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☆ Elon Musk, who has used fertility treatments to conceive most of his 10 children, just cut a major fertility benefit for Twitter employees
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-05 | by ( Kali Hays | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

The most recent is to a fertility benefit, coverage of which is now reduced by 50%. Musk has used fertility treatments to conceive most of his children. Elon Musk continues to cut costs at Twitter, with the latest move drastically reducing a benefit that helped employees with the cost of fertility treatments and adoption. The benefit is provided through a third party, Carrot, which last week emailed Twitter employees telling them of the change in coverage. Two former employees noted that the change will likely become part of the five lawsuits and group arbitrations that have been filed over Musk's treatment of Twitter employees.

☆ Meet the team behind CNN’s ‘New Year’s Eve Live’
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-31 | by ( Tricia Escobedo | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

ET as Anderson Cooper and Andy Cohen co-host CNN’s “New Year’s Eve Live” from New York City’s Times Square. CNN —Every New Year’s Eve, Anderson Cooper and Andy Cohen host four-and-a-half hours of live television, joined by celebrity guests and performers, as they count down to the new year. “New Year’s Eve Live” is created by “a patchwork team of CNN employees from different show teams, bureaus and units from around the globe,” Hall explained. Here’s what Doft and Hall told us about the live special and what we can look forward to Saturday night:This is the 20th year that Anderson Cooper has hosted ‘New Year’s Eve Live’ on CNN. In fact, it’s why he chooses to anchor “New Year’s Eve Live” — to make sure the audience has a place to go and to fill people with hope, laughter and love.

☆ A day in the life of an executive pastry chef at a Michelin-starred restaurant in New York City
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-23 | by ( Britney Nguyen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Yoonjung Oh is the executive pastry chef at New York City's Michelin-starred Korean restaurant, Jungsik. Yoonjung became executive pastry chef last July after starting as a chef then being promoted. She started as a cook, was promoted to pastry sous chef in six months, and then was named executive pastry chef last July. Being a successful executive chef requires good communication with her team so dessert can come out on time, she said. Yoonjung talked to Insider about what a day in her life looks like as the executive pastry chef at two Michelin-starred Jungsik.

☆ Elon Musk's Twitter refusing to cover work expenses of some former employees, citing newly enacted policy
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-14 | by ( Kali Hays | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

After being laid off, fired or resigning, some former Twitter employees now fear they will never be reimbursed by Elon Musk for once-covered work expenses. In recent weeks, a number of former Twitter employees have received boilerplate rejection emails for expenses, three people familiar with the company told Insider. Former employees with rejected expenses are being told by email the expenses fall outside of a new policy enacted about three weeks ago by Twitter HR under Musk, as Insider reported. Other former employees are having trouble being reimbursed for expenses related to costs of fertility treatments and adoption. Twitter did not mention Carrot or fertility benefits explicitly in the November email regarding the new expense policy.

☆ How Big Law fumbled its own Rooney rule on diversity
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-08 | by ( Elizabeth Olson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

Several law firms adopted the Mansfield rule in 2017, which aims to increase diversity in leadership. It's effectively the NFL's two-decade-old Rooney rule: a requirement that nonwhite candidates be considered when teams hire for coaching and front-office jobs. Law firms followed professional football in 2017 with its version of the Rooney rule, called the Mansfield rule. At first, the Rooney rule seemed to catch on when teams started to hire more coaches of color and a dozen general managers of color when that position was added to the Rooney rule. "For the Rooney rule to work," he said, "there has to be a true commitment from the owners.

☆ Justice Department tells bankers to confess their misdeeds to cut better enforcement deals
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-08 | by ( Hugh Son | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Banks and other corporations that proactively report possible employee crimes to the government instead of waiting to be discovered will get more lenient terms, according to a Justice Department official. "When misconduct occurs, we want companies to step up," Miller told the bank attorneys and compliance managers in attendance. "When companies do, they can expect to fare better in a clear and predictable way." The carrot that Justice officials are dangling before the corporate world includes a promise that companies that promptly self-report misconduct won't be forced to enter a guilty plea, "absent aggravating factors," Miller said. They will also avoid being assigned in-house watchdogs called monitors if they fully cooperate and bootstrap internal compliance programs, he said.

