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☆ Trump Lawyers Distance Themselves From Alina Habba in Fraud-Trial Appeal
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-24 | by ( Laura Italiano | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Read previewIt's been 10 months since Donald Trump's New York civil-fraud defense lawyers were ordered to pay $7,500 each in sanctions for filing repetitive and frivolous legal motions. The brief argues that in sanctioning the civil-fraud defense lawyers in September, the judge improperly referenced two prior Habba matters that resulted in sanctions for her and Trump. AdvertisementHabba wasn't among the five fraud-trial defense lawyers hit with the small, largely symbolic sanctions last September because her name wasn't on the motions Engoron attacked as "frivolous." Habba and other Trump lawyers didn't immediately respond to a request for comment on the appeal. AdvertisementA nearly $500 million judgment — set by Engoron in February against Trump, The Trump Organization, and key longtime executives — remains on hold during Trump's appeal.

Persons: —, Donald Trump's, Arthur Engoron, Alina Habba, Trump, Hillary Clinton, Engoron, Clifford Robert, Michael Farina, Christopher Kise, Armen Morian, Michael Madaio, who's, Robert, Farina, Kise, Morian, — weren't, Letitia James, didn't Organizations: Service, New, Business, Trump, Engoron, The Trump Organization, Associated Press Locations: York, Florida, Bedminster , New Jersey, New York

☆ I'm a millennial job seeker who kept getting my résumé rejected. Then, I changed the formatting.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-02 | by ( Tim Paradis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Dania Swails, 28, has worked in finance and is looking for another job in the industry after leaving her last role. There would be jobs where I met every requirement, and I was getting rejected, getting rejected, getting rejected. I was getting automatically rejected, so I decided to apply only for jobs where I met every qualification. Then, a recruiter I'd been working with said my résumé could be getting caught in applicant-tracking systems. When I submitted my résumé and job description through this system, I was surprised by the results.

Persons: Dania Swails, He's, I've, haven't, I'm, I'd, it's, you've Organizations: Service, LinkedIn, ATS Locations: Cincinnati, Miami, Philly, Chicago

☆ I was nervous and lonely after I got put on a PIP at work. But I survived and think it helped me grow.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-01 | by ( Tim Paradis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

However, during the PIP, I was diagnosed with ADHD, which I think explains why I sometimes struggled at work. I survived my PIP, but a coworker didn'tTwo of us were placed on a PIP at the same time — the two new people. The PIP meeting was the first time my employer formally stated expectations and standards. I didn't want it to seem like I didn't know anything. I didn't know what they expected me to know.

Persons: She'd, —, I'd, didn't, I've, hadn't, that's, We're, It's, I'm Organizations: Business

☆ I survived a PIP at work after getting diagnosed with ADHD and taking medication
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-01 | by ( Tim Paradis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

However, during the PIP, I was diagnosed with ADHD, which I think explains why I sometimes struggled at work. The PIP meeting was the first time my employer formally stated expectations and standards. I didn't want it to seem like I didn't know anything. I didn't know what they expected me to know. AdvertisementADHD medication is helping me focusThe ADHD medication is helping a lot.

Persons: —, She'd, I'd, didn't, I've, hadn't, that's, We're, It's, I'm Organizations: Service, Business

☆ Schools are facing a dire teacher shortage. Less competitive pay for Gen Z and young millennials could make it worse.
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-14 | by ( Madison Hoff | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

A new ADP Research Institute report showed how teacher pay compares to the pay of all employees. Teacher pay as a share of the pay for all employees aged 20 to 25 has greatly fallen over the years. AdvertisementThere's a shortage of teachers, and young adults could be shying away from the profession as teacher pay becomes less competitive. And for teachers aged 25 to 30, that has increased from $49,427 in January 2018 to $59,780 in October 2023. Education isn't the only field that may have trouble attracting young job seekers.

