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☆ A YouTuber recreated a recipe for 3,800-year-old beer. Here's how you can do it too.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-16 | by ( Jenny Mcgrath | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

AdvertisementThe basic ingredients for an ancient beerMax Miller relied on a hymn and expert research to try and create an ancient beer. To make his version, Miller used water, barley, barley flour, a sourdough starter, coriander, cardamom, date syrup, and brewer's yeast. Some experts aren't sure if ancient beer was even alcoholic at all. Ancient beer is different from today's alesDon't expect your hymn-inspired homebrew to resemble anything you can buy at the store. There's also no evidence that ancient beer makers used hops, which is a ubiquitous ingredient today.

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☆ Carlsberg slides 8%, set for largest drop in four years, after Britvic rejects $3.9 billion takeover offer
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-21 | by ( Ruxandra Iordache | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Carlsberg shares were on course for their largest single-day decline in more than four years on Friday, after the British soft drinks maker Britvic said it had rejected the Danish brewer's £3.11 billion ($3.9 billion) takeover proposal. This is the company's largest single-day share drop since March 12, 2020, when stock fell 8.77%. Earlier in the session, Britvic announced it had on June 17 refused an improved cash takeover bid from Carlsberg offering 1,250 pence per share of the British soft drinks maker. This was Carlsberg's second bid, after its June 6 offer price of 1,200 pence per Britvic share was also declined. Carlsberg confirmed the rejection of its second proposal, which it qualified as "a compelling opportunity for Britvic shareholders to realise their investment in full in cash at an attractive valuation."

Persons: Britvic Organizations: Carlsberg, PepsiCo Locations: London, Danish, Britain

☆ He left his desk job in the US to run a food stall in Hong Kong. He earns more now — but plans to walk away from it soon.
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-10 | by ( Faye Bradley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Toby To Yan Choi left his accounting job in California to help his father run a food stall in Hong Kong. Dai pai dongs — Hong Kong's open-air stalls serving food with a no-frills approach — are disappearing. The number of dai pai dongs in all of Hong Kong has dwindled to just over 20, according to the Hong Kong Tourism Board. The braised white pepper pork hock is one of the signature dishes at Dai Lee Dai Pai Dong. AdvertisementHe's gotten married since moving to Hong Kong and plans to move back to the US if he and his wife have kids.

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☆ La Huasteca Potosina: This hidden Eden in Mexico won’t stay undiscovered forever
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-08 | by ( Tree Meinch | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

The remote landscapes of La Huasteca Potosina – part of the larger La Huasteca region spanning multiple states – include vast desert, lush mountains and rainforest nooks with turquoise rivers and waterfalls. Renting a car in the city of San Luis Potosí provides the most flexibility for visitors to chart their own paths through the state’s La Huasteca region. Corazón de Xoconostle and Auténtico San Luis both offer customized excursions from the city. Or maybe a night in the cozy town of Tamasopo on the western edge of La Huasteca Potosina. The city of San Luis Potosi is worth exploring and is a jumping-off point for a trip to La Huasteca to the east.

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☆ Brewers like Samuel Adams and AB InBev are shifting ad dollars to non-alcoholic beer as Americans cut back on drinking
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-06 | by ( Lara O'Reilly | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

It's shifting dollars away from its flagship brand, Boston Lager, to the non-alcoholic category, she added. Alcohol drinkers are opting for non-alcoholic beers on more occasions, such as at lunchtime or as a "chaser" between alcoholic drinks on a night out, experts said. Better margins, newer opportunitiesWhile non-alcoholic beers still only represent a small proportion of the total amount of beer sold, brewers can sell non-alcoholic beers at a higher margin, because they are often priced at a premium and avoid excise duty. The deal, announced earlier this year and which makes AB InBev a Worldwide Olympic Partner through to Los Angeles in 2028, marks the first time a beer brand has sponsored the Games. "This is an opportunity to strengthen beer as a category and as the category of moderation," said AB InBev CMO Marcel Marcondes.

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☆ After a Boom, Craft Beer Considers a New Creed: Less Is More
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-26 | by ( Joshua M. Bernstein | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

More than a decade ago, when Ryan Guererri was in his early 20s, he became obsessed with craft beer. As breweries rolled out a nonstop roster of new products, he bought hundreds of different beers, from bitter I.P.A.s to strong Belgian ales. “It was exciting trying everything,” said Mr. Guererri, who is now 35 and a human resources manager in Geneva, N.Y. These days, Mr. Guererri mainly stocks his fridge with just a small collection of tried-and-trusted brands. His move to simplicity reflects a broader shift in the beer world.

