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☆ Seeking a Studio in Downtown Brooklyn for Less Than $400,000: She Was Surprised by the Options
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-23 | by ( Debra Kamin | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

The first time Jenn Leyva moved to New York, it was to start college at Columbia University. She took Zoom calls in a corner of the communal living room and made sure to always wash her dishes. Email: thehunt@nytimes.com]She was pleasantly surprised by the options she found online: a handful of studios for less than $400,000, just south of the Brooklyn Bridge, in the corner of the borough where leafy Brooklyn Heights meets Dumbo and Downtown Brooklyn. “Studios were cheap, because everyone was still working from home and wanted a one-bedroom with a separate sleeping space and work space,” Ms. Leyva said. “But my work space is in Manhattan.”She teamed up with Leora Blumberg Rubinstein, a realtor with Douglas Elliman, who approved of her strategy.

☆ Florida schools will not ask student-athletes about menstruation, following outcry
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-09 | by ( Julianne Mcshane | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

The Miami Palmetto Senior High School Lady Panthers huddle before the start of their basketball game against the Miami Senior High School Lady Stings at Miami Senior High School on Feb. 3, 2023, in Miami. Florida schools will no longer ask student-athletes to share their menstrual histories in order to play high school sports, following months of opposition from parents, physicians and advocates. Until now, the form included five optional questions about a student-athlete's menstrual history. Now, however, the newly adopted form will not ask student-athletes about menstruation, instead requiring them to fill out questions about their medical, surgical and emotional histories. (The organization did not provide statistics on transgender and nonbinary people's participation in high school sports in Florida.)

☆ Rage applying: Workers and hiring managers should carefully consider decisions made based on 'short-term emotions,' experts say
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-20 | by ( Jordan Hart | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

It's more about short-term emotions," HR expert Jenn Lim saysTop editors give you the stories you want — delivered right to your inbox each weekday. Corporate consultant and office culture expert Jenn Lim spoke with Insider about the pros and cons of hiring a possible rage-applicant. "It's about asking the right questions in an open way and seeing how the applicant reacts," Lim said. In January, music manager Jordan Smith told Insider about passionately applying to new jobs after being passed over for a promotion. It's more about short-term emotions," Lim told Insider.

For users with a lot of followers, Twitter has been a place to network with professionals in their chosen field, build successful businesses and share breaking news. In October 2022 the account hit 550,000 Twitter followers, she said. Before Musk, Nelson said he communicated with Twitter staff, who engaged with the platform’s top creators to share new features and get insight. Prominent Twitter users said they have also noticed the quality of discourse on the platform declining, including more hateful messages being sent to them in direct messages and replies. It catalogs tweets from and about Musk, including reporting on the disruption to Twitter’s staff, previously suspended accounts that Musk restored and major moments on Musk’s Twitter.

☆ Rent the Runway is now selling secondhand luxury clothes on Amazon from 35 designers including Tory Burch and Kate Spade.
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-12 | by ( Bethany Biron | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Rent the Runway is now selling secondhand luxury goods on Amazon. Rent the Runway CEO Jenn Hyman said the collaboration will foster "incredible brand awareness." As part of a collaboration with Amazon Fashion, the rental company is offering lightly worn styles from more than 35 brands, including Diane Von Furstenberg, Tory Burch, and Kate Spade. The partnership also will feature items from the RTR Design Collective, clothes from emerging designers sold exclusively for Rent the Runway, the company announced on Thursday. The Amazon collaboration will join existing resale retail partnerships Rent the Runway currently has with Saks Off Fifth and ThredUp.

☆ Take a look inside a greenhouse on the rooftop of a Whole Foods in Brooklyn — reducing emissions and food waste
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-31 | by ( Britney Nguyen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: 1 min

At a dinner with his eventual cofounder of Gotham Greens, Eric Haley, and Jenn Frymark, now the chief greenhouse officer, Puri said they learned the basil on their pasta had been flown in from Israel. Gotham Greens CEO Viraj Puri. Gotham Greens and Julie McMahon"At that moment, we knew that there was a clear need and purpose for our proposed business model of building farms closer to population centers," Puri said. After doing more research, they learned that most leafy greens grown in the US come from California and Arizona. "After traveling thousands of miles east, it's at least a week old and leaves a significant mark on the environment through carbon emissions and food waste along the supply chain," Puri said.

☆ More Americans are seeking help for their mental health. Here's how to talk to your boss if you're struggling with anxiety or depression.
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-29 | by ( Marguerite Ward | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Mental health experts shared tips for approaching your manager about your mental health. Thousands of cancelled flights during the holidays, inflation, the pandemic, and the war in Ukraine are chipping away at Americans' mental health. A Gallup poll published in December found that the number of Americans reporting their mental health was "good" or "excellent" was at a record low, while the number of Americans seeking help for their mental health was up. Many are likely grappling with whether to talk to their manager about their mental health. "Beyond Happiness" author Lim suggested framing the conversation around improving your mental health as something that would help both you and your employer.

