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☆ Pelosi details 20-minute conversation with Trump ahead of first impeachment
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-06 | by ( Annie Grayer | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —Hours before former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi formally launched the first impeachment investigation into former President Donald Trump in 2019, she received a call from the subject of the probe himself. During the September phone call, Pelosi said Trump claimed she would be impressed with his “lack of pressure,” that he “didn’t threaten anyone” and “there’s no reason” to impeach him. “I do not believe that the president (needs to directly) make a quid pro quo to intimidate a foreign leader,” Pelosi told Trump. “I didn’t do that,” Trump replied, to which Pelosi replied, “You withheld aid, and there is an inference drawn.”As Trump continued to claim that his call with Zelensky was “flawless,” Pelosi responded, “We’ll find out. “The call was perfect.”In her final reply to Trump before the end of the call, Pelosi said, “That call was perfectly clear.

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☆ Trump Reaches for His Birther Bag of Tricks - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-06 | by ( Jamelle Bouie | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

For years, before he won the Republican presidential nomination in 2016, Donald Trump was something like the spiritual leader of the Republican Party’s right-wing base. Birtherism made Trump a celebrity on the right. It made him so popular with Republican voters that, while fighting to win the 2012 race for the Republican presidential nomination, Mitt Romney ventured out to Las Vegas to receive Trump’s blessing and support. To attack the former president, Trump liked to insinuate that he wasn’t born in the United States. “He’s spent millions of dollars trying to get away from this issue,” Trump said in 2011.

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☆ Everything you wanted to know about the market meltdown but were too afraid to ask
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-06 | by ( Dan Defrancesco | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

In today's big story, we're giving a full breakdown of what has been a wild few days for the market . Tech: Big Tech is going through a bit of a mid-life crisis . Big Tech is going through a bit of a . There are a few factors at play here:Big Tech, the backbone of the market, had weaker-than-expected earnings last week. The decision could seriously hurt Google's revenue and may signal more antitrust enforcement to come for other Big Tech companies .

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☆ Novak Djokovic defeats Carlos Alcaraz for first Olympic gold medal
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-04 | by ( Raquel Coronell Uribe | Raquel Coronell Uribe Is A Breaking News Reporter. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

Serbia's Novak Djokovic reacts to beating Spain's Carlos Alcaraz in their men's singles final tennis match during the Paris 2024 on Sunday. Djokovic was only nine when Andre Agassi became the first to complete the Golden Slam. The 21-year-old is the youngest man to win a medal in the Olympics singles tournament since Djokovic, who won bronze in 2008. On the rightmost side of the podium, Italian Lorenzo Musetti earned bronze, Italy's first medal in tennis since the 1924 Paris Olympics — and the country's second-ever medal for tennis. "I’m super grateful for the blessing to win a historic gold medal for my country to complete the Golden Slam and to complete all the records."

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☆ The Office Ties That Bind
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-04 | by ( Anna Holmes | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Send questions about the office, money, careers and work-life balance to workfriend@nytimes.com. A Question of LoyaltyI work for a smallish company (fewer than 100 corporate employees with and 1,500 field workers). I enjoy my job, the challenge, my co-workers and the good work-life balance. — AlbertMy first question for you: How much do you want a new job versus thinking you should want a new job? It sure sounds that you’re in an enviable, if not ideal, position: You enjoy your job, your colleagues, and the work-life balance that your job affords.

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☆ USWNT 1 Japan 0: Trinity Rodman’s extra-time goal lifts a tired U.S. team to the Olympic semifinals
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-03 | by ( Steph Yang | Jeff Rueter | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +10 min

The trio who had been so dominant in the group stage slowed in the knockout round opener. Sure, but Japan is also a very clinical team, able to cede possession and attack when they can create chances. Rodman’s extra-time goal keeps USWNT Olympic hopes aliveComing into the Olympics, Rodman’s role with the USWNT had largely been one of a creator. Throughout the group stage, few teams had as well-rounded a line anywhere on a field as the United States’ attack. AdvertisementThroughout the group stage, three teams stood out in underlying metrics: the United States, Japan, and Spain.

