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☆ I used to drink diet soda daily but cut down to avoid ultra-processed foods. Here are 3 things I learned, and what I drink now.
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-23 | by ( Rachel Hosie | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

AdvertisementUltra-processed foods such as artificially sweetened diet sodas are linked to health problems. AdvertisementThough diet drinks are marketed as a healthier alternative, she said, "they are far from being a health drink (water is always best!)" AdvertisementI craved sweet treats lessI'd always suspected that diet sodas might lead me to crave sugary foods, but had never been sure. Artificial sweeteners in diet sodas, like aspartame or sucralose, are thought to make some people crave more sweet-tasting foods Ludlam-Raine said. AdvertisementLudlam-Raine also warned against trying to suppress hunger with diet sodas, which can lead to binge eating later in the day.

Persons: Coke, Ludlam, Raine, Pepsi Max, It's, Barry Smith, Rachel Hosie, Coke cravings Organizations: Pepsi, University of London's, Coke, Cawston Press

☆ I wanted to have kids but my wife didn't. I chose my relationship over becoming a mom.
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-23 | by ( Brooke Havrilla | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

AdvertisementWhen we started dating eight years ago, my now-wife said she didn't want kids. I wanted to have kids, but I chose to put my focus on our relationship and it paid off. When starting a relationship, the topic of kids will come up at some point. I wanted to have a child, but she didn't. It was then up to me to decide if I wanted a child more than I wanted to continue loving her.

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☆ When I returned to work after my mother's death, I worried my grief would affect my performance. My coworkers rescued me.
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-23 | by ( Liza Shaub | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

AdvertisementI returned to my sales job after my mother died, and I was still grieving. I was worried my performance would suffer and I wouldn't be able to meet my quotas. However, my coworkers were open about grief and shared their own stories with me. I worried the grief would affect my outputI was terrified this mental out-of-office would take over my ability to perform, ultimately jeopardizing my paycheck. Having co-workers who are open to helping you experience grief rather than hiding it makes not only a more productive employee but also a stronger team.

Persons: Lou Gehrig's, Eager, homecomings, Liza Shaub Organizations: Linkedin Locations: Seattle, Virginia Beach, Baltimore

☆ How tech bros bought 'America's most pro-crypto Congress ever'
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-23 | by ( Mackenzie Sigalos | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +12 min

Bernie Moreno, Republican U.S. Senate candidate from Ohio, attends a campaign event in Holland, Ohio, on Saturday, October 26, 2024. In total, crypto-related PACs and other groups tied to the industry reeled in over $245 million, according to Federal Election Commission data. Crypto accounted for nearly half of all corporate dollars that flowed into the election, according to nonprofit watchdog Public Citizen. It was one of the top spending committees of any industry this cycle and exclusively gave to pro-crypto candidates running for Congress. "Welcome to America's most pro-crypto Congress ever," Armstrong wrote on X on Nov. 5.

Persons: Bernie Moreno, Moreno, Sen, Sherrod Brown, Tom Williams, Donald Trump, Coinbase, Crypto, Marc Andreessen, Ben Horowitz, David Sacks, " Moreno, Brian Armstrong, Fred Ehrsam, Faryar Shirzad, Armstrong, Ehrsam, Coinbase's Armstrong, Gary Gensler, Brown, Elizabeth Warren, FTX, Fairshake, gunning, Republican Jim Justice, Democratic Sen, Joe Manchin, Katie Porter, Porter, he'd, Horowitz, Sacks, Coinbase's Shirzad, Moreno wasn't, Shirzad, David McIntosh, McIntosh, hasn't, JD Vance's, Sam Bankman, Gensler, Andreessen Horowitz, Cameron, Tyler Winklevoss, Ripple, Chris Larsen, JD Vance, Paul Grewal, Jesse Powell, Trump, Phil Potter, Multicoin Capital's Kyle Samani, Fred Wilson, Charles Cascarilla, Mike Belshe, Solana, Anatoly Yakovenko, Wences Casares Organizations: Republican U.S, Cq, Inc, Getty, Democratic, Banking Committee, Public Citizen, Crypto, House, Securities and Exchange Commission, SEC, Senate, Committee, Republicans, Protect, Fairshake, Defend, Jobs, Republican, New, CNBC, Andreessen, Craft Ventures, Club for Growth, Growth, Politico, PAC, Labs, Senate Inc, Trump, Union Square Ventures, Xapo Bank Locations: Republican, Ohio, Holland , Ohio, Cleveland, Coinbase, U.S, Arizona, Michigan, West Virginia, California, Washington, FTX, Nashville , Tennessee

