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☆ Adults are buying more and more kids' toys for themselves in a quest for nostalgia and escape
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-13 | by ( Joshua Nelken-Zitser | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Adults accounted for 17.3% of US toy sales in 2023, totaling $6.7 billion, per Circana. Research shows that while overall toy sales are in decline in the US, sales driven by nostalgic adults are on the rise. AdvertisementAccording to Circana's data, despite an 8% overall drop in toy sales last year, adult purchases have stayed robust. The group said that US adults spent over $1.5 billion on toys and games in the first quarter of 2024 alone. A Circana report from June on the US toy industry described adults as the "most important age group" for the industry going forward.

Persons: Frédérique Tutt, Tutt, Steve Totzke, Barbie Organizations: Research, BI, Star, Los Angeles Times Locations: Europe, Asia, Japan, South Korea

☆ Russian troops are said to be gathering in large groups, allowing them to be targeted by drones and taken out by missiles: ISW
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-29 | by ( Tom Porter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Russian troops keep on gathering in groups, military bloggers said, according to a think tank. Ukraine is using drones and missiles for strikes amid intensifying Russian attacks. It's the latest in a series of similar strikes in which Ukraine has used precision-guided US-made HIMARS missiles to hit Russian troops gathering miles behind the front line. Ukraine has also used exploding drones to target groups of Russian troops and armored vehicles gathering to attempt to break through Ukrainian defensive lines. AdvertisementThe ISW said that Russian milbloggers, who have been an important source of independent information on the Russian military during the Ukraine war, believe that inept Russian commanders are to blame.

Persons: — Organizations: Ukrainian, Service Locations: Ukraine, Donetsk Oblast, Russian, Ukrainian, Donetsk, Kherson Oblast, Russia, Avdiikva

☆ Top Wall Street analysts are upbeat about these 3 dividend stocks
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-28 | by ( Tipranks.Com Staff | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

The selection of the right dividend stock involves a thorough analysis of the fundamentals of a company and its ability to sustain its dividend payments. Bearing that in mind, investors can follow the recommendations of Wall Street's top analysts to pick dividend stocks that can boost their total returns. Here are three lucrative dividend stocks, according to Wall Street's top experts on TipRanks, a platform that ranks analysts based on their past performance. On an annualized basis, BIP offers a dividend yield of 4.9%. The analyst thinks that the recent period of elevated inflation was like a "mini recession" for OMF's target group of lower income borrowers.

Persons: Wall, Devin Dodge, BIP, Dodge, TipRanks, Gerard Cassidy, Cassidy, Mark DeVries, DeVries Organizations: Investors, Brookfield Infrastructure Partners, BMO Capital, Dodge, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, RBC Capital, OneMain Holdings, Deutsche Bank, Foursight, TAM, OneMain Locations: Columbus , Ohio, Brookfield

☆ Biden's economic policies have quietly made peoples' lives better — and no one seems to care
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-17 | by ( Juliana Kaplan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

Biden's economic agenda has meant real changes for many Americans, like clean water and internet access. That $1 million came from President Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan , which was passed in 2021 to revitalize the economy and replenish Americans' wallets. But for the target groups seeing their everyday lives changed by Bidenomics funding, it can make a world of difference. AdvertisementAdvertisementThe hidden wins from BidenomicsWith 2024 looming, and Americans dreary on the economy, Bidenomics is still an elusive beast. Americans who are not part of targeted populations receiving these grants are left to contend with sky-high prices on their own.

Persons: Bradley Bonds, Bonds, Joe Biden's, Bidenomics, Biden, it's, Alice Stewart, It's, Stewart, Gallup, Rose Carter, Carter, Jodi Cutaiar, —, there's, Max Berger, Elizabeth Warren's, Berger Organizations: Service, Fire, Congressional, CNN, Bidenomics, Alliance for Congregational, Rescue Plan, Biden, American, Companies, Justice Democrats, Republican Locations: Wall, Silicon, South Carolina, Middle America, Carolina, Phoenix, Pennsylvania, Ohio

☆ Dutch online bank Bunq applies for U.S. banking licence
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-04 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

AMSTERDAM, April 4 (Reuters) - Bunq BV, a prominent European online banking start-up, formally filed for a banking licence with U.S. regulators on Tuesday, the company's CEO told Reuters in an interview. Bunq raised $228 million at a $1.9 billion valuation in 2021. Bunq, which competes with Britain's Revolut and Germany's N26, said that as of March 14, it had deposits of around 2.3 billion euros, up 27% from 1.8 billion euros at the end of 2023. Bunq offers savers in its native Netherlands 1.56% interest on deposits, a percentage point above rates offered by the three big banks that dominate Dutch banking, ING, ABN Amro and Rabobank. Bunq makes some mortgage loans but keeps more than half of its reserves at the European Central Bank's deposit facility, which Niknam said should reassure depositors.

