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☆ I never stay in Las Vegas for more than 2 nights. This is my foolproof itinerary for maximizing a weekend in Sin City.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-16 | by ( Jill Schildhouse | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Read previewI've been going to Las Vegas regularly since the early 2000s and have adopted a firm policy to never stay more than two nights. A well-planned weekend trip also makes it possible for travelers to use fewer PTO days — although almost half of US workers don't take all of their paid time off each year anyway. Here's how my cousin and I spent a weekend in Vegas on my most recent trip. Next, we headed to one of the highlights of any trip to Vegas: high tea at the Tea Lounge at the Waldorf. The Tea Lounge at the Waldorf Jill SchildhouseFor dinner, we headed to KYU at Fontainebleau Las Vegas for incredibly flavorful Asian-inspired and wood-fired dishes.

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☆ A boomer who lives on Social Security worries she won't get hired because she can't afford a car: 'I don't even have $1 in my wallet.'
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-14 | by ( Allie Kelly | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

They both live off her $1,625 monthly Social Security income, according to documents reviewed by BI. He's also 57 and not old enough to receive Social Security, which typically kicks in at 62. And, while over half of older adult households rely on Social Security, the fund could run out by 2030. Hambrick "doesn't care" what she does next because it's difficult to get hired as an older adult. AdvertisementAre you an older adult living paycheck to paycheck or on Social Security?

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☆ This 'dumb' phone is getting more like an iPhone. It'll cost as much as one, too.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-14 | by ( Jordan Hart | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Light released a new "dumb" phone on Tuesday. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementThe phone designed to help you ditch your smartphone is getting more like a smartphone. Light, a company that makes pared-down devices sometimes called "dumb" phones, launched the Light Phone 3 on Tuesday. The newer model of the dumb phone comes with smarter features such as fingerprint ID, rear- and front-facing cameras, and the potential to support a digital wallet, according to the company.

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☆ I spent over $3,000 on concert tickets in 2023—and it'd be even more expensive for me to do again this year
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-13 | by ( Renée Onque | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

My goal was to move in 2024, so my biggest year in concerts was either now or never. I went to a total of nine concerts and music festivals in 2023, experiencing icons like Usher and Beyoncé live, and spent more than $3,000 on tickets alone. I spent $3,235.12 on concert tickets in 2023: Here's the breakdownThis cost doesn't factor in travel and hotel expenses. Going to concerts and music festivals also helped me to reconnect with friends from college who enjoy live music experiences just as much as me. We're halfway through 2024, and I've been to one concert and one music festival, compared to five by this time last year.

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☆ Mastercard to phase out manual card entry for online payments in Europe by 2030
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-11 | by ( Ryan Browne | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

LONDON — The experience of paying for products and services online could feel a lot different in the coming years. Starting from 2030, Mastercard will no longer require Europeans to insert their card numbers manually when checking out online — no matter what platform or device they're using. Mastercard will announce Tuesday in a fireside chat with CNBC that, by 2030, all cards it issues on its network in Europe will be tokenized. The firm says it's been working with banks, fintechs, merchants, and other partners to phase out manual card entry for e-commerce by 2030 in Europe, in favor of a one-click button across all online platforms. Cards stored in a merchants' page or electronic wallet via tokenization can be automatically updated wherever they're stored when they're replaced or renewed.

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☆ Power stocks up, SaaS challenges and awaiting AI updates at Apple's big event
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-10 | by ( Jeff Marks | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Every weekday, the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer releases the Homestretch — an actionable afternoon update, just in time for the last hour of trading on Wall Street. Club stock Eaton traded more than 2% higher at one point Monday after pulling back more than 5% last week. As a subscriber to the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer, you will receive a trade alert before Jim makes a trade. THE ABOVE INVESTING CLUB INFORMATION IS SUBJECT TO OUR TERMS AND CONDITIONS AND PRIVACY POLICY , TOGETHER WITH OUR DISCLAIMER . NO FIDUCIARY OBLIGATION OR DUTY EXISTS, OR IS CREATED, BY VIRTUE OF YOUR RECEIPT OF ANY INFORMATION PROVIDED IN CONNECTION WITH THE INVESTING CLUB.

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☆ The best new features in iOS 18
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-10 | by ( Ana Altchek | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Apple's iPhone operating system, iOS 18, was a major topic of discussion at the event, and it's expected to be released later this year. Related storiesHere are some of the changes we're most excited about iOS 18. AdvertisementA new home screen designApple iOS 18 will let you customize your home screen wallpaper, app icons, and widgets. iOS 18 will now allow users to tap back on a message with any emoji or sticker. AdvertisementApple IntelligenceApple will be integrating a much-anticipated generative AI system into iOS 18.

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☆ It's not just you. Your streaming bill is more expensive this summer.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-09 | by ( Jaures Yip | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Max is the latest streaming service to boost prices. Overall, your streaming bill this summer is likely higher than last year. AdvertisementIt's not just your electrical bill that's expected to go up this summer. Your streaming bill is also likely to hit your wallet harder this summer compared to last year. Ten of the top streaming services have boosted prices at least once in the past year, according to an analysis conducted by Business Insider.

