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☆ Italy’s Friuli region is one of Europe’s best kept secrets
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-18 | by ( Silvia Marchetti | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

With 13 natural reserves and the pristine park of the Friuli Dolomite Mountains, the region lures tourists seeking to connect with nature or explore the outdoors. There’s also the spellbinding Grotta Gigante, or Giant Cave, one of the world’s largest tourist caverns. Golden beachesThe Grotta Gigante is one of the world's largest tourist caverns. Trieste boasts an unusual segregated beach, with origins dating back several centuries. “Residents are very fond and proud of this place,” says Trieste local Maria Bonacci.

Parafin, launched in 2020, works with so-called platform partners, or companies that other small businesses sell their products through. All the cofounders knew was that they wanted to build technology that would help small businesses. And they may not get their first contract payment from the government for as long as 120 days," Reed, the startup's CEO, told Insider. Helping small businesses manage their taxesComplYant's founder Shiloh Jackson wants to help people be present in their bookkeeping. HoneyBookWhile countless small businesses have been harmed by the pandemic, self-employment and entrepreneurship have found ways to blossom as Americans started new ventures.

☆ Fintech Stocks Did Worse Than Fin or Tech in 2022
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-03 | by ( Peter Rudegeair | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase Global Inc. is among the holdings of the ARK Fintech Innovation ETF, which fell 65% last year. The banks of the future are having a rough present. Financial-tech companies, long hyped for their vision of bringing Silicon Valley-style innovation to the businesses of lending, investing and payments, underperformed both financial stocks and tech stocks more broadly in 2022. A vulnerability to higher interest rates, the disappearance of many pandemic-era catalysts and a more general reckoning for companies that followed growth-at-all-costs playbooks contributed to many fintech firms’ fall from grace.

☆ Chef José Andrés and his daughters go on a Spanish food tour in new TV show
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-28 | by ( Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +5 min

On his new TV show, celebrated chef José Andrés goes into a restaurant kitchen in Spain and confronts a massive moray eel. “Nothing can be more simple and more sophisticated at the same time.”That eel is just one delicious moment in Discovery+’s “José Andrés and Family in Spain,” which follows the chef, restaurateur and humanitarian on a food tour through his homeland with his three American-raised daughters, Carlota, Inés and Lucia Andrés. The elder Andrés — who has drawn attention to Spanish food and helped put a spotlight on humanitarian disasters with his World Central Kitchen — can hardily contain himself. “Happiness happens when you mix different people and different colors and different places all in one plate,” José Andrés says onscreen. “Spain is the excuse,” says José Andrés.

☆ Scientists discover hammerhead shark nursery in Ecuador's Galapagos
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-16 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/5] A hammerhead shark swims after a shark nursery was discovered off Isabela Island in the Galapagos, Ecuador, in this photo delivered by Galapagos National Park newsletter on December 16, 2022. "The discovery of these new breeding areas is very important, especially for the hammerhead shark," said park ranger Eduardo Espinoza in a statement on Friday from the Galapagos National Park. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) considers the scalloped hammerhead shark, the species found in the Galapagos, as "critically endangered." Researchers spent months scouring the archipelago for possible nursery sites as part of a hammerhead shark monitoring program. Researchers are monitoring the nurseries to track the young shark population in nursery areas and to follow their migration patterns.

☆ These Airbnb owners run short-term stays out of a school bus, tree house, yurt, and a fire station. They break down 5 tips for managing out-of-the-box properties.
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-15 | by ( Dan Latu | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Georgia couple John and Fin Kernohan welcome guests to unique properties that brought in $6,000 last month in revenue, they say. Managing unusual properties creates unique challenges like fighting the elements and managing guest expectations. The tiny home enthusiasts break down everything a new host of an atypical property needs to know. According to the Kernohans, between 40 to 60 guests visit the campgrounds each month, where only adults are allowed. John breaks down tips for hosts interested in managing out-of-the box properties, from keeping structures stable to informing guests they don't have a traditional toilet.