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☆ She hit it off with the guy she met at the bar on vacation. Then he sent her an unexpected text message
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-02 | by ( Francesca Street | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +18 min

And then, on her second night in Rome, Skyler crossed paths with Giuseppe Morisani in a busy bar. As soon as he met Skyler, Giuseppe started daydreaming about showing her around his home region and – most importantly – introducing her to his mother. He just had one complaint: the lack of Calabrian olive oil. In time, this first spark of an idea became EXAU Olive Oil – a successful olive oil company operated by Giuseppe and Skyler. “I wouldn’t have started EXAU, our olive oil company, if we hadn’t met just that day… I just feel happy.

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☆ The junior investment banker who just won gold at the Olympics explains how he juggles both jobs
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-02 | by ( Emmalyse Brownstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Yet Justin Best, an investment-banking analyst at San Francisco-based Union Square Advisors, has managed to defy the ordinary. Between photo ops, celebrations, and press gatherings, Best, 26, sat down with Business Insider to talk about how he juggled his job as a banker and his intense training schedule. Best started at Union Square Advisors a few months after he competed in Tokyo in 2021. Jordan Vanderstoep, a rower a few years older than Best who previously worked at Union Square, also helped Best get the job. "So having places that support Olympic dreams truly makes it possible, and I'm happy to say Union Square is one of those."

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☆ Some Jewish Democrats wonder if America is ready for a Jewish vice president
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-02 | by ( Edward-Isaac Dovere | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +14 min

After all, the last time a guy named Shapiro had been elected governor of Pennsylvania, he had years earlier anglicized his name to Shapp. “I’m not aware of how his position on Israel differs from the other potential vice presidents,” Hawaii Sen. Brian Schatz, who is both Jewish and a proud progressive, told CNN. Of the VP’s choices, Shapiro is the one who stands out as the most divisive and could put a stop in everyone being on the same page,” said one Jewish Democratic operative. But I will say his attacks, this might surprise you, don’t bother me personally,” Shapiro said at the time. But calling what’s coming at Shapiro “pure antisemitism,” Rep. Dan Goldman, a New York Democrat, warned against that defensive way of thinking.

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☆ I quadrupled my Big Tech salary by changing jobs 8 times. I learned how to negotiate pay and when to walk away.
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-01 | by ( Robin Madell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

download the appSign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. I recently left a role in Big Tech as a senior program manager at Figma, and I've previously worked at Meta, Pinterest, Intuit, and LinkedIn. In 2016, I pivoted to an account manager roleI more than doubled my salary at a tech startup in San Francisco. Next, I was interested in pivoting to a full-time program manager role, so I applied cold, interviewed, and landed an offer at LinkedIn. Here are the four strategies that were the most helpful to me in increasing my salary in Big Tech.

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☆ Johnson Controls CEO to retire after 'constructive' conversations with activist Elliott; shares surge
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-31 | by ( Rohan Goswami | In Rohangoswamicnbc | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Johnson Controls CEO George Oliver will retire from the top job at the industrial conglomerate, the company announced Wednesday morning, after "constructive dialogue" with Elliott Management, which amassed a stake in the company earlier this year. "I believe that now is the right time to begin the process of identifying the next leader of the new Johnson Controls," Oliver said in a release. Johnson Controls' shares surged more than 9% on the news in premarket trading Wednesday. The company also announced, with Elliott's blessing, that it would appoint former Xylem CEO Patrick Decker to its board effective immediately. Elliott's stake in the HVAC giant was worth more than $1 billion earlier this year, according to a person familiar with the matter.

Persons: George Oliver, Johnson, Oliver, Patrick Decker, George, Elliott, Marc Steinberg, Steinberg, Elliott's Organizations: Johnson, Elliott Management, Johnson Controls, Bosch

☆ Miss USA Pageant Is Being Destroyed by Its Scandals
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-29 | by ( Anneta Konstantinides | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +22 min

AdvertisementAccording to the longtime Miss USA official, the significant shift was ushered in by the former Miss Universe Organization president Paula Shugart, who produced the Miss USA, Miss Teen USA, and Miss Universe pageants from 2001 until 2020. Benjamin Askinas/The Miss Universe OrganizationCheslie Kryst, who won Miss USA in 2019, defended the #MeToo movement during her interview round. It was a remarkably different experience from those of past titleholders like Miss USA 2013 Erin Brady Colagiovanni and Miss Teen USA 2017 Sophia Dominguez-Heithoff. AdvertisementThough they were "brand ambassadors" of the organization, Voigt and Srivastava couldn't even post on the Miss USA and Miss Teen USA social-media pages. Advertisement"I don't know that Miss USA is relevant right now," the longtime Miss USA official said.

