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☆ I 'escaped' Texas for Tennessee. I loved the food and tech scene, but got tired of the heat and rising property taxes.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-03 | by ( Alcynna Lloyd | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Read previewThis as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Jim Ward, a 61-year-old who works in cybersecurity and moved from Dallas, Texas, to Knoxville, Tennessee, in 2022. AdvertisementAfter 20 years of living in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, my wife and I finally escaped to Tennessee two years ago. As far as geography goes, in the Dallas area, the terrain is predominantly flat with few trees. HUM Images/Universal Images Group via Getty ImagesWhile living in Texas, I had a job that required a lot of traveling. AdvertisementOur quality of life has improved in TennesseeThere are certainly several similarities between Tennessee and Texas, but I also see a lot of differences.

Persons: —, Jim Ward, There's, LeConte, Kevin Ruck, that's, we've Organizations: Service, Ward, Dallas, Business, DFW, Love, Getty, Dallas Fort Worth International Airport, Dallas Love Field, Houston, Tennessee Theatre Locations: cybersecurity, Dallas , Texas, Knoxville , Tennessee, Houston, Dallas, Texas, Fort Worth, Tennessee, Plano, Irving, Highland Village, Virginia, North Carolina, Highland, Knoxville, We're, Smoky

☆ Former Goldman Sachs rates trader leaves $35 billion Brevan Howard less than a year after joining
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-29 | by ( Bradley Saacks | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Frank Flight left London-based Brevan Howard earlier this year. Flight was a rates trader for Goldman for six years before joining Brevan last May. A person close to the firm said he left "on his own accord" earlier this year. AdvertisementAt least one Brevan Howard departure this year was not a layoff. Flight had been at the firm for less than a year, joining from Goldman Sachs in May of 2023 after more than six years of trading rates for the bank.

Persons: Frank Flight, Brevan Howard, Goldman, —, Howard, Goldman Sachs, Brevan, Alfredo Saitta, Aron Landry, Alan Howard, Bradley Organizations: Brevan, Service, Business, Goldman, Bloomberg Locations: London

☆ Robert De Niro called Donald Trump a 'clown' and a 'monster' outside his New York hush money trial. Here's a timeline of their 13-year feud.
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-29 | by ( Ayomikun Adekaiyero | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Robert De Niro outside Manhattan Criminal Court on May 28, 2024. CHARLY TRIBALLEAU / Getty ImagesThe Democrats seem to be using De Niro's feud against Trump again this year ahead of the 2024 elections. "Trump wants revenge, and he'll stop at nothing to get it." De Niro claimed in his speech that Trump wants to destroy New York, America, and the world. "I never knew how small, both mentally and physically, Wacko Former Actor Robert De Niro was," Trump wrote on Wednesday.

Persons: De Niro, Robert De Niro, CHARLY TRIBALLEAU, Trump, Harris, Niro, TRUMP, Biden Organizations: Biden, White, Truth, Radical Locations: Manhattan, New York, America

☆ Starbucks is set to resume union negotiations as it confronts issues at its stores
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-28 | by ( Kate Rogers | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

Spencer Platt | Getty ImagesWhen Starbucks and its baristas union resume contract bargaining this week, workers may have renewed momentum at their backs — courtesy of the company's own CEO. Narasimhan, in prepared remarks to Wall Street analysts, cited some of the challenges that union workers have been highlighting in their bid for better working conditions. For Workers United, the union behind the Starbucks organizing, his admission that more could be done was promising. Starbucks and the union are meeting to continue working on the framework that will inform every single-store contract moving ahead. There has been another call for change at Starbucks stores that may carry weight at the negotiating table.

Persons: Spencer Platt, Laxman Narasimhan, we're, Narasimhan, CNBC's, Kevin Johnson, baristas, Michelle Eisen, Eisen, we've, Howard Schultz, Schultz, Howard Organizations: Getty, Starbucks, Wall Street, U.S, Workers United, Staffing, CNBC Locations: New, Buffalo , New York, Buffalo

☆ Robert De Niro slams 'clown' Trump outside NY criminal trial, as Biden campaign ramps up attacks
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-28 | by ( Kevin Breuninger | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

"He doesn't belong in my city," De Niro, a native New Yorker, said of Trump during a press conference hosted by President Joe Biden's reelection campaign outside Manhattan Supreme Court. Immediately following the Biden campaign event, Trump campaign spokesman Jason Miller accused Biden of employing a "washed-up actor" to campaign for him in a Hail Mary attempt to reverse Trump's narrow lead in 2024 election polls. The De Niro event marks the first time the Biden campaign has appeared outside Trump's trial, which began more than five weeks ago. As the criminal trial winds down, the president's reelection campaign is planning to crank up its attacks on Trump, NBC News reported Friday. Defense attorney Todd Blanche began Tuesday's closing arguments by declaring, "President Trump is innocent."

