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☆ 3 reasons why investors keep sending cybersecurity giant Palo Alto Networks to record high after record high
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-16 | by ( Morgan Chittum | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Palo Alto Networks CEO Nikesh Arora said Tuesday that cybersecurity demand will only intensify in 2024. Palo Alto Networks was riding a six-session winning streak, including Tuesday's all-time high above $333 per share. PANW YTD mountain Palo Alto Networks (PANW) year-to-date performance When Arora took over as CEO of Palo Alto in June 2018, the stock was around $70 per share. Late last year, Palo Alto announced plans to buy enterprise browser startup Talon Cyber Security and cloud data specialist Dig Security. Arora Nikesh, Palo Alto Networks CEO & Chairman at the WEF in Davos, Switzerland on May 23rd, 2022.

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☆ How Wall Street's Culture Is Contributing to the Loneliness Crisis
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-30 | by ( Emmalyse Brownstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +14 min

Wall Street is notorious for its long hours and stressful lifestyle, particularly at the junior level, where grunt work abounds. They'd work hard and play hard, with an enviable social life like in all the Wall Street movies she'd seen. But Wall Street workers say that the nature of finance — the office politics and uniquely competitive cohort — can create a work culture that exacerbates feelings of loneliness. Some of the loneliness comes from this — it's all new, it feels bad, it's scary, and they don't feel like they can talk to anyone. But that doesn't mean people working on Wall Street can't do anything to mitigate their loneliness.

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☆ See inside a 3D-printed tiny home being built to help address LA's housing crisis
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-29 | by ( Brittany Chang | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Woodbury University School of Architecture's students and faculty are 3D printing a tiny home. AdvertisementLos Angeles could soon welcome its first permitted 3D-printed tiny home being built by an unexpected team. AdvertisementWoodbury University School of Architecture's 3D-printed tiny home will be topped with solar panels, according to its rendering. Woodbury University School of ArchitectureWhen finished, the unit will be Los Angeles' first permitted 3D-printed home , according to Woodbury's architecture school. Woodbury University School of ArchitectureBut nobody's lining up to move in despite its desirable location less than a 10-minute drive from Hollywood Burbank Airport.

Persons: —, Brittany Chang Organizations: Woodbury University School, Service, Futures, Solar, Architecture, US Department of, Woodbury University School of, Woodbury University School of Architecture, Solar Futures, Hollywood Burbank Airport, Business, Woodbury University, University of Maine's Locations: Los Angeles, Woodbury, Burbank , California

☆ Naming a species after a celebrity may do more harm than good
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-12 | by ( Jenny Mcgrath | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

But it's very difficult to change a species' scientific name, and that can lead to regrets. The list of species named for celebrities is lengthy and includes everything from flies (Beyoncé) to lichen (Oprah Winfrey) to lizards (Lionel Messi). An eponym is a scientific species name based on a person, either real or fictional. AdvertisementAdvertisementUniversity of Oxford biologist Katie Blake and her co-authors found that species with celebrity names had almost three times as many page views on Wikipedia as non-famously monikered control species. AdvertisementAdvertisementSome examples include Adolf Hitler, Cecil Rhodes, and George Hibbert, all of whom have species named after them.

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Data released on Thursday showing a drop in consumer prices to their lowest since the COVID-19 pandemic has increased the doubts in China's economic rebound after some months of indicators showing growth stabilising. China's big online shopping platforms did not release final sales figures for 2022, when analysts said COVID-19 restrictions inhibited spending and consumer confidence. Some indicators point to a slowdown in Singles Day sales. Data provider Syntun estimated e-commerce platforms sold 311 billion yuan of products from Oct. 31 to Nov. 3, a 7.1% decrease year-on-year. For Tan Jiapeng, a 35-year-old office worker in Beijing, his only Singles Day purchase so far has been a Descente winter jacket, an "essential purchase" for the winter.

