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☆ Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene moves to settle divorce with estranged husband Perry Greene, court records show
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-17 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

MTG and her estranged husband, Perry Greene, moved to settle their divorce, per court documents. Perry Greene filed the initial petition for divorce in Floyd County, Ga., in September 2022. Perry Greene and the Republican congresswoman "mutually" requested that the court grant a divorce as the marriage is "irretrievably broken," per court documents, which were filed on December 16 in Floyd County, Georgia Superior Court. Perry Greene filed the petition for divorce this past September after 27 years of marriage. In the earlier petition, Perry Greene indicated that the couple had "acquired certain marital debt which should be equitably divided" and asked that the court "make a fair and equitable distribution of said assets and liabilities."

WASHINGTON — A QAnon believer who chased U.S. Capitol Police Officer Eugene Goodman on Jan. 6, 2021, and apparently believed he was storming the White House will be sentenced Friday after he was convicted in September. He was one of the first 10 rioters to enter the Capitol during the insurrection. On Jan. 6, Jensen recorded videos from the base of the Capitol, where he proclaimed, inaccurately, that he was at the White House. “Storm the White House! If not for the "quick thinking" of Goodman, rioters would have been carried out of the building, he continued.

☆ A real-estate investor who owns 9 retail properties explains why he transitioned from residential to commercial properties for cash flows and capital appreciation
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-11 | by ( Lisa Kailai Han | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Justin Sloan recently finished offloading his residential real estate for commercial properties. Commercial properties are Justin Sloan's bread and butter, but that wasn't the case when he started investing in real estate over 10 years ago. Commercial properties offer 'more predictable business models'Sloan clarified that while he's a "big believer" in multifamily real estate investing, he prefers investing in commercial real estate for a multitude of reasons. Not all commercial properties are created equalHowever, commercial real estate doesn't come without its share of drawbacks. But not all commercial properties are created equal, and landlords can certainly mitigate their portfolios against these losses.

☆ 'People come and people go,' says a defiant Benioff. And we're sticking with the Salesforce CEO despite the smoke
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-08 | by ( Kevin Stankiewicz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

In a CNBC interview Thursday, Jim Cramer pressed Salesforce co-founder and veteran leader Marc Benioff on the recently announced departure of his co-CEO , Bret Taylor. Taylor will step down as his co-CEO at the end of January , at which point Benioff will resume his prior role as sole chief executive. For his part, Jim said he was satisfied with Benioff's responses, while reiterating the Club's continued backing of the stock. As a subscriber to the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer, you will receive a trade alert before Jim makes a trade. Salesforce cofounder and co-CEO Marc Benioff speaks during the grand opening of the Salesforce Tower, the tallest building in San Francisco, Calif., Tuesday, May 22, 2018.

☆ Dig at U.K. housing site yields major 7th century treasures
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-07 | by ( Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

Experts say the necklace, uncovered with other items near Northampton in central England, is part of the most significant early medieval burial of a woman ever found in the U.K. But scientists say her long-buried trove will shed new light on life in 7th century England, a time when Christianity was battling with paganism for people’s allegiance. On one of the last days of the 10-week dig, site supervisor Levente-Bence Balázs noticed something glinting in the dirt. It is adorned with tiny, astonishingly well-preserved likenesses of human heads with blue glass eyes, who may represent Christ’s apostles. Once archaeologists have finished their work, the plan is for the items to be displayed in a local museum.

☆ Cramer's lightning round: I can't recommend Penn Entertainment right now
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-05 | by ( Krystal Hur | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

They're good guys, but I cant recommend the stock right now." Loading chart...Digital World Acquisition Corp : "It's one of the SPACs that's not making money. The SPACs that aren't making money are stocks I don't like." Loading chart...ZIM Integrated Shipping Services Ltd : "I've been against the shipping services since they first started ships. Loading chart...CME Group Inc : "Winner, winner, chicken dinner.