Persons: Robert De Niro, Joe Biden, Donald Trump, De Niro, Joe Biden's, —, Trump, Trump's, Harris, Niro, Harry Dunn, Jason Miller, Biden, Mary, Miller, Michael Cohen, Stormy Daniels, Attorney Alvin Bragg, Todd Blanche, Blanche, Joshua Steinglass, Bragg Organizations: Republican, Trump, U.S, Capitol, Biden, U.S . Capitol Police, NBC, Democratic, Manhattan, Attorney Locations: Manhattan, New York City, New Yorker, United States, White

☆ He fell in love with Thailand while traveling in his 20s. Now 40, he's back and has built his dream 'James Bond' luxury villa.
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-20 | by ( Amanda Goh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Read previewThe first time Johnny Ward went to Chiang Mai, Thailand, he was 22. Johnny Ward on a scooter in front of his house in Chiang Mai, Thailand. But after traveling the world, Ward realized that Chiang Mai still had his heart. Johnny Ward/onestepforwardWard said he spent 13 million Thai baht building the home and another 3.5 million Thai baht furnishing it, or about $460,000 in total. It would have been difficult for him to have all the things he wanted if he had bought an existing home in Chiang Mai, Ward said.

Persons: —, Johnny Ward, Chiang, Ward, Chiang Mai, James Bond, onestepforward, Jaa, he's, onestepforward Ward, hadn't, I'm, She's, it's Organizations: Service, Business, Homes, James Edition Locations: Chiang Mai, Thailand, Asia, Australia, Miami, Ibiza, Ireland, Homes Thailand, onestepforward

☆ Some consumers are punting big purchases like pools and mattresses
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-18 | by ( Alex Harring | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

Rachel Wisniewski | ReutersAmericans are kicking the can down the road on some more-costly, traditionally financed purchases as elevated inflation and interest rates bite. "As a result, consumers continue to scrutinize their spending and make near-term decisions based primarily on need, price and perceived value. But those options have fallen out of favor as interest rates rose. He also cited increased interest rates as another weight on their shoulders. Lofty interest rates have also hampered housing improvement efforts for those staying put, according to Home Depot .

Persons: Rachel Wisniewski, Joe, Shelly Ibach, Ibach, FactSet, Mark Mathews, Platt, J, Mitchell Dolloff, Dow Jones, it's, Mathews, Enphase, Badri Kothandaraman, Marc Bitzer, Patrick T, bode, Robert Ohmes, Richard McPhail, It's, McPhail Organizations: Reuters, Reserve, Prosper, National Retail Federation, San Francisco Fed, New York Fed, Management, Commerce Department, Consumers, Whirlpool, Fallon, Bloomberg, Getty, Bank of America, CNBC Locations: Gilbertsville , Pennsylvania, Minneapolis, U.S, California, Torrance , Calif, Minnesota

☆ These are the top business-development execs competing to hire elite portfolio managers at hedge fund giants Citadel, Millennium, Point72, and more
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-08 | by ( Alex Morrell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +34 min

Unlike business development in corporate America, which focuses on growing a company's prospects with partners and clients, hedge fund BD teams specialize in scouting, evaluating, and wooing investment talent. AdvertisementFew have been involved in hedge fund BD longer than Jennifer Blake, Balyasny's global head. The fund's BD department remains in close contact with PMs after they join as a resource and advisor. Vernon Yuen/Getty Images$61 billion AUM2,200+ employeesAdvertisementKen Griffin's Citadel has outperformed not just its immediate rivals but every other hedge fund. He runs a team of about 20 as head of business development in the Americas, the largest region of the largest player in this space.

