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Charrise Lane, a senior at Florida A&M University in Tallahassee, wants to re-establish what would be the only active chapter of College Republicans at a historically Black college or university. The College Republican National Committee, which has been around since 1892, is an unofficial affiliate of the Republican National Committee. While there are more than 100 HBCUs in the country, none are home to an active, official College Republicans club. Felicia Barnes, assistant director of student organizations at FAMU, said the university would welcome the College Republicans back to campus. History of College Republicans at FAMUThe last time the College Republicans had an active chapter at FAMU was during the 2018-2019 school year, according to alum Marquise McMiller.

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☆ How Discord is laying the groundwork for ads to make as much revenue as subscriptions
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-03 | by ( Lara O'Reilly | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Discord is launching Video Quests, its second ad format, as it looks to grow its ads business. Discord aims to balance ad revenue with its subscription service ahead of a potential IPO. Related storiesActivision Blizzard's World of Warcraft, Epic Games' Fortnite, and HoYoverse's Genshin Impact have run Quests on Discord this year. "Discord is a place where you play games with your friends, so game-related ads feel really good," Sellis told Business Insider in an interview. Peter Sellis, Discord's SVP of product, thinks ads could one day be on par with subscriptions for the company.

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☆ Apple analysts shrug off Warren Buffett's big sale, remain bullish on the tech giant
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-06 | by ( Yun Li | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Warren Buffett's head-turning sale of his big Apple stake did not faze Wall Street analysts' conviction in the iPhone maker. Bank of America noted that Apple shares rallied 23% in the second quarter despite Berkshire's selling, showing the stock's strength. AAPL YTD mountain Apple Bernstein's Toni Sacconaghi believes Buffett started trimming Apple because the stock was getting too expensive for the value investor. Bernstein pointed out that Berkshire built most of its Apple position at a 15 times multiple, while selectively adding at 20 times earnings or below and trimming at 30 times earnings and above. Apple traded above 30 times earnings on average in the second quarter.

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☆ Persistent heat wave in the US shatters new records, causes deaths in the West and grips the East
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-08 | by ( Associated Press | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Many areas in Northern California surpassed 110 degrees, with the city of Redding topping out at a record 119 degrees. Due to the high temperatures, emergency medical helicopters were unable to respond, as the aircraft cannot generally fly safely over 120 degrees, officials said. Death Valley has reached or exceeded 125 degrees every day since July 4. “Death Valley during the summer has always been a bucket list thing for me. Well, high temperatures across (western Nevada and northeastern California) won’t get below 100 degrees until next weekend,” the service posted online.

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☆ Euro 2024 day 17 – England escape, Spain impress and what’s it like inside Mbappe’s mask?
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-30 | by ( The Athletic Uk Staff | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +14 min

This was, for the most part, a dismal England performance, regardless of the supernatural deliverance at the end. Everything that was bad about today in Gelsenkirchen had been signposted by England over the course of the last few weeks. The red flags had all been there since England opened their campaign in this same city two weeks ago. And yes, England are desperately flawed, still unbalanced, still uncertain on the ball, still struggling to create chances even when they dominate possession. None of the lingering questions over this England team have been solved.

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☆ I'm a 26-year-old software engineer making $75,000, and still dream of becoming a professional e-sports athlete. Here's how I balance work and my gaming endeavors
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-27 | by ( Madison Hall | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Read previewThis as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Andy Collins, a 26-year-old software engineer from Chicago pursuing a professional esports career playing the first-person shooting game Valorant. Being a professional esports competitor wasn't the most well-known or traditional career path at the time. Valorant has only been out for four years, but its professional esports scene is rapidly growing in popularity. Even though I'm playing far fewer hours per day than before — I only spend around four hours after work each day playing other teams and strategizing for my weekly matches — I'm in my best-ever form. Are you a professional esports athlete and want to share your story?

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☆ Influencer-marketing startup Grin has laid off staffers in a new round of cuts
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-25 | by ( Amanda Perelli | Sydney Bradley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

The influencer-marketing platform Grin has laid off "many" staffers — in the company's third round of layoffs in recent months — a spokesperson confirmed to Business Insider. As the company grew, "a distance also grew" between the platform and its customers, the Grin spokesperson said in a statement. First, in November 2022, the company laid off 60 staffers, mostly in Grin's sales department, the company confirmed to BI at the time. Then, in March 2023, the company laid off several staffers across multiple departments, sources close to the company told Business Insider. The impacted staffers in this latest round of cuts will receive a three-month severance package and extended healthcare benefits, the Grin spokesperson said.

