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They had hoped to represent a much larger class of artists who filed termination notices with UMG. A provision of U.S. copyright law allows artists to terminate agreements to transfer their copyrights and reclaim them after decades in some circumstances. Kaplan said Friday that the musicians could not represent a broader class of artists who sent termination notices to UMG with effective dates between 2013 and 2031. A related lawsuit filed against Sony Music by musicians including former New York Dolls singer David Johansen has been paused since 2021 for settlement discussions. The UMG case is Waite v. UMG Recordings Inc, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, No.

☆ Ireland toasts record Oscar success with 14 nominations
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-24 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

REUTERS/Mario AnzuoniDUBLIN, Jan 24 (Reuters) - Ireland celebrated a record 14 Oscar nominations on Tuesday, scooping five of the 20 acting spots up for grabs and for the first time earning a nod for a feature film made in the native Irish language. "Congratulations to all the Irish Oscar nominations. Ireland was also well represented in the craft categories, including best visual effects and editing while former winner Martin McDonagh added to his growing Oscar CV with best director and best original screenplay nods for "Banshees." "There was perhaps a notion out there that to make a film in the Irish language was a dead end creatively or commercially. "There's no reason that Irish language filmmakers should limit their ambitions, they should be making films for the world."

U.S. District Judge Rodney Gilstrap said halting the lawsuit until the Patent Trial and Appeal Board reviews the patents would unnecessarily delay the court case and prejudice Caltech. Representatives for Samsung and Caltech did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The school's 2021 lawsuit alleges Samsung's Galaxy phones, tablets, watches and Wi-Fi-enabled Samsung products like televisions and refrigerators infringe its data-transmission patents. The Texas case is scheduled to go to trial in September. The case is California Institute of Technology v. Samsung Electronics Co, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, No.

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☆ Kevin McCarthy says he's 'always had a few questions' about George Santos' resume
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-17 | by ( Cheryl Teh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Kevin McCarthy told MSNBC he's always "had a few questions" about George Santos' CV. A Santos staffer has been accused of impersonating McCarthy's chief of staff in 2020 and 2022. McCarthy told MSNBC he has spoken to Santos about the impersonation scandal. MSNBC also asked McCarthy about a CNBC report published in January about Sam Miele, a Santos staffer. Representatives for Santos and McCarthy did not immediately respond to Insider's requests for comment.

☆ This 'serial ghoster' says she cut off contact with a potential employer after checking out the CEO on social media
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-15 | by ( Stephanie Stacey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

One-fifth of workers polled by ZipRecruiter said they ghosted an employer in their latest job hunt. In an October survey by ZipRecruiter, 21.6% of respondents said they'd "ghosted" a prospective employer during their latest job hunt. Before accepting a job, Gray always checks out company reviews on sites like Glassdoor and examines the social-media profiles of the senior-leadership team. Gray once ghosted a prospective employer after an initial interview. She told Insider she's trying to become a "reformed ghoster" and make a conscious effort to offer specific feedback if she felt a prospective employer wasn't the right fit.

☆ Rep. George Santos says he 'embellished' his resume―others say he lied. Don't do either, experts say
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-13 | by ( Gili Malinsky | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Santos admitted to doing so in an interview with the New York Post later that month, saying, "My sins here are embellishing my resume. And fully 55% of Americans say they've lied on their resumes at least once, according to an October 2022 StandOutCV survey of 1,785 U.S. adults. Career experts do draw a distinction between lying and embellishing — but, they say, you shouldn't do either. Either way, nowadays, lying or embellishing is a bad idea, in part because it's so easy to get caught. A colleague could peruse a LinkedIn page and say, "Wait a minute, that's not what we did there," says Bauke.

☆ George Santos — accused of falsifying most of his CV — says he is a 'workhorse' and that he's 'lived an honest life'
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-13 | by ( Cheryl Teh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

George Santos told Matt Gaetz that he has lived an "honest life." During the podcast, Santos told Gaetz he has "lived an honest life" and has "never been accused of any bad doing." Santos admitted to the New York Post in December that he never graduated from any institute of higher learning. Prosecutors in Long Island said on December 28 that they opened an investigation into Santos. Long Island Republicans and the New York State GOP in January called on Santos to resign, but he has refused to do so.

