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☆ How Science Went to the Dogs (and Cats)
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-30 | by ( Emily Anthes | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

This article is part of our Pets special section on scientists’ growing interest in our animal companions. Every dog has its day, and July 14, 2004, belonged to a boxer named Tasha. “And everything has kind of exploded since then,” said Elaine Ostrander, a canine genomics expert at the National Human Genome Research Institute, who was part of the research team. In the 20 years since, geneticists have fallen hard for our canine companions, sequencing thousands upon thousands of dogs, including pedigreed purebreds, mysterious mutts, highly trained working dogs, free-ranging village dogs and even ancient canine remains. (“I didn’t want to study dogs,” said Alexandra Horowitz, who has since become a prominent researcher in the field of canine cognition.)

Persons: Tasha, ”, Elaine Ostrander, pedigreed, Monique Udell, Alexandra Horowitz Organizations: National Institutes of Health, Human Genome Research, Oregon State University, “

☆ England 2 Slovakia 1 – Southgate’s side scrape through, Bellingham to the rescue, tactical questions remain
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-30 | by ( Jacob Whitehead | Oliver Kay | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +11 min

England edged past Slovakia to reach the Euro 2024 quarter-finals, but only after staring a humiliating defeat in the face. England did get the ball in the net early in the second half, but Phil Foden’s effort was ruled offside. That gave Southgate’s team a lead that they defended successfully for the remainder of extra time to retain their place in the tournament… just. AdvertisementAcross their four matches at this tournament, England showed consistent failings that have not been addressed. Peter RutzlerWas the first half England’s worst of the tournament (so far)?

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They first appeared as a cloud of dust on the horizon. A few seconds later, the motorcycles carrying Russian soldiers sped into view, zigzagging across a field, kicking up dust, attempting a noisy, dangerous run at a Ukrainian trench. “They moved fast, they spread out and they swerved,” said Lt. Mykhailo Hubitsky, describing the Russian motorcycle assault he witnessed. It’s a type of attack that has been proliferating along the frontline this spring, adding a wild new element to the already violent, chaotic fighting. These nonconventional vehicles have been turning up with such frequency that some Ukrainian trenches now overlook junk yards of abandoned, blown up off-road vehicles, videos from reconnaissance drones show.

Persons: ”, Mykhailo Hubitsky Locations: Ukrainian

☆ Here’s what it means when a company like Boeing faces criminal charges
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-29 | by ( Chris Isidore | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

While criminal charges against corporations are fairly common, the overwhelming majority are against small, closely-held companies. Earlier criminal settlement now at riskThe potential charges hanging over Boeing currently revolve around that January 2021 deferred prosecution agreement. They have argued Boeing should face new criminal charges and pay a fine as great as $24.9 billion. In May, the Justice Department said it was looking into bringing criminal charges against Boeing once again due to a potential violation of that January 2021 agreement. Arlen said it is common for smaller companies to be forced out of business by criminal charges and the penalties that follow.

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☆ Meet the boomers cashing in on the golden age of retirement
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-29 | by ( Juliana Kaplan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

AdvertisementAs the way we save for retirement has evolved, some people are now cashing in on the golden age for retirement savings — when benefits were more generous and investments in real estate and stocks boomed. While it's still possible to achieve, a fat retirement account has become rarer. AdvertisementBack in 2007, per GAO's calculations of the Survey of Consumer Finances, around 21% of low-income households had a retirement account balance. While losses weren't as profound for those in the middle-income quintile, their retirement account balances did fall slightly from 2007 to 2019. All of that comes as retirement savings become more of an individual onus.

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☆ The US economy is in a 'selective recession' as lower-income consumers struggle and high-income households see huge wealth creation, JPMorgan strategist says
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-28 | by ( Jennifer Sor | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

The economy is already in a "selective recession," according to JPMorgan's Matthew Boss. The top 10% of American earners have gained more than $30 trillion in wealth since 2020, Fed data shows. AdvertisementThe US economy is being split by a "selective recession," as some consumers see "huge" wealth creation while others struggle to get by, according to JPMorgan analyst Matthew Boss. The equity analyst pointed to the divide between low-income and high-income consumers. High-income consumers are thriving, evidenced by the $40 trillion worth of spending they're driving into the economy, which is around half of all consumer spending in the US, Boss estimated.

