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☆ Racism Alleged at Multiple Globe Life Affiliates
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-10 | by ( Susan Antilla | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +20 min

"If I'd brought it up, I would have been blackballed," he told BI. She told BI that Lobello frequently sent her racist memes he found online that contained the N-word. AdvertisementBell, in the hat at right, at a team dinner for an AIL agency then known as Giglione-Ackerman. In the areas she was assigned, she told BI, "most of the people were uninsurable" because of poor health, hard drug use, and poverty. If you work at Globe Life or AIL and have information to share about the company, please contact Susan Antilla at susan.antilla1@gmail.com .

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☆ She set out to find a husband in a year. Then she matched with a guy on a dating app on the other side of the world
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-19 | by ( Francesca Street | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +21 min

He quickly found the Wellington dating pool to be full of people he vaguely knew – friends of friends or old college acquaintances. The whole thing was quite surreal, made only more so by the fact that Samantha had now met Toby’s parents before she’d actually met Toby in person. When Samantha returned to London, Toby was in a bad way. “But we were spending 24/7 together.”Samantha says the decision was obvious “pretty much as soon as we met in real life.”In time, Toby met Samantha’s family. Telling the story on stageSamantha first told the story of how she met Toby on stage in 2018.

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Although Leslie has been chipping away at her student loan debt for about 15 years, she says it's been worth it in order to pursue her passion. Leslie used her DoorDash side hustle to help pay down her student loan debt. Leslie used her early DoorDash earnings to eliminate her car loan, then began throwing the rest at her remaining student loan balance. "It was really important that I got a lot of my student loan debt taken care of because then I was able to dedicate that back into myself and my health and my mental wellness," she says. Working toward a debt-free futureAlthough Leslie says her student loan debt is at a more manageable level, she plans to continue working part-time as a DoorDash delivery driver for now.

Persons: Shonnita Leslie, Leslie, it's, It's, Roth, she'll Organizations: CNBC, Public, Fi Insurance, Hulu, Roth IRA Locations: Connecticut, Houston , Texas, Houston, Leslie's, Texas, DoorDash

☆ 4 ways the creator-economy startup LTK is building a remote-first workplace
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-21 | by ( Amanda Perelli | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . Patricia Gonzales, the chief people officer at the creator-economy startup LTK, told Business Insider about how the company has operated since pivoting mainly to remote work and how it's shifted to accommodate employees and hires. Gonzales shared four key takeaways from LTK's remote-first work culture. "And so we have made the decision to be a remote-first company." Gonzales said the idea is to make sure individual goals are clear and aligned with company goals, adding that leaders revisit their goals monthly or quarterly.

Persons: Patricia Gonzales, —, it's, LTK —, Gonzales, LTK, Slack Organizations: Service, Star Locations: Dallas, SoftBank, LTK

☆ Gen Z doesn't know how to dress for work. Here are 5 fashion tips to elevate your workwear, according to stylists.
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-10 | by ( Sawdah Bhaimiya | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

We chatted to two corporate stylists to find out how the younger gens can elevate their work style:1. You should be covered 'from nips to knees'Maree Ellard styled in a corporate outfit. Invest in some great work shoesIt's time to put aside those casual Nike Air Force 1 sneakers and invest in more stylish work shoes, Teich says. Play around with accessories, details, and colorMaree Ellard styled in a corporate outfit. Keep the designer logos to a minimumMaree Ellard styled in a corporate outfit.

Persons: —, Zers, Ryan Vogel, they're, Maree Ellard, Maree, Ellard, Liz Teich, Teich, It's, Kate Hart Finnigan, Adidas Stan Smiths, it's Organizations: Service, Business, Fox School of Business, Temple University, eBay, Invest, Nike Air Force, Adidas Locations: Australia, New York, Zara

The flags of the United States and India are displayed on the Eisenhower Executive Office Building at the White House in Washington, U.S., June 21, 2023. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz Acquire Licensing RightsNEW DELHI, Nov 29 (Reuters) - India will formally investigate security concerns aired by the United States in a warning to New Delhi about its links to a foiled plot to murder a Sikh separatist leader, the foreign ministry said on Wednesday. The Financial Times newspaper on Nov. 22 first reported the thwarted plot against Pannun in the United States. The White House said it was treating the issue with "utmost seriousness" and had raised it with India at the "seniormost levels". The foiled plot and the U.S. concerns were reported two months after Canada said it was looking at credible allegations linking Indian agents to the June murder of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, another Sikh separatist, in a Vancouver suburb.

