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☆ Here's a look at 14 fintech startups that are tackling healthcare's money problems
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-13 | by ( Samantha Stokes | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

A new wave of startups are tackling financial issues within the healthcare space. Here are 14 fintech-healthtech startups that have raised money from VCs. "If you're thinking about building fintech that really helps the average consumer, a big piece of the wallet is healthcare spend," she told Insider in an interview. From the employee-benefits platform Budgie to the wellness credit card Ness, Insider has compiled a list of startups building at the intersection of fintech and healthtech. Check out Insider's list of 14 startups at the intersection of fintech and healthtech.

☆ Trans influencer Dylan Mulvaney reveals the results of her facial feminization surgery in a 'Swan Lake' and Old Hollywood-inspired video
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-28 | by ( Maria Noyen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Trans rights activist and TikToker Dylan Mulvaney revealed the results of her feminization surgery. In a glamorous "Swan Lake" and old Hollywood-themed clip, Mulvaney showed off her post-surgery look. The first half of the video shows Mulvaney, 25, dancing to "Swan Lake" while wearing an edgy, animatronic dress that she said was designed by Cameron Hughes in the caption. After sharing the glamorous video, Mulvaney took to her Instagram story to tell followers that she also wanted to share a photo that was "not as flattering" from her recovery. Dylan Mulvaney also shared a less "glam" glimpse into her recovery from facial feminization surgery.

Kaye Hearn, a justice on South Carolina’s Supreme Court, wrote the majority opinion this month that struck down the state’s six-week abortion ban. Two women, Court of Appeals Judges Stephanie McDonald and Aphrodite Konduros, were initially in the running for Hearn’s seat but withdrew Tuesday. (The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals, the state’s highest court for criminal cases, also has an all-male bench; the Oklahoma Supreme Court, which hears civil cases, has both female and male justices.) In 1988, Toal was elected to the South Carolina Supreme Court. Hearn, who was elected to the state’s Court of Appeals in 1995, joined her on the bench in 2010.

Fanatics is in discussions to acquire the BetParx sportsbook, as the sports merchandising company looks to take a bigger position in sports betting, according to people familiar with the matter. Representatives for Fanatics and BetParx declined to comment. Fanatics has been seeking a deal in the sports betting space for some time. The company is opening Fanatics Sportsbook at FedExField, the stadium of the NFL's Washington Commanders. Last year, Fanatics' billionaire executive chairman Michael Rubin sold his 10% stake in Harris Blitzer Sports Entertainment, the owner of the Philadelphia 76ers and New Jersey Devils, allowing Fanatics to enter the gambling space.

☆ House GOP's 'all-star' oversight panel features 13 election deniers, 10 impeach-Biden-world advocates, and 3 congressional subpoena dodgers
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-19 | by ( Warren Rojas | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

House Republican leaders have stocked the oversight panel with partisan bomb-throwers. Many of the new panelists voted to overturn the 2020 election and defied Jan. 6 investigators. Retired Democratic Rep. Carolyn Maloney, who chaired the House Oversight Committee last session, asserted that this new cast of characters were getting into it for the wrong reasons. "The personal vendettas these committees pursue are not a legitimate use of the oversight power. "These are basically the people who own Kevin McCarthy at this point," Bardella told Insider at the Facts First event.

☆ How San Francisco can tackle two of its biggest issues: office vacancies and housing
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-30 | by ( Sydney Boyo | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

"Prior to the pandemic, in the city of San Francisco, our office vacancy rate was about 4%. San Francisco has been referred to as the work-from-home capital of the United States, with the American Community Survey finding that 46% of employees in San Francisco worked from home in 2021, up from 7% in 2019. Under the Housing Element, the state of California is mandating that San Francisco build 82,000 new units of housing, including affordable units meant for low-income residents, by 2031. "The rents that you can get for a life sciences lab space are much higher than office space. The San Francisco mayor said the problem is that it takes a long time to build housing, especially given all the requirements.

☆ ‘Emily in Paris’ Season 3 Review: Couture Continuation
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-21 | by ( John Anderson | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

The popular “Emily in Paris” is not a fish tank. A fish tank—probably—would not be entering its third season on Netflix with a fourth to come. For those unfamiliar with the show, Lily Collins is its main attraction, her signature eyebrows suggesting an accent aigu and an accent grave as her wide-eyed character, Emily Cooper , makes her rube’s way around Paris. When the show first appeared in 2020, the response in France was negative. That seems as much an insult to Illinois as any slur toward France, whose people are portrayed cartoonishly, if not maliciously.