☆ Xi Jinping: Saudi's MBS rolls out the red carpet for China's president, in a not too subtle message to Biden
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-07 | by ( Tamara Qiblawi | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Saudi leaders will infuse the trip with a dose of spectacle. The Saudi king – or his powerful Crown Prince, Mohammed bin Salman – may bestow the Chinese leader with some honors and medals. Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman fist bumps US President Joe Biden upon his arrival at Al Salman Palace, in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on July 15. Today, the US consumes only a fraction of that Saudi oil, and China is Saudi Arabia’s biggest client and trading partner. Over the last year, Gulf Arab countries appear to have ramped up their independent-minded policy.

☆ A small-business owner eager to retain top talent discovered novel benefits solutions that fit her needs: 'You don't have to be a huge big business.'
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-07 | by ( Rachel Durose | In Partnership With | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Issah worked with Leslie Neitzel, the chief human-resources officer of the fertility-benefits provider Carrot Fertility, to proactively craft a benefits program. Over the course of this eight-week coaching program, Neitzel introduced Issah to nontraditional benefits solutions that can give Sistahs in Business Expo the boost it needs to retain its best workers and grow. She knows that in order to grow Sistahs in Business Expo, which currently has a staff of 15 people, she needs to be a competitive employer. How they moved forwardKnowing that cost was a factor for Issah, Neitzel proposed alternatives that can often be overlooked by employers. During the mentorship relationship, Neitzel was reminded of the importance of benefits plans that can grow with the business.

☆ England scent victory after bold declaration
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-04 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Having taken a 78-run lead in the runfest, England declared their second innings on 264-7 to set Pakistan an improbable victory target of 343 with four sessions to go. Opener Imam-ul-Haq (43) and debutant Saud Shakeel (24) were resisting England's victory march when bad light stopped play. Agha Salman's breezy 53 frustrated England who had to toil for about 75 minutes to claim the last three Pakistan wickets. England were rattled early in their second innings with Naseem Shah in the thick of things. Naseem dismissed Ben Duckett, one of four century-makers in England's first innings, for a first-ball duck with the second delivery of the innings.

☆ Delta’s Airport Lounges Are About to Get a Little More Exclusive
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-01 | by ( Jennifer Calfas | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

The airline said it saw a record number of visitors to its Sky Clubs in 2022 and hasn’t been able to keep up with long lines. For some Delta Sky Club denizens, free cookies, carrot sticks, wine and Wi-Fi at the airline’s lounges may soon be a perk of the past. Delta Air Lines is overhauling its requirements for fliers to access its airport lounges in an effort to stymie overcrowding, an issue raised often by customers. The airline said Wednesday it saw a record number of visitors to its Sky Clubs in 2022 and hasn’t been able to keep up with the long lines for food and seating.

☆ A Twitter employee had to stop IVF treatment after being laid off by Elon Musk, report says
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-26 | by ( Sam Tabahriti | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A Twitter employee says she had to stop IVF treatment after being laid off by Elon Musk. She told Wired she was promised that health cover would continue for a year after a takeover. According to the report, some other Twitter employees managed to use their benefits to pay for a cycle of IVF treatment. The woman told Wired: "It's a heartbreaking thing to be honest ... to be that close to having a child then being told that it's gone." Twitter staff were offered a severance package of up to three months depending on their location.

☆ Amazon is down 40% this year — is now the time to buy? Market pros give their take
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-22 | by ( Zavier Ong | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Two market pros faced off on CNBC's " Street Signs Asia " on Thursday to make a case for and against buying the stock. Long-term investment story Veteran tech investor Gene Munster believes "there is no company like Amazon" when it comes to e-commerce and logistics. "We both know this has been the carrot that has been held out there forever when it comes to Amazon. It's not about revenue growth. Davidson, noted that Amazon is now a mature e-commerce company — one that requires $4.7 billion in incremental revenue just to post revenue growth of one-percentage point.