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☆ An Army veteran spent 2 years looking for his missing son in the desert. Now, he's running for Congress.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-06 | by ( Matthew Loh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

Read previewEvery fortnight or so, David Robinson starts his YouTube livestream, upbeat and all smiles. "It's inexcusable for us to have as many missing persons cases in this country as we do," he said in a stream on March 10. David Robinson speaks about his run for US Congress on his YouTube livestream. In 2021, almost 40% of the 521,000 persons reported missing in the US involved missing persons of color. The International Commission on Missing Persons told BI it's "impossible" to estimate the average cost of a search and recovery operation.

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☆ Biden’s D-Day visit may mark the end of an American era
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-06 | by ( Stephen Collinson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

Geopolitical empires like Russia and China are, meanwhile, resurgent and threatening to obliterate the global system dominated by Western values that has prevailed since World War II. Trump’s “America First” philosophy has taken deep root in the Republican Party that once prided itself on winning the Cold War. For many years after World War II, D-Day commemorations lacked the fanfare and high diplomatic and political significance they carry today. The speech came at a particularly contentious moment in the Cold War with tensions high between Washington and the Soviet Union. The strength of America’s allies is vital to the United States, and the American security guarantee is essential to the continued freedom of Europe’s democracies.

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Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailWhy spaving is bad for your wallet"Spaving," or spending more to save more, is a pitfall that could have lasting consequences on American consumers. Though inflation is cooling as of May 2024, prices remain high. Americans also have less in savings than a decade ago. As retailers entice shoppers with promotions and deals, consumers should be cautious about shopping on impulse if its an item they don't need.

Tickets for "This Is Me... Live" are now on sale, and we've put together a guide on how to buy Jennifer Lopez tickets at the best prices. Jennifer Lopez 2024 tour scheduleJennifer Lopez's 2024 tour will kick off on June 26 in Orlando, Florida. How to buy tickets for Jennifer Lopez's 2024 concert tourYou can purchase original tickets to Jennifer Lopez's tour on Ticketmaster. Jennifer Lopez tickets are also available through resale websites like StubHub and Vivid Seats, which offer more variety in pricing. How much are Jennifer Lopez tickets?

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☆ A longtime skeptic on Best Buy now says buy the stock — here's what changed their mind
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-03 | by ( Paulina Likos | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

A longtime bearish analyst on Best Buy has jumped over to our side the debate after its head-turning earnings report last week. Barry said Best Buy expects to have the largest assortment of AI PCs on sale later this month from brands such as Dell, Microsoft and HP, with "more than 40% of the assortment retail exclusive to Best Buy." Based on Monday's prices, Best Buy would need to gain nearly 59% to take out its old highs. Considering the innovation pipeline ahead, Citi analysts are optimistic Best Buy shares can go even higher. People walk into a Best Buy store in a Brooklyn mall on August 29, 2023 in New York City.

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☆ Jerry Seinfeld is unfazed that 'Unfrosted' got terrible reviews: 'It doesn't matter what you think of me'
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-30 | by ( Eammon Jacobs | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

download the appSign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. Read previewJerry Seinfeld doesn't care that "Unfrosted," his directorial debut, got terrible reviews. I think it's funny that you hated it because you wanted to laugh and you didn't laugh." "Unfrosted" follows a handful of successful recent movies about the creation of popular products, including "Steve Jobs," "The Social Network," and "Tetris." Even though it failed to make waves, Netflix didn't lose as much money on "Unfrosted" as it could have.

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☆ This type of coin is 'among the riskiest of cryptocurrencies,' investing expert says—here's what to know
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-29 | by ( Cheyenne Devon | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

In this photo illustration, a visual representation of the digital Cryptocurrency, Bitcoin is on display on March 5, 2024 in Paris, France. As meme stocks like GameStop temporarily surged this month, it appears meme coins are having a moment as well. But before you consider investing in cryptocurrency, it's important to understand the difference between meme coins, altcoins and bitcoin. And although every meme coin is an altcoin, every altcoin isn't necessarily a meme coin. "Meme coins are among the riskiest of cryptocurrencies because they seem to emerge from nowhere and information about them can be sparse," he says.

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☆ I quit my job at Goldman Sachs to risk it all on a crypto startup. Then the industry crashed.
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-24 | by ( Lauren Crosmedlicott | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Luckily, Goldman hadn't filled the role, so I started working for them in November 2018. Working at Goldman Sachs would always be limitingI liked working as a trader at Goldman, but it wasn't fulfilling. I slowly realized that working for Goldman or any company, the end goal is limited to possibly being a partner. At the same time all this was happening, Luna Crypto, followed by the crypto market, crashed. AdvertisementThe crypto industry had been decimated, and I'd lost around two-thirds of my savings in cryptocurrency.

