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At the age of 18, I got my first credit card, a Chase Freedom credit card. For the last 22 years, I've heeded his advice — except when using credit cards with an introductory 0% interest rate. 3 ways I've used 0% APR credit cardsI've used 0% APR credit cards to my advantage in three ways. If a 0% APR credit card didn't need the maximum amount paid, we could shift some of those payments to another credit card. Since we don't carry balances, traditionally, this meant opening a credit card, moving our total balance over, and then slowly paying down the 0% APR credit card.

☆ Kyiv Power Cuts Bring Cold Food, Scheduled Vacuuming, Struggling Businesses
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-13 | by ( Ian Lovett | Nikita Nikolaienko | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

KYIV, Ukraine—With the electricity out, the Frankly coffee shop in central Kyiv had to cook syrnyky—Ukrainian cheese pancakes—on a small propane camping stove. Baristas made drip coffee and tea using a large vat of hot water, boiled before the power cut. Sales were down 86% from a week earlier, when the lights were still on. The owners were asking a relative to buy a generator in Poland, as affordable models are sold out in Ukraine. They are designing a cold-food menu and lighting the cafe with candles.

☆ I Left NYC and Moved to Rio Where My Incomes Stretches 5 Times Further
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-04 | by ( Carla Vianna | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

The couple moved to Rio, where their two-bedroom apartment near the beach is half the rent. We moved to NYC in summer 2018, and my partner had promised me "two winters." Brazil won me over when I realized my income would stretch five to six times as far there as in the US. In Rio, we pay 5,000 reals, or about $1,000, for a two-bedroom, two-bathroom apartment with a home office and 24-hour doorman. We split that cost, so rent costs me about 2,500 reals a month.

☆ Shopify's startup investments this year include millions into companies that focus on NFTs, Web3 apps, customer-engagement, and financial services
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-03 | by ( Madeline Stone | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +12 min

In its press release announcing the new funding, Wati said the investment was Shopify's first in a startup operating in Southeast Asia. The goal is to make Thirdweb's tools available to Shopify merchants who want to bring Web3 products and experiences to their online stores. Shopify recently participated in Gorgias' $30 million Series C round, which valued the startup at $710 million. According to the company, merchants using its technology report a 96% increase in sales on average. Flexport announced it had received a strategic investment from Shopify as part of its $935 million Series E on February 7.

☆ This 25-year-old actor converted an ambulance into a home-on-wheels with $15,000 and now lives in NYC rent free — see inside
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-03 | by ( Hannah Towey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

25-year-old actor Eli Young lives full-time in an ambulance he renovated with $15,000. See inside the converted ambulance complete with a fold-out bed, shower, kitchen, and workspace. "I was really, really fed up." Without the burden of rent, Young says he now has the freedom to pursue acting gigs around the country. "I feel very lucky because I just don't see myself packing up everything and paying rent in New York."

☆ India's first fully solar village lights up the lives of poor residents
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-01 | by ( Sunil Kataria | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/3] Solar panels are installed on the rooftops of residential houses in Modhera, India's first round-the-clock solar-powered village, in the western state of Gujarat, India, October 19, 2022. Now, however, his machine moves on solar power as earlier this month Prajapati's village of around 6,500 residents, consisting mainly of potters, tailors, farmers and shoemakers, was declared India's first village to run entirely on solar energy all the time. The government buys excess energy produced here from residents if they do not use all of the capacity allotted to the households. For Reena Ben, 36, a housewife, who also works as a tailor part time, the solar power has hugely aided her work. "When we got access to solar power, I bought an electric motor worth 2,000 rupees ($24) to attach to the sewing machine.

☆ A couple bought a private island in Finland they found on Google Maps and turned it into a $2,400-a-night getaway. Here's how they did it.
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-01 | by ( Claire Turrell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Designer Aleksi Hautamäki and his partner purchased an island in Finland they call Project Ö. Project Ö. Mike Kelley ArchmospheresHe scoured the Archipelago online for uninhabited islands. Mike Kelley ArchmospheresThey also installed solar panels, and the drinking water is filtered from the Baltic Sea. Building off the original designWhile the bulk of Project Ö was finished by August 2018, the couple has continued to add to the original design. The outdoor lounge area at Project Ö. Mike Kelley ArchmospheresThe success of Project Ö as a home and rental property has the couple considering a career in off-the-grid hoteling.

This story is part of Select's New & Notable column, where we highlight our favorite product launches, major sales, what we're buying and some of our latest recommendations and advice. This week, we’ve got a food storage set from Caraway you can use for meal prep, Anker’s first Apple-certified wireless charger, two smart floor care products from Tineco and more. The compact cube has flip up/out surfaces to charge your iPhone, AirPods and Apple Watch all at the same time. Tineco released two new smart floor care products available exclusively at Walmart: the S10 Smart Cordless Vacuum and Floor One S2 Wet/Dry Vacuum. Shopping news: Apple raises Apple TV+ and Apple Music pricesWhat we bought this weekI got my second Barefoot Dreams blanket and I’m obsessed.