The best Black Friday PS5 deals available right now include savings on console bundles, SSDs, controllers, and more. The slim PS5 console with disc drive is also on sale with a solid $75 discount. View at Amazon What we like Check mark icon A check mark. View at Amazon What we like Check mark icon A check mark. Sony also sells a PS5 disc drive add-on for $80, which lets you attach a disc drive to the slim version of the PS5 Digital Edition.

Persons: we're, We're Organizations: Business, Sony, Slim, NBA, Sony PlayStation, PlayStation, Black

☆ My mother-in-law often asks my kids when they'll make them great-grandparents. I don't mind if it never happens.
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-22 | by ( Claudia Laroye | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

AdvertisementWhenever we're with my mother-in-law, she asks my son and daughter-in-law when they'll have kids. While some part of me likes the idea of being a grandparent, I don't mind if it never happens. Without fail, every time we get together, my dear mother-in-law asks, "When are you having children?" I also swore I would not ask them about having children and have since kept that promise. In that, I'm sure I'm like every other parent, wishing for a crystal ball to allay anxieties and lost sleep over what cannot be foreseen or controlled.

Persons: they'll, pinky, I've, It's, —, I'm

☆ A 90-year-old comedian still does gigs and plays golf. She shared her secrets for staying fit and funny.
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-22 | by ( Serafina Kenny | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

AdvertisementD'yan Forest is a working comedian at 90, doing gigs in two languages. She shared some of her tips for staying fit and funny into her 90s. After a 40-year-long career as a cabaret singer, D'yan Forest, who lives in New York City, became a comedian in 2001. Now 90, she holds the Guinness World Record for Oldest Female Comedian and still performs solo shows in English and French. Advertisement"I never thought I'd be a comedian at 90," she told Business Insider.

Persons: It's, I'd, Heidi Tissenbaum, centenarians, D'yan, Forest, Rose Anne Kenny, I've, She's, Janet Gibbs Organizations: verve, National Cancer Institute, American, Nutrition, Trinity College Dublin Locations: D'yan Forest, New York City, France, America, China

☆ Elon Musk's Neuralink is hiring technicians to ramp up manufacturing
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-22 | by ( Grace Kay | Hilary Brueck | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

AdvertisementNeuralink, Elon Musk's neurotechnology company, is hiring for multiple manufacturing roles. Neuralink, Elon Musk's brain-computer interface company, is looking to hire manufacturing technicians and microfabrication specialists. Two manufacturing technicians work at the company, based on public LinkedIn profiles, with those employees joining in 2021 and February 2024. A Neuralink recruiter said the company is hiring manufacturing technicians to "boost production." Neuralink also appears to be hiring for manufacturing roles for its surgical robot, a job listing shows.

Persons: Elon Musk's, Elon, Neuralink, Tinglong Dai, Dai, John Donoghue, you'd, wouldn't, Donoghue Organizations: LinkedIn, Johns Hopkins University, Brown University, FDA, Reuters, SpaceX, Austin American, Statesman Locations: California, Texas, Austin, Nevada

☆ Why Musicians Aren't Making Money: Streaming, Record Labels & TikTok
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-21 | by ( Callie Ahlgrim | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +19 min

Music has always been a business, but streaming, TikTok, inflation, and the ballooning costs of touring have dramatically altered a musician's traditional routes to making money. But a lot has changed since streaming usurped radio play as the kingmaker of a rising musician's career. Even the hitmakers who dominate your "For You" page are getting paid "almost nothing" from TikTok, as one music exec told Billboard. 1 song on TikTok doesn't mean anything in the grand scheme of things," Tinashe's longtime manager, Simonne Solitro, explains. "That's not just me," Violet tells me, "that's literally every single artist I know."

