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☆ I thought I absolutely hated cruises — but then I went on one of the largest ships in the world
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-20 | by ( Esther Carlstone | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Read previewIf you'd asked me just a year ago what I thought of cruises, my answer would have been a resounding "meh." One highlight was the high-flying acrobatics show that I still can't believe happened on a cruise ship. The kids' club was a massive perk, tooAs befitting the grand scale of this ship, Wonder of the Seas' kids' club was far more than just a themed room with a babysitter. My little one loved the kids' club so much that she begged for more time there whenever we went to pick her up. I'm a fan of cruises now — and I think the bigger the ship, the betterI loved how many activities the cruise ship had to offer.

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☆ You can track Taylor Swift's tour by where airline ticket sales surge
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-20 | by ( Geoff Weiss | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

United Airlines says Taylor Swift is boosting its weekend ticket demand. Swift's smash-hit 'Eras Tour' has injected billions into the economy. Go to newsletter preferences Thanks for signing up! AdvertisementNeed more proof of Taylor Swift's seismic economic sway? United Airlines' chief commercial officer Andrew Nocella said there is at least a 25% increase in ticket demand during weekend stops on Swift's "Eras Tour," Bloomberg reports.

Persons: Taylor Swift, —, Taylor, Andrew Nocella, Nocella Organizations: Airlines, Service, United Airlines, Bloomberg, Business

☆ From gold and silver, to oil and aluminum: Where analysts see prices now the Fed has cut rates
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-20 | by ( Weizhen Tan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

HSBC in a Sept. 17 report examined the relationship between Fed rate cuts and copper and aluminum prices over the past 30 years. In its base case, Citi sees copper prices averaging $9,000 per ton for the rest of this year, citing U.S. election uncertainty and weak manufacturing sentiment. Energy Citi anticipates that oil will suffer renewed price weakness in 2025, with Brent falling to around $60 a barrel. Based on what happened in 2019, trade tariffs lowered global oil demand growth by 0.2 million barrels a day. A slowdown in China, among the world's largest importer and consumer of oil, has been blamed on slowing global oil demand.

Persons: annualized, it's, that's, Brent Organizations: U.S . Federal Reserve, Citi, HSBC, Commodities, Energy Citi Locations: China, U.S, Europe, Iran

☆ Mark Zuckerberg told his daughter she can't be Taylor Swift. A therapist said it's a great lesson for parents.
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-20 | by ( Julia Pugachevsky | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewBetween her vulnerable songs and stadium shows that somehow still feel intimate, Taylor Swift has captured the hearts of so many around the world — not least young girls. In a recent interview for the podcast "Acquired," Zuckerberg recounted taking August to a Taylor Swift concert. That's not available to you,'" Zuckerberg told hosts Ben Gilbert and David Rosenthal. "His advice to his daughter to aspire to be herself, not Taylor Swift or some other icon, I do think it's an important reminder for all parents," Wright said. In a previous interview with CBS's Gayle King, Zuckerberg said he gives his kids chores such as loading the dishwasher.

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☆ Zach Bryan apologizes to Swifties for drunkenly posting 'Kanye > Taylor,' deactivates his X account
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-19 | by ( Gabriella Rudy | Gabriella Rudy Is A News Associate For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

Country music superstar Zach Bryan is in treacherous waters with Taylor Swift's fan-base after drunkenly posting a preference for Kanye "Ye" West over her on X. Before going dark, Bryan attempted to save his reputation, posting, "guys I love Taylor, was listening to TTPD ['The Tortured Poets Department'] last night and thank you aimee came on and I drunkenly tweeted that about Kanye. I love Taylor's music and pray you guys know I'm human and tweet stupid things often. He also responded to a fan asking him his favorite Swift song, saying, "August, for sure." Representatives for Bryan and Swift did not immediately respond to NBC News requests for comment.

