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☆ Meet L'Oréal heiress Françoise Bettencourt Meyers, the world's richest woman and the first woman to ever hit a $100 billion fortune
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-14 | by ( Polly Thompson | Taylor Nicole Rogers | Sarah Jackson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Her relationship with her mother came to a tipping point when Bettencourt Meyers initiated a decade-long family feud over her inheritance. A photographer named François-Marie Banier was the subject of a disagreement between Bettencourt Meyers and her mother. In a 2008 letter to Banier, Bettencourt described their relationship to him, writing: "With you, I am like a mother, a lover, all the feelings pass through me. Bettencourt Meyers told a French news magazine in 2009 that Mr. Banier's "objective is clear: break away my mother from our family to profit from her. He was sentenced to two and half years in prison and told to pay Bettencourt 158 million euros in damages.

Persons: Bettencourt Meyers, Marie Banier, François, Liliane Bettencourt, Bettencourt, Banier, Bainer, Butler Organizations: New York Times, Banier, Netflix

This is “Modern Love.” Today, I’m talking to the most famous couples therapist in the world, Esther Perel. esther perelOK. “What Sleeping with Married Men Taught Me About Infidelity” by Karin Jones. [MUSIC PLAYING] “I’m not sure it’s possible to justify my liaison with married men, but what I learned from having them warrants discussion. anna martinWhen we come back, I talk to Esther about the harsh criticism this essay got and why Esther thinks Karin Jones deserves more credit. esther perelThe homewrecker is always a woman because the woman is the one who says yes, and therefore, if the woman hadn’t said yes, then he wouldn’t be able to do it.

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☆ I have Tourette syndrome. It took me 20 years to get a diagnosis.
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-22 | by ( Alton Northup | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Tourette syndrome can't be cured, but I want to have more control over my tics. My tics started when I was a kidI started having tics around the age of 7. Despite these criteria, about half of children with Tourette syndrome go undiagnosed, according to the CDC. AdvertisementStress and anxiety can often make symptoms of Tourette syndrome worse, and college brought on a level of stress I hadn’t felt before. Most adults can inhibit that signal, but people with Tourette syndrome cannot.

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☆ How a Ukrainian salt town was laid to waste in Russia's desperate push for Bakhmut
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-12 | by ( Erin Snodgrass | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +13 min

The eastern Ukrainian city of Soledar fell to Russia in January after months of brutal battle. It would be another five months before the eastern Ukrainian city, located 10 miles northeast of Bakhmut, would fall to Russia as the new year dawned. The town of Soledar offered little strategic value to Russia's forces beyond a political win. They didn't care what would happen to Ukrainian forces, they didn't care what would happen to their own forces." "It felt like I had left at least a part of me in Soledar," Cherniavska said.

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☆ U.S. in game of "catch me if you can" with Nvidia on rules - China media
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-11 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

A smartphone with a displayed NVIDIA logo is placed on a computer motherboard in this illustration taken March 6, 2023. The chip industry newsletter SemiAnalysisas reported earlier that Nvidia plans to release new artificial intelligence chips aimed at the Chinese market less than a month after the U.S. tightened rules on selling high-end AI chips to China. The new rules put a cap on how much computing power a chip can pack into a small size. SemiAnalysis said the new Nvidia chips are called the HGX H20, L20 PCIe and L2 PCIe and the company could announce them on Nov. 16. "It is not difficult to imagine that as long as Washington remains committed to 'choking' China, the game of 'catch me if you can' will continue indefinitely," the newspaper said.

Persons: Dado Ruvic, SemiAnalysis, Robert Birsel Organizations: NVIDIA, REUTERS, Rights, Nvidia, Global Times, U.S, Shanghai, Thomson, Reuters Locations: China, U.S, Washington

☆ When Your Workout Stops Working
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-20 | by ( Connie Chang | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The first weeks of a new exercise routine can be hard — your muscles tremble, your lungs burn, your heart races. But after a month or two, it gets easier: You’re running faster and longer, or lifting weights with more ease. You’ve hit a workout plateau. After just a few training sessions, the brain can become more skilled at telling muscles to move. For example: “The heart gets stronger and better at pumping blood to the muscles,” said Jeff Horowitz, an exercise physiologist at the University of Michigan.

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☆ Meet Françoise Bettencourt Meyers, the world's richest woman, who's worth $87 billion
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-16 | by ( Polly Thompson | Taylor Nicole Rogers | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Her relationship with her mother came to a tipping point when Bettencourt Meyers initiated a decade-long family feud over her inheritance. Getty ImagesIn the lawsuit, Bettencourt Meyers alleged that photographer François-Marie Banier used his friendship with Liliane Bettencourt to manipulate the elderly heiress into giving him some 1.3 billion euros ($1.4 billion) of cash, art, and life insurance policies, The New York Times reported. In a 2008 letter to Banier, Bettencourt described their relationship to him writing: "With you, I am like a mother, a lover, all the feelings pass through me. Bettencourt Meyers told a French news magazine in 2009 that Mr. Banier's "objective is clear: break away my mother from our family to profit from her. He was sentenced to two and half years in prison and told to pay Bettencourt 158 million euros million in damages.