Persons: Raye, Conrad, She'd, Taylor, Taylor Swift, Stone, You've, there's, everybody's, Donald Passman, Kevin Baird, Chris Burnett, Chuck Berry, he'd, it's, —, TikTok, Ariana Grande, JC Olivera, Justin Ayers, Club's Baird, Tayla Parx, she's, Ariana Grande's, It's, Parx, that's, Muni, who's, Rihanna, Kelly Clarkson, Alexis, Long, I'd, Rachel Chinouriri, I've, Chinouriri, Sam Halliday, Alex Trimble, Katy Cummings, Derek Crownover, Loeb, he's, Crownover, Simonne, Tinashe, Tinashe's, Simonne Solitro, Solitro, Normani, aren't Taylor Swift, Jennifer Lopez, Bad Bunny, Shirlaine Forrest, Matt Jelonek, Tessa Violet, hasn't, That's, Violet, Solitro's, Tessa Violet's, Sarah Pardini, Halsey, Adele, Sophie Turner, Florence Pugh, Pugh, jostling Organizations: Spotify, Music, Northern, Cinema, BI, Apple Music, Billboard, Apple, YouTube, BMI, Suns, TaylaMade Inc, Fifth Harmony, Parlophone, Atlas Artists, Ticketmaster, Promoters, BI Social, Capitol Music, Capitol, Columbia, Chartmetric, DMs Locations: Manhattan, British, Northern Irish, TikTok, London, Los Angeles

☆ A personal trainer to Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively shares his 5-meal-a-day diet and why he tracks his food intake
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-21 | by ( Rachel Hosie | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

AdvertisementDon Saladino, a celebrity trainer, eats five nutritionally balanced meals a day. Related VideoA celebrity personal trainer, Saladino thrives on eating and training to optimize his health, performance, and physique. Saladino has annual body scans and tests to see how his body responds to changes in his diet, training, or lifestyle. AdvertisementThis means that Saladino's diet and training are both structured, and he is continually pushing himself, he said. One major benefit of tracking his food intake is that it ensures he eats enough, Saladino said.

Persons: Don Saladino, Saladino, Ryan Reynolds, Blake Lively, Peter Hurley Saladino, Cindy Ord Organizations: Rice, Getty Locations: New York

☆ No one would talk to Sebastian Stan about his Donald Trump movie for 'Actors on Actors': 'They were too afraid'
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-21 | by ( Palmer Haasch | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

AdvertisementSebastian Stan plays a young Donald Trump in "The Apprentice," a movie about his life in the 1970s. Stan said other actors wouldn't discuss Trump, and the film, with him for Variety's "Actors on Actors." You won't see Sebastian Stan doing an "Actors on Actors" interview about his new Donald Trump movie "The Apprentice," because, according to the actor, no one would talk to him about it. "We couldn't get past the publicists or the people representing them, because it was too afraid to talk about this movie." "We invited him to participate in 'Actors on Actors,' the biggest franchise of awards season, but other actors didn't want to pair with him because they didn't want to talk about Donald Trump," Setoodeh said.

Persons: Sebastian Stan, Donald Trump, Stan, wouldn't, Trump, Ali Abbasi, Roy Cohn, Jeremy Strong, Trump's, Ivana, Maria Bakalova, It's, Abbasi, Gabriel Sherman, Ramin Setoodeh, IndieWire, didn't, Setoodeh, Sherman, Tuesday's, we're Organizations: Trump, Cannes, Penske Media Corporation, Cannes Film, Briarcliff Entertainment Locations: States

☆ Investor who bought Kanye's Malibu home makes lowball offer for Diddy's 'Freak Off' mansion
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-21 | by ( Madeline Berg | Dan Latu | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

AdvertisementThere's been a $30 million offer on Sean Combs' Los Angeles mansion. The lowball offer comes from the same real estate investor who purchased Kanye West's Malibu house. AdvertisementThe mansion is in one of Los Angeles' richest neighborhoods, known for its proximity to Beverly Hills and large lots. Luxury real estate in Los Angeles is currently experiencing a major slump, Beverly Hills agent Rochelle Atlas Maize told BI. Maize, who was personally shopping for homes in Los Angeles at the time, said she wouldn't step foot near it.

