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☆ Watch CNBC’s full interview with Bokeh Capital's Kim Forrest
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-28 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailWatch CNBC’s full interview with Bokeh Capital's Kim ForrestKim Forrest, Boca Capital Partners chief investment officer, joins 'The Exchange' to discuss the bond markets and why she likes Coca-Cola stock.

☆ See how NASA's new lunar mega-rocket sizes up to past and future astronaut launch systems
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-24 | by ( Morgan Mcfall-Johnsen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

The Space Launch System (SLS) is 17 years and an estimated $50 billion in the making. The Space Launch System (SLS) at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on March 17, 2022. This first mission, called Artemis I, is a test flight that will carry no astronauts. The current iteration of SLS, called Block 1, stands taller than the Statue of Liberty at 322 feet, about 30 stories. NASA/Cory HustonIf Artemis I goes well, the next SLS mission will send an Orion spaceship around the moon with astronauts on board.

Workers remove utility poles in the aftermath of Hurricane Fiona in Higuey, Dominican Republic, September 19, 2022. REUTERS/Ricardo RojasSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico/SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic, Sept 20 (Reuters) - Residents were ordered to take shelter on the Turks and Caicos Islands on Tuesday as an increasingly powerful Hurricane Fiona churned towards the Caribbean archipelago, leaving death and destruction in Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic. In Puerto Rico, a territory of the United States, residents were still facing strong winds, frequent lightning and heavy rain on Monday. Fiona made landfall in Puerto Rico on Sunday afternoon, dumping up to 30 inches (76.2 cm) of rain in some areas, with at least two people killed. Fiona made landfall in the Dominican Republic near Boca Yuma at 3:30 a.m. local time on Monday, according to the NHC.

☆ As the U.S. Dollar Surges, American Buyers Splurge on European Homes
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-19 | by ( J.S. Marcus | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

Laetitia Laurent, a South Florida interior designer, has long had her heart set on a Parisian pied-à-terre. This summer, with the dollar soaring and Parisian real-estate prices holding steady, she took the leap. “I had been looking for a place for a long time,” says Ms. Laurent, who plans to use the apartment for work when she visits Paris to source designs for American clients, and for vacations with her husband and three young children. What helped propel her from just looking to outright buying was the strength of the U.S. dollar—“a huge factor” in the purchase, she says—15% over the past year, hovering at or near parity since mid-July. The dollar is rising so much, and so quickly, that Ms. Laurent estimates she saved around $80,000 between the time she first saw the apartment in early 2022 and when she closed in July.

People clear a road from a fallen tree after Hurricane Fiona affected the area in Yauco, Puerto Rico September 18, 2022. Hurricane Fiona made landfall in Puerto Rico on Sunday afternoon, five years after the U.S. Caribbean territory was ravaged by Hurricane Maria. "The strongest winds are already dying down and it's already over the Dominican Republic." The eye of Fiona made landfall in the Dominican Republic near Boca Yuma at 3:30 a.m. local time, the NHC said. Rainbands could follow the storm system on the east side of Puerto Rico for hundreds of miles, NHC's Blake said.

☆ Hurricane Fiona to bring flooding to eastern Dominican Republic
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-19 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Workers cut tree branches in preparation for Hurricane Fiona, in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, September 18, 2022. REUTERS/Ricardo RojasRegister now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterSept 19 (Reuters) - Hurricane Fiona was expected to bring life-threatening flash and urban flooding to parts of the Dominican Republic after making landfall near Boca de Yuma at 3:30 a.m. AST, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said on Monday. The center of Fiona was now about 35 miles (55 km) southeast of Samana, Dominican Republic, and packing sustained winds of 90 miles per hour (150 km per hour), it added. The hurricane left most of Puerto Rico without power on Sunday, causing catastrophic flooding with mudslides and landslides, while aid agencies in the Dominican Republic began evacuating residents from high-risk areas in the east on Sunday night. read moreRegister now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting by Deep Vakil in Bengaluru; editing by Jason NeelyOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Remote work is killing Florida as a retirement paradise
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-11 | by ( Gadel Valle | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +14 min

Housing prices, combined with the rise of remote work, threaten to end the middle-class dream of spending your final days in Florida. "It does put the retirement industry at risk because it's going to become more and more difficult" to retire in Florida, he told me. The political influence of Florida retirees is so significant that national publications send reporters to The Villages before elections to check its political pulse. The dream of a Florida retirement is dying as housing prices make it too expensive for most. And for people who are retiring now, the Florida retirement dream is starting to look a lot less sunny.

