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☆ ‘Movie Theaters Are the Marketplace of Free Ideas’
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-19 | by ( Nicole Sperling | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

It was not a big surprise to us that the “Super Mario Bros. Movie” was going to do an extraordinary amount of business. Is there an awareness that there are issues with going to the movie theater? Now that the business is coming back, the theater owners have already started to continue to innovate and improve the experience so that it’s always better than the home. In both Los Angeles and New York, quite a few prime theaters that catered to independent film have shut down. One company, Pacific Theaters, which ran the ArcLight, is the only company in the country who filed Chapter Seven bankruptcy.

☆ Uber announces a bunch of new features, including one that lets you book rides without the app
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-17 | by ( Ashley Capoot | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Uber announced several new features on Wednesday during the company's annual Go-Get product showcase. The new options include the ability to reserve a ride with a car seat, to call an Uber without the app, and to add teens to a family profile, among others. 1-833-USE-UBERUber has introduced a phone number people can call to book a ride without using the Uber app. The company said this will help people who might struggle with navigating smartphones or apps access the same "effortless" Uber experience. People in the U.S. can request a ride by speaking English or Spanish at 1-833-USE-UBER, or 1-833-873-8237.

☆ ‘Picket’: Once a Military Barrier, Now a Tool of Protest
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-15 | by ( Ben Zimmer | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Linguist and lexicographer Ben Zimmer analyzes the origins of words in the news. Read previous columns here. Since May 2, when the Writers Guild of America called for a strike after contract talks fell through with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, WGA union members have joined picket lines in Los Angeles and New York City. Picketers have gathered every day in front of the offices of major studios, streaming services and networks, showing their solidarity with chants and creative signs.

☆ Why Alaska is getting rid of several dozen jets in high demand by airlines after only flying them for roughly 5 years
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-13 | by ( Taylor Rains | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Alaska Airlines is retiring its 10 remaining Airbus A321neo aircraft on September 30. Alaska Airlines is on track to be an all-Boeing operator by year's end. In a recent earnings call, the Seattle-based carrier said the remaining 10 planes in its Airbus A321neo fleet will be retired by fall 2023. Alaska once had 72 Airbus aircraft after merging with Virgin America in 2018 and has already gotten rid of its A319 and A320ceo aircraft as of January 2023. With all of the Airbus planes gone, Alaska will only operate Boeing 737 jets in its mainline fleet.

☆ Late-Night Shows Go Dark Amid Writers Strike
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-02 | by ( Joe Flint | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Photo: J. David Ake/Associated PressMajor late-night shows including ABC’s “ Jimmy Kimmel Live” and CBS ’s “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” went dark Tuesday after the union representing movie and television writers announced it would go on strike. On Tuesday, members of the Writers Guild of America picketed outside the gates and entrances of entertainment companies in Los Angeles and New York. “We must now exert the maximum leverage possible to get a fair contract by withholding our labor,” the WGA said.

☆ Late-Night Shows to Go Dark Amid Writers Strike
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-02 | by ( Joe Flint | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Photo: J. David Ake/Associated PressMajor late-night shows including ABC’s “ Jimmy Kimmel Live” and CBS ’s “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” are expected to go dark Tuesday after the union representing movie and television writers announced it would go on strike. On Tuesday, members of the Writers Guild of America picketed outside the gates and entrances of entertainment companies in Los Angeles and New York. “We must now exert the maximum leverage possible to get a fair contract by withholding our labor,” the WGA said.

☆ Don't let the patriotic talk fool you. Here are 5 ways JPMorgan stands to win from buying First Republic Bank.
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-01 | by ( Emmalyse Brownstein | Carter Johnson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

JPMorgan on Monday morning emerged as the white-knight buyer of First Republic Bank. More wealth advisors for high-net-worth clientsJPMorgan's wealth management ambitions will also get a boost from its purchase of First Republic. The smaller bank has about 150 high-end advisors who will join JPMorgan's brokerage business unit, JPMorgan Advisors. "If they can retain the wealth advisors and not lose too many more, I think it will be very advantageous. "This helps bring the bank crisis phase to the home stretch in our view," wrote Wells Fargo's Mayo.

