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☆ Pop music is messier, for the better, because of Chappell Roan, Charli XCX and Sabrina Carpenter
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-14 | by ( Scottie Andrew | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +13 min

Part of why Charli, Roan and Carpenter are so magnetic is because their music wasn’t made for everyone. Charli, Roan and Carpenter take the same approach to their music. Enter Charli, Roan and Carpenter. But the candid, confident music these pop stars make is meaningful during this turbulent moment, Errico said. “They’re building a new army for a newly perilous time, while also having a blast.”The future of pop, Murphy says, is tipping toward honest excess.

Persons: Ariana, Taylor Swift, Bey, Charli XCX, Chappell Roan, Sabrina Carpenter, “, ”, Sam Murphy, Carpenter, listenable, Mike Errico, New York University’s, They’re, ” Errico, they’ve, “ It’s, there’s, ” Murphy, Charli, Joseph Okpako, Swift, wasn’t, Babe, Murphy, Carter ”, Chappell, TikTok, Roan, Olivia Rodrigo’s, may’ve, Jason Kempin, shirk, Reanna Cruz, who’s, Stone, ” Cruz, it’s, Marcello Hernandez, Domingo, Cruz, Rodrigo, Billie Eilish, —, Kate Bush, Shania Twain, Sophie, Lou Reed, I’m, Lady Gaga’s, Madonna, Christopher Polk, “ kamala, Errico, anyone’s Organizations: CNN, New York Times, Pink Pony, New York, Davis, Poets Department, Coachella, NPR, titans, MTV, Getty, of Locations: Ariana Grande, Dua Lipa, Beyoncé, Tay, New, Denmark, Roan, TikTok, Tennessee, Lipa

☆ I moved to Bengaluru, India. It used to be like a dream city, but it feels like it's bursting at the seams.
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-14 | by ( Charissa Cheong | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Batool Fatima moved to Bengaluru, "India's Silicon Valley," nearly 25 years ago. Like Bengaluru, it's one of India's tech hubs. I moved to Bengaluru in 2000 after I got married because my husband lives there. But Bengaluru is dealing with water scarcity issues and some people seem to be leaving the city because of problems with infrastructure. AdvertisementPeople who've moved to Bengaluru help to sustain the cityI've been working in the nonprofit sector since 2011.

Persons: Batool Fatima, Fatima, who've, I've, We're, I'm, haven't, we've, there'll, that's, It's Organizations: Sheya Foundation, IT Locations: Bengaluru, Silicon, Hyderabad, it's, It's, India

☆ I worked in Silicon Valley for a decade. Here are 9 ways I managed stress and boosted productivity.
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-14 | by ( Robin Madell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Regina Grogan is a tech exec who says high stress once impacted her mental health and relationships. AdvertisementI worked in high-stress Silicon Valley for over 10 years, including as a Google consultant, before transitioning to being an associate security engineer at one of the largest banks. Over the years, I've discovered hacks to mitigate stress, boost my mood, and increase productivity. Ever since I started using these hacks, I've been in a great mood and more productive than everMy colleagues always talk about my energy and good mood. If you work in Big Tech and have productivity hacks you'd like to share, please email Tess Martinelli at tmartinelli@businessinsider.com.

Persons: Regina Grogan, Grogan, It's, I've, panicking, ender, Tess Martinelli Organizations: Big Tech Locations: Salt Lake City, Epsom, tmartinelli

☆ How many people work for the federal government?
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-14 | by ( Zachary B. Wolf | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

Cut federal workers? The current effort, run by Ramaswamy and Musk, has made a show of eyeing the size of the federal workforce. Hold on a secIn those 40 years of explosive population, spending and debt growth, the size of the federal workforce – this is actually kind of shocking – has stayed pretty much the same, confounding the popular presumption that the number of federal workers must have skyrocketed with federal spending. In fact, the number of full-time federal workers has been relatively static, within a few hundred thousand civilians, since the 1960s. Bush administration and of the federal workforce by hundreds of thousands during the Clinton administration did not markedly change the size of the federal workforce, which has hovered within a few hundred thousand of 3 million workers for decades.

