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☆ Russian soldiers in plain clothes are reportedly lingering in Kherson amid fears the retreat is a ploy to ambush Ukrainian troops
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-10 | by ( John Haltiwanger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Russian troops in plain clothes are reportedly lingering in Kherson. Shortly after, a woman in Kherson told BBC News, "I've seen the announcement and I'm really surprised." Ukraine's military earlier this week warned that Russian troops in plain clothes were being moved into homes in Kherson to prepare for street fighting. Russia relocated thousands of Ukrainian civilians from the city as Ukrainian forces gradually advanced. The Russian leader later acknowledged that the mysterious armed men were indeed Russian troops.

☆ 14 TV insiders rank the streamers where they want to sell shows now as Apple TV+ closes in on HBO Max amid turmoil at Warner Bros. Discovery
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-08 | by ( Elaine Low | Lucia Moses | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +19 min

"It's definitely been not the most exciting and robust year," said one TV agent at a major agency. Around 70 people at HBO and HBO Max have been let go this year, and their comedy development teams have merged. While WBD doesn't break out streamer-specific figures, it said on Thursday's earnings call that HBO Max, HBO, and Discovery+ have a combined 94.9 million subscribers, ensuring that any show on HBO Max has the chance to get a lot of eyeballs. They'll also take smaller swings in the genre department, do things at a lower budget," said the second TV agent. Echoed the first TV agent: "You pitch and sell to them if no one else wants it."

Nov 1 (Reuters) - After months of tears and tantrums, bitcoin wants to split up with stock markets. The cryptocurrency, which has been closely correlated with tech stocks for much of its torrid 2022, is staging one of its strongest efforts yet to break away. For some crypto backers, any bitcoin break-up from Big Tech is a sign of strength. Bitcoin and crypto is one of those 'next' growth industries," said Santiago Portela, CEO of FITCHIN, a Web3 gaming ecosystem. Yet it's anyone's guess whether fickle bitcoin will begin to rally, or slide anew, or if it will swiftly rebound to the embrace of technology stocks.

☆ U.S. says Russian grain deal move is having immediate impact on food security
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-31 | by ( Humeyra Pamuk | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

WASHINGTON, Oct 31 (Reuters) - Russia's halting of its participation in the United Nations-brokered Black Sea Grain Initiative is having "immediate, harmful impacts" on global food security and food prices have risen on uncertainty around the deal, U.S. State Department spokesperson Ned Price said on Monday. Moscow announced on Saturday that it was suspending its role in the U.N.-backed initiative that began in August and escorts cargo ships through the Black Sea, but ships carrying grain continued to sail from Ukrainian ports on Monday. Food prices had begun to rise before Saturday because Russian officials' comments had cast doubt on the longevity of the deal, he said. Overland routes were also being used to export Ukrainian grain, but there was "no substitute" for the quantities that could be shipped via the Black Sea, he said. Reporting by Humerya Pamuk, Doina Chiacu and Simon Lewis; Editing by Chris Reese and Alex RichardsonOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Michigan librarian dedicated to 41-year-old Halloween cold case
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-30 | by ( Sarah Portney | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +12 min

On October 31, 1981, 11-year-old Karl Heikell told his parents he was going out for a walk in his town of Calumet, Michigan. “And sure enough, I found newspaper clippings about Karl Heikell going missing.”The young librarian was eager to learn more about this local mystery. Cleary told Dateline. “It's a shame that so many people have Billy in their heads as this” kind of person, he told Dateline. Detective Cleary told Dateline that after Billy’s suicide, police looked into his possible involvement in the case.

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☆ 5 types of bosses can make work a nightmare—here's how to deal with them
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-25 | by ( Annika Kim Constantino | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

He says there are seven types of bosses out there — and while five of them can make your life a nightmare at work, you can still find ways to manage your relationships with them. Here are those five types of bad bosses, from most to least common — and how to deal with them, according to Gimbel. Ghost bossA ghost boss takes an extreme "hands-off" approach, failing to keep track of their team's work and not being available when their team needs help, Gimbel says. His recommendation: Regularly update your boss about your work and ask questions whenever you need help. Narcissist bossNarcissist bosses make decisions according to their own wants and needs, and fail to consider the people around them at work, Gimbel says.