☆ New York City's 'smallest apartment' has no bathroom and its renter shares one in the hall with neighbors
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-30 | by ( Jordan Hart | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

She must leave her micro studio and walk past neighbors to use the bathroom - which, while separate, is private. Randazzo's tiny apartment - 80 square feet - includes a tiny kitchen with a two-burner cooktop, mini fridge, microwave, and a sink. Most viewers were both shocked and impressed by how she maximized the small space. Like Verhaeg, Webber shares a bathroom with neighbors living on the same floor. Verhaeg found his tiny apartment on Zillow in 2020, but he didn't see it in person until it was time to move in.

☆ Gas stoves can leak chemicals linked to cancer, mounting evidence shows
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-20 | by ( Aria Bendix | Aria Bendix Is The Breaking Health Reporter For Nbc News Digital. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +5 min

Natural gas stoves and ovens can leak harmful chemicals inside homes even when they're not in use. The World Health Organization has said there’s no safe level of benzene exposure when it comes to cancer risk. Decades of research has suggested that gas stoves are a source of indoor air pollution. Another co-author of the study, Drew Michanowicz, previously identified 21 hazardous air pollutants from gas stoves and outdoor gas lines at Boston homes. Pregnant women, infants and young children may be particularly susceptible to adverse health outcomes from long-term benzene exposure, De Vizcaya Ruiz said.

But nestled among rural homes with manicured gardens is a mansion covered entirely in cartoon-like doodles. Everything outside and inside the house is covered in black-and-white squiggles, a riot of video-game and comic-book inspired cutesy characters. The sofa, the stove, the fridge, the television and even the car parked outside have all been painted on. The six-bedroom property in England's Kent County is home to Sam Cox, 28, an artist who goes by the moniker “Mr. “So my dream was to have a doodle house and doodle over everything within that house,” he said, adding that he funded his current home through sales of his increasingly popular doodle art.

☆ Man pays $1,100 a month for 95-square-foot NYC apartment with NO toilet
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-16 | by ( Jordan Hart | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Alex Verhaeg, 23, pays $1,100 monthly for a 95-square-foot apartment in Manhattan's East Village. Randazzo's tiny apartment - 80 square feet - includes a tiny kitchen with a two-burner cooktop, mini fridge, microwave, and a sink. Most viewers were both shocked and impressed by how she maximized the small space. Like Verhaeg, Webber shares a bathroom with neighbors living on the same floor. Verhaeg found his tiny apartment on Zillow in 2020, but he didn't see it in person until it was time to move in.

LOS ANGELES — A man was killed and 12 other people were injured after a car crashed into a food stand Friday night, officials said. Aerial helicopter footage from NBC Los Angeles showed the sedan crashed into what appeared to be a cooking stove on the sidewalk. In addition to the person who died, 12 other people were injured, three of whom were in critical condition, Los Angeles County Fire Department spokesman Craig Little said. The crash happened near the intersection of West Holt Ave and Dudley Street. The driver was going east and went into opposite lanes of traffic before crashing into the food stand, Mejia said.

☆ Best Chinese food: 32 must-try dishes
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-13 | by ( Maggie Hiufu Wong | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +20 min

Dan dan noodlesIt’s nearly impossible to dislike China’s soul-comforting dan dan mian, or dan dan noodles. Dan dan noodles are named after the way they were originally sold more than 100 years ago – on a dan dan, a carrying pole, by street hawkers. Some think dan dan noodles should contain a dry mix of noodles, made with minced meat, chopped scallions, spices, crushed peanuts and various sauces. Others disagree, preferring dan dan noodles in a hot, spicy, salty and nutty broth albeit with similar ingredients. Similar to Hainanese chicken rice, the Wenchang version is often served with yellow chicken fat rice and chicken soup.

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"Russia understood that Ukraine has a powerful energy system, and therefore ... attacked distribution substations, which connected (different) regions," Podolyak said. He also ruled out retaliatory strikes on Russian energy infrastructure. Power has been restored to more than 4,000 towns and villages since the strikes, Shmyhal said, but warned of difficult times ahead. "We are planning to make more candles and order more materials because of these blackouts," she said. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting by Stefaniia Bern, Max Hunder, Jonathan Landay; writing by Matthias Williams.

☆ The Best Amazon Prime Day Deals 2022: Shop Halo, OXO, Bose and More
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-12 | by ( ) www.wsj.com time to read: +7 min

It’s within a few dollar of its lowest price ever during this Prime sale. Normally $350, you can pick it up for $280 through the end of this Prime sale. The black and rose quartz versions of the best high-end electric toothbrush is down to its lowest price of the year. Unlike our top pick heating pad from Pure Enrichment below, Huggaroo’s Original Microwavable Heating Pad doesn’t plug into the wall; instead, you put it in the microwave to heat it up. We found Pure Enrichment’s Pure Relief XL Heating Pad to be the best overall heating pad after testing a dozen of them.

