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☆ Gen X is late to the leadership table in US politics, prompting the question: Will it ever produce a president?
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-28 | by ( Darren Samuelsohn | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +21 min

By historical standards, Gen X should be in charge of the US by now. Think of them as the godparents of the "Xennials" — those born in the late 1970s or early 1980s who aren't fully Gen X or millennial. No matter whether you deny the 61-year-old Obama is a boomer, Gen X is starting to get up there in age. Michael Ciaglo-Pool/Getty ImagesWhat's the US missing without a Gen X president? "It's like seeing a ghost that doesn't appear," she said of any expectation the presidency would just suddenly open up for Gen X.

☆ How to make the buy vs. rent housing decision as mortgage rates surge
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-28 | by ( Cheryl Winokur Munk | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

With mortgage rates rising, more people may be asking themselves the age old question: rent or buy? The latest Federal Reserve interest rate increase, while not directly tied to mortgage rates, is having some effect on lending and home prices. Although they are higher than the recent past, rates are still among average levels over the last 30 years, he said. If the buying elements are right for you, it could still make sense to buy, even as rates are rising. Phillips offers the example of a client who is looking to buy a house in the $200,000 to $275,000 range.

☆ Biden administration to propose nutrition labels on front of food packaging in push to improve health
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-27 | by ( Zoë Richards | Zoë Richards Is The Evening Politics Reporter For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

The Food and Drug Administration will research and propose a standardized front-of-package labeling system to help consumers more readily understand nutrition information, the White House said Tuesday. The administration also said it would propose an update to the nutrition criteria for the “healthy” claim on food packages. Several congressional Democrats have been particularly focused on food labeling. Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey called for greater transparency in food packaging labels in a letter to the Domestic Policy Council’s director, Susan Rice, last month. The Biden administration is also taking steps to improve food access and affordability, senior administration officials told reporters.

☆ Layoffs, lost sales, and revised business plans: How a Facebook tech glitch is wreaking havoc for advertisers around the world
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-27 | by ( Lara O'Reilly | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

A technical glitch continues to ban Meta ad accounts at random. But three weeks ago, business ground to a halt when Color Crush Book's Facebook ad account was unexpectedly terminated. The founders of Color Crush Books said they're considering shifting from their digital-only model after experiencing Facebook ad account issues. The company's Meta ad account was reinstated on Tuesday after Insider contacted Meta. Silverbird's ad account was disabled in mid-August and Lorenzos shifted some of the budget to search and offline channels.

☆ See how NASA's new lunar mega-rocket sizes up to past and future astronaut launch systems
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-24 | by ( Morgan Mcfall-Johnsen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

The Space Launch System (SLS) is 17 years and an estimated $50 billion in the making. The Space Launch System (SLS) at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on March 17, 2022. This first mission, called Artemis I, is a test flight that will carry no astronauts. The current iteration of SLS, called Block 1, stands taller than the Statue of Liberty at 322 feet, about 30 stories. NASA/Cory HustonIf Artemis I goes well, the next SLS mission will send an Orion spaceship around the moon with astronauts on board.

☆ MLB roundup: Mets seal playoff bid behind Max Scherzer
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-20 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

Scherzer (10-4), who missed the previous 15 days with a left oblique injury, struck out nine while throwing only 68 pitches. In his 86-pitch start, Garcia (13-8) used his quirky, rocking windup to hold the Rays to just two hits. Alex Bregman finished 2-for-4 with a two-RBI double as the Astros breezed to their eighth win in the past nine games. Over six innings, Rays starter Drew Rasmussen (10-6) allowed four runs on six hits. Edward Cabrera (6-3) earned the win, allowing three hits and three runs in five innings.

☆ Trump once tried to pay a $2 million legal bill with a horse, a new book reveals. His reputation for shortchanging lawyers made the firm that helped him win the 2016 election doubt they would get paid
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-16 | by ( David Enrich | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

In a new book, David Enrich takes a deep dive into the 127-year-old law firm Jones Day. Donald McGahn, a partner at Jones Day, left the firm to serve as Trump's White House counsel. Harper CollinsOne day in the spring of 2015, McGahn took a Jones Day associate over to Trump Tower. David EnrichOn April 23, 2015, a check for $6,451.38 arrived at Jones Day. But against all odds, Trump paid and paid again.

☆ Democrats want to bring back Biden's child tax credit soon — and a new report shows it was a huge success in fighting child poverty
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-14 | by ( Joseph Zeballos-Roig | Madison Hoff | Jason Lalljee | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

The expanded child tax credit helped slash child poverty by roughly half, and some Dems want to bring it back. "This was a historic achievement to reduce child poverty by a record amount driven by the expansion of the child tax credit." He added that given the expanded child tax credit has expired, "the challenge now is for the Congress to extend it." Some Democrats want to bring back the expanded child tax creditThe enhanced child tax credit provided up to $300 monthly checks per kid to parents for six months. Without measures like the expanded child tax credit, poverty likely increased in 2022.