Persons: Sean Combs, Sean, Diddy, Combs, Bo Belmont, Shou Zi Chew, Belmont, Rochelle Atlas, Belwood, starchitect Tadao Ando, Menendez, Ryan Murphy's, it's, It's Organizations: feds, Kanye, Belwood Investments, Business, Beverly, Rochelle Atlas Maize, Ryan Murphy's Netflix Locations: Los Angeles, Los, Singapore, Beverly Hills, Rochelle, Malibu, Beverly Flats

Together with her friend Mariah Allen, she started a company called Controlled Chaos in 2021 to sell pre-worn festival outfits. Getting thriftyThough she went to music festivals like Warped Tour when she was in high school, Karasack started regularly going to festivals, especially electronic dance music festivals like Electric Forest, in 2018. So in 2021, she decided to make her own festival outfits, using the sewing skills her grandmother had taught her as a child. In 2024, she'll attend eight music festivals, and she typically goes to nine or 10 per year. "The music festival scene is the most open and welcoming scene that there is — it is so much fun," she says.

Persons: She's, Karasack, Brooklyn Karasack, Andrea Desky, Mariah Allen, she's, Allen, she'll, —, Hurricane Milton, Pete, automates, whatever's Organizations: CNBC, Insurance, Transportation, Hulu, Spotify, Hurricane Locations: Brooklyn, St . Petersburg , Florida, TikTok, Florida, Canada, Las Vegas, St

☆ Former New York cop pleads guilty to foreign exchange fund fraud conspiracy
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-21 | by ( Ece Yildirim | In Ecedyildirim | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, Breon Peace, speaks during a news conference in Brooklyn, New York, U.S., October 22, 2024. Former New York City police officer Jason Rodriguez pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud related to his role as the chief operating officer of a foreign exchange investment fund, prosecutors said in a release Thursday. Rodriguez, 38, was indicted in a Brooklyn federal court in February after he lied to investors and lost most of the $4.8 million put into his forex investment fund, Technical Trading Team. To date, approximately $3.5 million of those funds have not been paid back to the investors, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York. "In reality, there were no guardrails, he resigned from the NYPD in disgrace, and he lost most of the money, inflicting substantial harm on his victims."

Persons: Jason Rodriguez, Rodriguez, Breon Pace, Peace Organizations: Attorney, Eastern, of, Former New York, Attorney's Locations: of New York, Brooklyn , New York, U.S, Former New York City, Brooklyn, United States

☆ Target's recent trade imports data tells the real story behind massive earnings miss
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-21 | by ( Lori Ann Larocco | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

But cargo container trade data reviewed by CNBC tells a more nuanced tale. "We took some action to move product ahead of the port strike which came with more cost," Fiddelke said. Target's peak season imports for 2024 compared to 2023 were flat to down, according to cargo container volumes data pulled and analyzed by ImportGenius. According to customs data aggregated by Panjiva, Walmart imported 25,000 shipments from May 31-August 31, valued at $1.3 billion. "With any frontloading for the port strike, inventory would be up even higher than that."

Persons: Brandon Bell, Brian Cornell, Michael Fiddelke, Fiddelke, William George, Lynn Hughes, we're, Jerry Storch, Storch, Joe Feldman, Feldman, Bill Simon, Simon, Melissa Repko Organizations: Getty, CNBC, Target, ILA, ImportGenius, Storch Advisors, Panjiva, Walmart, Telsey Locations: Austin , Texas, U.S, New England, Texas, West Coast, Savannah , Georgia, Long Beach , California, of Virginia, West, East Coast, Gulf

☆ TGI Friday's Bankruptcy: Changing Tastes, Wall Street Crushed Chain
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-21 | by ( Emily Stewart | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

The hundreds of TGI Fridays franchises across 41 countries are independently owned entities and, therefore, not part of the bankruptcy process. AdvertisementIf you're a TGI Fridays lover, that means you can still go to the one nearby if you want. Like companies in a similar situation, the story of TGI Fridays is one of slow decline before an accelerated crash. In addition to grappling with changing tastes, TGI Fridays has also been subject to another trend in the restaurant business: private equity financial maneuvering. It can always be Friday anywhere, not just TGI Fridays, and maybe at a better price point or nicer experience.

