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☆ The DOJ wants Google to sell its Chrome browser. Here are the winners and losers if that happens.
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-21 | by ( Hugh Langley | Lara O'Reilly | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

The Justice Department on Wednesday asked the judge in its antitrust case against Google to force the company to sell its Chrome browser. "Advertisers would find competitors for their business, rather than needing to pay a dominant search engine." When you open Chrome and type something into the search bar at the top, these words are automatically transformed into a Google Search. And when there's an option for users, Google pays partners billions of dollars to set its search engine as the default. For instance, if most people click on the third result, Google's Search engine will likely adjust and rank that result higher in the future.

Persons: Mehta's, John Kwoka, Judge Mehta, Bing, There's, Bill Gurley, Sridhar Ramaswamy, Neeva, Ramaswamy, Teiffyon Parry, Equativ, Parry, Ben Thompson, John Gruber, Lee, Anne Mulholland Organizations: DOJ, Google, Department, Wednesday, Northeastern University, Chrome, Lens, Google's, Gmail, YouTube, Bloomberg

☆ No one would talk to Sebastian Stan about his Donald Trump movie for 'Actors on Actors': 'They were too afraid'
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-21 | by ( Palmer Haasch | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

AdvertisementSebastian Stan plays a young Donald Trump in "The Apprentice," a movie about his life in the 1970s. Stan said other actors wouldn't discuss Trump, and the film, with him for Variety's "Actors on Actors." You won't see Sebastian Stan doing an "Actors on Actors" interview about his new Donald Trump movie "The Apprentice," because, according to the actor, no one would talk to him about it. "We couldn't get past the publicists or the people representing them, because it was too afraid to talk about this movie." "We invited him to participate in 'Actors on Actors,' the biggest franchise of awards season, but other actors didn't want to pair with him because they didn't want to talk about Donald Trump," Setoodeh said.

Persons: Sebastian Stan, Donald Trump, Stan, wouldn't, Trump, Ali Abbasi, Roy Cohn, Jeremy Strong, Trump's, Ivana, Maria Bakalova, It's, Abbasi, Gabriel Sherman, Ramin Setoodeh, IndieWire, didn't, Setoodeh, Sherman, Tuesday's, we're Organizations: Trump, Cannes, Penske Media Corporation, Cannes Film, Briarcliff Entertainment Locations: States

Comcast is expected to announce a plan Wednesday to spin off its cable networks into a separate company, two people familiar with the matter told NBC News. Comcast had announced during its quarterly earnings call in October that it was considering spinning off its cable networks. Bravo will remain part of Comcast’s NBCUniversal because its content is heavily featured on Peacock, CNBC reported. Comcast Chairman and CEO Brian Roberts will have a voting position in the new entity, but he won't be on the board of directors, CNBC reported. Executive Vice President Adam Miller will become NBCUniversal’s chief operating officer, CNBC reported.

Persons: Mike Cavanagh, Peacock, Peacock's, Mark Lazarus, Anand Kini, Brian Roberts, Donna Langley, Matt Strauss, Cesar Conde, Adam Miller Organizations: Comcast, NBC News, MSNBC, Syfy, Golf, CNBC, Oxygen, Wall Street Journal, NBC, NBCUniversal, Bravo, Paris, NBCUniversal Entertainment, Studios, NBCUniversal Media Group, Group, Telemundo Locations: USA, NBCUniversal

☆ Comcast's cable network spinoff may be a signal to the media industry for necessary change
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-20 | by ( Alex Sherman | In Alex-Sherman | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Cable networks are still profitable, but they're hemorrhaging subscribers and revenue every year as Americans cancel traditional pay TV for streaming services. Still, Disney's cable networks, including FX and Disney Channel, are more integrated with its streaming platforms than NBCUniversal's cable networks are with Peacock, the company's subscription streaming service. That may ultimately be where cable networks are heading — to private ownership willing to harvest them for cash. Another possible path for the spinoff is as a rollup entity for other cable networks. Discovery's debt and its cable networks.

