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☆ How to find a hobby
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-20 | by ( Diamond Naga Siu | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

But if that's not for you — or if you're struggling to find something to do outside of work — experts shared how to find a hobby. The big storyA guide to finding a hobbyRobyn Phelps/InsiderHaving a hobby can help people tackle their work and personal life with more energy. Treat finding a hobby like a projectYou likely won't find the perfect fit immediately, Laura Vanderkam, the author of "168 Hours: You Have More Time Than You Think," told me. Or if they're also trying to find a hobby, ask what the people around them do for fun. Be patient but proactiveAdvertisementVanderkam told me that finding a hobby just takes a bit of time, experimentation, and being open to different things.

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☆ My partner asked to go to couples therapy. I thought it meant our relationship was failing, but it brought us closer.
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-20 | by ( Edson Montenegro | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

My boyfriend suggested couples counseling . When that partner asked me to see a couple's counselor, I pressed the eject button as fast as possible. AdvertisementDuring a fight, my current partner asked for couples therapyMy current partner and I are more communicative, and I'm less likely to avoid conflict. To me, couples counseling meant defeat. Every preconceived notion I had about couples counseling faded away.

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☆ If millennials want to dress more like Gen Z, they need to stop being stuck in the 2010s
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-19 | by ( Amanda Krause | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Read previewMillennials, take note — it's actually pretty easy to dress like a trendy member of Gen Z. In an interview with Business Insider, Lavrusik said that while Gen Z often finds inspiration in '90s styles, millennials "are stuck" between 2010 and 2016. AdvertisementLavrusik describes herself as a millennial mom with Gen Z style. While Gen Z embraces baggy, low-rise pants in fun prints, millennials cling to their high-waisted, skinny-fit denim . "A great alternative to try for mom jeans since they're not as trendy right now would be high-waisted, wide-leg jeans," she said.

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☆ We picked our baby's name because it wasn't popular. Now it's 'trendy,' and I'm angry AF.
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-19 | by ( Irina Gonzalez | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

When we chose the name Rio, it wasn't popular, but it slowly is becoming a trendy name. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . One of the biggest reasons we chose this particular name is because it wasn't popular, and now it's becoming trendy. I can only imagine how the influence of a popular TV show will increase the name's popularity further. I'm sure that I'm not the only parent to have changed feelings about their child's name after the fact, so it'll all be OK.

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☆ Amazon entertainment layoffs stir 4 big questions for insiders about the tech giant's Hollywood ambitions
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-18 | by ( Lucia Moses | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

The layoffs hit Prime Video and the Amazon MGM Studios division, with many of the cuts related to Amazon's $8.5 billion acquisition of MGM in 2022, the second biggest deal in the tech giant's history. The layoffs, combined with other factors straining the entertainment business — from strikes to content spending pullbacks — have heightened concerns about the future of the company's entertainment ambitions. These are the questions that came up the most about that future, according to conversations with six people close to Prime Video and Amazon MGM Studios. As part of the layoffs, two MGM teams were integrated under Chris Brearton, a business-side exec who joined Amazon with the MGM acquisition in 2022. How will sports impact original content spending?

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Brad Falchuk remembers earning his first real writer's credit on the sci-fi series “Earth: Final Conflict” in 2001. This month, Falchuk debuted his first Murphy-less project, a dark comedy he co-created with newcomer Byron Wu, called “The Brothers Sun.” It's under his Brad Falchuk Teley-Vision banner. Falchuk also served as co-showrunner with Wu in an otherwise all-Asian writers room. Wu credits Falchuk for pushing him — and the other writers — to authenticate their writing. Falchuk and Wu landed Oscar winner Michelle Yeoh for the pivotal role of the mother, Eileen.

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For Love & Money is a column from Business Insider answering your relationship and money questions. Write to For Love & Money using this Google form. After my grandma gave me a large check to help me out, my sister got upset because I had "plenty of money" and didn't need it. Instead, set up two different accounts and put your retirement savings in one and an emergency fund in another. Write to For Love & Money using this Google form .

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☆ We tried the new Blue Zones frozen meals. They're delicious, healthy, and easy — but we won't rush back to buy them again.
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-13 | by ( Hilary Brueck | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

The people who've popularized the world's " Blue Zones" — longevity hotspots where healthy aging is second nature — have developed a line of convenience foods inspired by Blue Zone diets. Their new meals are called Blue Zones Kitchen bowls — they're minimally processed, healthy dinners that can be ready in the microwave in about 3 minutes. "Most of the time these frozen meals, they have a sauce on and the sauce is like crack. The Blue Zones frozen meals may be a stepping stone for people who want to eat more healthfully, but maybe can't commit the time to chopping and simmering longevity-boosting herbs and veggies at home. AdvertisementThe new Blue Zones Kitchen meals offered us a hybrid sweet spot between the standard American way of life and Blue Zones idyllism.