☆ A powerful Oregon senator revealed a path forward for a long-awaited cannabis banking bill
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-08 | by ( Jeremy Berke | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Oregon Sen. Jeff Merkley is bullish on the prospects for a cannabis banking bill ahead of the midterms. Previous versions of the bill, the SAFE Banking Act, have failed to pass Congress seven times. The bill would allow federally-chartered banks to work with cannabis companies, but wouldn't legalize cannabis federally. Merkley said that in the past, Democrats have opposed passing SAFE Banking because it didn't include those reforms. "So folks that should have been allies for SAFE Banking have been opposed in the past," Merkley said.

☆ A leaked video exemplifies what Black migrants endure in US detention centers
▼ + stars: | 2022-03-26 | by ( John Washington | José Olivares | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +30 min

A leaked video obtained by Insider shows guards violently tackling a Black asylum seeker at a Louisiana detention center. Detainees and immigration lawyers say there is a disturbing and overlooked problem of anti-Black racism in immigration detention. In January, Representative Cori Bush (D-MO) and Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) called for a "holistic review of the disparate treatment of Black migrants." Across the state, eight new immigration detention centers have been opened in the past three years – all privately run. In just Texas and Louisiana, 11 separate facilities in recent years have shifted from prisons or jails to immigration detention centers.

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☆ This 31-year-old woman with Down syndrome launched a cookie company 5 years ago — and has already made over $1.2 million
▼ + stars: | 2022-01-06 | by ( Cory Stieg | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

The process felt daunting, so her mother, Rosemary Alfredo, decided to teach her the basics of getting a small business up and running. Collettey's Cookies is also profitable, the company says — no small feat in a daunting food industry. As of Monday, Collettey's Cookies has more than 40,000 followers on Facebook, and another 28,000-plus on Instagram. According to the company: DiVitto's chocolate chip cinnamon cookie — called "The Amazing Cookie" — remains the most popular of the company's five flavor options. Paying it forward to aspiring entrepreneursWhen it comes to developing recipes and baking the cookies, DiVitto is the expert and authority.

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☆ She pays $1,000 per month for a 1-bedroom apartment in New York City — take a look inside
▼ + stars: | 2021-11-02 | by ( Cory Stieg | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

She pays $1,000 per month for the apartment, where she's lived for nine years. The median asking rent for a one-bedroom apartment in the Bronx is $1,750, compared to $3,000 in Manhattan, according to StreetEasy data. In addition to her rent, Mooney pays about $200 per month for her internet, phone and cable, plus $45 per month for electricity. "I just love arts and crafts, I love TV, I love projects… it's all just one huge conglomeration of all the things that I love to do." In the living room, Mooney displays TV memorabilia and souvenirs like fleece blankets, stuffed animals, action figures and framed posters.

☆ 'The Morning Show,' starring Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon, is back for a third season — here's how to watch on Apple TV Plus
▼ + stars: | 2021-09-17 | by ( Reece Rogers | Steven Cohen | Streaming Fellow | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

AdvertisementAdvertisementHow to watch 'The Morning Show'The third season of "The Morning Show" premiered exclusively on Apple TV Plus on September 13 with two episodes. You can watch Apple TV Plus in a web browser or on Apple devices such as the iPhone, iPad, and Apple TV. Roku players, Fire TV, PlayStation consoles, Xbox consoles, and most smart TVs also work with Apple TV Plus. If you're considering subscribing to multiple services from Apple, the Apple One bundle has Apple Music, Apple Arcade, 50GB of iCloud, and Apple TV Plus for only $15 a month. Other popular shows on Apple TV Plus include "Severance," "For All Man Kind," "Shrinking," and M. Night Shymalan's "Servant."

Persons: Jennifer Aniston, Reese Witherspoon, Jon Hamm, Nicole Beharie, Hamm, Charlotte Stoudt, Kerry Ehrin, Aniston, Steve Carell, Cory Ellison, Billy Crudup, Ted Lasso, Jason Sudeikis, Severance Organizations: Apple TV, Service, News Division, Apple, Fire TV, PlayStation, Rotten Locations: Wall, Silicon, Kansas, British

☆ COVID allowed Raquel Esquivel and 4,500 others to be released from overcrowded federal prisons. So why is she back behind bars?
▼ + stars: | 2021-08-13 | by ( Jamie Roth | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +27 min

As COVID-19 spread through federal prisons, the Justice Department began a novel experiment: 4,500 prisoners were approved for home confinement with GPS ankle monitors. A federal correctional institution in Englewood, CO. As of May 5, there were 2,066 inmates who’d tested positive for COVID-19 in the federal prison system. "I was just recently released from federal prison," Esquivel wrote him last year on July 3, in their very first text exchange, which the couple shared with Insider. Her defense was enough for Dismas, Esquivel said, and the manager told her they wouldn't recommend any punishment. The next morning at Dismas, Esquivel busied herself as she waited for the bureau's ruling.

