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☆ I'm a doctor, CEO, and mother of 3. I set aside time to be fully present with my family every day, but I wish I had more to give.
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-21 | by ( Perri Ormont Blumberg | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

I began a private practice, providing personalized psychiatric care and psychotherapy, focusing on women's mental health and perinatal mental health. I also now have a digital mental health platform. Now, as the cofounder and CEO, I'm caring for patients and working to raise awareness of relevant mental health issues. 5 p.m. - 7 p.m.:Dinner time is family time — I block my work calendar to be fully present during these hours. The evening usually involves playing with the toddlers and caring for the baby, but by this point, I'm pretty exhausted.

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☆ I'm a biohacker who wants to live to 150. I asked my husband to do health tests before we started dating and I'm now the 'Chief Health Officer' of our relationship.
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-21 | by ( Serafina Kenny | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . You can opt-out at any time by visiting our Preferences page or by clicking "unsubscribe" at the bottom of the email. Barnes-Lentz is the "Chief Health Officer" in her relationship, and has introduced her husband to treatments such as red light therapy. I asked him for health test results really early on because we were excited to be able to optimize our health together. He was ambitious, we shared faith, he had an interest in health, and we wanted the same things for our futures.

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☆ Angel Reese: My $73,000 WNBA salary can't cover my bills—'I'm living beyond my means'
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-21 | by ( Nicolas Vega | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Angel Reese may be one of the faces of the WNBA, but her time on the court hardly pays the bills. "I just hope y'all know the WNBA don't pay my bills at all," she said during a recent Instagram live, according to ESPN. Reese said her monthly rent payment is $8,000, meaning that a year's housing costs her $96,000 — more than she earns in a full season. "Being able to make six figures within three months [in Unrivaled], being able to be housed in Miami, just being able to get better …. Currently, the highest paid WNBA player is Las Vegas Aces star Jackie Young, who earned just over $250,000 this season.

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☆ My mom came home from dinner to an eviction notice on the door and even worse news to follow. Now I spend $28 a month to make sure it can't happen to me.
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-21 | by ( Matt Seidholz | Read More | Read Less | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

He had a $1.5 million life insurance policy, which my mom used as leverage to get a loan for his care. My mom's experience convinced me to buy a 20-year, $500,000 term life policy of my own, at $28 a month. That math looks grim, and it would look a whole lot worse if my stepfather didn't have a $1.5 million term life insurance policy. Life insurance was a financial lifeline for my motherThough the mortgage had slipped my stepfather's mind, the life insurance premiums were on autopay. Get Life Insurance Quotes Compare affordable life insurance options with Policygenius.

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☆ A woman lost 40 pounds by quitting strict diets that made her miserable. She started by visualizing 3 healthy habits her ideal self would keep.
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-21 | by ( Kim Schewitz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

But when Suzuki started visualizing her dream self and following the habits she imagined she would have, she lost 40 pounds sustainably. Growing up, Suzuki, a YouTuber based in New York, was overweight and wasn't taught healthy eating habits, which made her feel different. As she observed people who had healthy habits, she noticed that they tended to be active simply because they enjoyed it. She didn't restrict herself but didn't eat more than she neededIn Suzuki's childhood home, there was a scarcity mentality in relation to food, she said. She knew there would be times she didn't feel motivated but she just kept focusing on her goal until it became a habit.

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☆ New York magazine is parting ways with Olivia Nuzzi following the revelation of her RFK Jr. relationship
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-21 | by ( Lucia Moses | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

New York magazine is parting ways with Olivia Nuzzi after a third-party investigation. AdvertisementNew York magazine is parting ways with Oliva Nuzzi, its star Washington correspondent, after a third-party investigation into her work, the publication announced Monday. New York magazine characterized the parting as mutual and said the investigation found "no inaccuracies nor evidence of bias" in her reporting. AdvertisementThe scandal roiled New York magazine and spilled into Nuzzi's personal life and beyond. Here's New York magazine's full statement on parting ways with Nuzzi:

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☆ Al Pacino's 10 best and 10 worst movies, according to critics
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-21 | by ( Gabbi Shaw | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Al Pacino is one of the most iconic actors of the last 100 years. Go to newsletter preferences Thanks for signing up! download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . Instead, the film catapulted Pacino to the A-list and earned him his first of nine Academy Award nominations. We've compiled the 10 worst films and the 10 best films Pacino has starred in across his career, according to critics' scores on Rotten Tomatoes.

