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☆ Drop bears: The true history of a fake Australian animal
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-30 | by ( Ben Westcott | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

“Once prey is within view, the Drop Bear will drop as much as eight meters to pounce on top of the unsuspecting victim. When CNN Travel asked Australian film star Chris Hemsworth for advice on avoiding drop bears in 2018, he said: “Bring an umbrella.”The origins of the drop bearDespite the drop bear’s popularity and growing international reputation, its actual origins are unknown. Not every Australian grew up with stories of drop bears, but those who do remember being told about drop bears by their parents, especially people who grew up in the country or in farming communities. The Drop BearsThere is, however, one clear marker of when the mythical drop bears began to enter Australian pop culture. Tell them you’ve got to be wary or (the drop bears) will drop down and take you,” Batchelor said.

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51% of drivers do not trust their car insurance providers and car insurance costs continue to rise, up by 11.2% in 2023-2024. Get Car Insurance Quotes Compare affordable car insurance quotes online in minutes. How to shop for car insuranceIf you're in the market for car insurance, here's a step-by-step guide to finding the best and cheapest car insurance for you. Factors That Affect Car Insurance QuotesPersonal FactorsOne personal factor that affects your car insurance quotes is your age and gender. How to Compare Car Insurance Quotes FAQHow often should I compare car insurance quotes?

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☆ Lady Gaga's fiancé is a tech CEO who went to Harvard with Mark Zuckerberg
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-29 | by ( Avery Hartmans | Sarah Jackson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Polansky appears to have been involved in several of Parker's other ventures since 2010. Polansky and Parker's working relationship goes back many years. Theo Wargo/Getty Images for Global CitizenAccording to his LinkedIn page, he's the executive director of the Parker's charity, the Parker Foundation; he's a board member at the Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy; he's managing partner at Parker Ventures; and he's CEO of the Parker Group, which serves as the umbrella organization for all of Parker's other endeavors. According to Pitchbook, Polansky is also cofounder of VC firm Hawktail; executive advisor at private equity firm Cove Hill Partners; senior advisor at boutique VC growth investor 7 Global Capital; and partner at investment firm Unless Management. Gaga also founded the nonprofit Born This Way Foundation, which focuses on mental health and youth empowerment, in 2012.

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☆ Our Mexican beer powerhouse is down on a rival's troubles — so we're buying the dip
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-29 | by ( Jeff Marks | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

We're buying 50 shares of Constellation Brands at roughly $246 each. Following Monday's trade, Jim Cramer's Charitable Trust will own 375 shares of STZ, increasing its weighting in the portfolio to 2.8% from 2.46%. Shares of Mexican beer maker Constellation Brands were down 3% on Monday after Heineken reported weaker-than-expected earnings. We're also upgrading Constellation stock back to our buy-equivalent 1 rating . 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 latest three-year cruise is running two months late
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-28 | by ( Julia Buckley | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Now, another company aiming to be the first to produce a round-the-world residential cruise at a reasonable price has delayed departure by two months. Villa Vie Residences was due to depart from Belfast on May 30. But after a couple of unexpected hiccups, the ship – the Villa Vie Odyssey – is still in the Northern Irish city. Villa Vie had bought the ship from Fred. Meanwhile, two people who were part of the Life at Sea management when the cruise was canceled have announced their own rival outlet.

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☆ Camp counselors, golf caddies and 10 other people to consider tipping this summer, according to etiquette pros
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-21 | by ( Ryan Ermey | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Roughly 2 in 3 adults have a negative view of the practice, according to a recent survey from Bankrate, and 30% say tipping culture has gotten out of control. Etiquette pros say tipping guidelines are just that — guidelines. "Good tipping feels good for everyone involved," Daniel Post Senning, co-author of "Emily Post's Etiquette, The Centennial Edition," previously told Make It. Here are some people etiquette experts say are worth considering tipping. But many camps forbid counselors from taking tips, says Diane Gottsman, a national etiquette expert and founder of the Protocol School of Texas.

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View at AmazonThere are even more options for Prime Day Apple Watches, and Prime Day iPads still available in our other guides. For an extensive breakdown divided up by size, see our full roundup of Prime Day TV deals. View at AmazonThere are even more sleep deals where those came from — check out our roundups of the best Prime Day mattress deals and Prime Day pillow deals. Do I need to be an Amazon Prime member to buy Prime Day deals? Amazon Prime Day deals are comparable to Black Friday and Cyber Monday, with the main difference being that Amazon is the only participating retailer.

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☆ Putin’s summer residence gets new air defenses as Ukraine steps up drone attacks
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-18 | by ( Ivana Kottasová | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Satellite images have revealed that several Pantsir-S1 air defense systems have been installed in the vicinity of the presidential residence on Lake Valdai in Novgorod region. The Valdai residence could be a high-profile target, as Putin is known to be spending time there during the summer. CNN has reached out to the Russian Defense Ministry for comment but has not received a response. Satellite image provided by Maxar Technologies shows an air defense system near the summer residence of Russian President Vladimir Putin. The Ukrainian military has also managed to destroy fuel depots, military targets and energy infrastructure much further afield.

