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☆ No audience for Lyle as he takes final bow on golf's greatest stage
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-08 | by ( Steve Keating | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

"It's a shame I didn't get the chance to finish yesterday," Lyle told reporters. But, no, they stuck to the rules and rules are rules and we had to abide by that." The crowds that gave Lyle a standing ovation as he made his way to the 18th green on Friday also protested as chants of "Let him putt, Let him putt" rang out. "They have been very supportive," smiled Lyle, who got celebrations started on Friday with tequila and whiskey tasting into the early morning. After hometown hero Mize tapped in for an eight-over 80 Lyle made his way onto the green handing the Augusta native a tissue and jokingly wiped his eyes.

☆ Read the memo Amazon's HR chief sent rejecting employees' petition against the new return-to-office policy
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-24 | by ( Eugene Kim | Lakshmi Varanasi | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Amazon's HR chief formally rejected an internal petition asking Amazon to reverse its return-to-office policy. Read the full text of Galetti's message to employees below. The petition, which was shared with CEO Andy Jassy's leadership team last week according to Galetti's note, was signed by roughly 30,000 employees. Employees shared messages of disappointment on the company's Slack channel following Galetti's announcement. Read the full text of Galetti's message below:Hello all –Andy's team shared your note last week, and I wanted to take a moment to follow up directly.

☆ In a leaked message, Amazon's HR chief flatly rejected an internal petition against the new return-to-office policy signed by roughly 30,000 employees
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-23 | by ( Eugene Kim | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Top HR executive Beth Galettie denied an internal petition asking Amazon to reverse its new return-to-office policy. Roughly 30,000 Amazon employees signed the petition protesting the new RTO mandate. Amazon's top HR executive formally rejected an internal petition put forth by roughly 30,000 employees over the company's new return-to-office policy. Galetti's message was in response to an internal petition signed by roughly 30,000 Amazon employees that followed the RTO mandate announcement last month. In the petition, Amazon employees argued, citing research, that remote work improved productivity, recruitment, work/life balance, inclusion efforts and reduced corporate expenses.

☆ How an often overlooked World War II-era shipbuilder designed the boat that Eisenhower said 'won the war for us'
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-19 | by ( Katie Sanders | Mara Storey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

The Higgins boat is one of the iconic vessels of World War II. Andrew Higgins, center, developed several kinds of landing craft that were invaluable during World War II. His landing craft were used in every major amphibious assault of World War II, from the shores of Europe to the Pacific islands. National World War II MuseumBorn in Nebraska in 1886, Higgins ran newspaper routes and started a lawn-mowing company as a child. In one instance, Navy officials expressed interest in seeing a design for a new 56-foot tank landing craft three days before a scheduled visit to see another type of landing craft.

☆ The M&Ms spokescandies are back. Here’s how the chocolate candy went from a wartime treat to playing a starring role in the culture wars
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-13 | by ( Lara O'Reilly | Alex Bitter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

M&Ms brought back its talking candy mascots after Sunday's Super Bowl game. The “spokescandies” went on “an indefinite pause” as part of the brand’s Super Bowl ad play. But after Sunday's Super Bowl game, M&Ms ran a 15-second ad making clear that Rudolph's tenure as spokesperson was ending. "I mean, as a walking, talking candy, my options are pretty limited." M&Ms is among the oldest candy brands in the US, and its talking candies are relatively recent additions.

☆ Tucker Carlson does a victory lap after M&M's cancels its 'spokescandies' following conservative backlash over the green one's shoes
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-24 | by ( Chris Panella | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Loading Something is loading. In the segment, Carlson recapped his show's coverage of the ongoing rebrand of the M&M's mascots and criticized coverage from other news outlets. "There is a lot of outrage over the end of frumpy, plus-sized, and lesbian M&Ms," Carlson also tweeted. M&M's announced a pause on the brand's spokescandies in a statement on Twitter Monday, writing: "In the last year, we've made some changes to our beloved spokescandies. Carlson previously criticized the brand's redesigned mascots, calling the brown M&M "less sexy" without her stilettos and slamming the rebranding of the green M&M from her go-go boots to sneakers.