Persons: ADP's Nela Richardson, —, Nela Richardson, Jeff Nezaj, Gen Zers, Richardson, Nezaj, Gen, It's, Aaron Terrazas, we've Organizations: ADP Research, Service, Business, Bureau of Labor Statistics, ADP Research Institute, Census, Denver, Denver Classroom

☆ Meet an 'airline nepo baby' — he's flown for free since birth, gets upgraded to business class, and books last-minute trips to Tokyo and Sydney
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-13 | by ( Maria Noyen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Crawford has booked cheap last-minute vacations to Sydney and Paris, thanks to his status as an "airline nepo baby." Perks extend to business-class upgradesPaying almost nothing to fly isn't the only benefit Crawford gets as an airline nepo baby. Given how long his father has worked for United, Crawford said he's also a high priority when free upgrades to business class are available. AdvertisementOn some occasions, Crawford has received free upgrades to United Airlines Polaris business class cabin. As a recent college grad, he said he couldn't afford to fly business class otherwise.

Persons: —, Joshua Crawford, Crawford, Joshua Crawford Crawford, doesn't, he's, you've Organizations: Service, United Airlines, Business, Google, United, Polaris, United Airlines Polaris Locations: LA, Tokyo, Coachella, California, Los Angeles, Springs, New Jersey, Sydney, Paris, New York, Denver, United, Japan, Australia, Europe

☆ Mark Zuckerberg is serving peak Relatable Zuck with his laptop perched on a stack of books
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-05 | by ( Kwan Wei Kevin Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Meet Relatable Zuck, who wants you to know that he, too, uses a book stack for a laptop stand. The Meta CEO has gone from a hoodie-wearing tech wunderkind to a shredded martial arts practitioner. Mark Zuckerberg in the early days of Facebook's founding (left) and Mark Zuckerberg today (right). While most were battling cabin fever or binge-watching Netflix during the COVID-19 pandemic, Zuckerberg said he'd picked up mixed martial arts instead. AdvertisementIn fact, martial arts has become such a big part of Zuckerberg's life, that it even warranted a mention in Meta's latest annual report.

Persons: Relatable Zuck, Mark Zuckerberg, —, Taylor Swift, Zuckerberg, Zuck, Today's Zuckerberg, Stanley, Steve Jobs, Albert Einstein —, he'd Organizations: Service, Facebook, Netflix Locations: arm's, California, Meta's

☆ I moved to NYC right after college to work in fashion — but people were unfriendly and my dream turned into a nightmare
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-29 | by ( Robin Madell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Julia Fernsby moved to New York City from Ireland right after college to work in fashion. Her dream job was not what she envisioned, and the city felt overwhelming and unfriendly. Right after college, I moved to take what I thought was my dream job in New York City. My New York dream had turned into a nightmareI was alone when I woke up, alone when I ate lunch, alone at work, alone at home. My college mentor and I went out for a coffee and she suggested I do extensive research on what kind of job I'd enjoy.

Persons: Julia Fernsby, —, It's, who'd, Regina George, I'd Organizations: Service, Vogue, Central Park, Skype Locations: New York City, Ireland, Cohasset , Massachusetts, I've, Boston, New York, Central, Howth, Dublin, Brooklyn, Manhattan, York, Central Park

Abortion rights supporters won an Ohio ballot measure and the Democratic governor of beet-red Kentucky held onto his office by campaigning on reproductive rights and painting his opponent as extremist on abortion. In both states, abortion was the main issue. In Ohio, a ballot measure preserving abortion rights passed in a state that Trump won by eight percentage points in 2020. Abortion rights measures have passed in a plethora of states as some other Republican-run states have instituted new bans on the procedure. Abortion rights may not be a potent enough issue to swing an election on its own.

Persons: — Joe Biden, Donald Trump —, Andy Beshear, Trump, Beshear, Daniel Cameron, Mike DeWine, Ron DeSantis, Greg Abbott, Beshear’s, Biden, Glenn Youngkin, Gabe Amo, Amo, David Cicilline, Republican Gerry Leonard, Cherelle Parker, Republican David Oh Organizations: WASHINGTON, Democratic, Trump, Republican, Republicans, Ohio voters, U.S, Supreme, Virginia statehouse, GOP, Biden, Biden White, Marine Locations: Ohio, Kentucky, Texas, Washington, Virginia, Rhode, Philadelphia

☆ 'Success disasters' have become a big problem in tech for companies and consumers
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-14 | by ( Rachel Curry | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

These technology failures during a major scaling event — dubbed success disasters — weren't alone. Ticketmaster's failure during their scaling event was just one kind of success disaster — the overburdening of the system's capacity. Success disasters may be common, but that doesn't make them acceptable, especially if a company is offering products or services considered essential. The right answer really depends on the starting point and what scaling events are anticipated. Even on a smaller (but still substantial) scale, Urban keeps this in mind to avoid her own success disaster.