Persons: —, Grin, Brandon Brown Organizations: Business, Red, BI Locations: France

☆ Red Lobster, home of the endless shrimp, mulls bankruptcy after spoiling its customers with all-you-can-eat lobster: report
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-18 | by ( Kwan Wei Kevin Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

It may be the end of the line for the seafood chain Red Lobster, per Bloomberg. AdvertisementSeafood chain Red Lobster is considering filing for bankruptcy, Bloomberg reported Wednesday. According to the outlet, Red Lobster is being advised by the law firm King & Spalding. Red Lobster and King & Spalding did not respond to Bloomberg's requests for comment. Representatives for Red Lobster and King & Spalding did not immediately respond to requests for comment from Business Insider sent outside regular business hours.

Persons: —, Spalding, Red Lobster's, Ludovic Garnier, servings, Ian Borden, Borden Organizations: Bloomberg, Service, King, Spalding, Thai Union Group —, Golden Corral, Business Insider Locations: Maine

☆ Neeraj Chopra has gained unlikely stardom in India. If he wins another Olympic gold, he will be ‘treated like God’
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-11 | by ( George Ramsay | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN —In a line-up of India’s sporting heroes, most of whom have gained celebrity status through cricket, Neeraj Chopra is an anomaly. Matthias Hangst/Getty ImagesPrior to Chopra, India had practically no history in track and field, winning most of its Olympic medals in field hockey and wrestling. But still, Neeraj Chopra is the best sportsperson. “My main focus is to stay healthy,” says Chopra, “but I’m not taking the pressure of winning a gold medal again. He is a moving billboard, one can say now.”And if he wins a second gold medal at the Olympics?

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☆ Millennials having fewer kids could be a drag on the economy for the next decade
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-24 | by ( Jennifer Sor | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

At the current trajectory, that's set to weigh on the economy for the next decade or more. AdvertisementMillennials aren't having as many kids as previous generations, and that fact could end up dragging down economic growth for more than a decade. "What you're talking about is these birth rates dropping very, very low levels, which over the course of time has huge impacts on the economy," Pomeroy said. The impact of millennials having fewer kids will likely be worse than the impact of aging boomers — and the most dire consequences could come 10-15 years from now, Pomeroy estimated. The most important thing to encourage people to have more kids might be a cultural shift in how we talk about children, Buchholz says.

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☆ I made $9,450 and erased my credit card debt by joining 2 clinical trials. I just had to agree to get the flu and dysentery.
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-23 | by ( Hilary Brueck | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . My flu clinical trial stay came with free room serviceThe study took place in a 3-star hotel in downtown Baltimore. (Just to be clear: I would never eat in my bed at home — gross — but when living in a hotel room with an extra bed, why not?) I'm lucky that I'm not prone to cabin fever, so the prospect of being stuck, quarantine-like, inside a hotel room didn't faze me. We waited for several days for the researchers to find a proper "donor" who could spread the flu.

Persons: —, Christopher Silva, It's, I'd, Silva, we'd, Shirley Jackson, it's, Hilary Brueck Organizations: Service, University of Maryland, Uno, University of Maryland School of Public, University of Maryland School of Public Health, Health Locations: Pennsylvania, Baltimore, hbrueck@businessinsider.com

The pay data includes salaries ranging from a data scientist position that offers $170,000 per year at Discord to a staff engineer role that earns $250,000 or more at Patreon. AdvertisementHere are the annual salaries for a job at FaZe Clan:Legal Counsel: $142,273 median starting range; from $133,308 to $194,437FaZe Clan did not respond to BI's request for comment. At LTK, a senior software engineer would make $130,000Courtesy of LTKLTK, formerly known as RewardStyle, is an affiliate-marketing and social-commerce platform used by influencers across Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok. At Teachable, a level II senior software engineer would make $190,000Teachable is a platform where creators can build and sell online courses and coaching programs. Here are annual salary ranges for several jobs at Teachable:Data Analyst : $69,826 to $85,000: $69,826 to $85,000 Senior Software Engineer : $160,000 to $180,000: $160,000 to $180,000 Senior Software Engineer - Core : $150,000 to $170,000: $150,000 to $170,000 Senior Software Engineer II : $190,000: $190,000 Software Engineer: $125,000 to $135,000Teachable did not respond to BI's request for comment.