☆ BMW launches demonstration fleet of hydrogen cars that use fuel cells from Toyota
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-27 | by ( Anmar Frangoul | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

The BMW Group on Monday launched a pilot fleet of hydrogen vehicles, with the German automotive giant's CEO referring to hydrogen as "the missing piece in the jigsaw when it comes to emission-free mobility." The BMW iX5 Hydrogen, which uses fuel cells sourced from Toyota and has a top speed of more than 112 miles per hour, is being put together at a facility in Munich. The car stores hydrogen in two tanks and can be filled up in three to four minutes. BMW says it has a range of 313 miles in the Worldwide Harmonised Light Vehicle Test Procedure, or WLTP cycle. It will enter service in 2023, although the scale of the rollout is small, with a fleet of "under 100 vehicles" set to be "employed internationally for demonstration and trial purposes for various target groups."

The pre-Roe laws include criminal penalties for people who help others obtain an abortion. Pitman's order, which is preliminary, will remain in place while abortion funding groups, including Fund Texas Choice, The North Texas Equal Access Fund and The Lilith Fund for Reproductive Equity, move forward with a lawsuit seeking to block enforcement of the laws. The order applies only to five individual local prosecutors who are named as defendants in the case, though the groups have said they will seek to expand their case to include a class of all local prosecutors in the state. Paxton's office and lawyers for the abortion funds and for the local prosecutors did not immediately respond to requests for comment. They cited statements by Paxton and by some state lawmakers suggesting that the pre-Roe laws criminalized funding or facilitating such abortions.

☆ BMW sales recover in fourth quarter as supply chain issues ease
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-10 | by ( Victoria Waldersee | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Full-year deliveries were down 4.8%, with Europe and China hardest hit by supply chain troubles that curbed output, particularly in the first half of the year. But sales bounced back in the fourth quarter as the group rejigged supply chains in Europe and lockdowns were lifted in China. Sales of fully electric vehicles also performed well, more than doubling to 215,755 over the year. BMW weathered the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic better than competitors, achieving record sales in 2021. The carmaker now plans to to move to a direct sales model in 24 European markets, with agents acting as sales representatives, it said in Tuesday's trading update.

☆ 4 major trends in health startups in 2022, after an unexpected post-pandemic dropoff in funding
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-24 | by ( Riddhi Kanetkar | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

VCs poured $13.5 billion into healthtech startups in 2022 — down nearly 50% from 2021. But a global slump and the tech downturn changed all of that, and funding into health startups fell by nearly 50% to $13.5 billion this year. AI-driven drug development and mental health startups also boomed during COVID-19 but have seen a funding dropoff in 2022. Tech that served underrepresented groups was spotlightedFrom menopause to mental health, health conditions that were billed as 'taboo' pre-pandemic have come to the forefront this year. Startups offering personalized treatments for niche issues or demographics, such as menopause app Vira Health, mental health platform MyMynd, and men's health platform Numan, all raised capital this year.

☆ I'm a 20-year-old Airbnb host who made $375,000 in revenue this year. Here's how I set up and scaled my properties.
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-08 | by ( Dorothy Cucci | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Inayah McMillan is a 20-year-old Airbnb host with 11 listings in St. Louis, Missouri. This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Inayah McMillan, a 20-year-old Airbnb host with listings in St. Louis, Missouri. We've made more than $375,000 this year in revenue, and our best month yet was this past May, when we made $58,120 in revenue. If I could go back, I would have registered my Airbnb business as an LLC from the very start. Automation softwares are key to scaling"Beaming Carriage Home" in Central West End, St. Louis mAnother thing that sets me apart is having a private booking website.

