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☆ Russia's economy faces a demographic disaster and risks seeing its population reduced by half by the end of this century, think tank says
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-09 | by ( Jennifer Sor | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Russia's population could shrink by half by the end of the century, an Atlantic Council report says. A shrinking population threatens Russia's economy and could result in worker shortages and low growth. Go to newsletter preferences Thanks for signing up! AdvertisementRussia's economy has a dire demographic problem on its hands, and the nation could see its population slashed in half by the end of the century, an Atlantic Council report says. The report from the Washington, DC, think tank — written by Harley Balzer, a professor emeritus at Georgetown University — points to Russia's long-running population decline.

Persons: —, Harley Balzer, Georgetown University — Organizations: Atlantic, Service, Georgetown University, Bank, Business Locations: Russia, Ukraine, Washington, DC

☆ Catalan separatist Puigdemont leaves Spain after avoiding arrest, ally says
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-09 | by ( Story Reuters | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

The charge against Puigdemont is related to a 2017 independence referendum that was ruled illegal by the Spanish courts. “They are the police force responsible for carrying out the orders of the Supreme Court,” he said. Police set up roadblocks to find Puigdemont following his return to Spain. Puigdemont’s lawyer, Gonzalo Boye, confirmed in a RAC1 radio interview that Puigdemont had left Spain and said he would make a public statement “in the coming days”. On Friday, the Supreme Court judge leading the investigation against Puigdemont for his role in the 2017 secession bid called on the Mossos to explain the spectacular failure.

Persons: Carles Puigdemont, Jordi Turull, Puigdemont, Pedro Sanchez’s, Sanchez, Turull, Junts, ” Turull, Lorena Sopena, Reuters Sanchez, Felix Bolanos, ”, Puigdemont ‘, ’ Turull, Socialist Salvador Illa, “, Gonzalo Boye, Judge Pablo Llarena Organizations: Reuters, Socialist, Puigdemont, police, Police, Interior Ministry Locations: Belgium, Barcelona, Spain, Waterloo, Madrid, Paris

☆ Beware Politicians’ Newfound Love of Crypto - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-09 | by ( Eswar Prasad | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Donald Trump is vowing to make the United States “the crypto capital of the planet,” and a new Republican-sponsored Senate bill demands that the Fed invest billions in bitcoin. All of this might suggest that the crypto world is finally putting its scandals and unsavory reputation as the playground of crooks and financial charlatans behind it. Politicians’ newfound love of crypto probably has more to do with a cynical bid for young voter support and Silicon Valley cash than a maturing of a financially perilous set of assets. If anything, crypto today presents even greater risks to its investors and to our financial institutions than it did before. The fact that the Republican Party is publicly celebrating crypto to American voters could only make matters worse.

Persons: Crypto, Donald Trump, Kamala Harris, Biden, ’, Bitcoin Organizations: Securities and Exchange Commission, Republican, charlatans, Republican Party Locations: United States, bitcoin, Silicon

☆ Opinion | Nancy Pelosi: ‘It Didn’t Sound Like Joe Biden to Me’
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-09 | by ( Ezra Klein | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +55 min

And they know you’re going to act so they won’t mess with you. Put it in somebody else’s mouth because it was AI mean, it didn’t sound like Joe Biden to me. I think you’re I think you’re underselling this a little bit. And if they don’t, I’m going to keep my promise and send them 100 powdered wigs because they’re just living in a different era. All these other politicians, these career politicians didn’t know how to make a good deal.

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michelle goldbergI mean, I’m a huge Walz fan, and I was worried. ross douthatSo, yeah, I mean, I’m having made the case that this pick makes sense in vibes terms. michelle goldbergYeah, I don’t think that he necessarily overperforms among conservative voters strictly defined. You don’t think that there’s a part of the country that just finds joy like a really refreshing change? I’m going there.

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I didn't, and managing my money manually has been a major learning experience. For the last six years, focusing on my personal finances has been one of my main goals. However, some of the advice I received wasn't the right advice to follow, and I'm glad I didn't — especially the advice that came from a friend of mine who was on a mission to become a millionaire by age 40. Consider a financial advisor. Finding a financial advisor doesn't have to be hard.