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☆ A driver made over $110,000 from Uber and Lyft in 2022 but took home only $14,000. After 6 years on the job, he's working toward a degree and a new career.
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-10 | by ( Noah Sheidlower | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Michael, a ride-hailing driver in his late 30s, made more than $110,000 in gross earnings driving for Uber and Lyft in 2022. He said he'd noticed ride-hailing driving had become increasingly less profitable after more than 17,000 rides across six years. AdvertisementAmericans with disabilities are increasingly looking to gig work — particularly ride-hailing driving — to pay their bills and to find work schedules that fit their needs. But for drivers such as Michael, gig work is unsustainable, given all the associated costs that go into ride-hailing driving and the lack of benefits. AdvertisementHe switched to Uber full-time shortly after, driving in the nighttime as rides were most profitable and competition was sparse.

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☆ I'm a millennial who's never having kids. I don't take the decision lightly, but there are too many risks.
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-03 | by ( Jules Rogers | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

That's tough to write, even as a 31-year-old who's never wanted kids, without tacking on a "right now" at the end. I don't take the decision of whether to bring a new life into this world lightly. My partner and I have health insurance through our employers, but we've been between coverage before. Plus, there can be up to a three-month delay for health insurance to kick in when you start a new job. Now factor in prenatal care, postnatal care, diapers, and — even worse, I'm told — formula, as well as day care and education.

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☆ Six industrial-focused stocks in the portfolio — and why we like each one of them
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-20 | by ( Jim Cramer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

CAT YTD mountain Caterpillar YTD Caterpillar shares have been on a wild ride this year — trending higher initially and then sinking into late spring; ripping higher to records and hitting another rough patch. DD YTD mountain DuPont YTD DuPont is levered to housing, which we all feel better about after last Wednesday's Fed meeting. ETN YTD mountain Eaton YTD Since our November meeting, we swapped out Emerson Electric for Eaton because we didn't trust Emerson after a one-two punch of a hostile takeover and a not-so-hot quarter. HON YTD mountain Honeywell YTD Honeywell recently bought a terrific industrial security business from Carrier for $4.95 billion. Jim waits 45 minutes after sending a trade alert before buying or selling a stock in his charitable trust's portfolio.

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☆ The forever labor shortage is pitting parents and their childfree coworkers against each other
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-03 | by ( Juliana Kaplan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +12 min

Childfree workers told Business Insider they often feel pressured to cover for parents at work. Benson's not alone in experiencing the tension of splitting work between childfree workers and those with kids. For childfree workers, it may lead to resentment, or feeling like their time isn't as valuable. And that might, in turn, lead to childfree workers being asked to take on more. But the childfree workers, parents, and experts that Business Insider spoke with say that making it a worker-to-worker dispute takes the onus off of companies and policy.

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For Love & Money is a column from Business Insider answering your relationship and money questions. This week, a reader gave their son money years ago, and their husband thinks he should repay it now. AdvertisementDear For Love & Money,I gave my adult son money when he was getting a divorce eight years ago. When you gave your son the $16,000 eight years ago, did you call it a gift or a loan? You said you gave your son "the money with no strings," implying you originally intended it to be a gift.

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☆ Wealth Assistants claimed it would help its clients make money on Amazon. Clients said they 'lost everything' instead.
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-30 | by ( Madeline Stone | Jack Newsham | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +17 min

Wealth Assistants also said that if clients didn't break even in the first year, they would get their money back. BI spoke with 16 people who invested between $35,000 and $100,000 each to work with Wealth Assistants and said they lost their money. Ten days later, Wealth Assistants said it laid off its roughly 75 employees and planned to shut down by December 1. Selling customers on the entrepreneur lifestyleMany Wealth Assistants clients said they were drawn by the opportunity to generate passive income. Cart.com sent Wealth Assistants a formal notice of termination in the fall after Wealth Assistants stopped paying its invoices earlier in the year, the representative said.

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☆ 41-year-old's side hustle brings in $125,500 a year, and costs $0 to start: 'The riches are found in niches'
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-28 | by ( Megan Sauer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

She posts her worksheet booklets — designed to help teach literacy to young students — to her online store on Teachers Pay Teachers, an Etsy-style marketplace. Jerome and Becky Powell run their Teachers Pay Teachers stores separately — but the money all goes to the same place, they say. You don't have to spend any money to get started, Powell notes: Teachers Pay Teachers has both free and paid tiers for sellers. Powell pays that subscription fee, as does her husband Jerome — a full-time computer engineer who manages another Teachers Pay Teachers store, called Editable Activities. I have helped eight friends and coworkers open their own stores on Teachers Pay Teachers.

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☆ Jim Cramer knocks down a new analyst sell rating on a medtech stock as shortsighted
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-27 | by ( Jeff Marks | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Every weekday the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer holds a "Morning Meeting" livestream at 10:20 a.m. Wall Street was mixed Monday after the Dow , the S & P 500 and the Nasdaq finished higher for the fourth straight week. Jim Cramer took issue with the note, saying Monday that GEHC's body scan machines are key in the administration of a new class of Alzheimer's drugs. As a subscriber to the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer, you will receive a trade alert before Jim makes a trade. THE ABOVE INVESTING CLUB INFORMATION IS SUBJECT TO OUR TERMS AND CONDITIONS AND PRIVACY POLICY , TOGETHER WITH OUR DISCLAIMER .

