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☆ No More Work Friends: Personal Relationships on the Job Are Overrated
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-27 | by ( Emily Stewart | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

We spent weeks planning a "cake party" for our other work friends. The general line is that work friendships are good because social connections at work keep people productive and engaged and help them manage stress. On a fundamental level, work friendships aren't the same as friendship friendships. Advertisement"I think we should try to bring our best professional selves to work, but why should we bring our intimate selves to work?" There's space for moderation, though, or even the chance to shed some work friendships for good.

Persons: Jennifer, Jen, I'm, I've, trickier, It's, who's, There's, Constance Noonan Hadley, William Chopik, Hakan Ozcelik, Ozcelik, Jane, Joe, Emily Stewart Organizations: Business, Institute for Life, Employees, Michigan State University, College of Business Administration, Sacramento State University Locations: Hadley

☆ I doubled my salary by becoming a travel nurse. You can't just wait around for a raise — you need to take bold actions.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-27 | by ( Jen Glantz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Courtesy of Louie ChanWhen the COVID-19 pandemic started, I heard there was a bigger need than usual for travel nurses. I decided to take a leap of faith, leave my family behind, and move to Texas for my first gig as a travel nurse. A typical travel nursing job lasts 13 weeks, and the rates fluctuateHospitals bring in travel nurses because they're short-staffed. Related storiesBecause travel nurses live away from home, we're given a tax-free stipend that covers housing and meals. I've always been interested in living in another country like Japan or Australia and would consider taking a travel nursing job abroad.

Persons: —, Louie Chan, Chan, It's, I've, I'd Organizations: Service, Business, Stanford Hospital, Travel, CPA Locations: Bay, California, Texas, Cedars, Sinai, Los Angeles, Palo Alto, Japan, Australia

☆ From Hacker to Hunted Figure, the Polarizing Legacy of Julian Assange
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-27 | by ( Mark Landler | Megan Specia | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

In his two-decade odyssey from Australian hacker to new-age media celebrity, hunted figure, perennial prisoner and finally, a free man, Julian Assange has always been easier to caricature than characterize. The lack of an agreed-upon label for Mr. Assange — is he a heroic crusader for truth or a reckless leaker who endangered lives? Whatever history’s judgment of Mr. Assange, his appearance Wednesday in a courtroom on a remote Pacific island, where he pleaded guilty to a single count of violating the U.S. From the time he established WikiLeaks in 2006, Mr. Assange, 52, was a polarizing figure, using the internet to solicit and publish government secrets. To others who feared the information he revealed could get people killed, he was destructive, even if there was never proof that lives were lost.

Persons: Julian Assange, Assange —, Mr, Assange Organizations: . Espionage, WikiLeaks Locations: Afghanistan, Iraq

☆ Supreme Court Rejects Liability Shield at Center of Purdue Pharma Settlement
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-27 | by ( Abbie Vansickle | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that members of the wealthy Sackler family cannot be shielded from lawsuits over their role in the opioid crisis as part of a bankruptcy settlement that would channel billions of dollars to victims and their families. In a 5-to-4 decision, written by Justice Neil M. Gorsuch, a majority of the justices held that the federal bankruptcy code does not authorize a liability shield for third parties in bankruptcy agreements. Justice Gorsuch was joined by Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel A. Alito Jr., Amy Coney Barrett and Ketanji Brown Jackson. In a strongly worded dissent, Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh wrote that the “decision is wrong on the law and devastating for more than 100,000 opioid victims and their families.” He was joined by Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. and Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan. The decision jeopardizes a carefully negotiated settlement Purdue and the Sacklers had reached in which members of the family promised to give up to $6 billion to states, local governments, tribes and individuals to address a devastating public health crisis.