Persons: Vivek Ramaswamy, Donald Trump, Elon Musk, Ramaswamy, –, James Comer, CNN’s Pamela Brown, George H.W, Clinton, Peter Morrissey, ”, Jenny Mattingley, Elaine Kamarck, ” “, Musk, Biden, Comer, it’s, ” Comer, Brown, don’t, John DiIulio, Barack Obama, George W, Bush, DiIulio, ’, Volcker, Paul Light, ” Morrissey, Sen, Bernie Sanders Organizations: CNN, Government, Elon, Department of Government, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Management, Pentagon, Volcker Alliance, gov, Social Security, Republicans, Department of Education, Veterans Affairs, Partnership for Public Service, Center, Public Management, Brookings Institution, stoke, SpaceX Locations: Bush, Washington, DC, California , Texas , Colorado , Alabama, Vermont

☆ Jaffray Woodriff and Quantitative Investment Management would like to reintroduce themselves
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-14 | by ( Bradley Saacks | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Jaffray Woodriff's Quantitative Investment Management wants to grow after a stretch of tough years. In conversations with Woodriff and those running the $1.1 billion firm, they're as optimistic as ever. Jaffray Woodriff, the face of $1.1 billion Quantitative Investment Management, is stepping back into the spotlight. AdvertisementNew hires and the creation of a research team have freed Woodriff, still the firm's investment engine, to spend more time on idea generation and less on implementation. Lankford, in particular, has given a new lease on life to the firm, Williams said.

Persons: Woodriff, they're, Jaffray Woodriff, hadn't, QIM, Mike Geismar, Greyson Williams, Geismar, He's, Salem Abraham, Boone Pickens, Harry Markowitz, Abraham, Kyle Dunn, David Vogel, Chris Lankford, Williams, Lankford, allocators, Woodruff, Seth Oldham, Greg Tylka, I'd, Stocks Organizations: Investment Management, University of Virginia, Pepsi, QIM's, Woodriff Locations: Charlottesville, Virginia, New York, Greenwich, Florida

☆ When campaign politics and Cabinet confirmation fights collide: From the Politics Desk
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-13 | by ( The Politics Desk | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +11 min

Welcome to the online version of From the Politics Desk, an evening newsletter that brings you the NBC News Politics team’s latest reporting and analysis from the White House, Capitol Hill and the campaign trail. Plus, "Meet the Press" moderator Kristen Welker breaks down a few of the below-the-radar answers Donald Trump gave during their interview. “Donald Trump is king of the Republican Party; he conquered it, and he earned it,” Deace told NBC News. “A lot of this is driven by gaslighting and attention-seeking — what can we say today to get more clicks? Read more →President JoeBiden is on track to have appointed more federal judges of color than any of his predecessors.

Persons: Alex Tabet, Bridget Bowman, Ben Kamisar, Sen, Joni Ernst, Pete Hegseth's, Kristen Welker, Donald Trump, Joni Ernst’s, Pete Hegseth’s, Ben Kamisar Iowa Republican Sen, Donald Trump’s, Pete Hegseth, Ernst, She’s, President Trump, ”, Bob Vander Plaats, Steve Deace, “ Donald Trump, ” Deace, won’t, ” Trump, Charlie Kirk, Will Rogers, “ Charlie Kirk didn’t, ” Rogers, →, Trump, I’ll, ‘, don’t, Lara, Michael [ Whatley, I’m, “ I’m, he’d, Bernie Sanders, Lindsey Graham, Tim, Dru, e, Neely Organizations: NBC, White House, Capitol, Ben Kamisar Iowa Republican, Republicans, GOP, Trump, Republican, Republican Party, NBC News, → Trump, U.S . Capitol, Press, Republican National Committee Locations: Iowa, Ben Kamisar Iowa, U.S, Polk County, TikTok, California

The exotic dancer who once accused three Duke University lacrosse of raping her admitted this week that she invented the 2006 allegations that set off a combustible national conversation about gender, race and class. Mangum and another dancer had been hired to perform at party, thrown by Duke lacrosse players, on March 13, 2006. She claimed that players raped her in blockbuster allegations that touched on hot-button topics such as sex work, race and class. The 46-year-old said she was "searching for validation" when she made up those lies and now hopes the former Duke players can someday accept her apology. Evans, Seligmann and Finnerty did not immediately return telephone and email messages seeking comment on Friday.