☆ How to have a low-waste, climate friendly Thanksgiving feast
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-19 | by ( Susan Puckett | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

Less is moreA classic Thanksgiving plate, featuring turkey, mashed potatoes, stuffing, green beans and gravy. His Thanksgiving preparations start with a trip to a local farmers market, where he can thank the growers personally for his bounty. Leftover idea: Here’s how Acheson turns leftovers into a turkey avocado sandwich as memorable as the feast. Divide and conquerMeal prep is essential to make sure your Thanksgiving dinner tastes great and minimizes waste, says Lisa Bryan. Bryan understands that executing a chaos-free Thanksgiving dinner takes practice.

☆ Russian prison activist paints picture of life facing Griner
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-18 | by ( Filipp Lebedev | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Russia's prison service has not responded to questions from Reuters about living and working conditions in such institutions. This is where in the morning they have the daily inspection, rollcall and physical exercise, whatever the weather. They always wear uniform. Breakfast is definitely going to be porridge - not with milk, and it’s porridge made from barley, that’s the most “popular”. The Gulag, created in 1933, and the current prison system (in Russia) are identical except for the name.

☆ Taxation is a blunt instrument, IATA chief Willie Walsh says: 'The carrot is far more effective than the stick'
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-07 | by ( Anmar Frangoul | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

watch nowThe aviation industry requires more carrot and less stick going forward to become more sustainable, according to the director general of the International Air Transport Association. "Quite honestly, all of the evidence that we have available shows that the carrot is far more effective than the stick," Walsh replied. Among other things, this would see both maritime and aviation fuels taxed. "So for us, the key to our goal is the use of sustainable aviation fuels — the science there is proven." "What we've got to do is turn what is very low levels of production of sustainable fuels into widespread availability."

☆ Elon Musk says he has 'no idea who the CEO' of Twitter is after being sent an auto-email telling him 'it's time to start managing'
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-30 | by ( Sam Tabahriti | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

He was sent an email from the company telling him to start a "managing @Twitter 101" training course. Musk tweeted that he has idea who the CEO is yet, despite calling himself "Chief Twit." Elon Musk was sent an email from Twitter telling him "it's time to start managing @Twitter 101," in reference to a training course about "what it means to be a good manager at Twitter." Musk tweeted on Sunday: "Just received this email from Twitter. Musk responded: "My title is Chief Twit right there in the bio.

Among all Cuban Americans polled, 32% gave Biden a positive job approval. His numbers were higher among Cuban American Democrats (73%) and newest arrivals (64%), as well as to a lesser extent older Cuban Americans. “Cuban Americans are willing to put out a carrot for the Cuban government in hopes that it will change," Grenier said. “You have an ambivalence.”Ahead of the midterms, Cuban Americans identified the economy, health care, immigration, and Cuba policy as top issues. The FIU Cuba poll surveyed 1,000 Cuban Americans in Miami Dade County from July 27 to September 11.

☆ ‘Chinese chorizo’ honors fusion of two cultures in Arizona
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-21 | by ( Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +7 min

It’s a history that older Tucson Chinese residents say they have spent years trying to make more visible. To promote the endeavor, she organized the inaugural Tucson Chinese Chorizo Festival. The 15,000-square-foot Tucson Chinese Cultural Center is a bustling hub that’s part community center and part museum, and serves at least 5,000. On the walls are display boards with mini-profiles of long-gone Chinese grocery stores. The center also has a YouTube channel that includes a 2014 video on Chinese chorizo.

☆ A Russian mayor is giving a bag of fresh vegetables to the families of men conscripted to fight in Ukraine
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-18 | by ( Cheryl Teh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

A mayor in Russia is offering the families of conscripts a bag of vegetables each. On Russian TV, Evgeny Grigoriev said the package was a "one-off" distribution. BBC journalist Francis Scarr posted a translated clip from Russian TV to Twitter on Monday. Grigoriev said the package would contain fresh vegetables, including "cabbage, potato, carrot, beetroot, and onion." The Washington Post reported this week that Russian police and military officers were seizing men from restaurants, Metro stations, and their workplaces.

