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☆ Guinness World Record holder and author of 'Brainhacker': This is the key to boosting your memory
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-12 | by ( Renée Onque | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

"For memory and mental focus in general, the key is novelty," Farrow, author of " Brainhacker: Master Memory, Focus, Emotions, and More to Unleash the Genius Within ," tells CNBC Make It. In one sitting, Farrow recalled the order of 52 shuffled decks, or 2,704 cards, when he was just 21 years old. He even reclaimed the title after his record was broken, by memorizing the order of 59 decks of shuffled cards, which is 3,068 cards. If there's anyone who can give you advice for strengthening your memory , it's Dave Farrow , two-time Guinness Record holder for memorizing the most decks of playing cards by a single sighting. "The key is to trigger focus at will, not try to force your brain to focus for 24 hours."

☆ 3 of Warren Buffett's biggest investing mistakes—and what every investor can learn from them
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-02 | by ( Ryan Ermey | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Consequently, our extensive collection of businesses currently consists of a few enterprises that have truly extraordinary economics, many that enjoy very good economic characteristics, and a large group that are marginal," Buffett wrote. But in the spirit of humility, let's take a look at three of Buffett's worst decisions, and what investors can learn from them. "What I had assessed as a durable competitive advantage vanished within a few years," Buffett wrote in his 2007 letter to shareholders. Compounding the mistake, Buffett paid $443 million for the company in Berkshire stock rather than cash. "As a financial disaster, this one deserves a spot in the Guinness Book of World Records," Buffett wrote in his 2014 shareholder letter.

☆ A California man set a new world record after making 2,995 visits to Disneyland, going every single day for more than 8 years
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-26 | by ( Stephanie Stacey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Jeff Reitz, 50, made 2,995 consecutive visits to Disneyland between 2012 and 2020. He began his daily trips while he was unemployed to distract himself from job-hunting, per LA Times. Jeff Reitz, 50, from Huntington Beach, California made 2,995 consecutive visits to Disneyland in Anaheim between 2012 and 2020. His achievement was finally enshrined as a world record last week after Guinness World Records created a new category to honor Reitz's Disneyland devotion. That left him just five days shy of his initial goal of 3,000 consecutive visits, per the LA Times.

☆ Mark Zuckerberg's MMA fighting and Bill Gates' pickleball: 20 tech billionaires and executives and the sports they play
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-22 | by ( Grace Kay | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: 1 min

Billionaire Richard Branson is known for being something of a daredevil. Branson has broken multiple Guinness World Records, including being the first man to cross both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans in a hot-air balloon. "It's important to have fun in life and not take yourself too seriously," he told Insider in a 2016 interview. Most recently, Branson traveled to space on a Virgin Galactic rocket. Sources: Insider, Guinness World Records, Insider

☆ 20 tech founders and billionaires that like to play sports — from Bill Gates's love for pickleball to Jeff Bezo's days-long horseback rides
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-19 | by ( Grace Kay | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: 1 min

☆ Jim Cramer's top 10 things to watch in the market Monday: Stocks slump, off-price retail boost
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-06 | by ( Jim Cramer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

2. Credit Suisse raises Estee Lauder (EL) price target to $305 per share from $215. Bernstein upgrades Diageo (DEO) to outperform from market perform (buy from hold) and raises price target to $225 per share from $215. Canaccord PT to $853 from $750; keeps buy. T-Mobile (TMUS) downgraded by MoffettNathanson to market perform from outperform (hold from buy); keeps $174-per-share price target. As a subscriber to the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer, you will receive a trade alert before Jim makes a trade.

[1/3] The dog, Bobi, that broke the record for oldest dog ever at 30 years-old, is pictured at Conqueiros, in Leiria, Portugal, February 4, 2023. REUTERS/Catarina DemonyCONQUEIROS, Portugal, Feb 4 (Reuters) - When his dog was born three decades ago in a tiny village in central Portugal, Leonel Costa was only eight years old. Little did he know that his beloved Bobi would one day be recorded as the world's oldest dog. Costa got in touch with the Guinness World of Records, submitted all the paperwork and a year later Bobi was officially named the oldest dog on record. Costa hopes Bobi has many more years of life and is thankful the dog has put the remote village of Conqueiros on the map.

