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☆ Driver dies after getting pinned to a ticket machine while trying to leave an Atlanta parking garage
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-27 | by ( Julianne Mcshane | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +1 min

A driver died in a freak accident Thursday morning after getting pinned to a ticket machine while trying to exit an Atlanta parking garage, police said. Police said the driver forgot to put his truck in park as he opened his door to reach the machine that operates the exit gate. The parking garage is used by The Starling Atlanta Midtown hotel, NBC affiliate WXIA of Atlanta reported. When she opened her door and leaned over to pick up the card, she inadvertently accelerated and hit the parking kiosk, according to police. Strauss, who became pinned between her car door and the door frame, died on the scene, police said.

That the WNBA star, who lost her appeal Tuesday, is a gay Black woman could add unknown variables to a penal system that is known to be remote and harrowing. “Conditions in prisons and detention centers varied but were often harsh and life threatening,” a 2021 State Department report on Russian human rights abuses said. “Russian prisons are grim, even relative to prisons in other countries. Prisoners were used for farming, mining or logging in sparsely populated areas of the country or worked in sweatshop conditions. It can often take weeks for prisoners to arrive at the prisons on prison trucks and specially designed train carriages called Stolypins.

For good.”R&B superstar Blige said she lost aunts and other family members to breast, cervical and lung cancer. She has promoted breast cancer screening in the past, especially among Black women who are disproportionately affected, through the Black Women’s Health Imperative. First lady Jill Biden, right, holds hands with singer Mary J. Blige during an event to launch the American Cancer Society's national roundtables on breast and cervical cancer in the State Dining Room of the White House, on Monday. Patrick Semansky / APBlige blamed misconceptions about mammograms among Black women and “the practice of not wanting other people in our business” for disparities in breast cancer outcomes between Blacks and whites. “She has a rock-hard mass in her breast,” Gore said.

☆ Clarence Thomas temporarily shielded Lindsey Graham from testifying before a Georgia grand jury investigating attempts to overturn the 2020 election
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-25 | by ( Lauren Frias | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Justice Thomas briefly froze an order calling on Sen. Lindsey Graham to testify in a Georgia 2020 election probe. Last week, Graham filed an emergency application to block his testimony before an Atlanta grand jury. Graham was one of the lawmakers who asked the state's top election official to question absentee ballots, per a WaPo report. But last week's appeal to the Supreme Court wasn't Graham's first attempt to avoid testifying before the Atlanta grand jury. In a 23-page order filed in September, a federal judge rejected Graham's immunity claim, saying she was "unpersuaded by the breadth of Senator Graham's argument."

☆ Oprah seeks to lend her appeal to Abrams in Georgia election
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-21 | by ( Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

ATLANTA (AP) — Oprah Winfrey is again shining her star power on Democrat Stacey Abrams’s bid for governor in Georgia, as Abrams pursues a rematch against incumbent Republican Brian Kemp, who she narrowly lost to in 2018. The appearance comes during the first of three weeks of early voting in Georgia, as Democrats in particular seek to drive their voters to cast ballots early. Winfrey visited Georgia in November 2018 to campaign for Abrams in her previous unsuccessful bid, even knocking on some doors in suburban Atlanta. Kemp has attacked Abrams as “Celebrity Stacey,” saying last month that Abrams is “running her campaign to cater to liberal elites” and not to Georgians. “While Stacey Abrams continues to solicit the help of out-of-state billionaires,” said Kemp spokesperson Tate Mitchell, “Gov.

☆ Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock faces off against Republican Herschel Walker in Georgia's explosive US Senate race
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-21 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Democrat Raphael Warnock is running against Republican Herschel Walker in Georgia's US Senate race. Warnock was first elected to the Senate in a 2021 runoff election alongside Democrat Jon Ossoff. Georgia Senate candidatesWarnock, the senior pastor at the historic Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, was elected to the Senate alongside fellow Democrat Jon Ossoff. Donald Trump and Herschel Walker have been friends for decades, dating back to Walker's days as a professional football player. Walker has raised $31.6 million, spent $24.3 million, and has nearly $7.4 million left to spend, as of September 30.

