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☆ Avid Taylor Swift fans are flashing their dollars to attend the Eras Tour, with some spending up to $20,000 to see her as many times as possible
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-08 | by ( Juliana Kaplan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Taylor Swift's Eras Tour has taken the US by storm as Swifties do all that they can to see it. He's been to the Eras Tour eight times and sat in the front row for five of those shows. "I remember sending a text in 2019 to someone saying if there was ever a Taylor Swift best-of tour, money becomes no object," he said. QuestionPro, a research company, found that the Eras Tour could result in $4.6 billion in consumer spending in the US. That means she's putting upwards of $10,000 towards the Eras Tour, and might spend even more at future dates.

Persons: Taylor, Swifties, Jake, he's, Swift, He's, Taylor Swift, I've, Bridget Doyle, Doyle, —, Christy G, Lindsey Lisalda, Louis, Lisalda, Lindsey Lisalda Megan Crowley, jetting, Swift's, Megan Crowley, Clara Cummings, Megan Crowley Swifties, Kat, She's, Moira Rodriguez, Crowley Organizations: Service, Nashville, Roll Hall of Fame, National Underground Railroad Freedom, Swift's Los, Gillette Locations: Wall, Silicon, Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Nashville , Tennessee, Nashville, Denver, St, Swiftcation, Glendale , Arizona, Chicago, Kansas City , Missouri, Salt Lake City, Phoenix, Swift's Los Angeles, Arizona, Foxborough , Massachusetts, Glendale, Nebraska, Minneapolis —, HAM

☆ Bed rotting: TikTok’s latest trend reveals the toxic side of self-care
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-08 | by ( Megan Marples | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

As Gen Z would say, she was bed rotting. Lounging in bed for more than a day or two is concerning and could point to different mental health issues, Gold said. This sort of behavior has been linked to symptoms of depression and anxiety, among other mental health illnesses, Gold added. Activities beyond bed rottingBed rotting can allow you to isolate yourself, ignore your feelings, and possibly prevent you from participating in self-care activities that can help you, Gold said. Therapy can help you learn new coping skills, get to the root cause of your bed rotting and determine if there is some mental health issue going on, Gold said.

Persons: Jessica Gold, Gen, St . Louis, “, ”, ” Gold, Simon A . Rego, Rego, Gold, Kelly Glazer Baron, Baron, ” Rego, don’t Organizations: CNN, Washington University School of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore Medical, Montefiore, University of Utah Locations: St ., New York City, Salt Lake City

Representative Blake D. Moore, Republican of Utah, is pushing for changes to federal law that would allow more nonstop flights between Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport and Salt Lake City. Those flights, he said, would increase tourism between Utah and the nation’s capital. They would also offer Mr. Moore a more efficient commute. “We need more direct flights out of DCA,” he said. In recent weeks, dozens of lawmakers have joined the push for 28 new round-trip flights per day at Reagan National.

Persons: Blake D, Moore, Ronald Reagan, ” Organizations: Republican, Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, Capitol, Delta Air, Reagan National, Little League, Reagan Locations: Utah, Ronald Reagan Washington, Salt Lake City, Washington

☆ About Those July 4 Fireworks and Climate Change
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-04 | by ( Delger Erdenesanaa | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

The American practice of setting off fireworks on July 4 stretches back to the first Independence Day celebration in Philadelphia in 1777. But with concerns over air quality, wildfires and supply chains, some cities are doing just that. This year Salt Lake City is replacing its fireworks with synchronized dancing drone displays to avoid worsening air quality and setting off more wildfires. Boulder, Colo., is switching to drones, too, and Minneapolis is opting for lasers, simply because those technologies have been easier to source than fireworks in recent years. And as wildfire smoke from Canada again blanketed much of the United States last week, New York City officials debated whether to set off fireworks on the 4th but, as of Monday night, had not called them off.