☆ Op-ed: Investing isn't a game. Take risks and make wild predictions in fantasy football, not with your money
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-25 | by ( Dave Butler | Co-Ceo At Dimensional Fund Advisors | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Kikoncos | Getty ImagesIt's Sunday morning, and my kids are checking player reports to evaluate their fantasy football lineups. In many ways, the highs and lows of fantasy football remind me of how many people approach investing. But with your investment portfolio, the fantasy can only go so far and the stakes can be much higher. This may be a good time to think about the difference between speculating and long-term investing — and recognize that your investment decisions have real and lasting consequences. Your investment decisions should be based on a time horizon that matches your goals.

☆ Biden, who is less than a month away from turning 80, said it's 'totally legitimate' for voters to question whether he can serve a second term
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-23 | by ( Katie Balevic | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Joe Biden said it's "totally legitimate" for people to question whether he is too old for a second term. Biden, who will turn 80 in November, has signaled his intention to seek reelection in 2024. I think that's totally legitimate," Biden said, whose 80th birthday is in November. In a separate interview, Biden said it is his "intention" to seek re-election in 2024, though he has not yet formally declared his candidacy. Recent polls show a majority of Americans think both Biden and 76-year-old former president Donald Trump are too old to seek reelection.

☆ Insider asked 38 Republicans whether they're concerned about growing anti-Semitic sentiments in their party. Their responses included silence, deflection, and rehashing old statements.
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-22 | by ( Warren Rojas | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +12 min

Insider reached out to House Republican leaders, GOP senators auditioning for the 2024 presidential race, the Republican National Committee, retired GOP lawmakers, seasoned Republican strategists and former Donald Trump administration officials about this disturbing phenomenon. The non-respondents included RNC chair Ronna McDaniel, former Vice President Mike Pence, National Republican Senatorial Committee chair Rick Scott, House Republican Conference chair Elise Stefanik, Florida Gov. Meghan McCain, the daughter of late Arizona Republican Sen. John McCain, lashed out at West, Trump and House Republican "idiots" cheering on their reprehensible behavior. "You can say that his particular words in this particular case are not antisemitic," Rosen said Tuesday during Commentary's daily podcast. Nor have they convinced House Judiciary Committee ranking member Jim Jordan to quit hailing West and Trump as personal heroes.

☆ Russia to review working with U.N. chief if he inspects drones in Ukraine
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-19 | by ( Michelle Nichols | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Speaking after a closed-door U.N. Security Council meeting on Moscow's use of drones, Russia's Deputy U.N. Tehran denies supplying the drones to Moscow and Russia has denied its forces had used Iranian drones to attack Ukraine. Guterres reports twice a year to the Security Council - traditionally in June and December - on the implementation of the 2015 resolution. Any assessment of the drones in Ukraine would likely be included in that report. GRAIN DEALIran and Russia both argue that there is no mandate for Guterres to send experts to Ukraine to inspect the drones.

☆ Sen. Cory Booker said 'there should be no super PACs for anyone,' but now he's raising money for one
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-14 | by ( Hanna Kang | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

In the past, Booker was opposed to super PACs, saying "there should be no super PACs for anyone." A solicitation from Sen. Cory Booker, a Democrat from New Jersey, on behalf of Giffords PAC, an anti-gun super PAC. Giffords PAC'No super PACs for anyone'In the past, Booker hasn't been so keen on super PACs. "That's why we're not taking corporate money, federal lobbyist money, pharma executive money," Booker told Bobic. In response to Phillips' launching a super PAC supporting Booker's presidential bid, Booker spokesman Jeff Giertz restated Booker's opposition to super PACs.