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☆ 3 things to watch in the stock market as Street aims to extend winning streak
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-25 | by ( Zev Fima | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

(Treasury yields tend to move inversely to stock prices; as yields fall investors seeking better returns move money back into the stock market). The chipmaker once again came into its quarterly print with super-high expectations on the Street, but once again exceeded them . For this reason, we put more emphasis on monthly economic releases, such as the aforementioned personal spending report. Jim waits 45 minutes after sending a trade alert before buying or selling a stock in his charitable trust's portfolio. If Jim has talked about a stock on CNBC TV, he waits 72 hours after issuing the trade alert before executing the trade.

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☆ Anti-immigration rioters in Dublin torched vehicles and looted stores after a knife attacker injured 3 children
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-24 | by ( Caroline Haskins | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

An assailant injured four people including three young children in a knife attack in central Dublin on Thursday. In the evening, rioters looted and set vehicles on fire in the area. AdvertisementAnti-immigration rioters torched vehicles and looted stores in central Dublin on Thursday night after a knife attack near a primary school earlier in the afternoon. Garda Síochána, the Irish police force, said in a press release the attacker injured an adult woman and three young children, one of whom sustained "serious injuries." "This is not about immigration, this is not about the young children who are in hospital this evening," she said .

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Impossible is often just a starting point on a Christopher Nolan film and “Oppenheimer,”about the father of the atomic bomb, was no exception. She told them at the time that if there were ever a zombie apocalypse, they were the people she’d want to be with. “Every day there’s something that happens and you have to figure out a way out of it. It was the perfect claustrophobic, unglamourous and period-specific setting for a humiliating ordeal designed to make Oppenheimer feel small. When he glued it all together, it sounded perfect — but perfect felt wrong.

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Amundi signed a 10-year distribution accord in 2017 when it bought UniCredit's Pioneer Investments for 3.6 billion euros. Credit Agricole CEO Philippe Brassac told reporters this month it was no secret UniCredit was looking at ways "to optimise" the accord with Amundi. Orcel, sources have said, is unhappy with the amount of Amundi funds the accord binds UniCredit to place with customers. UniCredit had 134 billion euros in AUM from fund and portfolio management as of Sept. 30. If their relationship ended after 2027, it would still take UniCredit time to replace Amundi funds with other products.

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For Love & Money is a column from Business Insider answering your relationship and money questions. Our columnist says that just because hard work is virtuous, not doing that hard work isn't wrong. Write to For Love & Money using this Google form. But we've all struggled to do hard things, and that sense of achievement we feel when we're done speaks for itself. Write to For Love & Money using this Google form .

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☆ Evacuees From Gaza Land in Spain
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-16 | by ( Nov. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +2 min

MADRID (Reuters) - A military plane carrying 139 people, mostly Spanish-Palestinian citizens and some of their relatives, from Egypt after being evacuated from the besieged Gaza Strip landed in Madrid on Thursday. Spain's acting Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares and acting Defence Minister Margarita Robles welcomed the evacuees on the runway of the Torrejon de Ardoz air base, outside the Spanish capital. According to the defence ministry, the passengers included 33 men, 39 women and 67 minors - three of them babies under one year of age. Eighty-five of the evacuees held Spanish passports, while the remaining 54 were Palestinian nationals. Not everyone in Gaza is so lucky to have their mother next to them ...

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Learn moreThe Cricket World Cup semi-finals begin today, and you're just a few simple clicks away from a free India vs. New Zealand live stream. Where to watch free India vs. New Zealand Cricket World Cup live streamAustralia is one of the only countries with a free Cricket World Cup live stream, courtesy of streaming service 9Now on the Gem channel. You'll find today's free India vs New Zealand live stream there today, and you can see tomorrow's other semi-final, Australia vs. South Africa, on the main 9Now channel - likewise, with Sunday's final. We've been running a how to watch the Cricket World Cup guide throughout the tournament, so we've confirmed all these details as working for weeks now. Watch India vs. New Zealand.

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AdvertisementAdvertisementFor Love & Money is a weekly column from Insider answering your relationship and money questions. Our columnist says they may not owe their in-laws money, but they do owe them kindness and compassion. Write to For Love & Money using this Google form. We are in a different stage of life and have expenses the other siblings don't. Write to For Love & Money using this Google form .

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☆ A financially independent podcaster breaks down the 2 main ways to make money podcasting — and how he turned it into a business that replaced his six-figure day job
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-09 | by ( Kathleen Elkins | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

His peer pushed back and Luebben started tossing around ideas on his trip home from the event. The newfound revenue stream helped him save up enough money to feel comfortable quitting his six-figure sales job in March 2022. He broke down the two main ways to make money podcasting, and how he turned his podcast into a six-figure business that replaced his 9-to-5 income. How to make money from podcasting: Affiliate linking and advertisingThere are two main ways to make money from a podcast: affiliate linking, which is what Luebben did, and ads. To grow a podcast audience you first have to commit to uploading episodes consistently.

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