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"For too long our government has violated the cardinal rule that every bitcoiner knows by heart: Never sell your bitcoin," Trump said at this year's Bitcoin Conference in Nashville. Kennedy went further than Trump, promising to establish a 4 million bitcoin strategic reserve to match the country's current stake in gold, some of which is held near the military base at Fort Knox. But Trump's reservation speaks to the complications of promising a bitcoin strategic reserve on par with the gold standard. An executive order would not be enough to bring a U.S. bitcoin reserve into existence. That existing bitcoin stockpile could act as the foundation for the bitcoin strategic reserve, which the U.S. government would build on by regularly buying a certain number of bitcoin.

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☆ Kamala Harris' campaign strategy includes calling Trump's camp 'weird.' It could work, campaign experts say.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-28 | by ( Lloyd Lee | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

one memo from the Harris campaign read. The Harris campaign has already sent out fundraising emails with the subject line, "What happened to: 'Any time, any place?'" Campaign experts who spoke with BI said that the attacks so far appear to be working but also recognized that voters are still seeing the early formations of Harris' campaign. AdvertisementBloomberg reported that Harris' campaign has narrowed her list to three names, citing sources familiar with the matter, to Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly, Pennsylvania Gov. A Harris campaign spokesperson did not immediately return a request for comment from Business Insider.

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☆ Sober bars find their footing as mocktails and alcohol free drinks rise in popularity
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-27 | by ( Scottie Andrew | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +13 min

He and other sober bar impresarios believe bars should be community hubs where you can have fun without imbibing anything alcoholic. Sober bars are social hubs without alcoholA sober bar usually looks and feels like any other. In 2022, Nielsen IQ reported that 82% of people who buy non-alcoholic drinks are still buying beverages that contain alcohol. Sober bar customers aren’t always soberMarshall, who has been sober for 17 years and is also a substance use counselor, built Sans Bar for people in recovery. Sober bars are still risky businessOpening any brick-and-mortar business is a gamble, but sober bars face considerable challenges in staying open, said Marshall, who advises prospective sober bar owners.

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☆ A Mysterious Plot Prompts a Rare Call From Russia to the Pentagon
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-26 | by ( Eric Schmitt | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Earlier this month, Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III received an unusual request from an unlikely caller: His Russian counterpart wanted to talk. Since Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, Mr. Austin had spoken by phone with Russia’s defense minister only five other times, almost always at the Pentagon’s initiative and often in an effort to avoid miscalculations that could escalate the conflict. In fact, Mr. Austin had reached out to Russia’s new defense minister, Andrei Belousov, just a couple of weeks earlier, on June 25, in an effort to keep the “lines of communication open,” the Pentagon said. It was the first phone call between the two men since Mr. Belousov, an economist, replaced Sergei K. Shoigu, Russia’s long-running defense minister, in a Kremlin shake-up in May. Was the Pentagon aware of the plot, Mr. Belousov asked Mr. Austin, and its potential to ratchet up tensions between Moscow and Washington?

Persons: Lloyd J, Austin III, Austin, Andrei Belousov, Belousov, Sergei K Organizations: Russian, Mr, Pentagon Locations: Russia, Ukraine, Moscow, Washington

☆ A 19-year-old real-estate agent has found an ingenious new way to sell homes and make money
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-23 | by ( Dan Latu | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Miller, a 19-year-old real-estate agent, takes the viewer on a frantic jog through all three floors of the $3.4 million property. This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. AdvertisementHe filmed both, but posted the speed tour first later that day. He's traveled to Florida, Virginia, and Maryland over the last three months to film speed tours of homes. AdvertisementHe told Business Insider he's leaving for a trip soon to film speed tours for a vacation rental agency, showing off their luxury villas.

