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☆ 29-year-old ex-bartender now earns $100,000 working in AI without a college degree—here's how
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-30 | by ( Morgan Smith | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

For a while, Maruyama thought her career options without a college degree would be limited to low-wage jobs or becoming an entrepreneur. Cosmetic tattoo artists, who need to complete classes and acquire a license, tattoo permanent makeup and can camouflage bald patches and tattoo full scalps to create the appearance of hair. Maruyama obtained her cosmetic tattoo artist license in 2018 while living in Savannah. Most of the open jobs Maruyama saw online were in tech and required skills she had never heard of. At the same time, Maruyama started sharing her experience looking for — and landing — a job without a college degree on TikTok under the username @degreefree.

Persons: Maruyama, Hannah Maruyama, Ryan, Hannah, furloughed Organizations: CNBC, Georgia Southern, Georgia Southern University, Yama Studios, Honolulu Fire Department, AWS Locations: Savannah, AskMakeIt@cnbc.com, Honolulu, Hawaii, Saudi Arabia

☆ 10 Years, 100 Stories: The Work That Defines the Upshot
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-27 | by ( The Upshot Staff | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +20 min

Ten years ago this week, The New York Times introduced the Upshot, a section devoted to explaining “politics, policy and everyday life.” That’s a wide scope, by design. As a result, more than 5,000 articles later, the Upshot has been many things to many readers. To mark our 10th birthday, we’ve collected 100 stories that embody the Upshot. WordleBot Eden Weingart/The New York Times When Wordle first became popular, several people on the internet claimed, plausibly, that they had come up with the “best” opening word. Force of Ship Impact Was on the Scale of a Rocket Launch Erin Schaff/The New York Times We think of the Upshot as a place where back-of-the-envelope calculations can be both helpful and welcome.

Persons: ”, Nate Cohn’s, we’ve, Kevin Quealy, John Branch, John, Patrick Thomas, tut, Trump, pollsters, Obamacare, Leif Parsons, We’re, Jason Henry, Tony Luong, Jordan, ‘, Ruth Fremson, Laurel, ’ Rodrigo Corral, Alex Welsh, Paul Romer, Tim Enthoven, Barack Obama, epidemiologists, It’s, you’re, WordleBot Eden, Wordle, Lila Barth, McCabe, Tom Brady, ChatGPT, —, Erin Schaff Organizations: New York Times, Facebook, Yankees, Red, State Newspaper, ESPN, The Athletic, The Times, You’re, Voters, Trump, Mr, Times, Siena College, Walmart, The New York Times, Jordan Siemens, Health, New, Nike, Democratic, Twitter, America, Iowa, Iowa Democratic, Cancer, Hit, Biden, Insurance, Roe America, Disorders, Republican, Republican Party of, U.S, Budget, NASA, National, Traffic, Administration, Yorkers, Force Locations: It’s, Red Sox, State, America, Dakota, Ireland, Chipotle, Japan, U.S, United States, Siena, New Pennsylvania, District, Iowa, Covid, York City, New York, Pennsylvania, Roe, Tonga, Arizona, York, Holland

What happened next was a state Supreme Court election in Pennsylvania unlike any other. Such high-stakes, high-spending partisan campaigns could become standard for judicial elections in Pennsylvania, a premier presidential battleground state where the state Supreme Court has issued pivotal decisions on major election-related cases in recent years. Democrats had held a 5-2 majority on Pennsylvania's Supreme Court before Chief Justice Max Baer died last year. Democrats and their allies learned a hard lesson in Pennsylvania's 2021 race for Supreme Court, when Republicans outspent Democrats by more than $1 million. Based on reports filed thus far to the state, McCaffery and Democratic allies spent more than $13 million, compared to more than $8 million by Carluccio and her allies.

Persons: Dan McCaffery, Carolyn Carluccio, Donald Trump, that’s, ”, Shanin Specter, ” McCaffery, Roe, Wade, Max Baer, Republican Kevin Brobson, Carluccio, Jeffrey Yass —, ” Specter, Eric Stern, Matthew Brouillette, ” Brouillette, “, ” Kadida Kenner, McCaffery, ” Kenner, Marc Levy Organizations: Republican, Association, U.S, Democratic, Pennsylvania's, Supreme, Republicans outspent, Democratic Party, Democrats, New Pennsylvania Locations: HARRISBURG, Pa, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, U.S ., Wisconsin, Allegheny County

Nielsen and Fox said Thursday the World Series averaged 9.11 million viewers, less than the 9.79 million average from the 2020 series, when the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Tampa Bay Rays in six games. Wednesday night's game averaged 11.48 million on Fox, a jump of 3 million compared to Tuesday night's audience. The total audience across Fox, Fox Deportes and Fox streaming platforms was 11.64 million. Monday night's Game 3 set the record for the least-watched World Series game on record at 8.13 million. “Whenever there's a chance for somebody to clinch, the numbers are usually high.”The World Series also continues to outperform every entertainment program.