☆ Fin-Fluencers: Financial Advice In The Age Of Misinformation
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-06 | 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 EmailFin-Fluencers: Financial Advice In The Age Of MisinformationA social media influencer's "hot take" has become, in many cases, an educational basis for the financial decisions of many young investors. And rather than seeking out an experienced advisor, more and more of them are looking to these platforms for ideas on how to manage their money, as well as viral trends for growing it (fast). But who should they really trust at a time when misinformation on these platforms is rampant? And how can a trusted advisor meet them where they are?

☆ Video shows the rescue of an overboard cruise-ship passenger who survived 20 hours fighting jellyfish and eating bamboo
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-05 | by ( Morgan Mcfall-Johnsen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

James Michael Grimes, age 28, survived nearly 20 hours treading water in the Gulf of Mexico. "My worst fear is drowning," Grimes told ABC. The Coast Guard shared video of the rescue, below, including footage of Grimes floundering in the sea and waving his arms. At 2:30 p.m., the ship reported the missing passenger to the Coast Guard. The Coast Guard said it deployed "several rescue crews," and Carnival said the Valor "retraced its route to support the search and rescue."

☆ Indian shares set to open lower after Wall Street slide
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-29 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

BENGALURU, Nov 29 (Reuters) - Indian stocks were on Tuesday set to ease from all-time highs hit in the previous session, following an overnight slide in Wall Street on worries about China's COVID-19 management and as oil prices pared losses. U.S. crude rose 1.3% to $77.24 per barrel, while Brent crude trimmed losses to close above $83 per barrel. Foreign institutional investors bought net of 9.36 billion rupees ($114.65 million) equities on Monday, while domestic investors purchased 879.3 million rupees ($10.66 million) worth of shares, as per provisional NSE data. Stocks To Watch:** NDTV (NDTV.NS): NDTV said an entity backed by its founders had issued shares to a unit of Adani Group. ($1 = 81.6400 Indian rupees)Reporting by Bharath Rajeswaran in Bengaluru; Editing by Dhanya Ann ThoppilOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Read the memo Redfin's CEO sent employees announcing that the company is laying off 862 people
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-09 | by ( Robert Davis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Read the full memo that CEO Glenn Kelman sent to employees this morning. However, 218 of the employees were offered other roles at the company as part of the wind-down, Kelmann indicates in the memo. If none of these employees accept their new roles, the total layoff will impact about 16% of Redfin's workforce. Read the full email that Kelman sent to Redfin employees:Dear Redfin,We're laying off 862 brilliant, loyal people and also closing RedfinNow. 13% LayoffWith this layoff, the number of employees at Redfin, including those at Rent and Bay Equity, will decline by 13%.

☆ Tanzania plane crash survivors, rescuers describe heroics laced with tragedy
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-08 | by ( Benson Jacob | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

"We had a big crash and I immediately started seeing water enter the plane. Passengers started to struggle to rescue themselves," Samuel said, describing the moments after the Precision Air flight to Bukoba plunged into the lake in northern Tanzania. In the hours and days after the accident, reports of survival and dramatic rescue efforts have started to emerge. Jackson dived into the water and managed to communicate with the pilots by signalling through the window, he told the BBC. By the time rescue workers reached the pilots, their air supply had run out and the pair were dead, authorities said.

☆ EU, US must address concerns over U.S. inflation act - German fin min
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-07 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

BERLIN, Nov 7 (Reuters) - Germany wants dialogue with Washington rather than tit-for-tat measures to ease trade tensions triggered by the U.S Inflation Reduction Act, which could harm European businesses and industry, Germany's finance minister said on Monday. Christian Lindner said a task force set up between the United States and the European Union should address the issue urgently. "In everyone's interest, we will not enter a tit-for-tat but rather strengthen the sources of wealth and growth together," he added. Earlier on Monday, French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said the law was a major threat to European companies and that the EU must stand firm against it. Reporting by Rachel More, Editing by Miranda Murray and Tomasz JanowskiOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ The Fed, earnings, jobs and China: How we think about this week's deluge of data
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-04 | by ( Zev Fima | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

It is very premature, in my view, to think about or be talking about pausing our rate hikes. The news sent those stocks reliant on China for growth — Starbucks, Estee Lauder and Wynn Resorts, among many others — higher. Or bad news could just be bad news if weak data signals a recession ahead. And good news could be good news: for example, if China reopens and U.S. companies exposed to the region see a boost in demand. As a subscriber to the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer, you will receive a trade alert before Jim makes a trade.

