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☆ Frontier's all-you-can-fly pass is on sale again. I tested it out and found the spontaneity isn't for everyone.
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-17 | by ( Taylor Rains | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Frontier Airlines' annual all-you-can-fly flight pass called "GoWild!" The "unlimited" flight pass has its limitationsOne of the biggest concerns about GoWild is actually getting anywhere at all. Finding GoWild seats is a lot of tedious guess-and-checkThe process of searching and booking GoWild seats is a cumbersome task. While I had a good experience, there are still a lot of limitations to the "unlimited" flight pass, and the costs can add up. Taylor Rains/Business InsiderSpontaneous digital nomads or freelancers would likely get the most out of the pass.

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☆ DEI isn’t actually dead
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-17 | by ( Nathaniel Meyersohn | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Business impact of DEIInstead of eliminating DEI policies, corporate America is changing its language. And that’s likely because DEI policies, fundamentally, make money. “We hear that most companies continue with DEI programs. “There is a widely held belief that DEI programs are valuable.”Responding to pressureStarbuck is riding a wave of right-wing hostility to DEI programs and corporate advocacy on issues like climate change and LGBTQ rights. But most of the companies that recently altered their DEI policies in the face of Starbuck’s pressure are making performative tweaks.

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☆ Stocks are not in a bubble, investors should keep buying, Wells Fargo says
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-17 | by ( Yun Li | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

For investors anxious about the market's stretched valuation, Wells Fargo said there is no bubble forming. The S & P 500 is currently trading about 25 times forward earnings after a 27% rally, which makes today's valuation seem expensive at first glance since the 30-year average price-to-earnings ratio is at 19 times, Wells Fargo said. Wells Fargo pointed out that profit margins of S & P 500 companies have nearly doubled over the past 15 years, while net debt to earnings have halved during the same time. .SPX YTD mountain S & P 500 The Wall Street bank expects the S & P 500 will advance to 6,600 by the end of 2025, equivalent to about a 9% gain next year. Wells Fargo believes deregulation under President-elect Donald Trump could help support earnings growth.

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☆ US transfers Guantanamo Bay detainee to Kenya
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-17 | by ( Haley Britzky | Oren Liebermann | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —The US has moved a detainee of the military prison at Guantanamo Bay to Kenya, marking the first detainee transfer in more than a year. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin notified Congress about his intent to transfer Bajabu to Kenya in November. The last detainee transfer occurred in April 2023, when a 72-year-old al Qaeda associate was transferred to Algeria after more than 20 years of detention at Guantanamo. According to the Pentagon’s release, 29 detainees remain at the military prison — 15 of whom are eligible to be transferred out. “The United States may transport additional detainees to US Naval Station Guantanamo Bay when lawful and necessary to protect the Nation,” the order said.

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☆ CNBC Daily Open: Nasdaq hits high despite Nvidia lagging behind
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-17 | by ( Yeo Boon Ping | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Brandon Bell | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesThis report is from today's CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, no matter where they are. What you need to know todayThe bottom linePlaying the stock market can feel like a game of Mario Kart. (For those who haven't been acquainted with the joys of Mario Kart, it's a racing game involving Nintendo's Mario and friends.) "You need Nvidia, and you need their chips for infrastructure," said Lerner.

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Laundry detergent — it can make or break your load of laundry. To help you perfect your laundry game, we asked experts exactly how much detergent you should use depending on the load you’re doing. SKIP AHEAD How much laundry detergent should you use? | Highly rated laundry detergents to considerHow much laundry detergent should you use? For this story, she interviewed experts on how much laundry detergent you should be using.

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Sen. Schumer demands drone trackers for New York and New Jersey. Austin Tice disappeared in 2012, when he was in Syria reporting on the country’s civil war. A spokesperson for the government claimed that it was trying to locate Tice but had so far had no luck. Schumer urges for drone detection system for New York and New JerseySenate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., at the U.S. Capitol on Nov. 19, 2024. Schumer made the request to the Department of Homeland Security two days after New York Stewart International Airport closed because of nearby drone sightings.

