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☆ The 'godfather' of driverless cars says Tesla has a major advantage in the self-driving race
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-15 | by ( Hugh Langley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Anthony Levandowski, who co-founded Google's Waymo, says Tesla has a huge advantage in data. Musk has promised self-driving Teslas for the better part of a decade. Likewise, Levandowski said he hoped for "a little more steak and less sizzle" on the substance of Tesla's self-driving technology. Related storiesYet perhaps few people understand the nitty-gritty of self-driving tech better than Levandowski. Uber's advantageWhile Tesla and Waymo compete for tech supremacy, Uber might be the frontrunner in the robotaxi race right now.

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☆ New Covid shots are coming available. Here’s what experts say about when to get yours
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-23 | by ( Brenda Goodman | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —Newly updated vaccines against Covid-19 will be in pharmacies soon, just as the US is experiencing a surge of infections. Experts say it depends on your health, whether you’ve recently had Covid-19, which vaccine you plan to get and when it’s convenient for you. For that reason, he’s going to hold off on getting the updated shot. Ranney noted that the updated mRNA shots from Pfizer and Moderna will probably be available first, with Novavax’s vaccine coming in a few weeks. “The reality is that we’ve had waves of Covid every summer for the last few years, and so I think we have to kind of do a reset or rethink about how we’re doing Covid vaccine delivery,” Hotez said.

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☆ So, Human Resources Is Making You Miserable?
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-03 | by ( David Segal | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Show of hands: Who’s fed up with human resources? Maybe you’re irked by the endless flow of memos and forms, many of which need to be filled out, pronto. Or you’ve got some problem with management and you don’t trust that H.R. department bugs a lot of employees and managers, and it seems to have more detractors than ever since the pandemic began. department is bothering you, here’s a fact you might find perversely consoling: You are not as aggravated or bummed out as the people who work in H.R.

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☆ I shopped at Trader Joe's new grab-and-go store in NYC. It's convenient if you're in a rush, but I see why critics aren't impressed.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-13 | by ( Maria Noyen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Trader Joe's quietly opened a new store in New York City in March. Called Trader Joe's Pronto, it's a grab-and-go shop with sandwiches and salads as well as groceries. AdvertisementTrader Joe's recently opened a new type of store in New York City. Called Trader Joe's Pronto, the new shop is a "one-of-a-kind extension" of its bigger store, a representative told Business Insider. AdvertisementSome Trader Joe's fans who've already visited Trader Joe's Pronto shared lackluster reviews on social media.

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☆ Make America Build Again
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-16 | by ( Adam Rogers | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +37 min

America is the sixth-most-expensive place in the world to build subways and trolleys. The solutions will cost trillions of dollars and require a pace of building unseen in America since World War II. Perhaps the single most pressing question we face today is: How do we make America build again? "For this class of projects, federal environmental laws are more the exception." The prospect of overhauling our hard-won environmental laws might feel like sacrilege to anyone who cares about the Earth.

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☆ Opinion | Here’s What Doesn’t Happen After a Mass Shooting
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-01 | by ( Gail Collins | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

A few things you can bet on when there’s been a terrible mass shooting in this country. POP QUIZAfter an assault-rifle-brandishing madman killed 18 people and injured 13 more in Maine, the new House speaker, Mike Johnson, was asked what to do about mass shootings. What shooting?”C. “Hey, I thought you said you were going to ask about impeaching Biden.”D. “The problem is the human heart, not guns.”Did you guess it was D, people? Perhaps we should avoid complaining until we see if Speaker Johnson proposes new legislation requiring the police to stop and search all human hearts. Gun control — or, as its proponents prefer, gun safety — always becomes a big topic of conversation after a horrific shooting.

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☆ Life in Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia oblast, from an expert who just visited the front lines
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-28 | by ( Charles R. Davis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +18 min

Ukrainian soldiers, go away." And there were Ukrainian soldiers chit-chatting with the older ladies there buying food. I spoke with Ukrainian soldiers in Zaporizhzhia. The same set of Ukrainian soldiers that's been serving has been serving for more than 600 days. When you talk to actual Ukrainians, they're not getting caught up in, "Is it Crimea?

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☆ VinFast’s volatile stock has an easy, painful fix
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-30 | by ( Antony Currie | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

On Tuesday the Vietnamese nascent electric-car maker’s shares capped a flighty first fortnight as a publicly traded company by tumbling 44%. Yet the unprofitable manufacturer still sports a racy $107 billion market capitalisation courtesy of the previous eightfold rocketing of its stock since its merger with a blank cheque company in mid-August. Even with the wild swings, the stock trades almost five times higher than what already looked like a punchy valuation when the merger was announced in May. Granted, VinFast might not be desperate for cash – parent Vingroup (VIC.HM) and Vuong injected $2.5 billion in April. Absent a rapid rise in car sales, though, VinFast’s zippy valuation is heading for more crashes anyway.