Persons: Ryan Guererri, ”, Guererri Locations: Geneva, United States

☆ The hot word for CEOs on earnings calls is 'choiceful'
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-20 | by ( Amelia Lucas | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

So far in 2023, choiceful has appeared in 15 quarterly earnings calls for S&P 500 companies, according to a CNBC analysis of FactSet transcripts. In 2021, only the CEOs of Molson Coors and McCormick said "choiceful" when speaking to investors on their quarterly conference calls. But the Oxford English Dictionary notes the earliest known use of the word in the late 1500s. These days, CEOs have used it to describe a consumer whose behavior has changed over the last two years. That's where "choiceful" comes in handy again.

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TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A prominent Belarusian dissident author who lives abroad said Thursday that his father was arrested on unclear grounds after police broke into his parents' apartment. The seven police officers, armed with automatic weapons, also took electronics and data files from the Minsk apartment, said Sasha Filipenko. His father was taken away for detention, but no charges were immediately stated. Political Cartoons View All 1237 ImagesFilipenko, a popular novelist, became one of Lukashenko's most prominent critics. Others have been jailed, such as Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ales Bialiatski, founder of the human rights group Viasna.

Persons: Sasha Filipenko, Alexander Lukashenko, Lukashenko, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, Ales Bialiatski Locations: TALLINN, Estonia, Belarusian, Minsk

☆ The rare African mask at the center of a fierce multimillion-dollar legal battle
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-05 | by ( Claudia Covilla | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

The Fourniers sold their mask in September of 2021 to a second-hand dealer for 150 euros, court documents show. The mask is an extremely rare artifact of great spiritual value to the Gabonese people, Betoe Bi Evie told CNN. It was through this information that the dealer was able to deduce the origins of the mask, Mansat Jaffré, the lawyer, told CNN. “We think he (the dealer) already had an idea at the back of his head, and that he knew the mask was rare,” Mansat Jaffré told CNN. However, as the Ngil mask at the center of the ongoing trial wasn’t held in a public collection, Gabon cannot demand its restitution from France.

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☆ Why IPAs are about to get more expensive
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-24 | by ( Cork Gaines | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

New research predicts the yield of already high-demand aroma hops to drop between 4% and 18% by 2050. This is important for the beer industry because the ever-popular India Pale Ales (IPAs) and their related off-shoots depend on aroma hops for their unique scents and bitter taste. AdvertisementAdvertisementHowever, the high-quality hops needed for IPAs to achieve their desired bitterness and aromas are already more expensive, so these beers are typically more costly than traditional styles. As the climate changes, areas that were once home to hops production become less hospitable, but new areas could open up. The authors concluded by calling on "urgent adaptation measures to stabilize international market chains," noting that these changes "will affect the economics and prospects" for European hop production.

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STOCKHOLM (AP) — The head of the Norwegian Nobel Committee urged Iran to release imprisoned peace prize winner Narges Mohammadi and let her accept the award at the annual prize ceremony in December. Mohammadi, an Iranian human rights activist, is the fifth peace laureate to get the prize while in prison or under house arrest. Here’s a look at previous Nobel laureates who were in detention:CARL VON OSSIETZKYPolitical Cartoons View All 1202 ImagesThe 1935 Nobel Peace Prize to German journalist Carl Von Ossietzky so infuriated Adolf Hitler that the Nazi leader prohibited all Germans from receiving Nobel Prizes. He was the first Nobel peace laureate to die in captivity. His wife was placed under house arrest, and dozens of his supporters were prevented from leaving the country.

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☆ Nobel Peace Prize could give a glimmer of hope amid era of conflict and climate crisis
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-04 | by ( Christian Edwards | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN —The Nobel Peace Prize will be awarded in Norway on Friday, as Russia’s brutal invasion of Ukraine rages on and other flashpoints threaten to ignite across the globe. But the peace prize can serve as a beacon of hope in fraught and fractured times. “I think it’s precisely in a situation like this that the peace prize becomes particularly important. But Nobel specialists have been quick to dismiss such speculation, saying it is rare for the peace award to go to a wartime leader. “It would be like saying in 1941 that (then-British Prime Minister) Winston Churchill should get the Nobel Peace Prize.

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Here are some things to know about the Nobel Prizes:AN IDEA MORE POWERFUL THAN DYNAMITEPolitical Cartoons View All 1190 ImagesThe Nobel Prizes were created by Alfred Nobel, a 19th-century businessman and chemist from Sweden. Though Nobel purists stress that the economics prize is technically not a Nobel Prize, it’s always presented together with the others. The Nobel Prizes project an aura of being above the political fray, focused solely on the benefit of humanity. The Norwegian Nobel Committee is an independent body that insists its only mission is to carry out the will of Alfred Nobel. To date, 60 women have won Nobel Prizes, including 25 in the scientific categories.