Persons: Crystal Mangum, David Evans, Collin Finnerty, Reade Seligmann, podcaster Kate Katerena's, Kat, Mangum, Mike Nifong, Dave Evans, Reginald Daye, She's, Evans, Seligmann, Finnerty Organizations: Duke University, Duke, North Carolina Correctional Institution, Women Locations: Durham County, North Carolina

☆ Her flight was delayed and she missed her train home for Christmas. Then she met her future husband on the platform
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-13 | by ( Francesca Street | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +24 min

“And not only that, there were two trains on the platform as well.”It wasn’t clear which was the right train. Jennea felt herself start to panic. “Because of this, I had missed my plan A train, my plan B train, my plan everything train… It was 2013 and I didn’t have an iPhone yet. “Excuse me, is this the train to Cambridge?”A train station conversationJennea and Arthur immediately hit it off at King's Cross railway station in December 2013. JenneaOver a decade later, Jennea says she still thinks “meeting at a train station is romantic.

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☆ OpenAI emails show Elon Musk wanted for-profit structure in 2017
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-13 | by ( Hayden Field | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

In a blog post titled "Elon Musk wanted an OpenAI for-profit," the startup alleged that in 2017, Musk "not only wanted, but actually created, a for-profit" to serve as the company's proposed new structure. "When he didn't get majority equity and full control, he walked away and told us we would fail," OpenAI wrote in the blog post. OpenAI's "structure doesn't seem optimal," Musk wrote in a November 2015 email to OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, according to screenshots shared in the blog post. "In particular, the YC stock along with a salary from the nonprofit muddies the alignment of incentives," Musk wrote, according to the screenshots. Musk wrote that China "will do whatever it takes to obtain what we develop.

Persons: Elon Musk, Sam Altman, OpenAI, didn't, xAI, Musk, Shivon Zilis, Greg Brockman, Brockman, Ilya Sutskever, Altman, Musk's, Tesla, Tesla Al Organizations: Elon, CNBC, YC, Intelligence Technologies, Inc, Google Locations: Ankara, Turkey, China, OpenAI

☆ I became an empty nester at 43. Now, my wife and I are enjoying hanging out, exploring hobbies, and traveling.
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-13 | by ( Lauren Crosmedlicott | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

When the kids were young, he and his wife worked up to five jobs to support their family. Once the kids moved out, the couple enjoyed the freedom of an empty nester. Both of us knew we wanted to have our kids close together, hopeful that one day they would be close friends. Before my youngest moved out, people asked me if I was scared to be an empty nester. Our youngest moved back with us for a bitAfter about a year of being just the two of us, my youngest son moved back home for over a year.

Persons: Jack Sheard, —, I've, we're Organizations: Pixar Locations: Grand Island , Nebraska, Indiana

☆ 6 signs you may be up for a promotion, according to an HR executive with 36 years of experience
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-13 | by ( Emma Magnus | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Doolin said managers often give subtle signs that they are considering employees for promotion. AdvertisementEither way, here are six signs that you might be heading toward a promotion at work. AdvertisementTaking on extra responsibilityBeing asked to take on extra responsibility is another signal that you're eligible for a promotion. Asking for a promotionIf you're unsure whether you're up for a promotion, ask your boss directly. A promotion may not always be right for you, and you may not choose to accept one if it's offered.

Persons: Michael Doolin, Doolin, you've, it's Organizations: British Airways, PwC, DHL, Clover, Ford Motor Company Locations: PwC Ireland, DPD, Ireland

☆ Jim Cramer on U.S.-China relations under Trump
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-13 | by ( Jim Cramer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Jim Cramer on U.S.-China relations under Trump'Mad Money' host Jim Cramer talks his takeaways from his conversation with President-Elect Trump.