☆ Writers, Seeking Pay Change for the Streaming Era, Prepare to Strike
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-30 | by ( Brooks Barnes | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

When the most recent Hollywood strike took place — 16 years ago — the internet had not yet transformed the television and movie businesses. The superhero boom had begun for movie studios, and DVDs generated $16 billion in annual sales. Movie studios, stung by poor ticket sales for dramas and comedies, have retreated almost entirely to franchise spectacles. It’s a streaming world now. The formulas that studios use to pay television and movie creators, setting the stage for another strike.

☆ Some travel is 'off the charts' expensive, experts say. Here are 3 ways to cut some costs
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-17 | by ( Greg Iacurci | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

D3sign | Moment | Getty ImagesInternational travel costs have hit record highsThe Eiffel Tower and Seine River at sunrise in Paris. The so-called "revenge travel" dynamic has helped to push up prices, perhaps most acutely for travel abroad. These are record-high prices, Berg said. People should be prepared not just for a busy travel season, but an expensive travel season. Sally French travel expert at NerdWalletThis summer is expected to be the busiest on record for international travel, the U.S. State Department said in March.

☆ I'm a celebrity photographer. I captured the true nightlife-energy of famous people and refused to sell photos to paparazzi.
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-15 | by ( Costa B. Pappas | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Mark Hunter is a celebrity photographer who started uploading nightlife-photos to his blog in 2003. My approach to nightlife photography was very forward thinking. After every party I'd post the photos on my blog. I've learned nightlife photography is all about your reputation, working hard, and networkingI feel like I'm just as in demand now, if not more than I was back in the day. Becoming a nightlife photographer is going to be challenging because there's no formula like at a corporate job.

☆ Fentanyl Fuels Surge in Deaths Among Those Who Are Homeless
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-27 | by ( Jon Kamp | Dan Frosch | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

The nation’s drug-overdose crisis is taking a heavy toll on homeless people, with data from hard-hit places such as Los Angeles and New York showing a surge in deaths, especially since the Covid-19 pandemic. The potent synthetic opioid fentanyl is a major factor, heightening the overdose risk among homeless drug users who researchers say are often disconnected from treatment and other health services. New national data also show that overall deaths among homeless people, who have for years suffered a higher mortality risk than the broader population, climbed markedly during the pandemic.

☆ Hate crimes in US surged 11.6% in 2021, fueled by race, ethnic bias
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-13 | by ( Sarah N. Lynch | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

WASHINGTON, March 13 (Reuters) - Hate crimes in the United States surged 11.6% in 2021 from 2020, with the most frequent ones fueled by racial, ethnic and ancestral bias, the FBI said on Monday. The FBI in a new report said reported hate crime incidents rose to 9,065 in 2021 from 8,120 in 2020. Attorney General Merrick Garland has made enforcement against hate crimes a top priority for the Justice Department. "Hate crimes and the devastation they cause communities have no place in this country. Officials said the top five hate crime categories reported for 2021 were anti-Black, anti-white, anti-gay male, anti-Jewish and anti-Asian.

☆ Facebook and Google are handing over user data to help police prosecute abortion seekers
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-05 | by ( Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Police make requests for social media user data to aid prosecution after a crime has been committed. ProPublica found similar web trackers that capture user data on the sites of at least nine online pharmacies that offer abortion pills by mail, including Abortion Ease, BestAbortionPill.com, PrivacyPillRX, PillsOnlineRX, Secure Abortion Pills, AbortionRx, Generic Abortion Pills, Abortion Privacy, and Online Abortion Pill Rx. Private content by users — such as location data or messages — requires law enforcement to obtain a warrant before it can be turned over. She said because the platforms themselves are unlikely to prioritize user privacy, the burden to do so falls on the individual user. "All the angst directed social media services for being a pawn in law enforcement's game seems misdirected to me.