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A Waymo rider-only robotaxi is seen during a test ride in San Francisco on Dec. 9, 2022. Alphabet -owned Waymo announced Monday that it will start testing its autonomous vehicles in Tokyo in early 2025, the company's first step toward international expansion. To start, Nihon Kotsu drivers will manually operate the Waymo vehicles to map key areas of the Japanese capital, including Minato, Shinjuku, Shibuya, Chiyoda, Chūō, Shinagawa, and Kōtō. Waymo will also test its robotaxis on a closed course in the U.S. built to mimic driving conditions in Japan. Waymo announced a series of expansions across the U.S. in 2024.

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☆ Freed prisoner who said he was a victim of the Assad regime was an intelligence officer, locals say
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-16 | by ( Tim Lister | Eyad Kourdi | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

In a video report, chief international correspondent Clarissa Ward and her team, accompanied by a rebel guard, came across a cell in a Damascus jail that was padlocked from the outside. He was being held in a jail that had been run by the Syrian air force’s intelligence services until the Assad regime collapsed. Facial recognition software provided a match of more than 99 percent with the man CNN met in the Damascus prison cell. It’s unclear how or why Salama ended up in the Damascus jail, and CNN has not been able to reestablish contact with him. The medical relief organization later posted a picture of him on social media, saying they had returned a freed prisoner to relatives in Damascus.

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Mangione has retained a prominent New York attorney to represent him on charges in Thompson’s murder. It was one week ago that President Bashar al-Assad fled the country as rebels entered Damascus. South Korean president impeachedLawmakers voted Saturday to impeach South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol over his failed attempt to impose martial law. Yoon was immediately suspended from state duties after the vote, with Prime Minister Han Duck-soo serving as acting president. She said she directed the New York State Intelligence Center to actively investigate the drone sightings and coordinate with federal law enforcement agencies to address the drones.

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☆ Meet the Press – December 15, 2024
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-15 | by ( ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +53 min

SEN. LINDSEY GRAHAM:Yeah, I'm in a good place with Pete, unless something I don't know about comes out. Unless somebody is willing to come forward, I think he's going to get through. If he's, if he’s called to do something, he's going to do it, all the way. So I – I think he's going to have a hard time doing this. He was very clear, “no,” when I asked him should President-elect Trump, his administration, jail the January 6th committee members.

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☆ Mother of Austin Tice says discovery of missing American found in Syria feels like a ‘rehearsal’ for when he is found
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-15 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms | Alexandra Marquez | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

Despite initial reports on Wednesday that the American found in Damascus might be Austin Tice, Debra Tice said she knew instantly it wasn't her son. We don't think it's Austin, but a lot of people think it's Austin, so we want you to look and see if it's Austin,'" Debra Tice recalled. She described the number of people who reached out to the Tice family that day with congratulatory messages, believing that Timmerman was Austin Tice. Marc and Debra Tice, parents of journalist Austin Tice who was kidnapped in Syria in 2012, hold respective portraits of him during a press conference in Beirut, Lebanon, in 2017. Last weekend, after he addressed reporters at the White House, President Joe Biden said he believed Austin Tice was still alive.

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☆ Blinken confirms direct contact with Syria’s rebel leaders
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-15 | by ( Freddie Clayton | Freddie Clayton Is A Freelance Journalist Based In London. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +5 min

“We’ve been in contact with HTS and with other parties,” Blinken said after talks in Aqaba, Jordan, with diplomats and representatives from several Arab nations. Blinken said in Jordan that he had emphasized the importance of finding Tice during talks with Syria's new parties. President Joe Biden told reporters last week that efforts were ongoing to pinpoint his location in Syria. "They’ll do everything they can to stay.”As the transition continues, there is particular concern for Syria’s minority groups. Women pose for a photograph with opposition fighters in Damascus, Syria, last week.

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☆ NFL playoff picture, Week 15: Eagles join Lions atop NFC; Rams take control of NFC West
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-15 | by ( Jeff Howe | Austin Mock | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +12 min

1 seed and win the Super Bowl are all via The Athletic‘s NFL Projection Model, created by Austin Mock. AFC playoff picture Seed Team Record Week 15 result z--1 Chiefs 13-1 W vs. CLE z--2 Bills 11-3 W vs. DET x--3 Steelers 10-4 L vs. PHI z--4 Texans 9-5 W vs. MIA 5 Ravens 9-5 W vs. NYG 6 Broncos 9-5 W vs. IND 7 Chargers 8-6 L vs. TBx — Clinched playoff berth | z — Clinched division title | * — Clinched No. Remaining schedule: vs. Patriots, vs. PIT 3 Buccaneers 8-6 W vs. LAC 4 Rams 8-6 W vs. SF x--5 Vikings 11-2 TBD vs. CHI 6 Packers 10-4 W vs. SEA 7 Commanders 9-5 W vs. NOx — Clinched playoff berth | z — Clinched division title | * — Clinched No. Remaining schedule: vs. Eagles, vs.