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☆ I quit Amazon after I cracked the code for promotions. It took me 14 years to become a principal engineer — here's how.
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-19 | by ( Tess Martinelli | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

After multiple swift promotions that led me to become a senior software engineer by 2012, I found myself in a career rut. He knew of a job opening at Amazon for a support engineer role and guaranteed me he could snag me an interview. I slowly networked my way into monthly software engineer meetings and steadily expanded my frontier of exposure within the group. Then I asked my new software engineer friends to give me mock interviews. I miss writing code.

Persons: —, Steve Huynh, there's, didn't, I'd, Tess Martinelli Organizations: Service, Business, University of Washington, Amazon, Software, Ticketmaster, YouTube, Big Tech Locations: Seattle , Washington, tmartinelli

☆ When Bay Area rent got too expensive, I bought a house in the mountains. Living here is a dream, but I'm uncertain about the future.
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-19 | by ( Perri Ormont Blumberg | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

I'm the cofounder and CEO of Santa Cruz Fungi. I live in Boulder Creek, California, and my business is headquartered in Santa Cruz. In May 2016, I bought a home for my husband, Paul Lazazzera, and me in Boulder Creek. We married the following year, and Paul started our business in 2021. I had to go over my budget and closed at $535,000 almost a year later on a 740-square-foot house set on half an acre in Boulder Creek.

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Amelia is the latest generative AI tool that Amazon has brought to market in the past year as it seeks to capitalize on the hype sparked by OpenAI's ChatGPT. The company has introduced an AI-powered shopping assistant named Rufus, a chatbot for businesses dubbed Q and Bedrock, a generative AI service for cloud customers. More than 400,000 of Amazon's millions of third-party sellers have used its AI listing tool, up from 200,000 in June, he said. With Amelia, Amazon is counting on generative AI to help with a key issue for third-party merchants — account troubleshooting. Amazon said the tool uses retrieval-augmented generation, or RAG, a popular AI industry framework that combines generative AI with long-established methods of information retrieval.

Persons: Nathan Stirk, Amelia, OpenAI's ChatGPT, Rufus, Anthropic, Andy Jassy, Jassy, Thos Robinson, it's, Dharmesh Mehta, Mehta Organizations: Getty, Central, CNBC, New York Times, Google, Microsoft, Merchants Locations: New York City, Seattle .

☆ Gold has rallied ahead of Fed rate cuts. Here's why there could still be more upside
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-18 | by ( Jesse Pound | In Jesse-Pound | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Gold is already near the top of the 2024 range of outcomes projected by BlackRock Investment Institute, for example. Emerging market central banks have about 6% of their FX reserves in gold, and developed markets have about 12%. "Weaponizing dollar-based systems, including SWIFT , has led to more people, more countries specifically — more sovereign wealth funds and central banks — not trusting dollar-based assets as much. ETF flows As central banks have been bidding up gold, smaller investors were selling for much of this year. The VanEck Merk Gold ETF (OUNZ) and the Abrdn Physical Gold Shares ETF (SGOL) are the other funds with at least $100 million in net inflows this year, according to FactSet.

Persons: there's, Robert Minter, Minter, SWIFT, Lauren Goodwin, we're, Chris Verrone Organizations: Federal, Nasdaq, BlackRock Investment Institute, Abrdn, World Gold Council, U.S ., FX, United, Russia, New York Life Investments, MiniShares, Federal Reserve Locations: U.S, Abrdn . Central, Central, United States, Ukraine

☆ Award-winning footage shows a baby tardigrade riding one of its greatest predators in a rare microscopic Wild West scene
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-18 | by ( Morgan Mcfall-Johnsen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Also known as water bears or moss piglets, tardigrades are waddling eight-legged animals with a reputation for survival. See the video, below, for yourself:This Wild West scene is a bit bizarre, but not totally surprising to experts. "I believe this tardigrade simply encountered the nematode, and it was something it could grasp which is better than flailing around helplessly." He ended up with a nematode and a batch of tardigrade eggs, visible through his microscope. AdvertisementGeldhof got into microscope videography about two years ago, after he started watching several microscope video creators on YouTube.