Persons: Taylor, SeatGeek, clamoring, —, Spencer Kimball, Kimball, Masa Kabayama, Kabayama, Paula Urban Organizations: Ticketmaster, Labs, Google, Uplift Labs, MLB, NBA, Apple, Houston Livestock, Taylor Swift Locations: onboarding

☆ The US military once detonated a nuclear bomb directly above the heads of 5 officers
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-26 | by ( Chris Panella | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

On July 19, 1957, the Nevada Test Site conducted a test of an unguided nuclear air-to-air rocket. "My only regrets right now," Col. Bruce says, "are that everybody couldn't have been out here at ground zero with us." "I had a call saying they needed me out for a special test," Yoshitake said, according to The Rafu Shimpo, a bilingual Japanese-English newspaper. "I found out when I got to Nevada that I was going to be standing at Ground Zero. Yoshitake developed stomach cancer.

Persons: Christopher Nolan's, Oppenheimer, —, John, Sidney Bruce, Frank Ball, Bodie, Bodinger, John Hughes, Don Luttrell — weren't, it's, George Yoshitake, Col, Bruce, couldn't, Yoshitake, hadn't, videographers Organizations: Five Air Force, Service, Soviet Union, Popular, US Air Force, NPR, Popular Mechanics, Genie, Fox News, Air Force, New York Times Locations: Wall, Silicon, Nevada, Soviet

☆ I bought a 720-square-foot cruise ship cabin for $2.5 million. My wife and I plan to live at sea full-time and are excited to make new friends in our 80s.
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-14 | by ( Dan Latu | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Mike Soroker, 80, and his wife Barbara, 75, purchased a $2.5 million cabin on the MV Narrative. purchased a $2.5 million cabin on the MV Narrative. This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Mike Soroker, 80, and his decision to purchase a $2.5 million cabin aboard Storylines MV Narrative, a luxury residential cruise ship, where he and his wife, Barbara, plan to live full-time. The MV Narrative is currently slated to set sail in 2025 and circumnavigate the earth once every three years continuously, with stops in ports across the globe. A rendering of a one of the cabins on the MV Narrative from cruise company Storylines.

☆ Big apartment landlords lean in to AI and proptechs as profit squeezes loom
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-28 | by ( Alex Nicoll | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Apartment landlords are getting squeezed by rising interest rates and insurance costs . interest rates and insurance . But some big US landlords were already waist-deep in labor-saving technologies of their own to ward off profit squeezes, like the ones many are facing today. On the supply side, the race has been on for some time to sell landlords on tech that works. In this case, landlords are adapting to today's higher interest rates from a time when borrowing costs were low and taking any pressure off operations, he said.

☆ Inside a shake-up at the world's 'most feared law firm'
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-30 | by ( Casey Sullivan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +30 min

It's been a tumultuous period for Quinn and the storied law firm he built over the past 37 years — now the world's largest litigation firm with hourly rates that can be north of $2,000. But behind the scenes, a shift at QE has been the talk of elite law firm circles. Indeed, the firm – known as a singular, even freewheeling, institution that brands itself as the "#1 Most Feared Law Firm in the World" — may appear to be less in the image of its founder as a generational shift brings changes. "We all thought it was important that the world understands this is not a one generation law firm." One former firm partner in California says he believes Quinn's inner circle generally got better deals.

☆ Credit Suisse delays filing its annual report, reviving fears about the Swiss bank's finances
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-09 | by ( George Glover | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Credit Suisse has delayed filing its annual report after a call from the US financial watchdog. "Management believes it is prudent to briefly delay the publication of its accounts in order to understand more thoroughly the comments received," Credit Suisse said. Credit Suisse ADRs have plunged 61% over the past year, with a restructuring plan announced on October 27 also failing to reassure markets of the bank's resilience. The SEC's late call isn't Credit Suisse's only regulatory worry. Read more: Credit Suisse is fending off concerns about its financial health, fanning fears of another Lehman Brothers moment that could roil the global financial system.

