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☆ Cool-girl brand Aritzia made employees rate each other's appearances, discriminated against Black salespeople, and fostered a culture of fear, some ex-staffers say
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-24 | by ( Nichole Jankowski | Isabella Zavarise | Brianna Holt | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +27 min

They said 54% of Aritzia employees and 60% of retail employees identified as BIPOC but declined to provide a breakdown of those statistics. Insider spoke with 53 current and former Aritzia employees, several of whom said that while the world of fashion is notoriously cutthroat, working at Aritzia was particularly grueling. Aritzia's spokesperson said the company's success was a "direct result of its high-performance culture." (In a statement of defense filed with the court on July 5, the store manager and Aritzia denied all allegations. A former Ontario store manager said that shortly after she was hired, the manager of store operations asked if she had a boyfriend.

Persons: Brian Hill, Hill, Kendall Jenner, Meghan Markle, Jennifer Lopez, Aritzia, Lindsey Adelman, Melina, Isabel Slone, Max Mumby, Aritzia's, Carly Bishop, Brian, Jennifer Wong, who's, Wong, Robson, We're, George Pimentel, Heather McLean, Hill's, Tim Hortons, Kendalls, —, Todd Korol, Jessica Porter, weren't, Candace Jerry, Anyango Juma Miguna, Miguna, Hannah, Kaycelyn Pascual, Pascual, couldn't, Nadia Mahammed, Mahammed, she'd, George Floyd, they'd, Todd Ingledew Organizations: Aritzia, Euromonitor International, Aritzia's, Queen's University, Fashion, Globe, Toronto Star, Getty, SPH, Employees, British Columbia Human, Product, Estate Development, Business Locations: Toronto, Vancouver, Ontario, Aritzia, ascot, Canada, Aritzia's Vancouver, Canadian, New York City, Aritzia's Paramus , New Jersey, Newmarket , Ontario, British, New York

☆ MLB roundup: D-backs best Braves in 29-run game
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-19 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +11 min

Emmanuel Rivera homered and Ketel Marte had three hits and three RBIs for Arizona, which snapped a four-game losing streak. The D-backs prevailed in the wild contest despite the efforts of Atlanta's Austin Riley, who homered twice and had a career-high seven RBIs. Arizona tied the game at 13-13 with two outs in the eighth when Dominic Canzone delivered an RBI single for his first career hit. Jonathan India homered and fell just a triple shy of the cycle for the Reds, who lost their fifth straight game. Rockies 4, Astros 3Kris Bryant and Ryan McMahon hit consecutive home runs in the first inning and Colorado beat Houston in Denver.