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Prime Day TV dealsThis Prime Day, we're seeing some of the biggest price drops of the year on top TV models from our favorite brands. Prime Day laptop dealsLaptops go on sale year-round, but Prime Day is traditionally the best time of year to make a purchase. Prime Day mattress dealsMattresses go on sale several times a year, but few sales offer as lucrative mattress discounts as Prime Day. Prime Day Amazon device dealsDuring Prime Day, many of the best Amazon devices see their lowest prices ever. Prime Day travel dealsSummer travel is underway, and so are the best Prime Day deals on luggage and backpacks.

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We found the best Amazon Prime Day outdoor furniture deals to help you achieve your dream al fresco space. As we've reached the midway point of summer, now is the best time to find savings on the best outdoor patio furniture, including seating and dining sets, firepits, umbrellas, and more. Shop all Prime Day outdoor furniture deals on Amazon. Prime Day outdoor furniture deals echo savings you would find during major holidays like Independence Day and Black Friday. Check out our roundup of all of the best Prime Day deals here, or browse Amazon's website for more.

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☆ Why a fund manager at $1.4 billion AdvisorShares is investing in tobacco, alcohol, and other vice stocks — and his 7 top picks
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-16 | by ( Christine Ji | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Ahrens has over 25 years of experience with vice stocks and oversees six AdvisorShares ETFs, including the AdvisorShares Vice ETF (VICE). More than just beer and cigarettesThere's also a lot more to vice investing than just tobacco and alcohol stocks. "Tobacco stocks and alcohol stocks and other similar stocks are in all the major index indexes in the United States," Ahrens said. By purchasing a share of an S&P 500 index fund, investors are inadvertently already exposed to vice stocks. They are all constituents of the AdvisorShares Vice ETF (VICE).

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☆ Wendy's CEO got ripped for pushing dynamic pricing. It could be coming to a store near you.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-15 | by ( Ayelet Sheffey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

With digital price tags, big retailers, in theory, could do the same. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell has said that type of dynamic pricing is "incredibly important in our economy." AdvertisementSome experts agree, saying dynamic pricing practices could benefit consumers who are able to gain some understanding of the system and shop around. After customers complained online that those changes would surge prices, a spokesperson announced the company did not intend to implement surge pricing. How does dynamic pricing impact you?

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☆ 'Stranger Things' season 5 is coming. Here's everything the Duffer brothers have said about the final season of the Netflix hit.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-15 | by ( Palmer Haasch | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

"Stranger Things" season five will be the hit Netflix series' last. The Duffer brothers have teased information about the final season since season four was released in 2022. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementSince premiering in 2016, "Stranger Things" has gone on to become one of Netflix's most popular series of all time. The supernatural drama, set in the fictional town of Hawkins, Indiana, in the 1980s, is now headed into its fifth and final season.

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☆ Russia's showing NATO its hand in the air war over Ukraine
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-13 | by ( Sinéad Baker | Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +21 min

Experts told Business Insider the Ukraine war has underscored how some elements of modern air combat are radically changing. And in fights like Desert Storm and the Iraq War, the West established air superiority by taking out its opponent's air defenses. The Russian air force can't meet Western air forces air to air in a major attack without being "shot to pieces," Bronk said. "Nobody really wants an air war with Russia," said John Baum, a Mitchell Institute expert and retired US Air Force lieutenant colonel. "It is not a highly desirable thing, I think, from either side, to want to have this air war."

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☆ Google revamps its ambitions for AR glasses to make up lost ground and stem defectors to Meta
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-12 | by ( Hugh Langley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

Hugo Swart, formerly Qualcomm's head of XR, joined Google's AR group in April to lead ecosystem strategy and partner relationships. Related storiesMark Lucovsky, a senior director on Google's AR software, left last July, citing "changes in AR leadership and Google's unstable commitment and vision" to the product. "Doing anything first-party is a challenge relationship-wise," said a former Google AR team member. There is internal speculation that Samsung will be the first to also build glasses with Google's AR software, according to two employees familiar with the matter. Without a device of its own and with its AR software still in development, Google now finds itself on the back foot.

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☆ My wife and I sold our home in Texas and started traveling the world with our 4-year-old to find a new place to live. We've been to 29 countries so far.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-11 | by ( Samantha Grindell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Read previewThis as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Jimmy Sweeney, a 31-year-old dad who has been traveling the world with his wife, Brooke, and 4-year-old daughter, Isla, to find a new home since June 2023. Brooke and I have always loved traveling, and having a kid, we knew we didn't want to change that. We sold our house and started our journey in EuropeWe put our house on the market in April of last year. Seeing the stories kids in a place are growing up with is a great way to learn about a culture. We've loved a lot of places so farIt doesn't take long to understand whether you relate to or feel a part of somewhere.

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☆ Illegal Eviction Complaints Rise As Police Fail to Enforce
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-10 | by ( Cecilia Reyes | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +44 min

The nature of illegal lockouts means they are hard to track directly. One of the responding officers calls a sergeant over, who says there's nothing else they can do. While only 14% of lockout calls led to a police report, 86% of calls about shoplifting did. As they walk over, one of the officers tells the other to look up "illegal lockout" on his phone. A 2006 bill that would have defined illegal lockouts for all Illinois residents was defeated.

