DIRS.INFO The most relevant business & tech news

☆ Starbucks is launching olive oil-infused coffee in Italy, plans U.S. release this spring
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-21 | by ( Amelia Lucas | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

In this article SBUX Follow your favorite stocks CREATE FREE ACCOUNTStarbucks initial Oleato launch will launch three olive oil-infused drinks in stores across Italy. Source: StarbucksStarbucks has a new way to customize its coffee: olive oil. He, too, began drinking olive oil alongside his daily coffee and decided that Starbucks should try to mix the two together. Celebrities including Kourtney Kardashian have endorsed drinking it, while startups like Saint Supply are selling their own olive oil expressly for drinking, not cooking. The upscale coffee megastores were meant to help Starbucks compete with the likes of Intelligentsia Coffee and Blue Bottle Coffee.

☆ Starbucks’ new drinks have a spoonful of olive oil in every cup
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-21 | by ( Danielle Wiener-Bronner | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

There’s an Oleato latte with oat milk and olive oil, an Oleato ice shaken espresso with oat milk, hazelnut flavor and olive oil, and the Oleato golden foam cold brew, made with a version of Starbucks’ sweet milk foam infused with two olive oil servings. Starbucks Oleato drinks are made with exra virgin olive oil. Coming full circleLast year Schultz met olive oil producer Tommaso Asaro, who introduced him to the practice of consuming a tablespoon of olive oil each day. “He thought it was a little strange.” Asaro is the chairman of United Olive Oil, through which Starbucks is sourcing its olive oil. Howard Schultz and Tommaso Asaro, chairman of United Olive Oil, which produces the Partanna olive oil that Starbucks is using for Oleato.

☆ Pope Francis again turns screws on use of traditional Latin Mass
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-21 | by ( Philip Pullella | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

VATICAN CITY, Feb 21 (Reuters) - Pope Francis on Tuesday further tightened the screws on Catholic conservatives over the use of traditional Latin Mass, rebuking bishops who had allowed it to be said in parishes without previous permission from the Vatican. Francis issued a brief but unequivocal decree underscoring sections of a document he issued in 2021, when he overturned liberalising decisions by his two predecessors, who had been more lenient towards the traditional Latin Mass. Some also had closed an eye to the regulation that priests ordained after 2021 needed special permission from the Vatican to say the old-style Latin Mass. Some conservatives in the Church have used the Latin Mass as a battle cry in their general opposition to the reforms of the 1962-1965 Second Vatican Council, which included the introduction of Mass in vernacular languages. Many missed the Latin rites' sense of mystery and awe and the centuries-old sacred music that went with it.

☆ Tesla cofounder says he was 'basically unemployable' and out of money for 2 years after being ousted from the company
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-18 | by ( Grace Kay | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

A Tesla cofounder said he was out of money and "basically unemployable" after he left the carmaker. Martin Eberhard was ousted as CEO of Tesla by Elon Musk and left the company in 2007. "After I left Tesla, I was basically unemployable for about two years because of the intellectual-property agreement I had with Tesla and with Tesla being as litigious as they are," Eberhard told Insider. The Tesla cofounder lost his role as CEO of Tesla about three years after Elon Musk began investing in the electric-car maker. Eberhard previously told Insider that Musk and Tesla's board had met behind his back and voted to replace him as CEO.

☆ Michigan State University shooter's motive a mystery
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-14 | by ( Dieu-Nalio Chery | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/4] Police officers surround a scene where the suspect was located as they respond to a shooting at Michigan State University in East Lansing, Michigan, U.S., February 14, 2023. REUTERS/Dieu-Nalio CheryEAST LANSING, Mich., Feb 14 (Reuters) - A 43-year-old gunman killed three students and wounded five others at Michigan State University before an hours-long manhunt ended with the suspect's death from a self-inflicted gunshot, authorities said on Tuesday. The gunman was identified as Anthony Dwayne McRae, 43, said Chris Rozman, deputy chief of the Michigan State University police force, at the morning briefing. Details about the sequence of events remained sketchy, but Rozman said shots were fired in two locations - an academic building called Berkey Hall and the Michigan State University (MSU) Union building. Students, faculty and residents in the surrounding off-campus neighborhoods of East Lansing had been told by authorities to "shelter in place" during the manhunt.

