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☆ I had the opportunity to move from Chicago to Texas on Facebook's dime. I got nervous and backed out — a decision I now regret.
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-14 | by ( Erin Snodgrass | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

I have a twin sister who I'm very close with, who said, "I'm going to Chicago," and I was like, "You know what? But once things started opening back up and the world started to become "normal" again, a lot of my friends left Chicago. When they hired me, they said I could work from one of two locations: either Austin, Texas, or Chicago. It's been almost two years or so and people are still commenting, "Texas didn't want you anyway." I haven't been back to Texas since I made my decision but I'm going in February for my cousin's birthday.

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☆ Trump used note cards. So did W. Bush and the presidents before him. Should we worry that Biden uses them, too?
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-01 | by ( Lloyd Lee | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Read previewAt a recent closed-door fundraiser, President Joe Biden had to rely on note cards prepped by his staff to provide donors with detailed answers on his policy. But since the advent of mass communication technology and, as a result, an increasing expectation of US leaders to make public addresses, presidents have long relied on note cards and teleprompters to face their constituents. Even US presidents who had the public reputation of being robust and nimble needed note cards, Kastor said. John F. Kennedy, who was able to keep his medical problems, including persistent back pain, hidden from the public, used note cards. Former President Donald Trump, who is now 77, has received flack for relying on note cards albeit for different reasons.

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☆ Ukraine hit a company of Russian troops with HIMARS while they waited around for a visiting general
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-22 | by ( Erin Snodgrass | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The Russian battalion congregated at a training area near the village of Trudovske in occupied eastern Ukraine when the two missiles struck, The BBC reported Wednesday. Sources familiar with the incident told the outlet that the soldiers were gathered to await the arrival of a senior commander. Ukraine has yet to comment on the strike, but the BBC reported a US-made HIMARS launch system was used to fire the two missiles. In August, Ukraine said it launched a HIMARS attack on five Russian units gathered on a beach that resulted in 200 casualties and destroyed equipment. Some accounts at the time suggested the troops had been gathered to await a general's pep talk before a dangerous mission.

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☆ Microsoft's Xbox boss says jacking up video game prices can end up being 'manipulative'
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-21 | by ( Aaron Mok | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Xbox games may be more expensive now, but Microsoft's gaming CEO realizes that there's a limit to how much gamers will take. "We've raised the price of games," Phil Spencer, the CEO of Microsoft Gaming, told Game File, a newsletter focused on the business of gaming. AdvertisementBack in December 2022, Microsoft told The Verge that it would be raising prices to reflect "the content, scale, and technical complexity of these titles." "Skull and Bones," an action-adventure game for the PlayStation 5 and Xbox consoles, got some flack for charging $70 for its highly anticipated game. Ubisoft, the company behind the pirate video game, defended the price because it was a "quadruple-A" game.

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☆ Unconditional aid to Israel is no longer the bipartisan certainty it once was as US senators begin to question Israel's campaign in Gaza and the West Bank
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-20 | by ( Peter Gelling | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

The United States has provided Israel with military and economic aid since its founding 75 years ago. But it seems even the United States might have a breaking point. An amendment from Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia, meanwhile, would prevent Biden from transferring weapons to Israel without congressional support. AdvertisementNet favorability for Israel only dropped 2.2 percentage points in the United States, but US support for Israel is taking a toll on global perceptions of the United States. In Egypt, for instance, the United States "went from having a positive favorability of 41.1 to a negative favorability of -14.9 from September to December," Time wrote.

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☆ Taiwan made its choice on who will lead it into an uncertain future as China remains hellbent on controlling it, and tough times may lie ahead
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-13 | by ( Chris Panella | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

Read previewTaiwan has elected its new president, the Democratic Progressive Party's Lai Ching-te, who is also the current Vice President. While experts still assess that an invasion of Taiwan remains unlikely in the near future, that doesn't diminish concerns about other ways China could squeeze the island. AdvertisementTaiwan's Vice President and presidential candidate for the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Lai Ching-te (C) casts his ballot to vote on January 13, 2024, in Tainan, Taiwan. Nevertheless, the win marks the first time a political party in Taiwan has won a presidential election three times in a row. The supporters of Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) cheer at an election campaign on January 12, 2024 in Tainan, Taiwan.

