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☆ Banks are all-in on AI, but there's one problem: They can't hold on to the talent. Here's why.
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-23 | by ( Paige Hagy | Bianca Chan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Big banks are hiring a lot of AI talent, but are having a tough time holding on to it. The difficulty banks have retaining AI talent, however, isn't due to poaching among peers. Banks can lure in AI talentIt's true that big banks have the wherewithal to hire and capitalize on top AI talent and are attractive at the outset to those looking for a new shop. "The AI talent coming to the financial-services industry is almost like supporting the tech talent, if you will," Hirsch said. Big Tech has its own problems right nowTo be sure, banks are snagging from Big Tech too.

You can use a Hilton free night certificate at just about any Hilton hotel, including the stunning Waldorf Astoria Grand Wailea Resort in Maui. Hilton HotelsYou can earn Hilton free night certificates with select Amex Hilton credit cards. Hilton free night reward certificates are valid at almost any Hilton hotel, including luxury Conrad and Waldorf Astoria properties. Best Hilton hotels for using a free night certificateYou'll usually get the most value from your Hilton free night certificate by redeeming it at expensive properties or luxury beach resorts. How to use Hilton free night certificatesWhen you've earned a Hilton free night certificate, you'll receive an email from Hilton Honors letting you know your award is in your Hilton account.

☆ Wall Street style guide: Bankers break down what interns should — and should not — wear this summer, from Lululemon trousers to Allbird sneakers
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-10 | by ( Emmalyse Brownstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

From Allbirds sneakers to Lululemon pants, Wall Street work attire has gotten more casual. It's an awkward time for the Wall Street wardrobe. Trying to nail the modern Wall Street look can be intimidating. But blazers still have a place on Wall Street, even if they're not as omnipresent as they once were. "If you're going to do a sneaker, it's got to be what I call a 'fashion sneaker.'

☆ Japan's largest airline is canceling the $10,000 first and business class tickets it mistakenly sold for $300
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-25 | by ( Taylor Rains | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

A currency conversion error caused premium seats worth thousands to be sold for as little as $300. Japanese airline All Nippon Airways will not honor the deeply discounted first and business class tickets mistakenly sold in a currency glitch last week, the airline announced Tuesday. On April 19, some travelers discovered ANA, which is Japan's largest carrier, sold premium seats at rock bottom fares, with many lucky travelers snagging $10,000 roundtrip tickets for just $300. While the airline initially told Bloomberg it would honor the price, it has since decided to cancel the bookings. "For the flights which were erroneously processed, ANA will cancel and fully refund all itineraries," the carrier told Bloomberg on Tuesday.

☆ A D.E. Shaw internship could land a dream gig at the secretive hedge fund. Here's what it takes.
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-10 | by ( Michelle Abrego | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Shaw's recruiting head, took us inside the firm's process for finding talent. Shaw Group is one of the highest-grossing, and most secretive, hedge funds on Wall Street, with $60 billion under management. Launched by former Columbia University computer-science professor David Shaw above a small left-wing bookshop in lower Manhattan in 1988, D.E. The interview process includes an initial video interview, a case study or coding test (depending on the internship), a second round of video interviews, and a reference check. At any point in the process, candidates might even be steered toward an internship other than the one they applied to that could better align with the candidate's skills and interests.

☆ A summer internship at D.E. Shaw can pay up to $20,000 a month. Here's what it takes to land a coveted spot.
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-06 | by ( Michelle Abrego | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

☆ U.S. and China wage war beneath the waves – over internet cables
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-24 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +28 min

Three of China’s state-owned carriers – China Telecommunications Corporation (China Telecom), China Mobile Limited and China United Network Communications Group Co Ltd (China Unicom) – had committed funding as members of the consortium, which also included U.S.-based Microsoft Corp and French telecom firm Orange SA, according to six people involved in the deal. China Telecom, China Mobile, China Unicom and Orange did not respond to requests for comment. China Telecom, China Mobile and China Unicom were resolutely behind HMN Tech, which had come in with a bid of around $500 million. China Telecom and China Mobile threatened to walk off the project, taking tens of millions of dollars of investment with them. Among them is China Telecom, which had previously won authorization to provide services in the United States.

☆ I placed my first order on Temu, the Chinese e-commerce app. It worked, but the dozens of marketing emails annoyed me.
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-23 | by ( Danni Santana | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Temu items in original packaging. My temu order arrived with a hole in the package. All four items included in my Temu order. Moving forward, I will keep the Temu app on my phone and scroll through when boredom strikes. Read more: Everything we know about Chinese app Temu.

☆ Costco's new roast beef sandwich costs as much as 6 of the retailer's hot dogs
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-22 | by ( Nancy Luna | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Costco's food court is known for cheap fast-food staples such as $1.50 all-beef hot dogs. But some are balking at the price of the $9.99 roast beef sandwich. Many hard-core warehouse fans complained it was too expensive for Costco's food court, known for cheap fast-food staples such as $1.50 all-beef hot dogs and $10 whole pizzas. It is made with sliced roast beef, onion relish, a mayonnaise and mustard blend, lettuce, and roasted cherry tomatoes and served on a hoagie-style roll. When asked about the status of the roast beef sandwich, a food court worker answering the phone at the Lynnwood warehouse said 29 were left.