Persons: Florence Lo, Jason Yu, Kantar, COVID, Bain, Jacob Cooke, Nomura, Tan Jiapeng, Tan, Casey Hall, Sophie Yu, Marius Zaharia Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, HK, PDD Holdings, Company, Technologies, Thomson Locations: Rights BEIJING, China, Beijing

☆ Trump's lawyers have a risky plan to call as many as 3 Trumps back to the stand at his fraud trial, starting with Donald Trump, Jr.
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-10 | by ( Laura Italiano | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

The defense case in Trump's fraud trial starts Monday, with Donald Trump, Jr., taking the stand – again. Screenshots from deposition tapes of Eric Trump, former President Donald Trump, and Donald Trump Jr.. New York Attorney General's Office"I'd much rather cross a Trump than direct-examine one," agreed Tristan Snell, who was lead assistant attorney general on the state's successful investigation into Trump University. AdvertisementAdvertisementAll three Trumps — Donald Trump, Donald Trump, Jr., and Eric Trump — have now given two pretrial depositions along with their actual trial testimony last month. Ivanka Trump, daughter of former US President Donald Trump, at the Trump Organization civil fraud trial. Still, Donald Trump, Donald Trump, Jr., and Eric Trump "appear to remain stubbornly resistant to preparation and trial strategy," Snell said.

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☆ A Republican senator said 'nobody's buying' Tuberville's claims that blocking hundreds of promotions hasn't impacted military readiness
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-07 | by ( Madison Hall | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Sen. Tommy Tuberville has repeatedly said his hold on military promotions isn't affecting readiness. Sen. Dan Sullivan, a Marine Corps veteran, said "nobody's buying that." AdvertisementAdvertisementA GOP senator said on Monday that "nobody's buying" by Sen. Tommy Tuberville's claim that military readiness hasn't been affected by the Alabama senator's hold on promotions. In recent months, Tuberville has maintained that although he's singlehandedly prevented hundreds of military promotions from being approved en masse in the Senate, the readiness of the nation's defenses has remained unchanged. "No matter whether you believe it or not, Sen. Tuberville, this doing great damage to our military," said Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, an Air Force veteran.

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☆ The fight over return-to-office is getting dirty
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-07 | by ( Ed Zitron | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +13 min

Evidence is as evidence doesAs the return-to-office battle has heated up in the past six months, there has been a marked increase in declarations that remote work is less productive. The researchers determined that remote workers were 18% less productive than their in-person counterparts. Just the vibesDespite the limited evidence against it, corporations are increasingly trying to kill remote work. That's what makes the move to kill off remote work so frustrating. It's not clear that the return-to-office move is about making workers more productive or building a better culture.

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Given the U.S. gives Israel $3.8 billion a year in military aid, Sanders said, "We have a right to say, 'Sorry, you need a new military strategy.'" Israeli officials say Hamas uses civilians and hospitals as cover and prevents civilians from leaving combat zones. Multiple U.S. officials say they have been able to influence its conduct in the war somewhat. At the time it was the most military aid the U.S. had given any country. U.S. lawmakers who back a ceasefire support Israel eradicating the Iranian-backed Hamas, but some say Israel's strategy will backfire.

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☆ Obama says the war in Gaza is killing people 'who have nothing to do with what Hamas did'
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-04 | by ( Charles R. Davis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Former President Barack Obama said, "What's happening to Palestinians is unbearable." NEW LOOK Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. 'TikTok activism'Even as he acknowledged the death of innocent Palestinians, Obama cautioned against embracing what he derided as one-sided narratives online that favor slogans over nuance. "The problem with the social media and trying to TikTok activism — and trying to debate this on that — is you can't speak the truth," Obama said. In the interview published Saturday, Obama reflected on his time in office in light of this latest flare-up in the Middle East.

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☆ How a law firm built almost entirely on social-media platforms like Twitter and LinkedIn has landed over 270 clients
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-02 | by ( Marta Biino | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

That's the case with SMB Law, a boutique law firm focused on small businesses founded by Eric Pacifici, Kevin Henderson, and Sam Rosati in 2022. The initiative to start SMB Law came from Pacifici. "There's a really robust small-business community on Twitter called SMB Twitter, or SMB X," Pacifici told Insider. "We have product-market fit because we have that community support in building this business," Pacifici said. "I think we've done a good job of using social media to get pretty ingrained in our space, well beyond Twitter," Pacifici said.