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HubSpot CEO Yamini Rangan speaks at the company's Inbound conference in Boston on Sept. 6, 2023. HubSpot shares plunged 11% on Wednesday after a report said Alphabet isn't going forward with plans to buy the software company. Representatives of HubSpot and Google's parent company didn't immediately respond to a request for comment. HubSpot develops software that companies, largely small and medium-sized businesses, use to automate marketing and reach prospective customers. Buying HubSpot would have helped Google grow revenue from business software, alongside cloud infrastructure, as well as other non-cloud businesses under the Alphabet umbrella.

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HubSpot CEO Yamini Rangan speaks at the company's Inbound conference in Boston on Sept. 6, 2023. HubSpot shares plunged 12% on Wednesday after a report said Alphabet isn't going forward with plans to buy the software company. Representatives for HubSpot and Google parent Alphabet didn't immediately respond to requests for comment. HubSpot develops software that companies, mostly small and medium-sized businesses, use to automate marketing and reach prospective customers. Buying HubSpot would have helped Google grow revenue from business software, alongside cloud infrastructure, as well as other non-cloud businesses under the Alphabet umbrella.

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☆ Americans are suddenly finding it harder to land a job — and keep it
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-08 | by ( Elisabeth Buchwald | Alicia Wallace | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Suddenly, the red-hot labor market is feeling closer to lukewarm for job seekers. The unemployment rate rose to a three-year high of 4.1% in June, with 6.8 million people unemployed. At that time a year ago, the unemployment rate was at 3.6% and 6 million people were unemployed. The rising unemployment rate — driven primarily by more people entering the workforce — means that it’s getting more competitive for job hunters to get hired. Since 2022, the temporary help sector has added jobs in only four months.

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☆ Tensions with Iran spotlight Israel's hidden nuclear arsenal
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-04 | by ( Paul Iddon | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

AdvertisementBy invoking doomsday weapons, it was clear Katz was alluding to Israel's nuclear weapons arsenal — an arsenal over which neither he nor IAI have any command-and-control. There are eight countries in the world with declared nuclear arsenals, four of which — the United States, China, India, and Russia — have a complete nuclear triad. Israel's triad has some notable distinctions and limitations compared to those of the other four. "Israel's nuclear triad bears the hallmarks of a regional nuclear triad as seen in India and Pakistan, rather than seeking globe-spanning strike capability," Sebastien Roblin, a widely published military-aviation journalist, told Business Insider. "Israel's nuclear deterrent is not designed to ward off great powers like Russia or China, but rather regional powers like Egypt and Iran," Bohl told BI.

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☆ 'We don't do God' and massive ad spends: How UK election races differ from American ones
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-04 | by ( Holly Ellyatt | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +12 min

Here are a handful of them:1) CampaignsBy the time a presidential election takes place in the United States, the electorate will have already endured months of seemingly endless electioneering — with the entire election campaign process from candidacies and the campaign trail to the actual presidential election and inauguration taking up to two years. In the U.K., the time frame between a prime minister calling a general election to the actual vote is just six weeks. It sounds simple, and usually is, unless there's a "hung parliament" in which no political party wins a majority of seats. In the U.K., political advertising on TV and radio is not allowed, so U.K. voters are subjected to the somewhat quaint "party political broadcasts" during election campaigns. 6) 'Absurd' diversionsBritish political experts note that, unlike in the U.S., where broad political debates tend to remain the key focus, U.K. election campaigns can see more minor or fringe issues dominate the short election campaign.

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☆ Manchester United to cut 250 jobs as Sir Jim Ratcliffe continues Old Trafford cost-cutting
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-03 | by ( Adam Crafton | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +8 min

Manchester United today told staff that the club is intending to cut 250 jobs as new co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe continues his bid to slash costs at Old Trafford. All department and levels within the club will be impacted and the club says it will not include staff at their charitable arm, the Manchester United Foundation. What power does INEOS have over how Manchester United are run? Because it is a policy change, it would have been shared across the leaders of the football club but it was not something that needed board approval to be implemented. By Dan SheldonGO DEEPER Explained: INEOS' bid to cut non-football staff at Manchester United(Marc Atkins/Getty Images)

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☆ State Farm again is seeking huge increases in home insurance rates in California
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-02 | by ( Jordan Valinsky | Ramishah Maruf | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

New York CNN —State Farm is seeking increases of as much as 52% for some of its residential insurance rates in California, which could ramp up the financial burden for many homeowners and renters in the state’s troubled insurance market. It’s the third major change for State Farm in California within the last year. “State Farm General’s latest rate filings raise serious questions about its financial condition,” California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara said in a statement. A few months following State Farm’s decision to stop offering new home insurance, Farmers Insurance also started limiting new homeowners insurance policies in California, citing high costs and wildfire risks. Farmers is the second-largest provider of homeowners insurance in the state, after State Farm.

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