Persons: Ray Blanchette, Brandon Coleman III, Coleman, Weldon Spangler, It's, Jonathan Maze, Tom Cruise, Ruby, Chili's, You've, they'll, who'd, Burt, hasn't, There's, John Bringardner, Bringardner, that's, Ragini, Alicia Kelso, Kelso, TriArtisan, Hostmore, I'm, Emily Stewart Organizations: Street, Restaurant Business, Buffalo Wild Wings, NFL, Strategic Resource, — TriArtisan Capital Advisors, Sentinel Capital Partners —, Sentinel, Citibank, SEC, FTI Consulting, Creditsafe, Hooters, Business Locations: Beppo, New York, Olive, Nation's

☆ I'm 27 and paid $156 for a buzzy health test, fearing I was unknowingly sick. It was reassuring but I felt scammed.
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-21 | by ( Kim Schewitz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

AdvertisementThe idea that testing and tracking your health will help you live longer is buzzy right now. I feared I had problems like high cholesterol or blood sugar and paid $156 for a direct-to-consumer health test. The author eating pineapple to feel less dizzy after the blood tests. AdvertisementDirect-to-consumer tests might seem like a good idea, but in most cases, you'd be better off letting sleeping dogs lie. AdvertisementMore testing isn't necessarily betterPeople tend to think that tests can only do good, but unnecessary health testing can actually be harmful, Plüddemann said.

Persons: I'd, you'll, Max, I'm, I've, Kim Schewitz, Annette Plüddemann, Plüddemann Organizations: Global Wellness Institute, University of Oxford, Nova Locations: Arizona, Australia

☆ Parts of Russia are canceling New Year's parties to redirect funds to the war in Ukraine
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-21 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

AdvertisementOfficials in two Russian regions have said public bodies won't be holding New Year's parties this year. The regions said that they're planning to redirect funds to the war in Ukraine instead, per reports. The governments of several Russian regions have decided not to hold New Year's parties, with many proposing to allocate savings to funding the war in Ukraine, according to multiple reports. The Buryatia region's Telegram account proposed using the saved funds for those participating in the war, and encouraged others to do the same. There are signs that Russia's public sector is under strain, with large layoffs planned in 2025.

Persons: Leningrad's, Vladimir Putin Organizations: New, Moscow Times, Telegraph, Church, Russian Kommersant, Atlantic Council Locations: Ukraine, Russia, Buryatia, Sakha, Ulan, Ude, Russia's, Tomsk, Saint Petersburg, Yaroslavl, Nizhny Novgorod, Russian

☆ Access to business leaders is the most sought-after in-office perk, says JLL's Neil Murray
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-21 | by ( Julia Hood | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Neil Murray, a Workforce Innovation board member, discussed workspace purpose, leadership, and AI. This article is part of "Workforce Innovation," a series exploring the forces shaping enterprise transformation. "It is the most incredible time to work in this industry," said Neil Murray, the CEO of Work Dynamics at JLL. Why is that important, and how can leaders work toward that goal? In my business alone, the rapid adoption of AI tools in daily business use has surprised us all.

Persons: Neil Murray, —, Murray, JLL's, It's, we've Organizations: Innovation, Service, Dynamics, Companies Locations: It's

☆ I've always known I don't want kids. It's made dating in my 30s difficult.
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-21 | by ( Lauren Crosmedlicott | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

She finds dating apps are irritating as a woman who doesn't want children. Dating in my 20s and 30s is differentAs I headed into my mid to late 20s, girlfriends started to settle down and have kids. But then they all started having children and moving into the suburbs. In my 20s, men weren't sure about kids anyway so dating was pretty straightforward and easy. I wish dating apps would let me filter people who do want kidsI also started using dating apps regularly.

Persons: Natalia Buia, Melissa Hobley, we'd Locations: Toronto

☆ DOJ asks judge to force Google to sell Chrome as remedy in landmark antitrust case
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-21 | by ( Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

On Wednesday, DOJ officials in the antitrust division filed their proposal for remedies in the case. The DOJ wants Judge Mehta to force Google to sell its Chrome browser. Officials from the Department of Justice, in a Wednesday filing, urged District Judge Amit Mehta to force Google to sell its Chrome browser. AdvertisementMehta will consider the DOJ's proposal before he makes a final ruling regarding remedies in this case. "But if Google is able to control the company that buys Chrome, the impact of selling the business would be minimal.