And Black families are affected the most. “And that means more Black families are impacted,” said Samuel Gross, the registry’s founder and senior editor. “This has caused deep wounds to Black families.”Thompson’s point is easily seen in Termaine Hicks’ family dynamic. While in prison, Hicks wrote a letter to his son every month for 16 years. And especially families … ”“The disproportionate representation of communities within our prison systems tend to impact Black families and communities more,” she said.

☆ Corporate Cybersecurity Teams Struggle to Fill Jobs
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-20 | by ( Catherine Stupp | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +5 min

Newsletter Sign-up WSJ Pro Cybersecurity Cybersecurity news, analysis and insights from WSJ's global team of reporters and editors. PREVIEWSeventy percent of around 11,000 cybersecurity practitioners and decision makers surveyed by (ISC)2 said their companies don’t have enough cybersecurity staff to be effective. Decathlon has become more flexible and creative in its search for cybersecurity staff and hired 26 employees last year and more than 30 so far in 2022, Mr. Illikoud said. Many corporate cybersecurity leaders hire staff from other internal teams and offer specific training if they need it. Around 43% of Principal’s cybersecurity team is now remote, up from roughly 20% before the pandemic, she said.

Still, these six Black Republicans seem unmoved, even if Black voters overall appear to present more of an uphill challenge. Herschel Walker and Former ambassador Nikki Haley speak with the press during Herschel's Unite Georgia Bus Stop rally at the Global Mall in Norcross, Ga., on Sept. 9, 2022. It’s a bigger picture.”The Black vote was critical in turning Georgia blue in the 2020 presidential election and pushing Biden to the presidency and ultimately Warnock into the Senate. “I know Herschel Walker votes more conservative. Even with the recent allegations, these voters point out that between Warnock and Walker’s policies, they prefer Walker’s because he is anti-abortion.

☆ 'Quiet quitters' coasting through work could be a prime target for layoffs as recession fears loom, labor experts say
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-12 | by ( Hannah Towey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

The job market is slowly shifting back in favor of employers, labor experts told Insider. During an economic downturn, workers may not be able to get away with just doing the bare minimum. That means "quiet quitters" could be the first to be laid off during a recession, experts say. And in the same survey, nearly nine out of 10 managers (87%) said they would "likely" have to lay off employees during a recession. So it's not necessarily whether you're quiet quitting or not.

☆ Wealthy people who moved to Miami are rejecting Florida traditions and radically transforming their homes instead
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-12 | by ( Kelsey Neubauer | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

"They're willing to bring their New York aesthetic down into Miami, or their LA or Beverly Hills aesthetic down into Miami." Miami newcomers aren't afraid to break away from aesthetic normsEilyn, who said her design style is more personable and poised, was born and raised in Miami. The result is a modern beach home that includes elements of classic Miami design "mixed with the tranquility of Mykonos" that combines a simple color palette with pops of visual interest. "You can incorporate details that maybe you wouldn't see so much in Miami design," she said. It means they have a steady stream of work, with the possibility to be creative and stretch their imaginations as they shape the future of Miami design.

☆ Walmart is laying off 1,500 workers, transforming a warehouse as it tries to compete with Amazon's marketplace
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-11 | by ( Ben Tobin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Walmart is letting go of nearly 1,500 workers at one of its fulfillment centers in the Atlanta area, with the company repurposing the e-commerce facility to support third-party sellers. A Walmart blog post published on Monday said the company will turn the fulfillment center into "a dedicated facility supporting our growing Walmart Fulfillment Services (WFS) business." The company launched Walmart Fulfillment Services in 2020 to allow third-party-marketplace sellers to ship and store products using the retailer's warehouses. For comparison, Amazon said it has nearly 2 million third-party sellers on its marketplace. Yarbrough said Walmart may convert more fulfillment centers to focus on WFS as the company attracts more third-party sellers to its marketplace.