☆ M&M's says its killing its 'spokescandies' after conservatives were outraged that the green one didn't wear go-go boots anymore
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-23 | by ( Chris Panella | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

An M&Ms spokesperson said that Maya Rudolph's first appearance as the brand's spokesperson and "Chief of Fun" will be in the upcoming Super Bowl LVII M&M advertising campaign. "Maya will serve as the brand's new spokesperson, allowing the colorful cast of M&Ms spokescandies to step away and embrace a new path to pursue other passions," the spokesperson said. The brand began making changes to its walking, talking M&M's characters early last year, replacing the shoes of both the brown and green female M&M's. Most notably, Mars Wrigley, the maker of the popular chocolate candy, replaced the green M&M's high-heeled go-go boots with sneakers. By December 2020, the new mascot was deemed a fully grown peanut by December 2020, Esquire reported at the time.

☆ M&Ms says it's pulling its beloved 'spokescandies' after right-wing outrage over shoes, gender
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-23 | by ( Rebecca Picciotto | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Candy maker Mars said Monday it is replacing its M&Ms "spokescandies" with actress Maya Rudolph after facing right-wing criticism over its mascot makeover. The spokescandies are a team of cartoon M&Ms mascots that have represented the brand in commercials and other marketing materials since 1960. Early last year, the candy brand updated the cartoons and its marketing, rebranding each mascot with a new backstory, clothing and personality to be more inclusive. "Orange" became a mascot riddled with anxiety, and the company added a new purple M&M, which was designed to represent inclusivity. And we definitely didn't think it would break the internet," M&Ms said in a statement Monday on Twitter.

☆ Brandy Melville employees describe racism, Hitler memes, and sexual exploitation at the 'evil' cult teen brand
▼ + stars: | 2021-09-07 | by ( Kate Taylor | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +34 min

According to Brandy Melville employees, CEO Stephan Marsan wants his staffers to be young, thin, pretty, and white. But to secure their spot in the world of Brandy Melville, employees at all levels said they had to endure — and often enforce — Marsan's beliefs. Hollis Johnson/InsiderIn late September 2017, Stephenie Legros, who is Black, was nearing her first anniversary as a Brandy Melville employee. Brandy Melville USA/InstagramSeveral former employees mentioned the behavior of Longo, the brand's top executive alongside Marsan while Brandy Melville gained footing in the US. Brandy Melville USA/Instagram"Every year that goes by, the beauty standard is shifting a little bit," a Black woman who worked at Brandy Melville from 2016 to 2019 said.

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☆ Early internet star turned celebrity Andy Milonakis revolutionized live streaming and virality, but he still has regrets
▼ + stars: | 2021-07-31 | by ( Steven Asarch | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

One of those original viewers was Jimmy Kimmel, who had started hosting his Jimmy Kimmel Live show and found an affinity for the comedic actor. An executive had been badgering Kimmel for a television show to pitch, which started as scrounged together clips from the web and Jimmy Kimmel Live. Andy joined Twitch and pioneered the world of IRL streamingIn 2016, Milonakis started to gain renewed attention with his Twitch streams. "I really do love the ability to be my own boss and fly all over the world and stream it live," Milonakis said. And when I do really weird, crazy shit, I feel like people don't expect that of me."

☆ Andy Jassy officially starts as Amazon CEO today. Insiders describe his 'CHOP' meetings, micromanagement, and 'Nice' emails.
▼ + stars: | 2021-07-05 | by ( Eugene Kim | Ashley Stewart | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +22 min

On July 5, Andy Jassy officially became Amazon CEO, succeeding Jeff Bezos, who steps into the position of executive chairman. When Amazon Web Services CEO Andy Jassy has a big decision to make, it usually comes at the Chop. "If you go to a Chop meeting with Andy, you better be ready," one former senior-level employee told Insider. Though he's one of the longest-serving executives at Amazon and a close confidant of CEO Jeff Bezos, Jassy still remains relatively little-known outside tech circles. Early on in the pandemic, Jassy told AWS employees that "the world is relying on Amazon," according to an email seen by Insider.

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Sandy, a 63-year-old retired mother of two, exposed her sons to money at a young age. She had a similar approach when it came to teaching her kids about money, encouraging them to be self-reliant and exposing them to real-world situations. Here are five of the most important money lessons Sandy taught her boys from an early age. How to spend mindfullySandy gave each of her kids a $200 monthly allowance starting around age 10 or 11. "You can choose what you want to do, but then you don't have money leftover to do those other things.