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☆ A Boeing whistleblower says he saw holes being drilled incorrectly on 787 planes, adding to the chorus of people speaking up against the company
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-27 | by ( Aditi Bharade | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewAnother Boeing whistleblower has come forward, saying that he witnessed 787 Dreamliner planes being built in a manner that could lead to a "catastrophe down the line." Richard Cuevas was a Strom airplane mechanic who used to work as a contractor for Boeing and Spirit AeroSystems. He said that in 2023, he witnessed substandard manufacturing of the 787 planes' forward pressure bulkheads, which help maintain air pressure. AdvertisementHowever, in March, a few months after he reported his findings to Boeing and Spirit AeroSystems, he was fired from his job, the complaint said. Cuevas' lawyers and representatives of Boeing and Spirit AeroSystems didn't immediately respond to a request for comment from Business Insider, made outside regular working hours.

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☆ Walgreens will close a ‘significant’ number of its 8,600 US locations
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-27 | by ( Jordan Valinsky | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

New York CNN —Walgreens is set to close a substantial number of its roughly 8,600 locations across the United States as the company looks to reset the struggling pharmaceutical chain’s business. The company didn’t announce a specific number of store closures, but it said Thursday that it is planning “significant” closures of underperforming stores across America as part of a multiyear optimization program. The closures would focus on locations that aren’t profitable, too close to each other or stores struggling with theft, Wentworth told the Journal. Major drugstore chains, including CVS (CVS) and Rite Aid, have struggled in recent years because of declining profits from filling prescriptions. Wentworth told the Journal it’s losing money on filling those prescriptions.

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☆ These 13 states — including Florida and Texas — opted out of a $2.5 billion federal food program that would help feed low-income kids this summer
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-27 | by ( Erin Snodgrass | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

During the pandemic, the federal government covered the entire cost of the Summer EBT program, but starting this summer, states will be on the hook to split administrative costs 50/50. AdvertisementThirteen Republican-led states ultimately opted out of the program this summer, citing myriad reasons, including redundancy, insufficient support, and politics. AlabamaAccording to the state's Department of Health, one in four children in Alabama faces food insecurity. The state will reconsider joining the summer program once the backlog is dealt with, the outlet reported. Brian Kemp told local outlet 11 Alive that the state already has a summer food program in place.

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CNN —Roba Abu Jibba looked shell-shocked as the doctor delivered his news: She couldn’t have the operation she desperately wanted. “I came here, and now they said I won’t be able to get a prosthetic,” she told CNN between sobs. The Israeli military told CNN they carried out “a precise strike” after their troops came under fire from that location. Looking back at that night, Abu Jibba told CNN that she blamed both Israel and Palestinian militants for what happened to her family. Her aunt who accompanied her to Qatar told CNN the young woman now prefers solitude, and rarely goes outside.

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☆ US stockpiles of the rare earth minerals it would need to fight a war against an adversary like China are a mystery, and experts warn it's a problem
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-27 | by ( Kelsey Baker | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Part of the military's mission at home is to keep stockpiles of goods like critical minerals on hand for emergency wartime use. In the dark on the stockpileAlthough the name suggests otherwise, rare earth minerals are not exactly rare — in fact, they're relatively plentiful. The Biden administration began cutting American imports of Chinese rare earth minerals a few years ago in an effort to decrease US reliance on China for critical minerals. Submarines, fighter aircraft, magnets used in missiles, radar systems, and drones all require critical earth minerals for manufacturing. AdvertisementA past report for Congress on rare earth minerals for national defense, for instance, noted that a single Virginia-class submarine requires 9,200 pounds of rare earth minerals, while an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer requires 5,200 pounds.

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☆ Why some restaurants and bars are banning younger patrons
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-27 | by ( Harmeet Kaur | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

Barounis says his age policy was rare back then, and some at the time questioned his decision to keep out younger customers. As Barounis sees it, the uproar over the restaurant’s age policy suggests it might have been too extreme. But the conversation around the restaurant’s unconventional age policy raises some interesting questions: To what extent can businesses dictate who their customers are? In fact, Bliss owner Marvin Pate tells CNN his positive dining experiences at adults-only resorts are what inspired his restaurant’s age policy. Marvin Pate, owner of Bliss, says his restaurant's age policy was inspired by his and his wife's experiences at adults-only resorts.