☆ The oldest woman alive says she made it to 115 years old — surviving both World Wars and the 1918 flu pandemic — by avoiding 'toxic people'
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-27 | by ( Allana Akhtar | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Guinness World Records confirmed Spanish resident María Branyas Morera as the world's oldest person. Research has indicated toxic relationships can impact mortality and cause health problems. Guinness World Records confirmed María Branyas Morera, 115, as the world's oldest person on January 19. She lived through both World Wars and the 1918 flu pandemic before retiring in a nursing home 22 years ago. "I think longevity is also about being lucky," Morera said, according to Guinness World Records.

☆ Johnnie Walker maker Diageo tops sales estimates helped by premium brands
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-26 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/2] Bottles of Johnnie Walker whisky, a brand of Diageo, are seen for sale in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., May 20, 2022. REUTERS/Andrew KellyLONDON, Jan 26 (Reuters) - Diageo (DGE.L), the world's largest spirits maker, beat first-half sales forecasts on Thursday as it raised prices and more people drank premium spirits. The London-based company, which makes Tanqueray gin, Captain Morgan's rum and Ketel One vodka, said organic net sales rose 9.4% in the six months to December 31, beating analyst forecasts for a 7.9% rise. The growth reflected organic volume growth of 1.8%, indicting 7.6 percentage points of higher price growth. Diageo's "premium-plus" brands - which are more expensive than brands such as Smirnoff vodka but under about 50 pounds ($61.92), drove 65% of its organic net sales growth, the company said.

☆ Diageo fortunes rest on reviving America’s thirst
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-26 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

LONDON, Jan 26 (Reuters Breakingviews) - Investors in Diageo (DGE.L) are suffering from fading animal spirits. The share price of the $97 billion drinks company, which makes Guinness and Baileys, slumped 6% on Thursday, even though its 9% net sales growth beat analysts’ expectations of 8%. It’s possible that drinkers are getting more cautious, fearing a possible recession, and tempering their purchases of pricier booze. Sales in North America grew by just 3% year-on-year in the most recent six-month spell, compared with 14% a year earlier. But if the dry spell continues, Diageo shareholders may be nursing a more lasting headache.

☆ Johnnie Walker-maker Diageo beats first-half sales estimates
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-26 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Johnnie Walker is a brand of Scotch whisky now owned by Diageo, which beat first-half sales forecasts. Diageo , the world's largest spirits maker, beat first-half sales forecasts on Thursday as it raised prices and more people drank premium spirits. The growth reflected organic volume growth of 1.8%, indicting 7.6 percentage points of higher price growth. "If you look at the consumer, the consumer is very savvy," Menezes told CNBC. Since the pandemic, Diageo has also benefited from people buying more expensive types of alcohol while staying home under lockdown.

[1/3] Cane toad dubbed "Toadzilla" and believed by Australian park rangers to be the world's biggest toad is held by Queensland Department of Environment and Science Ranger Kylee Gray, in Conway National Park, Queensland, Australia January 12, 2023. Queensland Department Of Environment and Science/Handout via REUTERSSYDNEY, Jan 20 (Reuters) - Australian park rangers believe they have stumbled upon a record-breaking giant toad deep in a rainforest. Dubbed "Toadzilla", the cane toad, an invasive species that poses a threat to Australia's ecosystem, was spotted by "shocked" park ranger Kylee Gray during a patrol in Conway National Park in Queensland state on Jan. 12. Gray’s colleague, senior park ranger Barry Nolan, told Reuters the animal was euthanised due to its “ecological impact” — the usual fate for the toads across Australia. “A female cane toad like potentially Toadzilla would lay up to 35,000 eggs.