Tata Group, which regained control of Air India last year after decades of public ownership, put out just six paragraphs. "Air India negotiated hard and the team is very sharp despite having no prior aviation experience. A second person who watched the billions fall into place said the Air India negotiators were "methodical, tough and very sophisticated". Plans for announcements on the anniversary of Tata's Air India takeover slipped as engine talks wore on. Analysts caution many obstacles remain to Air India's plans.

☆ A Yale professor suggested that Japan's old people should kill themselves in a mass suicide, and it made him a celebrity
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-13 | by ( Joshua Zitser | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

A Yale professor said in an interview that mass suicide could solve Japan's aging population issue. Yusuke Narita, an assistant professor of economics at Yale University, has argued for the controversial solution to Japan's aging population in several public appearances and interviews, The Times reported. In an interview with an online Japanese news program in December 2021, Narita said a "pretty clear solution" would be the introduction of mass suicide, or mass "seppuku" of the elderly. Speaking to The Times, Narita said his comments have largely been taken out of context, and his focus is on the dominance of "tycoons" in Japan. He also told the newspaper that using the terms "mass suicide" and "mass seppuku" was intended only as "abstract metaphors," adding that he has since stopped using those phrases.

Bob Berg | Moment Mobile | Getty ImagesIn a fragmented media landscape, events like the Super Bowl are prized by advertisers for the exposure they offer. These commercials are an institution in and of themselves, with the ads generating conversation for weeks ahead and days after the big game. Consumers might recall well-crafted Super Bowl ads years after their debut. So does Super Bowl exposure truly help boost business? It drove so many viewers to Coinbase's app that it crashed on the night of the Super Bowl.

Super NachosIf you live in Pittsburgh, watching football is pretty much mandatory. Settled in the city after emigrating from India, chef Preeti Mistry’s family embraced the ritual with game-day spreads. "To me this is what America is all about," Ms. Mistry said.

☆ MTG, Tucker Carlson, and Donald Trump Jr are stoking a moral panic over Sam Smith dressing as Satan at the Grammys
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-07 | by ( Tom Porter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

They alluded that Sam Smith's Satan-themed act and Pfizer sponsorship were part of a sinister plot. "The Grammy's featured Sam Smith's demonic performance and was sponsored by Pfizer. And the Satanic Church now has an abortion clinic in NM that requires its patients to perform a satanic ritual before services. —Marjorie Taylor Greene 🇺🇸 (@mtgreenee) February 6, 2023In a video posted on the platform Donald Trump Jr., former President Donald Trump's son and a right-wing influencer, lamented the performance. And Fox News host Tucker Carlson, an influential far-right media commentator, devoted a segment of his show on Monday to criticizing the awards.

☆ On Groundhog Day, Punxsutawney Phil predicts six more weeks of winter
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-02 | by ( Brendan O'Brien | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/4] AJ Dereume holds Punxsutawney Phil during the Groundhog Day Festivities, at Gobblers Knob in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, U.S., February 2, 2023. According to folklore, if the rodent sees his shadow on Groundhog Day, then frigid and blustery weather will persist for six weeks. The first official celebration of Groundhog Day was in 1886, according to the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club. The annual event, famously featured in the classic 1993 film "Groundhog Day" starring Bill Murray, draws visitors from around the world. As Punxsutawney Phil made his prediction, some 450,000 homes and businesses in Texas, Mississippi, Arkansas and Tennessee were without power after several rounds of sleet and freezing rain downed power lines and trees.

☆ Canadian groundhog Fred la marmotte found dead before Groundhog Day
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-02 | by ( Ismail Shakil | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

OTTAWA, Feb 2 (Reuters) - A beloved Canadian groundhog, Fred la marmotte, was found dead before he could complete a North American tradition of predicting the onset of spring on Groundhog Day on Thursday. "In life, the only thing that's certain is that nothing is certain," Blondin said at la Jour de Fred, or Fred's day, event. In North American folklore, if the solitary rodent sees his shadow on Groundhog Day, then frigid, winter weather will persist for six weeks. Groundhog Day, which falls on Feb. 2, evolved from an ancient ritual brought to the United States by German immigrants who settled in what is now the state of Pennsylvania. The first official celebration of Groundhog Day was in 1886, according to the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club.