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☆ Return-to-office orders look like a way for elite, work-obsessed CEOs to grab power back from employees
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-24 | by ( Hasan Chowdhury | Sarah Jackson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Bosses who allowed fully remote work during the pandemic want workers back in the office, pronto. Experts say RTO orders come from elite, often male CEOs who prioritize work over work-life balance. AdvertisementAdvertisement"For most employees, life is partly work, but partly things outside work," Stanford economist Nick Bloom said. "These elite CEOs probably work 100-plus hours a week and they're much more work-focused." The mandates symbolize the sharp disconnect right now between the way CEOs and employees think about work.

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☆ 7 slang terms you'll only hear at Trader Joe's, according to current and former employees
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-04 | by ( Kaila Yu | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Insider spoke to current and ex Trader Joe's employees about the slang terms used to do their jobs. Insider spoke to current and former Trader Joe's employees who shared some of these slang terms and their definitions. Mates and merchantsInstead of calling their workers employees, Trader Joe's has nautical titles for positions. Opportunity buyIf you see something labeled "opportunity buy" at your favorite Trader Joe's, scoop it up ASAP because there's a limited supply. Applied to Trader Joe's products, it means that a poorly performing product needs to get out of the way.

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☆ Here's what an overbought market and endless negativity tell me to do this week
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-19 | by ( Jim Cramer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

There are too many articles and postings about how we are overdoing artificial intelligence, and how there's not enough substance to justify recent market moves. Still, I am worried about this week because for the first time in a bit I think we need to do some serious digesting. Given the market is officially overbought, I think I will wait until we have a couple of days down before it's worth pulling the trigger. As a subscriber to the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer, you will receive a trade alert before Jim makes a trade. Jim waits 45 minutes after sending a trade alert before buying or selling a stock in his charitable trust's portfolio.

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☆ Friends Dropping By in 15 Minutes? Prep Your Place Pronto With These 12 Ideas
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-09 | by ( Allison Duncan | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Decanting even ginger ale and potato chips into quality vessels will make pop-in guests feel invited. Illustration: Nick LuIF YOU’RE like us, you’ve had well-meaning friends shoot you a text announcing that they’re “in the neighborhood. Can we drop by in 15?” The only reasonable reaction? Becoming totally flustered. The house is far from presentable, you’ve nothing to drink except flat diet ginger ale and no applaudable nibbles let alone…quality cheese!

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☆ 'Nobody is above the law': The world reacts to Trump being indicted for the second time
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-09 | by ( Jake Swearingen | Cheryl Teh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Trump's allies and enemies took to Twitter en masse to weigh in on his second indictment. The common refrain from Democrats and Trump's opponents within the GOP was that nobody was above the law. God Bless President Trump. I, and every American who believes in the rule of law, stand with President Trump… — Kevin McCarthy (@SpeakerMcCarthy) June 9, 2023Sen. Josh Hawley worried about the state of the republic. Every "Republican" running for President should suspend their campaign and go to Miami as a show of support.

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☆ Cramer's Lightning Round: Vornado is a buy
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-25 | by ( Julie Coleman | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Stock Chart Icon Stock chart icon Zscaler's year-to-date stock performance. Stock Chart Icon Stock chart icon Iovance Biotherapeutics' year-to-date stock performance. Stock Chart Icon Stock chart icon Lucid Group's year-to-date stock performance. Stock Chart Icon Stock chart icon Navigator Holdings' year-to-date stock performance. Stock Chart Icon Stock chart icon Schrodinger's year-to-date stock performance.

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Our experts choose the best products and services to help make smart decisions with your money (here's how). As a child, my grandmother used to give my sister and me a quarter when she came to visit. That rebuke unconsciously taught me I shouldn't ask for money, and it held me back for years. My mother, utterly mortified, sent me to my room with the stern admonishment that asking for money was not polite. I found it was as difficult to accept money as it was to ask for it, especially if it happened to be a gift.

☆ Los Angeles Is a Doughnut Town
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-24 | by ( Tejal Rao | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The Donut Hole, in La Puente, doesn’t sell the very best doughnuts in the Los Angeles area, but I love going there. Driving through its absurd, gigantic fiberglass doughnut — a pristine example of mimetic architecture — is a brief, giddy and almost spiritual experience. An edge, architectural or otherwise, is practically required in the unusually saturated, competitive doughnut market of Southern California. It might be a glamorous seasonal doughnut, like the strawberry-stuffed beasts you can find at the Donut Man, in Glendora, from February to September. I am consistently pleased by the simple chocolate glazed at Colorado Donuts — though if I’m with my nephews, the chewy, pull-apart, rainbow-colored mochi doughnuts from Mochi Dochi are always the stronger choice.