Persons: Elon, Eric Pacifici, Kevin Henderson, Sam Rosati, We've, Henderson, it's, Pacifici, Rosati, Eli Albrecht, They're Organizations: SMB Law, SMB, Big Law, Twitter Locations: Pacifici, Evelin Montenegro

☆ At a seaside resort outside San Francisco, there's a secret haven for startup founders to overcome loneliness and pain: 'There's very few people you can be honest with'
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-02 | by ( Darius Rafieyan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Author and executive coach Carole Robin, speaking at a Leaders In Tech retreat. With Leaders in Tech, Robin set out to create a space for founders to practice vulnerability, free of the need to always be crushing it. The Leaders In Tech Retreat provides a world away from the relentless stress of Silicon Valley. 'If you really knew me'Participants meet in groups of 12, carefully selected to ensure no one is paired with a competitor or potential investor. "If you really knew me, you would know that I'm, I'm worried about whether or not my marriage is going to survive my startup."

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☆ Inside a secret haven for startup founders to overcome loneliness: 'There's very few people you can be honest with'
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-02 | by ( Darius Rafieyan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

☆ Google is shaking up its sales strategy to push its most important AI-powered product to more advertisers
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-24 | by ( Hugh Langley | Lara O'Reilly | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

These smaller advertisers work with the Google Customer Solutions (GCS) team and spend between $250,000 to $2 million per quarter, according to a Google source. An official restructure of the sales team hasn't been announced internally but the recent sales moves reflect this broader trend, those sources said. "Performance Max has been around for three years, keeps getting better and drives increased performance for advertisers ," a Google spokesperson said. Agency executives have also noticed Google sales people trying to push Performance Max to mid-sized advertisers. However, some people familiar with the product are skeptical of Google's sales strategy.

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MILWAUKEE (AP) — A Milwaukee comic book shop is looking to sell a rare copy of the first appearance of Spider-Man. Collector's Edge has acquired a copy of Amazing Fantasy No. 15, the Journal Sentinel reported. The shop's owner, Steve Dobrzynski, first posted photos of the book on social media last Tuesday. He told the Journal Sentinel a couple found the book among a dead relative's possessions and brought it to him for help selling it.

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☆ A movie theater staffer describes what it was like to work Taylor Swift's Eras Tour film premiere, which was so loud it blew out 2 amps
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-21 | by ( Juliana Kaplan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

The Eras Tour film opened last weekend in movie theaters around the world. Shane, a theater worker, said crowds were well-behaved but the movie was so loud it blew out two amps. Swift's Eras Tour film is already record-smashing, bringing in between $95 and $97 million and marking the biggest-ever opening of a concert film — and is now in the running to potentially have the strongest-ever October debut. After an Eras Tour screening, "you don't really find anything too awful." Broadly, he wants Eras Tour theatergoers to know that even if they've purchased tickets online, they'll still need to be scanned.

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☆ Warren Buffett's deputy spoke about his 'tiger mom,' taking risks, and having a short seller's eye. Here are Todd Combs' 8 best quotes from a new interview.
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-14 | by ( Theron Mohamed | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Combs helps Warren Buffett manage Berkshire Hathaway's vast portfolio of stocks and other investments, and serves as CEO of Berkshire-owned Geico. He compared digging into a company to detective work, and underlined the value of having a short seller's eye when analyzing businesses. (Exploring different fields and taking risks is a great way to make your mistakes early and find your passion, Combs said.) If your dream is to make it to manager and you're perfectly fine there, that's pretty much where you're going to stop. (Berkshire doesn't short but Combs finds his short-selling skills help him identify companies' weaknesses.)

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TORONTO (AP) — You don’t expect to see a movie named “Dicks: The Musical” on the marquee and neither did its makers. Josh Sharp and Aaron Jackson, who created and star in “Dicks: The Musical,” certainly struggled to believe it. But “Dicks: The Musical," a freewheeling queer cult-favorite-to-be, is a gleefully tasteless bid to break free of comedy doldrums. “People maybe want to go for a bigger laugh but they’re afraid they’re going to offend too many people. As Jackson and Sharp developed the movie, they carved out the role of God, as narrator, for Yang.

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Making mistakes doesn't feel great, but they can provide some lessons you might not have learned otherwise. We asked this year's rising stars of Wall Street to open up about the biggest missteps of their careers so far and what they took away from them. Some shared their rookie errors — like slamming their laptop shut after forgetting to save their first big pitch deck or duplicating a trade — while others gave more reflective answers about how early career mistakes impacted their paths. We've got to iterate and change how we do things, and I think that's helped our team's process a lot. So my mistakes also brought me here, and everything that has been a mistake is always a learning experience.