Persons: Christian Walker, Brett Davis, Geraldo Perdomo, Emmanuel Rivera, Ketel Marte, Miguel Castro, Kevin Ginkel, Atlanta's Austin Riley, Orlando Arcia, Sean Murphy, Dominic Canzone, Perdomo, Raisel Iglesias, Marte, Alex Kirilloff, Bailey Ober, Edouard Julien, Kyle Farmer, Carlos Correa, Eugenio Suarez, Bryan Woo, Wilmer Flores, Flores, Monday's, Barry Bonds, Joey Votto, Jake Fraley, Will Benson, Christian Encarnacion, Strand, Joc Pederson, Pederson, Brett, Michael Conforto, Ian Gibaut, Tyler Rogers, Camilo Doval, Jonathan India, Ryan Noda, JJ Bleday, Luis Medina, Sam Long, Shintaro Fujinami, Sam Moll, Trevor May, Joe Jacques, Noda, Aledmys Diaz, Bleday, Patrick Wisdom's tiebreaking, Seiya Suzuki, Suzuki, Miguel Amaya, Mike Tauchman, Nico Hoerner, Miles Mastrobuoni, Lane Thomas, Corey Dickerson's, Francisco Alvarez, Brett Baty, DJ Stewart, Jeff McNeil, Tommy Pham, Francisco Lindor, Pete Alonso, Yasmani Grandal, Jake Burger, Tim Anderson, Josh Naylor, Josh Bell, Logan Allen, Amed Rosario, Myles Straw, Allen, Connor Joe, Mitch Keller, Kyle Schwarber, Bryson Stott, Schwarber, Julio Teheran's, Aaron Nola, Andruw Monasterio, Brice Turang, Mickey Moniak, Patrick Sandoval, Shohei Ohtani, Domino, Gleyber Torres, Juan Soto, Joe Musgrove, Manny Machado, Gary Sanchez, Trent Grisham, Musgrove, Bo Bichette, Alek Manoah, Jason Heyward, Michael Grove, Will Smith, Freddie Freeman, Aaron Hicks, Tyler Wells, Baltimore's, Nolan Arenado, Brendan Donovan, Louis, Jordan Montgomery, JoJo Romero, Edward Cabrera, Jon Berti, Dairon Blanco, Maikel Garcia, Edward Olivares, Spencer Torkelson, Javier Baez, Marcus Semien, Corey Seager, Nathan Eovaldi, Taj Bradley, Travis Jankowski, Randy Arozarena, Brandon Lowe, Kris Bryant, Ryan McMahon, McMahon, Fernando Abad, Justin Lawrence, Alex Bregman Organizations: Arizona Diamondbacks, Atlanta Braves, USA, Arizona, Mariners, Minnesota, Seattle, Twins, Giants, Reds, Cincinnati, San Francisco, Athletics, Red Sox, Oakland, Boston, Cubs, Nationals, Chicago, Pittsburgh Pirates, Washington, Mets, White Sox, New, Pirates, Cleveland pummeled, Guardians, Phillies, Brewers, Philadelphia, Milwaukee, Yankees, Padres, Blue Jays, Diego, Toronto, Dodgers, Orioles, Los Angeles, Baltimore, Marlins, Cardinals, Royals, Tigers, Kansas City outslugged, Rangers, Rays, Texas, Tampa Bay, Astros, Colorado, Houston, Rockies, Thomson Locations: Atlanta , Georgia, USA, Truist, Arizona, Seattle, Francisco, San Francisco, Medina, Washington, New York, Cleveland pummeled Pittsburgh, Angeles, Anaheim , Calif, Sandoval, St, Miami, Kansas City outslugged Detroit, Arlington , Texas, Semien, Denver

☆ MLB roundup: Astros blow big lead, still top Rangers 12-11
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-04 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

[1/5] Jul 3, 2023; Arlington, Texas, USA; Houston Astros first baseman Jose Abreu (79) bats against the Texas Rangers during the sixth inning at Globe Life Field. Astros closer Ryan Pressly ended the game by striking out Jonah Heim for his 18th save. Adolis Garcia's solo homer tied the game at 10-10 in the seventh, and Corey Seager's sacrifice fly gave Texas an 11-10 lead in the eighth. Milwaukee trailed 6-3 before tying the game with two outs in the seventh inning on Jahmai Jones' bases-clearing, pinch-hit double. The Cubs threatened with two runners on and two outs in the ninth inning before Devin Williams struck out Dansby Swanson to secure Milwaukee's largest comeback victory of the season.

Persons: Jose Abreu, Jerome Miron, Chas McCormick, Abreu, McCormick, Will Smith, Ryan Pressly, Jonah Heim, Bryan Abreu, Travis Jankowski, Adolis, Corey Seager's, Willy Adames, Jahmai Jones, Adames, Mark Leiter Jr, Owen Miller's, Devin Williams, Dansby Swanson, Nick Madrigal, Tucker Barnhart, Michael Harris II, Marcell Ozuna, Bryce Elder, Raisel Iglesias, Gavin Williams, Steven Kwan, Joey Votto, Tyler Stephenson, Luke Weaver, Ian Gibaut, Buck Farmer, Derek Law, Alexis Diaz, Jeimer Candelario, Dickerson, Lane Thomas, Jake Irvin, Yuli Gurriel, Louis, Gurriel, Nick Fortes, Huascar Brazoban, Puk, Willson Contreras, Harrison Bader, York's Giancarlo Stanton, Yennier Cano, Anthony Rizzo, Danny Coulombe, Bader, Domingo, Tommy Kahnle, Clay Holmes Organizations: Houston Astros, Texas Rangers, Life, Astros, Rangers, Brewers, Cubs, Milwaukee, Chicago, Braves, Atlanta, Cleveland, Guardians, Reds, Cincinnati, Washington, Nationals, Marlins, Cardinals, Miami, The Marlins, Yankees, Orioles, New York, Baltimore ., Thomson Locations: Arlington , Texas, USA, Houston, Texas, Baltimore