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UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The foreign minister of Belarus, which has a strategic partnership with Russia, says he cannot envision a situation where his country would enter the war in Ukraine alongside Russian forces. Sergei Aleinik said in an interview with The Associated Press that he also can’t imagine a situation where Russia would order his country to use the tactical nuclear weapons it recently deployed in Belarus. The foreign minister disputed the assertions by some opponents that Belarus’ ties to Russia were isolating the country. “It’s clear that by increasing weapons deliveries to this country, the West is determined to continue the war down to the last Ukrainian.”Could he see a situation where Belarus could support the war in Ukraine alongside Russia? The Viasna Human Rights Center recorded 1,496 political prisoners in Belarus at the end of August, including Nobel Peace Prize winner Ales Bialiatski.

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☆ Nobel Prize foundation bars Russia from awards ceremony after 'strong reactions'
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-02 | by ( Charles R. Davis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The Nobel Foundation on Saturday retracted its invitation to Russia, citing "strong reactions." Russia's ambassador to Sweden will no longer attend the Nobel Prize awards ceremony in Stockholm. Russian diplomats will still be invited to the Nobel Peace Prize award ceremony in Oslo, Norway. The invitations prompted some Swedish politicians to announce they would boycott this year's awards ceremony. However, "As before," diplomats from Russia, Iran, and Belarus will still be invited to attend a separate, parallel ceremony for the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, Norway.

Persons: Stenevi, Vidar Helgesen, Ales Bialiatski, Dmitry Muratov, Muratov Organizations: Service, Foundation, Nobel Foundation, Associated Press, Ukraine, The Washington Post, Kremlin, Russian, Novaya Gazeta Locations: Russia, Sweden, Stockholm, Russian, Oslo, Norway, Wall, Silicon, Ukraine, Belarus, Iran, Trump, Moscow

☆ Small businesses turned an Chicago old meatpacking plant into a living experiment in sustainable food, and they are thriving
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-10 | by ( Morgan Mcfall-Johnsen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +14 min

InsiderAt The Plant in Chicago, small businesses are tinkering with sustainable food production. It was designed to make food," Edel said. The Plant's white whale is turning food waste into cashThe Plant's large backyard features a greenhouse, left, farms, and an anaerobic digester, right. The innovators believe they can pull antioxidants or vanilla, for example, from the digesting food waste and sell it. "Take the waste from vertical farming or food waste, put it in an anaerobic digester, generate energy — gas, or turn that into electricity.

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☆ The State of Pizza in the Pizza State
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-08 | by ( Nikita Richardson | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

And a New New Haven SliceIf Chrissy’s is repping the New York pie, then Lala’s in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn, is the Connecticut delegate. This city isn’t exactly head over heels for rival pizza styles, so it’s particularly brave of Grimm Artisanal Ales to give over its entire rooftop to apizza (the New Haven term for its local style). I’ve been a fan of Grimm for a long time — it was going hard on light-bodied sours during the New England I.P.A. Go for the tomato pie, a cracker-thin pizza with shaved garlic, or the cozy pie with chunks of potato. You want New York pizza?

Persons: I’ve, Grimm, it’s, Rocco Pizza, Rocco Locations: York, East Williamsburg , Brooklyn, Connecticut, England, New York, Brooklyn

Over the two trading days since, the market has tried to second-guess the pace at which the BOJ wants yields to move, while the BOJ has run special bond-buying operations to cap yields. "There is only a very, very small possibility of a sudden or very steep rise in JGB yields, because too many people want to buy the bonds. The maximum yield investors demanded was 0.6%, just 10 basis points (bps) above the previous policy cap. The promise of an extra 10-20 bps of JGB yield means 10-year JGBs hedged from dollars into yen can yield upwards of 6%. As per BOJ data, lifers and pension funds held roughly 26% of a 1,132 trillion yen ($7.93 trillion) JGB market at the end of 2019.

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☆ Investors manoeuvre, warily, for long-shot BOJ policy move
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-27 | by ( Kevin Buckland | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

SLOWLY, STEADILYBOJ sources say the central bank is leaning towards keeping its yield control policy unchanged as policymakers wait for data to affirm wages and inflation will keep rising. The benchmark 10-year JGB yield also retreated to 0.445% from as high as 0.485%. "We don't short the JGB market. In part, it's an expensive thing to do - as you know, the Bank of Japan owns 110% of the 10-year JGB market," he said. "Nobody's calling for them to hike aggressively, just bringing some function back to the JGB market, allowing themselves to step away because the data has given them an opportunity to do so.