☆ Russian roulette: Is Putin serious about nuclear war, or bluffing?
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-14 | by ( Jason Corcoran | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +14 min

On Oct. 26, President Vladimir Putin appeared on Russian state television overseeing a practice run of Russia's strategic nuclear deterrence forces. The conflict has revived Cold War-era fears of nuclear war across the region. In August, a Ukrainian official said that 9,000 Ukrainian military personnel had been killed, though another source said the number could be far higher. (President Zelensky previously estimated that 30% of Ukraine's power stations have been damaged or destroyed, although the figure is now likely to be greater.) In a wide-ranging answer, Putin had offered, almost as an aside, that Russian victims of nuclear war "will go to heaven as martyrs" while Western citizens would perish without having "time to repent."

☆ Iranians keep up protests over Mahsa Amini death despite growing death toll
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-12 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

A police motorcycle burns during a protest over the death of Mahsa Amini, a woman who died after being arrested by the Islamic republic's "morality police", in Tehran, Iran September 19, 2022. Protests ignited by the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini while in the custody of Iran's morality police on Sept. 16 have turned into one of the boldest challenges to the clerical leadership since the 1979 revolution. Another video showed dozens of riot police deployed in a Tehran street where a fire was burning. The Norway-based Iran Human Rights organisation said the death toll had increased to at least 201 civilians during the unrest, including 23 minors. Khamenei, a focus of protesters' anger, said the protests were designed by Iran's enemies, the semi-official Tasnim news agency reported.

☆ 'I don't kiss anyone's a** like him': Tim Ryan and J.D. Vance face off in Ohio Senate debate
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-11 | by ( ) edition.cnn.com time to read: 1 min

The debate between Democrat Tim Ryan and Republican J.D. Vance in Ohio's closer-than-expected Senate race began with a testy exchange on the economy and quickly devolved from there into a contentious - and at times personal - clash. CNN's Omar Jimenez reports.

☆ Russia's former president said nuclear threats are not a bluff, and that NATO won't step in if Russia nukes Ukraine
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-27 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

A top Russian official repeated Russia's nuclear threats, saying it "isn't a bluff." Dmitry Medvedev said NATO countries wouldn't step in if Russia fired a nuke on Ukraine. Russia will also "do anything" to prevent the nuclear weapons emerging in the country's "hostile neighbors" such as Ukraine, Medvedev said. Reminding the world about Russia's nuclear arsenal is nothing new among Putin and his allies. After Putin's latest statement, the White House warned Russia would face "catastrophic consequences" if it used tactical nuclear weapons.

☆ A longer-stay hotel is the best choice for your next trip — here are 5 reasons why
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-27 | by ( Created Insider Studios With Marriott | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

From in-suite kitchens to mapped running routes, here are five reasons to book a longer-stay hotel for your next longer stay trip. At a longer-stay hotel, however, you'll get it all. This is why Residence Inn has designed a guest experience where you can truly live your life while traveling. At a longer-stay hotel, you choose what's on the menu, with an in-suite kitchen equipped with everything you need for a home-cooked meal. But a hotel like Residence Inn by Marriott® can make the experience feel just a bit more like home.

☆ Stock futures are little changed as investors prepare for the S&P 500 to test its June low
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-25 | by ( Tanaya Macheel | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during morning trading on September 06, 2022 in New York City. U.S. equity futures were little changed Sunday evening after surging interest rates and foreign currency turmoil pushed the major averages to near their lows of the year. S&P 500 futures and Nasdaq 100 futures were each lower by 0.1%. The broad-market S&P 500 temporarily broke below its June closing low and ended down 1.7%. On Friday, Goldman Sachs slashed its year-end target for the S&P 500 to 3,600 from 4,300.

Trump's lawyers, however, have stopped short of stating in court that he declassified the documents, though they have not conceded that they are classified. Trump's lawyers did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Dearie pressed Trump's lawyers to make clear whether they plan to assert that the records had been declassified as Trump claims. Trump's lawyers proposed Dearie to serve as special master. Dearie on Thursday asked trump's lawyers to provide any evidence backing this up.

