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The Amazon Prime Early Access Sale has entered its second and final day and deals are still going strong. In fact, we're seeing excellent all-time low prices that beat out the best deals we found during the first Amazon Prime Day in July. For more deals, check out our main Prime Day deals liveblog, deals under $50 roundup, and up-to-the-minute Prime lightning deals coverage. Currently down to just under $100, this is the best price we've seen for it in months. Amazon Luna ControllerAmazon$39.99 from Amazon Originally $69.99 Save 43%Amazon's Wi-Fi-enabled controller is designed for the Amazon Luna cloud gaming service.

☆ The Best Fitness Deals During Amazon’s October Early Access Sale
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-11 | by ( ) www.wsj.com time to read: +4 min

Space-friendly exercise bikeChances are, you’re familiar with the Peloton exercise bike, and thanks to Amazon’s two-day sale, it’s 15% off. Extra-large exercise matIf you want a 2-inch-thick mat that offers a lot of space to move around, this one from We Sell Mats at 4-by-10 feet is 15% off, down to $200, in Amazon’s big sale. The set comes with a 30-day iFit Family Membership for streaming workouts, which auto-renews unless you cancel. This is an excellent sale price: The set is often $500 and we’ve seen it drop below this Amazon price only once before. Right now, it’s down 20% to $52 in Amazon’s sale.

☆ New & Notable: Latest releases from Google, Pyrex and more
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-08 | by ( Zoe Malin | Zoe Malin Is The Associate Updates Editor For Select On Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

This story is part of Select's New & Notable column, where we highlight our favorite product launches, major sales, what we're buying and some of our latest recommendations and advice. This week, we’ve got Google’s new devices, meal prep containers from Pyrex, two new shoe styles from Rothy’s and more. Amazon’s Prime Early Access Sale is Oct. 11-12, Wayfair’s 5 Days of Deals runs through Oct. 11, Bed Bath & Beyond’s Beyond Big Sale is Oct. 11-16 and Walmart is offering rollbacks Oct. 10-13. Lululemon introduced Lululemon Studio, a new fitness service available exclusively on the Lululemon Studio Mirror, although the service also gives you access to an app after you purchase the Mirror. Additionally, if you’re a frequent Lululemon shopper, you can now join the brand’s membership program for free to unlock shopping perks, early access to product launches, access to select Lululemon Studio classes and more.

☆ Planning a cannabis vacation? Here are the top 10 cities for a weed enthusiast's getaway including paint-and-puff classes and ganja yoga
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-07 | by ( Jordan Hart | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Upgraded Points ranked the best US cities to visit for a 'canna-cation' based on 26 factors. Cannabis may not be legal in every US state, but the places that permit recreational use have carved out a unique corner in the travel industry. Weed-infused tourism is a $17 billion industry despite only being legal in 19 states. Upgraded Points — a site dedicated to information on all things travel and reward programs — ranked the best and worst places for a "canna-cation" based on 26 factors including cost and weed friendly activities. If you're feeling more empowered to dive into the world of cannabis, here are the top 10 best cities for a ganja getaway, according to Upgraded Points.

☆ London, Paris, Frankfurt and beyond: CNBC names Europe's best hotels for business travel
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-04 | by ( Monica Buchanan Pitrelli | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +10 min

CNBC Travel and the market data firm Statista today release a ranking of the "Best Hotels for Business Travelers" in Europe. FrankfurtSofitel Frankfurt Opera JW Marriott Hotel Frankfurt Best Western Premier IB Hotel Friedberger Warte Le Meridien Frankfurt Steigenberger Airport Hotel FrankfurtSofitel Frankfurt Opera Source: Sofitel Frankfurt OperaThe Sofitel Frankfurt Opera is on Opera Square, or the Opernplatz, near the city's famed opera house. ParisLe Bristol Paris Les Jardins du Faubourg Kimpton - St Honore Paris Pullman Paris Center-Bercy Le MeuriceLe Bristol Paris Source: Le Bristol Paris | Claire CocanoGuests of Le Bristol Paris can count President Emmanuel Macron as a neighbor — Elysee Palace, the official residence of France's president — is just steps away. StockholmGrand Hotel Stockholm Radisson Blu Waterfront Hotel Stockholm Hotel At Six Bank Hotel Lydmar HotelGrand Hotel Stockholm Source: Grand Hotel StockholmTying for No. ViennaPalais Coburg Hotel Residenz Hotel Sans Souci Wien The Ritz-Carlton, Vienna The Harmonie Vienna Grand Hotel Wien This grand hotel built in 1845 is the former home of Austrian royalty.

☆ The 10 most prestigious preschools in London and how to get in, according 2 early-education consultants
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-29 | by ( Lauren Crosmedlicott | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +18 min

Finding the right early-education setting for your child in London may feel like a minefield to new parents. Nurseries aren't just evaluating children in the application process but also assessing the parents during the decision-making process, Baron said. The school emphasizes on its website that children who attend are accepted into the top selective preschools in London. "There's nothing to say they can't be moved onto more of a prep school," Smith said. The admission process: Children can start at Ducks as early as 6 months of age, but most start at 2.

☆ How Peloton went from a pandemic-era success story worth $50 billion to laying off more than 4,000 workers and losing 4 top execs in a month
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-26 | by ( Avery Hartmans | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +14 min

Peloton's stock has been trading well below the IPO price of $29 per share, at one point dropping as low as $8.22. Prior to founding Peloton, Foley was president at Barnes & Noble, overseeing its e-commerce business. "I would say that it took about five years for the really smart money to start getting involved," Foley told Insider in 2018. The ad, featuring a woman whose husband gifts her a Peloton bike for Christmas, was viewed as being sexist and playing into outdated standards of beauty. Public outrage over the ad sent Peloton's stock plunging 9%, wiping out $942 million in market value in a single day.

☆ How Peloton went from a pandemic-era success story worth $50 billion to laying off more than 4,000 workers and losing 3 top execs in a month
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-26 | by ( Avery Hartmans | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +14 min

☆ I made $297,000 in 18 months as a personal-brand consultant. Here's how I found clients and built my one-woman business after being laid off.
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-26 | by ( Bevin Farrand | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Bevin Farrand was laid off from her job as a marketing director in 2019 and then started a business. My first two businesses — a yoga business and a life-coaching business — didn't financially sustain me. Over the next 10 years I built my career in brand strategy and digital marketing for companies in personal development, online education, and e-commerce. I needed to pay myself about $4,000 a month, which wasn't possible from the business revenue in the first few months. The other client started at a $2,000 monthly retainer to develop and execute their launch strategy.

☆ New & Notable: Latest releases from Amazon and Peloton
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-24 | by ( Gabriella Depinho | Gabriella Depinho Is A Production Coordinator For Select On Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

This story is part of Select's New & Notable column, where we highlight our favorite product launches, major sales, what we're buying and some of our latest recommendations and advice. Shopping news: Walmart launches virtual fitting room and Peloton expands bike rentalsAccording to CNBC, this week Walmart is launching a virtual fitting room with Zeekit, a virtual fitting room startup the company bought last year. Peloton is expanding its bike rental program nationwide after piloting the program in Texas, Colorado, Florida and Minnesota, according to CNBC. After paying a $150 “startup fee,” you can rent a Peloton Bike for $89 a month. Target announced its early holiday deal days (or Target Deal Days), from Oct. 6 to Oct. 8.

☆ Check in, smoke up and tune out: Cannabis-friendly vacation rentals are catching on
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-24 | by ( Stefan Sykes | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

At her bed-and-breakfast Nicole Butler hosts backyard potlucks with THC-infused food. Some hosts of cannabis-friendly rentals go beyond simply allowing people to smoke or consume weed on site. When he first started the site, Roby said his business partners were doubtful about whether people would buy into the idea of letting guests smoke cannabis on their properties. Deontae Mack has also been courting guests with his online startup Vibesbnb.com, where he lists cannabis-friendly rentals. However, the company does not allow users to directly search for cannabis-friendly rentals, or allow its hosts to list their rentals as such.

☆ How to ask for health accommodations at your job, according to 5 workers who have
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-22 | by ( Fiona Lowenstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Resources like the Job Accommodation Network may be helpful in navigating this process, and Insider recently asked five people to share advice on how they successfully accessed accommodations at work. Gibson recommends that other disabled people navigating similar needs ask for professional dress-code guidelines in writing, and seek advice from peers at work and in chronic illness communities. When she applied for her current job, Thompson decided to disclose her illness during the interview. At Miller's last job, she wasn't allowed time off for her chronic illness. Because of that, Miller was initially nervous to request accommodations at her new job.

☆ Americans are spending less this holiday season. Here's how businesses can prepare for budget-conscious shoppers.
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-22 | by ( Jennifer Ortakales Dawkins | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Those holding a glut of inventory will likely offer heavy discounts this holiday season. Early data indicates that Americans will be holding onto their wallets a little tighter this holiday season. "The savviest of small businesses prepared in advance for supply challenges this holiday season," Nicole Leinbach Reyhle, the CEO and founder of the retail publication Retail Minded, said. Inventory levels are a top concern for small businesses this holiday season. Yvonne doubles down on Nkeoma's top-selling robes and pajamas during the holiday season to ensure they don't sell out, but she doesn't stock as many new styles.

☆ Wall Street's biggest investors can't shake a nightmare about the US economy. And that fear is much worse than a recession.
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-18 | by ( Aaron Weinman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Talk of a recession, rough inflation data, and the persistent increase in costs of certain staple goods has got Wall Street's biggest investors living in fear of an economic nightmare. Wall Street has been hit by a brutal market sell-off this year. Wall Street investors fear an economic nightmare. BMO Capital Markets is cutting jobs amid the broader downturn in dealmaking, according to Bloomberg. Private-equity investment firm Corsair has made an investment in Miracle Mile Advisors, a wealth advisory firm based in Los Angeles.

It's possible to live cheaply in Buenos Aires, Argentina despite the country's high inflation. The low cost of living is part of the reason Christine Gilberts has lived there for six years. I didn't move to Buenos Aires from China six years ago for the lower cost of living, but it's part of why I've stayed here for so long. It's possible to live here for the equivalent of $1,000, or 141,000 Argentine pesos, or less a month. Argentina has a long history of circus and Buenos Aires has more than 30 circus schools.

☆ I own a $950-per-night 'dome house' in Joshua Tree. It's taught me even unique Airbnbs aren't easy money.
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-08 | by ( Jamie Killin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Stephanie Monroe owns a "dome house" Airbnb with her husband in Joshua Tree, California. But in 2020, we decided to branch into Airbnb ownership and bought our "Serenity Dome House," as we call it, in Joshua Tree, California, right before the pandemic as a deferred retirement job. There's also a lack of long-term rentals in Joshua Tree, so there's a labor shortage. Additionally, we've been doing a lot of remodeling and decoratingWe built from the ground up a two-bedroom addition to the dome house. Since taking over the property, we've put a lot of thought into how to make it better and more profitable.

☆ Yoga chain leaders arrested on tax fraud charges, accused of stashing cash from donations in tissue boxes and guitar cases
▼ + stars: | 2022-08-25 | by ( Britney Nguyen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The yoga business made over $20 million, funding lavish lifestyles for the three leaders. The DOJ said cash from the yoga studios were collected in tissue boxes and kept in guitar cases. Yoga to the People, which was founded in 2006, had 20 yoga centers around the country, but closed them in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic. Two of the three leaders submitted fake tax returns for a loan and even an apartment, according to the government agency. Around the time the yoga studios closed during the pandemic, Gumucio was facing allegations of sexual and psychological abuse to staff members.

☆ The forest growing in the world’s hottest sea
▼ + stars: | 2022-08-04 | by ( Barry Neild | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Jubail Mangrove Park is a green expanse of gray mangrove trees on the northeastern edge of Abu Dhabi’s Al Jubail island, where shallow tidal waterways spill out into the clear blue Arabian Sea. It’s a tranquil world away from the shimmering skyscrapers and heat-hazed hustle of downtown Abu Dhabi, albeit just a short drive away. Dreamlike destinationThe Jubail Mangrove Park is an unexpected green escape from the deserts of Abu Dhabi. And observing those genes in action in Abu Dhabi could be a good sign. “It is the only place in Abu Dhabi where you can see so much green.”

☆ The Ayahuasca Diaries
▼ + stars: | 2022-06-26 | by ( Mattathias Schwartz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +37 min

But please understand: I didn't drink ayahuasca so I could write an article about it. I wrote an article about it so I could drink ayahuasca. I was desperate to drink ayahuasca — I had been for several months, in fact — and the formality of an assignment would help me out at home. Instead, a friend of a friend linked me up with an ayahuasca sangha, a Buddhist word for a spiritual community. I thought of my old friend, Scott, who, many years before, had declined an opportunity to drink ayahuasca.

Redeeming credit card rewards for a stay in the Maldives can save you thousands of dollars. I'll no longer use points for Maldives resorts after an all-inclusive stay that was a much better value. As COVID-19 was sweeping the globe, speculative bookings to faraway places like the Maldives plummeted amid the uncertainty in future travel restrictions. In order to generate revenue, many hotels in the Maldives started offering great deals on fully refundable all-inclusive package deals. Here's how seven days at The Standard Huravalhi Maldives permanently changed my booking approach to one of my favorite destinations.

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☆ Best Apple Watch bands for working out in 2023
▼ + stars: | 2022-01-28 | by ( Ellen Mcalpine | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Here are our favorite bands for working out with the Apple Watch. Apple Sport Loop ($49; amazon.com and apple.com)Apple Sport Loop AppleThe Apple Sport Loop is designed with tough workouts in mind. Nike Sport Band ($49; apple.com and bestbuy.com)Nike Sport Band AppleThis classic Sport Band is made from fluoroelastomer with compression molded holes that allow your skin to breathe throughout your workout. CaseMate Pelican Apple Watch Bumper ($20; case-mate.com)CaseMate Pelican Apple Watch Bumper CaseMateThe tough TPU construction of this watch bumper from Pelican means it’ll keep your watch protected from any mishaps or damage, whether you’re concerned about dust and dirt while out on the trails or worried about bumps from equipment in a weight room. Tefeca Breathable Sport Loop ArmBand for Apple Watch ($17.99; amazon.com)Tefeca Breathable Sport Loop ArmBand for Apple Watch AmazonDon’t feel like wearing your Apple Watch on your wrist?

☆ These 19 part-time jobs make the most money — from graphic designer to translator
▼ + stars: | 2022-01-03 | by ( Katherine J. Igoe | The Muse | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +25 min

Part-time jobs are a popular way to make extra cash with a low commitment. Part-time jobs have expanded since the pandemic hit, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Graphic designerAverage hourly rate: $25.66A graphic designer supports a business by creating illustrations, graphics, and other visual concepts and content. Find plumber jobs on The MuseEven though they're increasing in popularity, part-time jobs can sometimes be hard to find. It's estimated that up to 85% of all jobs are obtained through networking, and part-time work is no exception.

☆ This 68-year-old retiree lives on $620 per month in Mexico — take a look inside in her 'charming' $160,000 home
▼ + stars: | 2021-12-11 | by ( Glen Rogers | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Glen Rogers lives on $620 per month in San Miguel de Allende, where she bought a home for $160,000 in 2002. Building the perfect homeMy 2-bedroom, 2-bathroom San Miguel home has a front courtyard on the ground floor. Photo: Clayton Conn for CNBC Make ItIt's a gorgeous home with more than enough space for one person. Photo: Clayton Conn for CNBC Make ItI'm very happy with how the studio turned out. What I love about San MiguelA Unesco World Heritage Site since 2008, San Miguel is a lovely city filled with old-world charm.

☆ All the best products we’ve tested in 2021 (so far)
▼ + stars: | 2021-11-03 | by ( Cnn Underscored Staff | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +62 min

Best coffee subscription: Blue Bottle (starting at $11 per shipment; bluebottle.com)Blue BottleBlue Bottle’s coffee subscription hit all of our marks during the testing process. This mask, though, formed the best seal around the edges, blocking out more light than any other mask we tested. Not only does it keep your drinks hot or cold for many hours, it’s solidly durable and has the best lid we’ve ever tested. Best smart display: Amazon Echo Show 8 ($99.99, originally $129.99; amazon.com)AmazonThe Echo Show 8 is the best smart display we tested, with a versatile 8-inch screen in a build that really fits anywhere. Best smart thermostat: Nest Learning Thermostat ($223, originally $229; amazon.com)GoogleThe Nest Learning Thermostat studies your habits and controls the temperature in your home automatically.

☆ I'm a teacher in a tiny Alaskan village. My class consists of 8 students and there are no restaurants or movie theaters — here's what my life is like.
▼ + stars: | 2021-07-13 | by ( Taryn Williams | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Taryn Williams, 28, is a teacher and freelance writer based in the rural Alaskan Bush. Taryn Williams. Taryn WilliamsWhen I lived in Philadelphia, it took me nearly an hour to commute to my school via public transportation. Because I live so close to school, I'm able to go home for lunch every day, and it's something I've really grown to appreciate. Most recently, I facilitated an internship in which students learned how to make their own podcast from a Native Alaskan podcaster.

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