Persons: Elizabeth Frantz, Biden, Gurpatwant Singh, Pannun, Hardeep Singh Nijjar, Narendra Modi's, Antony Blinken, Lloyd Austin, Sanjay Verma, India’s, Verma, Krishn Kaushik, Shivam Patel, Clarence Fernandez Organizations: Eisenhower, White, REUTERS, White House, Financial Times, U.S, Indian, Reuters, Defence, CTV, Thomson Locations: United States, India, Washington , U.S, DELHI, New Delhi, China, Delhi, U.S, Canada, Vancouver, . New Delhi, Canadian, Ottawa

☆ A millennial who tests out side hustles explains why he recommends making user-generated content and other flexible options to earn some extra money quickly
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-12 | by ( Madison Hoff | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

He wants to cut through the noise to help people understand which side hustles actually work, are relatively easy to start, and can make money. Below are a few of the side hustles Ryan told Insider about in the new interview. iVueitIf you want a side hustle to work around your employment schedule, Ryan recommends trying property inspection app iVueit . AdvertisementAdvertisementUser-generated contentRyan previously told Insider about his success making user-generated content or UGC, using a platform called JoinBrands. Sells said JoinBrands can be a good side hustle because brands are interested in all different kinds of people to make user-generated content.

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☆ ‘The Buccaneers’ review: Edith Wharton’s last novel becomes a ‘Bridgerton’ wannabe
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-08 | by ( Brian Lowry | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Although “The Buccaneers” comes with the literary pedigree of being based on Edith Wharton’s last, unfinished novel, the series so desperately wants to emulate “Bridgerton” that it almost makes your teeth ache, down to the mix of corsets and contemporary music. The result is a mildly watchable Apple TV+ series that proves, to quote Fred Allen, imitation is the sincerest form of streaming, too. Even so, everything feels a little too familiar, including the series’ hissable villain, hidden beneath a polished and presentable veneer. Consumed entirely on its terms, “The Buccaneers” works reasonably well as a soapy distraction for those willing to check their brains at the ballroom door. “The Buccaneers” premieres November 8 on Apple TV+.

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ATLANTA (AP) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is considering a ban on certain hair-straightening chemicals that have been used by Black women for years and that research shows may increase the risk of uterine cancer. But Black hair stylists say such products — specifically the ones being looked at by the FDA, which contain formaldehyde and formaldehyde-releasing chemicals — have fallen out of favor, especially among younger generations. The possible rule would apply to both salon-grade and at-home products, FDA spokesperson Courtney Rhodes said. Pressley said in an Oct. 6 statement that the FDA's possible action is “a win for public health — especially the health of Black women." The risks for Black women could shift with better regulation of chemical hair straighteners, said Dr. Kimberly Bertrand, an author of the Boston University study.

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☆ Chair hogs, dining divas and boorish boozers: Is cruising etiquette lost at sea?
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-01 | by ( Forrest Brown | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

When it comes to uncouth, uncultured and downright unacceptable behavior on ships, experts in travel etiquette and cruising have seen it all. Chair squattingNow this is a true prize on a cruise ship — empty lounge chairs! Jeff R Clow/Moment RF/Getty ImagesIt’s a quintessential cruising experience – hanging out on the deck enjoying the sun and sea. Ramunas Bruzas/Alamy Stock PhotoVertical travel within a cruise ship is another place where things can go sideways. In the end, Leighton said basic good manners applicable to living in general will serve you on a cruise ship.

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☆ A Hooters restaurant in North Carolina has been accused of racial discrimination in a lawsuit, which said managers made jokes about Black workers' hairstyles and appearances
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-25 | by ( Grace Dean | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The EEOC has sued a Hooters in North Carolina, accusing the restaurant of racial discrimination. Managers joked about the appearance of staff who were Black or had dark skin tones, the suit alleged. AdvertisementAdvertisementWhen the pandemic hit in March 2020, the restaurant laid off its roughly 43 Hooters Girls, the lawsuit said. The restaurant began recalling some of the Hooters Girls, and by about mid-May 2020, 13 of them had been asked to return to work, the lawsuit said. Prior to lockdown, 51% of the Hooters Girls at the restaurant were Black or dark-skinned, but of the workers who were recalled, only 8% were, the lawsuit said.