☆ Самолет Cessna 172 совершил вынужденную посадку в Молдове. Пилоту понадобилась медпомощь
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-05 | by ( ) nokta.md time to read: 1 min

Во второй половине дня 4 июня, недалеко от аэродрома Хорешты, одномоторный самолет Cessna 172 совершил вынужденную посадку. Об этом сообщает Орган гражданской авиации Республики Молдова. Пилоту понадобилась медицинская помощь, но обошлось без госпитализации. На данный момент следственная комиссия комиссия министерства экономики и инфраструктуры проводит расследование. Фото: символ, CC BY-SA 2.0 / Cory W. Watts / Cessna C-172nokta

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☆ Inside a $1,300 a month rent-stabilized two-bedroom apartment in Manhattan
▼ + stars: | 2021-03-27 | by ( Cory Stieg | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Many New Yorkers dream about getting to live in a coveted rent-stabilized apartment — because it means that rent is often unfathomably cheaper than market value. When Kolp and her parents moved into the 1,500-square-foot two-bedroom apartment in 2002, they paid a little less than $1,000 a month. Today Kolp's rent is $1,300 a month. To put that in perspective, the median asking rent for a two-bedroom apartment in the Upper West Side is $4,000 a month, according to StreetEasy data from Feb. 2021. "It's the hugest blessing of my life because I would not be able to afford an apartment of the size on my teacher salary."

☆ 23 Black leaders who are shaping history today
▼ + stars: | 2021-02-01 | by ( Courtney Connley | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +39 min

Following the lead of trailblazers throughout American history, today's Black history-makers are shaping not only today but tomorrow. —Cory StiegRosalind Brewer, 58, Walgreens' next CEO and only Black woman to currently lead a Fortune 500 firmWalgreens' next CEO Rosalind Brewer. When she steps into this new role, she will be the only Black woman currently leading a Fortune 500 firm, and just the third Black woman in history to serve as a Fortune 500 CEO. "When you're a Black woman, you get mistaken a lot," she said during a 2018 speech at her alma mater, Spelman College. —Tom Huddleston Jr.Jason Wright, 38, first Black president of a National Football League teamWashington Football Team president Jason Wright.

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☆ This 27-year-old saved for years to rent her first apartment — a $1,850-a-month 'dream' loft in Yonkers
▼ + stars: | 2020-12-28 | by ( Cory Stieg | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Since college graduation, Denise Francis had been saving up to move out of the two-bedroom apartment in Brooklyn where she lived her whole life. "Now, at the age of 27, I was finally able to move into that dream apartment," Francis tells CNBC Make It. "Instead, I used all those years to continue saving," Francis says. By 2020, thanks to a salaried job and a recent promotion, Francis had saved $20,000, enough money to cover about a year's worth of rent. Typical monthly rent in Yonkers is $2,191 a month, according to data from Zillow shared with CNBC Make It.

☆ Forbes a publicat topul celor mai bine plătite staruri de pe YouTube în 2020. Pe primul loc e un băiat de nouă ani
▼ + stars: | 2020-12-22 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: +3 min

Forbes a publicat topul celor mai bine plătite staruri de pe YouTube în 2020. Pe locul al doilea s-a situat Jimmy Donaldson, un nou venit în universul platformei YouTube, care a obţinut venituri de 24 de milioane de dolari şi un total de peste trei miliarde de vizualizări. Grupul a obţinut venituri de aproape 23 de milioane de dolari şi a totalizat 2,77 de miliarde de vizualizări. Anastasia Radzinskaya a încasat venituri de 18,5 milioane de dolari, David Dobrik a obţinut 15,5 milioane de dolari, iar Jeffree Star – care a pierdut mai multe contracte de sponsorizare în urma disputei sale cu colegul lui din industria produselor de machiaj James Charles – a încasat venituri de 15 milioane de dolari. El distribuie pe canalul său de pe YouTube şi videoclipuri educaţionale, în care vorbeşte despre statele federale americane, capitalele acestora şi modul în care se formează un tsunami.

Persons: Forbes, Ryan Kaji, Jimmy Donaldson, Mr, David Dobrik, Anastasia Radzinskaya, Cory Cotton, Garrett Hilbert, Cody Jones, Tyler, James Charles, Ryan Organizations: Forbes, YouTube, World, Nickelodeon Locations: american, american Texas

☆ Full-time YouTuber shares 6 affordable decorating hacks for living in a small space
▼ + stars: | 2020-11-01 | by ( Cory Stieg | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Taber shares the three-bedroom, one-bathroom apartment with two roommates, and together they pay $5,150 in rent each month. Like many people, Taber was unable to use her co-working space during the Covid-19 pandemic, so she created an at-home workspace. Here's Taber's advice for decorating and organizing a small space:Shop for used items onlinePhoto: Beatriz Bajuelos. For example, Taber used the Facebook Marketplace to find a desk nearby and was able to pay for it using the Venmo app. So, she decided to give her bedroom furniture an upgrade using an inexpensive paint and primer combo.

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