Persons: It's, Peacock, Mark Lazarus Organizations: Comcast, Investors, Cable, Disney, FX, Disney Channel, SpinCo's, CNBC, MSNBC, Warner Bros, Paramount Global Locations: Peacock

☆ Thanksgiving meals are expected to be cheaper in 2024 as turkey prices drop
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-20 | by ( Greg Iacurci | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

And when it comes to Thanksgiving food, it seems Americans are getting relief on their grocery bills this year following a few years of escalating costs. The national average cost for a 16-pound turkey is down 6% from 2023, according to the Farm Bureau. Overall turkey prices have decreased about 4% in the past year, according to the consumer price index. Farmers raised about 205 million turkeys in 2024, down 6% from 2023, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The aggregate impact has been lower turkey prices.

Persons: Robin Wenzel, Bernt Nelson, Nelson, Monty Rakusen, That's, —, Robin Wenzel Wells, Wenzel Organizations: American Farm Bureau Federation, Farm Bureau, Deloitte, Finance, Food Institute, Farm, Farmers, U.S . Department of Agriculture, Digitalvision, Getty, Food, USDA Locations: Wells, Turkey, U.S, Ukraine

☆ The Department of Justice asks court to force Google to spin off Chrome
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-20 | by ( Brian Fung | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Google has promised to appeal; the company didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment on Wednesday’s filing. “Google is a monopolist, and it has acted as one to maintain its monopoly,” Mehta wrote in his opinion. The Microsoft case has been credited with paving the way for Mozilla’s Firefox and Google’s Chrome browsers, which ultimately allowed Google to promote its search engine to billions of internet users. The Microsoft parallels in the Google case are clear, Mehta wrote in his August opinion. Even as Google fights the Justice Department on remedies in the search case, the company is embroiled in another antitrust battle just across the Potomac River in Alexandria, Virginia.

Persons: didn’t, Amit Mehta, Mehta, Satya Nadella, Bing, OpenAI, Trump, Joe Biden, – Mehta, Sherman, ” Mehta, “, ” Organizations: CNN, Google, Justice Department, Apple, Samsung, DOJ, Microsoft, Verizon, Court, District, Columbia, Chrome, Windows, Netscape, Department Locations: California, Alexandria , Virginia

The surgeon general’s 837-page report on tobacco use found that 37.8% of gay, lesbian and bisexual U.S. adults have tried electronic cigarettes, compared with just 16.5% of their straight counterparts. He said that LGBTQ people use tobacco products at higher rates largely because of “long-standing stigma” within health care settings. Still, 36 million U.S. adults and 760,000 middle and high school students smoke tobacco products, according to the report. Since 2014, the most commonly used tobacco product among U.S. youths and young adults is e-cigarettes. “These and other noncombustible tobacco products such as nicotine pouches have the potential to undermine overall progress in preventing and reducing young people’s use of tobacco products,” the authors stated.

Persons: general’s, ”, Kristy Marynak, ” Marynak, Scott Hadland, he’s, ” Hadland, “, KFF, Hadland, Red Kamel Organizations: Centers for Disease Control, American Lung Association, Mass, Children, Harvard Medical School, Kaiser Family Foundation, Tobacco, Red, Justice Department and Food and Drug Administration Locations: United States, San Francisco, U.S

☆ My family paid $180 to have Costco handle Thanksgiving dinner. The prep was easy, and every dish tasted homemade.
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-19 | by ( Terri Peters | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

AdvertisementWe let Costco handle Thanksgiving dinner by ordering a premade meal from the warehouse chain's site. Our delicious dinner required little work to reheat, giving us more time to spend with family. I love the holiday season and all the delicious food it brings — so much so that I've even cooked an entire Thanksgiving from Ina Garten recipes. The $230 Thanksgiving dinner, provided by food distribution company Fortune Fish and Gourmet, was $50 off for Costco members when I preordered, making it just $180. AdvertisementHere's what it was like to let Costco handle our early Thanksgiving dinner, which we planned for when my mother-in-law would be in town.