☆ Sam Bankman-Fried says a $16 million Bahamian house in his parents' name was actually meant to be for FTX staff
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-01 | by ( Grace Dean | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Sam Bankman-Fried says a Bahamian house in his parents' name was meant to be for FTX staff. "It was intended to be the company's property." "I don't know the details of the house for my parents," Bankman-Fried told The New York Times' Andrew Ross Sorkin at the publication's DealBook summit on Wednesday. It was intended to be the company's property. Bankman-Fried told Sorkin on Wednesday that there were "a lot of property purchases in the Bahamas."

☆ Noom sells psychology-driven weight loss — but former employees say they were unprepared for and overwhelmed by users' eating disorders, depression, and trauma
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-01 | by ( ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +31 min

Before joining Noom, users fill out a questionnaire asking about what diet programs or mental health apps they've used in the past. Very overly optimistic and happy, doesn't acknowledge what I'm really saying," one Noom user wrote on Reddit. Some of the coaches Insider interviewed said they were interacting with Noom users within two weeks of starting. Emotional bandwidthRachel Clair was hired as a Noom coach in 2018, at a time when the coaching staff grew from 60 to about 200. Annette Riedl/picture alliance via Getty ImagesIn October, 500 more Noom coaches were abruptly called into a virtual meeting and laid off.

☆ Cramer’s week ahead: Strong labor report could lead Fed to more aggressive rate hikes
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-28 | by ( Krystal Hur | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

ETProjected EPS: 84 centsProjected revenue: $1.59 billionCramer predicted it'll be difficult for the company to top its last "spectacular" quarter. Wednesday: Hormel Foods, Petco, Salesforce, OktaHormel FoodsQ4 2022 earnings release at 6:30 a.m. ETProjected EPS: 50 centsProjected revenue: $3.38 billionHormel might follow other food stocks that have stopped going down, Cramer said. ETProjected EPS: 16 centsProjected revenue: $1.49 billionHe said he's worried the company will report disappointing results. Thursday: Dollar General, Kroger, Ulta Beauty, Marvell TechnologyDollar GeneralQ3 2022 earnings release at 6:55 a.m.

☆ An audiobook narrator for authors like Margaret Atwood and Elena Ferrante says any self-starter can break into the field and make a lucrative living — but the work can be draining
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-24 | by ( Elizabeth Alterman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

Huber shared what goes into cultivating a career as a successful audiobook narrator. "I narrated a book and I read about three-quarters of it, and then I was like: 'You know, I'm good. "There's this idea among newer narrators that seasoned narrators are getting $600 an hour, and that is not the case. It's possible for an experienced audiobook narrator working full time to earn in the low six figures, Huber added. But even before considering that step, Huber suggested reading a book aloud for a long stretch.

☆ Here's what flight attendants want you to know about flying
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-23 | by ( Francesca Street | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +22 min

Navigating the world of airports and airplanes at this time can be stressful, but if anyone’s an expert in holiday travel, it’s flight attendants. That said, sometimes flight attendants are only in a destination for 24 hours. Flight attendants support this kind of switching about, but will try not to interfere unless there are issues. And yes, some celebrities have a reputation for being rude, and that reputation will spread among flight attendants. I think a lot of flight attendants would agree with me on that.”What strange things do people leave behind in the cabin?

☆ Staff at a Bahamian restaurant said Sam Bankman-Fried often spent $2,500-a-day on luxury lunches for FTX staff, report says
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-22 | by ( Grace Dean | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Sam Bankman-Fried used to spend thousands of dollars on staff lunches, Fox Business reported. But FTX workers never returned for happy hour, a bartender told Fox Business. Cocoplum staff told Fox Business that the restaurant was one of several that delivered lunch to the FTX HQ on a regular basis for a cost of about $10,000 a day. Despite telling Bloomberg in April that he didn't want a yacht, Fox Business reported that Bankman-Fried owned a 52-foot yacht worth millions of dollars. Bankman-Fried declined to answer Fox Business when asked if he used client assets to fund his purchases.