Organizations: Hooters, Service, Employment, Hooters Girls, Court, Middle, Middle District of Locations: North Carolina, Wall, Silicon, Greensboro, Middle District, Middle District of North Carolina

This is Blackswan, a K-pop group whose members hail from around the world. Gabi agreed, chiming in: “Everything that a K-pop group has, we have.”Trained the Korean wayThe four members may not be Korean, but their journey to Blackswan followed a well-worn, uniquely Korean path that involved auditioning to become trainees in a hyper-competitive program. Emma McIntyre/Getty ImagesBy contrast, some of the newer Blackswan members have been training for a year or less. “When I was 15, my friend showed me a K-pop music video … and since then, I kind of got stuck on the K-pop genre,” Fatou said. But the Blackswan members say most of the criticisms come from international observers, while Korean fans and artists have been largely supportive.

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☆ North Carolina Hooters sued for racial discrimination against employees
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-24 | by ( Ramishah Maruf | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

New York CNN —The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has sued a North Carolina Hooters restaurant for allegedly discriminating against Black or darker-skinned “Hooters Girls,” the federal agency announced Thursday. In March 2020, at the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Greensboro, North Carolina, Hooters temporarily laid off around 43 employees, dubbed “Hooters Girls” by the restaurant chain. There was a “marked shift in the racial composition of the restaurant’s Hooters Girls workforce,” when employees were called back in, according to the EEOC release. The complaint also alleged that the darker-skinned Hooters Girls “experienced racial hostility and observed preferential treatment of White employees while employed at the restaurant” and received less-lucrative shifts. The Greensboro restaurant had no comment and directed CNN to the company’s public relations department.

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☆ A Gen Zer and millennial whose monthly car payments exceed their housing costs say it's 'stressful' but that they need a car
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-16 | by ( Jacob Zinkula | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

A record-high share of Americans is taking on monthly car payments of $1,000 or more. Car payments exceed housing as the biggest expense for some Gen Zers and millennials. Last year, the median monthly rent payment in the US was roughly $1,000, according to the Federal Reserve. Sherbina said managing his high monthly car bill — in addition to his other living expenses — could be stressful. "Having this high of a car payment is both stressful and has some psychological impacts," he said.

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☆ These 6 Wrinkle-Resistant Men’s T-shirts Always Look Sharp
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-16 | by ( Ashley Ogawa Clarke | Photographs F. Martin Ramin The Wall Street Journal | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

WHEN IT COMES to T-shirts, Jeff Yamazaki encourages competition. The Los Angeles actor, 31, pits his tops against one another—call it a tee-off. “I’ll buy a couple white tees [from different brands] at the same time and see which one holds up best,” he said. After the candidates weather many wears and washes, he’ll pick a winner. (He’ll then buy the victor again, perhaps in a different color.)

Persons: Jeff Yamazaki, “, ” Locations: Los Angeles

☆ Friends Dropping By in 15 Minutes? Prep Your Place Pronto With These 12 Ideas
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-09 | by ( Allison Duncan | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Decanting even ginger ale and potato chips into quality vessels will make pop-in guests feel invited. Illustration: Nick LuIF YOU’RE like us, you’ve had well-meaning friends shoot you a text announcing that they’re “in the neighborhood. Can we drop by in 15?” The only reasonable reaction? Becoming totally flustered. The house is far from presentable, you’ve nothing to drink except flat diet ginger ale and no applaudable nibbles let alone…quality cheese!

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☆ The Mother Who Changed: A Story of Dementia
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-09 | by ( Katie Engelhart | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

In October 2017, Diane Norelius stopped answering the phone. Her two daughters called and called. The women worried that their mother, who was 81, was sick, or maybe even dead. When Bill died of complications from a broken hip in 2011, after 53 years of marriage, Diane found herself alone for the first time. Then Erik died of cancer at age 55.

☆ Lauren Boebert once made the local news for delivering her third son in a pickup truck
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-14 | by ( Nicole Gaudiano | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Rep. Lauren Boebert has been making headlines for saying she'll be a "36-year-old grandmother." In 2009, she was in the local news for delivering her third son in a pickup truck. "Now that I think about it clearly, we should have left earlier," she wrote in her memoir. Boebert, who announced her 17-year-old son Tyler is about to have a son in April, explains how she delivered her third son, Kaydon, in her memoir "My American Life," released last year. After two "drama-free" deliveries, Boebert wrote that she and her midwife decided she could wait an hour before making the 20-minute drive to the hospital.