☆ Meet the brands that won on TikTok in 2022 (and have the results to prove it)
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-01 | by ( Sponsor Post | Created Tiktok For Business With Insider Studios | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

Launched in May 2022, TikTok for Business Europe created an awards program to showcase the brands and agencies who were embracing the platform, and had incredible results to show for it. Together, these brands give a masterclass on what it takes to succeed on TikTok, showcasing campaign strategies and ad solutions that drive remarkable results. Videos were set up as In-Feed Ads on TikTok, geo-targeted specifically to 14 cities, inviting the TikTok community to visit them along the tour. In partnership with NewScreen, Back Market partnered with three TikTok creators who each leaned into a different environmental issue: water usage, CO2 consumption, and the use of raw materials. Unieuro perfectly showcased the power of creator-driven, native content and the impact of boosting creative as In-Feed Ads to maximize reach and engagement with the TikTok community.

☆ Bank of Spain urges lenders to preserve capital as risks mount
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-11 | by ( Jesús Aguado | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

MADRID, Nov 11 (Reuters) - Spanish banks need to preserve capital and keep a lid on mortgage loan costs to cope with a potential deterioration of the economic outlook, the Bank of Spain warned on Friday. The central bank said that risks to financial stability had increased since its last report on the matter in April. Though Spanish banks, including Santander (SAN.MC) and BBVA (BBVA.MC), posted better-than-expected third-quarter earnings but they were overshadowed by higher loan-loss provisions. Spanish lenders have been increasing their shareholder remuneration through higher pay-outs averaging 40%-60%, share buy-backs or a combination of both. Echoing the ECB's non-binding opinion on Spain's banking tax proposal, the Bank of Spain said the levy would hurt banks' profitability and capital generation in 2023-24.

☆ Get them on social media and keep it authentic, Gen-Z consultants advise candidates
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-05 | by ( Irie Sentner | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

“The Gen Z electorate can make or break the election in some of our key races,” said Ashley Aylward, 26, a research manager at HIT Strategies, a Washington-based public opinion research firm focusing on youth and minority voters. The firm was started in 2019 “because we were seeing so many political operatives kind of just dismissing the emerging electorate — young people, people of color,” she said. As more of Gen Z reaches voting age, experts have advised candidates to change their strategies to appeal to new voters. Experts said social media — and TikTok specifically — are key in strategizing for the Gen Z vote in the 2022 election. Experts emphasized that Gen Z cares about authenticity and casualness; candidates can “miss the mark” when they “don’t use the language that young people do," Aylward said.

☆ VCs say successful founders work as 'founder associates' first. Here's how to land the job, how much it pays, and why it's in demand.
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-18 | by ( Nina Anika Klotz | Nathan Rennolds | Business Insider Deutschland | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

A founder associate is a relatively new job open to career starters and young professionals. VCs help startups find founder associatesSandow said Atlantic Labs felt that, given the demand of founders, the fund should create a "structured work experience" for founder associates. Niklahs added that "most founders understand that a founder associate is not an executive assistant — they're far too expensive." "Candidates have to be hungry and have the drive to learn and go through everything with the founders," Sandow said. Salaries and exit opportunitiesAt VC firms, a founder associate is a full-time entry-level job.

☆ Small Grants Programme – Democracy 2021 (EDMITE) / „Programul de Granturi Mici – Democrația 2021” (EDMITE) / Программы малых грантов – Демократия 2021 (EDMITE)
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-22 | by ( Alte Articole | ) www.civic.md time to read: +17 min

DOCUMENTS TO BE INCLUDED IN THE APPLICATION PACKAGEApplication Form (which will include the requested budget and activity timelines), filled either in Romanian, English or Russian. Please, note that applications received by post will be rejected. The deadline for submission of Project proposals is 25th of February 2021, at 16:00 (Moldova Local Time). The link to the Zoom online session will be provided by email to the entities that confirmed their participation. All clarifications and answers related to the application process will be published on the UNDP Moldova website https://sc.undp.md/tnddetails2/2198/ under the page for SGP - Democracy 2021.