Persons: Ina Garten, I Organizations: Costco, Singapore Airlines, Fish Locations: Turkey

☆ I tried 20 of Trader Joe's popular breakfast foods, and I'd buy most of them again
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-19 | by ( Savanna Swain-Wilson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +27 min

AdvertisementI tried 20 breakfast foods from Trader Joe's, from Greek yogurt to pancakes. I tried some of Trader Joe's most popular breakfast foods as part of an ongoing series to review the chain's best items. VERDICT: Because of its convenience, Trader Joe's brioche French toast is worth trying at least once. AdvertisementVERDICT: Though I prefer a more traditional sandwich with actual bread, I'd be willing to buy Trader Joe's eggwich again. I didn't like Trader Joe's chicken-sausage breakfast bowl at allTrader Joe's chicken-sausage breakfast bowl wasn't my favorite.

Persons: Joe's, Wilson, you'll, I'm, I've, I'd, could've, wasn't ravenous, Wilson I've, Savanna, —, Joe's eggwich Organizations: Wilson Locations: Savanna, scone

☆ Lowe's beats on earnings and hikes guidance, but still expects sales to fall this year
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-19 | by ( Melissa Repko | In Melissa-Repko | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

The company beat fiscal second-quarter earnings expectations, but missed on sales and cut its full-year outlook blaming inflation. (Photo by Eric Thayer/Getty Images)Lowe's beat Wall Street's quarterly earnings expectations on Tuesday, as outdoor do-it-yourself projects, the home professional business and stronger online shopping fueled sales. The company updated its full-year guidance on Tuesday, and now expects total sales of between $83 billion to $83.5 billion, higher than its previous forecast for $82.7 billion to $83.2 billion. Lowe's is lapping a year-ago period when the company lowered its outlook and sales tumbled nearly 13% year over year. Home Depot beat Wall Street's sales and earning expectations, yet posted its eighth quarter in a row of declining comparable sales.

Persons: Eric Thayer Organizations: LSEG, Home, Federal Reserve, Wall Locations: ANGELES , CALIFORNIA, Los Angeles , California, Lowe's

But many Syracuse residents feel that a potential threat to their health is being ignored. “This is morally outrageous.”City officials say that more than 14,000 homes receive water from lead pipes, which comprises about a quarter of residences citywide. In Syracuse, officials say there is no lead in the lake that provides drinking water to residents. That’s faster than EPA guidelines that call for lead pipes to be replaced within a decade. Activists hope Syracuse officials will learn lessons from the Flint water crisis, during which almost 30,000 children drank and bathed in lead-laced water before the EPA stepped in.

Persons: retesting, Maureen Murphy, Mike Groll, ”, Erik Olson, NRDC, Greg Loh, Loh, “ We’ve, ” Loh, Robert Brandt, ” Brandt, Oceanna, Fair, Ella, it’s, Dr, Nicole Brescia, Ella’s, Kyla Guilfoil, Erin McLaughlin, Emily Berk, Elizabeth Chuck Organizations: Syracuse City Hall, Environmental Protection Agency, Centers for Disease Control, CDC, EPA, Natural Resources Defense Council, Syracuse, NBC News, New York State Department of Health, Water, Oceanna, Health Department Locations: SYRACUSE, New York, Flint , Michigan, Syracuse, N.Y, Flint, Michigan, week’s, “, Onondaga County

☆ Kennedy Ryan on rereleasing ‘Reel’ and turning romance books into ‘Trojan horses’
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-18 | by ( Ayanna Miller | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +10 min

‘Reel’ is a love letter to the Harlem Renaissance — and Black creativesRyan remembers the exact moment she was inspired to write most of her books. “These Black women with these big afros, just unapologetically gorgeous, because that’s something that defies what culture tells us about ourselves. “I wanted women who are living with chronic illness, specifically lupus, to feel beautiful, to feel loved, to feel like they weren’t too much,” she says. She describes her books as “Trojan horses” to “smuggle in discourse” and start difficult conversations readers may not usually have. Just a few months after the rerelease of “Reel,” Ryan will publish the third and final book in her “Skyland” series, “Can’t Get Enough,” out May 2025.