☆ Japan fin min warns of yen risks from Fed tightening
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-04 | by ( Tetsushi Kajimoto | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

The yen has tumbled on the widening spread between U.S. and Japanese interest rates, with the Fed's aggressive interest rates hikes contrasting sharply with the Bank of Japan's massive monetary stimulus. The minister echoed Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda's recent caution about any spill-over effects from aggressive monetary policy tightening by the United States on Japan and other countries. The Fed raised interest rates by three-quarters of a percentage point this week, signalling that it may be near a turning point in its aggressive monetary policy tightening. The Japanese yen rose a marginal 0.07% to 148.155 per dollar on early trade on Friday, hovering below its 32-year low near 152 yen. Turning to currency intervention, Suzuki said Japan was not targeting any specific levels when intervening in the currency market to prop up the yen.

☆ Ukrainian mortar crew wrestles with ammo shortage, dud shells
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-28 | by ( Jonathan Landay | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

"We look for the smoke or if something burns," said Yevhen when asked how the crew knew if they had hit their mark. NOT ENOUGH SHELLS[1/4] A Ukrainian serviceman fires with a mortar toward Russian positions, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in a frontline in Mykolaiv region, Ukraine October 28, 2022. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 1 2 3 4Last month, many Ukrainian units, including the mortar crew, dug into vast trench networks in adjacent Mykolaiv province as other Ukrainian forces pressed the drive from northeastern portions of the front. Ukrainian gunners avoid hitting the silo, the highest structure for kilometres around, because of its importance to the region's farmers, he said. "My friends replied, ‘We know because we have a Russian radio intercept in which they said one of their drones detected two little boxes coming into the village,'" Zelinskyi added.

☆ ATP roundup: Stan Wawrinka ousts Casper Ruud in Switzerland
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-25 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/7] Aug 8, 2022; Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Stan Wawrinka (SUI) hits a shot against Emil Ruusuvuori (FIN) (not pictured) during first round play at IGA Stadium. David Kirouac-USA TODAY SportsOctober 25 - Playing in his home nation and on a protected ranking, 37-year-old Stan Wawrinka knocked out No. 2 seed Casper Ruud of Norway 6-4, 6-4 in the first round of the Swiss Indoors Basel on Tuesday in Switzerland. He saved all three break points he faced against Ruud, went 2-for-2 in break points converted and held a 9-5 edge in aces. In the second round, Thiem could face No.

☆ Earnings are off to a surprisingly decent start. Next week is the big test for tech
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-21 | by ( Jim Cramer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

Stocks rallied this week as earnings season ramped up and is so far off to a better-than-expected start. With 20% of the S & P 500 having reported financials so far, sales results have thus far been 1.4% above expectations while earnings results are 5.4% above expectations, in aggregate. That inverse correlation between bond yields and stocks was powerful enough to trump positive earnings reports. Looking back On the earnings front, we got results from Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), Procter & Gamble (PG), and Danaher (DHR). As a subscriber to the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer, you will receive a trade alert before Jim makes a trade.

☆ How a tank the Soviets tried to keep secret became an icon of Ukraine's resistance against Russia
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-13 | by ( Sebastian Roblin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +17 min

An Afghan soldier fighting for the Soviets sits on a Soviet-made T-64 tank near the Salang Pass on August 17, 1989. However, these systems were mostly exported, and it's unclear whether either is currently operational on Ukrainian tanks. Defending Ukraine, 2014-2015A Ukrainian tank in the eastern Ukrainian city of Slavyansk in July 2014. A burned Ukrainian tank in Uglegorsk, on the frontline near Debaltseve, in February 2015. A pro-Russian separatist stands guard near a T-64 tank in Donetsk in July 2014.