☆ Texts show family strife between Herschel Walker's wife and woman who alleged he paid for her abortion
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-08 | by ( Marc Caputo | Marc Caputo Is A Senior National Political Reporter For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +8 min

Georgia GOP Senate nominee Herschel Walker at a campaign stop in Wadley on Oct. 6, 2022. Meg Kinnard / APIn response, Julie Walker acknowledged that she had tried to be a mediator between Herschel Walker and the woman, who seldom corresponded directly with her son’s father. I did not pay for an abortion,” said Herschel Walker. Those messages came a day after The Daily Beast published a story about one of Herschel Walker’s previously publicly unacknowledged children. Julie Walker said in an interview that the paternity stories about Walker “pitted people against each other” in the family.

☆ Here are the 2 things summer-associate candidates should do to get hired at Alston & Bird, according to the chief legal-talent partner
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-29 | by ( Rachel Durose | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Alston & Bird receives between 5,000 and 7,000 applications annually and hires about 60 students. Additionally, 90% of the company's 1,507 employees have reported Alston & Bird is a great place to work, according to the workplace-rating platform Great Place to Work. Alston & Bird receives between 5,000 to 7,000 applicants annually for its summer-associate program and typically hires about 60 students. Alston & Bird has offices in 13 cities across the world, including Dallas and New York City. Highlight the practice's valuesThe interview process will begin with a 20-minute screening, conducted by two Alston & Bird lawyers, Price said.

☆ How Does Life Insurance Work and What to Know Before You Buy
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-23 | by ( ) www.wsj.com time to read: +14 min

What to know about life insuranceTerm vs. permanent life insuranceThe two main types of life insurance are term and permanent. Permanent life insurancePermanent life insurance comes in four main variations: whole, variable, universal and variable universal. How to buy life insuranceYou may already have free term life insurance through your employer. A life insurance policy you buy from a private company stays with you for as long as you make payments. How life insurance pays outBeneficiaries have a few choices of how to receive a life insurance payout.

☆ Trump is stretching his declassification defense in the Mar-a-Lago case further still, making an argument his lawyers have gone nowhere near in court
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-22 | by ( Tom Porter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

The claim has been his chief argument in defense of accusations he mishandled the information and imperiled US national security. In a court appearance Tuesday, special master Raymond Dearie, the official assigned to review the documents, pushed Trump's lawyers to provide evidence for the declassification claim. But Trump's lawyers didn't, arguing that making the evidence public could damage their defense if the case came to trial. "As far as I'm concerned, that's the end of it," Dearie said, indicating that he was losing patience with the declassification claim. In a ruling Wednesday, an Atlanta appeals court reinstated the DOJ's access to the classified information, and dismissed the declassification argument as a "red herring" that did not exculpate Trump even if true.

☆ How Mar-a-Lago figures into New York AG Letitia James' lawsuit against Donald Trump, his business, and his children
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-21 | by ( C. Ryan Barber | Sonam Sheth | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

New York AG Letitia James said Mar-a-Lago was part of an alleged yearslong fraud scheme by Trump. Trump claimed Mar-a-Lago was worth $739 million, nearly 10 times its actual worth of $75 million, James said. In this aerial view, former U.S. President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate is seen on September 14, 2022 in Palm Beach, Florida. James' lawsuit brought a new intensity to just one of the many areas of legal jeopardy for the former president. In an appeal, the Justice Department said the decision would cause "irreparable harm" to efforts by the intelligence community to protect national security.

☆ Opendoor is staring down losses after once boasting it wouldn't repeat Zillow's home-flipping fiasco. 5 properties from Phoenix to Atlanta show the trouble it's facing.
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-21 | by ( James Rodriguez | Alex Nicoll | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

The losses are mounting for Opendoor as home prices fall in previously red-hot markets such as Phoenix, Southern California, and Las Vegas. Opendoor cut the listing price three times, ultimately dropping it to $657,000 before the property sold. Opendoor has since cut the listing price five times, most recently advertising the property at $417,000. Records on Zillow indicate Opendoor has reduced the listing price six times. As for the homes Opendoor is buying today, Wu said executives "expect those to perform well and in line with expectations."