☆ Pro-DeSantis super PAC attacks Florida journalist for posting photo from his Disney cruise: 'You're bought and paid for by the groomers and Trump'
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-23 | by ( Taylor Berman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Florida Politics publisher Peter Schorsch posted a photo from a Disney cruise on Friday and tagged Ron DeSantis. A pro-DeSantis PAC quote tweeted the photo and accused Schorsch of being bribed by "groomers" and Trump. Today, a super PAC aligned with DeSantis attacked a Florida journalist for posting a photo from a Disney cruise. "We get it, you're bought and paid for by the groomers and Trump," Never Back Down tweeted at FloridaPolitics.com publisher Peter Schorsch, who had posted a photo from a Disney cruise he was on with his family. The person who initially posted the photo shared by Trump accused DeSantis of using alcohol for "grooming" high school girls.

Persons: Peter Schorsch, Ron DeSantis, Schorsch, DeSantis, —, Taryn Fenske, Anchorman's Ron Burgundy, kows, Jeff Roe, Roe, Matt Wolking, Peter, Chris Jankowski, Trump Organizations: Disney, Trump, Service, Florida Governor, GOP, ABC, Washington Post, Coalition, New York Times, Times, Harvard Law, The New York Times, Darlington School Locations: Florida, Mar, Georgia

☆ MLB roundup: Red Sox drop Phils for 8th straight win
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-07 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +12 min

Boston's Rob Refsnyder ripped a two-run double, Christian Arroyo had a two-run single and Reese McGuire added an RBI single for the Red Sox, who have scored 59 runs during their eight-game winning streak. After Willie Calhoun popped out with two runners on, Bader put the Yankees ahead with a two-run single to right field. He worked a perfect ninth inning, striking out two, to earn his first save. Alejandro Kirk added an RBI double and Daulton Varsho an RBI single for the Blue Jays, who entered the series with a five-game losing streak. Jack Suwinski homered and Connor Joe had an RBI single for the Pirates, who lost their sixth in a row.

☆ MLB roundup: Clayton Kershaw blanks Mets, gets 200th win
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-19 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +13 min

Martinez hit two home runs in his first multi-homer game with the Dodgers and the 19th of his career. In addition to his milestone win, Kershaw (3-1) also improved to 11-0 in 17 career regular-season starts against the Mets. Mets starter Tylor Megill (3-1) gave up three runs on seven hits over five innings. Bassitt (2-2) allowed three hits and walked one batter while notching five strikeouts in 6 1/3 innings. Philadelphia chased Lance Lynn (0-2) with one out in the sixth; he allowed five runs on 10 hits, fanning seven.

☆ NHL roundup: Knights wrap up West's No. 1 seed
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-14 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +12 min

Reilly Smith, Alec Martinez and Chandler Stephenson scored for the Golden Knights (51-22-9, 111 points), who closed the regular season with an eight-game points streak (5-0-3). Liam O'Brien led the Coyotes with a pair of goals and Nick Schmaltz and added a goal and an assist. The Stars, who are looking to win a division title for the first time since the 2015-16 campaign, are atop the division. The Bruins set NHL records for most wins and most points in a single season. Tage Thompson scored his 47th goal of the season for Buffalo, which improved to 8-2-1 over its last 11 games.