Persons: —, Trenton Miller, Miller, it's, It's, Grant Cardone, homebuyers, — Miller, he'd, He's, he's Organizations: Service, Washington DC, Business, YouTube Locations: McLean , Virginia, Washington, Chambersburg , Pennsylvania, Gettysburg, TikTok, Chambersburg, Annapolis , Maryland, Florida , Virginia, Maryland

☆ Christian Conservatives March Ahead for God, for Country, and for Trump
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-20 | by ( Elizabeth Dias | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

One after another, for four days, the testimonies for Donald J. Trump poured out. “God spared his life,” Franklin Graham, the evangelist, proclaimed. “Divine intervention” saved his father from the assassin’s bullet, Eric Trump said. Ben Carson, the former secretary of housing and urban development, said that when he saw his friend “escape death by mere inches” his thoughts “immediately turned to the book of Isaiah, which says, ‘No weapon formed against you shall prosper.’”And Mr. Trump himself said at the Republican National Convention, “I felt very safe because I had God on my side.”As many in the audience nodded and cried in the darkness, the message was unmistakable. Even as his speech was criticized by many for its divisive tone and length, for these believers, Mr. Trump appears supernaturally anointed, an embodiment of God’s blessing.

Persons: Donald J, Trump, “, ” Franklin Graham, ”, Eric Trump, Ben Carson, Isaiah Organizations: Republican National Convention

☆ Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, a long-serving Democrat from Texas, has died at age 74
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-20 | by ( Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

download the appSign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. Read previewRep. Sheila Jackson Lee, a long-serving Democratic congresswoman from Texas, died at the age of 74, her family announced Friday. This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. AdvertisementIn a statement last month, Lee announced in a post on social media that she had been fighting a pancreatic cancer diagnosis. Representatives for Lee's office did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Business Insider.

Persons: —, Sheila Jackson Lee, Lee, Bebe, Jamie Raskin, New York Sen, Chuck Schumer, Schumer Organizations: Service, Democratic, Business, New Locations: Texas, United States of America, America, New York

☆ Iran Pays You to Become Trans, but It Comes at a Cost — Your Dignity
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-20 | by ( Joshua Nelken-Zitser | Additional Reporting Ida Reihani | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +17 min

In 2007, The Guardian reported that Iran ranked second only to Thailand in the number of gender-affirming surgeries performed. Related stories"They told me I had two options," she told BI. Molkara, who died in 2012, was instrumental in securing the fatwa that legalized gender-affirming surgeries in Iran. Related stories"The questions were so graphic that my mom, at some point, left the room," she told BI. Homosexuality as a sinJavad Sadidi, a Mashhad surgeon who specializes in gender-affirming surgeries, told BI that the process takes a minimum of two years.

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☆ My ex and I broke up a month before our wedding day because planning was so stressful. I'm never doing it again.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-20 | by ( April Zimmerman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

One is from a styled photo shoot my friend invited me to model for just three months after my engagement ended. The other shows the bride who bought the dress from me four years later, wearing it on her wedding day. But when I fell in love in my late 20s, and got engaged two years later, those dreams faded during our wedding planning process. Ultimately, our relationship ended a month before the wedding — influenced by the stress and family tensions, though not solely because of them. I was doing a lot for other peopleBefore I started planning my own wedding, I was swept up in the often-glamorized process.

Persons: —, fiancé, I've, it's Organizations: Service, Business Locations: Napa, Puerto Rico, New Jersey, Old San Juan, New Zealand

☆ This is how Ukrainian athletes have been preparing for the Olympics amid shelling and blackouts
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-17 | by ( Daria Tarasova-Markina | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Kyiv, Ukraine CNN —The memory of Russia invading Ukraine on February 24, 2022, is lodged in Ukrainian Olympic diver Anna Pysmenska’s mind. The Ukrainian Diving Federation had to buy a powerful generator for the swimming pool where the divers train to deal with constant power outages. Coming back after, athletes have to prepare again from scratch before jumping.”National diving team coach Ilya Tselutin with team members. Courtesy Ukrainian Diving FederationThere are set to be 136 divers from around the world who will participate at the 2024 Olympic Games in France. Konovalov was born in the southern Ukrainian city of Mykolaiv, but because of the invasion, he couldn’t train in his hometown.