Persons: Jim Cramer, Trump, Elect Trump Locations: China

☆ UnitedHealth CEO responds to the 'vitriol' directed at health insurance workers
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-13 | by ( Grace Eliza Goodwin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

UnitedHealth Group's CEO eulogized his slain colleague, Brian Thompson, in a New York Times op-ed. Thompson's shooting sparked a nationwide debate about the state of the health insurance industry. The head of UnitedHealth Group, the parent company of UnitedHealthcare, is responding to the "vitriol" that's been lodged — both on- and offline — against the health insurance industry and its workers. He then condemned the mounting rhetoric that he said has glorified violence against health insurance workers. Others criticized the for-profit health insurance system as a whole, with some acknowledging that businesses are meant to make a profit and others advocating for nonprofit healthcare.

Persons: UnitedHealth, Brian Thompson, Andrew, Thompson Organizations: New York Times, UnitedHealth Group, The New York Times, UnitedHealth, Times, Business Locations: midtown Manhattan

☆ Mysterious aircraft are flying over New Jersey. Here’s what big drones are made for
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-13 | by ( Clare Duffy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

New York CNN —Big drones have become a big topic of conversation in New Jersey: Residents have reported seeing drones the size of small cars flying around at night; officials are unsure if they’re seeing anything unusual, or if these are drones at all. But even if the New Jersey sightings turn out to be something else, large drones do exist. Drone sightings? New Jersey residents have described seeing drones flying overhead, sometimes in clusters. More often, big drones are used for commercial or military purposes.

Persons: “, ” Ryan Wallace, John Kirby, they’d, Phil Murphy, Murphy, Liz Sherwood, Randall “, they’re, ”, Pramod Abichandani, William Austin, ” Wallace, Austin, “ you’re Organizations: New, New York CNN, Embry, Riddle Aeronautical University, CNN, FBI, US Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, White House, ” New, ” New Jersey Gov, US Homeland, Advanced Air Mobility Laboratory, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Federal Aviation Administration, Warren Community College, FAA Locations: New York, New Jersey, Jersey, —, Newark, Morris, Somerset, , New Jersey, ”, ” New Jersey

☆ Why the dinner party is a declining art
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-13 | by ( Harmeet Kaur | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +14 min

CNN —Until a few months ago, the thought of hosting a dinner party filled me with dread. Over the next several decades, women entered the workforce at a rapid pace, leading to the decline of the formal dinner party, Julier says. Illustration by Leah Abucayan/CNN/Adobe StockToday, by several accounts, the dinner party is all but dead. A dinner party, whether you’re attending or throwing it, requires you to be “on” and fully engaged for a sustained length of time. Roberts’ account reminded me of the role that the dinner party played in my own upbringing.

Persons: Bon Appétit’s, Martha Stewart, We’d, I’ve, —, Alice Julier, Julier, ”, Emily Post, Leah Abucayan, Dhanajay Jagannathan, we’re, Jagannathan, Vivek Murthy, I’m, there’s, Akilah Releford Gould, “, Kim Roberts, didn’t, wasn’t, ” Roberts, she’s, Roberts, Alison Roman, ” Jagannathan, Stephanie Kariuki, Friendsgiving, Stephanie, you’re Organizations: CNN, YouTube, Chatham University, Adobe Stock, Columbia University, Netflix, Gallup, Adobe Locations: America, . New York, unwind, hankering, Kentucky, langar, —

☆ Exes Christina Haack and Tarek El Moussa will compete against each other in HGTV's 'The Flip Off.' Here's everything we know so far.
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-13 | by ( Samantha Grindell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Christina Haack will compete against Tarek El Moussa and his wife, Heather Rae El Moussa. "Flip or Flop" stars Christina Haack and Tarek El Moussa are reuniting on HGTV nearly three years after their hit show ended. Advertisement"The Flip Off" is a six-episode, competition-style series that will pit Haack against Tarek and his wife, Heather Rae El Moussa. AdvertisementAfter it wrapped, Tarek continued flipping homes on his other HGTV series, "Flipping 101" and "The Flipping El Moussas." AdvertisementAnt Anstead and Christina Haack in 2019.