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☆ There's a raucous debate in Silicon Valley over the use of AI chatbots in tech job interviews
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-27 | by ( Melia Russell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

Fearing the dreaded technical interview, Kyle hit the books harder than a high school junior studying for the SAT. It turns out Silicon Valley is engaged in a raucous debate over the use of artificial intelligence in technical interviews. Those in favor say banning chatbots in technical interviews is like prohibiting calculators in math tests. AdvertisementThe technical interview is open bookPeople close to the interview process say companies are already changing their tests to avoid cheating. Big Tech's reluctanceIn Big Tech, companies are so far opting out of chatbots in technical interviews.

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☆ Inside the New Job Stress Test Used From the NFL to the C-Suite
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-27 | by ( Scott Nover | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +14 min

In fact, I outperformed nearly all draft prospects in certain categories of this test, floundering on only one. Related storiesFor many years, the standard-bearer for evaluating the brains of NFL athletes was the Wonderlic, a short IQ test with a series of increasingly difficult questions. Stroud, then favored to be the first player selected in the NFL draft, over the Alabama quarterback Bryce Young. But then Stroud, the alleged dolt, went on to have one of the best rookie campaigns of any NFL quarterback, while Young struggled all year. Unfazed by the controversy over Stroud, S2 has begun selling its tests to other sectors.

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☆ EToro surveyed 10,000 retail investors to see what's in their portfolios. Here's the breakdown of how they're betting on cash, crypto, and their top 3 stock-market sectors.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-27 | by ( Christine Ji | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

EToro surveyed 10,000 retail investors in 12 countries to see what they're holding in their portfolios, collecting data from the period of May 15 to June 5, 2024. Thirty-eight percent and 32% of retail investors in these countries, respectively, own cryptocurrency, compared to 27% in the US. Top stock market picksEquities remain popular among retail investors, coming in second only to cash. Unsurprisingly, technology was a top pick for retail investors eager to take advantage of the tech-driven market rally of this year. Other areas of interest include real estate, communications, and healthcare, with 30% or more of retail investors indicating that they were invested in these sectors.

Persons: —, eToro, Cash, Sam North, Cryptocurrency Organizations: Service, Business, ECB Locations: EToro, Spain, Germany

☆ ‘The Bear’ Season 3 review: The Emmy-winning series returns at the slow-cooked pace of a show simmered in praise
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-27 | by ( Brian Lowry | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —A posted sign in a kitchen reads “Every Second Counts,” but “The Bear” is clearly in no hurry during its third season, proceeding at the slow-cooked pace of a show simmered in accolades and Emmys. The latest season’s first episode nicely sets the table for the nine episodes to come, playing almost like a visual poem while reintroducing the characters. Ricky Staffieri, Jeremy Allen White and Matty Matheson in "The Bear." What “The Bear” has lost is the element of surprise that greeted its arrival. “The Bear” launched its third season June 26 on Hulu.

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☆ Caspar Lee says young people are unlikely to make lots of money on YouTube and should do it for fun
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-27 | by ( Sawdah Bhaimiya | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Caspar Lee advised young people who want to be content creators to do YouTube for fun rather than focusing on making money because the chances of financial success are low. Lee previously told CNBC Make It that YouTubers with millions of subscribers can make millions of dollars, typically by joining YouTube's Partner Program. Nearly half of creators earned an annual income of $15,000 or less in 2023, according to a survey of over 2,000 content creators by influencer marketing agency NeoReach. Lee encourages aspiring YouTubers to find a way to be successful without relying on followers or fame. Since his YouTube days, Lee has co-founded several companies in the creator economy including the influencer marketing company Influencer.com and a venture capital fund called Creator Ventures.