Persons: —, doesn't Organizations: Service

☆ Boeing Starliner: What life is like for two astronauts in limbo in space
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-09 | by ( Jackie Wattles | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

They’re not part of Expedition 71, the international crew of seven astronauts serving as the space station’s official staff. Crew-9 — a routine trip to the space station to replenish expedition staff — is currently slated to fly with four astronauts: NASA astronauts Zena Cardman, Nick Hague and Stephanie Wilson, and cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov of the Russian space agency Roscosmos. NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore are greeted by the crew of the International Space Station on June 6, 2024. In 2012, during an earlier trip to the International Space Station, she became the first person to finish a triathlon in space. Without a suitcaseFlying to the space station without the suitcases they had packed for their mission perhaps complicated the comfort of the Starliner astronauts’ extended stay.

Persons: Suni Williams, Butch Wilmore, —, They’ve, Williams, They’re, ” Dana Weigel, “ Butch, Suni, ” Weigel, “, Zena Cardman, Nick Hague, Stephanie Wilson, Aleksandr Gorbunov, Wilmore, they’ve, Sunita Williams, Frank Rubio, yearlong, ’, ”, Bill Spetch, Spetch, they’re, Ken Bowersox Organizations: CNN, Space, NASA, SpaceX, International Space Station, Boeing, SpaceX’s, International, Station, AP, Boston Marathon, Space Station, Northrop Grumman, Space Operations, “ Locations: Russian

The Food and Drug Administration’s “hands-off approach” to food additives, including those found in ultraprocessed foods and energy drinks, may allow unsafe ingredients to enter the nation’s food supply, according to the authors of an editorial published Thursday. While food manufacturers can request an FDA review of new ingredients before they are added to products — and they sometimes do — they are not required to do so. From 1990 to 2010, an estimated 1,000 substances were labeled GRAS by manufacturers and were used without notifying the agency, Pomeranz said, citing earlier research. Since then, she added, there have likely been many more ingredients added to the nation’s food supply without the FDA’s oversight. “We have no idea how many substances are in the food supply based on this self-GRAS mechanism,” Pomeranz said.

Persons: ”, Jennifer Pomeranz, “, Pomeranz, ” Pomeranz, Xaq, ” Frohlich, Richard Mattes, ” Mattes, “ It’s Organizations: American, of Public Health, FDA, European Union, NYU School of Global Public Health, Auburn University, Purdue University Locations: India, Japan, GRAS, Alabama, Indiana

The Federal Reserve is gearing up to cut interest rates as soon as next month, which could bring relief to people with mortgages, credit cards and car loans. Certificates of deposit — fixed-rate bank accounts with term limits — are a go-to when interest rates are high. With interest rates coming down, the idea is just pay and save as much as you can right now. There’s no bad time to do that, but when the central bank lowers interest rates, it can be even more valuable. “It’s tempting to say, ‘Well, when interest rates go down, stocks are going to do well, because people are switching from low-return to higher-return assets,’” she said.

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☆ Banks are restricting employees from donating to the Harris-Walz campaign. Here's why.
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-08 | by ( Hayley Cuccinello | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Financial-services firms risk the wrath of the Securities and Exchange Commission if their employees make campaign contributions to state or local officials such as Walz. Donating to the campaign would violate the regulator's "pay-to-play" rule, which keeps firms from trying to sway politicians for favors such as managing their state's pension fund. Those employees are also required to get permission to donate to the Harris-Walz campaign. It is possible to sidestep the pay-to-play rule by donating to PACs or Super PACs that aren't directly tied to the relevant candidate. "The Pay-to-Play Rule, although well-intentioned, imposes unique, unquantifiable costs on individuals by impeding their ability to participate in the political process."

