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CNN reveals America’s Best Towns to Visit in 2024
  + stars: | 2024-06-24 | by ( Cnn Travel | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +9 min
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Persons: Dolly Parton —, Frederik Meijer, Ai Weiwei, Peter McDaniel, Michigan’s, James Beard, You’ll, Dale Chihuly, Virginia –, ” –, it’s, Marnie Hunter, Forrest Brown Organizations: CNN, Empire, CNN Travel, Lake Superior, University of Tennessee, Nashville, Sculpture, Beer, San, Lowell Observatory, Golden State, San Luis Obispo, SLO, Puget Sound, Rainier, Tacoma, of, Rhode Island School of Design, Richmond, Richmond Folk Festival Locations: Venice, Italy, Richmond, Chicago, San Francisco . Big, United States, downtowns, Lakes, Duluth, Amity, Knoxville, Tennessee, Memphis, Grand Rapids, Beer City, Grand, Macon, Flagstaff, San Francisco Peaks, California, Southern California, Golden, San Luis, Puyallup, Virginia
She told Business Insider she worked 16 hours a day some days and often worked weekends. Rodriguez told BI they'd been working hard on a new project just before being let go. AdvertisementWith her new business, Rodriguez thought she needed to stay in New York to meet clients in person. She took a solo trip to GreeceRodriguez decided to attend a friend's birthday party in Greece in June 2021. She'd never visited the country before and decided to take a 10-day solo vacation to Greece around the party.
Persons: , Marissa Rodriguez, Rodriguez, she'd, Chris Burch, Wonder, Sofia Vergara, Renata Black's, Greece Rodriguez, She'd, New York —, couldn't Organizations: Service, New York University, Business, C.Wonder Locations: Puerto Rico, Manhattan, New York, Greece, America, Athens, there's, New York City
He shifted to work as a software engineer at Yahoo in 2011, where he first saw a product manager in action and was inspired to take up the role down the line. In 2018, he joined Visa as a data platform product manager. Over the next five years, Lin worked at PayPal and then Google, where he is a senior product manager. Related storiesThis is the résumé that landed Lin his roles at Meta, Visa, and PayPal, and, in 2022, a $350,000 annual pay package at Google. Lin is now a senior product manager at Google's San Francisco office.
Persons: , Yun, Yu Lin, Lin, Yung, I'm, it's, résumé Organizations: Service, Yahoo, Business, University of Southern, Meta, Visa, PayPal, Google, Surplus Technology, Google's San Locations: Taiwan, University of Southern California, Google's San Francisco
download the appSign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. Single parents with businesses are juggling clients and deadlines with school pick-ups, endless laundry, and meal prep. The problem with batch cooking is that it's still cooking, and cooking is a time-sucker. AdvertisementI do my admin in the playgroundI spend almost 2 hours a day watching my two sons in the playground after school. But it's not like I'm sacrificing my evening social life because I don't have one as a single mother anyway.
Persons: , I've, salmorejo, it's, they're, It's, I'd Organizations: Service, Business, Stanford University, Psychology Locations: Spain
Emergency vehicles are parked next to the site of a fire at a lithium battery factory owned by South Korean battery maker Aricell in Hwaseong on June 24, 2024. At least twenty-two people died after lithium battery combustion ignited a massive fire in a South Korean factory, local officials said, according to NBC News. The blaze erupted at the Aricell battery factory in Hwaseong, a city south of Seoul, around 10:31 a.m. local time, officials said. The plant housed an estimated 35,000 batteries, NBC said. The factory was a reinforced concrete three-story building that sprawled over roughly 2,300 square meters and housed an estimated 35,000 batteries, according to South Korean news agency Yonhap.
Persons: Kim Jin, Young, Lee Sang, Yoon Suk, yeol Organizations: South, NBC News, Reuters, Authorities, CNBC, NBC, Hwasong Fire Department, Associated Press, Fire Agency, Korea's, Central Disaster, Headquarters, South Korean Ministry of Public Administration, Security Locations: South Korean, Hwaseong, Seoul, South
In some ways, that puts both men on equal footing when they walk onto Thursday’s debate stage. National ArchivesRonald Reagan, who like Biden retreated to Camp David for debate preparations in 1984, did not appear to his aides entirely engaged in the exercises. Walking off the debate stage after a rambling final answer, Reagan confessed to aides that he’d flopped. “They’re making me do my homework.”Walking off the debate stage in Denver, Obama did not initially realize just how bad his confrontation with Romney had gone. “On Social Security, we’ve got a somewhat similar position,” Obama told Romney during one of the exchanges that caused Obama’s advisers to cringe.
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In 2018, he joined Visa as a data platform product manager. Over the next five years, Lin worked at PayPal and then Google, where he is a senior product manager. Related storiesThis is the résumé that landed Lin his roles at Meta, Visa, and PayPal, and, in 2022, a $350,000 annual pay package at Google. "Tier one is about 20 to 30 different positions that I really, really want," Lin said. Lin is now a senior product manager at Google's San Francisco office.