Persons: it’s, blanketed Locations: Philadelphia, Salt Lake City, Boulder, Colo, Minneapolis, Canada, United States, New York

☆ The risks posed by July Fourth fireworks
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-30 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Polluting airAfter the explosion, fireworks release compounds that affect air quality and the environment. Sulfur dioxidecan cause respiratory problems. Passing to PeopleThe most harmful elements in fireworks are perchlorate, an oxidizer used for propulsion, and various heavy metals. Affecting wildlifeDebris such as shells and heavy metals can be accidentally ingested by animals. Eco-friendly fireworksFireworks without perchlorate or that have lower levels of heavy metals are gradually being adopted and developed.

Organizations: Research Locations: Minneapolis, Salt Lake City

☆ ESPN lays off on-air talent including NBA analyst Van Gundy
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-30 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

[1/2] Houston Rockets Head Coach Jeff Van Gundy shouts about a call during the second half of NBA basketball action against the Utah Jazz in Salt Lake City April 18, 2007. REUTERS/Steve Wilson (UNITED STATES)/File PhotoJune 30 (Reuters) - ESPN laid off about 20 of its sports personalities on Friday as the Walt Disney (DIS.N) unit seeks to more closely manage costs, a source said. Among those affected by the cuts were long-time NBA analyst Jeff Van Gundy, former head coach of the New York Knicks and Houston Rockets, and studio analyst Jalen Rose, a former NBA player at six teams including the Indiana Pacers. It also laid off ESPN Radio's morning show co-hosts, Max Kellerman and Keyshawn Johnson. ESPN has already undergone two rounds of layoffs that did not impact talent as part of parent company Disney's announced plans to eliminate 7,000 jobs.

Persons: Jeff Van Gundy, Steve Wilson, Jalen Rose, Max Kellerman, Keyshawn Johnson, “, ”, Disney's, pare, Dawn Chmielewski, Ken Ferris Organizations: Houston Rockets, NBA, Utah Jazz, REUTERS, UNITED STATES, ESPN, Walt Disney, New York Knicks, Indiana Pacers, ” ESPN, Reuters, Burbank, Thomson Locations: Salt Lake, Los Angeles

☆ Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Occidental Petroleum, Wells Fargo, Micron, Joby and more
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-29 | by ( Brian Evans | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Analyst Adam Jonas's $13 price target implies more than 70% upside from Wednesday's close for the stock. Wells Fargo climbed 3.4% while JPMorgan and Bank of America added more than 2% each. Tenaris — The pipe manufacturer rose 2.4% after Jefferies initiated coverage of the stock at a buy, citing a compelling risk-reward ratio. Occidental Petroleum - Shares of the oil giant rose nearly 1% after Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway once again increased its stake. Sigilon Therapeutics — Shares soared more than 500% on news that pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly would purchase Sigilon for as much as $126.56 per share.

Persons: Freyr — Freyr Battery, Morgan Stanley, Adam Jonas's, Wells, Jefferies, Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway, Eli Lilly, — CNBC's Michelle Fox, Alex Harring, Sarah Min, Yun Li Organizations: JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America —, JPMorgan, Bank of America, Micron Technology, Micron, Occidental Petroleum, Occidental, Joby, SK Telecom, Sigilon Therapeutics, Therapeutics, Food and Drug Administration Locations: Salt Lake City , Utah, Wells Fargo, China, Occidental, Houston

☆ Austin, home to Elon Musk's Tesla, is the best city to start your career, a study has found. See the top 5.
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-29 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Financial services company Bankrate ranked the best and worst cities for young professionals. Austin, Texas, took the top spot and ranked highly for year-on-year job growth. Bankrate, a financial services company, put together a list of the best and worst cities for professionals who are just starting out. The city is known as "Silicon Hills" and serves as a base for major companies such as Elon Musk's Tesla. Some of the worst cities to launch a career were Birmingham, Memphis, and New Orleans, the study found.

