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☆ Gen Z Is Fighting Loneliness With Social Events, Clubs, Dinner Parties
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-22 | by ( Eve Upton-Clark | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

The next day after work, Nagel-Mayberry made her way to the run club's local meeting point. Kong started looking for chess clubs near her in Los Angeles, but they were all for older men or younger children. Now, roughly 300 people between 21 and 35 attend LA Chess Club each Thursday evening. According to Eventbrite, book-club listings were up 24% in 2023 from the prior year, and themed book clubs, such as queer book clubs, saw an 82% increase in attendance. "The first book club was on a Wednesday, so I wasn't able to go to my run club," she told me.

Persons: Julia Nagel, Mayberry, Nagel, I've, Sheila Liming, Zers, Gen, Z, Michelle Kong, Kong, livestreaming, hankering, Liming, —, we're, Ben Bradbury, Eventbrite, Maya Aristimuño, aren't, Casa, Gen Zers, Mills Organizations: Electric Athletic Club, Friendship, Gallup, American Survey Center, LA Chess, Maristi Creative, Soho, GGA Partners, Soho House Locations: Chicago, Los Angeles, New York City, New York, Vicente, Soho

☆ Composting could be set for U.S. boom, and it needs one, decades behind recycling
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-29 | by ( Cheryl Winokur Munk | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Some states, municipalities and private-sector companies are pushing to make composting as commonplace as recycling. Yet data from the Environmental Protection Agency shows little residential food waste is composted in the U.S. — 3.7% as of an April 2023 report. These include at-home options, curbside bins, drop-off locations and private valet services that pick up food waste from multi-family homes. Thousands of composting facilities neededFranciosi said his organization has been fielding more calls from municipalities that are interested in composting, but funding challenges remain. Another challenge is the dearth of composting facilities.

Persons: Scott Smithline, Jenny Grant, Frank Franciosi, Stacy Savage, Franciosi, Grant, Lauren Organizations: PepsiCo, Environmental Protection Agency, California Department of Resources Recycling, Zero, Local Locations: U.S, Vermont, California, Europe, REA, New York City, Bronx, Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, Staten

☆ I lived in Cuba for 20 years. Moving back to the US has me questioning the meaning of 'home.'
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-07 | by ( Conner Gorry | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

After living there for 20 years, she saw herself as an immigrant, rather than an expat. I'm in the toothpaste aisle at Target, dumbfounded by a selection that runs several shelves long and as many high. After more than 20 years in Cuba, where Close-Up and La Perla were the only choices for most of that time, I'm overwhelmed by the number of options. In Cuba, moreover, women have full autonomy over their bodies, which I feel is the only way it should be. Comfort food, like a juicy hamburger, is one of the great things about living back in the US.

Persons: Conner Gorry, —, La Perla, Davidson Jose Salgado, Harley, Davidson, Fidel Castro, I'd, you've, I'm, doctor's, Carolyn Gorry, I've Organizations: Service, La, World Trade, Harley, Diplomats Locations: New York, Havana, Target, Cuba, Detroit, Pakistan, Haiti, —, Dijon

☆ Red Lobster Isn't Nearing Bankruptcy Because of Endless Shrimp
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-01 | by ( Emily Stewart | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

While Red Lobster increased traffic somewhat, people coming in to chow down on all-you-can-eat shrimp was a money bleeder. But the story about what's gone wrong with Red Lobster is much more complicated than a bunch of stoners pigging out on shrimp (and, later, lobster) en masse. Red Lobster first opened in Lakeland, Florida, in 1968 and was acquired by the food conglomerate General Mills in 1970. "What's truly happened with Red Lobster is that the consumer base has changed and Red Lobster hasn't," he said. "Red Lobster isn't losing to a competitor in their space — they're losing to competitors outside their space."

Persons: It's, what's, Jonathan Maze, Mills, General Mills, Olive, Darden, Red, Eileen Appelbaum, isn't, they've, it's, Keith Bedford, Darren Tristano, John Gordon, Kim Lopdrup, Red Lobster's, He's, Jonathan Tibus, Gordon, Tristano, You've, Emily Stewart Organizations: Bloomberg, Restaurant Business, Olive Garden, LongHorn, Darden, Golden Gate, American Realty, Lobster, Center for Economic, Policy Research, Thai Union, Seafood Alliance, Thai, Fortress Investment Group, Reuters, Business Locations: chow, Lakeland , Florida, San Francisco, Thai, Thailand, Thai Union, Golden, San Diego

☆ 6 ways to upgrade a box of brownie mix, from a former pastry cook
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-21 | by ( Pippa Allen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

To upgrade boxed brownies, I'd switch my baking vessel or add some extracts to the batter. You can also throw in salty snacks, extra chocolate, peanut butter, or coffee. Even if your mix already has chocolate chips, add in the chopped chocolate anyways. Chocolate chips contain stabilizers that help them maintain their shape, but chopped chocolate will create beautiful melted pockets in the brownies. If you want a subtle boost to the chocolate flavor of your brownies, add a teaspoon or two of espresso powder to the batter.