Persons: —, Sandy, Hershey's, it's, we've, I'm Organizations: Service, Business Locations: Sandy

☆ В парке Штефана чел Маре осталось всего два кофейных киоска
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-22 | by ( Super User | ) mybusiness.md time to read: +1 min

Причём один из них открылся сегодняВ течение минувшей недели из парка Штефана чел Маре в Кишинёве были эвакуированы пости все работавшие там киоски, в том числе и звено мощной торговой сети - Andy's Express. Взамен сегодня открылся совершенно новый объект Bonjour Cafe (на фото). Напомним, что после первого из них, на котром было реализовано 11 авторизаций на размещение лёгких торговых конструкций, бюджет столицы пополнился на 20 млн леев. Он прошёл 2 декабря прошлого года и на торги было выставлено 15 лотов: в сквере у Кафедрального собора Рождества Христова, в парке Штефана чел Маре, на улице Иона Крянгэ (парк «Дендрарий»), в лесопарке «Бутояш», в парке «Сармизеджетуза» и на улице Валя Кручий (Зоопарк). В новом киоске Bonjour Cafe продаётся стандартный набор продуктов: кофе, выпечка (круассаны, маффины, сэндвичи) и прохладительные напитки.

Persons: mybusiness.md Organizations: Andy's, сегодняВ, Кафедральный собор, Сармизеджетуза Locations: Штефан чел Маре, Кишинев, Ион Крянгэ, Бутояш, Валя Кручий, Зоопарк

☆ Петков: «Свидетели Майи» забыли, как закрывали те школы, в которых директора не имели лобби в партии Филата
▼ + stars: | 2020-10-13 | by ( ) www.vedomosti.md time to read: +3 min

Бывший депутат Александр Петков сообщил в социальной сети Facebook, что не может молчать, когда слышит, что Майя Санду закрывала лишь школы, где «десять учеников и три учителя». «И закрывала Майя школы, в которых было уж куда более "десяти учеников и трех учителей", - пишет Петков. И резала она тогда по живому, абсолютно игнорируя любое другое мнение и даже мнение родителей учеников тех самых школ. Поэтому не надо сотворять себе кумира и делать из нее идола, придумывая всякие байки про "десять учеников и трех учителей"». Но после закрытия школы село умрет, и старая школа, заново открытая, никому уже не понадобится.

Persons: Александр Петков, Майя Санду, Петков, Майя, Филат, Санду, Кульминский, Слусарь, Майю

☆ «Свидетели Майи» забыли, как закрывали те школы, в которых директора не имели лобби в партии Филата
▼ + stars: | 2020-09-11 | by ( ) glas.md time to read: +3 min

«Свидетели Майи» забыли, как закрывали те школы, в которых директора не имели лобби в партии ФилатаБывший депутат Александр Петков сообщил в социальной сети Facebook, что не может молчать, когда слышит, что Майя Санду закрывала лишь школы, где «десять учеников и три учителя». «И закрывала Майя школы, в которых было уж куда более "десяти учеников и трех учителей", - пишет Петков. И резала она тогда по живому, абсолютно игнорируя любое другое мнение и даже мнение родителей учеников тех самых школ. Поэтому не надо сотворять себе кумира и делать из нее идола, придумывая всякие байки про "десять учеников и трех учителей"». Но после закрытия школы село умрет, и старая школа, заново открытая, никому уже не понадобится.

Persons: Александр Петков, Майя Санду, Петков, Майя, Филат, Санду, Кульминский, Слусарь, Майю Organizations: Facebook, ФилатаБывший

☆ How M&Ms went from a wartime treat to playing a starring role in the culture wars
▼ + stars: | 2016-03-26 | by ( Lara O'Reilly | Alex Bitter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

M&Ms is making Maya Rudolph its spokesperson, sidelining its talking candy mascots. The "spokescandies" have been the face of the candy brand for almost three decades. Rudolph will be "chief of fun" at M&Ms, the brand tweeted on Monday. Right-wing commentators had previously criticized a change in shoe style that M&Ms made to one of the anthropomorphic candies last year. M&Ms is among the oldest candy brands in the US, and its talking candies are relatively recent additions.

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