Persons: —, Alex Gailey, Austin, Elon Musk's Tesla, Musk, Franklin Nashville , Tennessee Michael Warren, Cary, DANIEL SLIM, Bellevue Seattle , Washington spotmatik Organizations: Financial, Bankrate, Service, Elon, Birmingham, Nashville, Davidson, Franklin, Getty, Raleigh, Austin, Georgetown Locations: Austin , Texas, Texas, California, Memphis, New Orleans, Murfreesboro, Franklin Nashville , Tennessee, Cary Raleigh , North Carolina, Salt Lake City Salt Lake City , Utah, AFP, Seattle, Tacoma, Bellevue Seattle , Washington

Overstock.com is going all in on failed retailer Bed Bath & Beyond. It will relaunch the Bed Bath & Beyond website in Canada within the next week, followed by a rollout of a website, mobile app and loyalty program in the U.S. "weeks later." "Bed Bath & Beyond is an iconic consumer brand, well-known in the home retail marketplace," Overstock CEO Jonathan Johnson said in a statement. Overstock will not acquire any brick-and-mortar Bed Bath stores as part of the deal. A number of bidders have expressed interest in Buy Buy Baby's stores but it remains unclear if any will be bought and kept open.

Persons: Overstock, Jonathan Johnson Organizations: United Parcel Service, Bed Locations: Salt Lake City , Utah, Overstock.com, Canada, U.S

☆ Salt Lake City Ups the Ante in Bid to Become a Fintech Hub
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-27 | by ( Annamaria Andriotis | Peter Rudegeair | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Journal Reports: Wealth ManagementA Military Scientist Wants to Retire at 55 or 60. Will He Have Enough Money? By Demetria GallegosAn adviser suggests how he can shore up his finances and set aside money for his four children.

Persons: Wants, Demetria Gallegos Organizations: Wealth

☆ Arisa Trew: Australian teenager, 13, becomes first female in skateboarding history to land 720 trick
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-27 | by ( Thomas Schlachter | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —Australian teenager Arisa Trew has become the first female to land a 720 – a skateboarding trick involving two full rotations while in the air – as she competed in the Tony Hawk Vert Alert event on Saturday. In 1985, legendary skateboarder Hawk became the first to complete the trick but since then no female has joined him in achieving the feat – until now. Zak Kaczmarek/Getty Images/FileHer coach Trevor Ward also took to Instagram to talk about the process of the teen making history and the battle between 16-year-old Lilly Stoephasius and Trew to land the trick. The 2 best vert skaters going head-to-head to land the 720 in front of the inventor of the trick. Congrats Arisa you are amazing.,” Ward concluded.

Persons: Arisa Trew, Hawk, “, ”, Trew, Tony Hawk, Zak Kaczmarek, Trevor Ward, Lilly Stoephasius, Tony, “ Arisa, Congrats, ” Ward Organizations: CNN, Olympic Games, Paris Locations: Salt Lake City , Utah, Australia

☆ Why cities want to ban new drive-thrus
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-24 | by ( Nathaniel Meyersohn | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Magnets of traffic and congestion, drive-thrus discourage walking, public transit use and visits to neighboring businesses. A host of cities and regions want the sprawl to stop: Atlanta lawmakers will vote this summer on whether to ban new drive-thrus in the popular Beltline area. Minneapolis; Fair Haven, New Jersey; Creve Coeur, Missouri; Orchard Park, New York, and other cities have banned new drive-thrus in recent years. Experts say pedestrian safety can be improved by tightly managing access along arterial roads and locating drive-thrus away from them. Cities push backAtlanta City Councilman Jason Dozier proposed a bill this year to block new drive-thrus around the Atlanta Beltline, a pedestrian trail along a 22-mile railroad corridor.

Persons: Creve, ”, David Dixon, Jack, Wendy’s, Sweetgreen, Taco Bell, Leonard Ortiz, Eric Dumbaugh, David Paul Morris, Dixon, Stantec, Jason Dozier, Dozier’s, “, ” Dozier, Marilyn Nieves, iStockphoto, Levi Thatcher, Charlotte, Keba Samuel Organizations: New, New York CNN, Starbucks, Smithsonian, Companies, MediaNews, Orange, Register, Florida Atlantic University, “, CNN, Bloomberg, Atlanta City, Atlanta, Atlanta Beltline, Sugar House, Sugar, Transportation, Charlotte Planning, Charlotte City Locations: New York, Atlanta, Minneapolis, Fair Haven , New Jersey, Creve Coeur , Missouri, Orchard, , New York, Southern California, Long, Pittsburgh, Mesa , Arizona, “, ”, California, Santa Ana , California, driveways, Atlanta’s, Salt Lake City, Charlotte, WCNC