IF YOU LIVE in Pittsburgh, watching football is pretty much mandatory. “It was a big deal,” said Ms. Mistry, a chef now based in Sonoma, Calif. “To me this is what America is all about.”A dish that stood out: Super Nachos. Each tortilla chip was layered, individually and exactingly, with refried beans, melted cheese and other fixings. “She would sing this cute song in her Indian accent as she would bring the platter out: ‘Super Nachos, Super Nachos, coming, coming,’ ” Ms. Mistry recalled. Now that I’m all grown up, I prefer to add a bit of desi flavor to her original recipe.”

☆ Billionaire investor Ray Dalio slams the US debt ceiling – and compares politicians who support raising it to binge-drinking alcoholics
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-26 | by ( George Glover | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Bridgewater Associates co-CIO Ray Dalio has slammed the US debt limit as "a farce". "It works like a bunch of alcoholics who write laws to enforce drinking limits," he said. "We all know that there is no real debt limit because what is called a debt limit never actually limits the debt," the Bridgewater Associates CIO wrote in a LinkedIn post published Wednesday. Congress has acted 78 separate times to extend the debt limit since 1960, according to the Treasury Department. Read more: A US debt default or even a near-nonpayment could plunge the economy into recession, top Goldman Sachs economist says

☆ The daily routine a lawyer uses to balance her TikTok side hustle with her full-time career
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-26 | by ( Nhari Djan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Paige Sparks is a full-time labor and employment lawyer who runs a law firm with her sister-in-law. Here is how she manages legal work while posting to TikTok, Instagram Reels, Facebook, and YouTube. So, she started sharing her legal knowledge on TikTok to see if she could generate buzz where she lives in Missouri. "I have ADHD and I cannot complete any task without my list," Sparks said. And if someone calls about an item that she's already crossed off her list, she'll reschedule the call for the following day.

☆ Small-business owners still see value in paid ads. Here are their 3 tips for getting the most bang for your buck.
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-25 | by ( Erin Greenawald | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

It's a tough market for paid advertising, but these marketers found a way to see results from it. Justin Fredlender, the VP of growth for vitamin brand Ritual, said to start with one ad channel. Not so fast: There are still plenty of companies finding value in paid marketing to get in front of new customers, grow their brand reach, and increase sales. Sporer, Fredlender, and other small-business owners shared with Insider the strategies that have been helping them get results from paid advertising. Justin Fredlender, the vice president of growth at Ritual, says paid advertising is "part art, part science."

Four people were arrested in connection with the alleged rape of Madison Brooks, a Louisiana State University student who was fatally hit by a car shortly after the suspects dropped her off in an East Baton Rouge subdivision. Lee is Washington's uncle, the East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office said. Carver told investigators that he, his friends and Lee did not know Brooks prior to meeting her at Reggie's, the report said. When they were about to leave, Brooks asked for a ride home, Carver told detectives. He told CBS affiliate WAFB of Baton Rouge that a rape did not occur.

CAIRO — Known as Egypt’s “golden boy,” the mummified remains of a teenager buried 2,300 years ago have long remained shrouded in mystery. Now they have been “digitally unwrapped” by scientists, revealing intimate details that went undiscovered for over a century. Radiologists at Cairo University in Egypt used CT scans to non-invasively unwrap the remains, uncovering signs of wealth as well as efforts to ensure his safe passage to the afterlife. Amulets were both placed inside the “golden boy” and between the wrappings used to mummify the remains, the study published Tuesday found. The new study comes as museums in the U.K. reckon with whether the term "mummy" is appropriate to describe mummified remains, because of what some say are its “dehumanizing” connotations.