Persons: Bettencourt Meyers, François, Marie Banier, Liliane Bettencourt, Bettencourt, Banier, Bainer Organizations: New York Times, Banier

Yelling at Michael Barr, the Federal Reserve’s top banking regulator, has never been particularly effective, his friends and co-workers will tell you. That hasn’t stopped America’s biggest banks, their lobbying groups and even his own colleagues, who have reacted to his proposal to tighten and expand oversight of the nation’s large lenders with a mix of incredulity and outrage. The proposal would push up the amount of easy-access money that banks need to have at the ready, potentially cutting into their profits. Lawmakers sent worried letters to the Fed and peppered its officials with questions about what the proposal would contain. The Bank Policy Institute, a trade group, recently rolled out a national ad campaign urging Americans to “demand answers” on the Fed’s new capital rules.

Persons: Michael Barr, hasn’t, Kevin Fromer, Barr, Lawmakers Organizations: Federal, Financial Services, Mr, BNP Paribas, HSBC, TD Bank, Hill, Bank Policy Institute, Fed

☆ Growing fury from Maui residents over the direction of early wildfire recovery efforts
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-13 | by ( Alicia Victoria Lozano | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

US President Joe Biden is embraced by Hawaii Governor Josh Green (C) after delivering remarks as he visits an area devastated by wildfires in Lahaina, Hawaii on August 21, 2023. Rebuilding hasn't even started after a deadly wildfire destroyed the historic town of Lahaina, Hawaii, last month, but residents are already angry and frustrated with recent moves by Gov. Now, they say, that pattern could be repeated with the aid of an emergency proclamation signed by Green that could erode their hard-won rights, despite his reassurances that rebuilding would reflect the needs of Maui residents. "It is a real slap in the face when we still have to deal with the aftermath of this fire." Green reinstated the water rules last week, but residents are wary that future proclamations could jeopardize their efforts to restore Maui's streams and wetlands.

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CNN —Demolition of the Los Angeles area home where Marilyn Monroe spent her last months has been put on hold by Los Angeles City Council, following a last-minute motion aimed at designating the house a Historic-Cultural Monument. Baron/Hulton Archive/Getty Images Norma Jeane Mortenson, who later changed her name to Marilyn Monroe, was born in 1926 in Los Angeles. Hulton Archive/Getty Images She was in several movies in 1950, including "The Asphalt Jungle" and "All About Eve." Hulton Archive/Getty Images Monroe wins a trophy at the "Star Of Tomorrow" Awards in Los Angeles in 1952. Bettmann Archive/Getty Images Monroe and former Yankees baseball player Joe DiMaggio leave city hall after their wedding.

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☆ Hawaii wildfires: Fights over water amid west Maui's charred ruins ignite new fears
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-21 | by ( Bill Weir | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Wailuku, Hawaii CNN —On a Hawaiian tourist brochure, fire and water are selling points for a volcanic paradise where lava flows and waterfalls mist. “There has been a great deal of water conflict on Maui for many years,” Hawaii Gov. “It’s disaster capitalism at its finest.”A rushing canal is seen on Hokuao Pelligrino's family farm in Wailuku on Maui on August 20, 2023. After watching Pellegrino and his Wailuku community litigate their streams back to life, locals around Lahaina followed suit. You restore the water and families are going back to their ancestral land.”Hokuao Pellegrino poses for a portrait on August 20, 2023.

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CNN —A state agency delayed a water management company’s request to make more water available to fight the devastating wildfires in Maui earlier this month, according to letters obtained by CNN. The agency told Tremble that his company first had to ask about impacts on downstream users, according to the letter. Tremble told CNN by that time, his company’s water system manager left the area to evacuate his family and other staff couldn’t be reached. In a follow-up letter, Tremble thanked the chairperson for the prompt response. “This deployment does not suggest that First Deputy Manuel did anything wrong.”The agency declined to comment on whether quicker approval of West Maui Land Company’s request would have helped firefighters.

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☆ Why is RFK Jr.'s voice raspy? He has a neurological disorder called spasmodic dysphonia
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-18 | by ( Lloyd Lee | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Kennedy, 69, previously revealed he was diagnosed in his early 40s with a rare neurological condition called spasmodic dysphonia. What is spasmodic dysphonia? Spasmodic dysphonia is a neurological disorder that causes involuntary spasms in the muscles of the voice box, also known as the larynx, according to John Hopkins Medicine. Spasmodic dysphonia may also be inherited, but a specific gene for the disorder has not yet been identified. Other notable people with spasmodic dysphonia include "Hellboy" actress Selma Blair, CBS News correspondent Jeff Pegues, and journalist Diane Rehm.