☆ Gen-Z homebuyers are flocking to these 3 cities the most - and avoiding California and New York
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-24 | by ( Phil Rosen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Salt Lake City has become the most popular city for Gen Z homebuyers, a LendingTree report found. Expensive cities like San Francisco, New York, and San Jose, California, were the least popular among Gen Z. At the same time, adult Gen Zers have come of age in a remote-friendly professional landscape, altering beliefs about housing and location. The next two most popular cities included the relatively inexpensive Oklahoma City and Birmingham, Alabama, with mortgage requests hovering at 22.36% and 20.79%, respectively. The second and third least popular cities, per the report, were New York and San Jose, California, at 8.88% and 9.70%, respectively.

Persons: Gen Z, —, Zers, Gen, Louis, Gen Zers, LendingTree Organizations: Gen, Oklahoma City, Service, Gen Zers Locations: Salt Lake City, Oklahoma, Birmingham , Alabama, San Francisco , New York, San Jose , California, Indianapolis, Cincinnati, St, San Francisco, New York, California, San Jose

☆ Diversity takes center stage at the new National Portrait Gallery in London
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-22 | by ( Nicole Mowbray | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

London CNN —When The National Portrait Gallery opened its doors to the public in London on Thursday, it was the first time in three years it has done so. The National Portrait Gallery was officially opened by Catherine, Princess of Wales, seen standing in front of Joshua Reynolds’ Portrait of Mai (Omai). Why would the National Portrait Gallery commit to taking this work they wouldn’t see until it’s finished, 90% of which is created by non-artists? What did she do?” Haworth told the National Portrait Gallery about the figure. Some art critics have been scathing of the gallery’s rework, with Jonathan Jones at the Guardian dubbing it “the same old cocktail party.” His review begins: “The National Portrait Gallery has been closed for three years.

Persons: Princess Catherine of Wales, ”, Jamie Fobert, Purcell, The Mary Weston, David Parry, Tracey Emin, Sam Taylor Johnson’s, David Beckham, Zadie Smith, Toyin Ojih Odutola, Sir Michael Eavis, Peter Blake, Ada Lovelace, Margaret Sarah Carpenter, Catherine , Princess of, Joshua Reynolds ’, Mai, Paul Grover, Jann Haworth, Liberty Blake, Boudicca, Elizabeth I, Mary Beard, Beatrix Potter, Agatha Christie, Nicola Adams, Pepper’s, Haworth, ” Blake, “, ” Jann Haworth, Toby Hancock, Blake, “ It’s, ’ It’s, it’s, ” Haworth, Oliver Hess, Jonathan Jones, Nicholas Cullinan, You’ll Organizations: London CNN, Jamie Fobert Architects, Getty, Chanel Culture Fund, Olympic, Beatles, Art, CNN, Guardian Locations: London, United Kingdom, Britain, The, Nigerian American, Glastonbury, British, Catherine , Princess of Wales, AFP, Salt Lake City

☆ Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Overstock, Tesla, Accenture and more
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-22 | by ( Alex Harring | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Accenture — The stock fell 2.6% after the consulting firm shaved the top end of its revenue expectations for the fiscal year. Darden posted earnings of $2.58 per share on revenue of $2.77 billion in its latest quarter. Tesla — Tesla shares traded flat amid a choppy session after Morgan Stanley downgraded the electric-vehicle giant to an equal weight rating from overweight, citing valuation concerns. Loop also reiterated its buy rating and raised its price target given what it sees as an opportunity for the stock to rally further. Expedia , TripAdvisor — Expedia and TripAdvisor gained 1.5% and 3.2%, respectively, after B. Riley initiated coverage on each stock as buy.

