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☆ Apple TV+ is making a big brand partnerships hire as it warms up to advertising
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-05 | by ( Lucia Moses | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Read previewApple has made a big brand-partnerships hire who will work across its Apple TV+ entertainment business, a sign that it's serious about becoming a bigger advertising company. Lewinsky's role at Apple is expected to resemble that of Mahta Eghbali, who led copromotions for Apple TV+ films, TV, and sports and who left the company in 2023. Industry sources who work in branded entertainment said Apple TV+ has been stepping up efforts to use brands to promote its entertainment. Apple TV+ doesn't have an ad tier, but it's made a handful of hires from the TV business that have fueled speculation that it plans to introduce one, despite its long-held stance on customer privacy. Apple TV+ also recently hired a marketing vet, Tony Trujillo, to run marketing partnerships.

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☆ Ford EV and hybrid sales surge 65% in May
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-04 | by ( Michael Wayland | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

DETROIT – Ford Motor's U.S. new vehicle sales rose 11.2% last month compared with May of last year, boosted by strong sales growth for all-electric and hybrid models. The Detroit automaker on Tuesday reported roughly 65% increases in sales of both hybrid and all-electric vehicles. The boost to EV sales is a conundrum for investors. The spike in hybrid sales is part of Ford's plan to double down on the technology. Ford reported total year-to-date U.S. sales through May of 877,685 units, up 5.6% compared with the same time period in 2023.

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☆ A med student wanted to simplify his life, so he spent $33,000 turning a van into a tiny house. Take a look inside.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-04 | by ( Amanda Goh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Ethan Liebross went for a less common housing option: He lives full-time in a van — a 2015 Ford Transit that he turned into a mobile, off-grid home. Ethan LiebrossAlthough he grew up on a farm in New Jersey, he's no stranger to van life. AdvertisementDuring his gap year, he had lived out of another van while working as a freelance writer for local newspapers. "So I decided to convert a little camper van — a Ford Transit Connect — and I traveled around the US." "We worked together on the weekends or when he came home from work," Liebross said.

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☆ 'Worldschooling' their 4-year-old child, this family has traveled to 23 countries so far this year
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-03 | by ( Ernestine Siu | In Ernestinesiu | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Carol Tan, Rakcent Wong and their son, Atlas, have traveled across 23 countries and counting since the start of 2024. Carol Tan, 36, and Rakcent Wong, 35, often received that age-old advice before having their son, Atlas — but they were determined to prove the naysayers wrong. The Singaporean family took a sabbatical from work to "worldschool" their 4-year-old child and has traveled from Switzerland to Denmark to Nepal, across 23 countries since the start of the year. "We realized [that] after every trip, we always gained something — there's some kind of growth and transformation that we experience, just both on a personal level and as a couple," Wong said. By January 2024, Tan and Wong began their work sabbaticals, took Atlas out of school and the family traveled to their first destination — Greece.

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☆ The incredible oblivion of Judge Marvin Isgur
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-03 | by ( Dakin Campbell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +45 min

On a mild Houston day in March 2021, Judge Marvin Isgur prepared to oversee the only case on his docket that morning. In October 2023, the Fifth Circuit Court rebuked Judge David Jones but said that his longtime colleague, Judge Marvin Isgur, had been "unaware" of Jones' inappropriate relationship. "But only Judge Isgur knows what he knew or didn't know about the relationship." Much of this work was in cases before either Judge Isgur or Judge Jones. Isgur can continue to hear the case, he ruled, writing in the December 2023 opinion that lawyers for the creditor "failed to demonstrate much other than that former Judge Jones and Judge Isgur are close friends."

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What Ukraine Has Lost A drone photograph shows numerous severely damaged buildings with labels highlighting residential buildings, a football field and a high school. This is the first comprehensive picture of where the Ukraine war has been fought and the totality of the destruction. More buildings have been destroyed in Ukraine than if every building in Manhattan were to be leveled four times over. In mid-May, the Russians bombed some towns in northeastern Ukraine so ferociously that one resident said they were erasing streets. “No matter how unpatriotic it may sound, there’s not much future for her in Ukraine,” Ms. Hrushkovska said.