☆ A Parasite May Explain Why Some People Are Driven to Start a Company
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-21 | by ( Adam Rogers | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +14 min

When wolves in Yellowstone National Park get infected with a cat parasite called Toxoplasma gondii, they become more likely to leave their packs and start new ones. The Yellowstone wolf data hints that it's just the side effect of a protozoan inhabiting our brains in a failed attempt to make more protozoa. So why would any of this make an infected wolf want to start its own pack? That was the suggestion of an influential 2006 paper titled "Can the Common Brain Parasite, Toxoplasma gondii, Influence Human Culture?" Just because Toxo might drive an alpha male to start a company, that doesn't mean it'll be a successful company.

☆ Fanatics salaries: Pay data shows how much the merch giant offers for tech and other jobs, as it expands into sports collectibles, betting, and more
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-21 | by ( Ashley Rodriguez | Colin Salao | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +12 min

Recent work-visa data shows how much the company offers to pay certain staffers. Salaries in the data ranged from $57,100 to $233,200 for mainly tech jobs in its retail division. It included base salaries for mainly tech jobs in the retail division, ranging from a data engineer position that would make $110,000 per year to a director of product management that would earn between $201,968 and $231,750 per year. For example, the data included a pay rate of $125,486 to $130,000 for an experimentation strategist position. Here were the salaries for jobs at Fanatics SPV:Director, Influencer Relations : $195,042 to $200,000: $195,042 to $200,000 Senior Platform Engineer: $144,726 to $165,000This story has been updated to reflect the latest available data.

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☆ 2023 Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV: A Hybrid Claiming Authentic SUV-ness
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-16 | by ( Dan Neil | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

DEFENDING CHAMP The 2023 Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV is successor to the world’s best-selling PHEV sport-utility nameplate, with over 300,000 global sales since 2013, according to the company. The design incorporates Mitsubishi-developed PHEV components to the fourth-generation Outlander’s global platform, shared with Alliance partners Nissan. ANOTHER FUN notion from Japanese aesthetics to go with wabi-sabi and iki, the phrase ifudōdō denotes authenticity and majesty. These qualities were top-of-mind for designers of the Mitsubishi Outlander, said Kentaro Honda , Segment Chief Vehicle Engineer, during a presentation for the plug-in hybrid version, last week near Nashville. Second, that language seems a bit highfalutin, considering the new Outlander PHEV has a face like an illuminated USB port.

☆ 4 one-minute habits that helped me stop procrastinating and get more done every week
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-07 | by ( Akshad Singi | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Working on your hardset task first thing each day leaves you time and energy to get more done later. Courtesy of Akshad SingiHere's why it works wonders:It eliminates the procrastination that stems from trying to decide "when" to start working. If you decide when to start working in real-time, procrastination is inevitable. You might think that you'll start working in five minutes — but those five minutes will turn into an hour without you realizing it. If it's already decided that you'll start working at two o'clock the next day, the chances of procrastination are reduced massively — if not completely.

☆ Fanatics valuation hits $31 billion after $700 million investment round
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-06 | by ( Jessica Golden | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Michael Rubin's sports platform company Fanatics has raised $700 million in fresh capital, pushing its value to $31 billion, according to people familiar with the matter. In March, the company raised $1.5 billion led by Fidelity and Blackrock and Michael Dell's MSD Partners. This summer, Fanatics ventured deeper into collegiate sports, signing a long-term deal with Nike to manufacture college sports fan apparel. Rubin now has his eyes on the sports gaming market. Revenue for Fanatics, including its Lids segment, will be approximately $8 billion in 2023, according to company estimates.

Some elements of the Jeep joint venture's failure are particular to Stellantis - and the former car groups that feature among its 14 brands. But data compiled for Reuters by consultancy LMC Automotive expose a problem shared by a number of other global carmakers: plummeting Chinese plant usage. Reuters GraphicsThe Jeep failure in China happened less than two years after Stellantis was formed by the merger of PSA and Fiat Chrysler. "Chinese companies actually have an early mover advantage because they embraced electrification faster than the foreign companies were willing to," he added. While fully-electric cars make up an average of 5% of models foreign carmakers sell in China, they account for 30% of Chinese carmakers' models, according to LMC data.