Persons: Ali Majdfar, Elena Veselova, Kinga Krzeminska Locations: Charleston , South Carolina

☆ Inside the right-wing subculture of Zyn-obsessed nicotine fiends
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-30 | by ( Bryan Metzger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

NEW LOOK Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. After Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer called for a federal probe into "Zyn" nicotine pouches last week, the GOP backlash was swift. "Unfortunately Chuck Schumer is more focused on Zyn Pouches than he is about Fentanyl pouring over our border," wrote Rep. Tim Burchett of Tennessee. A 'pro-society' drugA variety of factors drive the proliferation of nicotine among the younger right-wing crowd. Containers of "Zyn" nicotine pouches.

Persons: Tucker Carlson, —, Chuck Schumer, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Schumer, Sen, Thom Tillis, Tim Burchett, Peter Thiel, JD Vance, Ohio, Vance, It's, Michael M, Carlson, Tucker Carlson's, that's, Saagar Enjeti, Greg Price, Andrew Huberman, Peter Attia, they're, There's, Enjeti, Tillis, Gregory Conley, Conley Organizations: Service, GOP, Rep, Fox News, Atlantic, Senate, Republican, State Freedom Caucus Network, Stanford University, Republicans, American Vapor Manufacturers Association, Capitol, Democrats Locations: North Carolina, Tennessee, mainstreaming Zyn, Swedish

☆ Plush, Perfumed Pepperpot
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-28 | by ( Sam Sifton | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Two or three clicks on the laptop and the mail carrier soon brought me a few pounds of the Provel cheese necessary to make it. Today’s shopping: cassareep, a Guyanese syrup of boiled cassava root, savory-sweet, like a cross between molasses and Worcestershire sauce. It’s a crucial ingredient in one of Guyana’s most beloved dishes, pepperpot (above), which Millie Peartree brought to New York Times Cooking this week. Of course you can buy cassareep online, but if there’s a Caribbean market where you are, it’s most likely stocked there as well. Browned into beef chuck, it makes for a lovely stew: spicy, fragrant, slightly sweet and sticky.

Persons: Louis, Millie Peartree, there’s Organizations: The New York Times, Lambert, New York Times Locations: Guyanese, Worcestershire, Caribbean

☆ These are the food and snack companies most at risk as the new obesity drugs revolutionize consumer behavior, according to BofA
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-06 | by ( Alex Harring | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Food and snack companies may feel the most pressure as weight-loss drugs become more mainstream and affect consumer behaviors, according to Bank of America. Diabetes drugs that mimic gut hormones such as glucagon-like peptide-1, or GLP-1, have found new audiences in people looking to lose weight. In some instances, people taking these medicines have reported less of a hankering for unhealthy foods or alcohol and other drinks. Weight-management products such as shakes or frozen meals could also be pressured, Meacham added. CNBC Pro compiled some of the stocks that could be at risk that the firm is watching.

Persons: Geoff Meacham, Meacham, —, Michael Bloom Organizations: Bank of America, Diabetes, CNBC Pro Locations: LSEG

☆ Morning Bid: Markets brace for EU, US inflation data blitz
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-31 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

The German share price index DAX graph is pictured at the stock exchange in Frankfurt, Germany, August 30, 2023. REUTERS/Staff/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsA look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Brigid RileyA slew of economic data is set to roll out on Thursday, including preliminary euro zone CPI numbers and U.S. personal consumption data, with markets hankering for further inflation relief as central bank policy meetings march closer into view. The pan-European STOXX 600 index (.STOXX) closed lower and the euro jumped in the aftermath of the data, with markets now bracing for the last day of a gloomy August. Expectations are still hovering around a 50-50 chance of another ECB hike, with the focus on preliminary euro zone CPI data due later in the day. Meanwhile, Chinese stocks were looking glum again in the Asian morning after an official factory survey showed manufacturing activity slowed for a fifth month straight.

