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The leaks were different from those that forced NASA to call off the first two Artemis launch attempts. As part of the Artemis program, NASA envisions regular missions to the moon to establish a base camp on the lunar surface before the agency eventually ventures to Mars. Martin added that each Artemis launch is expected to cost around $4.1 billion. If successful, Artemis I will be followed by a planned Artemis II test flight, tentatively scheduled for sometime in 2024. After that, NASA said the Artemis III flight will include the first woman and first person of color to land on the moon.

☆ EXCLUSIVE Glencore, Chad creditors agree in principle on terms of debt treatment - source
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-10 | by ( Andrea Shalal | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

WASHINGTON, Nov 10 (Reuters) - Switzerland-based Glencore, China and Chad's other creditors have reached an agreement in principle on restructuring the African country's nearly $3 billion in external debt, a source close to the negotiations said on Thursday. Glencore (GLEN.L), a major private creditor, agreed late in October or early November to join the other creditors, the source said. Chad owes one third of its external debt to commercial creditors, and almost all of that to Glencore in oil-for-cash deals dating back to 2013 and 2014. The agreement now reached marks progress and reflects growing trust among creditors, including China, as they negotiate on debt issues, the source said. Chad's creditor committee is co-chaired by France and Saudi Arabia.

☆ A furious Trump is blaming Melania for urging him to support Dr. Oz, who lost a key Senate race: NYT reporter
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-10 | by ( Sophia Ankel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Trump-backed Republican Mehmet Oz lost the race for US Senate in Pennsylvania this week. The former president was "furious" about his loss, The New York Times' Maggie Haberman tweeted. Among others, Trump blamed his wife, Melania, for encouraging him to back Oz, Haberman said. Former First Lady Melania Trump and Fox News host Sean Hannity had been pressing Trump to back Oz because they were friends with him, Axios' Jonathan Swan reported at the time. The Failing New York Times has gone crazy."

NASA has delayed the launch of its next-generation megarocket and space capsule to the moon as Florida braces for an approaching storm. Tropical Storm Nicole, which is expected to strengthen into a hurricane Wednesday, is projected to batter Florida's eastern coast, forcing the space agency to reschedule its planned launch on Nov. 14. NASA is now aiming to launch its uncrewed Space Launch System rocket Nov. 16, during a two-hour window that opens at 1:04 a.m. The rocket is sitting at launch pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. NASA said the SLS booster is designed to withstand 85 mph winds and will remain at the launch pad during the storm.

☆ Reba McEntire postpones concerts due to doctor-ordered ‘vocal rest’
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-03 | by ( Dan Heching | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —Reba McEntire is taking some time to take care of her voice as she continues to tour throughout the US this fall. McEntire will perform the rescheduled concerts in Columbus, Ohio; Raleigh, North Carolina and Indianapolis on December 2, December 3 and December 16, respectively. “Thank you for understanding!” McEntire wrote in her IG post. As of now, the singer and actress is still slated to perform at the Country Music Awards next week, scheduled for Wednesday, November 9. On the acting front, McEntire is currently appearing of the third season of David E. Kelley’s mystery series “Big Sky” on ABC.

☆ EXCLUSIVE Argentina set to permit wheat export delays amid drought - sources
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-01 | by ( Maximilian Heath | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

A government source with direct knowledge of the matter said that measures to permit wheat shipment delays were "probable". Reuters GraphicsThe country's producers have already formally declared overseas sales of 2022/23 wheat of 8.9 million tonnes, official data shows. Argentina's domestic wheat consumption from the 2021/22 harvest totaled 7.6 million tonnes. Some 2 million tonnes of wheat were left unsold from 2021/22. There is an existing export cap of 10 million tonnes for the 2022/23 season's wheat harvest.

☆ Anxiety at work can be 'a gnawing feeling of doom'—how to manage it and get ahead, from NYT bestselling author Jenny Lawson
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-27 | by ( Gili Malinsky | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

She's written four books, including "Let's Pretend This Never Happened" and her most recent, "Broken (in the Best Possible Way)", all of which have been New York Times bestsellers. She's written openly about her struggles with depression, ADHD and OCD. Lawson recently spoke to CNBC Make It via email about tackling anxiety at work. How do you manage your work anxiety? Sometimes anxiety from not being able to work because you have anxiety becomes a snake eating its own tail.

☆ Universal Resort shuts in Beijing due to Covid measures
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-26 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Amusement park Universal Resort said on Wednesday it had temporarily closed due to Covid-19 prevention measures in Beijing, as cases rise in the Chinese capital despite some of the toughest antivirus measures in the world. The Comcast -owned park did not indicate when it would reopen, but said it would refund or reschedule tickets. "We will continue to assess the impact on operations and strive to resume operations as soon as possible," it said on Weibo, a Twitter-like social media platform. Beijing, which has some of China's strictest Covid barriers for entry, has seen the number of infections rise after the national Golden Week holidays at the start of this month. For Oct. 25, the city reported 19 symptomatic cases and one asymptomatic infection, while the country reported a total of 1,407 new cases, the highest count in 12 days.

☆ Legal cannabis isn't beating the illicit market. The economist who wrote the book on legalization says there are 3 key ways to change that.
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-21 | by ( Jeremy Berke | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Cannabis legalization is failing to live up to key promises, the economist Robin Goldstein said. While federal cannabis legalization is one of the few US policy questions where there's widespread polling consensus, the industry is struggling. The Blunt Realities of Cannabis Economics," Goldstein and Sumner take a microscope to cannabis policy and the broader industry to answer key questions about the drug's future. "If you want smaller businesses to thrive, just break down barriers to entry because those barriers are best met by the biggest companies," Goldstein said. High prices for legal cannabis often push customers to illicit sellers.

