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☆ Amazon Labor Union faces next showdown in upstate New York
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-12 | by ( Catherine Thorbecke | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

The next month, that same group, the Amazon Labor Union (ALU), fell short at a smaller facility across the street. On Wednesday, workers at an Amazon facility near Albany, New York, will begin voting on whether to join the ALU and become the second unionized Amazon warehouse in the United States. It also comes as Amazon has still not formally recognized the union in Staten Island or come to the bargaining table. Chris Smalls, a leader of the Amazon Labor Union, leads a march of Starbucks and Amazon workers and their allies to the homes of their CEOs to protest union busting on Labor Day, September 5, 2022, in New York City, New York. “I think they have an uphill battle ahead,” Kochan said of the union vote at the ALB1 facility.

☆ Hollister Lets Teens Send Their Online Carts to Parents for Checkout
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-11 | by ( Katie Deighton | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +5 min

Hollister Co., the Abercrombie & Fitch Co. retailer popular among teens, is rolling out a new system that lets shoppers pass their carts to someone else for payment. “There was a lot of lost sales on the table,” said Samir Desai, chief digital and technology officer at Abercrombie & Fitch Co. The Share2Pay system will initially only be available to customers in the U.S. and U.K. using the Hollister app. It lets shoppers send their shopping carts to the ultimate buyer via text message in lieu of a traditional checkout mechanism. Shoppers using the Share2Pay system can send their baskets to their designated buyers along with a note.

☆ Kenya's drought wipes out 2% of the world's rarest zebras
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-05 | by ( Nimi Princewill | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

The Grevy Zebra, the world’s rarest of the zebra species, has been the worst hit species by the drought. “If the approaching rainy season fails, Grevy’s zebra face a very serious threat of starvation,” she said. “Since June, we have lost 58 Grevy’s zebra and mortality cases are rising as the drought intensifies.”Even the most drought-resistant animals are impacted. The Grevy’s Zebra Trust says it is helping endangered species survive the drought through supplementary feeding. The Grevy's Zebra Trust provides supplementary hay to help endangered Grevy's zebra survive the drought crisis in Northern Kenya.

☆ Cookies might not be tracking you, but some brands are
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-28 | by ( Leticia Miranda | Leticia Miranda Is A Business Reporter For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +12 min

And for consumers who want to cut down on corporate monitoring, hitting “decline cookies” might not make much of a difference. Ulta Beauty’s Brent Rosso, vice president of the cosmetics seller’s ad business, called retail media networks “the hottest thing in the media world.”The Home Depot app encourages users to allow tracking. Home DepotNew ways to track and targetBefore the rise of retail media networks, retailers regularly sold ad space like sponsored products or banner ads on their own digital properties. But many retail media networks combine first-party data with existing third-party information, such as demographic data, to build more detailed profiles on consumers. About $40 billion will be spent this year across retail media networks alone, the analytics firm projects.

☆ Jesse Watters' rise at Fox, from Bill O'Reilly's ambush man to Tucker Carlson wannabe
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-27 | by ( Noah Hurowitz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +23 min

At the time, Watters was best known for pulling off elaborately planned ambush interviews on "The O'Reilly Factor," then Fox News' top-rated show. When Grim picked his phone up and trained it again on Watters, the smile was gone from Watters' face. Watters on the set of his show "Jesse Watters Primetime." In early 2022, "Jesse Watters Primetime" debuted, airing right before "Hannity." Watters, whose entire career has been at Fox News, might be a safer bet, according to Muto, the former O'Reilly producer.

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Subversive Capital filed a Form N-1A on Sept. 15 to establish two ETFs that will follow exactly how Democrat and Republican members of Congress are trading. Subversive Capital is working with Unusual Whales — a retail trading tool for individual stocks, options and crypto — to provide data for the ETFs. Recently, the subject of congressional members trading stocks has raised questions regarding the potential for insider trading and conflicts of interest, leading to the introduction of legislation that would restrict those in Congress from being able to buy and sell individual stocks. Here's what you need to know about the political implications of Congressional stock trading and the new ETFs that are being created to track it. It's also unclear what will happen to the two new ETFs if the congressional stock trading ban does eventually pass.