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☆ A way to profit from a negative reversal in Chipotle if the consumer continues to weaken
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-03 | by ( Michael Khouw | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Investors may not have sufficiently accounted for the impact of stretched consumer finances on the discretionary sector. We'll review the dichotomy going on in the consumer discretionary sector and give a bearish trade on an outperforming stock once thought to be immune from some of the pressures. To some extent, the haves and have-nots divide explains the difference between the consumer discretionary stocks that have outperformed versus underperformed this year. Horton, YTD However, two industry groups within the consumer discretionary sector have not followed this pattern to the same degree. The trade: Chipotle The best-performing restaurant in the consumer discretionary sector so far this year is Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. (CMG) up a market-crushing 36.8%.

Persons: Roland Garros, Ralph Lauren, Hermes, Versace, Prada, Calvin Klein, Tommy Hilfiger, Van Heusen, Horton, TOL, D.R, Tesla, Darden, YTD, Chipotle Organizations: Monaco, PVH Corp, IZOD, Carnival Corp, CCL, GM, Grill Inc, Darden, Starbucks Locations: Royal Caribbean, Horton

☆ Election Updates: After trial, Trump returns to friendly turf at U.F.C. fight and on Fox News.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-02 | by ( Shawn Mccreesh | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +6 min

Mr. Giuliani’s run-ins with the law have left his life and finances in tatters. Mr. Giuliani has filed for bankruptcy and owes two Georgia women a $148 million judgment from a defamation case. “Anyone who thinks that Mr. Giuliani is off his game in terms of legal acumen is strongly mistaken,” Mr. Aidala said. Like many at the birthday party, Mr. Aidala was displeased by Mr. Trump’s conviction on charges related to hiding hush money paid to a porn star. In the video, Mr. Trump stands with a small crowd of people who appear to be some of his supporters.

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☆ Sam Butcher, Who Gave the World Precious Moments, Dies at 85
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-01 | by ( Penelope Green | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Mr. Butcher was the Michelangelo of Missouri, and his adorable snub-nosed Precious Moments characters were “the Beanie Babies of porcelain,” as The Wall Street Journal once put it. Their zealous collectors, who numbered in the hundreds of thousands, built rooms for their Precious Moments figurines, convened in regional clubs and made pilgrimages to Carthage, where they slept in the Precious Moments motel or the R.V. park, marveled at the Precious Moments Fountain of the Angels, dined in the Precious Moments food courts and wandered the 30-acre grounds. (Carthage also hosted Precious Moments weddings.) There were hundreds and hundreds of Precious Moments licensees, which made hats, keychains, watches, greeting cards, books and a children’s Bible.

Persons: Sam Butcher, Jon, Mr, Butcher, Michelangelo, Missouri, marveled, Van —, —, . Butcher Organizations: Wall Street, Angels Locations: Carthage, Mo

☆ The SEC ruling on Ethereum ETFs could mark a historic shift in crypto investing
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-01 | by ( Emily Glass | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

"This is really one of the most amazing things that I've seen in my career with respect to securities regulation," van Eck told CNBC's "ETF Edge" this week. VanEck was the first to apply to the SEC for permission to list its proposed Ethereum ETF. So the first reaction was to get the ETF, Ethereum ETF approval green lighted," he said. To van Eck, the buzz around Ethereum this May means clearer regulation on the horizon and an increased investor interest in crypto. Ether spiked on the SEC's approval of applications to list Ethereum ETFs on May 23, but is virtually flat since then.