Persons: —, tardigrade, Sandra McInnes, tardigrades, McInnes, Paul Bartels, Geldhof Organizations: Service, Business, of, Nikon's, British Antarctic Survey, Warren Wilson College, Amazon, YouTube Locations: Winthrop , Massachusetts

☆ The stock market got just what it wanted from the Fed
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-18 | by ( Jennifer Sor | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The Fed just issued its first interest rate cut in four years. AdvertisementStocks got a brief leg up to a new intraday record on Wednesday after the Federal Reserve issued its first rate cut since 2020. "The Fed has given the market what it was looking for with the bigger 50-basis point rate cut," Joel Kruger, market strategist at LMAX Group said in a statement. Here's where US indexes stood at the 4 p.m. closing bell on Wednesday:AdvertisementStocks have historically reacted well to Fed rate cuts. "All we needed today was for Powell to validate market expectations that the Fed is acknowledging the downside risks to the labor market and responding appropriately."

Persons: Stocks, —, Jerome Powell's, Joel Kruger, Morgan Stanley, Kruger, Tom Lee, Priya Misra, Powell, Jason Pride Organizations: Service, Federal Reserve, LMAX, JPMorgan Asset Management Locations: Glenmede

☆ I visited Waiheke Island, the 'Hamptons of New Zealand,' where Taylor Swift has vacationed and the ultra-rich reside. Take a look around.
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-18 | by ( Monica Humphries | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Waiheke Island, off the coast of Auckland, New Zealand, is a vacation spot for the rich and famous. Go to newsletter preferences Thanks for signing up! AdvertisementWaiheke Island, off the coast of Auckland, New Zealand, is known to attract a wealthy crowd. In 2017, Vogue journalist Amy Louise Bailey coined Waiheke Island, the "Hamptons of New Zealand," and called it an "escape that is high-end but low-key." I was eager to see if Waiheke lived up to its Hamptons reputation, so on a trip to Auckland in 2022, I planned a two-night getaway to the island.

Persons: —, Amy Louise Bailey, Waiheke Organizations: Service, Vogue Locations: Waiheke, Auckland , New Zealand, New Zealand, Auckland

☆ Why are we still talking about cat memes in the 2024 campaign?
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-18 | by ( Zachary B. Wolf | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

CNN —Far be it from anyone to identify a defined strategy in the cat memes that have overtaken the American political conversation in a pivotal election year. Never mind the state’s Republican governor, who also counseled against a campaign visit, called out state troopers to city schools to ease concern about scores of bomb threats. Intentional or not, the insult cued a new round of stories about how the Trump campaign doesn’t seem to mind turning off women voters. Women voters have shifted away from Trump since Harris entered the race, according to polls. “Every time I do a focus group with swing voters, they bring up JD Vance talking about childless cat ladies.

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☆ Mark Zuckerberg's daughter August said she wanted to be like Taylor Swift one day, but he shot that down real quick
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-18 | by ( Kwan Wei Kevin Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Mark Zuckerberg's daughter told him that she wanted to be like Taylor Swift when she grew up. That's not available to you,'" Zuckerberg said he told his daughter. Go to newsletter preferences Thanks for signing up! AdvertisementMeta CEO Mark Zuckerberg says his seven-year-old daughter once told him that she wanted to be like Taylor Swift when she grew up. Zuckerberg brought up a conversation he had with his daughter, August, during a live interview on the "Acquired" podcast.

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☆ Sarah Huckabee Sanders is latest Trump ally to make dig at Harris over biological kids
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-18 | by ( Arit John | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Unfortunately, Kamala Harris doesn’t have anything keeping her humble,” said Sanders, the first female governor of Arkansas and Trump’s former White House press secretary. Unfortunately, she doesn’t.”The comments come as the Trump campaign attempts to narrow the gap with Harris among female voters. “That’s the lack of humility Governor Sanders was referencing.”The Harris and Trump campaigns did not respond to requests for comment. Kamala Harris has spent her entire career working for the people, ALL families,” she wrote on social media Tuesday in response to Sanders’ remarks. “When you have no substance, you have to resort to superficiality,” said Donna Brazile, a Harris ally and veteran Democratic political strategist.