☆ Elon Musk's mom, Maye, says she sleeps in a 'garage' when she visits him because 'you can't have a fancy house near a rocket site'
▼ + stars: | 2022-08-27 | by ( Sarah Jackson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Maye Musk says she has to "sleep in the garage" when she visits her son at SpaceX's headquarters. "You can't have a fancy house near a rocket site," she told The Times UK. Elon Musk has said he lives in a "very small" three-bedroom house in Texas, worth $45,000. "You can't have a fancy house near a rocket site." When asked in the Times UK interview if Elon was interested in material possessions, Maye said, "No, not at all in that sense."

☆ Liquid nitrogen leaked onto wetlands around SpaceX launch pad before rocket-test explosion, federal regulators confirm
▼ + stars: | 2022-07-15 | by ( Kate Duffy | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

There was a liquid-nitrogen leak at SpaceX's Texas launch site, federal regulators told Bloomberg. An aerial video shows patches of wetland that are snow-white from the liquid-nitrogen leak. Elon Musk's aerospace company uses liquid nitrogen as a coolant when launching rockets. Bloomberg reported that the leak happened three days before SpaceX's Starship rocket booster prototype burst into flames at the launch site. SpaceX didn't immediately respond to a request for comment from Insider about the liquid-nitrogen leak outside normal business hours.

Shivon Zilis was pictured for the first time alongside Elon Musk and their twins on Wednesday. Musk quietly fathered twins with Zilis, a director at Neuralink, in 2021. She has a high-level role at NeuralinkIn 2017, Zilis joined Neuralink, the futuristic brain microchip company also co-founded by Musk. Tesla's new Gigafactory is located near Austin, and court documents obtained by Insider show list Musk and Zilis as residents of that address. Zilis and Musk's twins were born in November, a few weeks before Musk and the musician Grimes had their second child via surrogate.

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☆ Elon Musk wants SpaceX's biggest rocket ready to launch in July, but experts say he may not get his wish
▼ + stars: | 2022-06-26 | by ( Kate Duffy | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Elon Musk might not be ready to launch SpaceX's Starship rocket in July, space industry experts say. SpaceX has to carry out the FAA's 75 actions by then, but two experts said they were fairly minor. Starship is a fully reusable rocket that SpaceX wants to send to the Earth's orbit and outer space. With July just days away, experts in the space industry aren't convinced Starship will be ready to launch by then. SpaceX and Musk have predicted various dates for the Starship launch.

☆ Elon Musk says SpaceX's Starship rocket will be ready to fly in July — but the company needs to comply with the FAA's 75 terms first
▼ + stars: | 2022-06-15 | by ( Kate Duffy | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Elon Musk said SpaceX's Starship spacecraft will be ready to launch into orbit in July. A second Starship prototype will fly in August and SpaceX is planning monthly flights, Musk said. "Starship will be ready to fly next month," Musk tweeted. His tweets came after the FAA found no significant environmental impact with SpaceX's launch site in Boca Chica, meaning the company can expand its launch site in South Texas, known as Starbase. Before SpaceX launches Starship, it needs to take more than 75 actions, listed in the FAA's 43-page review, to mitigate the environmental impacts.

☆ A woman has been charged with trespassing after entering SpaceX's Texas facility because she wanted to speak to Elon Musk, police say
▼ + stars: | 2022-06-06 | by ( Kate Duffy | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Cameron County has charged a woman with trespassing SpaceX's facility in Texas, Sheriff Garza said. The 20-year-old said she was a SpaceX worker and wanted to speak to Elon Musk, per a press release. Parker had stated that she worked at SpaceX and wanted to speak to Musk, the press release said. SpaceX's facility in south Texas, near Boca Chica village, is where the company plans to launch its Starship rocket from. Police issued an arrest warrant in May 2021 for a YouTuber who got into the SpaceX facility and filmed himself walking around the launch site, near the Starship rocket.

☆ 'Perfect for SpaceX employees': Texas locals unhappy as realtors lure Elon Musk's engineers with listings
▼ + stars: | 2022-06-04 | by ( Kate Duffy | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Realtors in south Texas are tailoring house listings to SpaceX workers, but residents aren't happy. "Perfect for SpaceX workers" and "just minutes away from SpaceX" are written on some listings. Brownsville locals told Insider they are upset that realtors are luring SpaceX staff to the area. One property for rent is described as "perfect for SpaceX workers," while others are considered "just minutes away from SpaceX" and "conveniently located near SpaceX and Boca Chica beach." Grove said he even set up a subsidiary of GRT called "Starbase Realty" designed to cater for SpaceX workers.