Frequently asked questionsWhen is Presidents' Day? Presidents' Day takes place on February 20, 2023. How long do Presidents' Day sales last? Presidents' Day sales vary between different retailers, with some persisting for a week or more while others only last for the weekend. Apparel, beauty, and tech deals tend to end the week of Presidents' Day.

Alliant Credit Union Personal Loan Amounts and Interest RatesAlliant Credit Union offers personal loans from $1,000 to $50,000, with an APR range that starts at 10.49%. How Alliant Credit Union Personal Loans WorkAlliant Credit Union offers unsecured personal loans to qualified borrowers. Alliant Credit Union TrustworthinessThe Better Business Bureau has rated Alliant Credit Union an A+. Yes, Alliant Credit Union is a legitimate credit union federally insured by the National Credit Union Administration. Rates are capped by the National Credit Union Administration at 18%, so if you have poorer credit, you might get a better rate with a credit union than another lender.

Hilton HotelsYou can earn Hilton free reward night certificates with select Amex Hilton credit cards. Earn a Free Night Reward from Hilton Honors after you spend $15,000 on purchases on your Card in a calendar year. If the annual fee of the Hilton Honors American Express Aspire Card is too high for you, the Hilton Honors American Express Surpass® Card is a good option. Details Rewards Earn 12x Hilton Honors Points at Hilton per dollar for purchases made directly with hotels and resorts in the Hilton portfolio. Enjoy complimentary Hilton Honors Gold Status with your Hilton Honors Business Card.

☆ The unemployment rate is at its lowest since 1969
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-03 | by ( Juliana Kaplan | Andy Kiersz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The US added over half a million jobs and unemployment fell in January, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The unemployment rate is now at its lowest since 1969, easing fears of a potential downturn. Indeed, hiring was booming so much that the unemployment rate fell to 3.4%. That's the lowest rate since 1969. That's right: The US hasn't seen an unemployment rate this low since the moon landing.

☆ Nancy Pelosi endorses Adam Schiff in California Senate race if Sen. Dianne Feinstein doesn't run
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-02 | by ( Kevin Breuninger | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Former House Speaker Rep. Nancy Pelosi endorsed fellow California Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff on Thursday in the already-competitive 2024 Senate race for the seat currently held by Dianne Feinstein. The endorsement comes one week after Schiff, the former chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, launched his bid for Feinstein's coveted Senate seat. That's why I'm running for the U.S. Senate," Schiff said in a campaign-launch video. Schiff was not the first Democrat to jump into the race for Feinstein's seat. Democratic Rep. Katie Porter announced Jan. 10 that she will run for Senate in California, snagging the endorsement of Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass.

☆ Why Tom Brady was overlooked in the NFL Draft and why it was more than luck that led him to the Patriots
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-01 | by ( Cork Gaines | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Tom Brady was the 199th pick in the NFL Draft and is now considered the greatest quarterback ever. They hired Bill Belichick, and the team made the biggest steal in NFL Draft history: selecting Tom Brady in the sixth round. Tom Brady was just a part-time starter at the University of Michigan. Drew Bledsoe was only 28 years old when Tom Brady was drafted. The result was the biggest steal in NFL Draft history.

☆ An investor who started with $5,000 and built a 742-unit real-estate portfolio says a coming correction will be the next buying opportunity — and shares the financing method he's using to snag 2% inte
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-14 | by ( Laila Maidan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Now, he's preparing to buy up the deals coming in from the housing correction this year. Some of the deals he's snagging are from foreclosures, which have been on an uptick. "People are getting more eager to sell and it's less of a seller's market and more of a buyer's market," Tortoriello said after witnessing the competition and buying frenzy of the last two years. He expects this to cause job losses and hurt other parts of the economy including the housing market. For those who are prepared to take advantage of price plunges in the housing market, numerous opportunities are coming, he said.

☆ Sleep experts say you can 'catch up' on sleep but sleeping in on the weekends isn't the way to do it
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-14 | by ( Kelly Burch | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Researchers proposed it takes 4 days of quality sleep to recover from just 1 hour of sleep debt. Why it's hard to catch up on sleepPsychiatrist and sleep medicine expert, Dr. Alex Dimitriu, is of the mindset that you can catch up on sleep, but only if you haven't let your sleep debt grow too great. By definition, one hour of sleep lost equals one hour of sleep debt. "If the sleep debt is greater, the time to recover becomes markedly longer, and complete recovery may not be possible, so it's important to not let sleep debt go too far," Dimitriu, founder of Menlo Park Psychiatry & Sleep Medicine, told Insider. How to pay back sleep debtPaying back sleep debt is like paying back credit card debt: Try to pay all, or as much, of the total balance so that the debt doesn't grow too large.