Persons: AeroSystems, Max, Darden, Eugene Lee, influencer Dylan, Tesla, Morgan Stanley, Root, JPMorgan Chase, Dow, —, TripAdvisor, Riley, Expedia, Eli Lilly —, Samantha Subin, Michelle Fox, Jesse Pound Organizations: Bed, Boeing, Accenture, Darden, FactSet, Anheuser, Busch InBev —, Deutsche Bank, NRG Energy, Wall Street, Elliott Investment Management, Embedded Insurance, Alcoa, JPMorgan, Amazon Prime, Bank of America Locations: Salt Lake City , Utah, Wichita , Kansas, Illinois

☆ Morgan Stanley expects the stock market to plunge. Others aren't so sure.
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-21 | by ( Phil Rosen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

An American flag hangs behind traders working on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on October 11, 2019 in New York City. Morgan Stanley, for example, has adopted a downbeat view for the months ahead. Falling prices, Morgan Stanley explained, can cut into revenue growth and weigh on earnings. "This should begin to hit asset prices by the end of this month and carry into the fall," Morgan Stanley strategists said. To Stockton, the S&P 500 could soon trade as high as 4,510, or about 3% higher than current levels.

Persons: I'm Phil Rosen, Jerome Powell, Drew Angerer, Morgan Stanley, Mike Wilson, Katie Stockton, Stockton, Morgan Stanley's bearishness, Rick Bowmer, Tom Lee, Phil Rosen, Jason Ma, Hallam Bullock Organizations: Capitol, Financial Services, Committee, Fed, New York Stock Exchange, NYSE, Advance, Bank of England, Patterson Companies, Winnebago Industries, Bloomberg, Manheim Locations: American, New York City, Stockton, Salt Lake City, London, China, Europe, New York, Los Angeles

A Russian-installed official said on Sunday that Ukraine had taken control of the village, Piatykhatky, in the southern Zaporizhzhia region. Ukraine's Deputy Defence Minister Hanna Maliar said Ukrainian forces had not only retaken Piatykhatky but had advanced by up to seven km (4.3 miles) into Russian lines in two weeks, capturing 113 square km (44 square miles) of land. The reported capture of the villages reflects incremental gains for Ukraine that highlight the challenge of breaking through lines Moscow has spent months strengthening. Russia says it invaded Ukraine to "denazify" it, an argument Ukraine and its Western allies call a pretext for a land grab. While Ukraine conducts what Western governments and analysts say are probing attacks to test Russian forces, officials from two NATO member states said Moscow is redeploying some of its forces as it seeks to predict where Ukraine will strike.

Persons: Ukraine Zelenskiy, Hanna Maliar, Piatykhatky, Maliar, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Vladimir Rogov, Margo Grosberg, Michael Kofman, Denise Brown, Dan Peleschuk, Lidia Kelly, Wendell Roelf, Philippa Fletcher, Angus MacSwan Organizations: Russian Defence Ministry, NATO, Russia, Western, Estonian Defense Forces, Twitter, Russia's Defence Ministry, United Nations, Thomson Locations: Ukraine, Russia, French, KYIV, Russian, Piatykhatky, Moscow, Ukrainian, Novodonetske, Donetsk, Sweden, Estonian, Dnipro, Estonia, U.S, Great Salt, Kherson region, Kyiv, West

☆ Death toll rises from flooding after Ukraine dam breach
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-18 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

June 18 (Reuters) - The death toll from flooding following the destruction of the Kakhovka dam has risen to 16 in Ukraine, Kyiv officials said, while Russian officials said 29 people have died in territories that Moscow controls. The breaching of the Kakhovka Dam on June 6 unleashed floodwaters across a large swath of land in southern Ukraine and in Russia-occupied parts of Ukraine, destroying farmland and cutting off supplies to civilians. Andrei Alekseyenko, chairman of the Russian-installed administration in the Moscow-occupied parts of the Kherson region, said on the Telegram messaging app the death toll had risen to 29 people. Ukraine accuses Russia of blowing up the Soviet-era dam, under Russian control since early days of its invasion in 2022. A team of international legal experts assisting Ukraine's prosecutors in their investigation said in preliminary findings on Friday it was "highly likely" the collapse in Ukraine's Kherson region was caused by explosives planted by Russians.