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☆ Without A Fight wins Melbourne Cup to hand jockey Mark Zahra consecutive victories
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-07 | by ( Ben Church | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Without A Fight stormed to victory at this year’s Melbourne Cup on Tuesday, handing jockey Mark Zahra consecutive wins in Australia’s most prestigious horse race. “It’s amazing to do it once, but to do it again on a different horse, back-to-back, my feet haven’t touched the ground yet,” Zahra told Sky Sports Racing after the famous win. Gold Trip, the horse Zahra won on last year, was also entered into this year’s race, but the jockey opted instead to ride Without A Fight. Zahra is the first jockey to win consecutive Melbourne Cups since Glen Boss rode Makybe Diva to three straight wins between 2003 and 2005. Winning trainer Sam Freedman, whose family has a rich and successful history in the sport, praised Zahra for an “extraordinary ride” but also credited his father for helping him train a Melbourne Cup winner.

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☆ My Haul From the WFMU Record Fair
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-17 | by ( ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Dear listeners,Over the weekend, I spent some time at the WFMU Record and CD Fair — a New York institution returning in person for the first time since 2019. A fund-raiser for the great, listener-supported radio station, this year’s Record Fair featured over 100 dealers hawking vinyl and other musical sundries at the Knockdown Center in Queens. That lingering pang in my shoulder, though, meant I left with a pretty decent record haul — which I used to create today’s playlist. Some people go to record fairs ready to drop big bucks on rare finds and coveted collectibles. When I added a $3 copy of Waylon Jennings’s “Greatest Hits” to my pile, I thought I’d checked the condition of the LP.

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☆ The majority of Americans think they're better off financially than their parents were—especially Gen Z
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-17 | by ( Kamaron Mcnair | In Kamaronmcnair | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Despite this, a slight majority of adults say they're doing better financially than their parents were at their age, according to a recent LendingTree study . Just over half — 51% — of adults say they're in a better financial position than their parents were at their age. The more money they make, the more likely people are to think they're better off than their parents, LendingTree found. Among households earning $100,000 a year or more, 79% say they're doing better than their parents. Interestingly, though, adults who have their own children are more likely to say they're doing better financially than their parents were at their age.

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☆ British Finance Minister Jeremy Hunt rules out short-term tax cuts
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-02 | by ( Karen Gilchrist | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Jeremy Hunt, Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer, speaks on the second day of the the Conservative Party Conference on October 02, 2023 in Manchester, England. Christopher Furlong | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesMANCHESTER, ENGLAND — U.K. Finance Minister Jeremy Hunt on Monday ruled out tax cuts in the short-term, arguing that to reduce them now would be inflationary. "Right now we're focused on bringing down inflation," Hunt said on the second day of the Conservative Party Conference currently underway in Manchester, England. Hunt has previously argued that tax cuts are "virtually impossible," and could only be afforded if the government took some "difficult decisions." Hunt also unveiled plans for tougher benefit restrictions in a bid to make savings on the government's welfare bill.

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☆ Inside the jail where Trump and the 18 co-defendants in the Georgia racketeering case will be booked
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-17 | by ( Azmi Haroun | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

By August 25, Trump will be booked at a notorious Atlanta jail known as 'Rice Street.' Get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in business, from Wall Street to Silicon Valley — delivered daily. The Georgia jail cell where Lashawn Thompson was found dead. Photos of the jail cell where Lashawn Thompson was held show squalid conditions. Handout from Michael HarperAs it stands, Trump's attorneys are negotiating the terms of his surrender with the Fulton County DA, according to CNN.

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☆ Beyoncé's mother, Tina Knowles, addresses alleged Lizzo snub
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-04 | by ( Lisa Respers France | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —Tina Knowles has appeared to refute the theory that her daughter Beyoncé dropped mentioning Lizzo on tour because of a lawsuit. The lyrics to the song include references to “Betty Davis, Solange Knowles, Badu, Lizzo, Kelly Rowl,’ Lauryn Hill, Roberta Flack” and other prominent women, which Beyoncé recorded with Madonna. That led some to believe the superstar was distancing herself from Lizzo. Knowles jumped in the comments on an Instagram post about the alleged snub. “She also didn’t say her own sister’s name yal [sic] should really stop,” Knowles wrote.