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☆ An estate manager for the wealthy shares some of the outlandish and intimate requests she's received from clients
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-10 | by ( Mark Ellwood | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

She and her team coordinate service providers, from gardeners to party planners, for her clients. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementEmily Webb-Doskow, an estate manager, receives strange requests from wealthy clients. These shifts expanded the prospective client base of families who could benefit from an estate manager. She said a starting salary for a full-time estate or house manager could be about $150,000.

Persons: Emily Webb, Doskow, Baker, —, Webb, Rich, I've, She's, bender, Barths, Holger Leue, they'd, they're Organizations: Webb, Service, Craigslist, Business, Baker, Estate Management, YouTube Locations: Los Angeles, New York City, St, America

☆ How FaZe Clan's future owner hopes to rein in pissed-off talent and build a sustainable influencer business
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-01 | by ( Dan Whateley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Several of its top talent have revolted against the company on social media over the past year. Beginning in late 2022, Nordan "FaZe Rain" Shat posted a series of YouTube videos criticizing FaZe's leadership and spending decisions. He would oversee the brand alongside Thomas "FaZe Temperrr" Oliveira, FaZe's proposed president, and Yousef "FaZe Apex" Abdelfattah, set to become FaZe's COO. GameSquare CEO Justin Kenna, a former CFO at FaZe, said he knew he needed buy-in from FaZe talent for the deal to move forward. GameSquare wrote in a press release announcing its FaZe deal that it expects to record more than $18 million in savings by cutting "duplicate corporate costs" and other expenses following a merger.

Persons: Shat, FaZe's, influencer Richard, FaZe, Bengtson, GameSquare, Thomas, Oliveira, Yousef, Justin Kenna, Kenna, Bengston, Lee Trink, Tyler, Ninja, Blevins, we're Organizations: FaZe, Nasdaq, Ninja Labs

☆ FaZe Clan's plummeting valuation shows how risky it can be to bet your company's future on influencers
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-26 | by ( Dan Whateley | Geoff Weiss | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

While esports as a category has broadly struggled with monetization , FaZe's difficulties stemmed more from its reliance on just a few influencers for revenue. The company makes money through revenue splits with its talent, brand partnerships, and esports winnings. For FaZe, that revenue is often concentrated on the backs of a few big stars. "This was too nascent of a business model to be publicly traded with too much 'key person risk' around influencers," Chapman said of FaZe. GameSquare has subsidiaries like merchandise brand Mission Supply Co., influencer-marketing platform Sidekiq, and streaming data analytics firm Stream Hatchet, all of which could potentially be applied to the FaZe brand.

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☆ Trump rages as former acolytes turn against him under legal heat
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-25 | by ( Stephen Collinson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

She was the third former Trump acolyte to agree to testify against the ex-president and others this week. “If I knew then what I knew now, I would have declined to represent Donald Trump in these post-election challenges. One of Trump’s former associates was feeling no remorse when he arrived in court in New York on Tuesday seeking to undermine another Trump legal defense. It has long been the case that while those around Trump in business and politics often find themselves slipping deep into legal trouble, he skips free. The apparent decisions of Meadows, Ellis and Cohen – together with the mass of legal threats now facing the former president – suggest that charmed life is about to meet its biggest challenge yet.

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☆ Take Five: Summer at Jackson Hole
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-18 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

REUTERS/Jason Reed Acquire Licensing RightsLONDON, Aug 16 (Reuters) - It's summer camp season and not to be left out, U.S. rate setters and overseas pals gather in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, to talk central banking. U.S. Federal Reserve officials (plus friends from the ECB, BoE and BOJ) descend on Jackson Hole, Wyoming on Aug. 24-26 for their annual central bank confab. Inflation remains sticky in places and investors want to know how long it will take for central banks to switch to easing. European PMIs could provide a bigger signal on whether the European Central Bank will hike again in September and if the Bank of England opts for a big rate increase. Turkey's central bank is poised to raise rates on Thursday for the third time in a row since Hafize Gaye Erkan was appointed as governor in early June.

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☆ Indian automaker Mahindra says competition from Tesla 'does not faze us'
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-09 | by ( Sumathi Bala | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Mahindra Group isn't worried about global players like Tesla entering India's highly competitive electric vehicle market, its CEO and managing director Anish Shah told CNBC. So Tesla or anyone else coming in does not faze us," Shah said on "Street Signs Asia" Tuesday. "At one point, Mahindra was written off when all the global majors were coming into India. Tesla is reportedly discussing plans to enter the EV space in India, which is the world's third-largest auto market, according to Reuters. CEO Elon Musk met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in June and said he has plans to "make significant investments in India."