Persons: Kennedy Ryan, ”, ” Ryan, TODAY.com, “, Ryan, Neevah Saint, Canon Holt, Dessi, Audie, Black creatives Ryan, Dorothy Dandridge, Halle Berry, Dandridge, Carmen Jones, Berry, Black, Kennedy, Black creatives, Billie Holiday, Ma Rainey, Bessie Smith, they’ve, ” Kennedy, Barnes & Noble, ” Kennedy Ryan, that’s, Neevah, there’s, ” What’s, Monk, Verity, I’ve, ’, I’m, she’s Organizations: Hollywood, Hachette, Harlem Renaissance, Harlem, Academy, Barnes &, “ Locations: Harlem, American, “

☆ European tech CEOs urge 'Europe-first' mentality to counter U.S. dominance after Trump victory
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-18 | by ( Ryan Browne | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

Thomas Plantenga, CEO of used fashion resale app Vinted, on center stage during Web Summit 2024 in Lisbon, Portugal. The Republican politician's victory was a key topic on various prominent tech bosses' lips at the Web Summit conference in Lisbon, Portugal. "It's time for Europe to step up," Yen told CNBC on the sidelines of Web Summit. US Big Tech 'playing extremely unfairly'However, Proton's Yen urged the EU not to water down its push to rein in America's tech giants. 'AI sovereignty' now a key battlegroundAnother theme that attracted much chatter on the ground at Web Summit was the idea of "AI sovereignty."

Persons: Thomas Plantenga, Harry Murphy, Donald Trump's, Andy Yen, Yen, Trump, Proton's Yen, Mitchell Baker, Baker, it's, Plantenga, we'll, OpenAI, Christian Kroll, Shelley McKinley, GitHub, McKinley Organizations: Web, Getty Images, Portugal — Tech, Big, Republican, Proton, CNBC, European Union, Apple, Microsoft, Meta, Markets, US Big Tech, Mozilla Foundation, Google, Trump Locations: Lisbon, Portugal, Getty Images LISBON, Europe, America, EU, Lithuania

☆ Jonathan Majors and Meagan Good are engaged
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-18 | by ( Amarachi Orie | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Jonathan Majors and Meagan Good have announced their engagement at the same annual event where they met two years ago. Wearing a sparkly gold dress, Good flashed her engagement ring on the green carpet of the 2024 EBONY Power 100 Gala in Los Angeles on Sunday. “Life is crazy—I’m crying to you—she is the most perfect, beautiful, divine (and) powerful being that I’ve ever met,” Majors told EBONY magazine. The acting duo shared the news at the event, which celebrates Black talent and leaders from across the world, because that “is the event that we met at in the bathrooms,” Good told E! Good, who stars in the Prime Video comedy series “Harlem,” was seen supporting Majors throughout the legal case, attending court with her partner.

Persons: Jonathan Majors, Meagan, I’ve, ” Majors, EBONY, I’m, Good, Creed III, ”, Tom Ortenberg, DeVon Franklin Organizations: CNN, Briarcliff Entertainment Locations: Los Angeles, Hollywood

☆ There's trouble brewing in the chip sector outside of Nvidia, according to the charts
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-18 | by ( Katie Stockton | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

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Persons: LRCX, Katie Stockton Organizations: Nvidia, ASML Holdings, Lam Research, CNBC, NBC UNIVERSAL, Fairlead, CNBC Pro, Securities Locations: U.S

☆ 'Red One' made $34 million on a $250 million budget in its first weekend. That sounds bad — but Amazon MGM never planned to make its profit in theaters.
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-18 | by ( Ayomikun Adekaiyero | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