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☆ Mike Pence, the Indictment and the Chaos of Donald Trump - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-03 | by ( Katherine Miller | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

They left behind a few panicked people who remained grounded in reality like former White House counsel Pat Cipollone and Mr. Pence, and then Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell and the rest. Again and again, people describe desperate circumstances, arguments about doing things like seizing the voting machines, or trying to persuade Mr. Trump to call off the riot. According to prosecutors, at 7:01 p.m. on Jan. 6, Mr. Cipollone called Mr. Trump and asked him to withdraw his objections to certification; Mr. Trump refused. In his book, “Why We Did It,” Tim Miller debates this question with Alyssa Farah Griffin, a former White House communications official. In his book, Mr. Esper describes the way Mr. Pence represented a sane, normal presence in meetings.

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☆ Americans are moving to Japan for its safety and affordability
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-20 | by ( Jordan Pandy | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

"My children had to do active shooter drills," Hanson told Insider. Hanson and her family are a few of the 6,642 Americans who moved to Japan in 2022, according to the country's Ministry of Justice. "I was very concerned about gun violence, which is almost non-existent in Japan," Evans told Insider. Along with the safety of Japan, Evans was also pleasantly surprised by the affordability. Bethany NakamuraNakamura, 35, started the process of moving to Japan from her studio in Jersey City, New Jersey, in 2020.

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☆ 8 Starbucks slang terms you'll only know if you work there, according to former baristas
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-30 | by ( Kaila Yu | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Insider spoke to former Starbucks workers about the slang terms used to do their jobs. Insider spoke to current and former Starbucks employees who shared some slang words only Starbucks workers use — along with their definitions. Bliss shared that at least one or more puppuchino orders came in daily when they worked for the company. Bliss shared an opposing point of view. However, Bliss explained that Starbucks can be a hard place to work and that they were part of unionization efforts.

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☆ Boomers are memed for falling for fake news but are better at identifying online misinformation than Gen Zers and millennials, survey finds
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-30 | by ( Sawdah Bhaimiya | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Baby boomers are better at spotting fake news than Gen Zers and millennials, a survey found. The survey found those who spent more time online were also more likely to fall for fake news. Boomers have always taken the flack for falling for fake news stories, but a survey has found it's younger generations that are more susceptible to online misinformation. It examined how likely people were to be fooled by fake headlines. Although stereotypes about the older generation falling victim to fake news may be dated, they are rooted in fact.

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☆ The Supreme Court just gave the 2024 Biden campaign a powerful pitch: I tried to forgive debts, an unelected court killed it, but I'll do it again if you give me the votes
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-30 | by ( Madison Hall | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

The Supreme Court just struck down the Biden Administration's student loan forgiveness plan. The vast majority of Democrats support student loan forgiveness. The court, however, did not fully rule out any possibility of a forgiveness plan in the future. While on the campaign trail, Biden can (and likely will) do something most presidents have abstained from doing: speak out against the Supreme Court and its decisions. If he plays his cards right, he could rally some key constituencies for his re-election, and find loan forgiveness success with a different Congress.

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☆ Extreme Heat Is Here to Stay. Why Are We Not More Afraid?
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-29 | by ( Jennifer Szalai | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

THE HEAT WILL KILL YOU FIRST: Life and Death on a Scorched Planet, by Jeff GoodellHeat, according to the journalist Jeff Goodell, has a branding problem — though unlike the desperate politician whose P.R. flack is on speed dial, heat doesn’t need to be better liked; it isn’t loathed nearly enough. As this terrifying book makes exceptionally clear, thinking we can just crank up the A.C. is a dangerous way to live. This is a propulsive book, one to be raced through; the planet is burning, and we are running out of time. “When it gets too hot, things die,” an agricultural ecologist tells Goodell.