☆ Tesla shareholder attorneys taunted Elon Musk over his attempt to move a trial to Texas due to 'local negativity:' He has a 'knack for attracting 'negative' coverage'
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-12 | by ( Grace Kay | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Tesla shareholder attorneys poked fun at Elon Musk's attempt to move a trial to Texas in court filing. Last week, Musk's lawyer said a trial should not be held in California due to "local negativity." Attorneys for the investors said the billionaire has a "knack for attracting 'negative' coverage." Musk and a Tesla spokesperson did not respond to a request for comment from Insider ahead of publication. The trial revolves around 2018 tweets from Musk in which the Tesla CEO said he had funding secured to take the carmaker private.

[1/2] People work on the trading floor at the global headquarters of Goldman Sachs investment banking firm at 200 West Street in New York City, U.S., January 11, 2023. The Wall Street titan's rivals have also started to cut jobs as global banks prepare for recession and broader, deeper cuts are expected across the industry if deal-making activity remains weak. The long-expected jobs cull at Goldman follows a recruitment drive during the pandemic, which saw the bank's total headcount top 49,000. Johnson, who was with Goldman Sachs for more than six years, declined to comment. Oliveira said some bankers who have reached out to recruiters like him are considering ditching investment banking for other positions.

☆ Elon Musk attorneys aim to move trial from California to Texas, citing ‘local negativity’
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-07 | by ( Lora Kolodny | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Attorneys for Tesla and Elon Musk are asking a federal judge in San Francisco to move, or delay, a forthcoming trial from Northern California to Western Texas, saying they won't be able to find unbiased jurors and citing "local negativity" toward Musk. That year, Musk resided in California and Tesla was headquartered in Palo Alto. In a recent public appearance in San Francisco, Musk was booed after comedian Dave Chappelle invited him on stage. Musk and his attorneys have previously argued that his statements about a possible take-private deal for Tesla in 2018 did not violate the law. The Tesla CEO has repeatedly claimed that he made a handshake deal with investors from Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund to take Tesla private at $420 per share.

☆ Google offers several low-cost online programs to help you land tech jobs — we tested one of the courses and thought it was better than a grad school class
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-04 | by ( Julia Pugachevsky | Read More | Read Less | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Coursera Google IT Support Professional Certificate Learn the skills necessary to apply to entry-level IT jobs, from completing IT support tasks like computer assembly, wireless networking,program installation, troubleshooting, debugging, and customer service. Keep reading to find answers to some FAQs about Google's Coursera professional certificate programs. How much does a Google professional certificate program cost? Is there financial aid available for the certificate program? Coursera Google IT Support Professional Certificate Learn the skills necessary to apply to entry-level IT jobs, from completing IT support tasks like computer assembly, wireless networking,program installation, troubleshooting, debugging, and customer service.

☆ India's utility vehicles sales rise in Dec, demand for entry-level cars muted
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-02 | by ( Nandan Mandayam | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

BENGALURU, Jan 2 (Reuters) - India's top automakers in December reported a double-digit rise in the sale of the more expensive utility vehicles, while entry-level cars saw muted demand despite discounts. Auto sales numbers are keenly watched as they are among the key indicators for assessing private consumption, which has more than 50% weightage in calculating the country's economic growth. Utility vehicles (UV), among the fastest-growing segments, saw a 22.3% rise in sales at Maruti Suzuki India (MRTI.NS) and 62.2% at Mahindra and Mahindra (MAHM.NS). Hero MotoCorp (HROM.NS), the world's largest bikemaker, reported a marginal fall in sales, while Bajaj Auto's (BAJA.NS) two-wheeler sales dropped 22%. The commercial vehicles (CV) segment reported a double-digit growth for December, with sales at industry leaders Eicher Motors (EICH.NS) and Ashok Leyland (ASOK.NS) rising 17.3% and 44.9%, respectively.