☆ Protests in China send a chill through global markets
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-28 | by ( Allison Morrow | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

The protests had an immediate impact on global markets, and raised questions about the path forward for China’s increasingly sluggish economy. The protests began Friday after 10 people were killed in a fire in China’s Xinjiang province, where Covid lockdown restrictions reportedly hindered first responders from reaching the blaze. Step down, Communist Party!”Meanwhile, the prospect of social upheaval in the world’s second-biggest economy has sent a chill through global markets. Oil prices dropped sharply as investors feared that surging Covid cases and protests in China would sap demand from one of the world’s largest oil consumers. To fix its economy, China needs to ease lockdowns to allow its people to get back to their lives.

☆ How a poem is helping comfort some people online after the Colorado Springs LGBTQ club shooting
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-22 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Kahlan-Rosenblatt.Jpg | Kalhan Rosenblatt | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

Before Club Q become the site of a tragic shooting, it was a sanctuary for poet James Davis. He and his friends would gather at the "hokey small town gay bar" to karaoke. “And that every memory that you have there is precious and not a given.”The poem is included in his book of the same title, "Club Q." Author James Davis. As for the future of Club Q, Davis said he hopes the bar is around for many years to come.

☆ 'Spirited' review: Will Ferrell and Ryan Reynolds try their hands (and feet) at musical comedy in 'A Christmas Carol' spoof
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-17 | by ( Review Brian Lowry | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —For those wondering who would build a giant holiday musical-comedy around Will Ferrell and Ryan Reynolds, the “produced by Will Ferrell” credit provides a helpful clue. “Spirited” tries turning “A Christmas Carol” on its head, and while it’s big and boisterous, the movie (hitting theaters before Apple TV+) isn’t consistently irreverent enough to feel like much more than a streaming stocking stuffer. Of course, playing with Charles Dickens’ oft-told tale brings a lot of shorthand to the proceedings, with Ferrell as the Ghost of Christmas Present, who stumbles upon Reynolds’ fast-talking Clint Briggs, a media consultant introduced trying to commoditize Christmas. Present identifies him as a candidate to become their next “perp,” offered a Scrooge-like shot at redemption. “Spirited” premieres November 11 in select US theaters and November 18 on Apple TV+.

☆ Israeli VC firm OurCrowd will invest $60 million to start an A.I. business in the UAE
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-16 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailIsraeli VC firm OurCrowd will invest $60 million to start an A.I. business in the UAEIsraeli VC firm OurCrowd will invest $60 million to start an AI business in the UAE. CEO John Medved speaks to CNBC for more.

☆ Fed's Kashkari: talk of pivot 'premature,' on good policy path
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-10 | by ( Ann Saphir | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

The Fed last week raised its policy rate by 75 basis points to a range of 3.75%-4%, battling inflation that's higher than it has been in 40 years. Fed Chair Jerome Powell signaled that future rate hikes could come in smaller increments as central bankers take into account policy lags. But he also signaled that, ultimately, to bring down inflation the policy rate would likely need to go higher than the 4.6% that policymakers forecast just a couple months ago. The economy was a "long, long, long way" from the point where the Fed's two goals would be in conflict, forcing a pivot on policy, he said. Currently inflation is running at more that three times the Fed's inflation goal, and unemployment, at 3.7%, is below the 4% that most policymakers believe is consistent with a fully employed workforce in the long run.

☆ This 33-year-old makes $14,600 a month in passive income: 'I just one hour a day’ on my online business
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-09 | by ( Ryan Hogue | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Now he makes $14,000 a month in passive income. Today, at 33, I make an average of $14,600 a month in passive income from my print-on-demand business. Photo: Ryan HogueHow I make passive income through print-on-demandAbout 50% of my passive income comes from Amazon Merch on Demand, where I sell the most items. Amazon Merch sellers earn a royalty fee between 13% and 37%, depending on the product type and listing price. Another platform I use is Printful, which is similar to Amazon Merch on Demand and is an inexpensive way to get my products in front of more people.

