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☆ Cami Téllez's underwear startup Parade went bust, and employees blame her. Is it OK to write about it?
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-21 | by ( Melkorka Licea | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +28 min

Owning Gucci loafers "wouldn't make me any less capable of leading my team," Téllez rightfully pointed out. Most startups attract people who know this and are excited by it, and Parade employees were no different. "Like any for-profit company, Parade sought to make money and deliver value for shareholders," she told Business Insider. Téllez told staffers DeFuria was sick, and some were worried enough to send flowers to his home. Téllez told employees that they should be receiving offers for positions at AAI "within the next 72 hours at the latest."

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☆ Ukraine looks to be gambling on a hard fight across a key river to kick-start its struggling counteroffensive
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-15 | by ( Chris Panella | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Ukraine's troops have been conducting operations on the eastern bank of the Dnipro River across from Kherson. AdvertisementUkrainian troops have crossed the Dnipro River, a natural barrier that has been working to Russia's advantage, and appear to be making a risky play to kick-start a struggling counteroffensive. Ukrainian troops hunker in hastily made trenches, facing stiff defenses and overwhelming numbers of Russian forces, recent reporting indicates. As the AP noted in a report Wednesday, Ukraine could possibly outflank Russia and relieve pressure on Ukrainian forces in Zaporizhzhia to achieve a breakthrough. One private in Ukraine's 38th Marine Brigade who'd been across the river since the start of November said Ukraine's forces were vastly outnumbered.

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SHERMAN, Texas (AP) — A Texas school district has apologized and reversed a decision that ousted a transgender student from a part in the musical “Oklahoma!”The school board in Sherman voted unanimously Monday to reinstate the original show and cast after a meeting in which dozens criticized them and spoke in support the 17-year-old transgender boy who'd lost his role in the production because of a new policy. Sherman, a city of 45,000 about 65 miles (105 kilometers) north of Dallas, became the latest community embroiled in the national debate over the rights of transgender students this month over its production the the Rodgers and Hammerstein classic. In early November, Max Hightower, a senior and theater enthusiast, was cast in a prominent part that included a solo. Political Cartoons View All 1247 ImagesThe school also removed girls from the male roles they’d been cast in, according to The Dallas Morning News. On Monday, speaker after speaker condemned the decisions to the school board — a consistent outpouring of support that Max Hightower called unexpected and empowering.

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☆ I'm a cruise-ship doctor. My schedule is intense but it's worth it to see the world — and I get to bring my wife and son along.
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-11 | by ( Kitti Palmai | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

AdvertisementAdvertisementThis as-told-to essay is based on a transcribed conversation with Dr. Gergely Tóth, a cruise-ship doctor. Having more medical experience under my belt, I emailed three cruise companies enquiring about how to become a cruise doctor. Cruises have full medical teams and facilitiesDepending on the size of the cruise, the medical team consists of five to nine people. A cruise doctor's schedule is intenseDoctors usually work for four months and have two months off. On large cruises, it means a daily 15 hours of work and nine hours of being on-call, then getting 24 hours off.

Persons: Gergely Tóth, Tóth, —, Gergely, who'd, I've, I'd, I'm, we're Organizations: Service, Nuffield Health Cheltenham Hospital, Royal Caribbean International, Cruises Locations: Hungary, England, British, London, Miami, San Francisco

☆ Here's how much WeWork co-founder Adam Neumann made before the company's bankruptcy
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-07 | by ( Rohan Goswami | In Rohangoswamicnbc | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

WeWork's dizzying rise and protracted fall into Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Monday largely hinged on one man: Adam Neumann. By the time it filed for bankruptcy protection, WeWork was worth a mere $45 million. "As the co-founder of WeWork who spent a decade building the business with an amazing team of mission-driven people, the company's anticipated bankruptcy filing is disappointing," Neumann said in a statement to CNBC. In all, despite being removed from a management role years earlier, Neumann reportedly collected around $770 million in cash from the 2021 SPAC process alone. Neumann also still retained a stake in the company valued at around $722 million when WeWork debuted in 2021, Bloomberg reported.