He also provided UAE officials with sensitive information, including internal discussions within the Trump administration concerning the blockade of Qatar by the UAE, Mehta said. When he was asked by the FBI about his dealing with UAE officials and the actions he'd taken, Barrack "started lying" and "lied and lied again." Schachter argued that the feds were blowing up "meaningless, inconsequential acts," including Barrack praising the UAE as an "important ally" during a TV interview. "Barack Obama has said the same thing," Schachter told the jury. While Grimes did set up appointments for Barrack, including with UAE officials, he did so at his boss' request, Lowell said, adding that he’d also get Barrack his coffee and smoothies and babysit his kids.

☆ Wall Street is on a knife's edge until Jay Powell speaks
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-19 | by ( Analysis Allison Morrow | Cnn Business | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Financial markets are on a knife's edge, and have been for weeks, as they await word from the central bank on how much monetary tightening to expect. On Monday, Wall Street vacillated between slight gains and losses , effectively in a holding pattern while investors awaited word from the Silver Fox himself, Mr. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Hayden Powell. Fed Chair Jerome Powell speaks during a news conference following a meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee in July. Of course, emoticons became emoji (style note: the plural of emoji is emoji), and our text conversations added a new layer of meaning. Like, check this out:OK, fine 😂OK, fine 😔OK, fine 🙃OK, fine 🙄...You get the idea.

☆ What it's like working for lawmakers whose golden years are clouded by power struggles, rumors of senility, and constant second-guessing
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-13 | by ( Warren Rojas | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +25 min

Doug Heye, a Republican strategist, told Insider that some political maneuvering is more tactical. Emanuel, now the US's ambassador to Japan, didn't refute that the exchange took place but told Insider he didn't remember it. It serves the institution," the former GOP aide told Insider, adding that seasoned dealmakers are preferable to partisan bomb-throwers "with some agenda that they're driving." Paul Morigi/Getty ImagesWhite, now the executive director of the Mississippi Department of Transportation, told Insider his boss always had the final word. 'Preserving their dignity'Convincing career lawmakers to hang it up before they tarnish their respective legacies is tricky business, a veteran GOP leadership aide told Insider.

☆ Giant invasive pythons run rampant in Florida and wreak havoc on native species — but python hunters are here to help
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-03 | by ( Kelsey Vlamis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Invasive Burmese pythons have decimated native species in Florida. The invasive pythons are feasting on native speciesSiewe is one of 100 licensed hunters contracted by Florida to catch and kill the invasive reptiles, which have wreaked havoc on the ecosystem and decimated native species. One of the largest of all snakes, pythons can grow up to 20 feet long and feast on animals as large as white-tailed deer. Paid to hunt — in the name of conservationWildlife officials are working on projects to estimate the python population, but the most successful effort to address the problem has been the python hunters, Kirkland said. "I know it sounds crazy, but it is the easiest way to catch these pythons," Siewe said, adding she's been bit many times.

☆ 'Bad Summer People,' a salacious summer read, is causing chaos in a Fire Island town full of wealthy Manhattanites
▼ + stars: | 2022-08-15 | by ( Anna Silman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

The source of the tension, whether real or perceived, was Rosenblum's forthcoming debut novel, "Bad Summer People." But it has already sent the tiny town, located off the coast of Long Island, New York, into a tizzy. But everyone DVR'd, everyone watched it, and everyone relished that their little summer town was somehow elevated to prominence." Rosenblum simply took events that punctuated the summer, like the town-wide Bay picnic and the summer tennis tournament, and used them as a backdrop for her fictional drama. "You'll see him on the tennis court, and you'll see her around town, and nothing's going to change," they said.

☆ I'm a hairstylist for A-list celebrities who works on magazine and film sets. Here's what my job is like.
▼ + stars: | 2022-06-29 | by ( Costa B. Pappas | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Elena Maravelias is a celebrity hairstylist who got her start cutting a singer's hair at a concert. She toured with the Warped Tour, got a job at a salon in NYC, and now has a celebrity client list. She says when working with celebrities, don't put them on a pedestal or ask personal questions. I didn't have the goal to become a bicoastal celebrity hairstylist — it just sort of happened. You never know what you're going to encounter on set, which is the exciting part, but being on set for up to 14 hours at a time for weeks can be a lot.

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