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☆ A man who paid $200.57 for a night at a famous NYC hotel and then lived there rent-free for years is unfit to stand trial, court says
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-09 | by ( Alcynna Lloyd | Kenneth Niemeyer | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Mickey Barreto lived in the New Yorker Hotel for free for years before his recent arrest. AdvertisementDoctors say a man who had lived inside the iconic New Yorker Hotel for free for more than half a decade is unfit to stand trial. Mickey Barreto lived in the New Yorker Hotel for years without paying a single cent in rent. In June 2018, Barreto and his partner, Matthew Hannan, stayed in room 2565 at the New Yorker Hotel for one night and paid $200.57. Although a judge ordered him to stop representing himself as the owner of the hotel, Barreto continued to live there for free.

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☆ Inside the lives of travel tutors for the wealthy: big paychecks, yacht trips, and very little personal space
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-09 | by ( Lian Kit Wee | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Travel tutors can earn six figures a year, but that price tag comes at a personal cost. For the past 14 years, she's worked with Tutors International, a company offering private travel tutor services. Tutors International, a UK-based company offering these services, advertises positions with salaries ranging from $150,000 to $380,000 annually. AdvertisementBut the hefty paycheck comes with significant caveats, said four current and former travel tutors who spoke with Business Insider. "You're there to do a job, and even though you might become friendly with the family, you're not their friend."

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☆ I teach wealthy kids with special needs. Money can't solve everything, but it can give them the education they need.
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-10 | by ( Lian Kit Wee | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

At the end of my time at Oxford in 2004, I faced two very different job offers: a private equity position and a teaching job in Washington, D.C. My experience has been incredibly diverse, but almost all my clients involve students with special educational needs. I never expected to teach students with special educational needs, nor do I have the formal training or credentials for it. Almost every job I've had involved travel, whether on a boat or moving from country to country. AdvertisementWealth is an enablerMany clients I've worked with have resources on par with countries' governments.

Persons: Nathaniel Hannan, I've, Weaving, didn't, It's Organizations: Service, International, Oxford, Business, Ivy League Locations: Washington ,, United States, Lucite, Atlanta

Jerusalem CNN —Israeli authorities are preparing to send a group of Palestinian patients who were being treated in East Jerusalem hospitals back to Gaza this week. They had all received permission from Israeli authorities to travel to Israeli-occupied East Jerusalem for advanced medical care – most before Hamas’ October 7 attack on Israel. Mick Krever/CNNAmong them will be Nima Abu Garrara, who was brought from Rafah to East Jerusalem pregnant with twins and gave birth on October 5. But staying in East Jerusalem is no longer an option. Before October, a third of those receiving care at the Augusta Victoria Hospital were patients from Gaza who needed advanced cancer treatment.

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☆ Goldman Sachs just added — and removed — stocks on its 'conviction list' of top Asian picks
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-13 | by ( Amala Balakrishner | In Amala-Balakrishner | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Goldman Sachs has refreshed its "conviction list" of top picks in Asia Pacific for March, adding some key stocks and removing others. Here are two of the latest additions to Goldman Sachs' conviction list: Xero Goldman analyst Kane Hannan said he was positive on the outlook for New Zealand-headquartered accounting software company Xero . Goldman Sachs has a price target of $152 on the stock, giving it potential upside of around 12%. Hyundai Motor Another addition to Goldman's conviction list is South Korean automobile manufacturer Hyundai Motor . Meanwhile, the Wall Street bank removed Singapore-headquartered bank OCBC and Japanese conglomerate Sony from its conviction list as it no longer deems them "a top investment idea."

Persons: Goldman Sachs, Xero Goldman, Kane Hannan, Hannan, Intuit's Quickbooks, Sage, Kota Yuzawa, Yuzawa, Goldman, Michael Bloom Organizations: Asia, Hyundai, South, Hyundai Motor, Won, Sony Locations: Asia Pacific, U.S, Mar, New Zealand, Australia, South Korean, Singapore

Oct 13 (Reuters) - President Joe Biden will announce in Philadelphia on Friday the recipients of $7 billion in federal grants for the development of regional hydrogen hubs, advancing a key part of his administration's broader plan to decarbonize the U.S. economy. "The regional hydrogen hubs will kickstart a national network of clean hydrogen production, consumers and the connected infrastructure necessary, while supporting the production, storage and delivery and end use of clean hydrogen,” a senior administration official said. The hubs selected will serve the mid-Atlantic, Appalachian, Midwest, Minnesota and Plains states, the Gulf Coast, Pacific Northwest and California. The grants are expected to leverage over $40 billion in private investment, generate tens of thousands of jobs and create a national hydrogen economy. Most of the selected hubs include the use of natural gas to power hydrogen production, which administration officials said would need to install carbon capture technology to qualify.

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☆ ‘MeToo’ for mothers: Australian inquiry hears troubling accounts of birth trauma
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-08 | by ( Hilary Whiteman | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

NSWParliament/YouTubeWhat is birth trauma? Amy Dawes founded the Australasian Birth Trauma Association (ABTA) after sustaining life-altering injuries during the forceps delivery of her first child in 2015. Amy Dawes, founder of the Australasian Birth Trauma Association, with her two children ages 9 and 6. In fact, we are breaking mothers.”Fiona Reid, a clinical midwife with decades of experience, said birth trauma was not only affecting others but also midwives. Reid said birth trauma will never be eliminated – “it’s an impossible request.”But she said attention should focus on eliminating preventable birth trauma and raising standards so the measure of success isn’t merely survival.