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☆ My partner and I moved to a coastal Portuguese town, sight unseen. We finally have the work-life balance we've dreamed of.
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-21 | by ( Iman M'Fah-Traoré | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

I was raised in NYC, but my French partner and I just moved to a Portuguese town, sight unseen. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementI was born in Paris and raised in New York, which has made me a city girl through and through. AdvertisementMy partner and I are both French-Brazilian, so we decided France and Brazil were out of the question. If I could tell 16-year-old me that 10 years later, she'd be living in a quaint Portuguese town, she wouldn't believe me.

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☆ Mark Cuban says 'It's the Harris campaign vs. Elon,' not Trump
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-21 | by ( Kevin Breuninger | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Vice President Kamala Harris is campaigning for president against Elon Musk at least as much as she is against former President Donald Trump, Mark Cuban said Monday, as he advocated for the Democratic nominee as the pro-business choice. "It's the Harris campaign versus Elon, not even versus Trump," the billionaire investor and former "Shark Tank" host said on CNBC's "Squawk Box." Cuban's remarks were the latest volley between the two billionaires, who have taken on increasingly prominent campaign roles while ramping up attacks against each other. Asked for his view on the latest polls, which broadly show a neck-and-neck race between Harris and Trump, Cuban said, "Nobody really knows, and so really it comes down to get out the vote." "And the crazy thing is, it's the Harris campaign versus Elon, not even versus Trump," said Cuban.

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☆ Netflix's 'Sweet Bobby' follows an 8-year catfishing. Here's what happened after the victim learned the truth.
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-21 | by ( Ayomikun Adekaiyero | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Netflix's documentary "Sweet Bobby" follows a woman deceived into a fake online relationship. AdvertisementWarning: Spoilers ahead for Netflix's "Sweet Bobby: My Catfish Nightmare" and the earlier podcast "Sweet Bobby." Kirat Assi, the subject of "Sweet Bobby: My Catfish Nightmare," is still hoping that police will pursue her catfisher after reporting them six years ago. AdvertisementBhogal's attorneys made their own allegationsAn image of Kirat Assi when she was younger in Netflix's "Sweet Bobby" documentary. AdvertisementAssi has appealed to the police to investigate the crimeA picture of the real Bobby Jandu in "Sweet Bobby: My Catfish Nightmare."

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☆ Apple's AirPods Pro 2 will soon work as a hearing aid. Here's what it's like
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-21 | by ( Ashley Capoot | In | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

The AirPods Pro 2 are also a cost-effective option for those looking for assistive hearing technology. Users can take a clinically validated hearing test with the AirPods Pro 2, and the buds will serve as an over-the-counter hearing aid if applicable. I tested the new hearing health features coming to Apple 's AirPods Pro 2 headphones, and they saved me a long-overdue trip to the audiologist. I have a pair of third-generation AirPods that I use every day, but this was my first time trying the AirPods Pro 2. After that, I popped them in my ears and prepared to take Apple's hearing test.

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☆ The index fund cushion is an equal opportunity booster for stocks
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-20 | by ( Jim Cramer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +12 min

S & P 500 money is oblivious to stock valuations of any kind and ignorant to upgrades and downgrades. The Lilliputian sellers regularly fail to do damage when matched with the oblivious index money. A 4% 2-year note isn't competitive to the magnet of the S & P 500 and its kin. That's emblematic of what happens with a big buyback without stock-based compensation (something many tech firms use that renders moot the S & P 500 inflows). Because of the way that the S & P 500 money is divvied up, the share base becomes overwhelmingly index-fund based and the index fund shareholders do not sell.

