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☆ Why this 77-year-old celebrity fashion designer says she's never retiring: 'This work is like breathing for me'
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-08 | by ( Morgan Smith | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Some people look forward to retirement for years, planning trips in the winter to warm locales and long afternoons spent relaxing. But Norma Kamali, who turned 77 in June, hasn't thought about retiring once. In fact, the celebrity fashion designer and owner of Norma Kamali Inc. just signed a long-term lease on a new office in the West Village neighborhood of Manhattan. When friends or colleagues announce their retirement, Kamali admits she gets "anxious." Check out:77-year-old celebrity fashion designer Norma Kamali's 2 simple secrets for long-term career success39-year-old self-made millionaire: 'Success isn't owned, it's rented.

☆ Elon Musk brought his mom to a meeting with advertisers where he tweeted about Trump. He later fired an exec who didn't find the tweet funny, report says
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-15 | by ( Pete Syme | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Elon Musk went to New York on Halloween to meet with advertisers and visit the Twitter office. He brought his mom, Maye Musk, along to the meeting where execs asked about un-banning Trump. The billionaire then tweeted a joke about Trump during the meeting. Two advertising executives from Twitter also came along, as well as Musk's friend Jason Calacanis, and Maye Musk. Horizon Media CEO, Bill Koenigsberg, told Musk that some of his clients had heard about the meeting, according to Bloomberg.

☆ Elon Musk booed by crowd after Dave Chappelle brings him on stage at comedy gig
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-12 | by ( Ryan Browne | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Elon Musk attends Heidi Klum's 2022 Hallowe'en Party at Cathedrale at Moxy Hotel on October 31, 2022 in New York City. Tech billionaire Elon Musk was met with a mixture of boos and cheers from an audience at a Dave Chappelle comedy show Sunday night. Later in the video, Chappelle says: "All these people that are booing, I'm just pointing out the obvious — they have terrible seats in the stadium." Twitter user James Yu, who says he was at the Chappelle show, tweeted: "A good 80% of the stadium boos. Chappelle has himself been the target of criticism for making transphobic jokes in his Netflix stand-up special "The Closer."

☆ 77-year-old celebrity fashion designer Norma Kamali’s 2 simple secrets for long-term career success
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-25 | by ( Morgan Smith | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Even if you don't know who Norma Kamali is, chances are, you've seen her work. "I had my heart set on being a painter growing up," the New York native tells CNBC Make It. The attire in London made Kamali feel free, and she wanted to share that joy with her friends in Manhattan. She began filling her suitcase with clothes from abroad, including vintage pieces from the 1930s and 1940s. Here, Kamali shares her best advice for building a long, successful career that you love.

☆ Elon Musk has used Twitter once per hour on average since buying the company
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-18 | by ( Travis Clark | Andy Kiersz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Musk has tweeted, retweeted, or replied on average once per hour since buying Twitter. The chart below shows that his total Twitter actions since the acquisition appear to exceed his total actions in the weeks before. Musk tweeted 65 times from October 6 through October 26; 105 times from October 27 through November 16. Overall: In total, he made 316 total Twitter actions in the three weeks before the purchase; 502 total actions since. His total replies since the purchase even exceeded his total Twitter actions from before.

☆ Walmart-backed One has made a splash with high-profile hires and big potential, but customers of the old regime feel left behind
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-02 | by ( Dan Defrancesco | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

The ones left behindHaving your bank acquired by the nation's largest retailer might seem like an exciting opportunity. Read our full deep-dive into how One customers feel frustrated by changes made to their bank in the wake of its acquisition. In other news:Diddy, Heidi Klum, and Mindy Kaling are just a few of the many celebrities that celebrate Halloween with statement looks. Diddy/Instagram; Noam Galai/Getty Images for Heidi Klum; Mindy Kaling/Instagram2. Credit to Heidi Klum for going all in.

☆ Beware of fad stocks. Truly owner, Snap & Zoom have plunged
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-20 | by ( Paul R. La Monica | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

The Sam Adams brewer, which also owns the hard seltzer brand Truly, is struggling as the popularity of alcoholic seltzer appears to be fading fast. “The continuing decline of the hard seltzer segment … is deeper than previously expected,” said Boston Beer founder and chairman Jim Koch on the company’s earnings call in July. Sam Adams owner Boston Beer made a big bet on Truly Hard Seltzer. Sales have slowed, the company is still losing money, its founders have left, and the stock has plunged nearly 80% this year. E-signature software company DocuSign (DOCU) and virtual health company Teladoc (TDOC) have also plunged this year after getting huge boosts from Covid in 2020.

☆ Victoria’s Secret renunță la renumiții „îngeri”: Noua imagine a mărcii vor fi femei de succes, activiste și antreprenoare
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-18 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +2 min

Nu mai sunt „relevanți din punct de vedere cultural”, femei de succes, activiste și antreprenoare vor fi noua imagine a mărcii, a anunțat compania, miercuri. Victorias Secret a anunțat miercuri, 16 iunie, că a încheiat un parteneriat cu un grup de femei care inspiră. Printre acestea se află actrița și antreprenoarea indiană Priyanka Chopra Jonas și jucătoarea americană de fotbal Megan Rapinoe, care este și activistă pentru egalitatea de gen. Acestea vor deveni imaginea și vocea mărcii, a comunicat Victoria’s Secret. La sfârșitul anilor 1990 și începutul anilor 2000, show-ul de pe Victoria’s Secret a avut un rol puternic în definirea femeii „sexy”. CEO-ul Victoria’s Secret, Martin Waters a declarat pentru The Times că revizuirea mărcii a fost așteptată de mult timp.

Persons: Jonas, Megan Rapinoe, Tyra Banks, Heidi Klum, Martin Waters, libertatea.ro Organizations: The New York, Times, L Locations: The New York Times, Victoria

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