☆ Elon Musk's SpaceX rocket site expansion coincides with a decline in bird numbers in the local area, investigators say
▼ + stars: | 2022-05-04 | by ( Kate Duffy | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

SpaceX's expansion of its Texas rocket site correlates with falling bird numbers, officials say. SpaceX wants to expand the site with another launch and landing pad ahead of a Starship rocket launch. Elon Musk's space company wants to expand its Texas rocket site, Starbase, by adding a second launch and landing pad where the company's huge Starship rocket can lift off from. The wildlife agency's letter was part of the FAA's environmental review of SpaceX's plans at its Boca Chica rocket launch site. SpaceX can only carry out orbital launches of the Starship rocket once the FAA finishes its assessment and gives the company the green light.

☆ SpaceX's Texas expansion plans hit by a fourth FAA delay over environmental concerns
▼ + stars: | 2022-04-30 | by ( Jyoti Mann | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

The FAA has delayed issuing its review of SpaceX's proposed expansion at its Texas launch site. Getting the FAA's sign-off is key to SpaceX's plans to launch its huge Starship rocket into orbit. The company can only begin orbital launches of its huge Starship rocket once the FAA's assessment is complete. SpaceX's expansion plans hit another hurdle last month as the US Army Corps of Engineers wanted more information on the environmental impact of the plans on local endangered species and surrounding areas. It is not clear whether the repeated delays have impacted the likelihood of an orbital Starship launch.

☆ SpaceX has become the largest employer in Brownsville, Texas, and estimates $885 million gross output for the county it’s based in, reports say
▼ + stars: | 2022-04-23 | by ( Jyoti Mann | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

The company estimates a gross output of $885 million for the county. The company expects to contribute $885 million in gross economic output for Cameron County, Brownsville Mayor Trey Mendez said on Thursday at the "State of the City" event, per the outlet. SpaceX wanted to expand its Brownsville site and add another launchpad but US Army Corps halted the plans earlier this month as it sought more data. The Brownville-based rocket production site, called Starbase, first started testing rocket engines and flights in 2019. The company started buying up Cameron County properties as early as 2012 and unveiled Texas as its launch site in 2014.

☆ 'If it blows up, it's cool': The far-out philosophy that explains why Elon Musk won't let a few baby sea turtles stop SpaceX's quest to get to Mars
▼ + stars: | 2022-04-05 | by ( Adam Rogers | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +25 min

In the case of Elon Musk v. Charismatic Megafauna, the agency intends to publish its final report in late April. Musk went on: "Either explicitly or implicitly some people seem to think that humans are a blight on the Earth's surface. Musk is talking about existential risk, the idea that something — an asteroid, a rogue artificial intelligence — might kill every human on Earth. And if you assume that future human minds will "mainly be implemented in computational hardware instead of biological neuronal wetware," as Bostrom does, you end up with a mind-boggling 1054 human lives. Musk has made the defense of "future life" his mission.

☆ Elon Musk, al doilea cel mai bogat om din lume, locuiește cu chirie într-o casă de 50.000 de euro. „Este minunată”
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-29 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +1 min

Sursa foto: ProfimediaElon Musk, al doilea cel mai bogat om din lume, locuiește cu chirie într-o casă de 50.000 de euro. „Este minunată”Cel mai influent miliardar al lumii, omul care vrea să ducă omenirea pe Marte, Elon Musk, a împlinit ieri 50 de ani. În ultimul an, Elon Musk și-a vândut toate proprietățile imobiliare. Dar este minunată” a scris Musk pe twitter. În luna iulie, SpaceX, compania lui Musk, va avea prima misiune pe orbită pentru Starship, racheta construită să ducă oameni pe planeta Marte.

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Şeful producătorului de maşini electrice a scris luna aceasta pe Twitter că mai are o singură casă în zona San Francisco Bay pe care a închiriat-o pentru diverse evenimente. Musk, 49 de ani, şi-a anunţat prima dată planurile de a-şi vinde proprietăţile în urmă cu peste un an ca rezultat al criticilor aduse la vasta sa avere. Musk nu a plătit niciun impozit federal pe profit în 2018 şi a achitat mai puţin de 70.000 de dolari în 2015 şi 2017, conform raportului. Ulterior, Musk a scris pe Twitter că va plăti impozite pe venit în California în funcţie de timpul pe care îl va petrece în interiorul statului, despre care spune că va fi semnificativ. În prezent, CEO-ul Tesla locuieşte într-o casă de aproximativ 50.000 de dolari din Boca Chica,Texas.