Persons: —, Griffin's, Izzy Englander's, Goldman Sachs, Headcount, execs, Dmitry Balyasny, Brendan McDermid, Jennifer Blake, Balyasny's, Morgan Stanley, Dmitri Balyasny's, Blake, it's, Federico Chavarria, Balyasny, Dave Matz, Smith Hanley, Alistair Jacobs, Dave Black, Peter Appel, Federico Chavarria MD, Andrew McHugh, Jules Biolsi, Michael Platt, he's, BlueCrest, Michael Grad, Grad, Jake Lindsay, Mungo Strachan, BlueCrest's, Brevan Howard Brevan Howard, Alan Howard, Ringo Chiu, Brevan Howard, Alan Howard's, Aran Landy, Brevan, Abu, It's, Landy, Howard, Peter Hornick, David Abbou, Jonathan Candy, Gregoire Vidal, Vidal, Tim Williams, Andy Silver, Gautam, Ken Griffin, Vernon Yuen, Ken Griffin's, Griffin, Matt Giannini, Giannini, headhunter, Matt, I've, — Thomas DeAngelis, Lindsay Previdi, Rice, Dore, Eleanor Sharkey, Melinda Urban, Mark Hansen, Julian Ulmer, Mathur, Adam Sharkie, Michael Page, Eisler, Edward Eisler, Sam Wisnia, Chris Milner, Milner, Hilary Curran, Hilary Curran Global, Rebecca Zisser, Michael Gelband, Hornick, Jeff Gelband, Mike Tiano, Eric Han, Garrett Berg, Liu, APAC Blackstone, Euan Shand, Kevin Carroll, Emily, Needham, Ostendorf, Ben Levine, Stefan Renold, LMR, Marcus Fairhurst, He'd, LMR's, Izzy, Ronda, Singh, Mark Meskin, Justin Gmelich, Steve Keller, Benjamin Williams, Madhvani, Paritosh Singh, Ben Williams, Kristina Tully, Steven Cohen, Point72, Shayanne, Steve Cohen's, Harry Schwefel, Chandler, Steve Cohen, JT Shields, They're, Schwefel, Alyssa Friedman —, Chandler Bocklage, Reid Murphy, Jae Yang, Japan Goldman Sachs, Alyssa Friedman, Jackie Dai, Gabriel Sanders, Ajay, Steven Schonfeld, Michael Nagle, Steve Schonfeld's, Ryan Tolkin, Schonfeld, doesn't, Akshay Aggarwal, Alex Burns, Ryan McCort, Colin Lancaster, Mitesh, Sameer Buch, Brittany Lynch, DMFI, Goldman, Verition, Nicholas Maounis, Josh Goldstein, Brian Townes, Townes, Elizabeth Xiang MD, Vir, Steve Satenstein, Chris Svoboda, Will England, Thomas DeAngelis, DeAngelis, Jonathan Brenner, hasn't, Maureen Reed, John Sullivan, Brenner, Walleye's Organizations: Service, Management, Wall, Business, Balyasny, Balyasny Asset Management, Quadra Advisors, SAC, Macquarie, BD, UBS, Grad, Financial Times, Michael, Lascaux, Howard BD, Brevan, Argentum Advisors, BH Digital, McKinsey & Company, JPMorgan, Ken Griffin's Citadel, Citadel, Citadel's, decamping, Chicago, Citadel BD, Walleye Capital, of Surveyor, Millennium, Capital, Credit, Ashler, Rice, Deutsche Bank, LMR Partners, London, Dore Partnership, Soros, Soros Fund, Ronda Churchill, Bloomberg, Getty, Guggenheim, Industry, MLP, Americas Guggenheim, Americas Citadel, SAC Capital, SEC, Point72 Academy, Citigroup, BD Energi, Japan, EMEA, APAC BNP, Schonfeld, PAAMCO, KKR, DMC Partners, Topwater, LinkedIn, New, New Holland Capital, BD —, Walleye, Lehman Brothers, Hutchin, Putnam Investments, ~$ Locations: America, Asia, Balyasny, Blackstone, New Holland, Abu Dhabi, BlueCrest, Europe, Graticule, ExodusPoint, Hornick, Freestone, New York, Schonfeld, Brevan, he's, Aberdeen, Hong Kong, Zurich, Glasgow, Dubai, Americas, Point72, quant, Verition, London, Greenland, Minnesota, Citadel

Although both Blevins and Patterson are Republicans, the race is nonpartisan and open to all registered voters in the ward. The recall effort in Oklahoma was launched by two longtime Enid residents, best friends Connie Vickers and Nancy Presnall, both Democrats in a county where Republicans have a nearly 4-to-1 advantage in voter registration. The two helped spearhead a signature drive to qualify Blevins’ recall for the ballot, getting 350 signatures from voters in the ward, far more than the 240 they needed. "The people who support that ideology are very passionate and very dedicated, and up until this point we haven't been. “We determined that we have a good group together that wants to do good things for the community,” Presnall said.

