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☆ Unsealed Nike employee surveys described a 'boys' club' culture where women were called 'honey' and 'females couldn't possibly play in the sandbox'
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-21 | by ( Matthew Kish | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Insider on Tuesday first reported on unsealed employee surveys that rocked the company in 2018. On Tuesday, Insider first reported on the never-before-seen employee surveys that played a key role in bringing the allegations to light and prompting Nike's ongoing work to become more inclusive. In several multi-page surveys, female employees said the behavior contributed to an "overarching" theme of "normalized negative, manipulative and sexist behavior" at the company. "When I received this questionnaire, I asked several of my female coworkers what they thought of working at Nike," one female employee wrote in a survey. An attorney for plaintiffs in an ongoing gender discrimination lawsuit against Nike said the surveys show problematic behavior at the company wasn't isolated.

☆ Nike employees described 'sloppy drunk' men, witnessing oral sex, and requests to 'dress sexier' at work in newly unsealed surveys
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-20 | by ( Matthew Kish | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

In early 2018, female Nike employees were fed up with the company's response to claims of sexual harassment and gender discrimination, so they anonymously surveyed each other about their experiences at the company. A third wrote that she caught a male executive receiving oral sex from a lower-ranking female in the campus gym. But four former Nike employees familiar with the collection of the surveys told Insider closer to 100 were collected. "Maybe if you dressed nicer I would be on time," one female Nike worker said she was told by a male Nike executive. "Kept it to myself because of who he is at the company," wrote the person who was told to "show some skin."

☆ App store avalanche forecast as Apple bows to EU demands
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-16 | by ( Martin Coulter | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

The bloc's Digital Markets Act (DMA) will force Apple and fellow tech giant Google to provide space for third-party app stores on their respective iOS and Android devices. Ben Wood, CMO of industry analysis firm CCS Insight, said he expects "an avalanche of app stores" in the near future. "There's an emerging 'coalition of the willing', and all of them have a vested interest in no longer having to pay what they see as a tax to Apple," Wood told Reuters. Deals for exclusive content could drive competition in app stores in the same way as it has in the "streaming wars" between Netflix and challengers like Disney+ and Amazon Prime, Trezentos said, adding: "Netflix has content that HBO doesn't have ... App stores can be like that." "The biggest hurdle they are going to need to overcome is the consumer," Wood at CCS Insight said.

☆ Chicago police probe deaths of father and daughter in apartment where toddler was found unharmed
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-09 | by ( Antonio Planas | Antonio Planas Is A Breaking News Reporter For Nbc News Digital. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

Chicago police are investigating the deaths of a man and his adult daughter discovered Wednesday in an apartment where her 2-year-old boy was found unharmed. She said the dead adults were “family members” and described the incident as “isolated,” noting the public was not in danger. NBC Chicago reported the dead family members are Curtis Hardman and Javonni Jenkins. NBC Chicago also reported police said the family members were fatally shot. Germaine Owens, Jenkins’ cousin, told NBC Chicago: “She didn’t deserve this.

☆ US House passes a bill to protect same-sex marriage for the second time, this time with less Republican support
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-08 | by ( Bryan Metzger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The House passed a bill to protect same-sex marriage for the second time after senators amended it. Less Republicans voted for it this time than in July, despite amendments made by GOP senators. 39 House Republicans voted for the bill, less than the 47 who voted for the original version of the bill in July. Dozens of House Republicans, representing a broad and diverse swath of the conference, supported the bill when it first passed the chamber in July. Republican Rep. Scott Perry of Pennsylvania, the chairman of the House Freedom Caucus, was also among the dozens of House Republicans who voted for the bill in July.

