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☆ Warehouse giants like Amazon and others are desperate for more robots, but human workers worry they make the job more dangerous
▼ + stars: | 2021-08-31 | by ( Andrew Moseman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +12 min

As a new workday dawns in the warehouse, workers take their places around the floor to start their shifts. Amazon, the industry juggernaut, began bringing robots into its warehouses after purchasing the robotics company Kiva Systems in 2012. This year, it launched a billion-dollar fund focused on logistics and supply-chain robotics companies, the biggest splash in a sea of warehouse robotics investments and acquisitions. A Harvard Business Review survey of 77 warehouse workers in 2022 found that they viewed automation in warehouses slightly more positively than negatively. While workers worried about job loss and dealing with tech malfunctions, they were optimistic that robots could make their work safer and more productive.

☆ I captain a charter yacht that costs $195,000 a week. I've experienced some pretty jaw-dropping moments working with wealthy clientele.
▼ + stars: | 2021-08-12 | by ( Jamie Killin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

He's the captain of the Amarula Sun, a 50-meter yacht that starts at $195,000 a week to charter. My passion for the ocean and yachts is what made me pursue a career as a captain. Courtesy of Fraser YachtsAmarula Sun is a 50-meter yacht that I currently run and have managed for the last eight years. It also has an extensive toy line-up — making it an action-packed charter yacht and one of the best in the industry. The owners lease it to Fraser Yachts, who then charters it out to people going on vacation — with the cost starting at $195,000 per week.

☆ Tom Carper's love of Amtrak doesn't take a back seat to Joe Biden's
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-06 | by ( Nicole Gaudiano | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +14 min

His committee oversees surface transportation, and he loves trains, just like "Amtrak Joe." "Then they named it after Joe Biden, and my staff was so ticked off. Sen. Thomas Carper and then-Vice President Joe Biden speak at the former GM Boxwood Plant in October 2009 in Wilmington, Delaware. Tom Carper and Chris Coons speak to reporters after meeting with President Joe Biden at the White House in February, 2021. As he left, "Tell Joe Biden we love him," the ticket counter attendant said.

☆ 23 Black leaders who are shaping history today
▼ + stars: | 2021-02-01 | by ( Courtney Connley | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +39 min

Following the lead of trailblazers throughout American history, today's Black history-makers are shaping not only today but tomorrow. —Cory StiegRosalind Brewer, 58, Walgreens' next CEO and only Black woman to currently lead a Fortune 500 firmWalgreens' next CEO Rosalind Brewer. When she steps into this new role, she will be the only Black woman currently leading a Fortune 500 firm, and just the third Black woman in history to serve as a Fortune 500 CEO. "When you're a Black woman, you get mistaken a lot," she said during a 2018 speech at her alma mater, Spelman College. —Tom Huddleston Jr.Jason Wright, 38, first Black president of a National Football League teamWashington Football Team president Jason Wright.