☆ Bill Ackman doubts Fed can tame prices: 'We'll have to ultimately accept a higher level of inflation'
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-22 | by ( Yun Li | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Billionaire hedge fund manager Bill Ackman is skeptical of the Federal Reserve's ability to bring down inflation, seeing structurally higher prices lingering. "A part of our thesis here is that we think inflation is going to be structurally higher going forward than it has been historically." "We'll have to ultimately accept a higher level of inflation." The Pershing Square hedge fund manager previously urged the Fed to put a line in the sand on soaring price by aggressively raising rates. At the end of the third quarter, Pershing Square hedge fund's top holdings included Lowe's , Chipotle , Restaurant Brands , Hilton and Canadian Pacific Railway .

☆ A former Harvard chemist just raised $178 million for a biotech startup that plans to treat previously untreatable cancers
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-21 | by ( Andrew Dunn | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

The biotech FogPharma has raised $178 million in a Series D round. The longtime Harvard chemist Greg Verdine founded Fog to tackle "undruggable" cancers. Fog's drugs, known as polypeptides or short fragments of proteins, blur the line between small molecules and biologics, sharing characteristics of both types of medicines. Verdine calls it "the magic structure" for Fog's drugs. "I thought he'd be able to find things that bind, but I was very skeptical that he could turn them into drugs," Klausner told Insider.

☆ Passed on investing in FTX, twice, says former Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-16 | by ( Eric Rosenbaum | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

"We looked at investment twice, and passed both times," Mnuchin said at the CNBC Technology Executive Council Summit in New York on Tuesday. I did not expect it would unwind nearly as quickly, and if indeed customer funds were misused those are very serious issues," he said. "We were a bit surprised by the overall level of valuation," Mnuchin said. "You had people doing an investment a day in tech," Mnuchin said at the CNBC event. Though he added that the allegations of misuse of customer funds in the FTX case do point to a foundational principal in financial regulation.

☆ After losing almost all of his fortune, FTX's Sam Bankman-Fried said he's about to break down exactly what went down at the crypto exchange
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-15 | by ( Grace Dean | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Sam Bankman-Fried has posted a series of cryptic tweets spelling out: "What happened." "This is all as I remember it, but my memory might be faulty in parts," Bankman-Fried tweeted Tuesday. Bankman-Fried had tweeted on Friday that he planned to share a thorough account of what happened at FTX. Bankman-Fried told The New York Times on Sunday that since FTX had collapsed, he'd been coping better than expected. Bankman-Fried has resigned as CEO of FTX, while FTX, Alameda Research, and roughly 130 affiliated companies have begun Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings.

☆ Ballet dancers who fled Russia reunite on California stage
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-12 | by ( Rollo Ross | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

REUTERS/Mike BlakeCOSTA MESA, Calif., Nov 11 (Reuters) - Xander Parish is a British-born ballet dancer who was a principal dancer at the Mariinsky Ballet in St Petersburg, Russia. Other international dancers based in Russia also fled, leaving behind their lives, jobs and belongings. Now, for one night, the dancers from the Mariinsky, the Bolshoi and other elite Russian companies are reuniting with a performance on Saturday in Costa Mesa, California. Although the corps de ballet will be together only for one night's performance, Parish already has plans for them to do more. "Reunited in Dance" will be performed at the Renee and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall in Costa Mesa.

☆ After waiting 2 weeks to address Twitter staff, Elon Musk tells them he's 'pretty responsive on email,' and to bug him if he doesn't reply in 24 hours
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-11 | by ( Grace Dean | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Elon Musk told Twitter staff he's usually "pretty responsive on email" and replies "within hours." During the Q&A, a transcript of which was published by The Verge, Musk told staff that he's actually usually "pretty responsive on email." "I'm pretty responsive on email," Musk said, per The Verge. "Every now and again, it's a crisis, and if I didn't respond within 24 hours, email me again. Musk also spoke about the company's high attrition rate and told staff that "bankruptcy isn't out of the question."

☆ Cramer’s week ahead: The market needs weak retail sales data to stay strong
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-11 | by ( Krystal Hur | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Home DepotQ3 2022 earnings release at 6 a.m. ETProjected EPS: $4.12Projected revenue: $37.94 billionWednesday: Lowe's, TJX, Target, NvidiaLowe'sQ3 2022 earnings release at 6 a.m. TargetQ3 2022 earnings release at 6:30 a.m. Thursday: Kohl's, Gap, Palo Alto NetworksKohl'sQ3 2022 earnings release at 7 a.m. Friday: Foot LockerQ3 2022 earnings release at 6:45 a.m.