☆ How West can mobilise trillions to help save Earth
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-10 | by ( Hugo Dixon | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +7 min

LONDON, Oct 10 (Reuters Breakingviews) - War, inflation, debt, hunger, energy security and fear of recession will dominate the discussions at the annual meetings of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund this week. America and a group of other countries have given the World Bank until December to come up with a plan. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterThe West has self-interested reasons to mobilise trillions of dollars to help the poorer nations of the so-called Global South transition from fossil fuels. But getting this money to flow to the Global South is tough because investors don’t think the returns on offer justify the risks. It is therefore encouraging that America and other leading shareholders have given the World Bank its marching orders and that Malpass has responded positively.

☆ Walmart expands fertility benefits in US amid rising demand from millennial and Gen Z workers
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-29 | by ( Sarah Belle Lin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Walmart employees across the US will soon have access to dozens of fertility clinics. Fertility benefits are becoming a weapon in the war for talent, Fortune recently reported. In a Fortune poll, 45% of workers said fertility benefits are an important component when considering a new job. A fertility survey conducted by Carrot, a global fertility healthcare company, found that millennial and Generation Z employees value fertility benefits: 77% of respondents said that they would stay at a company if it offered fertility benefits, and a large majority of them said they would even consider changing jobs for better benefits. Mercer also has found that DEI values are a key motivation in expanding fertility benefits.

☆ Home cheat home: How real-estate agents are ripping off homebuyers
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-28 | by ( Mattathias Schwartz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +20 min

The other day, Linda, the real-estate agent whom my wife and I used to buy our home, called me out of the blue. Real-estate agents, like doctors, are the friendly, knowledgeable face of a bewildering, price-gouging system. If Americans paid the same rate as the British, they would save more than $72 billion a year in real-estate commissions. The potential for big money, in turn, has led more and more Americans to become real-estate agents. Every dollar that is paid out in a real-estate transaction — to sellers, agents, inspectors, insurers, and the IRS — comes from you, the buyer.

☆ Ad agencies are calling their employees back to the office, setting up a potential clash with workers who want to stay remote
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-27 | by ( Lindsay Rittenhouse | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Some ad agencies are making a renewed push to get employees back to the office after Labor Day. It's setting up a potential clash with employees, most of whom want the ability to stay remote. Some ad agencies are making a renewed push to get people back into the office after Labor Day, setting up a potential clash with employees who want to remain remote. Omnicom-owned GSD&M told employees they had to return at least three days a week after Labor Day, one current executive said. Christine Capone, president of experiential marketing agency MKG, said she planned to start holding monthly happy hours after Labor Day to get people back.

☆ This Carrot-Feta Salad Recipe Makes a Great Meatless Main
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-25 | by ( Kitty Greenwald | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

SELF-CARROT Easy on the chef, this salad takes just 15 minutes to make. IF YOU ASK Karyn Tomlinson, carrots are underrated. “A great carrot is bright and has incredible natural sweetness,” said the chef-owner of Myriel, in St. Paul, Minn. In her second Slow Food Fast recipe, Ms. Tomlinson gives her favorite vegetable and its bushy green top their due in a snappy salad rounded out with a pouf of whipped feta. Here, thinly sliced carrot coins quickly marinate in a little olive oil and salt.

☆ This Fall, the Most Comforting Food Is Also the Coolest
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-23 | by ( Sarah Karnasiewicz | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

PILLOWY POTATO DUMPLINGS, dusky mushroom soups, plum cakes full of butter: These Slavic soul foods are as much a part of my paternal DNA as my hazel eyes and dark curls. Like clockwork, autumn’s chill triggers my craving for the sweet-and-savory flavors of my people. And it seems a new generation of eaters has decided Eastern European food is not just cozy, but cool. Even before the conflict in Ukraine trained the eyes of the world on the region, back in the early days of the pandemic, chefs Jessica and Trina Quinn launched a pop-up called Dacha 46 from their Brooklyn apartment. Their kapusta piroshki (fried yeast dough filled with caramelized onion, cabbage and carrot) and gravity-defying hazelnut kievsky cakes were drawn from Jessica’s Latvian-Ukrainian-Jewish heritage.

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