Persons: Jan van Eck, van Eck, CNBC's, VanEck, Van Eck Organizations: U.S . Securities, Exchange, SEC, ETH, Innovation, Technology, Century

☆ I retired at 48 and decided to travel for six months with my husband. Two decades later, we are still traveling.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-01 | by ( Louisa Rogers | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewNot long after my 48th birthday, in August 1999, my husband Barry invited me out for a margarita at Compadre's, a Mexican restaurant near our home in Palo Alto. During our drink, he suggested we rent our house and travel for six months. Renting our Palo Alto home wasn't that simple; this was before the era of Airbnb and digital nomads. Our home was still rented when we returned to Palo Alto after ending our period abroad. Happily, we can write in Eureka, Guanajuato, in our camper van, or wherever in the world we happen to be.

Persons: —, Barry, margarita, we're, San Luis Potosí, we'll, We've, we've Organizations: Service, Business, Palo, UNESCO, Heritage, Palo Alto, Primera Plus, France's Hautes Alpes Locations: Compadre's, Mexican, Palo Alto, Silicon Valley, Mexico, Guanajuato, California, Eureka, Northern California, Oregon, Guanajuato's centro, San, British, Scotland, Catalonia, France's Hautes, Brittany, Czech Republic, Ireland, Colombia, Portland, Denver, Cuenca, Ecuador, we're

☆ Italy is bracing for a record wave of tourists, but is having trouble handling them
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-01 | by ( Bob Pisani | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

Tourists line a street in Venice, Italy, on Saturday, March 16, 2024. Italy is caught in an envious trap: it can't live without tourists, but it's having trouble handling the influx, particularly after Covid. He considers himself fortunate he's a boat driver: he pities the poor tourists who rent cars or try to find an elusive taxi. A general picture shows the main facade of the Pantheon in Piazza della Rotonda on March 30, 2024 in Rome, Italy. The famous Villa La Cassinella on the lake can be yours, for 100,000 euros a week.

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☆ She’d only known her future husband for five days when he proposed. Here’s what happened when she said yes
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-31 | by ( Francesca Street | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +15 min

But Meryl and Tim had talked all evening, into the early hours, gradually shuffling closer and closer to one another. And while it had only been five days, Meryl felt certain Tim was “the right person.”“I’d dated other people, and I just never clicked with them,” she says today. Meryl RivettWhen Meryl and Tim crossed paths in September 1981, Meryl was 29. Tim felt the same way. Meryl felt that assuredness too.

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☆ Ukraine’s Oreo production is back in business after Mondelez repaired its war-damaged factory
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-31 | by ( ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

Mondelez’s plant in Trostyanets is now fully rebuilt after opening partially last year to make chocolates, according to a company statement. The company said the Oreo cookies and other chocolates produced at the Ukrainian factory are not being exported to neighboring Russia. Mondelez said it was making its business in Russia “stand-alone” with a self-sufficient supply chain by the end of 2023. “We continue to increase our investments in supporting and rebuilding Ukraine,” the company said in the statement. Norges Bank, Mondelez’s 11th-largest shareholder according to LSEG’s Eikon, backed the proposal, according to the fund’s disclosures.

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☆ In the struggle against pollution, the humble mushroom could prove to be a valuable tool
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-31 | by ( Vicky Mckeever | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

With that in mind, the researchers decided to test out how effective the leftover mushroom substrate could be in removing contaminating substances from water. A 2023 report by the European Union's lending arm, the European Investment Bank (EIB), highlighted that conventional wastewater treatment methods do not fully remove micropollutants. In April, EU lawmakers approved new measures for urban wastewater treatment. In New Zealand, researchers have used fungi to treat soil contaminated by the pesticide PCP. "For example, integrating an extra treatment step into an existing wastewater treatment system requires an upfront investment to change the existing infrastructure," she said.

