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☆ Designer bags are expensive. So some people are buying luxe hand soap instead.
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-30 | by ( Amanda Krause | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Designer hand soaps from brands like Aesop and Diptyque have become gateways into luxury shopping. AdvertisementIt's been said that once you wash your hands with Aesop's Resurrection hand soap, you'll never turn back. Consumers began buying designer soap for their homes more widely in the late 2010s, and in 2018, the global market for bath soap was valued at $19.5 billion. A 2024 report by Expert Market Research said the global soap market could reach over $36 billion in revenue by 2032, and luxury soap products are partially to thank. AdvertisementSo yes, buying luxury soap might seem to some like you're washing money down the drain.

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The base GOP voters Trump is most focused on aren’t necessarily the same voters who are key to the coalition Snyder is trying to build. Gretchen Whitmer, and two-seat majorities in both the state House and the state Senate (Democrats also hold a majority on the state Supreme Court). “The only advantage they have is old notions,” Whitmer said last week at her own event to support state House candidates in Oakland County. All the districts he’s targeting “can swing either way,” Snyder said. Rick Snyder is openly trying to get MAGA extremists elected to the state House,” Kubitschek said.

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“A complete jump ball,” said Dennis Lennox, a Republican strategist who works in Michigan. “Nobody really knows what will happen.”Beyond the suburbs, Republicans see opportunities to peel off traditionally Democratic voters, like Black men. Now, many Lebanese American and Palestinian American voters in Michigan say they will not vote for Harris under any circumstance. And she signaled that she believes support for Harris from Republicans like Upton could be key to the race. “This is the center of the political universe, here in Michigan.”Alex Seitz-Wald reported from Camden, Maine; Henry Gomez reported from Detroit, Michigan.

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The political arm of Everytown for Gun Safety plans to spend $9 million to boost Democratic candidates in state legislative contests in five states, the group's first investment in such races this election cycle. “So much of the national progress we’ve made on gun safety can be traced back to pioneering laws passed at the state level,” Everytown for Gun Safety President John Feinblatt said in a statement. “Over the last few election cycles, Everytown has built a winning playbook for electing gun sense champions in key state legislative seats in order to flip chambers and pass life-saving legislation,” he added. The States Project, a Democratic-aligned group, plans to spend $70 million on state legislative races in nine states this cycle, while Forward Majority, a Democratic super PAC, plans to spend $45 million. The Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee is aiming to spending $60 million on such races, while the Democratic National Committee and the American Civil Liberties Union are also pumping money into those contests.

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☆ Hank Greenberg: On Passover, an ode to perhaps the greatest Jewish baseball player
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-23 | by ( Harry Enten | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

It turns out that I undersold Greenberg; he was one of the greatest hitters of all time and gives Sandy Koufax a run at being the greatest Jewish baseball player of all time. By that time, at age 35, he was well past most baseball players’ prime. The fact that Greenberg was a hero to young Jewish baseball fans (like my father), a great American and incredible human being is not under dispute. Greenberg remains one of only 10 baseball players to ever hit 58 home runs in a single season. Greenberg ranks 62nd among every position player on this metric since major league baseball began way back in the 1870s, according to Baseball-Reference (and different outlets compute WAR7 slightly differently).

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☆ 6 ways humans are transforming Antarctica from a pristine preserve to a polluted wasteland
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-30 | by ( Rupendra Brahambhatt | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Antarctica was once a pristine preserve, but humans are ruining it. And this past winter, the frozen continent reached record-low sea ice levels. USGS"This region is nearing a threshold of rapid landscape change," researchers noted in 2017. Pauline Askin/ReutersAnd depending on the location, that ice melt could turn up some pretty nasty stuff. What's even more worrisome is that "human impacts are disproportionately concentrated on the most environmentally significant areas of Antarctica," the researchers noted.

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☆ Vanessa Guillen killing: Cecily Aguilar receives 30-year sentence for role in death of Army soldier
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-14 | by ( Haley Britzky | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Cecily Aguilar, the woman charged in connection with the 2020 killing of Army Spc. Vanessa Guillen, has been sentenced to 30 years in federal prison. Aguilar pleaded guilty last year to one count of accessory after the fact, and three counts of making a false statement. Robinson died by suicide as authorities closed in on him in 2020, making Aguilar the only person charged in connection to Guillen’s death. Guillen, who was a 20-year-old private first class at the time of her death, went missing in April 2020.

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☆ 5 hot beauty trends shaping the future of the industry, according to an influencer who advises companies and an investment fund
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-22 | by ( Nhari Djan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

The fund, called BrainTrust Founders Studio, invests in Black beauty and wellness companies. Newby scouts for the BrainTrust Founders Studio, which helps fund Black founders of beauty and wellness brands, incubate, and scale their businesses. "That would not have been enough time for a brand to to basically create an entire slugging product," Newby said. "I believe, contrary to many, that red carpet and Fashion Week beauty trends still drive a lot," Newby said. Black skincare brands are evolving their formulas, and will lead the clinical skincare industryAs an investor in Black founders, Newby has noticed that Black skincare brands are developing more advanced formulas.

☆ An influencer who scouts for VC firms breaks down 5 beauty industry trends to watch in 2023
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-20 | by ( Nhari Djan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

The fund is the part of VC firm BrainTrust that invests in Black beauty and wellness companies. Newby shared her top five trends to watch in the beauty industry in 2023. "That would not have been enough time for a brand to to basically create an entire slugging product," Newby said. "I believe, contrary to many, that red carpet and Fashion Week beauty trends still drive a lot," Newby said. Black skincare brands are evolving their formulas, and will lead the clinical skincare industryAs an investor in Black founders, Newby has noticed that Black skincare brands are developing more advanced formulas.

A Texas woman who helped mutilate and conceal the body of Fort Hood soldier Vanessa Guillén pleaded guilty to federal charges Tuesday, prosecutors said. Cecily Aguilar, 24, helped the man who killed Guillén dispose of her body and lied to investigators, the U.S. attorney’s office for Western Texas said in a statement. Aguilar pleaded guilty Tuesday to a count of accessory to murder after the fact and three counts of false statement or representation, the U.S. attorney’s office said. If she is convicted, Aguilar faces up to 30 years in prison, but a judge will consider federal sentencing guidelines, the U.S. attorney's office said. Guillén's family said they were taken aback by Aguilar's decision to plead guilty.

The disappearance and killing of Vanessa Guillén, a U.S. Army specialist stationed in Fort Hood, Texas, in 2020 shook the nation and led to widescale changes in how the military protects victims of sexual violence. On Saturday, a state highway in her hometown, Houston, will be named after the Mexican American soldier, part of a series of commemorations to honor her legacy. Family and officials gathered on State Highway 3 in Harris County, between the intersections of Interstate Highway 45 and Almeda Genoa Road, to mark the naming of the Vanessa Guillén Memorial Highway. This year, lawmakers passed the I Am Vanessa Guillén Act, which aims to protect victims of sexual violence in the military. State lawmakers approved a bill to make Sept. 30, Guillén’s birthday, “Vanessa Guillén Day."

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