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☆ Make these 9 investments now to capitalize on volatility and investor fears, according to a manager behind a top-7% fund in the last 15 years
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-01 | by ( James Faris | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

Criticisms of small caps abound, though Hartman doesn't see any of them as valid reasons to ignore the group entirely. But to Hartman, those perceived flaws can actually be sound reasons to invest in small caps. "In the small-cap and micro-cap market, there's a lot of volatility," Hartman said in a recent interview with Insider. The small-cap fund also seemingly has no limit on the number of stocks it can hold. Investors can play the industrials sector with commercial aerospace stocks, Hartman said.

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☆ Trump Suggests Bizarre Plan to Dampen Forests to Prevent Wildfires
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-30 | by ( Alia Shoaib | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Donald Trump suggested that California keep its vast forests damp to prevent wildfire. AdvertisementAdvertisementFormer President Donald Trump revealed an unusual plan to stop wildfires from raging in California. Trump has previously falsely claimed that California wildfires were sparked by trees that "explode," and he has long subscribed to the theory that wildfires could be prevented if forests were cleared of dead trees and debris. In 2018, Trump suggested raking leaves on forest floors could help prevent fires. Trump did not provide further details about his damp forests plan, but he said California Governor Gavin Newsom would probably roadblock him.

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☆ 2 female small-business founders share how they cracked the code on successful lead magnets — a win-win for your customers and company profits
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-22 | by ( Erin Greenawald | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Known as a lead magnet, the gift should be tied to the value your company offers. Develop and market a lead magnet like any other product or service. Insider spoke with small-business owners about what they'd learned about making a lead magnet successful. When brainstorming ideas for lead magnets, Louise considers what made her opt in to other companies' lead magnets. Lead magnets can also be an effective tool for segmenting and reengaging existing email subscribers, Louise said.

Persons: SBOs, Jenn Robbins, Ashley Louise, Louise, they'd, Robbins, what's, they're Organizations: Small, Service, Google Locations: Wall, Silicon

☆ Cramer gives six reasons investors are currently selling off
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-21 | by ( Julie Coleman | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

CNBC's Jim Cramer on Thursday proposed six reasons why investors are selling and bringing the market down. Interest rates: Cramer said rates can be a good reason to sell. Macroeconomic weakness: "Macro" headwinds add risk to companies trying to close deals and may create a "difficult adjustment" for investors, Cramer said. Fear of giving up on gains: Cramer said investors may sell to lock in gains they've made earlier in the year. According to Cramer, investors selling because of fear translates to selling low and buying high.

Persons: CNBC's Jim Cramer, Cramer, they've, nobody's, That's Organizations: Federal Reserve, Democratic, Republican, United Auto Workers

☆ Trivariate Research CEO’s top play is the best-performing sector that 'nobody’s talking about'
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-13 | by ( Lisa Kailai Han | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Despite energy's outperformance so far this summer, Trivariate Research CEO Adam Parker may still find himself to be a market contrarian when picking the sector as his top bullish play. "Energy is the best-performing sector over the last three months, but nobody's talking about it," he told CNBC's " Squawk on the Street " on Wednesday. "I think demand/supply dynamics look very, very bullish in any longer-term view, so I like that sector a lot." Over the past three months, the energy sector of the S & P 500 has gained about 13.5%. Big performers in the sector include Marathon Petroleum , up nearly 38% in the past three months, and Valero Energy, with a 28% gain during the period.

Persons: energy's, Adam Parker, CNBC's, Brent, Parker Organizations: Trivariate, West Texas, Communication, Marathon Petroleum, Valero Energy

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A Democratic Virginia legislative candidate whose race was rattled by the revelation that she and her husband livestreamed themselves having sex moved forward with her campaign Tuesday and drew some early support in the high-stakes contest. But state Sen. L. Louise Lucas, a leading Democratic lawmaker in Virginia, quickly came to her defense, calling on voters to “make this the biggest fundraising day of (Gibson's) campaign.” Many women voters retweeted Lucas with a link to donate to Gibson's campaign. Linton said she plans to donate another $100 to Gibson's campaign even though she can't vote for her because she lives outside her district. Mark Rozell, dean of George Mason University’s Schar School of Policy and Government, said the sex videos are a huge distraction from Gibson's campaign. But Monica Hutchinson, a legislative coordinator for a youth justice organization, said she supported Gibson before the videos surfaced and she will continue to support her.

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