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CNBC reached out to the SEC about the recent batch of Wells notices sent to crypto firms, and an agency spokesperson declined to comment. Exchanges, both centralized and decentralized, would be forced to choose between registering with the SEC, or delisting ether altogether. watch nowBoth Consensys and Uniswap suggest the SEC's broad approach to classifying securities may be outdated. "The SEC is arguing that the Uniswap protocol is an unregistered securities exchange, and that the Uniswap interface and wallet are both unregistered broker brokers," Ammori said. Uniswap argues in its response to the SEC that the majority of its trading volume is obvious nonsecurities, like ether, bitcoin and stablecoins.

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☆ With JPMorgan, Mastercard on board in biometric 'breakthrough' year, you may soon start paying with your face
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-20 | by ( Todd Wasserman | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

In January, Steak 'N Shake, a fast-casual restaurant in the Midwest, started installing facial recognition kiosks in its 300 locations for patron check-in. "We believe our partnership with JPMorgan is a watershed moment for biometric payments as it represents the first time a leading merchant acquirer has agreed to push biometric payments to its merchant customers," Miller said. "JPMorgan brings the kind of credibility and assurance that both merchants and consumers need to adopt biometric payments." The majority still prefer fingerprint scans to facial recognition, according to a 2023 survey from PYMENTS, but age is a factor. Juniper Research forecasts over 100% market growth for global biometric payments between 2024 and 2028, and by 2025, $3 trillion in mobile, biometric-secured payments.

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☆ Jamie Dimon says a BofA banker's untimely death sparked questions inside JPMorgan: 'What can we learn?'
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-20 | by ( Reed Alexander | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

At the time, Dimon said, the priority was to understand "what we do know, what can we learn from it." Dimon's comments come as the investment-banking industry grapples with the surprising deaths of not one but two deaths at BofA this month. "We're aware of these stories, and they are tragic and incredibly sad," Rohrbaugh continued, calling it the "job" of bank leaders to look after employees' health on the job. AdvertisementCurrent and former employees at BofA told Business Insider that 100-hour workweeks were not unusual at the bank. Earlier this month, a BofA spokesperson told BI of Lukenas' passing: "We are very saddened by the loss of our teammate.

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Binance is finding 300,000 fake addresses every week, mainly on Ethereum and Bitcoin networks. AdvertisementAs crypto thieves find more creative ways to trick people, so do those trying to crack down on them. Binance, a major crypto exchange, told Business Insider that it has developed an algorithm to spot fake crypto addresses — used in so-called "address poisoning" scams. According to Binance, the company's algorithm is detecting some 300,000 fake addresses every week, mostly on Ethereum and Bitcoin networks. The FBI warns that services offering to return money to the victims of crypto scams might actually also be scams themselves.

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☆ I tried Princess Cruise's premier package. At just $80 a day, it's one of the best deals at sea.
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-17 | by ( Jill Schildhouse | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

AdvertisementBut all that changed the moment I discovered the Premier Cruises' Premier Princess package on Princess Cruises during a family vacation on the Regal Princess in December. Although my parents, brother, and brother's girlfriend went à la carte with their onboard purchases, my fiancé and I ordered the premier package. Here's why it may be worth considering if you're planning to sail with Princess Cruises. AdvertisementAt first glance, that sounds like a significant additional line item — but not when you compare the included items to the cruise's à la carte costs. If you're keeping tabs, I've now accounted for more than the cost of the premier package with just drinks, gratuities, and WiFi.

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☆ A surging number of crypto owners are trying to recover forgotten wallet passwords so they can cash in after huge token rallies
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-16 | by ( Filip De Mott | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Bitcoin's resurgence has triggered a wave of wallet retrieval attempts, Reuters reported. Firms that specialize in this have noted a surge in retrieval requests this year. By one estimate, around 20% of circulating bitcoin could be stuck in locked wallets. AdvertisementFor wallet retrieval firms, the spike in interest is profitable. Upon successful retrieval, both ReWallet and WRS charge a fee of 20% of the wallet's contents, Reuters said.

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☆ 3 reasons the dollar can't be dethroned as the world's dominant currency, according to Morgan Stanley
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-13 | by ( Jennifer Sor | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

De-dollarization efforts won't do much to dethrone the dollar, Morgan Stanley said. There are no true alternatives to holding the US dollar at the moment, Morgan Stanley strategists said. AdvertisementThe dollar's status as the top currency of central banks and for international trade probably isn't fading soon, according to Morgan Stanley. "Now, reasonable people can disagree about whether cryptocurrencies are going to appreciate or depreciate, but I'd argue that the best outcome for a dominant currency is neither." Displacing a dominant currency is something that happens over the course of decades, economists previously told Business Insider, as it takes time for people to shift to other currencies once a dominant currency is recognized as "safe."

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☆ Fast food is expensive. Applebee’s and Chili’s are moving in
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-11 | by ( Danielle Wiener-Bronner | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

For them, and the fast food chains they’re now competing against, the stakes are high. “Fast food has gotten really expensive,” Henkes said. On X, Chili’s asked whether Chili’s is better than fast food, and promised rewards to those who said yes. Chili’s also ran video ads comparing its food favorably to fast food burgers. “People go to sit-down restaurants, generally speaking, for different occasions, than they go to fast food restaurants,” he noted.

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