☆ Elon Musk's Crackdown at Twitter Offers Hope to Fellow Tech Founders
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-19 | by ( Melia Russell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

But there's one group, almost unnoticed in the midst of the online firestorm, that has been cheering Musk on from the sidelines: other tech executives. To some founders, Musk is simply a monstrous version of the executive they wish they could be. Musk is getting rid of perks like free meals in the Twitter cafeteria — and other tech executives are taking note. Musk's slash-and-burn approach gives tech executives cover for making unpopular decisions. But now, as tech companies cut back to prepare for a recession, the "rough waters out there" have forced his staff to "reevaluate" their demands.

☆ I help parents provide holiday gifts for their children. Here are the 6 biggest toy donation mistakes I see.
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-17 | by ( Jenn Morson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

McGovern also collects toys during the holidays, and Insider asked what common mistakes people make. During the holidays, we collect toys for the children of our guests. After nearly 10 years of helping parents provide gifts for their children, here are some of the most common mistakes we see in donations. People are so much more acutely aware of their own poverty around the holidays, especially children. This is one of the biggest mistakes we make, because it delineates "them" from "us."

☆ I've worked at Kohl's for 9 Black Fridays. I get my fair share of pushy customers, but my favorites are the people who make a day of it.
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-25 | by ( Jenn Morson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

MaryKate Murphy has worked every Black Friday at Kohl's for the last nine years. Murphy said a lot has changed since the pandemic, but working on Black Fridays is always fun. The store usually provides Wawa breakfast sandwiches for the early workers, pizza for lunch, and coffee during the day. Kohl's usually gives us an added employee discount around the holidays as well. At the end of the day, I usually head home exhausted, but I love working Black Friday and seeing all of the people having fun shopping together.

☆ Here's why your Thanksgiving turkey probably cost a lot more than it did last year
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-24 | by ( Jyoti Mann | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Turkey farmers in the US face higher costs for feed, electricity and fuel due to an inflation surge. Bob's Turkey Farm in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, told Insider that all its costs are up by 25%. Bob's Turkey Farm in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, told Insider the cost of rearing a turkey had jumped by a quarter compared with last year but has only raised prices by up to 16%. The cost of feed, electricity, fuel, propane, oil and electricity is skyrocketing." The farm typically sells turkeys for about $6 a pound, meaning the average Thanksgiving turkey it sells costs about $100.

☆ I'm a travel nurse. You can make $6,000 a week and live in cool places — but some jobs are too good to be true.
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-17 | by ( Jenn Morson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Ali Brown is a travel nurse currently based in Billings, Montana. Brown became a travel nurse in 2014, and loves the pay and travel. You need to show that you're really paying a mortgage that is fair market value, not just taking the money for other uses. My experience as a travel nurse has taught me so many different layers of perspective that I can use in my career moving forward. Are you a travel nurse with a story about the job?

ST. PAUL, Minn.—This northern city is trying to bring back workers, small businesses and a sense of security after the Covid-19 pandemic, not only to its downtown streets, but to a parallel world one flight up: a 5-mile warren of glassed-in bridges and passages through private buildings called the Skyway. “We’ve got two levels—and twice as much area that we need to make sure gets revitalized,” said Joe Spencer, president of the St. Paul Downtown Alliance in the city of about 320,000, which built the Skyway to allow people to get around downtown without going outside in Minnesota’s frigid winters.

☆ How to work smarter – not harder – everyday
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-31 | by ( Madison Coffelt | Created Slack With Insider Studios | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

When we work smarter, not harder, we can harness our work tools and use technology to our advantage. That flexibility makes space for new ways to work smarter, not harder. In short: Your digital HQ is a way to work, not a place to work. Teams working across various time zones can schedule messages so their colleagues get them when they are online and active. Anyone has the power to use no-code or low-code features in Slack to automate admin work and repetitive tasks, freeing up valuable chunks of time to work on more strategic and meaningful work.

☆ The top 3 workplace practices that give Gen Z employees 'the ick' — and how to avoid them
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-19 | by ( Jordan Hart | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Gen Z will account for 27% of the workforce by 2027, according to reports. By 2025, Gen Z will make up 27% of the global workforce, according to a Forbes report. Workplace expert Jenn Lim weighed in on the perceived workplace faux pas that have led Gen Z to sound off on TikTok. Lim said Gen Z workers are leading the charge to fix broken aspects of the workplace. "I think it's really of tied to how (Gen Z) values their time more in some ways.

☆ More states are requiring employers to disclose how much they pay in job listings — here's why some companies still don't want to
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-05 | by ( Jordan Hart | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Starting Nov. 1, New York City companies will have to include a 'good faith salary range' in job listings. An expert told Insider companies may not disclose salary to use it as a 'negotiation point' during the interview process. "If they don't disclose (salary) up front, they have more wiggle room on the back end," Lim said. If they're just sharing (pay) without much context, it can be divisive," Lim told Insider. Starting November 1, employers will have to include a "good faith salary range" for jobs, promotions, and transfer opportunities.