☆ Should you get creative with your resume? Experts decide whether you're more likely to land your dream job
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-01 | by ( Sophie Kiderlin | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Morsa Images | Digitalvision | Getty ImagesWhen you're applying for your dream job, making your application stand out can be key. "It's tough to squeeze my life, experiences and skills into one, two pages, having stunning graphics can help convey my dedication and creativity much better than words would," she told CNBC's Make It. Two examples of company themed resumes, one for cosmetics company Lush and another for streaming service Netflix. However, she still thinks making creative resumes can be worth the time investment for some applicants. Professional resume writer Suzie Henriques, who is based in the U.K., told CNBC's Make It that a traditional approach is usually a safer bet.

☆ The resume-like doc to keep on your desktop for when a dream job opportunity pops up: 'You want to be ready'
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-28 | by ( Gili Malinsky | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

As you're building your career history, experts recommend keeping an ongoing record of everything you've done on the job. This document has been called a continuous resume or a CV, and it highlights every significant piece of your career ― from day-to-day accomplishments to major awards. When applying to new positions, this document serves as a point of reference from which you can copy and paste the most relevant and up-to-date experience for a resume for the prospective job. Here's how experts recommend keeping it. Keeping it up-to-date means when it's time to write the resume for that prospective job, you don't have to wrack your brain to remember accomplishments from previous positions.

☆ Candidates empowered by labor shortages are ghosting prospective employers. Here's why.
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-19 | by ( Stephanie Stacey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

In an October survey by ZipRecruiter, 21.6% of respondents said they'd "ghosted" a prospective employer during their latest job hunt. Kelly added that he thought labor shortages in both the US and Canada were empowering workers to cut off communication. Before accepting a job, Gray always checks out company reviews on sites like Glassdoor and examines the social-media profiles of the senior-leadership team. Gray once ghosted a prospective employer after an initial interview. She told Insider she's trying to become a "reformed ghoster" and make a conscious effort to offer specific feedback if she felt a prospective employer wasn't the right fit.

☆ AI-designed face paint inspired by Juggalos could potentially fool the 15,000 facial recognition cameras at the Qatar World Cup
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-12 | by ( Hannah Getahun | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

A team at Camoflags wanted to see if face paint designs could outsmart facial recognition cameras. The design, which uses concepts from Juggalo makeup, was designed by an AI program. A team known as Camoflags sought to answer that question with AI-generated, Juggalo-inspired face paint designs that could be used to evade facial recognition cameras. The experiment is uniquely suited to the World Cup, as face paint is a common feature at soccer matches for fans showing support for their teams. Face paint of the Tunisian flag stylized as Juggalo make up Courtesy of CamoflagsThe idea of using face makeup to try to fool facial recognition algorithms is not new.

☆ The US Navy spent 4 weeks blasting one of its aircraft carriers to figure out how to keep enemies from sinking them
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-08 | by ( Harrison Kass | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

In May 2005, the US Navy sank the decommissioned aircraft carrier America in the Atlantic Ocean. The USS America (CV-66) was one of three Kitty Hawk-class carriers built in the 1960s. Building the USS America of the Kitty Hawk-classUSS America in the Indian Ocean on April 24, 1983. The career of the USS AmericaA U-2 reconnaissance aircraft on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS America. A declassified image of USS America sinking after four weeks of live-fire weapons damage tests in May 2005.

Financial planner Michael Garry opened his firm in 2006 and helped clients through the Great Recession. With a possible recession on the horizon, he advises sticking to your plan and investing more if you can. For those who lived through the Great Recession of 2007 to 2009, the prospect of another downturn is unsettling. Stick with your plan"If you have a plan, stick with your plan," Garry says. Editor's Rating 3.9/5 A five pointed star A five pointed star A five pointed star A five pointed star A five pointed star Editor's Rating 4.65/5 A five pointed star A five pointed star A five pointed star A five pointed star A five pointed star Editor's Rating 4.34/5 A five pointed star A five pointed star A five pointed star A five pointed star A five pointed star Learn more On Acorns' website Learn more On SoFi's website Learn more On Wealthfront's websiteAvoid get-rich-quick investmentsEconomic uncertainty can make us susceptible to investments that promise fast returns, but traditional investments remain your best bet.