Persons: Fox, “, Mike Mulvihill, you’ve, Bob Thompson, ”, there's, Mulvihill, it’ll, ___ Organizations: Texas Rangers, Arizona Diamondbacks, Nielsen, Los Angeles Dodgers, Tampa Bay Rays, Houston Astros, Philadelphia Phillies, Fox, Fox Deportes, Baseball, Rangers, Fox Sports Networks, Detroit Lions, Las Vegas Raiders, TBS, ESPN Locations: U.S

Josh Shapiro to bypass the Legislature and start automatic voter registration. “THE DEMOCRATS ARE TRYING TO STEAL PENNSYLVANIA AGAIN BY DOING THE ‘AUTOMATIC VOTER REGISTRATION’ SCAM,” Trump wrote on his social media platform. Democrats contended that Shapiro was well within his legal authority to authorize automatic voter registration. A survey of several states with automatic voter registration revealed similar experiences. Republicans in some states that have switched to automatic registration say it will lead to fraud or illegal voting, and conservatives in Alaska have attempted to repeal that state’s automatic registration.

Persons: — Donald Trump, Josh Shapiro, Trump, Shapiro, ” Trump, Ronna McDaniel, “, ” McDaniel, ” Shapiro, Adam Bonin, ”, Tammy Patrick, Charles Stewart III, ” Stewart, Democrat Joe Biden, Sam DeMarco, ” DeMarco, Christina A, Cassidy, Marc Levy Organizations: Republican, Democratic Gov, Democratic, Republicans, Trump, “, MSNBC, District of Columbia, National Conference of State Legislatures, National Association of Election, Massachusetts Institute, Science, Pennsylvania Project, Public, Institute of California, University of Southern, University of California, Democrat, Democratic Party, Associated Press Locations: HARRISBURG, Pa, Alaska, Georgia, West Virginia . Georgia, Pennsylvania, University of Southern California, Berkeley, Allegheny County, Pittsburgh, Atlanta

☆ Cramer's Lightning Round: Carrier Global is 'terrific'
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-20 | by ( Julie Coleman | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

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Persons: Carrier, Dave Gitlin's, Dickinson, They've, they've Organizations: Carrier, Company, Enterprise Products Partners, Dutch Bros, Arista Networks, Nittany Lion, Penn State

☆ 99-year old trucking company Yellow shuts down, putting 30,000 out of work
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-31 | by ( Chris Isidore | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

New York CNN —Yellow Corp., a 99-year old trucking company that was once a dominant player in its field, halted operations Sunday and will lay off all 30,000 of its workers. The unionized company has been in a battle with the Teamsters union, which represents about 22,000 drivers and dock workers at the company. This is a sad day for workers and the American freight industry,” said Teamsters President Sean O’Brien in a statement. Eventually non-union carriers came to dominate the LTL segment as well. Yellow, Roadway and a third company known as CF or Consolidated Freightways had once been known as the Big Three of the trucking industry.

Persons: Satish Jindel, ”, Sean O’Brien, Jindel, “, Consolidated Freightways Organizations: New, New York CNN — Yellow Corp, Teamsters, CF, Consolidated, Yellow Corp Locations: New York, New Penn, Holland

☆ Yellow Corp trucking company shares plunge as bankruptcy looms
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-27 | by ( Chris Isidore | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

New York CNN —The end may be close for Yellow Corp, a nearly century-old trucking company with 30,000 employees. But the company handled only about 7% of the nation’s 720,000 daily LTL shipments last year, said Jindel. Higher prices will particularly be true for Yellow customers, Jindel said. But the LTL segment requires a network of terminals on which to sort incoming and outgoing freight. But eventually non-union carriers came to dominate the LTL segment as well.

Persons: Satish Jindel, “, ”, FreightWaves, Yellow, Sean O’Brien, —, Jindel Organizations: New, New York CNN, Yellow Corp, Teamsters, CNN, Street, Industry, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Taxpayers Locations: New York, New Penn, Holland

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