Persons: ENID, Judd Blevins, Cheryl Patterson, Blevins, Patterson, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Paul Gosar of, Connie Vickers, Nancy Presnall, ” Presnall, It's, ” Blevins, ”, Evropa, Donald Trump, “ I'm, Patrick Anderson, Enid, Anderson, James Neal, ” Neal, “, ___, Sean Murphy Organizations: Southern Poverty Law Center, Reps, Enid, Republicans, Republican, Democrat, Nazi, University of Virginia, Enid News & Eagle, Air Force, Holy Orthodox Catholic Church, Enid Social Locations: Okla, Oklahoma, Enid, Iraq, Charlotesville , Virginia, United States, Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, Paul Gosar of Arizona

☆ How Wealthy Investors Got Rich Looting America's Needy Hospitals
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-11 | by ( Bethany Mclean | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +21 min

That added to the massive debt burdens already placed on the hospitals by their for-profit owners, deepening their financial woes. In January, MPT reported that its biggest tenant, a nationwide chain of 32 hospitals called Steward, could no longer pay its rent. The core idea was simple: to buy hospital real estate, pocket the lease payments, and use the money to reward investors. The more hospital real estate that MPT buys, the more money it makes in rent payments from the hospitals. But that doesn't mean that MPT's leaders didn't get rich off its hospital deals.

Persons: Leonard Green, Sherman Cahal, Rob Simone, Hedgeye, MPT, Steward —, Justin Simon, Jasper Capital, they've, Ed Aldag, Eddie Lampert's, Eileen Appelbaum, Rosemary Batt, MTP, Marc Rowan, Richard Mortell, Leonard Green couldn't, they'd, Stephen Feinberg, Ralph de la Torre, Steward, Simone, Cerberus, Chandan Khanna, That's, de la, de la Torre, la Torre, Amaral, Aldag, Apollo, Eileen O'Grady, Moody's, didn't, Sen, Chuck Grassley Organizations: Northside Regional Medical Center, Ohio Valley Medical, East Ohio Regional Hospital, Luke's Medical, Glenwood Regional Medical Center, Medical Properties Trust, Jasper, Sears, Bain Capital, Affordable, Cornell University, Business, Third Coast Real Estate Capital, Cerberus, Health Care, Boston Globe, Bloomberg, Getty, Easton Hospital, Local, de la Torre, la, MediaNews, Boston Herald, Prospect, Private, Yale New Haven Health, Yale, Apollo, MPT, SEC, Republican, Senate Finance Locations: Youngstown , Ohio, Ohio, Wheeling , West Virginia, Martins Ferry , Ohio, St, Luke's, Phoenix, Massachusetts, West Virginia, California , Pennsylvania, Texas, Pennsylvania, Louisiana, America, Alabama, MPT, Greater Boston, Steward, Easton, Lehigh, Elizabeth's, Boston, Connecticut, it's

☆ Cocoa prices just hit a record high. Here's what's driving the gains and what it means for chocolate makers
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-17 | by ( Lisa Kailai Han | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

If you think chocolate prices this Valentine's Day were more expensive than usual, it's not you. Year to date, futures contracts are up nearly 27%, with cocoa prices rising in six of the past seven weeks. Here's a breakdown of what's driving cocoa prices higher and how it impacts the investment case around two major chocolate stocks. Doshi thinks cocoa prices could sell off about 20%, taking them to around $4,500 to $4,800 per ton. In an interview with CNBC last week, he underscored the rising cocoa price outlook as the key driver for his lower rating.

Persons: Humza Hussain, El, Aakash Doshi, Doshi, Bernstein, Bruno Monteyne, … There's, Mondelez, Alexia Howard, Hershey, Michele Buck, Bernstein's Howard, Howard, I'd, Bryan Spillane, Morgan Stanley, Pamela Kaufman, Bank of America's Spillane Organizations: Asset Management, CNBC, Hershey, Citi, 2H, Street, Bank of America, Bank of, Cadbury Locations: Mondelez, El Niño, Ghana, Ivory, Nigeria, Europe

EMPIRE, Mich. (AP) — A man accused of diverting a national park river to ease boat access to Lake Michigan has been convicted of two misdemeanors. Andrew Howard of Frankfort was found guilty of tampering and vandalism Wednesday during a brief trial in front of U.S. Magistrate Judge Ray Kent. In August 2022, a National Park Service ranger witnessed Howard digging with a shovel so the Platte River in the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore would be diverted into one of the Great Lakes, prosecutors said in a court filing. U.S. Attorney Mark Totten said Howard had a policy dispute with the National Park Service and “took matters into his own hands.”The Park Service no longer dredges the Platte River. As a result, sediment and sand build up, reducing the ability to get boats to Lake Michigan.