☆ Salt Lake City’s efforts to fight pollution face a new challenge: Toxic dust
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-07 | by ( Evan Bush | Evan Bush Is A Science Reporter For Nbc News. He Can Be Reached At Evan.Bush Nbcuni.Com. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +5 min

The EPA in 2021 proposed re-listing the Salt Lake City area as in “attainment” for small particle pollution it had been failing to sufficiently control. But wildfires and dust storms off Great Salt Lake are erasing the progress that has been made. “I’ve received a number of emails from concerned citizens reconsidering living in Salt Lake City,” said Janice Brahney, an assistant professor at Utah State University’s watershed sciences department. Meanwhile, researchers found the highest levels of dust — and metals — in suburbs outside urban Salt Lake City. Researchers suspect suburban communities north of Salt Lake City could be receiving the majority of the dust that blows off the lake.

☆ Global airlines see return to profitability in 2023
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-06 | by ( Emma Farge | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

[1/2] Global airline industry body International Air Transport Association (IATA) Director General Willie Walsh attends an interview with Reuters in Doha, Qatar, June 19, 2022. Airlines lost tens of billions of dollars in 2020 and 2021 due to the pandemic, but air travel has partially recovered and some airports have struggled to cope. DOWNSIDE RISKIATA believes global air traffic levels will return to pre-COVID or 2019 levels by 2024, led by the United States and with Asia-Pacific "notably lagging." If China does not loosen restrictions, airlines' profitability would be affected. Walsh said airlines had survived the worst of the downturns, though Europe's fragmented market remained an area to watch.

☆ Shareholders are asking rail companies to grant paid sick leave for workers because it's a 'prudent investment'
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-05 | by ( Juliana Kaplan | Hannah Towey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Some rail investors are calling for companies to adopt a proposal to give workers paid sick leave. Currently, rail workers technically have no paid sick leave, a key demand in their contract negotiations. Now, some railroad shareholders want reasonable paid sick leave to be included as a benefit. "Getting workers paid sick leave cuts down on disease spread dramatically, leading to fewer absences. Now, additional paid sick leave could be put to a vote, if the shareholders pushing rail companies to consider it get their way.

☆ Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: Marvell Technology, Horizon Therapeutics, DoorDash and more
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-02 | by ( Peter Schacknow | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Zscaler (ZS) – The cloud security company reported a better than expected quarter, but its stock slumped 9.1% in premarket trading following conservative guidance. Horizon shares had soared 27.3% last Friday on news that it was in talks with several potential takeover partners. DoorDash (DASH) – DoorDash shares fell 2.8% in premarket trading after RBC Capital Markets downgraded the stock to "sector perform" from "outperform." Rigel Pharma (RIGL) – Rigel's stock soared 34% in the premarket after the FDA approved its drug to treat a certain type of leukemia. PagerDuty (PD) – The cloud computing company's stock jumped 6.6% in premarket trading after it reported an unexpected quarterly profit.

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☆ Kanye West is no longer buying right-wing social media company Parler, company says
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-01 | by ( Charles R. Davis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Kanye West will no longer be buying social media platform Parler, the company said Thursday. In October, Parler said West was buying the site to help create "an uncancelable ecosystem." download the app Email address By clicking ‘Sign up’, you agree to receive marketing emails from Insider as well as other partner offers and accept our Terms of Service and Privacy PolicyOn the day that Kanye West praised the fascist dictator of Nazi Germany, the right-wing social media company Parler revealed that the rapper will no longer be purchasing the company. But after his appearance Thursday on Alex Jones' Infowars, during which West repeatedly praised Adolf Hitler, Parlement Technologies announced the deal was off — and claimed that it had been for some time. "In response to numerous media inquiries, Parlement Technologies would like to confirm that the company has mutually agreed with Ye to terminate the intent of sale of Parler," the company said in a statement posted on Twitter.

☆ 'I'm glad Elon is in the fight': Tech CEOs battling Apple's 30% App Store fee get unexpected ammo from Musk
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-29 | by ( Shona Ghosh | Kate Duffy | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Elon Musk has fueled a prolonged fight between Apple and app developers over App Store fees. One CEO who predicted trouble when Musk bought Twitter said the billionaire would draw attention to a niche issue. The latter has delighted developers and tech CEOs who rely on the App Store for its huge reach. In a separate tweet, Sweeney noted that Apple had blocked "Fortnite" from the App Store. The streaming app remains available through the App Store.