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☆ Britain Approves Lab-Grown Meat for Pet Food
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-17 | by ( Amelia Nierenberg | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Britain has approved the sale of lab-grown meat for pet food, becoming the first European nation to give its blessing to a process that has prompted opposition in other countries. The landmark approval went to Meatly, a British company that grows meat from chicken cells for pet food. Its product, which will begin feeding trials in August, arrives at a time when the worldwide market for pet food is expected to grow 5 percent this year to $151 billion, according to the research firm Statista. And it is more sustainable and kinder to animals, said Owen Ensor, the chief executive of Meatly. “It allows you to still feed the meat that your pets crave and that you want to feed your pet — while providing all the nutrients that your pet needs,” said Mr. Ensor, who added that he had fed the product to his cats, Lamu and Zanzi.

Persons: Britain’s, Owen Ensor, ”, Ensor Locations: Britain, British

☆ Inside the Ambani wedding: Details you may have missed, according to a guest who was there all weekend
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-15 | by ( Maria Noyen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Unlike the main wedding festivities over the weekend, this event was "just for close family and friends," she said. AdvertisementMukesh Ambani, the Chairman of Reliance Industries, Isha Piramal, Anand Piramal, Nita Ambani, Anant Ambani, Rihanna, Radhika Merchant, Shloka Mehta Ambani and Akash Ambani stand on the stage. Decorations around the Ambani family's residence in Mumbai, India, ahead of the wedding of Anant Ambani on July 12. Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Nick Jonas attend the Ambani wedding on Friday. Kim Kardashian and Khloe Kardashian were among a number of high-profile guests at the Ambani wedding in Mumbai.

Persons: —, Anant Ambani, Radhika Merchant's, Merchant's, I'm, Nita Mukesh Ambani, Mukesh Ambani, Isha Piramal, Anand Piramal, Nita Ambani, Rihanna, Radhika Merchant, Shloka Mehta Ambani, Akash Ambani, Justin Bieber, You'll, They're, Ambani, Bhushan Koyande, Celebrities, Preston Bailey, Anant, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Nick Jonas, Francis Mascarenhas, everyone's, Kim Kardashian, Khloe Kardashian, Kardashian, Narendra Modi, Luis Fonsi, John Cena, PUNIT PARANJPE, didn't, Law Roach Organizations: Service, Business, sangeet, Reliance Industries, Reuters, Staff, Hindustan Times, Getty Images Merchant, Vogue, Hollywood, Food, India's Locations: Mumbai, India, Bombay

☆ Private jets, Modi’s blessing and a Kardashian cameo — here’s what happened at India’s wedding of the year
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-15 | by ( Rhea Mogul | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

The wedding was followed by a blessing ceremony on Saturday, where Prime Minister Narendra Modi bestowed the young couple and their families with well wishes. No expense was spared by the family that owns India’s largest private corporation, Reliance Industries. Kim and Khloé Kardashian are seen leaving their hotel on their way to a wedding event on Saturday. Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant at their wedding ceremony on Friday. An event as huge in scale as the Ambani-Merchant celebration would emit far more carbon than even the largest and most lavish Indian wedding, he added.

Persons: CNN —, Anant Ambani, Radhika Merchant, Kim, Khloé Kardashian, Narendra Modi, Mangal Utsav ”, Anant’s, Mukesh, The Ambani, Abu Jani Sandeep Khosla, Ambani, Sabyasachi Mukherjee, Merchant, Jayasri Burman, Rhea Kapoor, Anamika Khanna, Shah Rukh Khan, Savita Chhibber, Gauri Khan, Suhana Khan, Prodip Guha, Preston Bailey, Serena Williams, LeBron James, Bailey, Ambani’s, ”, Akash, Isha, Manish Malhotra, India ”, Justin Bieber, —, Shamita Yadav, Sushant Singh, Adar Poonawalla, Natasha Poonawalla, Punit Paranjpe, Ashwin Malwade, Mark Zuckerberg, Ivanka Trump, Bill Gates, Karlie, Rihanna Organizations: CNN, British, Reliance Industries, Forbes, Convention, Gabbana’s, ”, Centre for Policy Research, Mr, Chhatrapati Shivaji International Locations: Mumbai, Varanasi, India, Indian, Jamnagar, AFP, Chhatrapati

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