Persons: Eva Bounegru, Cristina Panov, Proiectele, De, adresa, engleză, Formularul, alte, DEPUNEREA CERERILOR, GRANT Dosarul, Eva Bounegru prin, ora, aplicare, Reprezentanții, expediat, Cristina Panov la, Eva Bounegru la, Ms, Ева Боунегру, Ева Боунегр, Кристине Панова, Еве Боунегру Organizations: UNDP, SGP, Parties, CVs, –, din Republica Moldova, ПРООН, ПМГ Демократия, ПМГ Демократия .[ Locations: Moldova, Moldovan, UNDP Moldova, Romanian, Russian, din, uri, Republica Moldova, jos, Luni, Republic of Moldova, Молдова, Республика Молдова, США

☆ National Consultant to develop a training package and delivery a training for professionals involved in providing direct services to children and adolescents affected by bullying
▼ + stars: | 2020-12-30 | by ( Alte Articole | ) www.civic.md time to read: +9 min

According to “Bullying among adolescents from the Republic of Moldova” Study conducted in 2019 by UNICEF Moldova, 86,8% of the total number of students of 6th to 12th forms are affected by bullying. Expected Deliverables for Task 2:One training package for professionals in providing direct services to children and adolescents affected by bullying. Management arrangements: "The National Consultant will work under the supervision of the project manager of the Joint actions to end bullying in Moldova project. in the area of bullying prevention and providing direct services to children and adolescents affected by bullying;Knowledge of Moldovan context in field of child protection. Please refer to the position you are applying to in the subject section of the application e-mail.

Persons: ALEG, Disbursements Organizations: Terre des, Moldovan, Protection Systems, Migration, Justice, Terre des hommes Foundation, UNICEF Moldova, Terre, Terre des hommes, Tdh, Pedagogical Assistance Services, Friendly Health, hommes, Youth Friendly Health, National, International Locations: Moldova, Republic of Moldova, Terre, Terre des, Terre des hommes Moldova, hommes Moldova, Russian

☆ International Consultant to develop a training package and delivery a training for professionals involved in providing direct services to children and adolescents affected by bullying
▼ + stars: | 2020-12-30 | by ( Alte Articole | ) www.civic.md time to read: +9 min

According to “Bullying among adolescents from the Republic of Moldova” Study conducted in 2019 by UNICEF Moldova, 86,8% of the total number of students of 6th to 12th forms are affected by bullying. Expected Deliverables for Task 2:One training package for professionals in providing direct services to children and adolescents affected by bullying. Management arrangements:The International Consultant will work under the supervision of the project manager of the Joint actions to end bullying in Moldova project. Qualifications and Skills requiredQualifications:Relevant academic education;Strong understanding of bullying and all its forms, cultural practices and attitudes and behaviours that relate to it. Please refer to the position you are applying to in the subject section of the application e-mail.

Persons: ALEG, Disbursements Organizations: Terre des, Moldovan, Protection Systems, Migration, Justice, Terre des hommes Foundation, UNICEF Moldova, Terre, Terre des hommes, Tdh, Pedagogical Assistance Services, Friendly Health, hommes, Youth Friendly Health, National Locations: Moldova, Republic of Moldova, Terre, Terre des, Terre des hommes Moldova, hommes Moldova

☆ 11 cele mai interactive agenții de creație din Moldova
▼ + stars: | 2015-08-28 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: +11 min

Agenția a fost lansată în 2009 și se ocupă de tot ce implică creativitatea la maxim. De asemenea, agenția oferă consultanța sa în ceea ce privește organizarea evenimentelor. Fondată în 2003, agenția de creație Indigo Ogilvy face parte din rețeaua internațională de agenții de creație Ogilvy. În 2013, Target Creative a câștigat premiul I la CEE Regional MARKETING EXCELLENCE AWARDS 2012 în Zurich, care în fiecare an este organizat de către Kraft Foods (Mondelez International). Acest premiu a fost pentru prima dată acordat unei agenții din Moldova ce concura cu un număr mare de agenții din Europa Centrală și de Est.

Persons: Felicia, Piko, Churchill, Kiev ., Manuc Bei, ., Ogilvy, Coca Cola, Urban Post, Urban Organizations: Casei, Piko Creative, Creative, Global, Electric, Kiev International Advertising, Publicis, Crăciun Orange Moldova, Orange Advertising, Media, Studio Creative, Studio, Avon, Volkswagen, Agenția, Smart, Promomedia, Procter, Ogilvy, Indigo, Coca, Sun Communications, Sekana, Target Group, International, Target Creative, Microsoft, CEE, Foods, Urban, Green Hills Locations: Klumea, Germaniei, iimagine Chicago, Rosst Moscow, Kiev, Suedzucker Moldova, Publicis Moldova, Moldova, Mobiasnancă, Orange, Cricova, StarNet, de Economii, Dulcinella, Unifun, ASEM, Chișinău, Nesquik, Zurich, Europa Centrală, Est, Linella

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