☆ 29-year-old earns $187,000 and only works 9 months a year — and his job doesn't require a bachelor's degree
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-08 | by ( Ryan Ermey | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

"I absolutely love living in Spartanburg and being a travel nurse. I'm able to have a high salary as a travel nurse, but come back to where the cost of living is low." Tucker began his career as a travel nurse after earning an associate's degree. "I'm away from home, I'm away from family, I'm away from my dog," says Tucker. CHECK OUT: 29-year-old travel nurse seized a chance to make $187,000 and only work 9 months a year: It’s ‘a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity’

UNTIL 2020, I would primp like a prize poodle before heading to the office. I’d press shirts, ponder outfits, sculpt my pompadour with a one-two punch of hair spray and pomade. This show dog has turned into a racing greyhound. Two and a half years of working from home—a setup that let me sleep until 8:55 a.m. and still be at my desk by 9—changed the game. When I finally returned to an office job, I wasn’t about to sacrifice my snooze schedule to that elaborate, get-ready rigmarole I once performed.

☆ From using multiple banks to managing VC relationships, these are the 5 lessons every founder should have learned from the Silicon Valley Bank nightmare
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-14 | by ( Julie Bort | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

If something happens to one bank, such as a bank run, your company won't face ruin. Silicon Valley Bank famously required such clauses as CNBC reported, for at least some of its loans. Why Silicon Valley Bank failed: SVB's management surprised the market by unveiling bad news coupled with a planned capital raise that failed, among other factors. How Silicon Valley Bank imploded: There was lots of blame to go around. More of our Silicon Valley Bank coverage can be found here.

☆ No more 'notepad screenshots': Elon Musk says adding 'long-form text to tweets' is a 'high priority'
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-06 | by ( Jyoti Mann | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Elon Musk said Twitter will launch a new feature where users can post "long-form text to tweets". He tweeted the idea Saturday after rolling out Twitter Blue, the paid verification subscription. Musk tweeted on Saturday: "Twitter will soon add ability to attach long-form text to tweets, ending absurdity of notepad screenshots." Twitter Blue is now available in iOS in the US, UK, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. Musk tweeted later that day that there was "no choice" because the company was losing more than $4 million a day.

☆ Factbox: Twitter 2.0: Musk warns of bankruptcy, flip-flops on blue check mark in chaotic start
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-04 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File PhotoNov 18 (Reuters) - Twitter has had a bumpy ride since new owner Elon Musk took charge last month. Twitter has also cut staff by half, while Musk has raised the possibility of the social media platform going bankrupt. read more read more* ROLLS OUT $8 SERVICETwitter on Nov. 5 launches an $8 subscription service that gives the user a verified blue check mark and other features. read more* WARNS OF BANKRUPTCYOn his first mass call with employees, Musk raised the possibility of the social media platform going bankrupt, Bloomberg News reported. read more* RELAUNCH $8 SERVICE ON NOV. 29On Nov. 15, Musk said the sought-after blue check subscription service will be relaunched on Nov. 29, a minor delay from his initial tentative timeline.

☆ All the best products we’ve tested in 2021 (so far)
▼ + stars: | 2021-11-03 | by ( Cnn Underscored Staff | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +62 min

Best coffee subscription: Blue Bottle (starting at $11 per shipment; bluebottle.com)Blue BottleBlue Bottle’s coffee subscription hit all of our marks during the testing process. This mask, though, formed the best seal around the edges, blocking out more light than any other mask we tested. Not only does it keep your drinks hot or cold for many hours, it’s solidly durable and has the best lid we’ve ever tested. Best smart display: Amazon Echo Show 8 ($99.99, originally $129.99; amazon.com)AmazonThe Echo Show 8 is the best smart display we tested, with a versatile 8-inch screen in a build that really fits anywhere. Best smart thermostat: Nest Learning Thermostat ($223, originally $229; amazon.com)GoogleThe Nest Learning Thermostat studies your habits and controls the temperature in your home automatically.

☆ DOLIU în lumea muzicii. Cântăreața Raffaella Carra a murit
▼ + stars: | 2021-07-05 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +2 min

Cântăreaţa, prezentatoarea şi realizatoarea de televiziune Raffaella Carra a murit luni la vârsta de 78 de ani, potrivit El Pais, potrivit News.ro. Anunţul a fost făcut agenţiei de presă Ansa de către Sergio Japino, care i-a fost partener mai mulţi ani. Raffaella Carra a anunţat în decembrie 2016 că se retrage din televiziune, pentru că, spunea ea atunci, este timpul să facă loc noilor generaţii. Una dintre ultimele sale colaborări cu televiziunea a fost rolul de jurat în varianta italiana a emisiunii „The Voice”. Între emisiunile de televiziune pe care le-a găzduit se numără „Carràmba che sorpresa!”, „¡Hola Raffaella!”, „Canzonissima”, „En casa con Raffaella”, „Pronto... Raffaella?”, „A las 8 con Raffaella”, „Ma che sera”, „La hora de Raffaella Carrà” şi „Domenica in”.

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