☆ How Google, Bain & Company have stayed on this best places to work list for 15 years
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-13 | by ( Ashton Jackson | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

And since the awards began in 2009, only two companies have made the cut every year: Bain & Company and Google. This year, Bain & Company ranked third on the Best Places to Work list, behind Gainsight and Box. Top review highlights on the platform show that Bain & Company boasts "great teams, benefits, people, colleagues, and culture." White and Asian workers rated Bain & Company 4.7 stars out of five, while Black employees gave the firm 4.4 stars. On the other hand, employee reviews on Bain & Company also cite a lack of work/life balance.

☆ Wall Street internship checklist: How to land a competitive 2024 summer job in investment banking, trading, or asset management
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-04 | by ( Reed Alexander | Emmalyse Brownstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Summer internships at Wall Street banks are among the most sought-after undergrad opportunities. If you're a college sophomore who's even remotely interested in working on Wall Street one day, then listen up. The 2024 summer internship season is starting now — from JPMorgan to RBC. Check out our robust Wall Street internship coverage here — and, if you're in the running for an internship for next summer, get in touch with this reporter to share your story. Insider's Wall Street reporter Emmalyse Brownstein can be reached via email at ebrownstein@insider.com, or SMS/the encrypted app Signal at (305) 857-5516.

☆ YouTube lands NFL Sunday Ticket deal, reportedly worth $2 billion a year
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-22 | by ( Travis Clark | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

YouTube has landed a multi-year deal for NFL Sunday Ticket. The package allows viewers to watch Sunday NFL games from outside of their local market. YouTube has landed the rights to NFL Sunday Ticket in a multi-year agreement, YouTube and the NFL announced on Thursday. NFL Sunday Ticket allows viewers to watch NFL Sunday games that are outside of their local market. NFL games are still some of the most-watched telecasts on broadcast networks in any given year.

The firm's "years-long" fraud didn't just extend to playing with customer money, according to the SEC. Unlike those other market makers or power users, Alameda had a set of powerful tools at its disposal. The kind of high-frequency trading that FTX users engaged in made that invaluable. Alameda secured its loans from Voyager and BlockFi with FTT tokens, which FTX minted itself. Major Alameda lenders, like Voyager, declared bankruptcy.

☆ Federal judge dismisses crypto scam lawsuit against Kim Kardashian, Floyd Mayweather Jr.
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-07 | by ( Rebecca Picciotto | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

A federal judge on Wednesday dismissed a proposed class action lawsuit by investors against the founders of the cryptocurrency EthereumMax, as well as celebrity endorsers including Kim Kardashian and boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. over their promotion of the cryptocurrency on social media. Investors who bought EMAX tokens alleged they had suffered losses after taking the word of the celebrity influencers about the value of the crypto. The suit claims the defendants engaged in a conspiracy to artificially inflate the value of the EMAX tokens. "We're pleased with the court's well-reasoned decision on the case," Michael Rhodes, a lawyer for Kardashian, told CNBC. Fitzgerald in his ruling Wednesday said the EthereumMax lawsuit reflects a broader conflict surrounding celebrity and influencer promotional schemes.

Here's everything you need to know about paying your taxes with a credit card and the best cards to use. How to pay taxes with a credit cardYou'll have to pay your taxes through a third-party payment processor if you want to use a credit card, and they all charge credit card processing fees. If you want to pay state taxes or local taxes (like property taxes) with a credit card, you can try seeing if your tax agency accepts credit cards and charges reasonable fees. You should only pay your taxes with a credit card if you can afford to pay off your credit card bill immediately. Pay taxes with a credit card frequently asked questions (FAQ)Is there a cash advance fee if I pay taxes with a credit card?

Military veteran Richard Fierro's selfless response when a gunman opened fire in a Colorado gay club is being lauded by the nation's oldest Latino civil rights organization. He said he did what he was trained to do as a 15-year Army veteran who did tours in Iraq and Afghanistan. Fierro and Jessica, who live in Colorado Springs, own a brewery called Atrevida, which in Spanish means brazen. 'Leaped into the breach'The nation's string of mass shootings in recent years have claimed the lives of many Latino victims. He said LULAC invited Fierro and his family to Washington, D.C., to receive the award or it would give it to him in a ceremony in Colorado Springs.

☆ Ticketmaster provides no real answers as it struggles to explain disastrous Taylor Swift Eras Tour concert sale
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-19 | by ( Bethany Biron | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Ticketmaster apologized for its chaotic and botched ticket-sale system for Taylor Swift's upcoming tour. "We want to apologize to Taylor and all of her fans — especially those who had a terrible experience trying to purchase tickets," Ticketmaster wrote in a tweet Friday night. "We're working to shore up our tech for the new bar that has been set by demand for the Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour," Ticketmaster wrote. This disrupted the predictability and reliability that is the hallmark of our Verified Fan platform," Ticketmaster wrote. According to Ticketmaster, a record-breaking 3.5 million fans registered to the verified presale in hopes of snagging a ticket on Nov. 15.

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