☆ The Fed hiked rates further but Wall Street is already pointing to tighter conditions on the ground
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-23 | by ( Jason Ma | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Between fighting inflation or the bank crisis, the Federal Reserve leaned toward the former. Wednesday's move comes despite the bank crisis, which previously led investors to price in a series of Fed rate cuts starting this summer. Indeed, Wall Street has started pointing to the facts on the ground when it comes to financial conditions. The banks are still tightening credit conditions and … non-bank lenders are as well," he told Bloomberg TV hours before the Fed meeting. Billionaire investor Mark Mobius says he is "very, very skeptical" of investing in bank stocks.

☆ Buy these 6 stocks to bet on the AI boom and future-proof your portfolio, according to a senior analyst
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-22 | by ( James Faris | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

"I don't think there's any denying that AI is going to be the future," Jankowski said. 6 AI stocks to buyJankowski answered his own question by sharing six AI-focused stocks he's bullish on. "I don't think people realize or fully appreciate the sheer amount of computing capability it requires to run these programs and run AI," Jankowski said. Lastly, chipmakers whose silicon powers data centers will be among the biggest beneficiaries of the AI boom, Jankowski said. "We're looking at semiconductor companies — companies that focus on data centers," Jankowski said.

☆ NHL roundup: Linus Ullmark's record night lifts Bruins
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-01 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +7 min

Dmitry Orlov scored twice in a three-point game while Pavel Zacha also scored for the Bruins. Panthers 4, Lightning 1Eric Staal, Anton Lundell and Eetu Luostarinen scored first-period goals as Florida broke Tampa Bay's club-record 16-game home point streak. Sergei Bobrovsky's 29 saves helped him set a record for most NHL wins by a Russian goaltender (354). Jesse Ylonen, Kaiden Guhle and Christian Dvorak scored third-period goals for the Canadiens, who have won three of four. Travis Boyd, Barrett Hayton and Jack McBain also scored goals and Clayton Keller added a pair of assists for Arizona, which snapped a two-game losing streak.

☆ NHL roundup: Connor McDavid hits milestone in Oilers' win
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-06 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +7 min

Barzal is on a career-best, five-game goal streak, and he has six goals and two assists during that span. Vancouver goaltender Collin Delia made 30 saves, while Elias Pettersson, Oliver Ekman-Larsson and Ilya Mikheyev each collected two assists. Ty Smith also scored for Pittsburgh, which lost its sixth straight game, just one off matching its longest losing streak of the season. Nicolas Aube-Kubel, Martin Fehervary and Garnet Hathaway also scored, Dylan Strome had three assists, and Darcy Kuemper made 25 saves. Washington has won a franchise-record seven straight road games and is 7-0-2 in its past nine games overall and 12-2-3 in its past 17.

☆ (foto) De Ziua Internațională a Elefantului, vă propunem o listă cu titluri de cărți în care apare simbolul mamiferului
▼ + stars: | 2020-08-12 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: +5 min

Elefantul este animalul care a devenit simbol reprezentativ în numeroase legende și element cognitiv al budismului. În arta feng-shui-ului însă, aduce noroc, iar în mitologie și religie este un simbol al onoarei. #3 „Povestea cu elefantul vizirului” de Ivo AndricLa Travnik se instalează noul vizir, un tiran anonim însetat de sânge. Povestea cu elefantul vizirului, care dă și titlul volumului, nu este doar o parabolă despre rădăcina răutății omenești, ci o întreagă istorie a suferinței popoarelor iugoslave aflate sub stăpânire otomană. #5 „Cum am împușcat un elefant” de George Orwell„Cum am împușcat un elefant” reunește o sumă de eseuri literare ce oferă cititorilor o perspectivă cuprinzătoare asupra vieții și operei lui George Orwell.

Persons: elefantului, Sara Gruen, Diamond, Jacob Jankowski, Jacob, Jose Saramago, Solomon, João al III - lea, Maximilian, Ivo Andric, Curând, Murakami, George Orwell, Orwell, Diana Adamek, Yoko Ogawa Organizations: Los Angeles Times, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Poliției Imperiale Indiene Locations: Statele Unite, New York Times, Los Angeles, Austriei, Travnik, Birmania, Transilvania

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