☆ What Cramer is watching Tuesday — chip troubles, Apple estimate raises, Disney price target cut
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-11 | by ( Jim Cramer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

KeyBanc keeps overweight (buy) rating and $185-per-share price target. Barclays raises Apple hardware revenue estimate, driven by a "slight iPhone upside and much better MacBooks," offsetting weakness in services; lowers price target to $155 per share from $169 but keeps equal weight (hold) rating. Wedbush starts beer, wine and spirits company Constellation Brands (STZ) with an outperform (buy) rating and a $275-per-share price target. Chemical company Westlake (WLK) price-target cut to $105 per share from $112 at Barclays, which keeps neutral (hold) rating. As a subscriber to the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer, you will receive a trade alert before Jim makes a trade.

"Were dysfunction in this market to continue or worsen, there would be a material risk to UK financial stability," the BoE warned. One source at the Treasury said Kwarteng would not resign, and the government would not reverse its policy. A second person familiar with the situation said Truss still backed Kwarteng and they would announce further economic reforms soon. One source at the meeting said Kwarteng had asked the assembled finance bosses what they could do to calm markets. U.S. bond giant PIMCO said it would have less confidence in sterling than it did before last Friday's announcement.

☆ Andreessen Horowitz and Benchmark have piled into the burgeoning FinOps sector. Now, European startups are racing to become the region's early leader.
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-26 | by ( Callum Burroughs | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

European startups like Sequence and Numeral want to establish themselves as the region's leaders. In March, the valuation of Californian startup Modern Treasury spiked to $2 billion as it established itself as an early leader in the burgeoning FinOps sector. In Europe, FinOps startups have captured the attention of a wealth of venture capital firms hoping to be an early backer in the region's own Modern Treasury. The US payments market is notoriously fragmented with some 5,000 banks and no universal real-time settlements platform. Indeed, investment into European startups plummeted by 38% in the second quarter of the year to $23.7 billion, according to Crunchbase data.

☆ Halle Bailey says seeing a Black version of Ariel would have ‘changed my whole outlook on life’
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-22 | by ( ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

Halle Bailey knows the worth of her role in the upcoming “The Little Mermaid” adaptation. The titular character in the original animated film was a white mermaid with red hair. Bailey is Black, a factor that proved exciting and invigorating for the young audience of Disney animated films. Recently, videos of parents filming their young Black daughters reacting to Bailey’s appearance as Ariel went viral. “I know what it would have meant to me as a little girl to have been able to see a black Ariel when I was younger.

☆ See Europe's less-crowded destinations as Americans flood the hot spots
▼ + stars: | 2022-08-18 | by ( Terry Ward | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +15 min

North Jutland, DenmarkSouthern Europe swells with crowds during summer, and it can also get hot to the point of extremely uncomfortable in July and August. Temperatures in Seville and other spots in southern Spain recently exceeded the 110˚ Fahrenheit mark (43.3 Celsius). MontenegroLeave Croatia’s jam-packed Dubrovnik to the hordes of “Game of Thrones” hangers-on and make for less-trampled spots in neighboring Montenegro instead. It’s just 40 minutes from the popular beaches of Taormina, which are flooded with “White Lotus” fans this summer. There are beaches all around the peninsula, but if you only hit two, Mylopotamos and Fakistra on the Aegean side are the can’t-miss spots.

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☆ Orcas observed devouring the tongue of a blue whale just before it dies in first documented hunt of the largest animal on the planet
▼ + stars: | 2022-01-29 | by ( Bethany Dawson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A study from Australia is the first to scientifically document blue whales' killings by orcas. Orcas were observed devouring the nutrient-rich tongues of the giant blue whales. It includes details of how the killer whales swam inside the mouth of the enormous whales to eat their nutritionally rich tongue just before they died. A few weeks later, the next attack occurred when a blue whale calf was targeted. The final attack recorded by the study was on a 45-foot-long blue whale, chased for 15 miles in a 90-minute hunt.

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