Persons: Brigid Riley, Collins, Lululemon, Pernod Richard, Edmund Klamann Organizations: REUTERS, Staff, European Central Bank, Reuters Graphics, Federal Reserve, UBS, Credit Suisse, Credit Suisse AG, PCE, Dollar, Corp, Broadcom Inc, Thomson Locations: Frankfurt, Germany, Spain, France, U.S, Italy, Switzerland, Central

☆ Lea Salonga on the groundbreaking representation of Broadway’s ‘Here Lies Love’
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-11 | by ( Ann Bindot | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

“Here Lies Love” arrives onto Broadway, though, at a moment of greatly increased visibility, representation and empowered Filipino identity. Sonia Moskowitz/Getty Images“Here Lies Love” is an immersive experience that invites show-goers to the dancefloor, literally, imbuing the proceedings with a fun, nightclub-meets-karaoke vibe. That’s what I remember.”When the Marcoses fled to Hawaii in 1986, having been granted asylum by the United States, Salonga was celebrating her 15th birthday in Manila. The cast of "Here Lies Love" performing onstage. Watching “Here Lies Love” over two decades later, the emotion returned, packing an even stronger punch.

Persons: —, Lea Salonga, Kim, Salonga, Tony, ”, Imelda Marcos, Ferdinand Marcos, Aurora Aquino, Benigno “ Ninoy ” Aquino, Corazon Aquino, Marcoses, Corazon’s, Benigno “ Noynoy, Corazon III, Imelda, Andy Hernandez, Conrad Ricamora, Ninoy Aquino, she’s, “, ’, ’ ”, I’ve, ” Salonga, …, “ I’m, Willa Kim, Will Rogers, ” Lea Salonga, Jonathan Pryce, Sonia Moskowitz, Marcos, “ Laban, John Nacion, Jose Llana, ‘ We’ve, I’m, Ferdinand “ Bongbong ” Romualdez Marcos Jr, Ferdinand, Moses Villarama, Apl.de.Ap, H.E.R, Jo Koy, Jose Antonio Vargas, David Byrne —, Fatboy Slim, Moammar Gadhafi, Fidel Castro, Ronald Reagan, Castro, Gadhafi, Billy Bustamante, Matthew Murphy, Evan Zimmerman Organizations: CNN, New York, Broadway, San Francisco Bay Area, Manila International, Getty Locations: United States, Miss, ”, New, London, American, San Francisco Bay, Philippines, Manila, Mindoro, New York, ‘ Miss, New York City, Hawaii, “, Virginia

BANGKOK, July 18 (Reuters) - Thai prime ministerial candidate Pita Limjaroenrat on Tuesday said he was willing to slow the pace of his party's ambitious reform agenda if he forms a government but would not retreat from its plan to amend a law prohibiting royal insults. But the sentiment of the era has changed," he said in the interview. "I'm still sticking to what I promised the voters ... the institution is above politics. He added: "I cannot look them in the eye if I'm walking away from this issue." The military has for decades invoked its duty to defend the monarchy to justify intervention in politics, and used the law against royal insult to stifle dissent, critics say.

Persons: Pita Limjaroenrat, Pita, Martin Petty, Robert Birsel Organizations: Reuters, Thomson Locations: BANGKOK, Thailand

☆ Old rivalries, new battle as Thailand goes to the polls
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-13 | by ( Chayut Setboonsarng | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

[1/6] Electoral workers prepare ahead of the upcoming general election, in Bangkok, Thailand, May 13, 2023. The election again pits Pheu Thai's driving force, the billionaire Shinawatra family, against a nexus of old money, military and conservatives with influence over key institutions that have toppled three of the populist movement's four governments. We will change from a dictatorship to a democratically elected government," Paetongtarn told cheering crowds on Friday at Pheu Thai's final rally. The United Thai Nation of Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha, who led the coup against Pheu Thai's last government, has pledged debt relief, cheaper electricity for low-income groups and subsidies for transport and crop harvesting. ($1 = 33.8500 baht)Reporting by Chayut Setboonsarng; Writing by Martin Petty; Editing by William MallardOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Why McDonald's and Domino's could win a recession, while Starbucks and Burger King could suffer
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-20 | by ( Nancy Luna | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Some consumers trade down from casual-dining favorites to fast-food chains, analysts said. Analysts predicted what top publicly traded chains could do well with consumers during a recession. Typically during a recession, restaurants feel the pain first. Analysts think McDonald's, Papa Johns, Olive Garden, Taco Bell, Chipotle, and Domino's are set up for success during a recession. Analysts are undecided or mixed on brands like Starbucks, Wendy's, and Cheesecake Factory and how they might fare during a recession.

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