☆ From quantum computing to augmented reality, here's how 10 top Wall Street firms are looking to use cutting-edge tech
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-26 | by ( Carter Johnson | Bianca Chan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

JPMorgan is preparing for a quantum futureDavid Castillo, Andrew J. Lang, and Marco Pistoia. The difference could allow users of the tech to process algorithms and execute calculations at blistering speeds. That's because quantum computing uses quantum mechanics, a kind of physics that leverages quantum bits, or qubits, instead of ones and zeros used by classic computers. But JPMorgan researchers say there are signs the industry is getting close to the point where quantum computers can process real-world problems faster than classic computers, often referred to as quantum advantage. The platform, run by Castillo, is also hardware-agnostic, meaning it can interface with quantum computers from different providers without needing to rewrite the application code.

On the agenda today:But first: This week, Insider launched its inaugural Climate Action 30, a prestigious list of leaders working toward climate solutions. Lily Katzman, an associate editor on our Special Projects team, gives us a behind-the-scenes look at the project. InsiderWhen we say climate heroes, the usual suspects — think Greta Thunberg and Al Gore — come to mind. That's where Insider's Climate Action 30 comes into play. ReutersDavid Solomon, Goldman Sachs' CEO, moonlights as an electronic-music DJ, playing high-profile gigs like the Lollapalooza music festival and Tomorrowland, a Belgian music festival.

REUTERS/Nate RaymondBOSTON, Sept 22 (Reuters) - U.S. prosecutors on Thursday said they reached an agreement to drop criminal charges filed during the Trump administration against a Massachusetts judge accused of impeding a federal immigration arrest of a defendant in her courtroom. Federal prosecutors said they had agreed to dismiss the obstruction charges filed against Newton District Court Judge Shelley Joseph in exchange for the judge referring herself to a state commission tasked with investigating judicial misconduct. Prosecutors are also dropping obstruction charges against her former courtroom deputy, Wesley MacGregor, who entered into a deferred prosecution agreement to resolve a remaining perjury count. Prosecutors claimed Joseph and MacGregor in 2018 helped a previously deported state court defendant evade being detained by an ICE agent by allowing him leave their Newton courthouse through a rear door. "I have concluded that the interests of justice are best served by review of this matter before the body that oversees the conduct of Massachusetts state court judges, rather than in a continued federal criminal prosecution," Cunha said.

☆ 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."

"These defendants exploited a program designed to provide nutritious food to needy children during the COVID-19 pandemic." The alleged scheme was tied to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Federal Child Nutrition Program aimed at feeding needy children. The program, which was expanded during the pandemic, allows private restaurants to run federally funded food distribution sites, as long as they are sponsored by a non-profit organization. Prosecutors said restaurant owners and others paid bribes to Feeding Our Future employees to get the organization to sponsor sham distribution sites. Defendants created dozens of shell companies to run the fake distribution sites and to launder the proceeds of the scheme, prosecutors said.

☆ Oil edges up as supply woes outweigh demand and rate hike worries
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-19 | by ( Arathy Somasekhar | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Crude oil storage tanks are seen in an aerial photograph at the Cushing oil hub in Cushing, Oklahoma, U.S. April 21, 2020. The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries and allies led by Russia, known as OPEC+, fell short of its oil production target by 3.583 million barrels per day (bpd) in August, an internal document showed. read moreStill, oil also came under pressure from hopes of an easing of Europe's gas supply crisis. read more"The market still has the start of European sanctions on Russian oil hanging over it. As supply is disrupted in early December, the market is unlikely to see any quick response from U.S. producers," ANZ analysts said.