Persons: JPMorgan's Matthew Boss, —, Matthew Boss Organizations: Service

☆ 5 money management tips to ensure your funds keep growing
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-28 | by ( Sponsor Post | Sponsored Apple Card | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Opening a high-yield savings account can be a game-changerWhile 68% of Americans have a standard savings account, according to Forbes, fewer take advantage of high-yield accounts that offer better returns. Although you can choose to receive a physical titanium Apple Card, it's also automatically built into Apple Wallet on iPhone. 3 To access Savings, Apple Card Owners and Co-Owners must open a Savings account. To access and use all Apple Card features and products available only to Apple Card users, you must add Apple Card to Wallet on an iPhone or iPad that supports and has the latest version of iOS or iPadOS. If you reside in the U.S. territories, please call Goldman Sachs at 877-255-5923 with questions about Apple Card.

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☆ 6 in 10 Americans are uncomfortable with their emergency savings—but you may need less than you think
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-27 | by ( Ryan Ermey | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Some 6 in 10 U.S. adults say they're uncomfortable with their level of emergency savings, according to a recent survey from Bankrate. Financial planners generally recommend stashing three to six months' worth of living expenses away in an emergency fund. More than half of Americans — 56% — say they have less than three months of expenses saved, including 27% who say they have no emergency savings at all. Why you need emergency savingsWhen it comes to your financial priorities, establishing an emergency fund should be close to the top of your list, which may feel counterintuitive. And when it does, having an emergency fund prevents you from taking money away from your other financial goals.

Persons: Alyson Basso, Greg McBride Organizations: Financial, Hayden Wealth Management, Bankrate Locations: U.S, Bankrate, Middleton , Massachusetts

☆ A timeline of Elon Musk's political stances and donations before his latest embrace of the Republican Party
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-27 | by ( Jake Lahut | Grace Eliza Goodwin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

And as one of the richest and most powerful people in the world, Musk's political stances carry a great weight. Musk's political donations dating back to 2002 fit neatly into just a single landing page on OpenSecrets, a nonprofit organization that tracks money in politics. AdvertisementThough Musk historically hasn't been big on political donations, he's publicly said that he weighs in on politics when it could affect his businesses. Musk's political coming of age during the pre-social media era remains much of a mystery. His latest donations have all been to Republican candidates and causes, with Sen. Chris Coons of Delaware being the last Democrat to receive any Musk donations back in 2020.

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☆ Why Americans Hate Their Jobs; Fake Email Jobs, Meaningless Work
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-26 | by ( Molly Lipson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

The American Psychological Association highlights findings that people who find their jobs meaningful are more engaged, show up to work more, and are healthier. Many in those industries have begun to refer to their work as "fake email jobs" — office jobs that largely involve sending emails without producing anything. Other people have managed to juggle multiple full-time remote jobs thanks to the limited amount of work each job actually required. Working a useless job is a "profound psychological violence," Graeber wrote, one that removes any sense of dignity and fosters "deep rage and resentment." Short of everyone quitting to become their own CEO, employers will need to figure out how to make work feel meaningful for their staff.

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☆ Shein and Temu use a US tax loophole to keep their prices low. Now, some American brands are, too.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-26 | by ( Madeline Stone | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

De minimis shipments have also grown more popular with American brands looking to save money in their supply chains. AdvertisementThe startup Portless emulates Shein's model by fulfilling online brands' orders in China and shipping them directly to customers. Even though awareness of de minimis has grown, Section 321 shipments still account for only about 5% of ShipHero's business overall. At the end of May, The Information reported that US Customs and Border Protection had begun cracking down on de minimis shipments, including suspending several brokers from a program called Entry Type 86, designed to speed up de minimis shipments. "The American brands that we service are more profitable and do better prices to their customers."

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☆ Here's how bad housing affordability is now
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-25 | by ( Diana Olick | In Dianaolick | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Home prices set another record in April, even as mortgage rates rose and the supply of homes for sale increased. Usually, under those circumstances, prices would weaken, but today's housing market is unlike any other in recent history. The housing cost burden has hit a record, according to a new report from Harvard's Joint Center for Housing Studies. Housing supply was already low before the Covid pandemic hit, because homebuilders had yet to recover from the 2008 financial crisis. Then there was a pandemic-induced run on housing, causing supply to drop to record lows for several years.

Persons: Brian Luke, Dow, HJCH, homebuilders, Homebuilders couldn't, Orphe Divounguy Organizations: Mortgage News, Dow Jones, Harvard's, for Housing Studies

☆ The 'Dogs of the Dow' are doing well even as investors chase Nvidia higher
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-25 | by ( Alex Harring | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

A cohort known as the "dogs" of the Dow Jones Industrial Average is a changing list of stocks with the highest dividend yield at the end of each year. For those who subscribed to the dogs theory, there's largely been upside — with 7 of the 9 stocks beating the Dow. These stats are current as of Monday afternoon: Verizon runs the dog house with the highest current dividend yield at 6.6%. The stock also has a current dividend yield of 3.4%. While Goldman Sachs has seen the best year-to-date performance, the bank has the lowest current dividend yield on the list at just 2.4%.