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☆ Elon Musk's giant 'X' sign is going to cost his landlord fees for building without a permit
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-01 | by ( Natalie Musumeci | Jyoti Mann | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The San Francisco landlord of X's headquarters will be charged fees over Elon Musk's sign antics. Elon Musk is causing more headaches for the landlord of the San Francisco, California, headquarters of X, the social media giant formerly called Twitter. Workers prepare to dismantle a large X logo on the roof of X headquarters on July 31, 2023. A building permit was required to remove the "X" sign but, "due to safety concerns," the permit can be obtained after the fact, Hannan said. City officials had issued a notice of violation on Friday after the "X" sign was put up on the building's roof without a permit.

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☆ After Investigation and Complaints, Twitter Removes ‘X’ on Headquarters
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-01 | by ( Lauren Mccarthy | More About Lauren Mccarthy | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

Background: San Francisco was investigating. Twitter representatives told the inspector that it was a “temporary lighted sign for an event,” the complaint said. The changes were reflected inside Twitter’s San Francisco headquarters — X logos were projected in the cafeteria and conference rooms were renamed — as well as outside. Early on July 24, Mr. Musk shared a photo of a giant X projected on Twitter’s office building shortly after announcing the change. Days later, the “X” sign was installed.

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Aug 1 (Reuters) - An obscure cloud service company has been providing state-sponsored hackers with internet services to spy on and extort their victims, a cybersecurity firm said in a report to be published on Tuesday. Researchers at Texas-based Halcyon said a company called Cloudzy had been leasing server space and reselling it to no fewer than 17 different state-sponsored hacking groups from China, Russia, Iran, North Korea, India, Pakistan and Vietnam. Halcyon estimated that roughly half of Cloudzy’s business was malicious, including renting services to two ransomware groups. The cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike, which wasn’t involved in the research, said that it hadn’t seen state-sponsored hackers using Cloudzy. He said the company needed U.S. domicile to be able to register internet protocol addresses in America.

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☆ ‘X’ removed after being installed atop company headquarters following Twitter’s rebrand
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-31 | by ( Elizabeth Joseph | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —Officials from the San Francisco Department of Building Inspection on Monday morning observed that the new “X” on top of the building formerly known as Twitter’s headquarters was being dismantled, according to Patrick Hannan, the department’s spokesman. “Over the weekend, the Department of Building Inspection and City Planning received 24 complaints about the unpermitted structure, including concerns about its structural safety and illumination. This morning, building inspectors observed the structure being dismantled. A building permit is required to remove the structure but, due to safety concerns, the permit can be secured after the structure is taken down,” Hannan said in an email to CNN. “The property owner will be assessed fees for the unpermitted installation of the illuminated structure.

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☆ San Francisco Twitter complaint: City says flashing 'X' sign put up without a permit
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-30 | by ( Jamiel Lynch | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

San Francisco CNN —In a complaint, the city of San Francisco says they have visited Twitter headquarters twice since Friday regarding the new flashing “X” sign on top of the building. He tweeted video of the building with the new flashing “X” logo on Saturday saying, “Our HQ in San Francisco tonight.”“NOV issued for work without permit. I explained to all representatives that the NOV requires the structure to be remove with a building permit or legalize,” the complaint reads. An aerial view shows a newly constructed X sign on the roof of the headquarters of the social media platform previously known as Twitter, in San Francisco, on July 29, 2023. CNN has reached out to the City of San Francisco and X for comment.

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☆ San Francisco is investigating claims made by 6 ex-Twitter staff about Elon Musk's 'Twitter hotel' plans
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-21 | by ( Sam Tabahriti | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

San Francisco's Department of Building Inspection said it was investigating the lawsuit's claims. San Francisco has opened a new investigation into Elon Musk's plans to alter Twitter headquarters following claims made in a lawsuit by six former employees. The former staff also described the billionaire's plans to create a "Twitter hotel" amid Musk's "hardcore" vision. After Musk took over the company in October, he converted some office space into bedrooms, prompting an investigation by San Francisco's Department of Building Inspection. Killian was asked by the "transition team" not to reveal the details of the future plans during that inspection.

☆ Elon Musk's Twitter ordered by officials to properly label bedrooms in San Francisco HQ as sleeping areas — or convert them back to offices within 15 days
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-03 | by ( Kate Duffy | Sam Tabahriti | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

San Francisco told Twitter to label converted bedrooms as sleeping areas, per a correction notice. If it doesn't comply, Twitter has 15 days to convert the bedrooms back to offices in its HQ. Officials launched an investigation in December into Twitter's office bedrooms. Patrick Hannan, the Building Inspection Department's communications director, confirmed to Insider in December it was investigating reports that Twitter had converted some office rooms into sleeping areas in its HQ. A former Twitter employee told BBC News that Musk had often slept in Twitter's offices since taking over the company.

☆ Inside the Syrian refugee camp where supplies are low and ISIS fears run high
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-22 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Courtney-Kube-Circle-Byline-Template.Jpg | Courtney Kube | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +11 min

Members of the Syrian Kurdish Asayish security forces inspect tents at the Kurdish-run al-Hol camp, on Aug. 28, 2022, during a security campaign by the Syrian Democratic Forces against IS "sleeper cells" in the camp. While most ISIS fighters were killed or captured, their families were bused to the refugee camp as a temporary holding place, but with no long-term alternatives. In September, the SDF conducted an operation to root out ISIS fighters inside the camp. Over 24 days, they rounded up about 300 ISIS fighters, killed several more, and confiscated weapons and explosives. U.S. military officials warn that ISIS has divisions of troops waiting to fight inside Hasakah and the other prisons.

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