Persons: Caspar Lee, Lee, it's, that's, Goldman Sachs, YouTubers Organizations: CNBC, YouTube's, NeoReach, Ventures Locations: British

A picture of a cartoon dog appeared on his X feed Thursday afternoon, briefly driving up Chewy shares as much as 34% to $39.10. Chewy shares surged on Thursday after meme stock leader Roaring Kitty posted a picture on social media platform X that resembles the logo of the online pet food retailer. There's also a strong connection between meme stock GameStop and Chewy. GameStop CEO Ryan Cohen was the founder and CEO of Chewy, who was instrumental in PetSmart's takeover of Chewy in 2017 and its subsequent initial public offering in 2019. He later took over as GameStop CEO in 2023, leading a turnaround in the brick-and-mortar video game retailer.

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☆ Stocks are set for a 10% correction amid stagflation and no rate cuts in the 2nd half of 2024, Stifel strategist says
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-27 | by ( Jennifer Sor | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The economic outlook also looks precarious, given stubborn inflation and slowing growth. AdvertisementThe stock market looks poised for a correction, and a dicey economic and monetary policy environment could cause equities to dive 10%, according to Stifel's chief stock strategist Barry Bannister. Economic growth has been slowing, with GDP expanding by 1.4% in the first quarter, according to the latest revision. Sticky inflation also weighs on the outlook for Fed rate cuts, which poses more bad news for stocks. AdvertisementOther investing veterans have warned stocks are due for a comedown amid lofty valuations.

Persons: Stifel's Barry Bannister, —, Barry Bannister, Bannister —, Bannister, that's, John Hussman Organizations: Service, Yahoo Finance, Fed

And they were everywhere, although, naturally, New York City was a magnet, as it has always been for L.G.B.T.Q.+ people looking for a place in which they can be themselves. New York City was where you lost your soul, and we wanted to be closer to the earth. I wore an eight-and-a-half-foot-tall Statue of Liberty costume to the Easter Parade in New York City, and Kirsten came along with me. By the time I turned 30, I’d been telling people I was older for years, because I’m not the type to bemoan the loss of my youth. Going to New York felt like this moment of emerging to a wider audience, and then I started to travel a lot.

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☆ Figma CEO says it is 'eating cost' of AI upgrade for customers in 2024
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-27 | by ( Kaya Ginsky | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

As design firm Figma rolls out its first major AI upgrade for its platform, CEO and co-founder Dylan Field is taking no chances with customers amid steep AI adoption and demand curves and consumer hype. Figma is paying the cost of the AI upgrade for now instead of attempting to charge customers. "We're gonna eat the cost for 2024, because we don't know how people are going to use the features yet. Figma's UI3 redesign, released in limited beta on June 26 with a waitlist for additional users, includes a new toolbox called "Figma AI." 6 on this year's CNBC Disruptor 50 list, while Figma ranked No.

Persons: Dylan Field, CNBC's Deirdre Bosa, Canva, Figma, we're Organizations: Figma, Adobe, CNBC, Google

☆ Oil prices slide on fears of slow U.S. demand after surprise inventory build
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-27 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Oil prices slid in early Asian trade on Thursday as a surprise build in U.S. stockpiles fueled fears about slow demand from the top oil consumer, though worries a potential expansion of the Gaza war may disrupt Middle East supplies capped declines. Oil prices slid in early Asian trade on Thursday as a surprise build in U.S. stockpiles fueled fears about slow demand from the top oil consumer, though worries a potential expansion of the Gaza war may disrupt Middle East supplies capped declines. Brent crude oil futures fell 30 cents, or 0.4%, to $84.17 a barrel by 0028 GMT. "An expected increase in U.S. inventories of crude oil and gasoline are weighing on the market due to fears of weakening demand," said Tsuyoshi Ueno, senior economist at NLI Research Institute. The U.S. Energy Information Administration reported a 3.6 million barrel jump in the country's crude oil stocks last week, surprising analysts polled by Reuters who had expected a 2.9 million-barrel drawdown.