☆ This record-breaking artist uses the beaches of Dubai as his canvas
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-17 | by ( Nadia Leigh-Hewitson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

For Dubai-based Filipino artist Nathaniel Alapide, it’s how he became a Guinness World Record holder. Dubai’s 72 kilometers (45 miles) of sun-bleached coastline, and the vast Arabian desert, are his canvas. The scale of the drawing impressed the hotel, who offered him his first full-time job as a sand artist in 2015. It took 30 days to create and required 12,000 tons of sand in four colors, sourced from across the UAE desert. Though he has crafted a career from the practice, Alapide says creating an artwork from sand isn’t without its challenges.

☆ Italian film legend Gina Lollobrigida dies at age 95
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-16 | by ( The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

ROME (AP) — Italian film legend Gina Lollobrigida, who achieved international stardom during the 1950s and was dubbed “the most beautiful woman in the world” after the title of one of her movies, died in Rome on Monday, her agent said. Lollobrigida also was an accomplished sculptor, painter and photographer, and eventually essentially dropped film for the other arts. Lollobrigida was born on July 4, 1927 in Subiaco, a picturesque hill town near Rome, where her father was a furniture maker. Lollobrigida began her career in beauty contests, posing for the covers of magazines and making brief appearances in minor films. On her website, Lollobrigida recalled how her family lost its house during the bombings of World War II and went to live in Rome.

☆ Guinness Global Investors CIO says buying the current rally is a risk
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-12 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailGuinness Global Investors CIO says buying the current rally is a riskInvestors should be wary of the equity rally and look for structural growth themes, says Edmund Harriss, chief investment officer at Guinness Global Investors.

☆ I make fake snow for films like 'Fantastic Beasts.' It's fun to make but painstaking to clean up — now I never look at winter movies the same.
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-12 | by ( Jem Bartholomew | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Jon Llewellyn works at Snow Business International, a company that produces fake snow. I work at Snow Business International, where we make fake snow for all kinds of movie sets and more. There's a lot of secrecy around Christmas TV ads in the UKPeople talk, so we use code names to muddy the water. Jon LlewellynRecently, we cleaned up this entire area of fake snow on a shoot in Ireland. But it's funny because I thought it looked a bit unrealistic on the cars, even though it was real snow.

☆ 'Malcolm in the Middle' star Frankie Muniz announces he’s now a full-time race car driver: ‘You can always chase your dreams’
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-11 | by ( Nicolas Vega | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Frankie Muniz is putting his racing career into high gear. The "Malcolm in the Middle" star shared on Instagram Wednesday that he will compete full time in the NASCAR-owned ARCA Series. He first drove a race car in 2004 while participating in the annual Toyota Pro/Celebrity Race in California. "I have a lot to learn and I know that," Muniz told PEOPLE. "But I'm going in, I'm putting in a hundred percent because I don't wanna look back at this opportunity and go, man, I wish I tried harder."

☆ Elon Musk's $182 billion net worth drop breaks Guinness World Record
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-10 | by ( Nicolas Vega | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Elon Musk can add a new title to his resume: Guinness World Record holder. The 53-year-old's wealth decline spared Amazon founder Jeff Bezos from taking the Guinness World Record. Bezos's $80 billion loss in 2022 would have firmly given him the "largest loss" title were it not for Musk. Fellow tech CEO Mark Zuckerberg also broke Masayoshi Son's record with his $78 billion loss. As of Jan. 10, Forbes estimates that his net worth sits at $142.1 billion, making him the No.

☆ Elon Musk has lost so much money that the Guinness World Records recognized him for the 'largest loss of personal fortune in history'
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-09 | by ( Sarah Jackson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

His net worth fell so much that he broke the Guinness World Record for " largest loss of personal fortune in history." The Tesla and Twitter CEO erased so much of his fortune in the last year that Guinness World Records recognized him for it. He's officially broken the world record for the "largest loss of personal fortune in history," the organization said in a press release Friday. Forbes recently estimated Musk's net worth had plummeted by $183 billion in just over a year, while Bloomberg placed the estimate at $200 billion. Before Musk, the previous record for personal fortune wiped out, much lower at $58.6 billion, was set by Softbank founder and CEO Masayoshi Son in 2000.