☆ Archaeologists found 38 skeletons in a 7,000-year-old mass grave. All but one had been decapitated.
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-23 | by ( Marianne Guenot | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

download the app Email address By clicking ‘Sign up’, you agree to receive marketing emails from Insider as well as other partner offers and accept our Terms of Service and Privacy PolicyArchaeologists have discovered a 7,000-year-old mass grave in Slovakia containing 38 skeletons, with all but one decapitated. A ditch, where the mass grave was found, ran around the village over the length of approximately a mile. An unexpected discoveryA picture shows the mass grave found in Vráble-Ve`lke Lehemby in Slovakia. Prof. Dr. Martin Furholt, Institute for Pre- and Protohistoric Archaeology/Kiel UniversityThese weren't the first headless bodies found in the ditch. That's why the discovery of such a huge mass of headless bodies came as a complete surprise, Fuchs said.

☆ The schedule an employment lawyer uses to balance making TikToks with running her own law firm
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-23 | by ( Nhari Djan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

☆ China rings in Lunar New Year with most Covid rules lifted
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-22 | by ( Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

The Lunar New Year is the most important annual holiday in China. A popular temple fair at Badachu Park that was suspended for three years will be back this week, but similar events at Ditan Park and Longtan Lake Park have yet to return. Andy Wong / APIn Hong Kong, revelers flocked to the city’s largest Taoist temple, Wong Tai Sin Temple, to burn the first incense sticks of the year. Worshippers believe those who are among the first to place their incense sticks will stand the best chance of having their prayers answered. As communities across Asia welcomed the Year of the Rabbit, the Vietnamese were celebrating the Year of the Cat instead.

☆ Meat cultivated from cow cells is kosher, Israel's chief rabbi rules
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-19 | by ( Ari Rabinovitch | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/2] People prepare Aleph Farms' cultivated thin-cut beef steaks in this handout image taken November 9, 2022. Cultivated meat, grown from animal cells in a lab or manufacturing plant, has been getting a lot of attention as a way to sidestep the environmental toll of the meat industry and address concerns over animal welfare. Jewish dietary law designates kosher meat as having come from a cow slaughtered in accordance with ritual - and requires that it be kept and consumed separately from dairy. Aleph Farms says it collects sample cells from a living animal and then grows more in a cultivator that mimics conditions in the animal's body. While the decision was specific for Aleph Farm's process, it sets a foundation for others.

☆ This record-breaking artist uses the beaches of Dubai as his canvas
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-17 | by ( Nadia Leigh-Hewitson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

For Dubai-based Filipino artist Nathaniel Alapide, it’s how he became a Guinness World Record holder. Dubai’s 72 kilometers (45 miles) of sun-bleached coastline, and the vast Arabian desert, are his canvas. The scale of the drawing impressed the hotel, who offered him his first full-time job as a sand artist in 2015. It took 30 days to create and required 12,000 tons of sand in four colors, sourced from across the UAE desert. Though he has crafted a career from the practice, Alapide says creating an artwork from sand isn’t without its challenges.

☆ Spanish pets blessed by priests in annual ritual
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-17 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

[1/7] "Lola" reacts upon getting blessed at San Anton Church during celebrations on the feast of Spain's patron saint of animals, Saint Anthony, in Madrid, Spain, January 17, 2023. REUTERS/Susana VeraMADRID, Jan 17 (Reuters) - Hundreds of Spanish pet owners took their animals to church on Tuesday where Catholic priests blessed them on the Day of St Anthony the Abbott, the patron saint of animals. A few dogs barked, but most animals waited patiently to be sprinkled with holy water on the steps of the baroque St Anthony's Church in central Madrid. Priest Angel Garcia then said Mass in front of dozens of pets inside, also to some barking from the pews. Reporting by Guillermo Martinez and Silvio Catellanos, writing by Andrei Khalip, editing by David Latona, Alexandra HudsonOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Six N.F.L. Players Show Football’s Grind on Their Feet and Hands
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-11 | by ( Ken Belson | Joe Drape | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +19 min

Players Show Football’s Grind on Their Feet and HandsOver the course of the long and brutal N.F.L. season, players’ feet and hands take a beating on nearly every snap. But in practice a few days later, he was running drills and landed awkwardly, spraining an ankle and stretching the tendons in his right foot. The next week Jones caught six passes for 109 yards and three touchdowns as the Jaguars shocked the Dallas Cowboys, 40-34. “The therapist spends a lot of time on my hands and feet,” he said.

Search resuls for: "Ritual"

25 mentions found