Persons: Christina Haack, Tarek El Moussa, Heather Rae El Moussa, Haack's, Josh Hall, Tarek, It's, Haack, Haack —, El, Christina, Heather, Josh, Hall, exes, Barbie Dreamhouse, Amanza Smith, Heather Dubrow, Dominique El Moussa, Laurie Haack, Ant Anstead, Noel Vasquez, Hudson, Backgrid, Anstead Organizations: HGTV, Business, El, Housewives Locations: Haack, Newport Beach , California, Orange County, Instagram

☆ Foster care advocate challenges claim that Rep. Nancy Mace was 'physically accosted'
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-12 | by ( Zoë Richards | Zoë Richards Is A Politics Reporter For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

A foster care advocate is challenging Rep. Nancy Mace's account that she was "physically accosted" by a man who was arrested at the Capitol on Tuesday. "I think James took that seriously," Hinkle said, describing how they and others watched McIntyre, who co-founded Foster Care Alumni of America’s Illinois chapter, approach Mace after she spoke and reached out his hand. "They shake hands, and James says, 'Trans youth are also foster youth, and they need your support.' She just sort of made, like, almost like a tiny shock face, and then she left the room.”Lisa Dickson, another former foster youth and advocate, said Tuesday on Facebook that she was disappointed in Mace. Foster Care Alumni, Capitol Police and a spokesperson for Mace’s office did not immediately respond to requests for comment Wednesday night.

Persons: Nancy Mace's, Elliott Hinkle, Mace, Hinkle, James McIntyre, James, McIntyre, ” Lisa Dickson, Nancy Mace, Dickson, Foster, McIntyre “, “, ” Mace, ”, Sarah McBride, Renee Raymond Organizations: Capitol, Solutions, Congressional Caucus, Foster Youth, Foster Care, America’s, U.S . Capitol Police, . Capitol Police, Facebook, Capital police, Foster Care Alumni, Capitol Police, D.C Locations: Illinois, America’s Illinois, U.S, Delaware

☆ Thursday, December 12, 2024: Cramer breaks down what his conversation with Trump means for Club holdings
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-12 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Thursday, December 12, 2024: Cramer breaks down what his conversation with Trump means for Club holdingsGo behind the scenes with Jim Cramer and Jeff Marks of the CNBC Investing Club as they talk candidly about the market's biggest headlines, analyst calls and holdings in the Charitable Trust—and see up close how they decide when, and if, to take action on stocks.

Persons: Cramer, Trump, Jim Cramer, Jeff Marks Organizations: Go, CNBC, Trust

☆ I had my kids at 49 and 51. Now they are tweens and parenting is harder than ever.
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-12 | by ( Jane Ridley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Tracey Kahn, a single mother by choice, gave birth at 49 and 51. But it wasn't until my mid-40s that I began to wonder whether parenting would pass me by. The worst thing was going straight into menopause the moment I stopped breastfeeding Eloise when she was 6 months old. But, looking back, parenting a baby and a toddler was a cakewalk compared to raising a tween and soon-to-be teen. "It was the same when I was at school," I'll tell Scarlett when she talks about cliques.

Persons: Tracey Kahn, Kahn, I'd, Scarlett, Eloise, There's, She'll Organizations: Business Locations: New York City

☆ Why Tekever, a startup that makes spy drones used in Ukraine, is banking on AI
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-12 | by ( Rebecca Rommen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Its AI-enabled long-range surveillance drones have been used by Ukrainian forces. AdvertisementOne such company is Tekever, a Portuguese drone maker that recently secured funding from the NATO Innovation Fund. Tekever's drones are equipped with multiple sensors, including cameras, maritime radar, synthetic aperture radar (SAR), and light detection and ranging (LIDAR). Two of Tekever's systems, the AR5 and AR3, have been used by Ukrainian forces for long-range surveillance operations in the war with Russia. A Ukrainian Volunteer Army member hurls a surveillance drone into the air.

Persons: Ricardo Mendes, Tekever, Sanaz, " Mendes, Robert Brovdi, Nicolas van Hanxleden, Lynsey Addario, Mendes Organizations: Ukrainian, NATO Innovation Fund, Service, Ukrainian Volunteer Army Locations: Portuguese, Lisbon, Ukraine, Russia, Moscow, Kyiv, Southampton

☆ I'm responsible for my whole family's holiday magic. It's exhausting.
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-12 | by ( Tonilyn Hornung | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

AdvertisementIn one quick conversation, my holiday to-do's have more than doubled — along with the knot in my stomach. Now, I'm responsible for all the seasonal magic my parents once created, plus my own family's stuff. But being responsible for my mom and 11-year-old (even with my husband's help) is enough to ramp up my stress. Grabbing one of my kid's markers, I add "dog food" to my list and consider crossing off "Mom and Dad's tree." Taking time to process also makes me aware of one very important fact: I'm keeping number 12 on my list, "Mom and Dad's (extra-tall) tree, " forever.