Persons: Shirley Chisholm, John Lewis, Maya Angelou, Mary Ellen Pleasant, Kamala Harris, Gene Kim, Harris, Shyamala Gopalan Harris, Shyamala, —, — Cory Stieg Rosalind Brewer, Rosalind Brewer, Ursula Burns, Mary Winston, Brewer, Kimberly, Clark, she's, — Courtney Connley, Kizzmekia, Corbett, Kizzmekia Corbett, Anthony Fauci, Fauci, Dr, — Cory Stieg Victor J, Glover , Jr, Victor Glover, Amanda Gorman, Joe Biden, Gorman, Abraham Lincoln, Martin Luther King Jr, Lady Jill Biden, Robert Frost, Oprah, Angelou, — Jennifer Liu, Amanda Gorman's, Raphael Warnock, Georgia's, Kelly Loeffler, Warnock, Ebenezer Baptist Church —, — Abigail Johnson Hess Rashida Jones, Rashida Jones, Jones, Kristen Welker, Carole Simpson, Nicolle Wallace's, Dorothy Tucker, Brown, — Taylor Locke Sandra Lindsay, Sandra Lindsay, Lindsay, She's, I'm, Jade Scipioni Nicholas Johnson, Princeton's, Nicholas Johnson, Princeton University's, Johnson, William Massey, — Abigail Johnson Hess Cynthia, Cynt, Marshall, Cynthia Marshall, Cynt Marshall, George Floyd, Marshall —, Mark Cuban, Scipioni, Cynthia Marshall's, Dallas Mavericks Cori Bush, Missouri's, Missouri, Cori Bush, Michael Brown, Ferguson, William Lacy Clay Jr, Bush, Essence.com, I've, he's, Louis, Clay, — Jennifer Liu Alicia Boler Davis, Amazon's, Jeff Bezos Alicia Boler Davis, Alicia Boler Davis, Boler Davis, Jeff Bezos, alums, Jennifer Liu, Noah Harris, Harvard Noah Harris, Harvard's, It's, we've, Fentrice Driskell, Du Bois, — Abigail Johnson Hess, Harvard Mellody Hobson, Mellody Hobson, Ariel Investments, Hobson, — Courtney Connley Sydney Barber, Sydney Barber, Barber, Ms, Janie Mines, wasn't, Mines, Jesse Collins, Collins, Indiewire, " Collins, Jennifer Liu Nia DaCosta, Nia DaCosta, Marvel, DaCosta, Nora Ephron, Jordan Peele, Peele, — Tom Huddleston Jr, Aicha Evans, Zoox, Evans, Jason Wright, Wright, He's, Dan Snyder, — Emmie Martin Dana Canedy, Dana Canedy, Simon, Simon & Schuster, Dana Canedy's, Canedy, Denzel Washington, Alicia Adamczyk, Schuster Bozoma Saint John, Saint John, Beyonce, Kanye West, Nicki Minaj, Michael Jackson, — Courtney Connley Cheick Camara, Ermias Tadesse, Cornell University's, Cheick Camara, Ermias Organizations: CNBC, White, South, Latina, Howard University, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc, Democrat, United States Senate, U.S, Walgreens, Fortune, Starbucks, Walgreens Boots Alliance, Xerox, Bed, Sam's, Walmart, Nonwovens, Spelman College, Moderna, National Institute of Allergy, National Urban League, FDA, Vaccine Research, University of North, Space Station, NASA, Capitol, LA, Poet, Harvard, Georgia, Black, Morehouse College cum, Ebenezer Baptist Church, United, MSNBC, University of Missouri's School of Journalism, NBC, ABC News, National Association of Black Journalists, Jewish Medical Center, Northwell, Long, Pfizer, Pew Research Center, Princeton, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, NBA Dallas Mavericks, Dallas Mavericks, NBA, Mavericks, Congress, Senate, Democratic, Green New Deal, General Motors Institute, GM, Amazon, Employees, Amazon's, Ariel Investments, Ariel, Financial Planning's Diversity, Princeton University, JPMorgan, Lucas Family Foundation, Hobson College, Naval, U.S . Naval Academy, U.S . Naval, Naval Academy, Academy, Super, Super Bowl, Jesse Collins Entertainment, ViacomCBS Cable Networks, BET, CMT, Comedy Central, MTV, Paramount Network, VH1, Marvel, Marvel Studios, Marvel Universe, Tribeca, Wall Street, George Washington University, Intel, Financial, Automotive News, National Football League, Washington Football, Washington Football Team, National Football, NFL, Atlanta Falcons, Cleveland Browns, Arizona Cardinals, University of Chicago, McKinsey & Company, Washington, Morning, Simon &, New York Times, Jordan, Crown Publishers, New Yorker, Netflix, Saint, Longtime, Endeavor, Uber, Apple, PepsiCo, BlackGen Capital, Cornell, BlackGen Locations: United States, Oakland , California, India, America, White, California, University of North Carolina, Chapel, Los Angeles, Georgia's, Savannah , Georgia, Ebenezer, Long, New York, Queens , New York, Jamaica, Princeton, Montreal, Canada, Spring, Missouri, Louis, St, Detroit, Hattiesburg , Mississippi, Florida, Chicago, U.S, Lake Forest , Illinois, Sydney, mull, Senegal, Zoox, Charlottesville , VA

☆ Meet Thomas Healy, the self-made billionaire who just became the youngest CEO of a publicly traded company
▼ + stars: | 2020-10-07 | by ( Taylor Nicole Rogers | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

After his electric truck startup debuted on the New York Stock Exchange Friday, Thomas Healy became both the youngest CEO of a publicly traded company and one of America's youngest self-made billionaires. Healy has an estimated net worth of $1.6 billion, per a Business Insider analysis. In an exclusive interview with Business Insider, Healy shared what it's like to become a billionaire overnight. Now that Healy is the youngest CEO of a publicly traded company in the US and among its youngest self-made billionaires, it seems like he can barely believe it himself. "I think the best word I can use to describe it is surreal," Healy told Business Insider.

We also wanted to give ourselves more wiggle room in our budget by lowering our monthly mortgage payment in case either of us lost our income. We were able to refinance to a new 3.4% 30-year loan to save $150 a month and more than $30,000 over the life of the loan. Why we decided to refinance nowWe bought our house in April 2017, using a 30-year mortgage at 4.4%. We decided to refinance not only to take advantage of lower mortgage refinance rates, but also as a precaution. A lower monthly mortgage payment gives us some flexibility and more cash flow if we find ourselves with less money coming in.