Persons: —, Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Tim Walz, Walz, Harris, Donald Trump's, Wells, Mike Pence, Pershing, Patricia Crouse, Crouse, aren't, Hester Peirce Organizations: Service, Street, for Responsive, Democrat, Minnesota Gov, Financial, Securities and Exchange Commission, Business, Citigroup, Citi, JPMorgan, Bank of America, Trump, Pershing, SEC, University of New Locations: Wells Fargo, Indiana, Massachusetts, Tallahassee , Florida, University of New Haven

☆ Dolce & Gabbana launches $100 perfume for dogs inspired by owner's poodle
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-08 | by ( April Roach | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

(Photo by Alberto PIZZOLI / AFP) (Photo by ALBERTO PIZZOLI/AFP via Getty Images)Dolce and Gabbana's luxury perfume for dogs — costing over $100 — has sparked concerns from some animal welfare organizations. The Italian fashion house's alcohol-free fragrance mist for dogs, which costs £83 ($105) on its U.K. website, is inspired by Fefé, the pet dog of brand-owner Domenico Dolce. However, the fragrance has drawn some concern from animal welfare organizations and experts who warn that perfumes can interfere with a dog's sense of smell. Oils such as ylang ylang which is included in Fefé, can also have a positive effect, he said. RSPCA's Potter also noted that some "lightly-scented products," which do not use aversive scents or interfere with a dog's sense of smell, can have a calming effect.

Persons: Domenico Dolce's, Alberto PIZZOLI, ALBERTO PIZZOLI, —, Fefé, Domenico Dolce, Ylang, Gabbana, Alice Potter, Donald Maurice Broom, Broom, RSPCA's Potter, we'd, Potter, Dolce Organizations: Dolce, Gabbana, Getty, RSPCA, Cambridge Veterinary School Locations: Rome, AFP, Fefé

☆ Boeing’s new CEO is already making an overdue change his first day on the job
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-08 | by ( Chris Isidore | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

New York CNN —Today is Kelly Ortberg’s first day as CEO of Boeing. The new CEO said in a memo to staff Thursday that he decided to work 2,300 miles from the company’s current corporate offices in Arlington, Virginia, to help restore trust in the company’s commercial aircraft business. A Boeing 737 MAX aircraft is shown on the assembly line at the Boeing facility in Renton, Washington. The company said it had no comment whether it is considering moving its entire headquarters back to Seattle along with Ortberg. Boeing executives admitted there they still don’t know how the plane in the door plug blowout left Boeing’s Renton, Washington factory without the four bolts needed to keep the door plug in place.

Persons: Kelly Ortberg’s, He’s, –, Ortberg, ” Ortberg, “, he’d, Jennifer Buchanan, Richard Aboulafia, ”, he’s, Max, Jennifer Homendy Organizations: New, New York CNN, Boeing, Puget Sound, Seattle Times, AP, Max, Alaska Airlines, ” Boeing, Federal Aviation Administration, National Transportation Safety Board, Alaska Locations: New York, Seattle, Chicago, Arlington , Virginia, Renton , Washington, Boeing’s Renton , Washington

PARIS — The second boxer at the center of a global debate over gender eligibility and fairness at the Paris Olympics won her semifinal match Wednesday, ascending to the featherweight gold medal bout. Lin and another female Olympic boxer, Imane Khelif of Algeria, continue to face intense scrutiny and false accusations about their gender and eligibility to compete with women. The Bulgarian Olympic Committee later confirmed that Staneva was boasting about having XX chromosomes in an attempt to mock Lin. "The opponent is a respectable one.”Algeria's Imane Khelif reacts after defeating Thailand's Janjaem Suwannapheng in a women's 66-kilogram semifinal boxing match at the Olympics on Tuesday. Some who initially criticized Khelif and Lin apologized as more information about them and the IBA’s legitimacy came to light.