How it performs on Amazon Prime Video matters more. But media experts told Business Insider that Amazon MGM could still profit from "Red One" and likely won't view it as a failure. Amazon MGM hopes the theatrical release will generate buzz for the film before it lands on Amazon Prime Video, Variety reported on Sunday. Frank Masi / Frank Masi / Prime"Red One" was initially going to premiere on Amazon Prime Video, but Amazon MGM later pivoted to a theatrical release. And if audiences think "Red One" will come to Amazon Prime Video during Christmas, they may choose "Wicked," "Moana 2," and "Gladiator 2" instead.

Persons: Chris Evans, Dwayne Johnson, Lucy Liu, —, Bob Marley, Rob Mitchell, Variety, Matthias Frey, Johnson, Frey, Hivju, Callum, Frank Masi, Kevin Wilson, We're, that's, Jezz Vernon, Paul Mescal, Lucius, Aidan Monaghan, Paramount Pictures Mitchell Organizations: Amazon Prime, Pole, MGM, Gower, Analytics, Intelligence, Department of Media, Culture, Creative Industries, City , University of London, Variety, Netflix, Amazon MGM, University of Exeter, Paramount Pictures Locations: North America, London, UK

☆ Carrots sold at Trader Joe's and Wegmans recalled due to possible E. coli contamination
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-17 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Mirna-Alsharif-Byline-Jm.Jpg | Mirna Alsharif | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

If you do your weekly grocery rounds at Trader Joe's or Wegmans, it might be time to check your fridge. The recalled carrots were shipped by Grimmway Farms to distribution centers in the U.S., Canada and Puerto Rico, and sold under multiple different labels, including Trader Joe's, Wegmans, Bunny-luv, Nature's Promise, Simple Truth and 365. Grimmway Farms has shared pictures of all the labels in question for customer awareness. While they are no longer being sold in stores, Grimmway Farms is warning customers who may still have them in their fridges to throw them away. "We take our role in ensuring the safety and quality of our products seriously," Grimmway Farms President and CEO Jeff Huckaby said in a statement.

Persons: Joe's, Grimmway, Jeff Huckaby Organizations: Centers for Disease Control, Prevention, CDC, Grimmway Locations: Bakersfield , California, U.S, Canada, Puerto Rico, Colorado , Montana and Nebraska

☆ Warren Buffett's company just bought into Domino's Pizza and Pool Corp. Here's why both bets make sense.
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-16 | by ( Theron Mohamed | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

AdvertisementWarren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway bought Domino's Pizza and Pool Corp. stock last quarter. Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway added Domino's Pizza and Pool Corp. to its stock portfolio last quarter, a regulatory filing revealed on Thursday. The famed investor's conglomerate bought nearly 1.3 million shares of Domino's, a 3.7% stake worth $549 million at the end of September. The result is that Pool Corp. sits firmly within Buffett's "circle of competence," which he keeps in mind to ensure that he only invests in things he understands. Neither Domino's nor Pool Corp. classify as cheap on a price-to-earnings basis.

Persons: Warren, Berkshire Hathaway, Buffett, Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway, Ted Weschler, Todd Combs, —, Kraft Heinz, McLane Organizations: Corp, Domino's, Pool Corp, Kraft, Company, Berkshire, Clayton Homes, Acme Locations: Berkshire

☆ Trump picks fracking company CEO Chris Wright as next Department of Energy secretary
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-16 | by ( Ella Nilsen | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —President-elect Donald Trump on Saturday named Chris Wright, the CEO of Denver-based fracking company Liberty Energy, as his pick to be the next secretary of the Department of Energy. Wright will also serve as a member on the newly formed Council of National Energy, which Trump said will consist of all agencies involved in the “permitting, production, generation, distribution, regulation, transportation” of energy. In addition to his company’s work on fracking oil and natural gas, Wright also sits on the board of a modular nuclear reactor company and has talked about the potential of nuclear energy. Developing nuclear energy has become a big focus of the Biden administration’s Energy Department. “Standing in the way of today’s energy system before we’ve built a new energy system, there’s just no upside in that,” Wright told CNBC.