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☆ The fastest-growing career in the US is in wind power. Here's what employees make, what it's like, and how to land a job.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-24 | by ( Catherine Boudreau | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Federal data indicates wind-turbine technician is the fastest-growing job in the US. He started as an intern in 2017 before becoming a wind technician and then advancing over the past seven years. Federal data indicates wind-turbine technician is the fastest-growing job in the US, alongside nurse practitioner. Offshore wind technicians can expect to earn an extra 30% to 40% compared to onshore workers. Wind technicians in the early stages of their careers might do scheduled maintenance and cleaning.

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☆ Science of social media’s effect on mental health isn’t as clear cut as a warning label might suggest
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-24 | by ( Deidre Mcphillips | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Authors of a sweeping new review of research into social media and mental health say there’s still key information missing to know whether prevention programs and interventions will work. In the study, published Monday in the medical journal JAMA Pediatrics, researchers reviewed nearly 150 studies on the relationship between social media and the mental health of adolescents. For Murthy, the urgency of the youth mental health crisis is dominant — and there’s enough evidence to act now. “There are certain benefits, but getting some benefits does not justify forcing kids to endure significant harm.”Still, social media is not the same as cigarettes. “To be clear, a warning label would not, on its own, make social media safe for young people,” he wrote.

Persons: Vivek Murthy, There’s, ”, Sandro Galea, Murthy, ” Murthy, ” Galea, “, Pamela Wisniewski, Jenny Radesky, Dr, Sanjay Gupta, ” Radesky Organizations: CNN, University of Cambridge, Stellenbosch University, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, Medicine, National Academies, Boston University School of Public Health, New York Times, Vanderbilt University, American Academy of Pediatrics, Excellence, Social Media, Mental Health, CNN Health, ” Locations: United Kingdom, South Africa

☆ It’s the Golden Age of Weird Vehicles
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-24 | by ( Christopher Maag | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

This is Street Wars, a weekly series on the battle for space on New York’s streets and sidewalks. Jimmy Cho could ride a wheelchair, but wheelchairs are slow. He could also ride a standup scooter, but he prefers to sit. Thus he combined the front half of an electric scooter (handlebars, front wheel, motor, battery pack) to an old wheelchair (padded seat, handrails, nothing special). But because it’s zippy, he can keep pace with traffic on busy Manhattan avenues.

Persons: Jimmy Cho, Cho Locations: Manhattan

☆ A peak boomer who lives on $1,100 monthly from Social Security struggles to afford food: 'I have to survive, I have no choice.'
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-23 | by ( Allie Kelly | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Read previewAngela Babin lives in a mobile home in Houma, Louisiana — about 60 miles southwest of New Orleans. She lives on her Social Security income, which she first started receiving in 2008 after she had to retire early for medical reasons. AdvertisementEven with the Social Security check and some SNAP food benefits, Babin said it's difficult to afford groceries. Like the millions of other older Americans living on a fixed Social Security income, Babin said it's difficult to get by. Are you living paycheck to paycheck or on Social Security?

Persons: —, Angela Babin, haven't, Ida, she's, Babin, hasn't Organizations: Service, Business, Social, Social Security, Security, Survey, Women, SNAP Locations: Houma , Louisiana, New Orleans, Louisiana

☆ How Chinese EV makers are slowly taking over the world
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-22 | by ( Tom Carter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +14 min

Chinese carmakers accounted for 88% of the EV market in Brazil and 70% in Thailand in Q1, according to ABI Research figures. The EV markets in many of these countries are small now, but they're growing rapidly. This is because Chinese automakers are known for their ability to build electric cars for less than their foreign competitors. Australian Senator and shadow cyber-security minister James Paterson said earlier this year that Chinese EVs pose a growing cybersecurity risk. "India is still a little wary of the Chinese market," said Dylan Khoo, an analyst at ABI Research.

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☆ Stock market today: US stocks close mixed but gain for the week as the AI trade stumbles
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-21 | by ( Matthew Fox | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

US stocks finished the week higher even as the AI trade showed signs of exhaustion. Some economists are calling on the Fed to cut interest rates in July as the risk of a recession grows. AdvertisementUS stocks closed mixed on Friday but finished the week higher even as the artificial intelligence trade showed signs of stumbling. Leading the market higher this week was the Dow Jones Industrial Average, which was up nearly 2%. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 finished the week higher by about one-half of a percent.