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☆ A 29-year-old built a cash-flowing real estate portfolio that gave him the option to leave his day job. He explains how he got started and scaled to 14 units.
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-20 | by ( Kathleen Elkins | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Avery Heilbron left his corporate job in 2024 to pursue real estate full-time. He wanted "the next thing" to be real estate, specifically, selling homes. To maximize rental income, he found a roommate to fill the second bedroom in his unit. Courtesy of Avery HeilbronMostly thanks to his rental income, he felt financially prepared to walk away from a steady paycheck. He works for a real estate agency, but "it feels like I'm doing my own thing.

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☆ I became a regular at my local casino when I was unemployed. I networked directly with people in power and landed my next gig.
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-20 | by ( Adam Sheinman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

When I was unemployed, I decided to visit my local casino in Colorado. In the casino, I was able to network with people in power and even landed a gig. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . You can opt-out at any time by visiting our Preferences page or by clicking "unsubscribe" at the bottom of the email. As an exuberant, gregarious, and genuine person, I was able to connect directly with those in power.

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☆ My family moved from California to Germany. I expected we'd travel throughout Europe with the kids, but I realized no one was enjoying it.
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-20 | by ( Kate Chrisman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

I moved from California to Germany while pregnant with my second child. My kids are now 8, 5, and 3 years old, and traveling with them wasn't enjoyable. I had to adjust my expectations and plan trips that everyone could enjoy. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . Because I lowered my expectations of what we could do and let my kids just be kids, it was the most fun we've had together on a holiday.

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☆ The United States of Automobiles
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-20 | by ( Mark Healy | Andrew Thompson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

More than any other technology, the automobile has shaped America's economy, infrastructure, climate, culture, and identity. To provide a comprehensive road map of America's automotive psyche, Business Insider took a close look at what's actually on the road today. Combing through 1.7 million listings on CarGurus, we analyzed thousands of makes and models in three key areas: geographic location, political preference, and color. And why does it seem as if every vehicle on the road today is either white, black, or gray? By entering your own vehicle and town, you can compare what you drive with the makes and models favored by the rest of the country.

Persons: Lyndon, Johnson, Mark Healy, Andrew Thompson Organizations: Republican, Democratic, Flipturn Creative Studios

☆ I'm a boomer who learned to use AI for work. It's made me more productive, but I worry about younger generations misusing it.
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-20 | by ( Ella Hopkins | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

My freelance translation work is flexible and fits around my job as a university teacher. AdvertisementMarco Simões started using AI for translation in 2020. I decided to try out translation work on the side after someone at Intel suggested I work as a translator there. Using AI has meant my productivity has increased, and I can accept more jobs than I did in the past, but pay doesn't necessarily increase. Using AI tools, such as Bard and ChatGPT, I can translate around 1,000 to 1,200 words an hour.

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☆ Elon Musk is flexing his wealth and political power unlike any of the richest men before him
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-20 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Musk has also seeded at least $75 million into a pro-Trump super PAC. "Elon Musk is sort of a natural for Donald Trump, " journalist Roger Lowenstein, who wrote a biography about Warren Buffett, told Business Insider. Recently, Musk's company seized the @America handle to boost his super PAC. AdvertisementNone of the other recent wealthiest men have come close to Musk's super PAC spending. Bezos made the biggest splash in 2018 when they donated $10 million to With Honor, a super PAC that supported veteran candidates.

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I was charged $2,500 for damages on my rental car, and I didn't have insurance — just my credit card reimbursement. Luckily, I had rental car insurance through my Chase Freedom credit card. I make it a point to book rental cars on a credit card with a rental car insurance benefit so I can decline the rental car company's collision insurance and save money while still being covered. I saved $250 on my rental car reservation this time by declining the collision damage waiver. I missed one essential documentWhen I got home from Costa Rica, I started the claims process with my credit card immediately so I could be reimbursed for the $2,500 charge before my credit card bill was due.

