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☆ How Nathan’s Famous turned competitive eating into a national spectacle
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-29 | by ( Elise Hammond | Danielle Wiener-Bronner | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

Each year, close to two million people watch Nathan’s hot dog eating contest on ESPN, according to the frankfurter brand. Boys participating in a pie eating contest at the 4-H Club fair in Cimarron, Kansas. At the time, PR mavens Max Rosey and Mortimer Matz thought a hot dog eating competition would drum up some publicity for Nathan’s. (They also seem to have made up the legend that the first Nathan’s contest was held in 1916). “We love the Nathan’s hot dog eating competition because we love how it brings the city together,” Fellman said, standing with a group of her friends, all wearing Nathan’s hot dog eating contest T-shirts.

Persons: Jacqueline Lewis, ” Lewis, franks, frankfurter, Joey Chestnut, Apuleius ’, ”, Jason Fagone, Fagone, “, ” Fagone, Corbis, Adrienne Bitar, Max Rosey, Mortimer Matz, Melody Andorfer, George, Richard Shea, George Shea, —, Shea, Rosey, ” George Shea, Henry S, Dziekan, it’s, ” Shea, ’ ” Shea, Takeru Kobayashi, Kobayashi, Kazutoyo Arai, Spencer Platt, ” Bitar, ” Kobayashi, Bitar, you’re, ’, Kena Betancur, ” Beatrice Fellman, ” Fellman, Bass Organizations: New, New York CNN, CNN, ESPN, Boys, Cornell University, “, Nathan’s, League, LA Times, Netflix Locations: New York, Coney Island, Coney, United States, Pennsylvania, Cimarron , Kansas, “, Long, New York City, Japan, Brooklyn , NY, America, Brooklyn, Kena

☆ Artificial Intelligence, Steam Closets, European Dryers: The Future of Laundry Has Finally Arrived
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-08 | by ( Sophia Benoit | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

GEORGE JETSON only works two hours a week. Jane Jetson presses a button to fix her hair. In the animated TV series’ dreamy, halcyon world of 2026, basically all chores have been automated. Even Rosey, the family’s robotic maid, has better things to do than laundry and dry-cleaning. Both are handled by arms that emerge from walls.

Persons: GEORGE JETSON, Jane Jetson, Rosey

☆ The former CEO of $61 billion cloud giant Snowflake lays out the key traits he looks for when deciding whether to invest in an AI startup
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-29 | by ( Ellen Thomas | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Written by the tech investor and former Snowflake CEO Bob Muglia, the book came out on June 13. A seasoned tech executive who once worked under Bill Gates at Microsoft, Muglia was the CEO of the fast-growing data-cloud company Snowflake until 2019. In "The Datapreneurs," Muglia set out to highlight some of the startup founders he thought were leading the charge in data analytics. You know, to me, knowledge is really data combined with analysis and insights. We certainly didn't work with that kind of data at Snowflake, at least not when I was there.

Persons: Bob Muglia, Muglia, Steve Hamm, Bill Gates, Rosey, they're, we're, — they're, Bob, It's, George Fraser, Benoit Dageville, Benoit, it'd, Roo Armande Organizations: Snowflake, Former Snowflake, Microsoft, Google Locations: Muglia, RelationalAI, Israel, Snowflake

☆ Lightning Round: 'Things are never so rosey that you can't have a drug stock in your portfolio', says Jim Cramer
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-30 | by ( Jim Cramer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

In this videoShare Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailLightning Round: 'Things are never so rosey that you can't have a drug stock in your portfolio', says Jim CramerMad Money' host Jim Cramer weighs in on stocks including: Bowlero, Corteva, Bristol-Myers, Telus, Verizon, A O Smith Corp., Centene, Super Micro Computer Inc., and Upstart Holdings.

Persons: Jim Cramer Mad, Jim Cramer Organizations: Myers, Telus, Verizon, Smith Corp, Computer Inc, Holdings Locations: Corteva, Bristol

☆ If Student Loan Forgiveness Is Overturned by the Supreme Court, Refinancers Are Waiting
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-07 | by ( Thomas Gokey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +16 min

The PSLF program cancels federal student loans for people who work in public-service jobs for 10 years, and the impact of relief is profound. In the process, borrowers forfeit many protections that come with federal student loans, including the chance to get their loans canceled. In one survey, more than one-third of respondents who refinanced their federal student loans said they eventually came to regret it. President Biden announced a plan to cancel $10,000 in student loan debt, but if you privately refinanced, you won't benefit. Most private student loans allow for some kind of "cosigner release" so no one else is on the hook for your loans.

☆ Student-Debt Relief: Why Refinancing Your Student Loans Is a Trap
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-28 | by ( Thomas Gokey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +15 min

The PSLF program cancels federal student loans for people who work in public-service jobs for 10 years, and the impact of relief is profound. In the process, borrowers forfeit many protections that come with federal student loans, including the chance to get their loans canceled. Recent changes to the law require private student loans to be discharged if you die, but that isn't the case with older loans. Most private student loans allow for some kind of "cosigner release" so no one else is on the hook for your loans. Refinancing companies make the system worse for everyonePrivate refinancing companies don't just hand out their loans to anyone.

☆ U.S. snowboarders sue former coach alleging sexual abuse
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-03 | by ( Daniel Trotta | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Feb 2 (Reuters) - Three former U.S. snowboarders sued their former coach, the national snowboarding federation and the U.S. Olympic Committee on Thursday alleging sexual abuse that was covered up by the two sporting bodies, court documents showed. Rosey Fletcher, Erin O'Malley and Callan Chythlook-Sifsof sued former coach Peter Foley, U.S. Ski and Snowboard (USSS), and the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) in U.S. District Court for the central district of Los Angeles. The suit alleges Foley exploited his position of trust with the athletes to "coerce sexual acts through force, manipulation, emotional abuse, intimidation, and retaliation". The U.S. Olympic Committee said at that time it had followed protocol and reported the allegations to the U.S Center for SafeSport, which handles reports of sexual abuse within the Olympic movement.

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