Persons: —, I've, I'm, biggie, he'd Organizations: Pew Research Center Locations: Louisville , Kentucky, Los Angeles

☆ A former Google designer reveals what goes into building its AI models like Gemini
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-12 | by ( Helen Li | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

AdvertisementBusiness Insider spoke with Kento Morita, a former Google Gemini conversation designer and Japanese-American actor and comedian. Morita previously worked on designing conversation flows for Amazon Alexa and Google Gemini, specifically focusing on building a Japanese persona for the AI. Even with Google Assistant and Amazon Alexa, when you ask it a factual question, it used to say immediately, according to Wikipedia, blah blah blah blah, or according to XYZ, blah blah blah blah. So that kind of distancing language allows us to take less responsibility for the information that's being presented. When Google Gemini and other AI are citing sources, it's still a predictive machine?

Persons: OpenAI's ChatGPT, Gemini, Kento Morita, Morita, Warren Buffett's, There's, It's, We've, that's, it's, shirk Organizations: Google, Gemini, Amazon Alexa, New York Times, Washington Post, Department of Justice, North, AP News, Reuters Locations: American

☆ Why hasn’t the US been trying to fix its health insurance problems?
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-12 | by ( Zachary B. Wolf | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN —The cold-blooded assassination of a health care CEO has uncorked a torrent of public anger at the health insurance industry. Satisfaction with health care coverage has never been high in the more than two decades during which Gallup has tracked it. Here, the government only provides health care for the neediest, through Medicaid, and older Americans, who generally qualify for government-run health coverage in Medicare. Dropping satisfaction with a notable government-run systemStruggles with health insurance are not unique to the US. Yet, the US political conversation barely turned to health insurance during the recently concluded presidential campaign, and the health care system was not at the top of voters’ concerns in public opinion polling.

Persons: Luigi Mangione, CNN’s Tami Luhby, Brian Thompson, it’s, Gallup, Barack Obama, Obamacare, Peter G, That’s, Donald Trump, Kamala Harris, Biden, Trump Organizations: CNN, Affordable, Gallup, Peterson Foundation, Commonwealth Fund, Medicaid, Medicare, National Health Service, Democrats, Representatives Locations: New York, United Kingdom

☆ I'm a millennial CPA. The field of accounting isn't dying — it's a fast-track to a happy upper-middle-class life.
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-12 | by ( Robin Madell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Some people say that "accounting isn't sexy" and that it's hard to get people to become accountants. AdvertisementDuring my sophomore and junior years, I interned with a tax firm and a CPA firm doing bookkeeping and tax work. I joined a national firm doing tax work in 2018. AdvertisementLater that year, I job-hopped to another local CPA firm and worked in a client-facing position doing tax and accounting work. Fixing the culture at some accounting firms and modernizing pay incentives would go a long way toward changing the profession's image.

Persons: Nicholas Larson, Nicholas M, Larson, —, who've, it's, haven't, I'm, Jane Zhang Organizations: Accounting, IRS, CPA Locations: Fort Worth , Texas, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Texas

☆ My 12-year-old feels left out without a smartphone and wrote an essay asking for one. We still said no.
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-12 | by ( Kris Ann Valdez | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

My preteen feels left out because he's one of the few kids in his class without a cellphone. My 12-year-old feels left out at school because he's not in a group chat with his classmates. At first, I was surprised, but Common Sense Media reported that 71% of 12-year-olds had their own smartphone as of 2021. At the kitchen table a few nights ago, my son wrote a persuasive essay about why he should be permitted a smartwatch or a phone. Khan also said that preteen phone usage comes with other risks, such as cyberbullying and privacy and safety concerns.

Persons: he's, Kyra Bobinet, Zishan Khan, Khan, he'll Organizations: Media, Nintendo

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