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☆ A tennis center owner in Santa Monica changed his entire business to capitalize on the pickleball surge in America. It was a 'huge risk' but his revenue numbers have doubled and his court has never be
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-14 | by ( Kathleen Elkins | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +16 min

Former collegiate coach Jon Neeter bought a tennis center in Santa Monica, CA for $40,000 in 2010. He converted his single tennis court into four pickleball courts and business is booming. Plus, he liked the idea of his work being concentrated in one place, rather than scattered at various tennis courts all over LA. A standard pickleball court is 20 feet wide by 44 feet long, much smaller than a tennis court. Plus, he was unsure about how he was going to replicate the Santa Monica Tennis Center anywhere else in LA.

Persons: Jon Neeter, —, Neeter, Jon Arend, Arend, who's, he'd, Sam Querrey, didn't, I'd, they'd, He's, there's, he's Organizations: Service, beachy Santa, Santa, Duke University, Palisades Tennis Center, LA, Santa Monica Tennis Center, Santa Monica Pickleball Center, Neeter Locations: Santa Monica , CA, Wilshire, Los Angeles, LA, Santa Monica, New Jersey, California, West LA, Southern California, pickleball

☆ Man City make it perfect six, Everton get first win
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-23 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Everton registered their first league victory of the season, producing an impressive display to win 3-1 at Brentford whose home struggles continued. "We played, I would say, 51, 52 minutes 10 against 11, so it was not easy, but we were fantastic," City manager Pep Guardiola said. Everton's James Tarkowski scored against his former club in a well-deserved 3-1 win at Brentford's Community Stadium. Victory lifted Everton out of the relegation zone and up to 15th with four points, with Brentford, without a home win this season, 12th on six. It secured Luton's first point in the top flight since April 1992 and they might have been celebrating a win.

Persons: Phil Foden, Erling Haaland, Morgan Gibbs, Kyle Walker, Matheus Nunes, Gibbs, White, Pep Guardiola, Guardiola, James Tarkowski, Abdoulaye Doucoure, Mathias Jensen, Tarkowski, Dwight, Dominic Calvert, Lewin, Mark Flekken, Victory, Ricner Bellegarde, Tom Lockyer, Pedro Neto, Joao Gomes, Carlton Morris, