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☆ Star-Studded New Christmas Movies Still Can’t Beat the Classics
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-16 | by ( Sarah Krouse | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Studios, streaming services and cable channels are pumping out evermore new holiday movies every year, at times featuring big-name Hollywood actors in an effort to draw audiences. Yet most U.S. households still prefer decades-old Christmas movies, new data show.

Here's how to file for unemployment insurance benefits, whether you're laid off, furloughed, or your hours are severely reduced. Here's how to file for unemployment insurance benefits, whether you're laid off, furloughed, or have had your hours severely reduced. Fill out an application through your state's unemployment websiteYou should apply for unemployment insurance as soon as you're no longer working. Depending on the state, unemployment insurance claims can be filed in person, on the phone, or online. "Start with your state's unemployment insurance benefits site.

☆ Conservatism Grows in Brazil, Despite Leftist President’s Win
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-24 | by ( Samantha Pearson | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

ROSÁRIO OESTE, Brazil—President Jair Bolsonaro lost his bid for reelection last month, but his right-wing movement continues to grow. That is largely owing to Brazil’s evermore powerful and prosperous farming belt, where Chinese demand for commodities in recent years has enriched towns in Brazil’s central savannah and fortified conservative states economically and politically.

☆ Trump's White House blocked government websites aimed at helping Americans vote, fighting human trafficking, easing homelessness, and stopping fraud, federal records show
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-20 | by ( Dave Levinthal | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +13 min

Federal agencies asked the Trump White House to approve dozens of new ".gov" websites. Such custom ".gov" website domains enhance government agencies' ability to effectively provide and market services to an American public that's all but universally connected to the internet. On December 23, 2019, the CIA asked Trump's White House to approve the website domain DataTransport.gov. Chiu/APBlock and delayIn at least one case, Trump's White House denied a website request — the United States Agency for International Development-sponsored ProsperAfrica.gov — that Biden's White House later approved. In March 2021, Office Management and Budget officials denied Insider's FOIA request, stating that "no responsive records were located."

As the national presenting partner for Swift's tour, Capital One is offering credit and debit cardholders access to exclusive presale tickets. Fortunately, there is a legitimate way to score presale tickets . Tickets to Taylor Swift's The Eras Tour officially go on sale in just a few days, on Friday, Nov. 18. Here's how to get access to presale tickets to Taylor Swift's Eras Tour through Capital One:Visit the ticketing website during the presale period and use the first six digits of your Capital One card number (your promo code) to gain entry to the Capital One Cardholder Presale. Outside of Taylor Swift presale tickets, Capital One offers a number of other benefits for cardholders geared toward exclusive events and experiences, as well as robust travel benefits.

Announced shortly after her latest album, "Midnights," dropped on October 21, the Eras Tour is Taylor Swift's first stadium concert since 2018's Reputation Tour. Here's a full breakdown of the schedule, presale dates, general sale details, and ticket pricing for the Taylor Swift Eras Tour. Taylor Swift Eras Tour Tickets Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour kicks off on March 18 and will hit 20 cities across 35 dates. Taylor Swift Eras Tour Tickets Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour kicks off on March 18 and will hit 20 cities across 35 dates. How much are Taylor Swift Eras Tour tickets?

☆ Taylor Swift announces 2023 ‘Eras Tour’ of U.S. stadiums, international dates to come
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-01 | by ( ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

Taylor Swift announced Tuesday morning her long-rumored return to the road, with an outing dubbed the “Eras Tour” scheduled to hit U.S. stadiums beginning in March 2023 and running into August, with international dates set to be revealed later. The supporting acts are very much all about the sisterhood, with a host of acts Swift has championed in the past. The tour starts March 18, 2023 in what is apparently a sweet spot for Swift, Glendale, AZ, the same place her last outing, the pre-pandemic “Reputation” tour, began in 2018. Swift described the tour as “a journey through the musical eras of my career (past and present! The reception for “Midnights” upon its October release left no doubt just how strong the appetite for Swift tickets will be.

☆ How Taylor Swift went back to the past and turned 'Midnights' into her biggest album success yet
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-01 | by ( Kaitlin Balasaygun | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +10 min

Five years ago, Swift's "Reputation" achieved the biggest ever U.S. sales week by traditional album sales with 1.216 million copies sold. With "Midnights," Swift broke her own record again, reaching 185 million streams on its release day. Midyear Report for 2022," current vinyl album sales — music releases that are less than 18 months old — rose by 27.4%. On the other hand, catalog vinyl album sales — music releases that are 18 months old or older — fell by 8.4% since 2021. The demographics of vinyl buyers also help to explain the large vinyl album sales "Midnights" is seeing.

☆ Taylor Swift announces first U.S. stadium tour in five years
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-01 | by ( Gabriella Borter | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Her 2023 tour will feature the new album as well as being a retrospective of her prolific and storied career. In an Instagram post, Swift said the tour - dubbed "The Eras Tour" - would be "a journey through the musical eras of my career (past and present!)". Singer Taylor Swift arrives to speak at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) in Toronto, Ontario, Canada September 9, 2022. Swift's last stadium tour was in 2018, to promote her album "Reputation". The opening acts for The Eras Tour will include artists Paramore, Beabadoobee, Phoebe Bridgers, Girl in Red, MUNA, Haim, Gracie Abrams, Gayle and Owenn.

☆ Taylor Swift holds all top 10 spots in Billboard Hot 100 as she announces first major tour in nearly 5 years
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-01 | by ( Jack Stebbins | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Taylor Swift performs on the stage in concert at Mercedes-Benz Arena on May 30, 2014 in Shanghai, China. Taylor Swift said Tuesday she's heading back out on tour, as she occupies all of the top 10 spots of the Billboard Hot 100 with songs from her new album "Midnights." "Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour" is scheduled for 27 dates at U.S. stadiums beginning in March. Along with "Midnights," Swift has yet to tour with her albums "Folklore" and "Evermore" which were released in 2021. She also released "Red (Taylor's Version)" and "Fearless (Taylor's Version)" the same year, as she looks to reclaim the rights to her early works.

☆ Taylor Swift gets some love from Janet Jackson for name-drop on 'Midnights'
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-23 | by ( Dan Heching | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

After humming along to the melody, Jackson sweetly says, “It’s nice, it’s nice,” at the end of the clip. In the caption, Jackson wrote, “i LUV it @taylorswift #snowonthebeach #taylorswift #lanadelray”. “Midnights,” Swift’s tenth original studio album, is already breaking records, with Spotify announcing on Saturday that it helped the ever-popular “Evermore” singer to achieve new heights. “Midnights” on Friday became Spotify’s most-streamed album in a single day, the music streaming platform shared. That feat also allowed Swift to break the record for the most-streamed artist in a single day in Spotify history.

On TikTok, the hashtag “Gaylor” has more than 264 million views; the term refers to Swift fans who subscribe to the theory that she is queer. Fans have gone down these rabbit holes before, speculating over other hints across Swift’s songs, music videos and social media posts. Previous Easter eggs discovered by fans include the album title for “Lover” hidden in the background of the music video for “Me!” ahead of the album title’s announcement. “I think a lot of people have to deal with this now ... because we live in the era of social media,” Swift said. In a 2019 interview with Vogue, she addressed why she made her support for the LGBTQ community more visible.

☆ Photos: Pop superstar Taylor Swift
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-21 | by ( ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

Taylor Swift unveiled her 10th studio album, "Midnights," on Friday, October 21. Born in 1989, Swift launched her country music career at age 16. Her 2014 album, "1989," was her first purely pop album. In 2021, she became the first woman to win the Grammy for album of the year three times. She was also the first woman to ever score three new number one albums in less than a year.

☆ Music star Taylor Swift releases new album 'Midnights'
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-21 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Oct 21 (Reuters) - U.S. music superstar Taylor Swift released her 10th studio album "Midnights" on Friday, as well as additional tracks made during the record making process. The 32-year-old singer-songwriter describes the 13-track record "as a collage of intensity, highs and lows and ebbs and flows". With the post on her Instagram continuing: "Life can be dark, starry, cloudy, terrifying, electrifying, hot, cold, romantic or lonely. Meanwhile "Snow On The Beach" features singer Lana Del Rey, a singer Swift said she had long admired. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting by Sarah Mills; Additional reporting by Marie-Louise Gumuchian; Editing by Raissa KasolowskyOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Taylor Swift’s ‘Midnights’ album is out. So, what’s the verdict?
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-21 | by ( Toyin Owoseje | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Taylor Swift is endorsing late nights with her first original album in two years. The 11-time Grammy Award winner unveiled her 10th studio album, “Midnights,” on Friday, following a surprise announcement at this year’s MTV Video Music Awards. Taylor Swift performs onstage during NSAI 2022 Nashville Songwriter Awards at Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee on September 20, 2022. Another said: “Taylor Swift mothered so hard with Midnights no one will ever come close to her level of prodigiousness. “She’s playing with cadence and emphasizing the grain of her voice like never before … eventually you stop caring what’s drawn directly from Swift’s real life and what’s not,” he writes.

☆ Paper shortages — and skyrocketing prices — are pinching political candidates during election 2022 crunch time
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-19 | by ( Madison Hall | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Political candidates are facing an expensive enemy this election season: paper shortages. Distributors and printers told Insider that the cost of paper has risen anywhere between 10% to 60%. Political candidates use paper for a plethora of marketing materials, including mailers, posters, lawn signs, flyers, and, envelopes — and jurisdictions across the country also use paper for ballots. The majority of campaigns did not reply or declined to comment, but Republican candidates who responded universally blamed President Joe Biden for the paper shortage. The real reason for the shortageMilligan told Insider there's been a 40% reduction in paper consumption during the last 10 years.

☆ Obama says he still views his job as uplifting the next generation of Democrats — as a former aide joked about the 'Silent Generation' leading the party
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-17 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

"Pod Save America" co-host Jon Lovett joked with Obama about the age of the nation's leaders. Lovett quipped whether the next generation of leadership Obama talks about was "The Silent Generation. "Did you intend on that to be the Silent Generation?" One possible explanation is that as president, Obama presided over two disastrous midterms for his party that greatly depleted Democrat's bench to draw on for bigger races. Now, with his former vice president in the Oval Office, the 44th president said he can focus on the next generation of leaders.

Parafin, launched in 2020, works with so-called platform partners, or companies that other small businesses sell their products through. All the cofounders knew was that they wanted to build technology that would help small businesses. And they may not get their first contract payment from the government for as long as 120 days," Reed, the startup's CEO, told Insider. Helping small businesses manage their taxesComplYant's founder Shiloh Jackson wants to help people be present in their bookkeeping. HoneyBookWhile countless small businesses have been harmed by the pandemic, self-employment and entrepreneurship have found ways to blossom as Americans started new ventures.

This has largely been the case going back to the early 1800s, when the median age of America was about 17 years old — and the median age of a member of Congress was 44. This chart shows how Congress and federal judges have gotten older over time, from the founding of our nation until today. Even the younger members of Congress were, on balance, getting older — driving up the average age of a member of Congress past 60. But today, as older members stay longer, the average has been just 4% since 2000. But for the past several years, the president has been significantly older than the average member of his Cabinet.

☆ Bernstein downgrades Caterpillar, citing a slowdown in orders growth
▼ + stars: | 2022-08-03 | by ( Samantha Subin | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Caterpillar shares could be held in check in the near term, Bernstein said in a note Wednesday. Analyst Chad Dillard downgraded the heavy equipment maker to market perform from outperform, saying that Caterpillar has become "too reliant" on pricing-driven growth. The problem, however, is that whenever CAT's price growth rolls over, so does its volume growth." Shares of Caterpillar have plummeted more than 11% this year and 7.4% this month. Bernstein trimmed its price target to $195 share, which implies a more than 6% potential upside from Tuesday's close.

☆ Taylor Swift va deveni prima femeie recompensată cu trofeul Global Icon. Elton John, David Bowie şi Robbie Williams
▼ + stars: | 2021-05-10 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: +2 min

Vedeta pop americană Taylor Swift va deveni marţi prima femeie recompensată cu trofeul pentru întreaga carieră - Global Icon - la gala Brit Awards. Taylor Swift va fi totodată şi prima artistă din afara Marii Britanii, recompensată cu acest premiu, pe care Brit Awards îl descrie drept cea mai importantă distincţie a sa. Doar alţi trei artişti au primit anterior trofeul Global Icon – Elton John, David Bowie şi Robbie Williams. Acesta a fost al treilea ei album de top în doar 259 de zile, după lansarea-surpriză a două albume în carantină, „Folklore” (2020) şi „Evermore” (2020). Potrivit companiei specializate Official Charts Company, Taylor Swift este artista cu cele mai bune vânzări de până în prezent în acest an în Marea Britanie, notează BBC.

Persons: Taylor Swift, Elton John, David Bowie, Robbie Williams, Swift, Jack, Coldplay . Swift, Ea, Ariana Grande, Billie Eilish, Miley Cyrus, Taylor Organizations: Brit Awards, BBC, Billboard, Official Charts Company Locations: Britanii, Londra, Jack Whitehall

The cruise ship is the biggest cluster of infected people outside China, with some 285 confirmed cases out of 3,500 passengers and crew. 6:00 pm: First coronavirus death confirmed in Europe, French health minister saysAn 80-year-old Chinese tourist has died of the new coronavirus in a hospital in France, French Health Minister Agnes Buzyn said Saturday, confirming the first fatality from the fast-spreading respiratory virus in Europe. watch nowThe cruise ship is the biggest cluster of infected people outside China, with some 285 confirmed cases out of 3,500 passengers and crew. — Feuer1:21 pm: CDC concerned with report of infected health workers in ChinaA U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention official said the notice from China's National Health Commission about 1,716 health workers infected with the coronavirus was "concerning." Dr. Nancy Messonnier, director of the CDC's National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, told reporters during a press briefing that there are currently no U.S. health workers infected with the virus.

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