Persons: Tesla, Anish Shah, We've, Shah, Elon Musk, Narendra Modi Organizations: Mahindra, isn't, CNBC, Reuters Locations: India

Discord has laid off 4% of its staff, a spokesperson confirmed to Insider. The August layoffs impacted Discord's marketing team heavily, a source familiar with the matter said. The company is undergoing a reorganization of "some business units." Discord laid off around 4% its staff on Thursday, a company spokesperson confirmed to Insider. Several employees who identified as Discord staffers working on graphic design and entertainment partnerships posted about the layoffs on LinkedIn and Twitter.

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☆ Wearing Paint Instead of Clothes on the Streets of New York
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-25 | by ( Callie Holtermann | More About Callie Holtermann | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Across from a Pret a Manger near Union Square Park, Nicolette Barischoff held still as an artist painted an open blue eye across her sternum on Sunday. “It’s a very Zen experience,” she said, as photographers snapped pictures from behind police barricades. This year’s installment was the 10th — and the last, according to the event’s founder, Andy Golub, an artist. He said he was ending it to focus on other projects for his organization, Human Connection Arts. Nije Durdeen, 31, came from Philadelphia to model after learning she might not get another chance.

Persons: Nicolette Barischoff, “, ”, Ms, Barischoff, Andy Golub, Nije Durdeen Organizations: Human Connection Locations: Los Angeles, Philadelphia

☆ Read the pitch decks from these creator economy startups that helped raise millions of dollars
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-06 | by ( Sydney Bradley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Here are the pitch decks that 24 startups used in Series A, Seed, and pre-Seed rounds. The phrase "creator economy" skyrocketed as a buzzword in 2021 as creators, VCs, and entrepreneurs rushed to cash in on a booming industry. So, how do creator economy startups land those investments? They broke down the pitch decks they used to secure millions of dollars in funding. Read the pitch decks that helped 24 creator-focused startups to fundraise millions of dollars:

Persons: —, Alexis Ohanian's Seven, Tony Tran, Tran, Jessica Wolf, who've Organizations: United Talent, Intelligence Locations: Skye

☆ Hot dog-eater Joey Chestnut wins July Fourth title with 62 franks
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-04 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

REUTERS/Amr AlfikyJuly 4 (Reuters) - Reigning champion of the annual U.S. Fourth of July hot dog eating contest Joey Chestnut defended his title on Tuesday, clinching his 16th career win by scarfing down 62 franks in 10 minutes. The second place men's finisher, Geoff Esper of Oxford, Massachusetts, was far behind with 49 hot dogs consumed. Chestnut fell short of besting his world record - 76 hot dogs - which he achieved in 2021. She set the women's world record in 2020 with 48.5 hot dogs. Chestnut, by comparison, typically eats nine hot dogs in less than a minute.

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☆ Djokovic hungry for more Grand Slams as he eyes number 24 at Wimbledon
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-01 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

He also now sits just one Grand Slam behind Margaret Court who won a record 24. I still feel hungry for success, for more Grand Slams, more achievements in tennis," Djokovic told reporters. "I want to try to use every Grand Slam opportunity I have at this stage where I'm feeling good in my body, feeling motivated and playing very good tennis, to try to get more." Djokovic comes into Wimbledon as the second seed this year with 20-year-old Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz now world number one after his first title on grass at Queen's. Djokovic will begin his Wimbledon title defence against Argentina's 67th-ranked Pedro Cachin on Monday.

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Last year the former leader of Yoon’s party hit out at what he said was the “evil influence” YouTube channels. “After President Yoon Suk Yeol came to power, there have been many cases where the presidential office filed complaints to the media,” Jung said. It has since consistently ranked top in terms of real-time daily viewership on YouTube in South Korea. To Professor Jung, it’s a success that demonstrates “voices cannot be silenced.”Kim, meanwhile, hopes to build a show with as much recognition as any on traditional media. “I will create a type of press that has not yet existed on YouTube,” Kim said.

☆ A woman earns nearly $5,000 a month selling pictures and videos of her feet — dirty socks can fetch as much as $500
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-03 | by ( Julia Naftulin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Chrissy makes an average of $5,000 each month selling custom videos and photos, plus used socks she mails out. Chrissy told Insider she's been selling photos of her "elegant" size seven feet on the website for three years. That's when I started to explore other options and came across Fun with Feet," Chrissy told Insider. Whenever they see a photo, they want to imagine the person behind that photo," Chrissy told Insider. She said she plans to continue selling feet photos until she gets sick of it, but doesn't anticipate that will be any time soon.

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