Persons: Andrew Howard of Frankfort, Judge Ray Kent, Howard, Lauren Biksacky, Attorney Mark Totten, “ Organizations: U.S, National Park Service, Associated Press, Attorney, Service Locations: Mich, Lake Michigan, Platte

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The Charlotte Hornets are sending often-injured small forward Gordon Hayward to the Oklahoma City Thunder in exchange for guard Tre Mann, power forward Davis Bertans, point guard Vasilije Micic and two second round draft picks, according to a person familiar with the situation. The second round picks will be in 2024 and 2025, according to the person. Washington to the Dallas Mavericks for Grant Williams, Seth Curry and a 2027 first-round draft pick, AP sources said. The Hornets signed Hayward to a four-year, $120 million contract in 2020 hoping he would give them a boost and make them a consistent playoff team. The Thunder acquired Bertans from the Dallas Mavericks in a draft night deal last year, and he has played sparingly.

Persons: CHARLOTTE, Gordon Hayward, Tre Mann, Davis, Vasilije Micic, Grant Williams, Seth Curry, Hayward, Terry Rozier, Kyle Lowry, Lowry, Mitch Kupchak, Charlotte, Miles Bridges, Bridges, Mann, Cliff Brunt, ___ Organizations: Charlotte Hornets, Oklahoma City Thunder, Associated Press, Hornets, Dallas Mavericks, Milwaukee, Thunder, Minnesota, Western Conference . Hayward, Miami Heat, ESPN, New York Knicks, Madison, Garden, Boston, The Thunder, Oklahoma City, AP Locations: N.C, Washington, Charlotte, Denver, Hayward, Micic, Philadelphia, Europe, Oklahoma

☆ King Charles’ cancer diagnosis: How much should the public be told?
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-07 | by ( Lauren Said-Moorhouse | Max Foster | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +26 min

King Charles and Queen Camilla are seen leaving Clarence House in London on February 6, the day after it was announced King Charles had been diagnosed with cancer. But Queen Elizabeth and King Charles, they do not want to become the story, they still want to serve their public. In the fullness of time, I would like to think King Charles will talk about his treatment.”Britain's King Charles III poses for a portrait in Buckingham Palace's Throne Room after his official coronation in May 2023. From left are Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall; Prince Charles; Queen Elizabeth II; Prince Philip; Prince William; and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge. From left are Prince Charles; the Queen; Prince Louis; Catherine, the Duchess of Cambridge; and Princess Charlotte.

Persons: London CNN — Britain’s King Charles III, Buckingham, Charles, King Charles, Queen Camilla, Clarence, Toby Melville, King, Rishi Sunak, Sunak, “, Sunak’s, Charles ’, Chris Jackson, ”, Kate Williams, Joe Biden, Matthew Chattle, survivorship, “ Jill, “ You’re, Anil Rustgi, Herbert, ” Rustgi, Sally Bedell Smith, George VI, ” King George VI, Prince Charles, Prince Harry, Emily Nash, It’s, Princes William, Harry, Andrew, Edward, Anne, Beatrice, Nash, Princess, Wales, She’s, hasn’t, Catherine, ” Williams, Kristina Kyriacou, ITV’s, They’ve, Kyriacou, she’d, Queen Elizabeth, ” Britain's King Charles III, Hugo Burnand, Princess Elizabeth, Elizabeth, Prince Philip, Prince Charles and Princess Anne, Eddie Worth, Margaret, Hulton, Sir Gerald Creasy, Paul Popper, Princess Margaret, Queen Elizabeth II, Prince, Popperfoto, Prince Edward, Princess Anne, Richard Nixon, William Lovelace, Serge Lemoine, David McFall, Anwar Hussein, Tim Graham, Camilla Parker Bowles, Lady Diana Spencer, Princess Diana, William, Diana, David Levenson, Johnny Eggitt, Nelson Mandela, David Thomson, Princess Diana's, Jayne Fincher, Thomas Coex, Adrian Dennis, Chris Ison, Prince of, Camilla, Matt Dunham, Prince William, Kate Middleton, James Devaney, FilmMagic, Andrew Milligan, Barack Obama, Chris Radburn, Duchess of Cornwall, Catherine , Duchess of Cambridge, Dominic Lipinski, Alessandro Bianchi, Mohd Rasfana, Andrew Parsons, Prince Charles , Prince Andrew, Duchess Camilla, Meghan Markle, Jonathan Brady, Max Mumby, He's, Prince George, Princess Charlotte, Prince Louis, Meghan, PoolAP Charles, Tim P, Paul Chiasson, Ben Stansall, Duchess, Cambridge, Hannah McKay, Reuters Charles, Liz Truss, Yui Mok, Queen Consort, Victoria Jones, Volodymyr Zelensky, Zelensky, Aaron Chown, Handout, Dan Kitwood, Andrew Matthews, Sarah Tilotta, Toby Hancock, CNN Charles, Giles, Jane Barlow, Emmanuel Macron, Benoit Tessier, Peter Nicholls, Britain's King Charles III, Estelle Paranque Organizations: London CNN, Clarence House, Reuters, CNN, BBC, British, Getty, Royal, Publishing, Macmillan Cancer, Cancer Research, Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer, Presbyterian, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, Topical Press Agency, Royals, CNN’s Royal, Buckingham Palace, Central Press, Hulton, Hulton Deutsch, Westminster Abbey, Keystone, Royal Navy, Queen, Trinity College , Cambridge, Bettmann, Hulton Royals, Cheshire Regiment, Spice, Westminster Hall, Royal Horticultural Society's, Chelsea, London Palladium, BBC Scotland's, Office, Zephyr, Army Air Corps, Sandringham, Royal Air Force, Whitby, Imperial State Crown, Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, Cathedral, Scotland, King, London Clinic, Northeastern University London Locations: London, British, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Buckingham Palace, United Kingdom, NewYork, Queen, Windsor, Wales, Buckingham, Malta, Westminster, France, Washington, Kenya, West Berlin, Canada, Cirencester, England, Canterbury, India, Manchester, Papua New Guinea, Toronto, AFP, Balmoral, Balmoral , Scotland, Paris, Ashbourne, Ranville, Prince of Wales, Amatrice, Borneo, St, John's, Newfoundland, Labrador, Nyamata, Rwanda, St James's, Hamburg, Germany, Edward's, Edinburgh, Scotland, of Versailles, Versailles

