 7% until mid-December. At the first sight of lower mortgage rates, that widespread price appreciation has returned — much to the chagrin of buyers who thought they were going to catch a break. Conversely, prices fell outright only in 15 cities, versus 32 in the fourth quarter of 2023. 15 cities where home prices are downBelow are those 15 US real-estate markets where single-family home prices fell from last year.

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☆ The Balmain dress Elle Fanning wore to the Met Gala has a long history
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-09 | by ( Leah Dolan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

For Elle Fanning, who showed up to Monday night’s Met Gala in a completely transparent Balmain gown, it was the latter. Behold: The naked dress (or in Redmayne’s case, naked suit). In 1962, Hollywood actor Carroll Baker was photographed in one of the first ever naked dresses — also designed by Balmain. Balmain just designed the 8th one.”Hollywood starlet Caroll Baker also wore one of Balmain's transparent dress designs in 1962. Her sheer Balmain dress turned heads — and generated headlines.

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☆ US Marines debuted a new amphibious combat vehicle, which was previously pulled out of the water after multiple rollovers
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-08 | by ( Drew F. Lawrence | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

The US Marines' new amphibious combat vehicle made its first overseas deployment in the Philippines. AdvertisementThe Marine Corps ' new amphibious combat vehicle, or ACV, debuted in the Philippines as part of its first overseas deployment after more than a year-and-a-half of limited operations. AdvertisementA US Marine Corps amphibious combat vehicle splashes off the amphibious dock landing ship USS Harpers Ferry (LSD 49) during Exercise Balikatan 24 in Palawan, Philippines. AdvertisementUS Marine Corps amphibious combat vehicles conduct a towing exercise during Exercise Balikatan 24 in Palawan, Philippines. That vehicle, called the amphibious assault vehicle, or AAV, had been used since the 1970s.

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☆ Barbara Stauffacher Solomon, Pioneer of Supergraphics, Dies at 95
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-08 | by ( Penelope Green | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Barbara Stauffacher Solomon, an audacious graphic designer, landscape architect and artist who first made a splash in the 1960s with the supersize, geometric architectural painting movement known as supergraphics, died on Tuesday at her home in San Francisco. Her daughter Nellie King Solomon confirmed the death. In 1962, Ms. Stauffacher Solomon was the rare woman to set up shop as a graphic designer in the Bay Area, working for clients like the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (now SFMOMA). It was architecture, however, that put Ms. Stauffacher Solomon on the national stage. In the early 1960s, an architect turned developer named Al Boeke envisioned a new community on a windswept bluff and former sheep ranch a few hours north of San Francisco.

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☆ A security guard was shot outside Drake's mansion in Toronto
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-07 | by ( Callie Ahlgrim | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A shooting took place outside Drake's home in Toronto on Tuesday morning, according to police. Police said a security guard was taken to the hospital. AdvertisementPolice are investigating a shooting outside Drake's mansion in the Bridle Path neighborhood of Toronto. A spokesperson for the Toronto Police Service confirmed to Business Insider on Tuesday that a security guard suffered a gunshot wound while standing outside the front gates. The cover art shows an aerial view of Drake's Toronto dwelling, edited to appear covered by the same red markers used by the sex offender registry.

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☆ How do celebrities get their hands on museum-quality gowns?
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-07 | by ( Leah Dolan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

But today, as more and more celebrities choose to wear vintage, the all-important stretch of red carpet has started to look more like a museum hallway. Kendall Jenner's vintage dress for the 2024 Met Gala. Mugler — the luxury French fashion house responsible for dressing Zendaya in a 30 kilogram full metal robot suit from 1995. Although interest in vintage fashion is rising amongst celebrity clients, not everyone is qualified to physically handle these pieces. John Shearer/WireImage/Getty ImagesFashion’s rat raceBut if these one-of-a-kind pieces are so fragile, and the method of their conservation so exact, how do celebrities even get their hands on them?

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☆ Opinion: Anne Hathaway has nothing left to prove
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-07 | by ( Opinion Holly Thomas | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —It feels weird to begin a complimentary piece about Anne Hathaway by saying I didn’t especially enjoy her latest movie, but here goes. Yet, as she recently explained to the New York Times, she’s spent far too much of her life trying to make other people happy. Even now, a Google search for “hate Anne Hathaway” produces more than five million hits. The movie is set years after that betrayal, and Solène, like Hathaway, has outgrown her habit of people pleasing. Hathaway is so luminously beautiful in “The Idea of You” that, for me at least, it undermines the entire film.

Persons: Holly Thomas, Katie Couric, Anne Hathaway, it’s, Solène Marchand, She’s “, Hayes Campbell’s, Nicholas Galitzine, he’s, Hathaway, she’s, ”, snarky, Oscar, “ Les, Critics, Anne Hathaway ”, It’s, Jake Gyllenhaal, Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Lawrence, Jameela Jamil, Solène, didn’t, you’re, Hayes Organizations: Katie Couric Media, CNN, New York Times, “, New York Magazine, Twitter, Facebook Locations: London

☆ Robin Williams wrote a letter to a school principal urging they 'rethink' the expulsion of a 'Mrs. Doubtfire' child star
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-04 | by ( Eve Crosbie | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Read previewOne of the child stars of "Mrs. Doubtfire" revealed that Robin Williams went to bat for her after she was expelled for taking time off to star in the blockbuster comedy film. "Mrs. Doubtfire" starred Williams as a divorced dad who hatches an elaborate plan to imitate a female housekeeper so he can work for his estranged wife and see his children. "I got thrown out of high school on 'Doubtfire,'" Jakub told her costars. I was attending high school in Canada, then I left for four months to go film the movie." Speaking to Business Insider last year on the 30th anniversary of the movie, "Mrs Doubtfire" director Chris Columbus said that he and Williams began discussing the possibility of a sequel in 2014.

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☆ US Marine Corps urgently modernizes its counter-drone capabilities to keep pace with Russia and China
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-03 | by ( Drew F. Lawrence | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Read previewThe Marine Corps wants to field better counter-drone capabilities yesterday. Since that is not possible, the service says it's looking to get them to Marines right now, or at least very soon. Over the last five years, the Marine Corps has been improving its counter-drone systems as it looks to reshape the force and compete with near-peer adversaries. US Marines observed targets during a counter-unmanned aircraft system (UAS) range on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune in North Carolina. That challenge has only grown, according to officials Tuesday, and the need for the Marine Corps to thwart it is critical.

Persons: —, Steve Bowdren, It's, it's, Neil Mabini Bowdren, Stephen Lightfoot, Moises Sandoval Lightfoot, Camp, Military.com, Col, Brendan Sullivan, Lance Cpl, Anakin Smith, David Berger, Lightfoot Organizations: Service, Corps, Marines, Marine Corps, Modern, Business, Marine Air Defense Integrated Systems, US Navy, Marine Air Defense Integrated, Carter, . US Navy, Air Defense Battalion, Darwin, 1st Marine Division, Marine Corps Base, US Marine Corps, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, Light Marine Air Defense Integrated Locations: Washington ,, Russia, China, Yuma, Yuma , Arizona, Ukraine, Brig, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina

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