Persons: Andrei Alekseyenko, Lidia Kelly, Lincoln Organizations: Telegram, Russian, Thomson Locations: Ukraine, Moscow, Russia, Kherson, Mykolaiv, Russian, Ukraine's Kherson, U.S, Great Salt, Crimea, Melbourne

☆ Evidence suggests Russia blew Kakhovka dam in Ukraine: NYT
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-18 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

June 18 (Reuters) - Evidence suggests this month's destruction of the huge Kakhovka dam in a Russian-controlled area of Ukraine resulted from an inside explosion set off by Russia, the New York Times said. "The evidence clearly suggests the dam was crippled by an explosion set off by the side that controls it: Russia," the Times said. Ukraine accuses Russia of blowing up the Soviet-era dam, under Russian control since early days of its invasion in 2022, unleashing floodwater across a large swath of the battleground, destroying farmland and cutting off water supplies to civilians. The Times cited engineers as saying only a full examination of the dam after the water drains from it can establish the sequence of events leading to the destruction. Reporting by Lidia Kelly in Melbourne; Editing by William MallardOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Lidia Kelly, William Mallard Organizations: New York Times, Times, Russian, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Russian, Ukraine, Russia, Ukraine's Kherson, U.S, Great Salt, Crimea, Melbourne

☆ Sweden to move ahead with 2030 Winter Games bid
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-17 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

June 17 (Reuters) - The Swedish Olympic Committee (SOK) intends to move ahead with a bid to host the Winter Olympics for the first time after a four-month feasibility study showed there was interest in staging the Games in Stockholm. Sweden, a winter sports powerhouse, has unsuccessfully bid eight times for the Winter Games, including the 2026 edition which was awarded to Milan-Cortina d'Ampezzo. Stockholm staged the Summer Olympics in 1912. "Our preliminary study shows that Sweden has the opportunity, know-how and will to arrange the Winter Games in 2030," SOK president Hans von Uthmann said in a statement. The Japanese city of Sapporo, which hosted the 1972 Winter Games, was considered the favourite but has put its bid on hold in the wake of a widening corruption scandal over the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.

Persons: Hans von Uthmann, Hritika Sharma, Lincoln Organizations: Swedish Olympic, Winter, Milan, Cortina d'Ampezzo, Games, Committee, Tokyo, IOC, Thomson Locations: Stockholm . Sweden, Stockholm, Sweden, Mumbai, Sapporo, Salt Lake City, United States, Los Angeles, Hyderabad

Boric's shock announcement was all the more surprising as no DLE technology has reached commercial production without the use of those ponds, sparking competition to be the first. "Given those demand projections, there's definitely need for more supply from DLE," said Jordan Roberts, a Fastmarkets lithium industry analyst. A customer aiming to produce 15,000 metric tons of lithium each year, for example, could buy three stackable IBAT lithium plants. Exxon has also held talks with EnergySource Minerals about licensing DLE technology, two of the people said. Many brine deposits have varied chemical compositions, meaning it's unlikely that one DLE technology will emerge as a global leader.

Persons: DLE, Ken Hoffman, Gabriel Boric, Eramet, Sunresin, John Burba, That's, Alec Lucas, Jordan Roberts, IBAT, Garry Flowers, Eli Horton, Gavin Rennick, Sinead Kaufman, Dave Snydacker, Steven Schoffstall, doesn't, Chris Doornbos, Ernest Scheyder, Veronica Brown, Claudia Parsons Organizations: . Geological, EV Battery Materials Research, McKinsey & Co, Minerals, Battery Metals, Rio Tinto, Battery Tech, Fastmarkets, Exxon Mobil, Chevron, Reuters, Exxon, EnergySource Minerals, Koch Industries, Ford, SLB's New Energy, Mining, Solutions, BNP, BMW, Breakthrough Energy Ventures, Lake Resources, Miners, General Motors, Canadian, Imperial Oil, Thomson Locations: CHARLES , Louisiana, Europe, Asia, North America, Rio, U.S, DLE, Louisiana, Arkansas, Salton, Salt, Chile, Schlumberger, Nevada, Argentina