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☆ Urban golf courses are making housing more expensive and parks harder to access — and taxpayers are footing the bill
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-05 | by ( Eliza Relman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

Many states subsidize golf courses with low property taxes, so non-golfers are footing the bill. David Madison/Getty ImagesUrban golf courses also cost taxpayers — even those who don't play — a lot of money. Proponents of retrofitting courses note that reducing the number of golf courses would help boost revenue for courses that do survive. "But then on the flip side, we have these public golf courses that are just these almost vacuous spaces that are quite underutilized." He noted that projects that just involve turning golf courses into parks are often most palatable to neighbors.

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☆ Sam Bankman-Fried tried to pin his fraud scheme on his closest friends. Then they turned on him for it.
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-03 | by ( Katie Balevic | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +12 min

A jury found Sam Bankman-Fried guilty in his fraud trial over the collapse of FTX. One by one, his friends flipped to work with the prosecution and threw Bankman-Fried under a much bigger bus. That's how a jury found him guilty of seven counts in his federal fraud trial in downtown Manhattan on Thursday evening. AdvertisementAdvertisementSingh, for example, testified he was "blindsided and horrified" when he found out in November that Alameda had used FTX customer money. The sentencing schedule may depend on a second criminal trial Bankman-Fried faces for alleged illegal campaign contributions.

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Doctors across the country say it’s rare that migrants receive medical screenings or anything beyond care for medical emergencies when they arrive at the U.S.-Mexico border, and there’s no overarching national system to track the care, either. You have these little islands of shelter,” said Deliana Garcia, of the nonprofit Migrant Clinicians Network, which supported more than 1,000 migrants in need of medical care in the first 10 months of this year. The challenges of careMigrants face a lack of access to steady medical care in the U.S., as well as healthy food and stable housing. Some avoid asking for help entirely out of fear of a large bill or longstanding distrust of the medical system. The shelter system in Massachusetts is so full that the governor brought in the National Guard in August to assist.

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☆ Bank of America: 12 stocks with inflation-protected dividend yields that can provide stability in an uncertain market
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-01 | by ( Mark Reeth | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Investors are holding their breath this week as Jerome Powell contemplates his next move in the ongoing battle against inflation. But for investors who'd rather tune out all the noise surrounding inflation and simply focus on finding profitable investments, Bank of America can help. First, they made sure the stocks were worthwhile, searching only for dividend yields that were greater than the 10-year Treasury yield. And finally, they looked for stocks with a positive relative beta to inflation. Along with each stock is its ticker, sector, dividend yield, dividend growth over the last four years, employees-to-sales ratio, relative beta compared to Bank of America's inflation composite, its analyst rating, and its last closing price.

Persons: Jerome Powell, Powell, who'd, Subramanian Organizations: Federal, Bank of America, Bank of

☆ I dedicated my life to biology until I went on 'Naked and Afraid' and realized I could make a bigger difference doing TV instead
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-01 | by ( Maiya Focht | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Forrest Galante was a biologist and worked in field research before he went on "Naked and Afraid." AdvertisementAdvertisementBeing on "Naked and Afraid" is the least interesting thing I've ever doneA few weeks later I was on a plane. It was right then and there that I called my boss and told her I was going to pivot to pursuing conservation media. AdvertisementAdvertisementBasically I pivoted the public interest I was getting from "Naked and Afraid" into what I'm doing now. Dreams coming to fruitionBefore working in wildlife media, Forrest Galante worked in conservation biology.

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☆ An Australian couple bought land on an Indonesian island and built a luxury hotel. Here's how they did it.
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-01 | by ( Claire Turrell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Two Australians, Jess and Daniel Baldock, bought a plot on the Indonesian island of Sumba. AdvertisementAdvertisementIn April 2018, Jess and Daniel Baldock flew from their native Australia to the Indonesian island of Sumba — and never left. He encouraged Jess Baldock to buy a plot of land, sight unseen, in the beachside village of Kerewe, which is surrounded by mangroves and waterfalls. "The only time we left the site was on everyone's lunch break or after work," Jess Baldock said. Some walls were built, knocked down, and rebuilt until workers reached the standard that Daniel Baldock knew they needed to achieve.