☆ Amazon's 'Prime Early Access Sale' is on — here are the best deals to shop now
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-11 | by ( Jessica Dickler | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Amazon's two-day "Prime Early Access Sale" is underway. CNBC's Select has a full roundup of best early Amazon Prime Day deals. Unlike July's Prime Day, Amazon is featuring more gift suggestions this month — with more deals on well-known brands, such as Lego, Barbie and Sony — rather than household goods. "They will try to hit all of the big holiday gifts: home decor, apparel, name brand accessories and toys, toys, toys," said Casey Runyan, managing editor at online discount marketplace Brad's Deals. "The summer Prime Day was very toothpaste; that's not the same as buying that great kitchen appliance or hot toy," Runyan added.

☆ A French town is spending $6,000 on warm jackets for hundreds of kids as temperatures fall in classrooms amid energy crisis, report says
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-04 | by ( Kate Duffy | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

A French town is buying hundreds of fleece jackets to help children to keep warm in their classrooms. Mayor Gabriel Daube said temperatures in public buildings are set to fall to 19 degrees. European countries are adopting measures to cope with the looming energy crisis this winter. The mayor of Périers, a small town in the north-west of the country, discussed the plan on French radio station France Bleu. He added that 19 degrees was bearable, but if it becomes very cold then fleece jackets would be useful for children in classrooms.

In a sign of the severity of Hurricane Ian, Waffle House told NBC News on Wednesday it had closed 21 Florida locations that are in the path of the Category 4 storm. Waffle House has gained a reputation over the years for staying open in all but the most extreme circumstances, offering food and beverages to emergency crews and individuals riding out natural disasters. Waffle House spokesperson Njeri Boss said in an email that most of the affected locations were in the projected path of the hurricane, with a few others in low-lying flood zones. In previous years, the Federal Emergency Management Agency has used an unofficial “Waffle House Index” in part to help assess damage in disaster areas. "If a Waffle House can serve a full menu, they’ve likely got power (or are running on a generator)," FEMA wrote on its blog in 2017.

☆ Amazon’s $999 dog-like robot is getting smarter
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-28 | by ( Samantha Murphy Kelly | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

And Astro will now work with a real-time subscription service from Amazon’s smart-doorbell company, Ring, to provide security monitoring to small and medium-sized businesses. Smarter TVsAmazon unveiled a new series of Fire TV Omni QLED models – the first Fire TV to ship with Dolby Vision IQ. Kindle ScribeFifteen years after launching the Kindle, Amazon is introducing a higher-end version that also serves as a writing device. Its Echo Auto device ($54.99) is now smaller, sleeker and can be more easily mounted in a vehicle. A smarter Echo Show 15Amazon also announced a number of software updates coming to its existing Echo Show 15, a device the company said is especially popular in the kitchen.

☆ Germans urged to switch off Christmas lights this year to cut energy usage as Russia keeps tight hold on Europe's gas supply
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-26 | by ( Kate Duffy | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Christmas lights in Germany should be turned off to cut energy use this winter, per an environmental association. The director said there should be one lit-up Christmas tree for each community. Christmas lights in houses, apartments, and cities should be unplugged this year, Deutsche Umwelthilfe's Federal Managing Director Jürgen Resch told Insider in a statement. This Christmas could end up being very special if people make conscious decisions to give up certain things, save energy, and show solidarity, Resch told Insider. Austria is expected to delay the lights turning on at its Christmas markets in its capital, Vienna, per Bloomberg.

☆ The UK’s ‘Trussonomics’ crashes the pound and leaves investors shaking their heads
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-26 | by ( Allison Morrow | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Here’s the deal: The British pound tumbled to a record low against the US dollar on Monday as investors around the world dumped UK assets. For the first time in history, the pound is on track to hit parity with the dollar before the end of the year. Part of the pressure on the pound comes from the strong dollar, which has gotten a boost from the Federal Reserve’s interest rate hikes. But the pound is also falling against the euro, signaling broader concerns about the UK’s financial health. “This is a painful reminder that economic policy is not a game,” said Torsten Bell, chief executive of the Resolution Foundation, a think tank that focuses on boosting living standards for low- to middle-income households.

I'm happy to spend $5 on an Americano, even if I make a fairly modest income. I prioritize my coffee spending over other things, like new clothes or regular haircuts. Mostly, though, I just enjoy living in a world where local shops, and the people who run them, can thrive. When my husband and I first started dating, we'd often post up in a coffee shop to have "together-alone time." The organization referred to coffee houses as special places "where time and space are consumed, but only the coffee is found on the bill."

☆ Why TikTok, the FDA moved quickly to squash #NyquilChicken trend: 'It’s not worth putting yourself and others at risk'
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-22 | by ( Renée Onque | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

A concerning new trend cropped up on the internet in recent weeks, encouraging people to cook chicken in NyQuil, to induce hallucinations. The videos show people pouring more than half of a bottle of the over-the-counter medication into a pan of raw chicken. It's not worth putting yourself and others at risk," TikTok wrote on the resources page. Both TikTok and the FDA moved quickly to put a stop to the trendThe Food and Drug Administration also weighed in, alerting parents of their children's potential vulnerability to the 'NyQuil Chicken' challenge and other social media trends. "These video challenges, which often target youths, can harm people — and even cause death," the FDA wrote in a statement.

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