☆ 'Phantom of the Opera,' Broadway's longest-running show, announces final curtain call
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-16 | by ( Liam Reilly | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

(CNN) Broadway's longest-running show, Andrew Lloyd Webber's "The Phantom of the Opera," will play its final five months before closing its doors for good, a spokesperson for the show told CNN Friday. The final performance will take place on Saturday, February, 18, 2023, at Broadway's Majestic Theatre, Michael Borowski of The Publicity Office said in an email. Prior to the Broadway show's conclusion, "Phantom" will celebrate its 35th anniversary on January 26 with director Seth Sklar-Heyn at the helm, Borowski said. Ticket sales had slowed for Broadway shows during the pandemic and "Phantom" was no exception, recently dropping from 255,000 weekly attendees in May to about 180,000 attendees in September, according to The Broadway League. The show's flagship London production will celebrate its 36th year on October 9 and the recently premiered Melbourne version will likewise continue.

☆ Longest running show on Broadway, 'Phantom of the Opera' to close
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-16 | by ( Danielle Broadway | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

“Phantom” is a staple within the Broadway world with over 70 major theater wins and 13,733 performances since its debut in 1988. Andrew Lloyd Webber’s “The Phantom of the Opera” is based on the classic novel by Gaston Leroux and was originally directed by Harold Prince. “Phantom” tells the 19th century story of aspiring opera singer Christine Daae who is taught by the mysterious Phantom to hone her vocal skills. However, things take a dark turn when the Phantom chooses Christine as his muse, and she falls in love with an arts benefactor named Raoul. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting by Danielle Broadway; Editing by David GregorioOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ JPMorgan is trying to harness the power of quantum-computing to solve problems at lightning speed, from options pricing to fraud detection
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-08 | by ( Bianca Chan | Carter Johnson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

As an emerging alternative to the traditional computer, JPMorgan execs believe quantum computing could upend how finance firms perform computations. Unlike classical computers, which can store only a one or a zero, quantum computers use quantum bits, or qubits. Qubits can store multiple values at the same time, which theoretically gives the quantum computers big speed advantages. Meanwhile, Fidelity has been exploring the potential of quantum computing in wealth management. Wells Fargo, too, has invested in quantum computing to process complex data structures used for fraud detection.

There's some cliché financial advice I've heard over and over that financial planners say to ignore. "Renting is throwing money away" and "a credit card balance is good for your credit score" are examples. That made me wonder if frequently passed-along financial advice always rings true. Crypto is the futureLately, all the financial advice my friends are giving me has to do with cryptocurrencies. "Since credit utilization is responsible for 30% of your credit score, it's a good idea to keep it as low as you can."

Our experts answer readers' personal loan questions and write unbiased product reviews (here's how we assess personal loans). Some lenders allow you to get a loan without a job, though you'll likely need some form of income. It is possible to get a loan when you're unemployed, though more difficult than it would be if you had steady work. You'll never know what you may qualify for unless you actively look for help and ask for it. You'll never know what you may qualify for unless you actively look for help and ask for it.

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☆ See the 32 pitch decks that some of the hottest property-technology startups used to raise millions from top VCs like SoftBank and a16z
▼ + stars: | 2022-05-21 | by ( Alex Nicoll | James Rodriguez | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

VC investment fell by 38% in 2022, but the technological transformation of real estate continues. investment fell by 38% in 2022, but the technological transformation real estate continues. Insider has collected 32 pitch decks that successful firms have used to raise funding from VCs and private equity firms. Clockwork AnalyticsThe pandemic laid bare the necessity of a technological transformation of commercial real estate. MosaicThe pandemic boosted traditional construction companies' interest in the high-tech corner of the sector.

I talked to advisors about what successful strategies they saw clients use to build wealth in 2021. Using an HSA, living below their means, and setting clear money goals were some of their responses. As I reflect on this year, I was curious to hear the successful strategies others used to build their wealth. "Wanting to build wealth is not enough," said Zigmont. Financial advisor Andrew Lokenauth said that a common thing he sees with successful clients is that they are living below their means.

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I like to set clear financial goals every new year, which involves both creating plans and avoiding pitfalls. So, I asked a few financial advisors if they have any money advice they tell clients to avoid. While there's a lot of financial advice out there, I wondered if there was anything that I should remember to avoid at the start of 2022. So, I asked four of the best financial advisors to share bad advice they often tell their clients to ignore. Keeping credit card balances in order to build your credit scoreWhether you're entering 2022 with credit card debt or not, financial advisor Andrew Lokenauth said that it's a bad idea to keep credit card balances with the idea you'll build a better credit score.