Persons: , Yun, Yu Lin, Lin, Yung, I'm, it's, résumé Organizations: Service, Yahoo, Business, University of Southern, Meta, Visa, PayPal, Google, Surplus Technology, Google's San Locations: Taiwan, University of Southern California, Google's San Francisco
"House of the Dragon" has introduced Addam and Alyn of Hull, brothers affiliated with the Velaryon fleet. AdvertisementWarning: Spoilers ahead for "House of the Dragon" season two, episode two, and for the book "Fire and Blood." Viewers met Alyn of Hull in episode one. Corlys Velaryon approaches Alyn, who gives him a report on the status of his ship. But there's one more crucial piece of information Corlys gives us: Alyn was the one who saved his life, and Corlys feels that he owes him a debt.
Persons: , Alyn, Lucerys, Corlys Organizations: Service, Business Locations: Hull
A team of international academics successfully sequenced the genomes of each of the eight baobab species, examining their relationship with one another and concluded that they originated in Madagascar. "Avenue of the Baobabs" in Western Madagascar is one of the most spectacular collections of the unusual trees. Gavinevans/Creative CommonsOnly one baobab species is not included in the IUCN’s Red List of Threatened Species: A. digitata, which populates mainland Africa. The likelihood of finding fossil evidence to rubberstamp the conclusions of the genetic data is slim, Dr. Wan conceded. So perhaps these majestic trees may retain some of their mystery after all.
Persons: , Wan Jun, Nan, Wan, Seheno, Andriantsaralaza, , Dr,  Organizations: CNN, Biologists, Gardens, Royal Botanic Gardens, University of Antananarivo, Queen Mary University of London, IUCN, USAID Locations: Madagascar, Africa, Australia, Wuhan, Hubei, China, baobabs, Queen, Western Madagascar,
I'm afraid because California, where I live, is just too expensive, and I can't afford to retire here. I can't afford CaliforniaI considered staying put in Los Angeles, in the apartment I've lived in for the past 20 years. The decision was made, I then had to determine what part of the US I'm willing to move to. I like the Midwest, but after 30 years in California, I can't do long winters anymore. Having a comfortable retirement is important to me, and I'm willing to explore other parts of the country to ensure it.
Persons: It's, Black, it's, Organizations: Service, AARP Locations: California, Los Angeles, Southern California, Detroit, East Coast
Citi analyst Andrew Kaplowitz upgraded his rating for the heating and ventilation company to buy from neutral. The analyst accompanied the move by upping his price target to $74 from $65, implying that shares of Carrier Global could rally 17% going forward. The financial institution raised its price target for Nvidia to $150 from $135. Analyst Erin Wright stood by her overweight rating on the health insurance stock, reiterating her $595 price target. Wright set a price target of $374, which is 23% higher than the insurance company's Friday closing price of $355.48.
Persons: Goldman Sachs, Andrew Kaplowitz, CARR, Kaplowitz, — Lisa Kailai Han, Jefferies, Blayne Curtis, kingmaker, Curtis, Lisa Kailai Han, Morgan Stanley, UnitedHealth, Morgan Stanley's, Erin Wright, Wright, Bernstein, Stephen Reitman, Ferrari, Reitman, Ferrari's, Sanjeet Aujla, Aujla, BUD, Christopher Danely, Danely, James Schneider, Schneider, Fred Imbert Organizations: CNBC, Monday, Citi, Micron Technology, IBM, Carrier Global, Carrier, Nvidia, Humana, Ferrari, UBS, Anheuser, Busch InBev It's, Busch InBev, Micron, Citi Citi, Dow Jones Industrial, Dow Locations: China, UnitedHealth, U.S, Friday's
Synthesia, which says it's used by nearly half of the Fortfune 500, uses AI avatars for all kinds of purposes. Synthesia's AI video assistant can produce summaries of entire articles and documents. SynthesiaSynthesia also launched a new AI video assistant which can produce summaries of entire articles and documents. The company's competitors include AI video tools Veed, Colossyan, Elai, and HeyGen. And Chinese-owned social media app TikTok also recently debuted Symphony Assistant, a product that allows creators to make their own AI avatars.
Persons: Synthesia, hasn't, Victor Riparbelli, Riparbelli, they're, Synthesia Synthesia Organizations: Nvidia, CNBC, Microsoft, Accel Locations: London, Nigerian
CNN geolocated the video to be filmed from Xianqiao village in Guizhou province, neighboring the launch site province of Sichuan to the southeast. Other videos circulating on Chinese social media platforms analyzed by CNN showed multiple angles of the falling debris. A screengrab taken from video shows suspected Chinese rocket debris falling over Xianqiao village, Guizhou Province, China, following a launch. Before each launch, China’s civil aviation authority typically issues a notice to pilots, known as NOTAM, to warn them against the “temporary danger areas” where rocket debris are likely to be falling. In 2002, a boy in northern China was injured when fragments from a satellite launch fell on his village in Shaanxi province.