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☆ I got laid off from Amazon. They've tried 4 times to rehire me, but I can't go back.
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-01 | by ( Tim Paradis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

We were made aware that we would be getting an email if we were getting laid off. It didn't really help to fill in the trust that was missing there. It felt really depersonalized and almost just like a slap across the face because you give so much to them. AdvertisementAdvertisementAmazon comes callingI got my first outreach on LinkedIn on behalf of Amazon a little over a month after they told us we were getting laid off. It kind of seemed like you're getting covered in ants and you're getting overwhelmed.

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Bankman-Fried testified that he wasn't aware of the amount Alameda was borrowing from FTX, or its theoretical max. Prosecutors entered corroborating materials, including encrypted Signal messages and other internal documents that appear to show Bankman-Fried orchestrating the spending of FTX customer money. Similarly, Bankman-Fried testified that he believed the lavish Bahamas properties were being paid for with FTX operating cash that came from revenue and venture investments. The market had already dropped 70% and if it fell another 50%, he was afraid the firm would be insolvent, Bankman-Fried told the jury. In September, he checked in again with Ellison about the hedging activity, Bankman-Fried testified.

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☆ A 24-year-old who has built multiple businesses around Amazon got his start doing wholesale on a $1,500 budget. He explains how to pick a product to resell for profit.
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-31 | by ( Kathleen Elkins | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

There are a few different ways to make money selling products on Amazon : arbitrage, wholesale, and private label. You aren't building your own product; you're simply reselling an existing product. What sets it apart from arbitrage is that you're buying products in bulk directly from a brand or distributor. To avoid the same mistake, you want to look at the listing page of the product you're interested in selling. How to pick a product to sell wholesaleAfter the wholesale mistake, "I went back to the drawing board," said Naran.

Persons: it's, Jatin Naran, Naran, I'm, who'd, he'd Organizations: Wholesale, Google, Amazon Locations: Alibaba, London

☆ A new bill in Congress could wipe out the credit card rewards programs Americans rely on for their vacations, Southwest says
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-26 | by ( Matthew Loh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Southwest Airlines said a new bill in Congress could "completely end" loyalty rewards programs. It's taking aim at the Credit Card Competition Act, which seeks to lower credit card fees. "Our customers and employees use the Southwest Rapid Rewards Credit Card to earn points that can be redeemed for Southwest flights, car rentals, gift cards, and more." "This legislation is bad policy and would undermine, if not completely end, credit card rewards programs that millions of Americans rely on for their vacations or personal travel needs," Southwest added. The Credit Card Competition Act was originally introduced to the previous Congress in 2022, but never came to a vote.

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“It is truly crazy because I went to school to be an accountant,” Moroney tells The Associated Press. All roads lead to the career-making “Tennessee Orange," where Moroney, a Georgia Bulldog through and through, puts on University of Tennessee colors for a partner. It's a football love song, one about the concessions people make in the name of affection and intimacy — and the track that fast-tracked Moroney into the country spotlight. “It's, like, not a conventional love song,” she says. But yeah, I definitely don’t belong in Tennessee Orange as a Georgia Bulldog.”For that reason, she didn't expect “Tennessee Orange” to be her breakout hit.

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☆ Judge Engoron comes thisclose to accusing Trump of perjury in a written order
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-26 | by ( Laura Italiano | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Trump's testimony in a gag order hearing at his NY fraud trial "rings hollow and untrue," the judge writes. In the order, Engoron says Trump gave testimony that "rings hollow and untrue" after being suddenly called to the witness stand on Wednesday. NY Courts/Insider"On October 3, on the record, I imposed on all parties to this action a very limited gag order," Engoron begins the order. This resulted in "a $5,000 nominal sanction against Donald Trump for the first-time violation of the gag order." Former attorney for former U.S. President Donald Trump, Michael Cohen, arrives to be deposed by Trump lawyers in New York, U.S. April 28, 2023.