☆ How Peloton went from a pandemic-era success story worth $50 billion to laying off more than 4,000 workers and losing 3 top execs in a month
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-26 | by ( Avery Hartmans | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +14 min

Peloton's stock has been trading well below the IPO price of $29 per share, at one point dropping as low as $8.22. Prior to founding Peloton, Foley was president at Barnes & Noble, overseeing its e-commerce business. "I would say that it took about five years for the really smart money to start getting involved," Foley told Insider in 2018. The ad, featuring a woman whose husband gifts her a Peloton bike for Christmas, was viewed as being sexist and playing into outdated standards of beauty. Public outrage over the ad sent Peloton's stock plunging 9%, wiping out $942 million in market value in a single day.

☆ How Peloton went from a pandemic-era success story worth $50 billion to laying off more than 4,000 workers and losing 4 top execs in a month
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-26 | by ( Avery Hartmans | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +14 min

☆ How to invest in the education tech trend as schools spend billions to close the Covid learning gap
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-17 | by ( Christina Cheddar Berk | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +11 min

In a race to catch up, school districts are putting an increased emphasis on assessments to ferret out students' weak spots. Chronic absenteeism is already a rampant problem that is continuing to worsen, particularly in school districts with low-income students. She also said products need to be engaging for students, while also providing evidence that the methods used are effective. "Districts need products that work," she said. "They don't need products that look sexy or that have, you know, exciting front ends, they need products that are actually going to work and support students to improve learning."

☆ Chatbots: A long and complicated history
▼ + stars: | 2022-08-20 | by ( Catherine Thorbecke | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

Nearly 60 years later, the market is flooded with chatbots of varying quality and use cases from tech companies, banks, airlines and more. Others, meanwhile, warn the technology behind AI-powered chatbots remains much more limited than some people wish it may be. While they used similar technology to the earlier, social chatbots, Khudanpur said, “you really couldn’t call them chatbots. )”Return to social chatbots, and social problemsIn the early 2000s, researchers began to revisit the development of social chatbots that could carry an extended conversation with humans. This refrain would be repeated by other tech giants that released public chatbots, including Meta’s BlenderBot3, released earlier this month.

The Hong Kong billionaire is offering $240 million to buy out minority shareholders in Caymans-registered Lifestyle International (1212.HK), his department store chain. Several Hong Kong tycoons have fallen foul of the notorious tests, which the Cayman Islands will scrap at the end of this month. Hong Kong dropped the rule in 2014, but is home to just 8% of the city’s listed companies. Lifestyle is domiciled in the Cayman Islands, which at the end of August will drop a requirement for the so-called headcount test. Almost 60% of primary-listed Hong Kong companies are domiciled in the Caribbean tax haven.

☆ Virginia a devenit primul stat din sudul SUA care legalizează folosirea marijuanei în scop recreativ
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-08 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +1 min

Senatul şi Camera Reprezentanţilor au votat miercuri în favoarea autorizării ca adulţii să poată deţine marijuana de la 1 iulie, în ciuda opoziţiei energice a aleşilor republicani.Guvernatorul democrat de Virginia, Ralph Northam, a declarat că statul său "a scris istorie devenind primul din Sud care legalizează deţinerea simplă de marijuana". "Legile privind marijuana erau concepute explicit pentru a viza comunităţile de oameni de culoare, iar persoanele de culoare din Virginia avea un risc disproporţionat de mare de a fi arestate, puse sub acuzare şi condamnate", a afirmat Northam. "În prezent, Virginia a făcut un pas important pentru a corecta aceste scăpări şi pentru a restabili dreptatea pentru cei care au fost afectaţi de anii de supra-criminalizare", a adăugat el.Mai multe state americane, cum sunt New York sau Colorado, au luat măsuri similare, însă Virginia este o deschizătoare de drumuri în Sudul SUA, o regiune care este foarte conservatoare social şi politic.Însă fumatul unui joint în spaţiul public nu va fi permis, aşa cum se întâmplă cu consumul de alcool.Autorizaţiile pentru a produce şi vinde marijuana nu vor fi acordate mai devreme de 1 iulie 2024. "Legalizarea va duce la dispariţia a mii de infracţiuni minore legate de marijuana în fiecare an, punând capăt unei practici discriminatorii care îi vizează prea des pe locuitorii tineri, săraci şi de culoare din Virginia", a declarat Jenn Michelle Pedini, o reprezentantă a NORML, una dintre principalele organizaţii de lobby pro-canabis.

Persons: Ralph Northam, Michelle Pedini Locations: Virginia, Sud, New York, Colorado, SUA

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