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☆ FBI investigating threatening letters sent to elections officials in several states
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-17 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Michael-Kosnar-Circle-Byline-Template.Jpg | Michael Kosnar | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +5 min

The FBI is warning election offices to be on the lookout after threatening letters containing suspicious substances were sent to the offices of multiple secretaries of state throughout the country. A senior law enforcement official confirms elections officials in at least six states received packages on Monday, but so far none of the packages have been found to contain any actual hazardous material. Secretaries of state, attorney general offices and state election offices in Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas, Tennessee, Wyoming and Oklahoma were targeted. The FBI, United States Postal Inspection Service (USPIS), and state and local law enforcement partners are investigating multiple letters containing suspicious substances which have been mailed to Secretary of State's offices. The incident is also the second time in the past year that threats have hit multiple state election offices simultaneously.

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☆ Unnamed storm brings a foot of rain to parts of North Carolina, heads north
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-17 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Dennis-Romero-Circle-Byline-Template.Jpg | Dennis Romero | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +5 min

The National Hurricane Center calls it Potential Tropical Cyclone 8 and said in forecast updates that the front will weaken as it travels over terrain overnight. Similar volunteer weather stations at other coastal locations, including at Military Ocean Terminal Sunny Point in Southport, reported more than 14 inches of rain, the weather service said. A National Weather Service forecaster said that it was too soon to say whether the amounts were record breakers but that the weather service office in Wilmington is likely to have that answer late Tuesday morning. A flash flood event was confirmed in the community of Kelly, about 38 miles inland from Wilmington, the weather service said. The disturbance was 45 miles west of Cape Fear and traveling north-northwest at 7 mph, the National Hurricane Center said in its latest advisory.

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☆ Taylor Swift previously said she was uninspired by politics in her music. Now, she’s singing a different tune
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-17 | by ( Alli Rosenbloom | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

“I don’t get melodies and ideas in my head that have to do with the issues of our economic climate,” Swift added. Swift, now 34, has since written a number of songs that reflect her feelings on politics and societal causes that are important to her. Rick Diamond/Getty Images/FileThat same year, Swift endorsed the Biden-Harris ticket, an endorsement punctuated by the singer expressing regret in “Miss Americana” for not speaking up about political causes sooner. Swift initially captivated her fans with her music, creating a loyal Swiftie base that seems to hang on her every word. Regardless of whether she chooses to directly sing about politics or social causes, she now seems to know all too well how powerful her music can be.

Persons: “, ”, Taylor Swift, ” Swift, Lesley Stahl, Swift, ” Taylor Swift, Rick Diamond, Harris, Scott Swift, Donald Trump, Kamala Harris Organizations: CNN, Tennessee Democratic, Biden Locations: Nashville

The median house price in the U.S. is now 5.8 times more than the median annual income of $80,000. That was, after all, the median price for a house in the area at the time. Jonathan OchartThe median price of a home in Los Angeles county is just under $960,000, according to Zillow listings data. It's just not a level playing field," says Ochart about the income now needed to afford a home. In Grand Rapids, median home prices were on the rise before the pandemic and then soared 54% from 2020 to $285,000 in June 2024, according to Zillow sales data.

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☆ Elon Musk has made a nasty mess for X, but it may not matter all that much to him
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-17 | by ( Madeline Berg | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

X owner Elon Musk, who has endorsed Trump, replied, "And no one is even trying to assassinate Biden/Kamala." Related stories"I don't think this is much more than just confirmation that X is not a place for brands. This year, advertisers slashed their X marketing budgets ahead of major events like the Super Bowl. Musk is still the richest person in the world, with a net worth of about $250 billion, per Bloomberg. AdvertisementSo X may suffer, but Musk will probably come out alright.

