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Josh Shapiro confirmed to NBC News on Wednesday that he spoke with tech mogul Elon Musk on Sunday — but said politics never came up. NBC News reported Tuesday that Musk called Shapiro while he was at the Pittsburgh Steelers-Dallas Cowboys game in Pittsburgh over the weekend. Shapiro acknowledged the political rift between him and Musk, saying, “We obviously didn’t talk about politics” on Sunday’s call. Musk himself is set to campaign in the state on behalf of Trump, a fact Trump highlighted at a rally Wednesday in Scranton, Pennsylvania, where he called Musk “fantastic.”“He’s going to do a lot. Musk, the CEO of Tesla and owner of X and SpaceX, has ties to the state since he attended the University of Pennsylvania.

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Josh Shapiro, according to three people familiar with the conversation. Musk told Shapiro he wants to invest in Pennsylvania, specifically the Pittsburgh area, according to two of the sources. McCarthy was at a Yankees game with Tull on Saturday, the same day that Musk spoke at Trump’s rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. Shapiro spoke to Musk on Sunday. Tull then called Shapiro and put Musk on the phone for the short call.

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☆ The ‘Sephora kid’ trend shows tweens are psyched about skincare. But their overzealous approach is raising concerns
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-12 | by ( Parija Bhatnagar | Parija Kavilanz | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Tweens gravitate to Sephora and Ulta for the same reason that adult shoppers do. Carlo Allegri/ReutersThe retinol products sold in beauty products stores, she said, are for mature skin of older consumers. The beauty products chain also operates several hundred smaller format Sephora stores inside of Kohl’s department stores. Jennifer O’Brien celebrated her twin daughters’ 12th birthday at an event held at a Sephora store in Long Island, New York. Jennifer O’Brien's treated her twin daughters to a skincare event for their birthday this year at a Sephora store.

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☆ Jay Shetty's 5-step exercise for staying mentally grounded: It helps you become 'fully present'
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-31 | by ( Ashton Jackson | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

If you're already feeling overwhelmed by mounting work assignments, performance reviews or goal setting for the rest of 2024, you aren't alone. In those moments when your stress becomes overwhelming, experts say calming practices like meditation and grounding techniques can help. In fact, life coach and former monk Jay Shetty has a simple hack that he says can help you stay mentally sound, he tells CNBC Make It. "I was introduced to it when I was a monk, [and], for me, it's a really great grounding technique," Shetty says. So when we capture the energy and environment in our minds, through all of our senses, it means all of the senses are present, and we're fully there."

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☆ Tyre Nichols' death has reignited the debate around police brutality. Here are 5 proven ways to reduce it - and 2 strategies that don't work.
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-30 | by ( Michelle Mark | Marianne Guenot | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +12 min

Here are five proven, data-based changes that could make a difference, and two approaches that don't seem to work, according to Campaign Zero. Track complaints about officers' use of forceMost complaints against officers aren't public, making them hard to track. These changes, along with requiring departments to report and publish online data on all uses of force, could reduce police violence. Body cameras are another method that haven't been proven effective when it comes to excessive force instances. Research has shown that 93% of prosecutors' offices have used body cameras mostly in cases against citizens, not against police.

☆ The first ETF is 30 years old this week. It launched a revolution in low-cost investing
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-23 | by ( Bob Pisani | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Thirty years ago this week, State Street Global Advisors launched the Standard & Poor's Depositary Receipt (SPY), the first U.S.-based Exchange Traded Fund (ETF), which tracked the S&P 500. How ETFs differ from mutual fundsHolding an investment in an ETF structure has many advantages over a mutual fund. The reason was mutual funds and broker-dealers quickly realized there was little money in the product. On November 18, 2004, the StreetTracks Gold Shares (now called SPDR Gold Shares , symbol GLD) went public. CNBC's Bob Pisani on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in 2004 covering the launch of the StreetTRACKS Gold Shares ETF, or GLD, now known as the SPDR Gold Trust.

☆ Capella Space raises $60 million from fund run by billionaire entertainment exec Thomas Tull
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-10 | by ( Michael Sheetz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

San Francisco-based satellite imagery specialist Capella Space raised $60 million in fresh capital, the company announced on Tuesday. Capella raised the equity from the U.S. Innovative Technology Fund, a recently established private investment vehicle of billionaire Thomas Tull. Capella is the fund's first space investment, Tull told CNBC. The latest raise brings Capella to about $250 million in total equity and debt financing since its founding in 2016.

☆ A biotech trying to bring back the woolly mammoth just launched its first spinout company. See the 15-slide pitch deck Form Bio used to raise $30 million.
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-27 | by ( Andrew Dunn | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Colossal Bio, a biotech trying to resurrect the woolly mammoth, just spun out its first company. The new company, Form Bio, sells manufacturing software to life sciences companies. Colossal Bio, a Texas-based biotech trying to bring back the woolly mammoth, announced its first spinout company on Tuesday. Form is the first spinout from Colossal Bio, which plans to commercialize technologies it develops while chasing the audacious task of resurrecting extinct species. Colossal CEO Ben Lamm told Insider that Form won't be the last spinout company from his company.

☆ Research shows there are at least 5 proven ways to reduce police brutality — and 2 strategies that don't work
▼ + stars: | 2020-06-03 | by ( Michelle Mark | Marianne Guenot | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +12 min

Here are five proven, data-based changes that could make a difference, and two approaches that don't seem to work, according to Campaign Zero. Track complaints about officers' use of forceMost complaints against officers aren't public, making them hard to track. These changes, along with requiring departments to report and publish online data on all uses of force, could reduce police violence. Body cameras are another method that haven't been proven effective when it comes to excessive force instances. Research has even shown that 93% of prosecutors' offices have used body cameras mostly in cases against citizens, not against police.

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