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☆ 'The most kick-ass cover letter' the Emmys CEO has ever seen—and how to replicate it
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-25 | by ( Gili Malinsky | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

In 2022, Maury McIntyre, president and CEO of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, which puts on the Emmy Awards, was looking for a chief of staff. Initially, he thought someone who'd worked in a similar role before would be the right fit. Curry had been teaching choreography at private schools and though her background wasn't quite what McIntyre had been looking for, she had "the most kick-ass cover letter I've ever read." The Television Academy hired her soon thereafter and she's been working there ever since. Here's what convinced McIntyre to bring Curry in for an interview and his advice to other job seekers out there.

Persons: Maury McIntyre, They'd, who'd, Brandy Curry, Curry, McIntyre, she's Organizations: Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, Disney, NBC, CNBC, Television Academy

HONG KONG, Oct 25 (Reuters) - Hong Kong's efforts to revive its shrinking stock market are mere stopgap solutions, as analysts say a reversal in fortunes for Asia's premier financial hub would not be possible without a major improvement in China's economic prospects. With a market value of around $4.3 trillion, Hong Kong is home to one of the top-ranked stock markets globally just behind those in the United States, Japan, China and Europe. New share offerings in Hong Kong have fizzled. Local media reported that a record 47 of the 638 trading participants on the Hong Kong exchange shut shop last year. Chinese firms listed in Hong Kong, such as tech giants Tencent (0700.HK) and Alibaba (9988.HK), comprise the bulk of the turnover on the Hong Kong exchange, leaving Hong Kong hostage to China's fortunes.

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☆ GoStudent, the $3 billion edtech darling, scaled fast and partied hard. The result was a mess.
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-24 | by ( Tasmin Lockwood | Riddhi Kanetkar | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +23 min

These people were employees of GoStudent, an Austria-based online-tutoring startup that had quickly become the darling of the European tech scene. But 28 current and former GoStudent employees and tutors said they experienced a poorly run organization with clumsy management. Edtech companies "rarely have any major competitive advantage other than scale," a European venture capitalist who's not affiliated with GoStudent said. A GoStudent employee threatened to track down the petition's author using tutors' IP addresses, according to the German publication Handelsblatt. According to public documents updated in December 2022, GoStudent had shrunk to 15 markets and 1,500 employees, including its acquisitions.

Persons: Felix Ohswald, Gregor Müller, GoStudent, who'd, I'm, Heinz, Peter Meidinger, cofounders, Ferdinand von Hagen, Prada, GoStudent's, Dave Benett, Müller, —, Ohswald, Anthony Canavan, Canavan, Brutkasten, Norbert Wess, Harry Murphy, Duncan McIntyre, McIntyre, Neel Gupta, Anna Tuchy, Patrick Nadler, Nadler, Sarah Heuberger, Ross Slater Organizations: German Teachers ' Association, Employees, GoStudent, Conseil, prud'hommes, DBS, Safety Officers, Web, Getty, JP Morgan, Barclays, Deutsche Bank, TechCrunch, Organisation for Economic Cooperation Locations: Vienna, Austria, Silicon Valley, North America, South America, Europe, London, France, Soho , London, Dock, DACH, Germany, Switzerland, Spanish, Sweden, Swedish, GoStudent, Ukraine, Ibiza, GoStudent's, Deliveroo

☆ I encouraged my son to apply to only 3 colleges even though his friends were applying to 12 to 15. He still got into his dream school.
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-22 | by ( Liz Alterman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

My son thought he had to apply to more than 10 colleges because everyone he knew was doing it. But he liked only three schools, so I encouraged him to apply to just those three. People were horrified he wasn't applying to more, but he got into his dream school anyway. AdvertisementAdvertisementOne afternoon in the spring of 2022, my son Ben, a junior in high school, and I got back in the car after touring yet another college. When I asked him why he would apply if he didn't want to attend, Ben told me everyone he knew was applying to 12 to 15 schools.