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The deal, if approved, would put six fashion brands under a single company: Tapestry’s Coach, Kate Spade and Stuart Weitzman, with Capri’s Versace, Jimmy Choo and Michael Kors. Yet, in his remarks, Kors described how even legacy brands like his own can struggle and lose shoppers’ interest. Shares of Capri, which includes Michael Kors, reflect the tougher stretch that the designer Kors described. In its most-recent fiscal quarter that ended in late June, Michael Kors’ revenue dropped 14.2% on a reported basis or 13.3% on a constant currency basis compared to the year-ago period. Gennette, who retired early this year, said the department store’s sales got hit because it leaned too heavily on Michael Kors’ brand.

Persons: Michael Kors, Taylor Swift, Kors, Kate Spade, Stuart Weitzman, Capri’s Versace, Jimmy Choo, you’ll, we’ve, ”, Jeff Gennette, Michael Kors ’ Organizations: Federal Trade Commission, FTC, Tapestry Locations: Manhattan, Capri

Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals sounded unconvinced Monday that the TikTok “sale or ban” law, signed by President Joe Biden in April, was unconstitutional. TikTok and ByteDance have since condemned the practice and said that three employees involved were terminated, with an additional employee resigning. Pincus also said that the data TikTok collects from American users is anonymized and is comparable to other Chinese companies, like major e-commerce platforms. TikTok creators and users in the U.S. have responded overwhelmingly negatively to the proposed ban. Trump then expressed support for TikTok following Biden’s passage of the national security package that included the provision to ban TikTok.

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☆ FBI investigates suspect in apparent Trump assassination attempt and historic Emmy night for 'Shōgun': Morning Rundown
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-16 | by ( Elizabeth Both | Elizabeth Both Is An Associate Platforms Editor For Nbc News | Based In New York. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +9 min

The FBI investigates the attempted assassination of Donald Trump at his Florida golf club. The speaker’s initial strategy had called for a six-month continuing resolution tied to the SAVE Act, legislation backed by Donald Trump requiring proof of citizenship to vote. It won for best drama series, Hiroyuki Sanada won for best actor in a drama, and Anna Sawai took best actress. Richard Gadd won for best actor in a limited or anthology series or movie, and Jessica Gunning won best supporting actress in a limited or anthology series or movie. “We feel violated.”— Julie Shapiro, managing editor, enterprisePolitics in BriefSpringfield visit: Former President Donald Trump plans to visit Springfield, Ohio, the site of his baseless claims about Haitian immigrants, a source familiar with the planning said.

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☆ In federal trial, Michael Kors says it's harder to sell handbags in TikTok and Taylor Swift era
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-16 | by ( Melissa Repko | In Melissa-Repko | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Designer Michael Kors poses backstage before the Michael Kors Collection Fall 2017 runway show at Spring Studios in New York City on Feb. 15, 2017. The deal, if approved, would put six fashion brands under a single company: Tapestry's Coach, Kate Spade and Stuart Weitzman, with Capri's Versace, Jimmy Choo and Michael Kors. Shares of Capri, which includes Michael Kors, reflect the tougher stretch that the designer Kors described. Gennette, who retired early this year, said the department store's sales got hit because it leaned too heavily on Michael Kors' brand. He said the markdown of Michael Kors' handbags contributed to "a bad spiral Macy's was living through when I was there."

Persons: Michael Kors, Taylor Swift, Kors, Kate Spade, Stuart Weitzman, Capri's Versace, Jimmy Choo, we've, Jeff Gennette Organizations: Spring Studios, Federal Trade Commission, FTC, Tapestry Locations: New York City, Manhattan, Capri

☆ Taylor Swift endorsed Kamala Harris for president. Donald Trump can't shake it off.
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-16 | by ( Lauren Edmonds | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewDonald Trump doesn't like Taylor Swift. "I HATE TAYLOR SWIFT!" Donald Trump said he "hates" Taylor Swift on Truth Social on Sunday. "I signed and was responsible for the Music Modernization Act for Taylor Swift and all other Musical Artists. Related storiesIn August, Trump shared AI-generated images to Truth Social that showed Swift and her fans supporting his campaign.

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