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☆ Retail investors in Russia are powering an IPO hot streak that's drawing vodka makers and pawnshops to go public
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-10 | by ( Jennifer Sor | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Russia's stock market is seeing a streak of IPOs. AdvertisementAdvertisementThe Russian IPO market is seeing a streak of firms go public, with vodka makers to gold miners to pawnshop operators selling shares for the first time. Most of the boom in the Russian stock market is being powered by retail traders, who have plowed cash into the Moscow Exchange. AdvertisementAdvertisementThat's incentivized all types of firms to make their public market debut. Western economists have cast doubt over the strength of Russia's stock market, given that foreign inflows and outflows within the Moscow Exchange are frozen.

Persons: —, Yahuralzoloto Organizations: Moscow Exchange, Bloomberg, Service, Retail, Yale Locations: Moscow, Russian, Ukraine, Kaluga, Kristal

Prosecutors allege she killed Eric Richins, her husband of nine years, with a lethal dose of fentanyl. Alleged fentanyl purchases before husband’s deathThe house where Kouri Richins and Eric Richins lived is seen in Francis, Utah, on May 11, 2023. Rick Bowmer/APProsecutors say Richins withdrew money from bank accounts without her husband’s knowledge and tried to change a life insurance policy to make herself the sole beneficiary. Allegations of forged documentsPotentially previewing what may be presented in trial, another filing in the case includes allegations that some of Eric Richins’ financial documents may have been forged. After comparing those documents with dozens of other documents Eric Richins authored, Throckmorton indicated that signatures on the three items in question appear to have been forged.

Persons: Kouri Richins, Richins, Eric Richins, ”, Rick Bowmer, Kouri, Eric, ” Eric Richins, “, ’, Matt Throckmorton, Throckmorton, ” Throckmorton, “ Eric, Kristal Bowman, Carter, ” Bowman, Bowman, Kouri “, ‘ Organizations: CNN, Prosecutors, AP Prosecutors Locations: Utah, Park City , Utah, America, Moscow, , Utah, Francis , Utah

☆ Small-business owners already have the most effective tool to increase brand awareness and drive sales at the their fingertips: their employees
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-10 | by ( Erica Sweeney | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Employee advocacy has been shown to boost trust between brands and their customers more than ads. What consumers think about employees' social media postsRecent studies have shown that employee advocacy programs can increase brand awareness and positive perceptions about a company, drive sales, and improve employee recruitment and retention. In 2022, the company's social media reach hit 81 million with an earned media value of $2.5 million, Whalen said. Data shows that employee advocacy programs can also help boost sales. According to LinkedIn, companies that encourage sales teams to share content on social media generate more leads and are more likely to exceed their sales quotas.

☆ Punk icon Tom Verlaine, founder of the band Television, dies at 73
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-29 | by ( ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

Tom Verlaine, who redefined rock guitar in the punk era of the 1970s with his band Television, died Saturday in Manhattan. Tom Verlaine’s soloing (and Richard Lloyd‘s as well, of course) showed me you could be a virtuoso and dangerous at the same time, more Coltrane or Ornette than the arena rockers of the day. In 2007, Lloyd was replaced in the touring unit by Jimmy Ripp, who had for many years supported Verlaine on his solo albums and tours. Only after his twin brother John played the Rolling Stones’ “19th Nervous Breakdown” and other contemporary rock records for him did Miller rethink his preferred instrument. Though he always boasted a devoted cult fan base, Verlaine never succeeded in attaining a commercial foothold on the charts; his 1981 sophomore solo album “Dreamtime,” his lone entry, peaked at No.

☆ Worried about a gap in your resume? This small tweak could result in more job callbacks
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-04 | by ( Jennifer Liu | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Worried about a career gap in your resume? Turns out, there's a pretty easy workaround that's been scientifically proven to lead to more job callbacks. Previous research has shown that hiring managers discriminate against candidates who have a break in their resume. Researchers were focused on seeing the impact for working mothers and tested resumes with no career break, resumes with an unexplained career break, and resumes with a break and brief explanation that they left the labor force to care for children. The new tenure format "draws attention to the applicants' job experience while also obfuscating employment gaps by omission."

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