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☆ The Ecstasy, Agony and Awkwardness of the Trump Conviction
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-31 | by ( Jess Bidgood | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Darren Van Dreel, a 58-year-old electrician from Oshkosh, Wis., has followed the twists and turns of the investigations into former President Donald Trump over the years: the Mueller report, two impeachments and a flurry of criminal cases, most of which have been mired in delays. So on Thursday evening, while he and his wife, Misty McPhee, were on a long drive from Wisconsin to the Washington, D.C., area, there was only one thing to do when the verdict came in. “I high-fived my wife,” said a grinning Van Dreel, as he waited for a sandwich on Friday morning in the liberal Del Ray neighborhood of Alexandria, Va. “I was just so pleasantly surprised that finally somebody’s holding him accountable.”When a Manhattan jury found Trump guilty of 34 counts of falsifying business records on Thursday, Trump’s campaign declared that the country had “fallen,” and his allies painted a picture of a nation consumed by rage. His supporters flooded corners of the internet with angry imagery (more on that below), and echoed his claims that the verdict was illegitimate.

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☆ How Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith's style has evolved since the '90s
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-31 | by ( Amanda Krause | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: 1 min

Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith attend the 2024 "Bad Boys: Ride or Die" premiere. But Pinkett Smith later clarified that they're "staying together forever," even while technically being apart. And they showed that they're still a power duo despite the specifics of their relationship while attending the "Bad Boys: Ride or Die" premiere. Smith walked the red carpet in a black suit with a textured blazer and accessorized with a beanie, tinted sunglasses, and a beaded necklace. Pinkett Smith stood beside him in a sheer Iris Van Herpen design with a plunging neckline and black stripes.

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☆ When Kevin Tien's Washington, DC, restaurant abruptly closed, he took reopening it into his own hands
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-31 | by ( Jessica Van Dop Dejesus | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

His restaurant Moon Rabbit abruptly closed in 2023 when its landlord decided not to unionize, something the hospitality staff was pushing for. Tien opened Moon Rabbit again in the Penn Quarter neighborhood a year later — this time, as the chef/owner of the restaurant. Advertisement"We used our savings and everything we had to open Moon Rabbit. Look for community resourcesTien contacted his friends in the tight-knit Washington, DC, restaurant industry to learn best practices in opening Moon Rabbit. For AAPI entrepreneurs looking to lay their financial groundwork for starting a business, Tien suggests leaning into your local community.

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☆ Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport: Person dies after falling into airplane engine
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-30 | by ( Caitlin Danaher | Rosanne Roobeek-Coppack | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —A person has died after falling into an airplane jet engine at Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, on Wednesday. “We are currently taking care of the passengers and employees who witnessed the incident at Schiphol,” KLM added on Wednesday. Schiphol Airport, which is one of Europe’s busiest aviation hubs, described the event as a “horrible incident” in a post on X. In December 2022, an airport worker died in an accident at the Montgomery Regional Airport in Alabama after also being ingested into the engine of an aircraft. And in December 2015 an engineer at Mumbai airport died after being sucked into the engine of an Air India plane.

Persons: Michel van Bergen, ” Organizations: CNN, Schiphol, Netherlands Royal Military, KLM, ” KLM, Montgomery Regional Airport, Embraer, Envoy, National Transportation Safety, Air, Airbus, Air India Locations: Amsterdam, Netherlands, Schiphol, Billund, Denmark, Alabama, Mumbai, Air India

☆ Biden's $1 billion weapons package to Israel is coming back to haunt him
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-29 | by ( Mikhaila Friel | ) 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. Read previewAhead of Israel's assault on Rafah, President Joe Biden issued several stark warnings to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. A $1 billion arms dealThe statement suggests Biden will continue to move forward with a $1 billion weapons package to Israel. As BI previously reported, the weapons deal could be seen as an attempt to heal Biden's relationship with Netanyahu and to halt accusations that the US is emboldening Iran. For instance, Biden previously withheld a shipment of bombs before announcing that the planned weapons deal would go ahead.