Dylan Mulvaney, a transgender creator who has chronicled her transition with her "Days of Girlhood" series, on Sunday responded to a slew of Caitlyn Jenner's tweets in which she commented on Mulvaney's body. Mulvaney said what prompted the response was one of Jenner's tweets, in which she said, "He is talking about his penis!" Mulvaney then pulled up a screenshot of a different Jenner tweet, in which she wrote, in part, "Dylan...congrats your trans with a penis." In the video, Mulvaney said the experience made her realize that transgender women should not feel compelled to avoid wearing tight pants or tuck their penises. Prior to Mulvaney posting her video, Jenner said in a tweet she had "never received more death threats."

☆ LeBron James, Kevin Durant and other big names invest in Fanatics lifestyle brand Mitchell & Ness
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-25 | by ( Jessica Golden | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Some of the biggest names in sports and entertainment are investing in Fanatics' lifestyle clothing brand, Mitchell & Ness. The new owners said they plan to make Mitchell & Ness "the most diverse and culturally relevant consumer brand" through their influence and status as tastemakers. Mitchell & Ness is a true classic," he said in February. "I'm proud to play a small role in bringing it back, and in some cases, introducing the authenticity and quality of the Mitchell & Ness brand to a new generation," he added. In June, Mitchell & Ness signed a rights deal to manufacture products for all 32 NHL teams.

☆ India's regulator bars Bombay Dyeing and others from securities market
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-22 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

MUMBAI, Oct 22 (Reuters) - India's Bombay Dyeing and Manufacturing Company Ltd (BDYN.NS) has been barred by the country's capital market regulator from the securities markets for two years. The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) issued a statement late Friday barring Bombay Dyeing and its "promoters" (owners) - Nusli N Wadia and his sons, Ness and Jehangir - from the securities markets for up to two years. Four companies in the Wadia Group are listed on Indian Stock Exchanges, including Bombay Dyeing. The regulator said it had conducted a detailed investigation into the affairs of Bombay Dyeing from 2011-2012 and 2018-2019. The Wadia Group has been contacted for comment.

☆ Once and For All: How Many Shirt Buttons Should Men Undo?
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-21 | by ( Hamish Anderson | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

NECK AND NECK A sliding scale of undone-ness. From left: buttoned-up actor Rami Malek; former President Barack Obama looking discreet; actor Hugh Jackman in a revelatory button-up; late actor and ’70s sex symbol Burt Reynolds, his shirt rakishly (and characteristically) agape. “SHIRT BUTTONS are linked to sexuality,” said Natalie Nudell, particularly when it comes to men’s shirts. Lockdown and the WFH era have rendered ties, already in decline prepandemic, largely extinct. As workers return to offices, few are covering their risqué shirt openings with strips of silk.

☆ I'm a former Trader Joe's employee who tried every pumpkin-spice-flavored item at my local store. Here's what I'd buy again, and the one thing I hated.
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-11 | by ( Rosa Jisoo Pyo | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

I tried all 11 pumpkin-spice-flavored items available this fall at my local Trader Joe's store. The pumpkin-spice espresso beans — crunchy espresso beans covered in pumpkin-spice chocolate — were my favoriteTrader Joe's pumpkin-spice espresso beans. There were 4 types of pumpkin-spice cookies on offerTrader Joe's pumpkin-spice cookies were the only pumpkin-shaped item on offer. The Pumpkin Spice Batons were mehTrader Joe's Pumpkin Spice Batons. If you like Starbucks' Pumpkin Spice Lattes, get Trader Joe's pumpkin-spice coffeeTrader Joe's pumpkin-spice coffee.

☆ After Fiona, climate experts urge Canada to fix flagship adaptation strategy
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-28 | by ( Nia Williams | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Sept 28 (Reuters) - Canada's first national climate adaptation strategy needs to be improved to include near-term targets and specific solutions ahead of its November release to mitigate worsening global warming impacts, experts advising the government told Reuters in the wake of devastation caused by storm Fiona. The destruction comes weeks before Ottawa releases its first ever National Adaptation Strategy (NAS) in early November. A 2020 report from the Federation of Canadian Municipalities estimated Canada needs to spend C$5.3 billion a year to adapt to climate change but the country is at least a decade behind Europe in developing a national strategy, experts said. Britain released its first national adaptation program in 2013, with five-year targets, and is currently developing a third version. "Our first adaptation strategy needs to be a home run," said Ryan Ness, adaptation research director for the Canadian Climate Institute (CCI).

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