Persons: Lin Yu, Esra Yildiz, Lin, Imane, Kahraman, Svetlana Staneva, Staneva, Turkey's, Peter Byrne, ” Lin, couldn't, Khelif, Thailand's Janjaem, Ariana Cubillos, Thailand’s Janjaem, Umar Kremlev —, Vladimir Putin —, Thomas Bach, ” Bach, Aijaz, ”, Mark Adams, “, Lin’s, Khelif’s, Kremlev, Imane Khelif, Vadim Ghirda, Elon Musk, Harry Potter ”, J.K, Rowling, Donald Trump, ” Trump, Logan Paul, ” Riley Gaines, Nikki Hiltz, “, ” Hiltz, it’s, ” Khelif, Yang Liu of, Julia Szeremeta, Garros, David K, Li, Matt Lavietes, Jiachuan Wu Organizations: PARIS, Paris Olympics, Bulgarian Olympic, Representatives, Turkish Olympic, Press, AP, Tokyo, Boxing Association, Olympic Committee, IOC, IBA, SNTV, USA, Olympics, X, Boston Globe, Roland Locations: Taipei, Turkey, Algeria, Paris, Russian, New Delhi, Russia, Hangzhou, China, Istanbul, “, Yang Liu of China, Taiwan, New York

☆ Meet Sunny Choi, the Estée Lauder director who left corporate America to become an Olympic breaker
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-07 | by ( Mykenna Maniece | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Choi continued breaking while navigating corporate America. Olympics.com reported that breakers' moves fall into three elements: top rock, down rock, and freezes. Top rock refers to moves done while standing, such as a Crossover Step or an Outlaw Two-Step, while down rock refers to the moves done on the floor that we commonly associate with this style of dance. "It adds this element of surprise because the thing is, we don't even know what's going to happen, so how could the audience know what's going to happen?" Choi said breaking is also different from other sports because it doesn't have "a traditional history of having coaches."

Persons: Choi freestyles, Choi, Nathan Congleton, she's Organizations: NBC, Getty

☆ How you can capture the joy of watching the Olympics in your daily life: 'There is celebration everywhere'
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-07 | by ( Jade Thomas | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

(Photo by Richard Heathcote/Getty Images)If you're watching the Paris Olympics and catch yourself smiling and cheering for athletes you don't know competing in events you've never heard of, you're definitely not alone. This interest in the Olympics — and the joy it brings — are felt globally, but especially in the country at the heart of the games, France. Here's why you might feel so happy watching the Olympics and how you can find that joy after the closing ceremony. The number of athlete backstories we learn are multiplied at the Olympics, which makes us that much more invested. That might look like watching the same show or reading a book together, or even more hands-on tasks like gardening, says Lyubomirsky.

Persons: Richard Heathcote, you've, Jason Kelce's Ilona Maher, Daniel Wann, Sonja Lyubomirsky, Wann, backstories, Guy, Yusuf Dikeç, Ilona Maher, Lyubomirsky, Jonathan Haidt Organizations: Olympic Games, Stade de France, Getty, Paris Olympics, Olympics, Murray State University, UC Riverside, Team U.S.A Locations: Paris, France, Tokyo

Harris expected to announce her VP pickBy the end of the day, the world will know who Kamala Harris’ 2024 running mate will be. This is Morning Rundown, a weekday newsletter to start your day. Simone Biles won the silver medal in the floor exercise, bringing her final Paris medal count to four: three golds and one silver. Google’s antitrust loss is a win for internet regulatorsIn a massive antitrust lawsuit ruling, a federal judge found that Google has an illegal monopoly on search engines and text advertisements. Despite some posts and influencers recommending close to 100 grams of protein per day, experts say the answer is far less.

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☆ The core crew that helped Sam Altman start OpenAI has dwindled from 10 to 2
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-06 | by ( Kwan Wei Kevin Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

"We're grateful for John's contributions as a founding team member at OpenAI and his dedicated efforts in advancing alignment research," OpenAI said in a statement to TechCrunch. (I first met John in a cafe in Berkeley in… — Sam Altman (@sama) August 6, 2024This makes Schulman the eighth cofounder who has left OpenAI since its founding in 2015. — Greg Brockman (@gdb) August 6, 2024Besides Schulman, OpenAI has seen multiple exits among its leadership ranks in recent months. In May, OpenAI co-founder and chief scientist Ilya Sutskever announced his resignation from the company. To be sure, not everyone has left OpenAI on such acrimonious terms.