☆ Gen Z-ers Are Moving Out. Where Are They Looking to Buy Homes?
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-15 | by ( Kalia Richardson | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Many Gen Z-ers who came of age during the past couple of years missed out on the record-low mortgage rates of 2020 and 2021. But even with higher rates now in place, Mr. Channel expects the number of Gen Z home buyers to grow from here. “Even though you might hear a lot of doom and gloom and people might say, ‘Well, Gen Z-ers will never be able to buy a house,’ they said the same thing about millennials, and millennials are the largest group of home buyers in America,” he said. Mr. Channel relayed some tips for 20-somethings looking to buy a home: Focus on boosting your credit score and repaying student loans. And take advantage of first-time buyer programs, including Federal Housing Administration loans, which can ease the burden on young buyers with smaller down payments and lower credit scores.

Persons: Channel, —, Gen, ’, ” Organizations: —, Channel, Federal Housing Administration Locations: Salt, Minneapolis, — San Francisco, New York, Jose, America

☆ One family ditched California for an Indiana town that offered them $5,000 cash, an unlimited golf membership, and coffee with the mayor
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-14 | by ( Lauren Steussy | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Americans are increasingly leaving big cities in states like California for affordable enclaves. Indiana towns are offering cash and other incentives for those willing to leave city life behind. One family shared with The Los Angeles Times the perks they cashed in on in Indiana. Other perks include coffee with the town's mayor Chris Jensen and memberships to a golf club and co-working space. It's too soon to say whether the exoduses away from states like California will stick.

Persons: —, Mariah, Chad Zingarelli, Chris Jensen, Mariah Zingarelli, Matt Winters, I'm, It's Organizations: Los Angeles Times, Service, Indiana aren't, Redfin, Times, Economic Development Corp, Indiana — Locations: California, Indiana, City, San Francisco , New York, Los Angeles, Florida, Fresno , California, Noblesville , Indiana, Poplar Bluff , Missouri, Poplar Bluff's, Salt Lake City , Utah

☆ I came to the US 10 years ago as a refugee. I went to college, got my citizenship and now I drive a long-haul truck.
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-14 | by ( Bianca Giacobone | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

After getting his bachelor's degree, he decided to get into trucking to buy a house for his mother. He says the American dream is all about having the freedom to work hard to achieve your own goals. There's something very American about the hard work of being a truck driver. And you get your truck, your license, and live the American dream, because you're making good money, and you achieve your dream. Some people come into trucking to buy a house, some people come into trucking to buy another truck.

Persons: Suud Olat, who'll, George Floyd, Bono, they're, You've, I've, haven't, I'm Organizations: Morning, Minnesota Department of Human Services, Young, UNHCR, UN Refugee Agency, Cloud State University, ONE, Washington State Locations: Kenya, Somalia, Minneapolis , Minnesota, America, Nashville , Tennessee, Nashville, American, Minnesota, St, Minneapolis, Salt Lake City, Dallas , Texas, Jersey City , New Jersey, Miami

Biogen — Shares of the biotech stock dipped 2.8% after Biogen revamped its board of directors. Oracle — Shares rose 0.2% to an all-time high on the back of a strong earnings report for the fiscal fourth quarter. Oil stocks — Oil shares rose broadly as WTI crude gained following Monday losses. Chinese internet stocks, metals and mining stocks — Shares of Chinese internet companies and metals and mining stocks jumped Tuesday after the People's Bank of China cut a key short-term policy rate in an effort to stimulate a post-Covid recovery. Metals and mining stocks were also boosted by the news, with shares of Freeport-McMoRan and Steel Dynamics rallying 5.3% and 6%, respectively.

Persons: Susan Langer, Biogen, Refinitiv, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Transocean, JD.com, —, Samantha Subin, Sarah Min, Alexander Harring, Jesse Pound, С. Organizations: Biogen, Oracle, Revenue, Cruise Line Holdings, Bank of America, Royal, Urban Outfitters, Devon Energy, —, VanEck Oil Services, Halliburton, People's Bank of, CSI China, Metals, Steel Dynamics Locations: China, Gu'an, Royal Caribbean, Devon, Salt Lake City, People's Bank of China, Freeport, McMoRan

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