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☆ Made Men: A photo tour of the most notorious sites of New York Mafia history – and what they look like now
▼ + stars: | 2021-07-23 | by ( Andrew Lichtenstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +25 min

Andrew Lichtenstein for InsiderManhattan's Hell's Kitchen neighborhood, on the western edge of Midtown, got its name from its crowded tenements. On March, 13, 2019, Gambino family crime boss Frankie Cali was shot dead in the driveway outside his Todt Hill home. Andrew Lichtenstein for InsiderThe service road to the Belt Parkway runs through the northern edge of the Brighton Beach neighborhood. John Gotti's Family Home, Howard Beach, QueensThe home where John Gotti, the leader of the Gambino crime family. It's here that John Gotti, the leader of the Gambino crime family and thus the 'Godfather' of the American mafia, lived and raised his family.

☆ BAFTA 2021: Lista câștigătorilor. „Nomadland” a dominat gala, obținând patru trofee
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-12 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +6 min

Filmul „Nomadland” este marele câștigător al galei premiilor BAFTA 2021, acestei pelicule revenindu-i trei dintre cele mai importante trofee: pentru cel mai bun film, cea mai bună regie și cea mai bună actriță. „Nomadland”, povestea unei comunităţi de nomazi moderni care străbat vestul Statelor Unite în rulote, este regizat de cineasta de origine chineză Chloe Zhao și o are ca protagonistă pe Frances McDormand. Veteranul Anthony Hopkins a fost desemnat cel mai bun actor în rol principal graţie interpretării rolului unui bărbat afectat de demenţă în pelicula „The Father”. Premiul pentru cel mai bun film britanic a fost obţinut de „Promising Young Woman”, o poveste despre răzbunare în epoca #MeToo, peliculă premiată şi în categoria „cel mai bun scenariu original”. Philip a fost primul preşedinte al BAFTA, în 1959.

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☆ Trading the infrastructure bill, plus strategies for Archegos fallout
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-11 | by ( Joe Ciolli | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Here's what's on the docket:If you aren't yet a subscriber to Insider Investing, you can sign up here. Jonathan Ernst/ReutersPresident Joe Biden recently announced a $2 trillion plan to rebuild American infrastructure. We spoke to Global X infrastructure analyst Andrew Little about 5 stocks he thinks stand to benefit. He shared with us 5 stocks he thinks will crush Wall Street estimates going forward. And while he tends to stay away from large-cap firms, he shared which two FAANMG stocks he likes most.

☆ 'Barrett is like Jesus' for evangelical voters: Why confirming a new Supreme Court justice before the election mattered more to Republicans than another coronavirus stimulus
▼ + stars: | 2020-10-28 | by ( Oma Seddiq | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

It pales in comparison to getting the Supreme Court justice," an expert told Insider. The federal judge — now a newly minted Supreme Court Justice — is the first nominee in US history to be confirmed this close to an Election Day. McConnell's 'leave no vacancy behind' mindset about the courtsAnd the timing couldn't have been more ideal for the party, experts told Insider. In total, the top Republican has overseen 220 confirmations, including three Supreme Court justices. The Supreme Court offers them a shortcut "to enforce these kinds of values that they're really concerned about."

☆ Millennial day-traders are putting Wall Street to shame as investors bank on a V-shaped recovery
▼ + stars: | 2020-06-16 | by ( Business Insider | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Rich Fury/GettyDear Readers,A strange dynamic is afoot in the stock market. The institutional heavyweights on Wall Street are being beaten at their own game by upstart day-traders and retail investors — and it's not been particularly close. Peter Cecchini, the former global chief market strategist at Cantor Fitzgerald, also recently weighed in on the retail-investor phenomenon. Put simply, Main Street is putting Wall Street to shame since late March. — Peter Cecchini, former global chief market strategist at Cantor Fitzgerald, commenting on Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy's irreverent day-trading exploits

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