Persons: —, John Schulman, Schulman, Altman, OpenAI, John, … — Sam Altman, — Altman, Wojciech Zaremba, Greg Brockman, Brockman, Ilya Sutskever, he'd, OpenAI's, Jan Leike, Leike, Elon Musk, Musk, Roboticist Trevor Blackwell, Vicki Cheung, Durk Kingma, Pamela Vagata, Andrej Karpathy, Karpathy, Tesla, OpenAI didn't Organizations: Service, Business, Superintelligence Inc, OpenAI, Microsoft, Google, ChatGPT, EV giant's, Business Insider Locations: OpenAI, Berkeley, …

☆ I was part of Russia's prisoner swap with the US. Here's how it feels to finally, suddenly be free.
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-06 | by ( Joshua Nelken-Zitser | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

She was released last week as part of the prisoner swap between the US, Russia, and other countries. On Thursday, an FSB officer told us we were going to be freed as part of a prisoner swap — the miracle we had been waiting and hoping for. On the morning of the exchange, as we were being moved around, I didn't know the prisoner swap was happening. Russian artist Aleksandra Skochilenko, also known as Sasha, left, with her girlfriend, Sonia Subbotina, right, after the prisoner swap. They all knew that the only thing I wanted to do was walk, walk, walk.

Persons: —, Aleksandra, Sasha, Skochilenko, I'd, Sonia, Aleksandra Skochilenko, Sonia Subbotina, hadn't, I'm, Sonia Skochilenko Organizations: Service, Business Locations: Russian, Russia, Ankara, Turkey, Istanbul, Frankfurt, Germany

☆ I resigned from Tesla after nearly 8 years. I lost confidence in Elon Musk's vision for the company.
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-06 | by ( Grace Kay | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with a former Tesla employee who resigned from the company earlier this year and spoke anonymously to protect their privacy. The following year Tesla and SolarCity came to my city and I started in sales at SolarCity. When Tesla acquired SolarCity in 2016, I began working in sales for Tesla Energy. For example, I was on the sales team when Musk announced he only wanted to do online sales. The 2021 Model S and Model X refreshes were designed to make them look the same as the old models.

Persons: Tesla, SolarCity, Elon Musk, I've, Musk, There's, Justin Sullivan, I'd, I'm, — Organizations: Service, Tesla, Falcon, SolarCity, Tesla Energy, Twitter, Business

☆ Harris hands progressives a major victory by selecting Gov. Tim Walz as her VP
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-06 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Shapiro, despite having the backing of some unions in his state, alienated progressives over his past support for school vouchers. Under Walz, Minnesota has passed universal free school lunches and universal background checks on firearms. AdvertisementLike Vance, Walz served in the military. Vance, who could be the nation's first millennial vice president, has served just roughly 18 months in the US Senate. Walz served six terms in Congress before running for governor.

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☆ OpenAI co-founder John Schulman says he will leave and join rival Anthropic
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-06 | by ( Jordan Novet | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

OpenAI co-founder John Schulman said in a Monday X post that he would leave the Microsoft -backed company and join Anthropic, an artificial intelligence startup with funding from Amazon . In June, OpenAI said Schulman, as head of alignment science, would join a safety and security committee that would provide advice to the board. Schulman has only worked at OpenAI since receiving a Ph.D. in computer science in 2016 from the University of California, Berkeley. The leaders of the superalignment team, Jan Leike and company co-founder Ilya Sutskever, both left this year. Also on Monday, Greg Brockman, another co-founder of OpenAI and its president, announced that he was taking a sabbatical for the rest of the year.