☆ In leaked a memo to staff, Elon Musk slightly softens his stance on remote work at Twitter, but still urges in-person work by praising the movie 'Being There'
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-11 | by ( Kali Hays | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Elon Musk ever so slightly softened his stance on remote work at Twitter, according to a memo obtained by Insider on Friday. Musk stressed that employees feel more part of initiatives when working in person together, and are more effective that way. However, Musk also said that working remotely "is fine" if staff can't make it into the office and are performing exceptionally well. To reaffirm, working remotely is fine if if you cannot reasonably make it to the office and you are performing at an exceptional level. Contact Kali Hays at khays@insider.com, on secure messaging app Signal at 949-280-0267, or through Twitter DM at @hayskali.

☆ Sen. Marco Rubio wins re-election in Florida, defeating Democratic Rep. Val Demings, NBC News projects
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-09 | by ( Marc Caputo | Marc Caputo Is A Senior National Political Reporter For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +8 min

MIAMI — Republican Sen. Marco Rubio cruised to victory Tuesday night, securing his third term amid a statewide Democratic collapse, NBC News projects. Rubio is the first Florida Republican to win three terms in the Senate. Rubio’s career and his relationship with Trump tell the story of the Republican Party in Florida. "And that’s where we have really missed an opportunity of highlighting our strong Hispanic voices," Mucarsel-Powell said of her fellow Florida Democrats. The $30 million Demings spent just wasn't enough, he said.

☆ Nikki Hiltz: How this professional runner is making their sport more inclusive
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-09 | by ( Issy Ronald | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

“I was open about my sexuality at that point, but not my gender identity,” Hiltz tells CNN Sport. After coming out as trans and non-binary, Hiltz continues to compete in the women’s division. “You know, I have no business putting on an in-person race,” Hiltz jokes. Spencer Cox’s veto of a bill that bans transgender women from competing on women’s and girls’ sports teams. Since coming out as trans and non-binary last year, Hiltz has had conversations with race directors and announcers about making running more inclusive.

☆ ‘The Crown’ Season 5 takes dramatic liberties, but here’s where they lean into history
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-09 | by ( Lisa Respers France | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Prince Charles and Princess Diana’s marriage miseryDominic West as Prince Charles and Elizabeth Debicki as Diana in Season 5 of "The Crown." The friendship between Prince Phillip and Penny KnatchbullJonathan Pryce as Prince Phillip and Natascha McElhone as Penny Knatchbull in Season 5 of "The Crown." Keith Bernstein/NetflixPenny Knatchbull married the godson of the Duke of Edinburgh, but her friendship with Prince Phillip was solid in a way that went beyond that. The series features Prince Phillip stepping in to help Knatchbull after a family tragedy which leads to years of them growing closer. That dressElizabeth Debicki as Princess Diana in the now famous "revenge dress."

☆ Cramer's lightning round: I think Tesla is a decent situation
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-07 | by ( Kevin Stankiewicz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

I do prefer something that gives you that dividend because you know in the Investing Club, we bought Coterra. But Antero is very inexpensive, and I'm not going to say anything bad about it." Loading chart...Tesla : "Tesla has got the worst chart I've ever seen, and that's what's driving things. People are very worried that [CEO Elon Musk] has to sell a lot of Tesla in order to be able to pay whatever he has to pay for Twitter. I say that Tesla is not cheap, but I'm not going to let the chart determine the fact that I think it's a decent situation."

As a result, political observers say, public school funding is effectively on the ballot Tuesday. “These groups have been demonizing what is being taught in public schools, and that’s the fastest way to erode faith that public schools work,” Rottinghaus said. (Abbott publicly came out in support of private school vouchers two months after winning the primary with 66.5% of the vote.) Greg Abbott in the GOP primary, campaigned in support of private school vouchers. “I will never support vouchers.”Rep. John Bucy III said he will continue to oppose private school vouchers.

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