Persons: Dow Jones, —, Claudia Sahm, Sahm, I'm Organizations: Nasdaq, Service, Dow Jones, Nvidia, Broadcom, Dell, Federal Reserve, CNBC

“The president has gotten increasingly punchier in recent remarks about Trump and plans to carry that theme through to the debate,” one Biden campaign official said. (CNN debate rules stipulate that each candidate will have a pen, writing pad and a bottle of water at the podium.) Biden’s former chief of staff, Ron Klain, is taking the lead to help the president get ready to debate Trump, a Biden campaign official told CNN. In the last cycle, Biden aides were particularly sensitive to Trump attacking members of Biden’s family on the debate stage. But that doesn’t mean Trump shouldn’t, or isn’t preparing,” said a person close to Trump, who requested anonymity to speak candidly.

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Shortly after Boeing’s chief executive, Dave Calhoun, took his seat, families who lost relatives in the 2018 and 2019 crashes of the company’s 737 Max 8 planes called out to him, demanding that he turn around and acknowledge them and the photos of their loved ones. Among those behind Mr. Calhoun were the parents and brother of Samya Rose Stumo, the 24-year-old who was killed in the 2019 Ethiopian Airlines accident and the grandniece of Ralph Nader, the consumer advocate and former presidential candidate. Nearby sat the family of John Barnett, the former Boeing engineer and whistle-blower who died by suicide earlier this year in the midst of a Justice Department criminal investigation into the company. Others held photos of their loved ones lost in the crashes. “I would like to apologize, on behalf of all of our Boeing associates spread throughout the world, past and present, for your losses,” Mr. Calhoun said while facing the families.

Persons: Dave Calhoun, Calhoun, Samya Rose Stumo, Ralph Nader, John Barnett, ” Mr, Calhoun’s Organizations: Boeing, Justice Department, Alaska Airlines Locations: Portland , Ore

☆ Bob Menendez: Top federal prosecutor in New Jersey tells jury senator never pressured him
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-18 | by ( Gregory Krieg | Sabrina Souza | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Menendez hoped that if I became US attorney, that I would look at (the Daibes case) carefully,” Sellinger said. That testimony came up again Tuesday when Menendez attorney Avi Weitzman pressed Sellinger on the nature of that interaction. This time, Sellinger told Solimon that he would not, after all, need to recuse himself from the Daibes case if he was nominated and confirmed. “If you call Sellinger,” Solimon said he told Menendez after the meeting, “you’ll be comfortable with what he says.”With Suarez’s chances sunk, Menendez recommended Sellinger for the job he had wanted all along. Solimon told Menendez he would contact Sellinger, he testified, but never did.

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☆ Digital advertisers want 'premium content' — but are in a battle over how to define it
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-18 | by ( Lauren Johnson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Read previewPublishers are racing to be known for "premium" content to keep advertising revenue afloat, but there's a swirling debate in the industry over how to define it. AdvertisementFor example, some broadcasters are pitching their streaming content as premium by selling it directly to advertisers without using third-party adtech companies. Broadcasters are gunning for control of streaming ad dollarsAt the same time, TV publishers are angling to define themselves as makers of premium content that appeals to advertisers. Instead of premium content, many advertisers are more concerned with premium audiences who are watching streaming content. Still, Gupta from U of Digital said that broadcasters have the upper hand in deciding what is considered premium content because there is a lack of high-quality content in streaming environments.

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☆ A surgeon general's warning on social media wouldn't be as powerful as good-old-fashioned parenting, experts say
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-18 | by ( Erin Snodgrass | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

But social media experts and researchers are mixed on just how effective such a move would be. According to one August 2022 study, almost half of all adolescents said social media makes them feel bad about their bodies. And what exactly would the warning say, North wondered, noting that social media is rarely exclusively harmful. Proactive parentingFor most kids, social media use begins at home. AdvertisementAre you a parent who has struggled with your children's social media use?

Persons: —, Vivek Murthy, Murthy, Titania Jordan, they've, Jordan, Mark Zuckerberg, Karen North, North Organizations: Service, New York Times, Business, American Medical Association, Bark Technologies, University of Southern Locations: University of Southern California

☆ Surgeon General: Social Media Platforms Need a Health Warning - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-17 | by ( Vivek H. Murthy | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The mental health crisis among young people is an emergency — and social media has emerged as an important contributor. It is time to require a surgeon general’s warning label on social media platforms, stating that social media is associated with significant mental health harms for adolescents. A surgeon general’s warning label, which requires congressional action, would regularly remind parents and adolescents that social media has not been proved safe. To be clear, a warning label would not, on its own, make social media safe for young people. The advisory I issued a year ago about social media and young people’s mental health included specific recommendations for policymakers, platforms and the public to make social media safer for kids.

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