Persons: ChatGPT, OpenAI, John Schulman, Schulman, OpenAI's, Jan Leike, Ilya Sutskever, Leike, Sutskever, Sam Altman, Altman, Tasha McCauley, Helen Toner, Toner, WilmerHale, Greg Brockman Organizations: Darktrace Plc, Microsoft, Amazon, OpenAI, University of California, Anthropic, Superintelligence Inc, Google, Employees, AI Safety Locations: Brooklyn, New York, British, Berkeley, Francisco

☆ Meet the new moms using up to $700 in monthly basic income to afford childcare. It could be the answer to helping parents stay employed.
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-06 | by ( Allie Kelly | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

They were not required to meet any household income requirements, which are typical criteria for basic income programs. The US has launched over 100 guaranteed basic income pilots — and RxKids joins a growing number focused on families. She told BI that guaranteed basic income lets parents choose a childcare and employment situation that works best for their families. Shamarra Woods, 31, said Atlanta's guaranteed basic income pilot helped her afford daycare for her daughter. Hashash said that guaranteed basic income can help parents cover these childcare costs and build a career with predictable hours.

Persons: —, Celeste, Timlin, Siobhan, It's, RxKids, GBI, She's, Celeste Lord, Shamarra Woods, Woods, Hashash, she's, who's Organizations: Service, Business, Assistance, US, Pilots, Economic Security, ReadyNation Council, Strong, Opportunity Fund, Women, Children Locations: Flint , Michigan, RxKids, Flint, Los Angeles, Denver, Chicago, Philadelphia, America, Atlanta, Georgia

☆ Star Power Elevates Pin Trading, the Unofficial Sport of the Olympics
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-06 | by ( Liz Alderman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Since the Paris Olympics kicked off, a pair of tiny orange Dutch clogs, the unofficial pin of the Netherlands team, has become a coveted currency among the athletes. Nearly an inch long and dangling from a butterfly clutch, the pin exchanged hands between Yara ten Holte, a Dutch handball player, and Ilona Maher, the U.S. women’s rugby star, who gleefully flaunted her prize on TikTok. “One thing about the Olympic Village is, trading pins is serious business,” Ms. Maher said last week in a post that was viewed more than 2.7 million times. “We don’t mess around trading pins, OK?”Trading in pins — those tiny, shiny emblems made by sports delegations, federations, countries and the media outlets covering them — is a longstanding tradition at the Olympics. But the activity was subdued during the pandemic, as restrictions at the Summer Games in Tokyo and the Winter Games in Beijing prevented athletes, fans and pin collectors from getting anywhere near one another.

Persons: Ilona Maher, Ms, Maher Organizations: Paris Olympics, Summer, Winter Games Locations: Netherlands, Dutch, U.S, Tokyo, Beijing

☆ Bangladesh’s ‘Gen Z revolution’ toppled PM Sheikh Hasina. Why did they hit the streets and what happens now?
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-06 | by ( Helen Regan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

Fires burn outside the Prime Minister's House after Sheikh Hasina resigned and fled the country, on August 5, 2024 in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Protesters shout slogans as they celebrate Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's resignation in Dhaka. Other student protesters and those arrested on “false cases,” were also released, the president said. K M Asad/AFP/Getty ImagesWhile Hasina’s resignation was celebrated, some Bangladeshis expressed trepidation over the path ahead as the country attempts to fill a leadership vacuum. “Hasina may be gone, but there is still a long road ahead for Bangladesh,” student Faiza Chowdhury, 25, told CNN.

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☆ 37-year-old mom earns $73,000 in one of the most in-demand jobs in the world—and it doesn't require a degree: 'I love what I do'
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-06 | by ( Morgan Smith Mickey Todiwala | Morgan Smith | Mickey Todiwala | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Jackson, 37, is a technician at Vestas, a wind turbine manufacturer, in Bee County, Texas, and earns $73,000 per year. The Labor Department reports that wind turbine service technicians have one of the highest rates of injury and illness of all occupations. Here's how Jackson earns $73,000 a year as a wind turbine service technician in Texas. Mickey Todiwala | CNBC Make ItWhile you don't need a bachelor's degree to become a wind turbine service technician, some jobs might require you to complete a 2-year technical program or apprenticeship. "The wind turbines are smart, they're basically computers and constantly communicating to us what is going on with them."

Persons: Jessica Jackson, —, Jackson, It's, Jackson's, Mickey Todiwala, Vestas, She's Organizations: CNBC, The Labor Department, University of Arizona, Blattner Energy, Blattner Locations: Jackson, Bee County , Texas, U.S, Texas, Vestas

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