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☆ Here's why inflation may look like it's easing but is still a huge problem
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-19 | by ( Jeff Cox | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

Inflation is not deadDaly began her talk with an anecdote of a recent encounter she had while walking near her home. But the conversation encapsulated a dilemma for the Fed: If inflation is on the run, why are interest rates still so high? As evidenced by the young man's question, convincing people that inflation is easing is a tough sell. watch nowThe annual rate of CPI inflation was 2.4% in September, a vast improvement over the 9.1% top in June 2022. However, year-over-year spending increased just 1.7%, below the 2.4% CPI inflation rate.

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☆ My wife and I knew from our first date that we didn't want kids. We've been together for 17 years and lost friends because of our choice.
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-19 | by ( Kelly Burch | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

On our first date 17 years ago, the woman who would become my wife talked a lot about kids. So I asked her, "How do you feel about having kids?" Most importantly, I had a strong purpose outside having kids. Related storiesOur friends who were childfree by choice warned we would lose friends over the choice not to have kids, and they were right. AdvertisementWe're fulfilled without being parentsOrna and I have never regretted not having kids.

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☆ Luxury stocks may be a risky China stimulus bet
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-19 | by ( Hakyung Kim | In Hakyungkim | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

A post-pandemic spending surge led to luxury stocks such as LVMH to reach all-time highs in early 2023, but that soon changed. We believe improved confidence and sentiment is required to reach even our flat year-over-year Chinese luxury growth forecast for 2025," Wallace noted. Luxury stocks are feeling the pressure — year to date, U.S.-traded shares of major players LVMH and Kering are down about 17% and 41%, respectively. Analysts and investors are mixed as to whether the Chinese stimulus measures can revive luxury spending growth among consumers — and whether it will create a meaningful tailwind for luxury companies. Whether the luxury sector can continue growing at the same levels without as much Chinese consumer spending remains in question.

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☆ Business Insider Subscriptions: Enjoy Premium News Stories
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-19 | by ( Ayelet Sheffey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +17 min

It isn't an accident that people who want to cancel a subscription often have to navigate a web of bureaucracy and confusion. "Actual affirmative consent from a consumer," Witte said, would establish trust between the consumer and the company, boosting loyalty. Along with litigation from the CFPB, state attorneys general have pursued legal action against big companies over hard-to-cancel subscriptions. Last year, Letitia James, New York's attorney general, sued SiriusXM over claims that the radio company trapped customers in subscriptions and maintained a complicated and burdensome cancellation process. AdvertisementIndustries have mastered techniques to maximize their profits by crafting their business models in confusing ways that can lure customers into a subscription without realizing it.

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☆ Standing desks may not be a boon for health after all
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-19 | by ( Julia Pugachevsky | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

It found that standing for more than two hours a day may increase the risk of circulation issues. AdvertisementA few months into the pandemic, my husband bought us a convertible standing desk. We made small talk about how our new standing desks helped with our posture and prevented us from sitting all day. While some of my colleagues felt more energized standing at their desks for three hours, I did not. Ultimately, it suggests that if you're using a standing desk to feel more active and boost your health, the trick is to actually use it to move more, frequently standing and sitting.

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I was ecstatic to see what the fuss was about with the Flexispot E7 Pro Standing Desk. Flexispot E7 Pro Standing Desk Flexispot's most premium and heavy-duty offering, the E7 Pro has a powerful motor, greater adjustability, and a semi-C Leg structure for added stability and comes with a 15-year warranty. AdvertisementWeight capacityThe Flexispot E7 Pro Standing Desk has a weight capacity of 440 lbs. The Uplift V2 also has a slightly quieter motor than the Flexispot E7 Pro Standing Desk. Alex Temblador/Business InsiderI didn't think I'd be as impressed as I was with the Flexispot E7 Pro Standing Desk.

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