☆ A CEO is facing backlash after an influencer said he used his company's Instagram account to attack her
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-05 | by ( Lindsay Dodgson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

AdvertisementA paper entrepreneur has faced backlash and seen his company's reviews tank after he left critical comments on an influencer's Instagram page using his official business account. "Must be a tough life living life on easy mode," it said. She then assumed it had been hacked, so she emailed the company's CEO, Brandon Howard, to let him know. #fypp ♬ Aesthetic - Tollan KimAccording to Sudan, Howard responded to her email, but not in the way she expected. Sudan told BI since her final video, Howard has tried to remediate the situation through her own workplace by reaching out to her boss.

Persons: influencer, —, she'd, Brandon Howard, Kim, Howard, I've Organizations: Service, Business, Company, BI Locations: Sudan, ParchmentPaper.com, California

☆ The real story behind the suicide of American socialite Ann Woodward in 'Feud: Capote vs. The Swans'
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-01 | by ( Eve Crosbie | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Woodward's suicide is depicted in the first episode of "Feud: Capote vs. Ann Woodward had a run with Truman Capote where she reportedly called him a homophobic slurTom Hollander plays Truman Capote in "Feud: Capote vs. Ann Woodward and William Woodward Jr. at the Embassy Club in the Ambassador Hotel in New York in 1975. According to Montillo, Capote recognized Woodward and approached her table; after a brief conversation, she reportedly called Capote a homophobic slur. Despite the two decades since her husband's death, Woodward's reputation was still in tatters among those who remembered the headline-making incident.

Persons: —, Ryan Murphy's, Truman Capote, Jon Robin Baitz, Laurence Leamer's, Tom Hollander, Capote, Leamer, Ann Woodward, Woodward, Demi Moore, Holly Golightly, Angeline Lucille Crowell, Ann Eden, William Woodward Jr, Susan Braudy, Bettmann, Roseanne Montillo's, Woodward's, Moritz, Montillo, Mrs, Bang, Lady Ina Coolbirth, Jones, Ann Hopkins, David Hopkins, Babe Paley, Naomi Watts, Nancy, Slim, Keith, Diane Lane, Ann Woodward's, Gerald Clarke, Capote's, Elsie Woodward, Truman, BuzzFeed's Alessa Dominguez, Jimmy, William Organizations: Service, Business, FX, Hulu, New York, Embassy Club, Woodward Locations: American, New York, Manhattan, La, Basque, Kansas, New, Europe, St

☆ Who is Elly Conway? Everything to know about the mysterious author at the center of the movie 'Argylle'
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-31 | by ( Olivia Singh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Matthew Vaughn's "Argylle" stars Bryce Dallas Howard as an author named Elly Conway. The film is based on a book written by a supposedly real-life author named Elly Conway. AdvertisementMatthew Vaughn's latest action movie "Argylle" has been garnering lots of attention lately, and fans are demanding to know the identity of first-time author Elly Conway. AdvertisementVery little is known about ConwayBryce Dallas Howard as Elly Conway in "Argylle." "I am begging Elly Conway to come out of the shadows because this Taylor Swift thing freaked me out.