Persons: —, Ben, overachievers, couldn't, He'd, who'd, he'd, they'd Organizations: Service, Princeton

☆ About 100,000 protesters join pro-Palestinian march through London
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-21 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

LONDON, Oct 21 (Reuters) - About 100,000 people joined a pro-Palestinian demonstration in central London on Saturday, marching through the British capital to demand an immediate ceasefire in Gaza following the Hamas attack on Israel two weeks ago. Chanting "Free Palestine", holding banners and waving Palestinian flags, the protesters moved through London before massing at Downing Street, the official residence and office of British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. Police estimated 100,000 people had taken part in the "National March for Palestine" demonstration, organised by the Palestine Solidarity Campaign. [1/6]Demonstrators protest in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in London, Britain, October 21, 2023. Reporting by Michael Holden and Yann Tessier; Editing by Ros RussellOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Rishi Sunak, Hannah McKay, Joe Biden, Benjamin Netanyahu, James, Michael Holden, Yann Tessier, Ros Russell Organizations: British, Police, Palestine Solidarity, Reuters, Hamas, REUTERS, Thomson Locations: London, Gaza, Israel, Downing, Palestine, Palestinian, Britain, U.S, Cairo

☆ About 100,000 Protesters Join Pro-Palestinian March Through London
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-21 | by ( Oct. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +2 min

LONDON (Reuters) - About 100,000 people joined a pro-Palestinian demonstration in central London on Saturday, marching through the British capital to demand an immediate ceasefire in Gaza following the Hamas attack on Israel two weeks ago. Chanting "Free Palestine", holding banners and waving Palestinian flags, the protesters moved through London before massing at Downing Street, the official residence and office of British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. Police estimated 100,000 people had taken part in the "National March for Palestine" demonstration, organised by the Palestine Solidarity Campaign. Many of the chants and banners contained strong anti-Israeli slogans, and one protester held a banner with pictures of Sunak, U.S. President Joe Biden, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with the message "Wanted For War crimes". The protest appeared peaceful and there were no immediate reports of any arrests.

Persons: Rishi Sunak, Joe Biden, Benjamin Netanyahu, James, Michael Holden, Yann Tessier, Ros Russell Organizations: British, Police, Palestine Solidarity, Reuters Locations: London, Gaza, Israel, Downing, Palestine, Palestinian, U.S, Britain, Cairo

☆ I converted a sheep barn into an Airbnb with $2,000. Now, I manage over 100 listings. Here's how I grew my business and weathered the Airbnb apocalypse.
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-19 | by ( Claire Turrell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Jamie Inlow saw the Airbnb potential of her neighbor's sheep barn, and the two went into business. A property Inlow manages in Charlottesville, Virginia. In late 2020, the business took a real shift when a local real estate agent sent me a DM on Instagram. My partner and I run this Airbnb business full timeI didn't leave my consultancy job until July 2022 as my husband and I were also building our family home. The stylish interior of a Be Still Getaways property.

Persons: Jamie Inlow, Inlow, —, Airbnb, influencers, messaged, who'd, I'm, Inlow's, We're, we've Organizations: Service, Be, Appalachian State University, Facebook, House Locations: Scottsville , Virginia, Scottsville, Charlottesville , Virginia, Staunton , Virginia, Instagram

☆ I have messed up a lot in job interviews—here's how to avoid my worst mistakes
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-18 | by ( Gili Malinsky | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

The job interview is nerve wracking — but there are plenty of ways to prepare to help you feel confident. I myself have messed up during job interviews and while I can't be sure to what extent these mess-ups had an impact, I didn't ultimately get offers for any of the jobs. Here are three mistakes I made in job interviews and why experts say you should avoid them. When you're doing a job interview, "your interviewer is asking themselves, can you do your job?" When you're going in for a job interview, use the job description, your experience of like work and any informational interviews to get a sense of the tasks you could be doing.

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