Hall of Fame wide receiver Terrell Owens punched a man over the weekend in Southern California, a brawl that the retired football great said Monday was self-defense. Once he entered the store, Owens said a customer approached him, identified themselves as a San Francisco 49ers fan and they exchanged pleasantries. "The guy I ended up fighting, he was basically threatening a guy, a fan of mine that was in the store," said Owens. Even two days later, Owens said he hasn't been able to figure out why the man was so aggressive to the 49ers fan. But the (49ers) fan was on the phone when I was talking to him.

☆ GloriFi, an 'anti-woke' bank backed by Peter Thiel and Candace Owens, is folding just 3 months after it was set up
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-24 | by ( Ryan Hogg | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

An "anti-woke" bank backed by Peter Thiel is closing down just three months after it was founded. GloriFi attracted $50 million in investment from conservative backers last year. The Wall Street Journal reported on Monday that Texas-based startup GloriFi had laid off most its workforce and was planning to close its doors, according to people familiar with the matter. The venture attracted some high-profile backers, including Thiel and Citadel's Ken Griffin, both of whom have donated to conservative causes. Owens, a conservative commentator, agreed to become a public face of GloriFi when it started.

☆ Remote Town Is Home to 900 Humans and 850 Polar Bears
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-23 | by ( Angela Owens | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

CHURCHILL, Manitoba—On a cold October morning in this remote Canadian village, a series of loud bangs disturb the quiet hum of residents beginning their day. A polar bear lumbering through town has been spotted near the cemetery.

☆ Nike scores critical win in sweeping gender discrimination lawsuit
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-23 | by ( Matthew Kish | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A judge has denied a motion to make a gender discrimination lawsuit against Nike a class action. Federal magistrate judge Jolie A. Russo denied a motion to convert the lawsuit into a class action late Tuesday. Nike and plaintiffs have 14 days to file written objections to the rulings, then another 14 days to respond to objections. The ruling to deny class certification also will be reviewed by another federal judge. In its motion against class certification, Nike's attorneys said they would move for summary judgment after the judge ruled on the motion for class certification, essentially meaning they'd ask a judge to decide the case.

☆ Everyone from the vet to the barber is hiking prices. And there’s no relief in sight
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-22 | by ( Alicia Wallace | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

And that’s exactly where inflation can get “sticky,” meaning once prices for services rise they tend to remain at those levels for some time. “When you have strong price pressures in the services sector, they’re likely to last longer,” Nicaj said. That’s the risk that you also take as a business raising prices, because you may lose clients.”To Ryczko, it’s a strategic balancing act. Courtesy Genora Boykins and Sharon Owens“I don’t know of any goods that we are utilizing that haven’t increased in cost,” Boykins said. “Even if it doesn’t necessarily turn around, at least you don’t want [prices] to continue to escalate month after month after month.”

Two of his revenge picks to knock off House Republicans who voted to impeach him lost critical general election races in Michigan and Washington. To Mr. Trump, none of that had any bearing on his desire to return to power. “A perfect call.” Absconding with classified documents from the White House? “I think the question is who is the current leader of the Republican Party. In light of what unfolded at Mar-a-Lago, that felt more like the wishful thinking of a born optimist than the judgment of a seasoned student of Mr. Trump.

☆ Conservative firebrand Candace Owens says Trump being rude to her made her realize he's vengeful, paranoid, and lacked humility
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-13 | by ( Joshua Zitser | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Candace Owens said on her Daily Wire show that Donald Trump was rude to her. Owens said that Trump is "holding onto a vengeful spirit" and appears to lack a vision for 2024. The Daily Beast covered it, headlining the story: "Candace Owens: Trump Is Pro-Vax Because He's 'Too Old' to Understand the Internet." The conservative firebrand went on to say that Trump twisted a "completely kind and fair interview." Owens said there's a sense of "trepidation" in Trump, which, she added, was evidenced in him taking a swing at Florida Gov.