☆ When Does Life Begin?
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-31 | by ( Elizabeth Dias | Bethany Mollenkof | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +19 min

“It is not black and white.”America’s fight over abortion has long circled a question, one that is broad and without consensus:When does life begin? The question of when life begins has been so politicized it can be hard to thoughtfully engage. Ancient Egypt gave the power to create new human life almost entirely to men. The scientific revolution, from Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution to reproductive science, disrupted centuries of thought on human life. “When does the responsibility for a life begin and end?”

☆ Pelé, Brazilian soccer star and only player to win the World Cup three times, dies at age 82
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-29 | by ( Michele Luhn | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Pelé, the Brazilian soccer icon who brought the World Cup trophy to his home country three times, becoming an international superstar and the highest-paid team athlete in the world at the time, has died. Pelé joined the Santos Football Club in Brazil in 1956 at age 15 as an inside forward. The club won the São Paulo league championships and, in 1962 and 1963, both the Libertadores Cup and the Intercontinental Club Cup. Brazil lost in the first round at the next World Cup, in 1966, after Pelé and others suffered injuries. Pelé closed out his World Cup career netting 12 goals in 14 games and remains the only soccer player to win the trophy three times.

☆ King Charles visits Wrexham AFC, the soccer club owned by Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-10 | by ( Ben Church | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

King Charles and the Queen Consort visited Wrexham AFC on Friday, the soccer club owned by Hollywood actors Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney. Charles and his wife Camila were in Wrexham to celebrate its new city status and spoke to Reynolds and McElhenney about their plans for growing the club that they bought in 2021. Wrexham – the world’s third-oldest football club, currently plays in England’s fifth tier, far removed from the likes of Manchester United and Liverpool. King Charles spoke with manager Phil Parkinson and some of the players. Charles spoke with the first-team players during his visit and wished them luck for their next match away at Eastleigh on Saturday.

☆ Japanese billionaire Maezawa picks K-pop star TOP, DJ Steve Aoki to join SpaceX moon trip
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-08 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/4] Japanese entrepreneur Yusaku Maezawa reacts as he speaks with his family after donning space suits shortly before the launch to the International Space Station (ISS) at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, December 8, 2021. REUTERS/Shamil ZhumatovTOKYO, Dec 9 (Reuters) - Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa on Friday revealed that K-pop star TOP and DJ Steve Aoki will be among the eight crew members he plans to take on a trip around the moon next year, hitching a ride on one of Elon Musk's SpaceX rockets. The picks were announced by Maezawa on Twitter and at a website for what he dubbed the #dearMoon Project. Maezawa used the micro-blogging site to recruit eight crew members from around the world to join him on the moon trip, saying 1 million people had applied. U.S. Olympic snowboarder Kaitlyn Farrington and Japanese dancer Miyu were named as backup crew members.

☆ Kate Bush's 'Running Up That Hill' is Spotify's most streamed throwback song of 2022
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-02 | by ( Britney Toh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Kate Bush's "Running Up That Hill" is the most streamed throwback song on Spotify this year. Spotify defines "throwback songs" as those released over 20 years ago. The song saw a 8,700% increase in Spotify streams this year, thanks to Netflix's hit show Stranger Things. "Throwback songs" are defined by Spotify as songs that were released over 20 years ago. 1 singles on the UK single charts, and the record for the oldest female artist to score a top hit on the UK single's chart.

☆ I traveled to every country in the world, including North Korea, in 558 days. These are my top 10 travel tips.
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-01 | by ( Hannah Towey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +12 min

Cassie De Pecol has traveled to all 193 sovereign nations in addition to Taiwan, Kosovo, and Palestine. These are some of her top travel tips — from her favorite airlines to how to stay safe as a solo traveler. So I decided to go after the Guinness World Record for traveling to every country in the fastest amount of time. How I traveled to 193 countries in just over 18 monthsCassie De Pecol in North Korea. If you can, pack lightFor my trip around the world, I traveled with just a backpack.

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