☆ Why Costco uses curiously large packaging for tiny products
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-26 | by ( Dominick Reuter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

The ideal Costco packaging dimensions allow the company to ship, stock, and sell more efficiently. "If you walk through health and beauty, you will see a lot of [items] in that kind of envelope, so that is the very ideal Costco size." "Having $20,000 in high-end face cream on the pallet on the floor isn't good business," Carrier said. Big packaging lets suppliers ship a more manageable number of items to a Costco warehouse using the requisite pallet system. Carrier's company, Berkley, even specializes in helping Costco suppliers break a single tightly-packed container of imported goods into as many as ten trucks loaded with dozens of presentable palletized displays.

☆ How a handy businessman found a derelict castle on Craigslist and transformed it into a thriving Airbnb with rooms from $369/night
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-12 | by ( Jordan Pandy | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

After years of renovations, Smith opened the castle to travelers booking rooms on Airbnb and Vrbo. "Everybody loves a castle," Smith, 57, told Insider. Smith turned the castle from rundown to traveler-readySmithmore Castle is nestled in the Blue Ridge Mountains on 121 acres of land. Smith has seen an increase in bookings each year since he listed the castle's rooms on Airbnb and Vrbo. Robert SmithSome Airbnb hosts have reported a slowdown in bookings since spring 2022, prompting fears of an "Airbnbust."

☆ Newcastle shocked by third-tier Sheffield Wednesday
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-07 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

SHEFFIELD, England, Jan 7 (Reuters) - Premier League high-flyers Newcastle United were shocked by third-tier Sheffield Wednesday on Saturday as they suffered a 2-1 away defeat to crash out of the FA Cup in the third round. Newcastle, who sit third in the top flight, fell two goals behind as League One side Sheffield Wednesday’s Josh Windass netted twice in the second half. "It's one of the proudest moments in my managerial career to date," Wednesday manager Darren Moore told the BBC. Newcastle manager Howe highlighted that he thought his team should've made the most of the chances they created. "We have to accept the defeat and Sheffield Wednesday battled for everything, as we did, but it wasn’t to be."

☆ ‘America’s Test Kitchen: The Next Generation’ Review: Tinkering With the Ingredients
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-07 | by ( John Anderson | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

The universe won’t collapse because of what happens on a cooking show, but “America’s Test Kitchen: The Next Generation” is symptomatic of larger disturbances in the force of food TV—including creative stasis, casual shoplifting of ideas and the fact that too many borrowed ideas can spoil a perfectly presentable broth. The taste-test segment involves familiar brands available at a local supermarket and end in some surprising results. (Hershey’s wins the cocoa-powder faceoff again!) Among its “flaws” is a menu that’s anachronistically meat-centric and on-air talent who are on air because of their food knowledge, not their media training. Bridget Lancaster and Julia Collin Davison are the no-nonsense hosts-chefs; the taste-test guy, Jack Bishop , is reassuringly uncomfortable at being on TV at all; equipment assessor Adam Ried is burly, affable and you believe what he tells you.

☆ 34 high school graduation gifts he'll actually use all the time, from a quality speaker to space-saving dorm essentials
▼ + stars: | 2022-05-18 | by ( Mara Leighton | Amir Ismael | Senior Digital Culture Reporter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Graduating from high school is one of the first major life events that feels appropriately "major." It's also a time when the requirements for the scary and exciting years to come likely outstrip his budget. The good news is that gifts for recent high school graduates can solve a lot of problems (or just offer a fun way to celebrate a big milestone). With that in mind, we rounded up 40 thoughtful and practical high school graduation gifts for him below. The 34 best high school graduation gifts for him in 2022:

☆ I manage 134 Airbnb rentals. Here's how I use the 'rent-to-rent' strategy to earn a passive income without having to buy property.
▼ + stars: | 2022-02-09 | by ( Kiera Fields | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Having not found a tenant, he put the rental on Airbnb – within days he made thousands in bookings. Luke now runs his Airbnb business full time and has 134 properties across the UK and Dubai. The plan was to make enough money sourcing deals to invest in my own property to rent for passive income. I found a property owner who had gone into mortgage arrears and no longer wanted to manage her property. The plan was to rent it to a tenant and pay rent and pay back my debt.

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