Persons: Matthew Vaughn's, Bryce Dallas Howard, Elly Conway, Conway, Vaughn, it's Taylor Swift, —, Conway Bryce Dallas Howard, Peter, MARV Conway's, Jason Fuchs, Henry Cavill, Samuel L, Jackson, Ian Fleming's, Ellie, Elly, Alfred Solomon, Matthew Vaughn, Peter Mountain, MARV, Argylle, Instagram, who's, Terry Hayes, Hayes, James Gray, Taylor Swift Taylor Swift, Anita Ko, Kevin Mazur, Swift, she's, Nils Sjöberg, Conway's, Meredith Grey, Chip, it's, Taylor Swift, Claudia Schiffer, Rolling Stone, Schiffer, Alfie, Taylor Organizations: Service, Universal Pictures, Apple, Apple Original Films, Bantam Books, Random, Penguin Random, New Yorker, Twitter, The Hollywood, Washington Post, argyle, Netflix Locations: United States, New, New York, Swift

☆ Cramer's Lightning Round: Devon Energy is a buy
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-31 | by ( Julie Coleman | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Stock Chart Icon Stock chart icon Devon Energy's year-to-date stock performance. Devon Energy : "It's too low...$40, buy Devon [buy, buy, buy!]." Stock Chart Icon Stock chart icon Super Group's year-to-date stock performance. Stock Chart Icon Stock chart icon Simpson Manufacturing's year-to-date stock performance. Stock Chart Icon Stock chart icon Starwood Property Trust's year-to-day stock performance.

Persons: Devon Energy's, Simpson, they're, Sternlicht, Woodward Organizations: Devon, Devon Energy, Super, Simpson, Starwood, Starwood Property Locations: Devon

☆ Bryce Dallas Howard responds to Swifties' theory that Taylor Swift secretly wrote spy thriller 'Argylle'
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-31 | by ( Eammon Jacobs | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Read previewBryce Dallas Howard debunked the theory that Taylor Swift wrote the new spy thriller "Argylle." "But he had no idea of this rumor until his daughter ran into his room and was like 'Why didn't you tell me that Taylor Swift wrote 'Argylle'? "It's really, really, really bizarre, but a huge honor to have any association whatsoever with Taylor Swift," the actor added. Vaughn also addressed the rumor at the film's London premiere, telling Variety: "It's not Taylor Swift, but books do not write themselves. I am begging Elly Conway to come out of the shadows because this Taylor Swift thing freaked me out.

Persons: —, Bryce Dallas Howard, Taylor Swift, Howard, Elly Conway, Matthew Vaughn, Argylle, Henry Cavill, Elly Conway —, Swift, Olivia Benson, Jimmy Fallon, Vaughn, Matthew, he's, It's, Taylor Organizations: Service, Business

But it was Green's recent history — two suspensions for on-court conduct this season — that Hill and USA Basketball couldn't ignore. Political Cartoons View All 253 ImagesGreen is one of four current NBA players with more than one Olympic gold medal. There are a slew of players in line to potentially make their first Olympic team, including reigning MVP Joel Embiid and four-time NBA champion Stephen Curry. All 41 players on the current list have expressed interest in playing; 24 have been All-Stars, with a combined 131 selections. That means, at minimum, 12 past All-Stars won't graduate from the pool to the actual Olympic team this summer.

Persons: Grant Hill, ” Hill, “, ” Green, Golden, Minnesota's Rudy Gobert, Phoenix's, Green, Kevin Durant, LeBron James, Chris Paul —, didn't, Sean Ford, Steve Kerr, Joel Embiid, Stephen Curry, ” ___ Organizations: Paris, Paris Games, men's, Golden State, Olympic, USA, USA Basketball, NBA Locations: United States, Hill, Las Vegas, Paris, Canada, paris

☆ Key facts about Henry Kissinger, US diplomat and presidential adviser
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-30 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/9] Former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger looks up during his meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, U.S., October 10, 2017. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsNov 29 - Here are some facts on American diplomat Henry Kissinger, who died at age 100 on Wednesday:* He was born Heinz Alfred Kissinger in Furth, a city in Germany's Bavarian region, on May 27, 1923. * The 1973 Nobel Peace Prize that went to Kissinger and North Vietnam's Le Duc Tho was one of the most controversial in the award's history. * Kissinger last worked in a presidential administration in 1977 but he maintained a relationship with George W. Bush. * Musician Tom Lehrer famously said: "Political satire became obsolete when Henry Kissinger was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize."