Persons: Xi Jinping, Markus Schiller, unsymmetrical, ” Schiller, , Schiller, who’s, China –, Russia – Organizations: Hong Kong CNN, CNN, China Aerospace Science, Technology Corporation, State, Information Office, Residents, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, NASA, European Space Agency, ST Analytics Locations: Hong Kong, China, 3p.m, Sichuan, France, United States, Xianqiao, Guizhou province, Guizhou, Xinba, Guizhou Province, Stockholm, Jiuquan, Taiyuan, Hainan Island, Munich, Germany, Western, Russia, Hunan Province, Shaanxi province, , Maldives
That's a slightly different approach than some other AI tools that focus on automating aspects of a creator's workflow. Advertisement3 ways AI could impact the creator economy, according to BakausAI could upend short-form video and help longer-form content thrive. Short-form video, however, has had a harder time forming those deep connections, which makes it easily replaceable, Bakaus said. It's usually the thing that most people outsource the last, not because they don't necessarily want help," Bakaus said. And, AI tools can help with overall ideation, he said.
Persons: , Paul Bakaus, Bakaus Organizations: Service, Business, YouTube
Covestro opens books to ADNOC over $12.5 billion takeover offer
  + stars: | 2024-06-24 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +2 min
German chemicals firm Covestro is giving ADNOC access to its books and stepping up talks based on an improved 11.7 billion euro ($12.5 billion) takeover offer, after more than a year of courtship by the Emirati energy company. Covestro said talks would proceed "in a timely manner" and there was no certainty of an agreement. A spokesperson for ADNOC welcomed Covestro's decision: "We look forward to jointly working with Covestro to swiftly progress due diligence for this important transaction," adding that this was ADNOC's final offer. ADNOC's initial informal offer to Covestro was reported in June 2023, but it wasn't until September last year that the German company entered into open-ended formal discussions. In December, it agreed to buy European chemical producer OCI's stake in ammonia and urea producer Fertiglobe for $3.6 billion.
Persons: Covestro, ADNOC, Austria's, Fertiglobe Organizations: Covestro, Abu, Abu Dhabi National Oil Co, Reuters, Jefferies, BP Locations: Leverkusen, Germany, Abu Dhabi
A massive fire at a factory in Berlin last month was set by Russian saboteurs, per WSJ. But the factory, owned by Diehl Metal, makes parts for cars and electrical systems, not weapons. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementIn early May, scores of German firefighters massed at a metal technology plant in southwest Berlin as it burned. This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers.
Persons: Organizations: Diehl, Service, Business Locations: Berlin, Russian, Ukraine, Lichterfelde
It’s a strange time for gay rights in America. As the country nears the 10th anniversary of the legalization of gay marriage nationwide, support for same-sex unions has risen to 70 percent of the American public. Even Obergefell v. Hodges, the 2015 Supreme Court ruling that legalized gay marriage, is under attack. Clearly, marriage equality was not enough to bring full equality to L.G.B.T.Q. But the gay marriage campaign was a major missed opportunity to expand L.G.B.T.Q.
Persons: Anita Bryant’s, Hodges, Samuel Alito, Clarence Thomas, Roe, Wade Organizations: Republican, Congress Locations: America
CNN —Huawei is in the midst of one of the most stunning comebacks in the history of the tech industry. The Chinese giant, which has been a flashpoint in the escalating rivalry between Washington and Beijing, says more than 900 million smartphones now use its in-house operating system Harmony OS. Harmony, which is called “Hongmeng” in Chinese, was first unveiled in 2019, months after Huawei was placed on a US trade blacklist that barred American firms from selling tech and software to the Chinese tech company without a license. The US ban prevented companies like Google (GOOGL) from supplying new Huawei devices with its version of Android OS. Sales of the iPhone began bouncing back in May, after the company aggressively cut prices in its largest overseas market.
Persons: ” Richard Yu, It’s, Yu, Huawei’s Organizations: CNN, Huawei, Google, Nvidia, Microsoft, Apple, Research Locations: China, Washington, Beijing, Shenzhen
Beneath the pit, some 370 miles of tunnels twist through solid rock, extending more than 1.5 miles below the surface. For 126 years, this site in Lead, S.D., housed the Homestake Mine, the deepest and most productive gold mine on the continent. In 2006, the Barrick Gold Corporation donated the mine to the state of South Dakota, which converted it into the largest subterranean laboratory in the United States, the Sanford Underground Research Facility. Although the lowest tunnels flooded after mining ceased, it is still possible to descend nearly a mile beneath the planet’s surface. Most of the sci­entists who do so are physicists conducting highly sensitive experi­ments that must be shielded from interfering cosmic rays.