☆ Inside Tracy Anderson's cutthroat fitness empire: Legal threats, paranoia, and trainers who say their bodies were 'breaking apart'
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-16 | by ( Katie Warren | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +29 min

One day around 2015, a dozen or so gift boxes showed up at the Brentwood, California, studio of the celebrity fitness trainer Tracy Anderson. "It was an exclusive boutique fitness studio," the former New York trainer said. Darren Gerrish/WireImageThe method demanded that TA trainers, most of whom were also professional dancers, perform the strenuous workouts full out, every time. Let's help you do it correctly so you don't get injured,'" the former New York trainer said. "This is at a time where everyone is already overworked," one of the former New York trainers said.

☆ Check out the exclusive pitch deck that school-to-student matching startup Schola used to raise $10 million in funding
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-17 | by ( Madeline Renbarger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Schola is an online guide and marketplace for students to match with different PK-12 schools. Students can learn about and even apply to various public, private, and charter schools on the platform. Schola has launched in all 50 states and just raised $10 million in Series A funding. Schools can simultaneously use the platform as a way to increase their enrollment reach, and can pay for different-tiered recruitment campaigns or data analytic tools. Check out the 12-slide pitch deck that edtech startup Schola used to raise $10 million in Series A funding:

☆ 8 best gluten-free meal delivery services in 2023
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-13 | by ( Mili Godio | Mili Godio Is An Associate Reporter For Select On Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +13 min

Fortunately, many meal kits and pre-made meal delivery services offer several gluten-free menu items for any type of meal that can be tasty, creative and easy to prepare when you’re in a rush. To determine the best meal delivery services with gluten-free options or entirely gluten-free menus, we spoke to nutritionists and dieticians about the best services to try out and highlighted each individual service’s pricing, delivery frequency and meal options. 8 best gluten-free meal delivery services to tryWe spoke to experts about their favorite meal delivery services that either provide gluten-free options or have an entirely gluten-free menu. One of Sunbasket’s 10 available meal plans is the Gluten-Free plan, which features five to eight gluten-free options each week. BistroMD offers a specialized gluten-free program that lets you choose from over 100 gluten-free meals each week, according to the service.

☆ 'Sextortion' attacks on the rich and famous are on the rise. Here's how their lawyers discreetly fight back.
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-25 | by ( Laura Italiano | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +15 min

Celebrities, sports stars, CEOs have never been more at risk of 'sextortion' attacks, lawyers say. "I'm going to blow up you and your business," the screen read. "If you can't get me money," she texted the terrified CEO, according to records reviewed by Insider, "I'm going to fuck up your whole company." East Coast, West CoastHigh-end sextortions like the case of that Manhattan CEO, one of Saland and Weisberg's recent clients, are spawning a growing legal practice. It's different in ManhattanIn contrast, Manhattan sextortion clients tend to hail not from the A-list, but from the city's vast pool of the anonymously wealthy.

☆ Biden's big pandemic stimulus bill is helping get more than 100,000 homeless people into housing by the end of the year
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-20 | by ( Jason Lalljee | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

The Biden administration announced its plan to cut US homelessness by 25% in 2 years. That's according to an announcement from the White House this week, in which the Biden administration outlined its plan to build on homelessness-reducing initiatives started during the pandemic. ARP money is already on track to secure permanent housing for more than 100,000 people through the end of 2022, the White House said. There's reason to believe that the Biden administration's plan to address these surges is a promising one, Berg said. "In the past, the focus was a lot on what homeless programs are doing to get homeless people back in housing, which is very important and I don't want to put that down," he said.

French container line CMA CGM sees the ownership of cargo terminals at U.S. ports as the next step in its bid to extend its shipping business into greater inland logistics. “Port terminals are an essential piece of the supply-chain efficiency, being at the crossroads of sea and land operations,” said Christine Cabau Woehrel, CMA CGM Group’s executive vice president of operations and assets. CMA CGM earned $17.9 billion in net profits in 2021 and its earnings in the first three quarters of this year reached more than $20.4 billion. The purchases come as CMA CGM is spending billions to buy logistics operations and more recently launch an airfreight service. China’s Cosco Shipping Ports has expanded its terminal operations around the world in concert with expansion by state-owned Cosco Shipping Lines.