☆ 4 survival strategies for proptech housing startups as they enter the sector's hardest year yet
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-07 | by ( Alex Nicoll | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Proptech, the application of technology and venture capital to real estate, is naturally grappling with the change. Amid the threat of a recession, proptech startups have resorted to layoffs and other cost-cutting measures. In the meantime, Wedlake said, proptech companies and venture capitalists have shelved the "growth at all costs" mindset. In a recent blog post, Wedlake outlined four tactics that proptech startups were using to survive the deep freeze. So if proptech startups need to fundraise in 2023, they're likely going to have to accept lower valuations to attract any capital, Wedlake said.

☆ Meet a man with $47,000 in student debt who's been trapped in a student-loan repayment 'bureaucracy nightmare' for nearly 3 decades without the debt cancellation he was promised
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-01 | by ( Ayelet Sheffey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

He was promised loan forgiveness after 25 years, but he's still repaying the debt with nearly a decade to go. "We are literally crushed by this debt," Harmon, 53, told Insider. NPR obtained internal documents indicating that three student-loan companies — PHEAA, CornerStone, and MOHELA — weren't tracking payments borrowers made over the past two decades for their income-driven repayment plans. 'The government is not fulfilling its obligation'US lawmakers are aware of failures with income-driven repayment plans. It found that the department had approved just 157 loans for full forgiveness under income-driven repayment plans, with 7,700 more loans "potentially eligible" for forgiveness.

☆ Disney insiders are worried about how Bob Iger will remake former CEO Bob Chapek's business structure — here's what they hated about it and what they hope will change
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-01 | by ( Elaine Low | Lucia Moses | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Disney CEO Bob Iger has said he will put "decision-making back in the hands of our creative teams." Under former CEO Bob Chapek's structure, distribution and budgets were taken out of the hands of creative execs. Chapek's 2020 restructuring — which focused the company's firepower on boosting streaming subscriber growth at Disney+, Hulu, and ESPN+ — meant additional layers of approval for studio and network execs at Disney General Entertainment (DGE) to get projects made. That meant hands were tied across Disney's studios and networks, from Disney+ to 20th Century to Hulu. For creative execs whose careers were built on their ability to balance storytelling and business needs, losing control over the latter was frustrating.

☆ Stunning video shows Buffalo Bills stadium buried in snow — as fans work to clear players' driveways so they can make it out after NFL moves game
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-19 | by ( Jordan Hart | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

A massive snowstorm in Buffalo has caused the NFL to move Sunday's Bills and Browns game to Detroit. On Friday, the Bills shared photos of Highmark Stadium buried in snow. The Bills Mafia shared reaction to the announcement on Twitter and pitched in to help Bills players. By the next day, Highmark Stadium was buried in a thick blanket of snow. The team took to social media to share evidence of the storm, and their fans — known as the Bills Mafia — weren't pleased.

☆ Microsoft salaries revealed: See how much engineers, analysts, and thousands of other employees at the tech giant make
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-06 | by ( Diamond Naga Siu | Ashley Stewart | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Sources told Insider the move was meant to stop workers from leaving to competitors like Amazon. Insider analyzed thousands of H-1B visa applications to see how much Microsoft pays employees. Microsoft employees earlier this year promised widespread raises to stop workers from leaving to competitors like Amazon and Meta. The data doesn't include stock grants that can significantly increase total compensation, but it is a valuable guide to Microsoft salaries for a variety of positions. Here's a breakdown of what Microsoft pays many other employees, though these salaries were disclosed before the promised raises.

☆ Legendary short-seller Jim Chanos says investors are overlooking a major risk - China's real-estate crisis: 'We ignore it at our own peril'
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-29 | by ( George Glover | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Investors are underestimating the risks in China's real-estate crisis, Jim Chanos told CNBC. "Almost every large company in China has a real estate development arm — so it's not just the developers," he said. Building by Evergrande, the country's second-largest developer, helped drive a decades-long boom in real estate that in turn helped fuel growth in China's economy. Overseas investors have over looked the struggles in China's real-estate sector, despite its importance. "Residential real estate is 20 to 25% of the Chinese economy, which is a stunningly large number," he said.

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