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☆ Prince Harry chokes up in witness box, telling phone hacking trial his eight-hour testimony has been 'a lot'
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-07 | by ( Rob Picheta | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

London CNN —Prince Harry choked up in court as he concluded an eight-hour testimony in his lawsuit against a major British newspaper publisher, admitting he would feel an “injustice” if his claims of phone hacking were dismissed by the judge. The duke is suing Mirror Group Newspapers (MGN), accusing its titles of phone hacking and using other illicit means to gather information about his life between 1996 and 2009. Green, the barrister for MGN, pressed Harry on Tuesday on the specifics of his phone hacking allegations, saying there is “not a single item of call data at any time” between Harry’s phone and any Mirror Group journalist. Overall, the prince alleges that about 140 articles published in titles belonging to Mirror Group contained information gathered using unlawful methods. MGN is contesting most of the allegations, arguing in its court filings that some claims have been brought too late and that in all four cases there is insufficient evidence of phone hacking.

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☆ Elon Musk is nicknamed 'Karen Musk' in a Reddit thread that slams him for calling remote working immoral
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-22 | by ( Sawdah Bhaimiya | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Elon Musk is being criticized for calling remote work immoral. Redditors nicknamed the billionaire "Karen Musk" and say his comments are out-of-touch. Musk previously asked both Tesla and Twitter employees to return to the office. Elon Musk is getting flack for his latest comments disparaging people for working from home with one Reddit thread dubbing him "Karen Musk," as an insult. The Reddit Thread, which links to a video accusing Musk of being out of touch with the average Joe, is titled "Karen Musk: Working from home is IMMORAL!"

☆ Don Sebesky, Arranger Who Helped Broaden Jazz’s Audience, Dies at 85
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-06 | by ( Neil Genzlinger | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Mr. Sebesky’s musical interests ranged far and wide. From the beginning, Mr. Taylor and CTI were on a mission to broaden the audience for jazz by exploring intersections with pop, rock and R&B, and by making music that was more accessible to mainstream audiences than some of jazz’s more esoteric strains. It was an approach that displeased some purists, but it sold records, and Mr. Sebesky’s arranging skills were pivotal to that success. Mr. Sebesky arranged the saxophonist Paul Desmond’s “Bridge Over Troubled Water” (1970), an album of interpretations of Simon & Garfunkel songs. Pairing Mr. Benson with that song was an idea Mr. Sebesky had proposed to Mr. Taylor, but with a twist.

☆ The purple Wiggle responds to his TikTok heartthrob status: 'It's opened up a new world of followers'
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-21 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Kahlan-Rosenblatt.Jpg | Kalhan Rosenblatt | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +6 min

On TikTok, parents and nonparents alike have been thirsting after a member of one of the biggest children's acts in the world — the new purple Wiggle from The Wiggles. — likely stems from a video Pearce posted this week in which he participated in a trend that stems from the movie "Zoolander." Originally, Pearce wanted to film the clip with the original purple Wiggle, Jeff Fatt, while the two were on a recent tour together. In the clip, Pearce's purple Wiggle persona bumps into his everyday self dressed in a cutoff T-shirt, revealing his toned and tattooed arms. He added that he's looking forward to meeting his newest slew of fans when The Wiggles tour later this year.

☆ Video shows Southwest pilot handing out coffee to stranded passengers as airline faces widespread cancellations
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-27 | by ( Ashley Collman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Video shows a Southwest pilot offering stranded passengers coffee at the Baltimore airport on Tuesday. The pilot, wearing an American flag tie, handed out the coffee while another airline worker followed offering cream and sugar. Flight tracking shows an 8:15 a.m. flight to Louisville did eventually leave Baltimore, albeit nearly two hours late. The airline did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment on Tuesday about the video of the Baltimore pilot. "The department will examine whether cancellations were controllable and if Southwest is complying with its customer service plan."

☆ Elon Musk asked Twitter users whether he should stay on as CEO, but he'd already made up his mind to go
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-20 | by ( Rebecca Knight | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Elon Musk ran a poll asking Twitter users if he should step down as CEO and the majority said yes. Musk said that he'd abide by the results of the poll, though he's so far not commented on the outcome. By posing the stay-or-go question in an online poll, Musk is able to to portray himself as a magnanimous chief who listens to his constituents. In resigning his post by virtue of a vote, Musk can boost his personal wealth and return to his beloved car company under the guise of democratic leadership. Shares of Tesla rose on Monday after the Twitter poll results, though they ended the day largely unchanged, trading at just below $150.

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