☆ Some Home Buyers Could Soon Get a $1 Million Mortgage With a 3% Down Payment
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-01 | by ( Veronica Dagher | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

To qualify for a $1 million mortgage, Americans typically have to make a down payment of at least 20% of the home’s price. Starting next year, some buyers could put as little as 3% down. The cap for home loans backed by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac rises to $1,089,300 next year in a few expensive markets including Los Angeles and New York, up from $970,800, the Federal Housing Finance Agency, or FHFA, said Tuesday. The higher limit means borrowers can qualify for bigger loans without needing to take out jumbo mortgages, which aren’t federally backed and have more-stringent requirements for income, credit and down payments.

☆ Home Buyers Could Soon Get $1 Million Mortgage With 3% Down Payment
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-01 | by ( Veronica Dagher | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

☆ Nearly 25% of homebuyers want to escape big cities like Los Angeles and New York — here are the top 10 destinations
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-05 | by ( Mike Winters | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

With mortgage costs rising, more homebuyers from large urban areas like New York City and San Francisco are seeking to relocate to relatively affordable cities like Phoenix, Miami or Las Vegas, a new analysis finds. Out of 100 metro areas examined during the third quarter, the following 10 cities had the highest net inflow of property searches on Redfin's website. Net inflow is measured as the number of people looking to move into a metro minus the number of people looking to leave. Tellingly, the highest number of searches for properties in these cities are from people in urban areas that have a relatively high cost of living, like New York City, Chicago and Los Angeles, the study says. Many people are looking to leave Los Angeles for places in the Southwest, like Las Vegas or Phoenix.

☆ Here's what the Day of the Dead means, and why it endures
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-31 | by ( Albinson Linares | Noticias Telemundo | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +10 min

The "Day of the Dead Parade" in Mexico City on Oct. 29, 2022. Claudio Cruz / AFP - Getty Images"In Mexico, Nov. 1 and 2 are very special days because they celebrate All Saints’ Day and All Souls’ Day, respectively," said Diana Martínez, an academic at the Institute of Anthropological Research at the National Autonomous University of Mexico, or UNAM. By the 13th century, the Roman Catholic Church established Nov. 1 as All Saints’ Day. People take part in the "Day of the Dead Parade" in Mexico City on Oct. 29, 2022. He's worked at the cemetery from a very young age and has witnessed many Día de los Muertos celebrations.

☆ JPMorgan Chase uses Advancing Black Wealth Tour to boost financial literacy, address racial wealth gap
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-24 | by ( Frank Holland | In | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

JPMorgan Chase brought its Advancing Black Wealth Tour to Philadelphia on October 8, 2022. Photo: Steven CW Taylor & Salim Weldon of Steven Taylor PhotographyA new endeavor from JPMorgan Chase is trying to help close the racial wealth gap. The bank's Advancing Black Wealth Tour, launched this spring, aims to give attendees the tools they need to manage their finances and build sustainable wealth — even with the possibility of a recession on the horizon. The racial wealth gap describes the disparity in wealth between Black and white households in the United States. Prepare for 'a feast after the famine'JPMorgan Chase brought its Advancing Black Wealth Tour to Philadelphia on October 8, 2022.

☆ I'm a 28-year-old crypto-startup founder who got paid $10,000 to move to Arkansas. More than 66,000 people applied to relocate here, and only 100 got accepted — here's why it's worth it.
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-10 | by ( Robert Davis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Dmitri Love, 28, moved from Dallas to Cave Springs, Arkansas, in 2021. Love, 28, moved from Dallas to Cave Springs, Arkansas, in 2021. Love took advantage of a program that paid remote workers $10,000 to move to the area. From November 2020 to September 2022, more than 66,000 people from all 50 US states and 115 countries applied for the program. Entrepreneurs should find new places to live and provide valuePersonally, there were no drawbacks for me moving back to Arkansas.

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