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Racheta Starship a aterizat cu succes după mai multe tentative eșuate. Starship este nava spațială cu care, peste câțiva ani, Elon Musk vrea să exploreze Luna și apoi planeta Marte. „Starship landing nominal!”, a scris Elon Musk pe Twitter, ceea ce înseamnă că manevra s-a desfășurat fără probleme, la baza de testare din Boca Chica (Texas). — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 5, 2021Flăcările au continuat să izbucnească și după ce racheta a revenit, fiind un lucru normal, ca urmare a combustibilului ars, dar nimic grav nu s-a întâmplat. În 2019, Musk spunea că zborurile orbitale vor începe în a doua parte a lui 2020, dar anunțul a fost primit cu scepticism.

Persons: Elon, SN15, SpaceX, Artemis Organizations: Marte, 9, NASA Locations: Boca Chica, Texas

☆ We spoke with 21 of Matt Gaetz's high-school classmates. Some say they could have predicted the congressman's sex scandal.
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-14 | by ( Robin Bravender | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +16 min

His high-school classmates are gossiping about him on their Facebook alumni group. Insider interviewed 21 of Gaetz's former classmates this month, including alumni from his Niceville High School graduating class of 2000 and members of Gaetz's high-school debate team. Gaetz's high-school classmates have been gossiping about him in a Facebook alumni group. Defining 'archipelago'Some of Gaetz's high-school classmates also knew him from his days in middle school. In high school, Gaetz "thought he was smarter than the teacher," Donahoo said.

☆ Fotbalistul Fredy Guarin a rupt tăcerea după ce a fost arestat în urma conflictului cu părinții săi
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-05 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +1 min

Fredy Guarin rupe tăcerea la trei zile, după ce a fost arestat în urma conflictului violent cu părinții săi.Fostul internațional columbian a emis un comunicat prin care și-a prezentat poziția față de cele întâmplate.El a menționat că tot ce s-a vehiculat în spațiul public despre membrii familiei sale nu este adevărat.Guarin a scris că apropiații lui, mai ales copiii săi, nu trebuie să sufere din această cauză.Fotbalistul columbian a fost arestat după o altercație cu părinții săi. Potrivit martorilor, el era sub influența băuturilor alcoolice și a substanțelor interzise. Mai mult, presa sud-americană a scris că Guarin ar fi încercat să atace și polițiștii veniți la fața locului.Freddy Guarin are în palmares 57 de meciuri la echipa națională a Columbiei și patru goluri marcate. El a mai jucat la Boca Juniors, Saint-Étienne, FC Porto, Shanghai Shenhua, Vasco da Gama, iar pe 31 decembrie 2020 a ajuns la Millonarios.

Persons: Fredy Organizations: a, FC Porto Locations: a Columbiei, Boca Juniors, Saint - Étienne, Shanghai Shenhua, Millonarios

☆ Fostul fotbalist la echipei Inter Milano, Fredy Guarin, a fost reținut de poliție, după ce și-a luat la bătaie tatăl
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-02 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: 1 min

Clipe de groază cu fostul fotbalist la echipei Inter Milano. Columbianul Fredy Guarin a fost reținut de poliție, după ce și-a luat la bătaie tatăl în casa din Medellin.Jucătorul de 34 de ani, care în prezent este legitimat la gruparea Millonarios a fost arestat după ce părinții au chemat poliția. Conform presei sud-americane, Guarin era plin de sânge și e acuzat că și-a atacat violent tatăl în garajul casei, în condițiile în care era sub influența alcoolului și drogurilor.Poliția a confirmat agresiunea și reținerea fotbalistului, menționând căfotbalistul a opus rezistență la arestare și a mai rănit un agent.Freddy Guarin are în palmares 57 de meciuri la echipa națională a Columbiei și patru goluri marcate. El a mai jucat la Boca Juniors, Saint-Étienne, FC Porto, Shanghai Shenhua, Vasco da Gama, iar pe 31 decembrie 2020 a ajuns la Millonarios.

Persons: Columbianul Organizations: Inter Milano, a, FC Porto Locations: americane, a Columbiei, Boca Juniors, Saint - Étienne, Shanghai Shenhua, Millonarios

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