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☆ Pete Hegseth: What does Trump’s pick to run the Pentagon believe?
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-15 | by ( Peter Bergen | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Hegseth’s book is an odd mix of slogans and unsupported assertions about the purportedly “Marxist” and “woke” US military. CNN asked the Trump transition for comment on the claims made in Hegseth’s book. In his book, Hegseth is very exercised about the role of women in combat because he says women are less effective fighters. There could also be a battle over the question of “Who lost Afghanistan?” — which Hegseth squarely blames the generals for. In his book, Hegseth is silent on the big issues that a future secretary of defense might have to face, such as the Chinese possibly invading Taiwan.

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☆ British pubs are worried they’ll run out of Guinness
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-15 | by ( John Towfighi | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN —At the Sheephaven Bay pub in London, tucked just behind Camden High Street, Guinness accounts for more than 50% of draft beer sales. Yet across the same period, sales of beer increased by 23.2% for Diageo, which owns the Guinness brand. People drink Guinness beer at the Devonshire pub in London on October 10. But yes, I would say in the last couple of years, Guinness sales are up,” he said. In Europe, Guinness 0.0, a nonalcoholic version of stout, saw net sales double in fiscal year 2024, according to Diageo.

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☆ Affirm's COO shares one approach the remote-first company uses to build a 'high-performance culture'
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-15 | by ( Dominick Reuter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

However, one challenge of remote work is finding ways to get company culture to thrive. COO Michael Linford told BI about one approach he's using to get teams to work more effectively. Advertisement"We debate it all the time," chief operating officer Michael Linford told Business Insider. AdvertisementHowever, Linford said one persistent challenge is finding ways to get company culture to not only survive but thrive. A high-performance culture is never final, Linford told BI.

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☆ Film fans flock to 'Interstellar' IMAX 70mm rerelease
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-14 | by ( Austin Mullen | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

But when Paramount Pictures, the film’s distributor, announced it would be rereleased on select screens, Tomasso knew he’d do anything to secure a ticket. Among the most notable examples was “Coraline,” a stop-motion animated dark fantasy horror film that grossed $53 million during its rerelease this summer. The rerelease of “Interstellar” is tied to its 10th anniversary. After the success of Nolan’s “Oppenheimer” at the 2024 Academy Awards, Paramount Pictures announced the theatrical rerelease of the film in April during CinemaCon, an annual film industry conference. “But 10 years later, to have new audiences coming and experiencing it in the way that we’d originally intended it on the big IMAX screens and in particular on those IMAX film prints?

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☆ What just happened in Syria? Unpacking the historic week that toppled Assad
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-14 | by ( Ammar Cheikh Omar | Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Alex-Smith-Circle-Byline-Template.Jpg | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +1 min

DAMASCUS, Syria — For more than a decade, Syria was synonymous with war, brutality and the family dynasty visiting this violence on its own people. It was only on Sunday that President Bashar al-Assad fled the country as rebels entered Damascus. Syrians have since torn down statues of Assad and ripped back the veil from his murderous regime. Meanwhile, questions hang over Syria’s future, guided by a former Al Qaeda offshoot that says it has moderated. But for the time being at least, the primary emotion for many in Syria is one of disbelieving joy.

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☆ Young Americans are going country, reversing a decadeslong trend of moving to cities
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-14 | by ( Juliana Kaplan | Noah Sheidlower | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

In recent years, remote work and affordable housing drove young Americans to move to rural areas. AdvertisementHis new home, Dawson County, is one of the fastest-growing counties in the US for young people, amid a wave of movers into rural areas that's reversing a decadeslong trend toward cities. Chase VossIn recent years, younger professionals have been bucking a longtime trend of their age group: moving to cities. That trend was expected to continue — until the pandemic and the rise of remote work. Since 2020, Lombard found, rural areas and smaller cities have attracted that younger workforce at the highest rate in nearly a century.