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☆ Jaap van Zweden’s Brief, Fraught Time Atop the New York Philharmonic
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-28 | by ( Javier C. Hernández | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

On a balmy spring morning, after a breakfast of coffee and plain yogurt at a luxury Manhattan hotel, Jaap van Zweden grabbed his bag of conducting batons and scores by Mozart and Gubaidulina and set out for Lincoln Center through the wilds of Central Park. “I love the air, I love the trees,” he said. “Everybody can do whatever they want here. This is freedom, absolute freedom.”Van Zweden, 63, will leave the New York Philharmonic this summer after six seasons as its music director, the shortest tenure of any maestro since Pierre Boulez, the eminent French composer and conductor who led the Philharmonic in the 1970s. But throughout his tenure, van Zweden, an intense, exacting maestro from Amsterdam, faced persistent questions about whether he had the star power, creative drive and strong connection to New York needed to lead the Philharmonic.

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☆ Taylor Swift's 3 new Eras Tour openers have connections to Rihanna, Ed Sheeran, and Imagine Dragons. Here's everything to know about the rising stars.
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-28 | by ( Callie Ahlgrim | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

John Phillips/Getty Images for Condé NastAge: 32Key songs: "Bet," "Van Gogh," "Mama's Eyes"The lowdown: Mette Towley, who releases music mononymously as Mette, is a singer, dancer, and actor from Minnesota. She initially received acclaim after starring in the 2017 music video for "Lemon" by N.E.R.D and Rihanna; the clip opens with Rihanna shaving Mette's head. You may also recognize her from a brief cameo as the discontinued Video Girl doll in the 2023 blockbuster "Barbie." Mette and Swift most likely met on the set of 2019's "Cats," in which Mette played Cassandra. In addition to joining The Eras Tour this summer, Mette will also perform at Lollapalooza in Chicago.

Persons: Mette Mette Towley, John Phillips, Condé, Van Gogh, Mette Towley, Mette, N.E.R.D, Rihanna, Swift, Cassandra, Bombalurina, Jessie Ware Organizations: Getty, Broadway, Vogue Locations: Minnesota, Chicago

☆ VanEck CEO on the timeline for a spot Ethereum ETF
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-28 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailVanEck CEO on the timeline for a spot Ethereum ETFVanEck CEO Jan van Eck joins ‘ETF Edge’ on ‘Fast Money Halftime Report’ to discuss the SEC approval of spot Ethereum ETFs and what’s next for his fund after getting approved.

Persons: Jan van Eck Organizations: SEC

☆ Vietnam’s vintage 1960s steam locomotives are back on the rails
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-27 | by ( Jessie Yeung | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Train enthusiasts and history buffs alike will soon have a new Southeast Asian destination to visit, as Vietnam prepares to unveil a revamped pair of vintage steam locomotives from the 1960s. The two Revolution Express locomotives are the last working steam trains in Vietnam, dating from when the country was still a French colony, according to hospitality brand Wafaifo Optimisers, which is managing the project. In recent years, the trains have been slowly restored to working condition using original parts, and crafted by the last remaining steam engineers working for the national railway system. Wafaifo & Revolution ExpressVietnam declared its independence from France on September 2, 1945 – a claim that neither France nor the United States recognized. By 1954, Vietnam signed the Geneva Accords – splitting the country into two halves, the Communist-led north and US-supported south, and kicking off the bloody Vietnam War, which would last nearly two decades.

Persons: Wafaifo Optimisers, Wafaifo, ”, Michael Gebbie Organizations: CNN, Revolution, Lang Co, Indochina Rail Tourist Service, Revolution Express, Geneva Accords, Communist, UNESCO Locations: Vietnam, Da Nang, Hue, Lang, Lang Co, Indochina, Revolution Express Vietnam, France, United States, Saigon, Chi Minh City

☆ U.S. equities look more vulnerable than European stocks, strategist says
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-27 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailU.S. equities look more vulnerable than European stocks, strategist saysJoost Van Leenders, senior investment strategist at Van Lanschot Kempen, discusses Europe vs. U.S. stocks and says the growth picture "has to come through" to support markets further.

Persons: Joost Van Leenders, Van Lanschot Kempen Locations: Europe

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