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☆ A Perfect Weekend in Telluride
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-13 | by ( Cindy Hirschfeld | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Post-adventure, go for the summer version of après-ski at a trio of spots around Mountain Village. Telluride Brewing Company pours its refreshing I.P.A.s and other ales at a brewpub in the Hotel Madeline building (the brewery’s original tap room just west of Telluride remains a hub for locals who stream in after biking and kayaking.) Where to StayThe Telluride area has no shortage of luxe hotels, with the biggest concentration in Mountain Village. On the west side of town, the Hotel Telluride (rooms from $369) is a reliable option, with friendly service and a relaxed vibe. If you have a car and a limited budget, consider the Bivvi Hostel Telluride, open since 2020 in Placerville, about 16 miles down the valley.

Persons: Franz Klammer, Luz, margarita, Joy Itthithepphana, Bryan Woody, Cheyenne Organizations: Company, Telluride Brewing Company, Madeline, Hotel, Telluride Locations: Village, Telluride, La, luxe, Bernard, Hotel Telluride, Placerville

☆ Offices are turning into amenity-filled campuses to entice employees back to work
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-20 | by ( Nicole Goodkind | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Businesses are stuck with trillions of dollars of commercial real estate they need to use. But supply and demand are starting to even out: National demand for office space in May was up 13% from April. But are corporations downsizing the amount of office space they rent as they permanently shift some roles to work from home? Have you seen a shift in the commercial real estate market since the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank in March? The commercial real estate market is largely a regional business, landlords are local.

Persons: That’s, Bell, Nick Romito, It’s, We’ve, hasn’t, Chris Isidore, Ella Nilsen, Ian, ’ We’ve, Anna Cooban, Greene King, Shepherd Neame, ” Organizations: CNN Business, Bell, New York CNN, US Treasury Department, Federal Reserve, Securities and Exchange Commission, CBRE, Estate Services, Covid, Silicon Valley Bank, Signature Bank, Farm, Allstate, State, Brewers, CNN, Heineken Locations: New York, United States, Silicon, Florida, California, California , Florida, Louisiana, United Kingdom

☆ British brewers reduce alcohol in beers as inflation bites
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-19 | by ( Anna Cooban | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Since, under UK law, brewers pay less tax on drinks with a lower alcohol content, the newspaper claimed that the companies had pocketed this saving rather than passing it onto customers through lower prices. Brewer Greene King has cut the alcohol content of its Old Speckled Hen pale ale to 4.8% from 5%. In January, Dutch brewer Heineken lowered the ABV content of Foster’s larger — which it sells in the UK — to 3.7% from 4%. Consumer price inflation in the UK remains stubbornly high, reaching 8.7% in April. Inflation has fallen back in recent months, but still clocks in higher than in any other country in the Group of Seven.

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☆ 24 Best Last-Minute Father’s Day Gifts
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-17 | by ( Sarah Grossbart | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +13 min

Father’s Day is June 19 and you’re still empty-handed, and unless you’re 8 years old, it’s no longer cute or acceptable to turn up with a handmade coupon book. For the golfing dadIf your dad is an avid golfer, an upgrade to his typical apparel is a solid gift choice. For the dad who loves long walksIf dad’s shoe collection is looking a little tired, consider a pair of Birkenstocks. And just in time for the big day, you can get a digital gift card delivered right to his inbox. For the dad who’s the life of the partyThe “king of all coolers” is how Los Angeles-based stylist Alison Deyette describes Yeti’s UV-resistant Roadie 24 Hard Cooler, which makes the polyethylene beverage tote a shoo-in for the best last-minute Father’s Day gift.

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☆ Central Europe's policymakers double down on hawkish message
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-07 | by ( Jan Lopatka | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

As central Europe's central banks were faster than their major peers to hike rates, they had also been expected to lead the way in easing. That message was underlined on Thursday when February data showed industrial wage growth in the double digits. "We do not expect a rate hike," it said after the Czech policy meeting last week. CEE inflation pushing past a peakThe Polish central bank also struck somewhat hawkish tones at its news conference on Thursday after holding rates steady. Romania's central bank left rates unchanged on Tuesday and said inflation may come down faster than previously thought.

☆ Nobel Laureate and Activist Ales Bialiatski Sentenced to 10 Years in Belarusian Prison
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-03 | by ( Ann M. Simmons | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Ales Bialiatski in the defendants’ cage during a courtroom hearing in Minsk, Belarus. A court in Belarus sentenced Nobel Peace Prize winner and human rights activist Ales Bialiatski to 10 years in prison, the latest effort in a campaign to silence critics of the country’s authoritarian ruler President Alexander Lukashenko . A court in the Belarusian capital of Minsk ruled Friday that Mr. Bialiatski and three co-defendants were guilty of smuggling, organizing and financing public protests and other crimes, senior prosecutor Aleksandr Korol told Belarusian state television.

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