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☆ Dr. Sanjay Gupta: Cannabis is having a senior moment
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-06 | by ( Dr. Sanjay Gupta | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

Over the past few decades, we have experienced one of the most significant and uneven legal evolutions ever seen in the United States. Seniors — people over the age of 65 — are now the fastest growing group of cannabis users in the United States. Since 2020, The United States has spent $4 trillion a year on health care, of which almost $580 billion was spent on pharmaceuticals alone in 2021. Sue Taylor, right, known as "Mama Sue," spoke to Dr. Sanjay Gupta for "Weed 7: A Senior Moment." As cannabis use has increased among seniors, cannabis ER-related visits have gone up, too.

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☆ Efficient Dortmund edge past Leipzig 2-1 to move into top spot
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-03 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

DORTMUND, Germany, March 3 (Reuters) - Borussia Dortmund took a two-goal lead in the first half and hung on for a nervous 2-1 victory over RB Leipzig on Friday to go top of the Bundesliga and stretch their perfect run in 2023 to eighth straight league wins. "We had to tremble until the end but I prefer to win than to play well and lose. "It was our big wish to take over the lead in the Bundesliga and keep putting pressure." "But we have to keep our heads up as there are still a lot of great matches in front of us." Leipzig face Manchester City in their own Champions League last 16 return leg on March 14 after their 1-1 draw in Germany last week.

☆ Mark Cuban and Amazon Are Shaking Up Generic Drugs
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-03 | by ( David Wainer | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Americans tremble at the idea of losing their health coverage, but bypassing giant insurers saves some people serious money on prescriptions in a topsy-turvy system. Consider the story of Ohio pharmacist Nate Hux. Since 2016, his Pickerington Pharmacy has accepted many types of insurance. But, due to his frustration with the way middlemen, known as pharmacy-benefit managers, pocket large profits through opaque pricing methods, he decided to open another pharmacy right next door that takes no insurance. It sells generic drugs for their cost plus a markup, sometimes saving customers hundreds of dollars.

For Love & Money is a biweekly column from Insider answering your relationship and money questions. Write to For Love & Money using this Google form. My family isn't shy about referencing our perceived income gaps and often makes snarky remarks about how I choose to spend my money. I never discuss what I make with my family, and I try to avoid money matters in general. Happy Holidays,For Love & Money

A Culture in theCross Hairs Russia’s invasion has systematically destroyed Ukrainian cultural sites. It has also dealt a grievous blow to Ukrainian culture: to its museums and monuments, its grand universities and rural libraries, its historic churches and contemporary mosaics. This is how empires always work.” The war in Ukraine is a culture war, and the extent of the destruction is becoming clearer. Kyiv Sviatohirsk UKRAINE Damaged or destroyed religious sites Areas controlled by Russia at any time since invasion. Kyiv Sviatohirsk UKRAINE Damaged or destroyed religious sites Areas controlled by Russia at any time since invasion.

The biggest event of her life — her Sweet 16 — was due to start in a few hours. “I have anxiety and today ... i didn’t get as nervous maybe cause I’m not speaking to anyone but hands are a little shaky.”Angie documenting her Sweet 16 makeup artist’s skills. As Henriquez’s sole daughter, Angie was the family’s uncontested diva, its “only queen” — a girl who seemed to have left the Bronx all but physically. As her 16th birthday approached, she resisted the idea of a Sweet 16. Angie lighting her Sweet 16 candles with, from left, her brothers, Fidel and Angel, and her stepbrother, Cameron.

☆ Pope Francis breaks down and cries while mentioning Ukraine at public prayer
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-08 | by ( Philip Pullella | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/4] Pope Francis speaks as he attends the Immaculate Conception celebration prayer in Piazza di Spagna in Rome, Italy, December 8, 2022. REUTERS/Yara NardiROME, Dec 8 (Reuters) - Pope Francis broke down and cried on Thursday as he mentioned the suffering of Ukrainians during a traditional prayer in central Rome. Since Russia invaded its neighbour in February, Francis has mentioned Ukraine in nearly all his public appearances and has grown increasingly critical of Moscow. After reading the prayer on Thursday at the statue near the Spanish Steps, the pope greeted people in the crowd, including journalists. When one of journalists mentioned to Francis that she had seem him overcome with emotion, he responded:"Yes.

☆ 10 best cuisines in the world
▼ + stars: | 2017-07-12 | by ( Zoe Li | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +13 min

Of course, it’s subjective according to personal tastes, but this is CNN Travel’s take on some of the best food cultures and destinations around the world. United StatesAmerica knows how to take a good food -- for instance, the hamburger -- and make it even better. With influences from China, Malaysia, Indonesia, Myanmar and a royal culinary tradition, Thai cuisine is the best of many worlds. The best part about eating Thai food in Thailand, though, is the hospitality. Sun, beach, service with a smile and a plastic bag full of som tam – that’s the good life.

☆ Paul Auster: By the Book
▼ + stars: | 2017-01-12 | by ( ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

Baldwin is a remarkable writer on both fronts, fiction and nonfiction, and I would rank him among America’s 20th-century greats. What’s the last great book you read? Sadly, it was the only novel Ross ever wrote, and even more sadly, Ross died at 50 back in 1985. I must have laughed out loud a hundred times, and it’s a short book, just over 200 pages, which averages out to one booming gut-laugh every other page. What’s the best classic novel you recently read for the first time?

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