Persons: Amit Mehta, Judge Mehta, Mehta, Lee, Anne Mulholland, Eric Chaffee, it's, Peter Cohan, Neil Chilson, Chilson, Joe Biden's, Donald Trump, Trump, Biden, Cohan, Chafee Organizations: Google, DOJ, Department of Justice, Apple, Business, Bloomberg, Case Western Reserve University, Babson College, FTC, Chrome, Case

☆ Trump wants the power to single-handedly choke off government spending. Lawmakers aren't sweating it yet.
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-21 | by ( Bryan Metzger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

AdvertisementTrump wants the power to refuse to spend federal dollars that Congress has already approved. Impoundment has been floated as one way that Trump could singlehandedly enact DOGE's recommended cuts to the federal budget. Meanwhile, lawmakers on Capitol Hill — including those on the House and Senate Appropriations Committees that control government spending — don't seem concerned about Trump's impoundment power grab just yet. He added that there "would be a problem" if Trump tried to impound funding approved by both chambers of Congress. AdvertisementWhat Trump could do with such sweeping powersEven if Congress won't grant Trump impoundment powers, he has another potentially more attractive avenue — the courts.

Persons: He's, Nixon, Elon Musk, Vivek Ramaswamy, Donald Trump, doesn't, it's, Richard Nixon, Trump, DOGE's, Republican Sen, Shelly Moore Capito, haven't, I've, Robert Aderholt, Rosa DeLauro, Mark Amodei, Joe Morelle, appropriators aren't, Tom Cole of Oklahoma, Mark Paoletta, there's, Daniel Schuman, Schuman, shouldn't, Vance, Karoline Leavitt Organizations: Trump, Congress, Department of Government, Capitol, Committees, Republican, West Virginia, Alabama, Democrats, Republicans, Senate, tinker, Nevada Republican, Democratic, GOP, The Washington, Trump administration's Office, Management, American Governance Institute Locations: West, Connecticut, Nevada, New York

President-elect Donald Trump Wednesday named former Acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker as his pick for the next ambassador to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), a key alliance that Trump derided for years. He served just three months in the position until Bill Barr was confirmed as attorney general. Before becoming acting attorney general, Whitaker served as chief of staff to Sessions when he was attorney general. Trump has long criticized NATO, accusing European allies of not contributing enough toward defense spending. In February, Hillary Clinton warned that Trump would seek to withdraw the U.S. from NATO if he were to be re-elected.

Persons: Donald Trump, Matt Whitaker, Trump, Matt, Whitaker doesn't, Whitaker, Jeff Sessions, Bill Barr, George W, Bush, Ursula von der Leyen, Hillary Clinton, JD Vance, Putin Organizations: Donald Trump Wednesday, Atlantic Treaty Organization, NATO, Patriot, NATO Allies, AMERICA, Justice Department, Trump, Twitter, Sessions, Southern, Southern District of, Center of Law & Justice, Policy Institute, Union, NBC, Fox News, Fox Business, Ukrainian, U.S Locations: States, Southern District, Southern District of Iowa, Russia, Europe, Ukraine, U.S, Poland

☆ Comcast doesn't want its cable TV networks anymore
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-20 | by ( Peter Kafka | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

One of the country's biggest cable TV companies doesn't want its cable networks anymore. That's the pitch Comcast is making Wednesday as it announces plans to split off almost all of its cable TV networks into a new company. Into the spinco goes every cable network Comcast owns except for Bravo. For the record: Comcast says it thinks the cable networks it is ditching can be successful on their own. And as I said last month: Comcast is getting rid of its basic cable networks for the same reason everyone who owns basic cable networks would like to get rid of their cable networks.

Persons: Brian Roberts, Trump, Kamala Harris, Brendan Carr, Trump's Organizations: Cable, Comcast, Bravo, CNBC, MSNBC, NBC, Paramount, Warner Bros, Discovery, Disney, Federal Communications Commission, CBS, Fox News Locations: USA

☆ Get the most out of these tax-favored accounts in 2025
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-20 | by ( Darla Mercado | Cfp | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Benefits enrollment season is here, and with it comes an opportunity for workers to tune up their workplace savings plans and sock away more money on a tax-favored basis. Traditional tax-deferred accounts, like 401(k) plans and individual retirement accounts, are just the beginning for savers. As tempting as it may be for savers to plow money into HSAs and other tax-favored accounts, they'll need to draw up a strategy before they do so. They can also earmark additional funds toward 529 college savings plans and taxable brokerage accounts. In a tax-deferred account, investors won't be on the hook for the tax bill until they begin drawing down from it.

Persons: Marguerita Cheng, Cheng Organizations: Devenir, Blue, Global Wealth, UBS, Chief Investment Locations: Gaithersburg , Maryland

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