Organizations: Finance, Service Locations: Wall, Silicon, United States

☆ Hidden Monopoly, Offshore Money and a Clash of Interests in the Giurgiulești Port
▼ + stars: | 2020-03-02 | by ( Nemerenco Daniela | ) www.zdg.md time to read: +29 min

ZdG debunked the hidden monopoly, an offshore company, and business interests, including those of a deputy of Moldova’s Parliament, in the Giurgiulești Passengers and Goods Port, operated by the Ungheni River Port. The State Enterprise Ungheni River Port operates the Giurgiulești Passengers and Goods Port. Any attempts by other economic agents to obtain the status of port agency in the state-controlled port failed. How the state enterprise explains the monopoly in the port We went to the Ungheni company headquarters to discuss with the administration of the Ungheni River Port. A conversation between the tugboat owner and the Ungheni River Port administration The tugboat stations within the state-owned port since June 2018.

Persons: ZdG, ”, Moldova’s, Molincom, Medvedev, Daniil Șevcenco, “, didn’t, Vladimir Medvedev, Gheorghe Țurcanu, Veaceslav Ioniță, Igor Macari, Denis Dobrioglo, Leonid Karagheaur, Sergei Raevski, Țurcanu, Pîrlog, Ruslan Baciu, Iurie, Marcelian Pîrlog, Anatolie Balan, Alexandru Maximov, Condaline, Marcelian, Nicolae Dimitrachi, Translogist Sistem, Baciu, Translogist, Sergiu Gheceanu, ” ZdG, Marina Polasek, Reni, ” Medvedev, Anatolie, ” Vladimir Medvedev, Ion Chicu, Anatol Usatîi, Ludmila Guzun, Anatolie Labuneț, Igor Zaharia, Labuneț, Carolina Lipskaia, Oleg Lipskii’s, Evghenii Labuneț, Veaceslav Macaidenco, ” Labuneț, Zaharia, Mr Medvedev, Chicu, “ Mr Medvedev, slandering, Preluarea, maximă, trebuie, Instituțiile, Materialele, inclusiv Organizations: Goods, National Anticorruption Center, Port, Moldova’s Government, Logistics, State Enterprise, Naval Agency, Customs Service, Mr, Agro Factor, United Arab, UAE, Agro, United, Public Property Agency, ILM Logistic, Port Agency Service, Register, DB Translogist, Translogist, Ministry, Socialist, Security and Intelligence Service, Economy, Infrastructure, Democratic Party, Medvedev, Moldova’s Socialist Party, “, Navigation Company, Marine Engineering, Socialist Party, Anticorruption Center, Naval Agency of, National Anticorruption, Naval, Moldova’s Naval Agency, Jurnalistului din Republica Moldova Locations: Port, “, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Russian, Zurich, Switzerland, Moldova, United Kingdom, Chișinău, Moldova’s, Consideea, Ciocana, Translogist, Condaline, Ungheni, Canada, PPMG, Naval Agency of Moldova, Jurnalistului din

Without gap insurance, the insurance company will only pay for what the car is worth at the time of the incident and you may still owe money to the creditor. The monthly payment for gap insurance is usually tacked on to the loan or lease payment, and costs about 5% of the annual comprehensive and collision insurance premium. Gap insurance can be purchased through your lender, auto dealership, private insurance companies, and other sources. One of the most important things to know is you need both comprehensive and collision coverage to qualify for gap insurance. Much like homeowners insurance purchased by mortgage lenders, these plans don't cover the many benefits you want, but the cost of car insurance coverage rises substantially.

☆ Mark Cuban says this is Shark Tank's 'No. 1 success story' after start-up sells for $22 million
▼ + stars: | 2018-11-01 | by ( Tom Huddleston Jr. | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

All Bruno Francois wanted to do was to make a viral app. The Atlanta-based entrepreneur did exactly that, and then he sold the resulting start-up — backed by Mark Cuban — to online used car-seller Carvana for $22 million. 1 success story" of all the start-ups to ever appear on ABC's "Shark Tank." But long before Francois hit on Car360, he was an entrepreneur looking to create the next viral app — a goal that would take him through multiple products. Then "I Googled 'How to promote an app,'" Francois now tells CNBC Make It while laughing.

Persons: Bruno Francois, Mark Cuban, Francois, Carvana, Car360, he'd Organizations: Apple, University of Central, CNBC, Ventures, Francois, YouTube Locations: Atlanta, Phoenix, University of Central Florida

☆ These are the world's smartest animals, according to science
▼ + stars: | 2014-04-23 | by ( Dina Spector | Rebecca Cohen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +12 min

While we know parrots can mimic human language, studies show they actually have an understanding of that language. It also becomes difficult to compare between species since most intelligence tests or tasks are designed for specific animals. Animals evolve certain kinds of cognitive abilities to deal with pressures in their natural habitat, said Virginia Morell, author of "Animal Wise." We also tend to underestimate the brainpower of animals by relying too much on intelligence tests based on what humans are capable of. The good news is "we're getting a better idea of how animals think and experience the world," Morrell said.

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