Persons: Henry Kissinger, Donald Trump, Kevin Lamarque, Heinz Alfred Kissinger, Kissinger, Richard Nixon's, Nixon, Gerald Ford, Ford, Duc Tho, Tho, Candice Bergen, Shirley MacLaine, Jill St, John, Marlo Thomas, Liv Ullman, Samantha Eggar, Diane Sawyer, George W, Bush, Tom Lehrer, Bill Trott, Rosalba O'Brien Organizations: U.S, White, REUTERS, Army's 84th Infantry Division, Harvard University, Nixon, ABC, Argentine, Thomson Locations: Washington , U.S, Furth, Germany's Bavarian, Nazi Germany, New York, American, Vietnam, China, U.S, Israel, Paris

☆ 29-year-old only spends $50 a month on non-essentials: 'A limit on your finances doesn't have to mean a limit on your happiness'
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-29 | by ( Annie Probert | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

"Your overall wealth really starts with behavior and your budget," Howard says. But 29-year-old Alexis Howard has been doing it for over 10 months, ever since she challenged herself to limit her non-essential spending to $50 each month. Essentials like rent, utilities, groceries and medical costs aren't included in Howard's $50 limit. "What I've really tried to stress on this challenge is that just because you have a tight budget doesn't mean you can't engage with your loved ones, doesn't mean you can't go to free events, doesn't mean you can't substitute quality time with people that matter to you," she says. But she's still spending considerably less than she would in a normal month living in the Bay Area, where she estimates her non-essential spending used to total around $400 to $500.

Persons: Howard, spender, Alexis Howard, Lyft, Howard's, she's, It's, there's, I've Organizations: CNBC Locations: Bay, San Francisco

☆ No. 4 Marquette set for test against No. 1 Kansas' star duo
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-21 | by ( Field Level Media | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

4 Marquette will try to figure out how to stop the dynamic duo of Hunter Dickinson and Kevin McCullar Jr. as No. McCullar had 22 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists, recording just the seventh set of back-to-back triple-doubles in NCAA history and the first in Kansas history. McCullar had just the third official triple-double in school history in the Jayhawks' victory over Kentucky in Kansas' previous game. Self expected Adams to play around 10 minutes, but Adams had eight points and four assists in 26 minutes. David Joplin led Marquette with 19 points, followed by Ighodaro with 14 and Kam Jones with 12.

Persons: Marquette, Hunter Dickinson, Kevin McCullar Jr, Dickinson, McCullar, Chaminade, Hunter, Bill Self, Kevin, We've, KJ Adams Jr, Adams, KJ, he's, Sean Jones, UCLA's Lazar Stefanovic, Sebastian Mack's, Ighodaro, David Joplin, Kam Jones, Mack Organizations: Golden Eagles, Maui Invitational, Chaminade, McCullar, UCLA, Eagles, Jayhawks, Kentucky, KU, Marquette, The Bruins, Bruins, Thomson Locations: Kansas, Honolulu . Kansas, McCullar . Marquette, Marquette, Dallas

Jesmyn Ward's 'Let Us Descend' Is Among the Finalists for an Andrew Carnegie Medal for ExcellenceJesmyn Ward’s slave narrative “Let Us Descend” and Jake Bittle’s exploration of climate change’s impact “The Great Displacement” are among the finalists for the Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in fiction and nonfiction

Persons: Jesmyn Ward's, Andrew Carnegie, Jake Bittle’s

☆ Georgia Tech overcomes big deficit, tops Howard
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-10 | by ( Field Level Media | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

November 10 - Miles Kelly scored 27 points and Tyzhaun Claude added 19 to fuel host Georgia Tech to an 88-85 victory over Howard on Thursday night in Atlanta. Georgia Tech also overcame a 4-for-18 performance from 3-point range (22.2 percent) and 16-for-27 effort from the foul line (59.3 percent). Kelly drained a go-ahead 3-pointer and added another jumper to stake Georgia Tech to an 80-76 lead with two minutes remaining in the second half. Kelly responded by drilling a pair of free throws to push Georgia Tech's lead to 86-82 with 15 seconds left. He then stole the ball and added two more free throws before Strong's 3-pointer capped the scoring.

Persons: Miles Kelly, Tyzhaun Claude, Howard, Kowacie Reeves, Kyle Sturdivant, Howard's Shy Odom, Bryce Harris, Joshua Strong, Kelly, Odom, Claude each, Strong, Reeves Jr, Isiah Warfield, Deebo Coleman, Marcus Dockery Organizations: Georgia Tech, Yellow Jackets, Georgia, Jackets, Thomson Locations: Atlanta

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