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☆ I committed a white-collar crime while bipolar manic. Years later, I'm still facing the consequences.
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-14 | by ( David Funes | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

During one manic episode, I partied hard, bought a nightclub, and committed a white-collar crime. AdvertisementSeven years earlier, I'd had my first bipolar episode while studying theology. A few months after getting out of the mental hospital, I was hit with a major manic episode. AdvertisementIn another manic episode, I committed a white-collar crime that changed my life. I started making money illegallyIn Jacksonville, Florida, I met some new party friends who were making way more money than I was.

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☆ US has had direct contact with Syrian rebel group, Blinken says
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-14 | by ( Jennifer Hansler | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Aqaba, Jordan CNN —The United States has had direct contact with Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, the Syrian rebel group now in de-facto control of the country, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Saturday. “Yes, we’ve been in contact with HTS and the other parties,” Blinken said at a news conference in Aqaba, Jordan. Blinken did not give details on when the contact was made or at what level. “This is a moment of vulnerability in which ISIS will seek to regroup, taking the advantage of transition in Syria,” Blinken said Saturday, reemphasizing the importance of the SDF. The US, however, has not condemned the move, with Blinken saying that they are talking with the Israeli government.

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Travis Timmerman, the missing Missouri man who was unexpectedly found in Syria after he said he crossed into the country to make a "pilgrimage," was flown out by the U.S. military to Jordan, two U.S. defense officials and his family said Friday. Family said they had gone several months without any contact from Timmerman, 29, and then saw him in media coverage Thursday after video emerged from Syria leading some to misidentify him as missing American journalist Austin Tice, 43. Timmerman was flown out of Syria via a U.S. military helicopter. Timmerman told news outlets he had been imprisoned after he had "been reading the scripture a lot" before deciding to cross the mountains from Lebanon into Syria. Only in recent weeks, Rogers said, after Missouri law enforcement was able to get in contact with U.S. Embassy officials in Hungary did the family learn Timmerman was in Lebanon.

Persons: Travis Timmerman, Family, Austin Tice, Pixie Rogers, Timmerman, Bashar al, Assad, Timmerman's, Rogers Organizations: U.S, Syria's Department, Political Affairs, Embassy Locations: Missouri, Syria, Jordan, Timmerman, Lebanon, Eastern Europe, Czech Republic, Hungary

DAMASCUS, Syria — Cockroaches crawled out of the walls near a dirty, stained sink in the Syrian prison cell where an ex-prisoner told NBC News that American journalist Austin Tice was once held. Sahar al-Ahmad said he was in the cell across from Tice and last saw him alive in July 2022. Relatives rushed to jails, military installations and even black sites to search for detained loved ones as soon as the regime fell. Ted Turner / NBC NewsAhmad, an activist and citizen journalist, said that he was arrested for filming anti-regime demonstrations and that Tice appeared to be in “somewhat good” condition in 2022. A torn photo of ousted Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad lies on the floor after the prison was hastily evacuated.

Persons: Austin Tice, Sahar, Ahmad, Tice, “, ” Ahmad, Ted Turner, Relatives, Hayat Tahrir, Bashar al, Assad, Syria’s, blindfolds, Marc Tice, Lester Holt, ”, Assad’s, “ We’re, ” Debra Tice, Obeida Al Organizations: NBC News, Syrian, Intelligence, NBC, Intelligence Directorate, Ahmad, Austin Locations: DAMASCUS, Syria, Damascus, Turkish, Sousa, Istanbul, Houston, Dubai, Austin

☆ The average startup CEO now makes $132,000, down from $142,000 last year
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-13 | by ( Samantha Stokes | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

AdvertisementKruze Consulting, which provides accounting services to early-stage, VC-backed companies, released a study showing that the average seed-stage founder who is also a startup CEO makes $132,000 a year. The consultancy recently analyzed 450 of its seed-stage startup clients' payroll records to determine the average base salary for different jobs at early-stage companies. Kruze's study says that employee compensation accounts for around 75% of the total operating costs for its startup clients. According to Kruze's analysis of its early-stage startup payrolls, engineers can make anywhere between $65,000 and $235,000 annually. Equipment such as laptops and work stations cost startups between $2,500 and $3,000 per employee, Kruze's data found.

Persons: Kruze Organizations: Kruze Consulting, Kruze, CPO, Engineers, Francisco Market, Major Tech, San Francisco Market, Big, Austin Locations: Austin, Big Tech

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