Persons: Donald Trump, Chris Wright, Wright, Trump, Doug Burgum –, “ Chris, Chris, ” Trump, Harold Hamm, ” Wright, Joe Biden, “, we’ve, ” Organizations: CNN, Liberty Energy, Department of Energy, of National Energy, North Dakota Gov, Department of, Energy, Gas, American Energy Independence, Global Energy Markets, Biden administration’s Energy Department, National Nuclear Security Administration, Hart Energy, CNBC, International Energy Agency Locations: Denver, Oklahoma

☆ Analysis of Chang’e-6 lunar samples reveals first detailed information about moon’s far side
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-15 | by ( Katie Hunt | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Lunar samples from the Chang'e-6 mission could help explain differences between the near and far side of the moon. Li and his team studied 108 basalt fragments contained in two small samples of the lunar far side soil. Future Chang’e-6 sample researchThe Chang'e-6 probe's return capsule, which contained lunar samples from the moon's far side, is shown on June 25 after landing in China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. Xinhua/ShutterstockThese initial analyses of the lunar soil samples raise questions that will take more time and the study of additional samples to address, Neal said. The space agency declined to comment on the studies but said it is coordinating with US researchers who applied for access to Chang’e-5 lunar samples.

Persons: NASA’s, Russia’s Luna, Clive Neal, China’s Chang’e, ” Neal, ”, Richard W, Carlson, ” Carlson, Qiu, Li, Neal, Bill Nelson, CNSA Organizations: CNN, NASA, Arizona State University, University of Notre Dame, Chang’e, Carnegie Institution, Planets Laboratory, State Key Laboratory, Chinese Academy of Sciences ’, of Geology, Geophysics, Mongolia Autonomous, Xinhua, China National Space Administration, Apollo, FBI, ” NASA Locations: China, Washington , DC, Xinhua, Mongolia, Mongolia Autonomous Region

☆ Why Home Depot made an $18.25 billion bet on the pro business
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-15 | by ( Melissa Repko | In Melissa-Repko | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

In both of the past two quarters, Home Depot's revenue would have fallen year over year if SRS' sales were excluded. Melissa Repko | CNBCA jolt to the businessFor Home Depot, the expansion into the pro business comes at a challenging time. With housing turnover near its lowest in decades, the pro business has also felt pressure. Grom said Home Depot's growing pro business is what helps to attract investors and set it apart from its main competitor, Lowe's . The SRS deal and the focus on pro does not mean Home Depot is abandoning efforts to jolt the rest of its business.

Persons: Melissa Repko, Ted Decker, Decker, Dan Tinker, Joe Feldman, Chuck Grom, Gordon Haskett, Group's Feldman, it's, Grom, Tinker Organizations: Texas Pool Supply, CNBC, Depot, Home Depot, Telsey Advisory, Home, Federal Reserve, Lowe's Locations: Texas, CNBC PLANO , Texas, Dallas, Atlanta, Los Angeles, U.S

☆ Trump plan to 'end all taxes' on overtime pay would benefit millions of Americans, but it's going to be uphill battle
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-15 | by ( Cheryl Winokur Munk | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Details on the proposal are scant and some Democrats have called the overtime tax promise "as fake as his tan." "As part of our additional tax cuts, we will end all taxes on overtime," he said at a rally in Tucson, Arizona. Among these, 82.1 million were hourly workers and 15.6 million were salaried workers, the report said. Meanwhile, about 7% of hourly workers and 70% of salaried workers do not qualify for FLSA, the report said. For example, would it be designed as just an income tax or would it be a payroll tax exemption as well?