☆ Avoid these 10 ‘cringeworthy’ phrases that are annoying your co-workers
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-21 | by ( Morgan Smith | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

These jargony phrases are particularly off-putting because they are vague and can often come across as passive aggressive, Dawid Wiacek, a career and executive coach, tells CNBC Make It. Other phrases translate to thinly veiled criticisms of someone's work. "When we celebrate a win or compliment someone on a job well done, we never encourage them to 'take ownership,'" Davis says. "That phrase is always used in a negative tone, it implies that you need to take on more responsibilities or work harder." ET to learn from money masters like Kevin O'Leary how you can increase your earning power.

☆ How to Keep Your Job in a Recession or Find a New One
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-18 | by ( Sawdah Bhaimiya | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

That doesn't mean you should stay put in a stable job if you're miserable, careers experts say. Workers have been worried about job cuts since the summer, with a July survey from Insight Global finding that 78% of US employees were anxious about job security in the event of recession. "There is definitely more competition for talented workers, so if people are interested in changing jobs, or getting a better job or looking for a promotion, it's a pretty good time to be doing it." Don't quit in a hurryOver half of American employees have said they'll look for a new job if there's a recession, June data from recruitment software company Greenhouse found. Be flexible about your demandsHaving a degree of flexibility during a recession can't hurt your job hunt.

AbbVie and lawyers for the plaintiffs did not immediately respond to requests for comment. The lawsuit claims the settlements were so-called "pay for delay" deals that violated competition laws in 30 states and resulted in higher prices. The generic companies previously settled with the health plans for a combined $2 million. Allergan previously reached a $750 million settlement of antitrust allegations brought by direct purchasers of Namenda, such as drug distributors. The case is In re Namenda Indirect Purchaser Antitrust Litigation, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, No.

Representatives for Impossible Foods did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the decision. Redwood City, California-based Impossible Foods sued Motif, a Boston-based spinoff of biotech company Ginkgo Bioworks, in March. The court agreed with Impossible Foods that Hemami could still infringe the patents and allowed the claims to continue. Impossible Foods' patents may cover Hemami because it is produced using yeast and does not have any "direct animal provenance," Bryson said. The case is Impossible Foods Inc v. Motif Foodworks Inc, U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware, No.

☆ Infinity Q fund settles with U.S. regulator over asset inflation
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-10 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Nov 10 (Reuters) - The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday tentatively settled civil charges against an Infinity Q Capital Management mutual fund over its founder's alleged scheme to inflate the fund's value. In papers filed in federal court in Manhattan, the SEC and Infinity Q Diversified Alpha Fund asked a judge to appoint a special master to oversee the fund's ongoing liquidation. Attorneys for the fund and Infinity Q did not immediately reply to requests for comment. Before it suspended investor redemptions in February 2021, the Diversified Alpha Fund's assets were valued at $1.73 billion. The case is SEC v. Infinity Q Diversified Alpha Fund, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, No.

The states filed their friend-of-the-court brief in San Jose, California, federal court, where the FTC in July asked a federal judge to bar Meta's acquisition of Los Angeles-based Within. The states, joined by the District of Columbia and Guam, said the deal threatens to "harm competition in the emerging virtual reality space." Circuit to revive the states' claims after a U.S. district court judge dismissed the case. Utah, which also signed the amicus brief, is leading a group of states in an antitrust lawsuit challenging how Google runs its app store. The case is Federal Trade Commission v. Meta Platforms Inc, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, No.

☆ How a 4-day workweek improved one company's recruitment, retention, and morale — and its workers' well-being
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-07 | by ( Rebecca Knight | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

She added that the four-day workweek had helped recruitment, retention, and worker well-being. Around that time, she read a book about the promise of the four-day workweek. Thus began her company's participation in a six-month pilot program of a four-day workweek. Insider recently spoke with her about the four-day workweek's effects on the company's retention and recruitment and on the team's health and well-being. But the value of it in terms of retention, recruitment, and health and well-being cannot be overstated.

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