☆ Remaking the River That Remade L.A.
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-10 | by ( Michael Kimmelman | Photographs Adali Schell | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +33 min

Remaking the River That Remade L.A.February 1938 was a wet month in Los Angeles. Reservoirs overflowed, dams topped out and floodwaters careered down Pacoima Wash and Tujunga Wash toward the Los Angeles River. The Los Angeles River was never a storybook river of the kind that, like the Hudson or the Seine, we associate with great cities. Among the naysayers is a venerable organization called Friends of the Los Angeles River, founded by the Texas-born poet and performance artist Lewis MacAdams. “With all the problems L.A. is facing,” he said, “even if it costs $50 billion to fix the river, we should just effing do it.”The headwaters of the Los Angeles River aren’t easy to find.

☆ A Capitol rioter pleaded guilty to assaulting police with a skateboard despite yelling, 'We will not concede,' on January 6
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-10 | by ( C. Ryan Barber | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Feds said the son hit a police officer with a skateboard emblazoned with the words "White Fang." The father was charged with fighting a police officer over a baton at the Capitol doors. Prosecutors alleged Grady Owens struck a police officer with a skateboard on the west lawn of the Capitol. Owens' father was arrested two weeks after, on April 16, in Austin, Texas, according to court records. Grady and Jason Owens each face a maximum sentence of 8 years in prison, according to the US attorney's office in Washington, DC.

☆ Kanye West told staff he was inspired by 'skinheads and Nazis' while planning the Yeezy fashion show where he wore a 'White Lives Matter' shirt, report says
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-10 | by ( Pete Syme | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Rolling Stone reports that Kanye West said he was inspired by "skinheads and Nazis." It was described as a "casual remark," per Rolling Stone's report. Insider has not been able to independently verify the claims made in Rolling Stone's article. Rolling Stone's report now adds that some of the 90 employees commuted there by a weekly private plane from California. Adidas did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Insider on the contents of Rolling Stone's report.

☆ Republican Sen. Mike Lee faces off against independent Evan McMullin in the Utah Senate race
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-08 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Utah GOP Sen. Mike Lee is running for a 3rd term against independent candidate Evan McMullin. In the Senate, Lee serves on the Judiciary Committee, the Energy and Natural Resources Committee, the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, the Joint Economic Committee, and the Special Committee on Aging. Utah independent Senate candidate Evan McMullin. Republicans have won every presidential race in the state since 1968, often with landslide margins, and the last Democrat to win a Senate race in the state was Frank Moss in 1970. In the 2020 presidential election, Trump defeated now-President Joe Biden in Utah by 20 points (58%-38%), a significant drop from Romney's sweeping victory (73%-25%) over Obama in 2012.

☆ 36 Hours in Savannah, Ga.
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-03 | by ( Ariel Felton | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

There is more to Savannah than its alluring green spaces and centuries-old Colonial, Georgian and Greek Revival architecture. In recent years, tour guides at places like the Owens-Thomas House and Slave Quarters are focusing more on the stories of enslaved people, offering visitors a fuller historical picture. Savannah is also a beacon for young creatives, thanks in part to the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD), and the city now has many contemporary galleries as well as newer, locally focused artist hubs like Sulfur Studios. Venture outside of the Historic District, too: In the city’s east and west, you can find a variety of Black- and immigrant-owned restaurants and bars; and the up-and-coming Starland District has plenty of attractions. But be warned — it’s not uncommon for visitors to fall in love with the city and become locals.

☆ A MAGA House candidate in Ohio was abandoned by the national GOP after questions about his military service. He could make it to Congress anyway.
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-30 | by ( Bryan Metzger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +13 min

GOP House candidate JR Majewski has faced scrutiny for exaggerating his military service. That's despite Majewski's campaign slogan reading: "Conservative Veteran for Congress," with the word "veteran" highlighted in red. In an interview with Insider in Toledo, Majewski brushed off the ad cancellations. "I don't think that's something that's as big of an issue as it maybe appeared to be." "That guy right there just made one call, and made it happen for us," Majewski told attendees, pointing at the chairman.

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