And we still do.”A recent study of small business owners by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce found that inflation and supply chain issues are the top challenges entrepreneurs face today. One in three small business owners call inflation their highest concern and 67% of them have raised prices in response to inflation. “The Paycheck Protection Program continues to be disadvantageous to smaller businesses, businesses owned by people of color, and businesses without employees. According to NBC Bay Area, searches for “Black-owned businesses near me” peaked in June 2020, with companies like Yelp making it easier for people to find and support Black-owned businesses, per data from Google. She said that during the height of the social justice movement, corporations and financial institutions pledged to support Black-owned businesses.

☆ Big investors are buying fewer homes to rent out on a bet that prices will fall. Case in point: A 2,000-house portfolio just got yanked from the market after failing to lure buyers at its $500 million
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-20 | by ( James Rodriguez | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

That's left some big portfolios sitting on the market — but don't expect the lull to last long. This past summer, a huge portfolio of 2,000 homes hit the market. The market for single-family-rental portfolios, once red-hot, has slowed considerably as the biggest participants face higher borrowing costs and market volatility. The challenges aren't limited to big SFR portfolios. Deals are still getting done, too — one SFR portfolio traded in August for a little more than $140 million, according to a person with knowledge of the deal.

☆ Mariah Carey’s Atlanta-Area Home, Complete With Recording Booth, Lists for $6.5 Million
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-19 | by ( Katherine Clarke | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Be the first to know about the biggest and best luxury home sales and listings by signing up for our Mansion Deals email alert. Songstress Mariah Carey is listing an Atlanta-area home with a recording booth for $6.5 million, according to the listing agent.

☆ A 32-year-old CMO took advantage of his company's work-from-anywhere policy to spend 3 months in Spain. Here's what his days are like.
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-07 | by ( Dan Latu | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

His employer, Enablix, has a work-from-anywhere policy and he received support from his manager. Ziech-Lopez and his family are considering a permanent stay after their initial three months. Luckily, Ziech-Lopez works for Enablix, an Atlanta-based marketing-software firm that has a work-from-anywhere policy. While leaping into the unknown can be daunting, one person's journey can shed light on what a work-from-anywhere policy looks like on the ground. The green space in Madrid, Ziech-Lopez said, is striking.

☆ I'm a broker in Atlanta. It's the 'Hunger Games' of real estate right now — here's what buyers need to know.
▼ + stars: | 2022-08-10 | by ( Elle Hardy | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

The market right now is the "Hunger Games" of real estate. This means there are a lot of buyers who aren't too familiar with the Atlanta market. Atlanta property prices have been on the rise since 2017 when the median sale price was $278,00. To put it all in perspective, the average price for a two-bedroom condo in downtown Atlanta right now is $500,000. Unfortunately, all of this means that there's no value in the market right nowCash is king in this market.

☆ Dega Nalayeh is a Somalian refugee-turned-banker to the uber-rich. Here is how she built her $6.7 billion book of entertainment and sports clients.
▼ + stars: | 2022-07-07 | by ( Hayley Cuccinello | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

She joined Bank of America in 1998 and is now a top private banker with $6.7 billion in client assets. Nalayeh told Insider how she built her book while raising a toddler as a single mom. Today, Nalayeh is a top advisor in the private bank with $6.7 billion in client assets as of December 2022, the bank said. The Los Angeles banker told Insider how she amassed her clientele of entertainment and tech millionaires. In 2000, she moved to the private bank in a customer service role, supporting private bankers with wire transfers, for instance.

☆ Want to run for Congress but can't afford to pay your own rent or bills? This former House candidate has an idea.
▼ + stars: | 2021-03-23 | by ( Dave Levinthal | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Nabilah Islam wants the Federal Election Commission to let federal candidates use donor money for expanded salaries and health insurance. "The current system makes it prohibitive for working Americans to run for office," Islam told Insider. "Every American should have a living wage and health insurance when they run for office," Islam told Insider. In general, federal law prohibits federal candidates from using campaign cash on personal expenditures — so forget that donor-funded Rolex or dream trip to Maui. For example, it ruled in 2018 that federal candidates may use campaign funds to pay for certain child care expenses.

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