Persons: sci­entists Organizations: Barrick Gold Corporation, Sanford Underground Research, Sanford Locations: North America, South Dakota, United States
And the annual World’s Ugliest Dog contest unearthed some true diamonds in the ruff on Friday when it was held at the Sonoma-Marin Fair in Petaluma, California. Wild Thang, an 8-year-old Pekingese, was crowned the winner and collected the $5,000 prize after five previous attempts. Rome, a 14-year-old pug, walks the red carpet during the annual World's Ugliest Dog contest. “He is just a sweet dog – I was just holding him and he loves to be held and cuddled. Justin Sullivan/Getty ImagesA 14-year-old, one-eyed pug named Rome snagged second place, making his first appearance in the competition.
Persons: ruff, , Fiona Ma, Thang, Josh Edelson, He’s, Ma, Daisy Mae, Justin Sullivan, pug, Rome, , Ozzie, Ozzie – Organizations: CNN, Sonoma, Marin, Associated Press, Getty Locations: Petaluma , California, Wild, Rome, AFP, California, Ukraine
My journey into van life began when I was a kid, listening to my grandpa's stories about road trips around Mexico and the US. Gerardo Rios GarciaAt just over 46 square feet, my van poses significant challenges. Financial independence is another significant benefit of my van life. Van life has been an incredible journey of self-discovery and growthThe van parked on a city street. However, I truly believe living in a van has positively impacted my professional and academic life.
Persons: , grandpa, Gerardo Rios Garcia, van, I'm, I've, Gerardo Rios Garcia Van, There's, haven't Organizations: Service, Columbia University, United Nations, Volkswagen, Business, Columbia University's, UN Locations: Manhattan, Mexico, North America, Arizona, Albuquerque , Kansas City, Indianapolis
Marjayoun, Lebanon CNN —In the town of Marjayoun in southern Lebanon, around five miles north of the Israeli border, the main square seems almost abandoned. Tensions between Israel and Lebanon have risen sharply since the October 7 Hamas attack on Israel and the ensuing military campaign by Israel in Gaza. Damaged property in the town of Marjayoun, southern Lebanon. Sunday mass at the Maronite Church in the town of Marjayoun, southern Lebanon. I decide not to interfere with annoying questions about Israel, Hezbollah, impending war, death, destruction and displacement.
Persons: Virgin Mary, Saint Charbel, Claude, , Aita Al, Muhammad Darwish, Israel, ” Edouard Achy, Amal, We’re, , Abu Nabil, Jordan, , it’s, It’s, Fatin, you’d Organizations: Lebanon CNN —, Journalists, Hezbollah, CNN, South Lebanese Army, Israel, Maronite Locations: Marjayoun, Lebanon, Lebanese, Israel, Gaza, The Iran, Hasbaya, Syria, France, , Jerusalem
Last year sent my daughter to summer camp for the first time and I was pleasantly surprised. Summer camp in Italy is nothing like what we think of in the US. Camp is cheaper in ItalyMy daughter goes to camp where we live in our small town. AdvertisementMy child plays freely and there's less structureAt summer camps in Italy, the children are sort of like free range chickens. She eats freshly cooked foodFood served at camps in Italy — and schools for that matter — is made fresh and on site.
Persons: I'm, I've, it's Organizations: Service Locations: Italy, Rome, Milan
My partner, Steve, and I moved to Bali two years ago, in July 2022. While living in the capital, I met Steve, who had moved over from Sydney to work in education in 2015. In Bali, we paid them in person for a few months before we finally learned how to do it online. We didn't celebrate ourselves enough for the milestones we achieved during our moveLooking back, we were too focused on getting our lives in Bali started right away. Many others I've spoken to in Bali are experiencing similar challenges of building a life and career here while transitioning from a 9-to-5 schedule.
Persons: , Nadia Rose, Steve Willis, Steve, I've, we'd, We've Organizations: Service, Business Locations: Bali, Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Sydney, Australia, KL
The group, Stand Up America, is kicking off the $1 million campaign on the second anniversary of the Dobbs v. Jackson decision, which overturned the right to an abortion and convulsed the country’s politics in its aftermath. For years, Republicans have made the courts — especially the Supreme Court — a central issue in federal elections. The vacancy on the Supreme Court during the 2016 election was a central force behind Donald J. Trump’s victory. Among voters who said the Supreme Court was the “most important factor” in their decision, 56 percent cast a ballot for Mr. Trump, according to exit polls. This year, Democrats are trying to harness that same energy: Though there is no current vacancy on the court, there is potential for a president to make appointments in the next administration.
Persons: Dobbs, Jackson, Donald J, Trump Organizations: Democratic, Republicans
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