Persons: Donald Trump, Trump, Karoline Leavitt, Vance, There's, Russ Fulcher, Joseph Rosenberg, FLSA, John Ricco, Alex Muresianu, Muresianu, Rosenberg Organizations: Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre, Republican, President, Trump, Fair Labor, Brookings Tax, Department of Labor, FLSA, Yale, Lab, Tax Foundation, Social Security Locations: Atlanta , Georgia, U.S, Tucson , Arizona, Idaho, Alabama, Wisconsin, DOL

☆ This 401(k) alternative has helped US workers save more than $1.7 billion so far
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-15 | by ( Jeanne Sahadi | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

That is just one reason why policy experts see a retirement savings crisis on tap for so many Americans over the next several decades. This results in an increase in retirement income of $150 per month,” Gusto’s researchers wrote. Initial data also suggests that the introduction of auto IRAs might correlate with more employers offering their own plans. It’s not entirely clear why, since smaller businesses often cite cost and administrative burden as reasons why they don’t sponsor a retirement plan. And employer plans offer workers tax breaks and direct matching contributions, which can help them grow their nest eggs faster than they otherwise might.

Persons: John Scott, Roth, Scott, IRAs, ”, Pew, It’s Organizations: CNN, AARP —, AARP, Georgetown Center, Retirement, Pew, Savings, Employers, Project . Workers, Georgetown CRI, Auto Locations: California, Colorado , Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii , Illinois, Maine , Maryland, Minnesota , Nevada , New Jersey , New York , Oregon, Rhode Island , Vermont, Virginia, Washington

☆ Long-lost marine worm species photobombs seahorses, scientists say
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-15 | by ( Mindy Weisberger | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

The long-lost worm is Haplosyllis anthogorgicola, a species of bristle worm, or polychaete. But as Forreau was sorting her underwater photos of seahorses and corals, she made another unexpected discovery: The worms’ coral burrows were visible in the images. Perhaps, she thought, that might also be the case in other photos of pygmy seahorses. Images of pygmy seahorses taken by scuba divers were crawling with worm photobombs. Worms’ limbs, heads and tails poked out of coral burrows in the hundreds; the scientists even counted seven examples of worms crawling on seahorses’ bodies.

Persons: Huzio Utinomo, Chloé Fourreau, “, ”, Karen Osborn, Osborn, Ai Takahata, ” Forreau, coauthors, Chloé, Forreau, ” Osborn, Mindy Weisberger Organizations: CNN, Kyoto University, Royal Society, Biological Sciences, University of, Smithsonian National Museum of, Royal Society B, Scientific Locations: Japan, Australia, Okinawa, Washington ,, Sukumo, Kochi, Worms, East Timor, Indonesia, Malaysia, New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Taiwan

☆ King Charles marks 76th birthday at ‘surplus food festival’
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-14 | by ( Lauren Said-Moorhouse | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

London CNN —King Charles III has marked his 76th birthday on Thursday by opening two food distribution hubs, as part of his Coronation Food Project that he launched a year ago in the hopes of bridging the gap between food poverty and food waste. Charles visited one of the new hubs in south London, which is hosting a “surplus food festival” where meals will be made using food that might otherwise have gone to waste. Since it was launched, the food project has worked with local charities FareShare and the Felix Project, and saved 940 tons of surplus food - the equivalent of 2.2 million meals. Charles speaks with staff at the new distribution center, designed to save and circulate surplus food and to support communities in need. King Charles treats his actual birthday in November like a normal working day, but the bonus of being the monarch means that he actually gets two.

Persons: London CNN — King Charles III, Charles, King, Sadiq Khan, Felix, Justin Tallis, “, Princess, Wales, King Charles, King George II, George III Organizations: London CNN, Food, London, Getty, Royal, Commonwealth, King’s, Royal Horse Artillery, Honourable Artillery Company, CNN’s Royal, Guard’s Locations: London, Merseyside, England, United Kingdom, Samoa, Green Park, Westminster, Buckingham Palace

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