Persons: Tsuyoshi Ueno Organizations: Brent, . West Texas, NLI Research, U.S . Energy Information Administration, Reuters Locations: Gaza, Israel

☆ Founder of Google's Innovation Lab: Here's the most important lesson I taught there
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-27 | by ( Tom Huddleston Jr. | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

A former Stanford University adjunct professor of design thinking, Pferdt worked at Google for 12 years, serving as its first-ever "chief innovation evangelist." "Everybody talks about innovation, and you could obviously see a lot of innovation happening. To spot future opportunities, you have to embrace the unknown by thinking optimistically to find potential good in a new, possibly even scary, situation. To spot future opportunities, you have to embrace the unknown by thinking optimistically to find potential good in a new, possibly even scary, situation. Compulsive curiosity: Pferdt's own curiosity inspired him to find out how he could help streamline innovation at Google.

Persons: Frederik Pferdt, Pferdt, optimistically, — Organizations: Google, Stanford University, CNBC

☆ A California DA is 'disappointed' that doctor who drove a Tesla carrying his family off a cliff gets mental health diversion instead of a trial
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-27 | by ( Natalie Musumeci | ) 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. A San Mateo County judge on June 20 granted Dharmesh Patel's request to participate in a mental health diversion program, which would allow him to avoid a trial on charges of attempted murder. AdvertisementThe ability to participate in diversion programs — for juveniles, veterans, or defendants struggling with mental health diagnoses or substance abuse struggles — is an increasingly popular alternative to jail sentences across the US. Wagstaffe told BI the charges against Patel have now been suspended and if he successfully completes the two years of the diversion program, the charges would be automatically dismissed. Under California law, defendants are ineligible for the diversion program if they have been charged with other offenses, including murder, involuntary manslaughter, and rape."

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☆ AI pioneer Illia Polosukhin, one of Google's 'Transformer 8,' wants to democratize artificial intelligence
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-27 | by ( Katie Tarasov | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Before Illia Polosukhin left Google in 2017, he had a brainstorming lunch and then returned to his desk to build what may have been the very first transformer, the neural network architecture that makes generative artificial intelligence possible. Seven of the "Transformer 8" joined Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang at GTC, Nvidia's annual developer conference in San Jose on March 20, 2024. From left to right: Lukasz Kaiser, Noam Shazeer, Aidan Gomez, Jensen Huang, Llion Jones, Jakob Uszkoreit, Ashish Vaswani and Illia Polosukhin. All eight of the authors have now left Google, although Polosukhin was the first to depart. Watch the video to hear the full conversation between CNBC's Katie tarasov and and Illia Polosukhin.

Persons: Polosukhin, Jensen Huang, Illia Polosukhin, Lukasz Kaiser, Noam Shazeer, Aidan Gomez, Llion Jones, Jakob Uszkoreit, Ashish Vaswani, OpenAI, Alexander Skidanov, CNBC's Katie tarasov, Illia Organizations: Nvidia, Google, CNBC Locations: San Jose

☆ Biden Needs to Paint a More Vivid Picture of Trump’s America - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-27 | by ( Jeff Shesol | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

CNN, which will host the first of two debates between President Biden and Donald Trump, is doing its best to gin up the old excitement, but the general feeling is one of unease. Time labels it “the dread election.” Across a wide range of backgrounds and beliefs, Americans describe themselves in similar terms: exhausted, indifferent, depressed. A recently categorized voter, the “double hater,” is the star of a report that identifies Mr. Biden and Mr. Trump as the most disliked pair of presidential candidates in at least 36 years — twice as disliked, in fact, as they were in 2020. In an election this close, if the debates make even a small difference, they could make all the difference. This is why Mr. Biden pressed so hard for an early debate.

Persons: mano, —, John F, Kennedy, Richard M, Nixon, Roger Angell, Biden, Donald Trump, Shelby Grad, Matthew Continetti, Trump Organizations: New Yorker, CNN, Los Angeles Times, American Enterprise Institute

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