☆ Regina Spektor postpones tour due to ‘bad case’ of Covid-19
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-13 | by ( Dan Heching | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —Regina Spektor has put her national tour on hold after coming down with a “bad case” of Covid-19, the singer announced on Instagram. “I have gone from feeling bad, to worse, to terrible. I am a bit delirious from fever, so in advance I apologize if this note isn’t too coherent,” she wrote in a note posted to her official Instagram. She performed the opening night of the tour, set to run through the end of this month, in Chicago earlier this week. “I just want to add that my heart is with all the people who have suffered from the different iterations of this virus over this long while,” Spektor added.

Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, Florida, remained open Tuesday amid the approach of Hurricane Ian along Florida's western coast — though some surrounding Disney properties are set to temporarily close. Follow along for NBC News' live coverage of Hurricane IanAmong the other properties Disney says will be closed Wednesday through Friday:Fort Wilderness Resort & Campground. According to Disney's hurricane policy, if the National Hurricane Center issues a hurricane warning for the Orlando area within seven days of a guest's scheduled arrival date, they may call in advance to reschedule or cancel Walt Disney Travel Company Disney resort hotel packages and most room-only reservations without any cancellation or change fees imposed by Disney. The policy does not apply if their stay was not booked through the Walt Disney Travel Company. Since opening in 1971, Disney World has only been forced to close eight times as a result of a hurricane, according to the unofficial Disney blog Inside the Magic.

☆ Everything you'll need to know about Amazon's second Prime Day
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-27 | by ( Jordan Parker Erb | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

That's right: Amazon has confirmed it's hosting another Prime Day-esque event, slated to take place next month. It's official: Amazon is hosting a second "Prime Day" sales event. Here's what we know so far:The "Prime Early Access Sale," will be held on October 11 and 12. As with Prime Day, the Prime Early Access Sale is exclusively available to Amazon Prime subscribers. But as long as you sign up before the event ends on October 12, you'll be able to partake.

☆ Elon Musk's legal team is frustrated after Twitter's CEO cancels his deal deposition on short notice
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-26 | by ( Kali Hays | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Parag Agrawal canceled an interview with Elon Musk's lawyer the day before it was set to take place. Musk is expected to be interviewed later this week as part of the ongoing lawsuit. The Twitter CEO was set to be interviewed for 10 hours in San Francisco on Monday in a deposition scheduled to start at 9 am local time. Agrawal was to be questioned at length by Musk's New York-based lawyer Alex Spiro, a partner at Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan. On Sunday, lawyers for Twitter emailed Musk's side to cancel Agrawal's deposition, citing "personal reasons."

☆ FDA acknowledges delays in response to baby formula shortage
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-22 | by ( The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +5 min

WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration acknowledged Tuesday that its response to the U.S. infant formula shortage was slowed by delays in processing a whistleblower complaint and test samples from the nation’s largest formula factory. It comes nearly eight months after the FDA shuttered Abbott’s Michigan plant due to safety concerns, quickly slashing domestic production within the highly concentrated formula industry. The FDA also faced challenges ramping up its testing capacity for cronobacter, a rare but potentially deadly bacteria repeatedly linked to outbreaks in baby formula. U.S. inventories of baby formula have been improving, hitting in-stock rates above 80% last week, according to IRI, a market research firm. That review is being led by former FDA commissioner Dr. Jane Henney, who led the agency during the final years of the Clinton administration.

☆ Is your boss 'quiet firing' you?
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-15 | by ( Bonnie Dilber | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

So what is quiet firing? Quiet firing is when an employer does the bare minimum to keep their employees: no support, no development, no growth, no rewards. Women, and especially women of color, are particularly susceptible to quiet firing. Lots of workers have been 'quiet fired'When faced with quiet firing, some employees get fed up and exit on their own. A few weeks ago, I wrote a LinkedIn post on quiet firing that quickly went viral.

☆ Google's '20% rule' shows exactly how much time you should spend learning new skills—and why it works
▼ + stars: | 2021-12-16 | by ( Dorie Clark | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

This makes it difficult to set aside time to explore ideas that interest us or learn new skills. Enter: Google's "20% time" rule, a concept made popular when Google went public in 2004. Win — even if you loseThis is the ultimate way to make sure your 20% time doesn't go to waste. The point isn't that you have to do your 20% time every Thursday afternoon; the point is to do it, period. But if difficult tasks are the only thing you do, you may grow bored or frustrated and want to quit.

Affirm is one of the few buy now, pay later providers that offer consumers long-term financing options with a 0% APR. Since you don't pay interest on your Afterpay loan, you don't have to worry about not being refunded for interest. You'll be hit with an $8 fee, or 25% of your transaction, whichever is less, for each late payment. Available merchants Pay in 4 is available at millions of merchants through the app, but it's not accessible for merchants that aren't integrated with PayPal. Our methodologySelect focused on the following features when examining popular buy now, pay later providers: APR: Some BNPL loans charge interest while others do not.

☆ 3 leadership tactics a 28-year-old founder who's raised $20 million for her startup lives by
▼ + stars: | 2021-07-08 | by ( Robin Madell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

She's raised $20 million from investors like Chegg and Marc Rowan of Apollo Global Management. The company, launched in 2017, has raised $20 million from investors like Chegg and Marc Rowan, a cofounder and the CEO of Apollo Global Management. It now serves more than 5 million households, Javice told Insider, and expects that number to reach 8 million to 10 million by year-end, having added over 1.5 million households in the past year alone. The driver told Javice that his advisor said his ride-hailing income wouldn't qualify him for aid. Editor's note: Javice told Insider that Frank had amassed more than 5 million users.

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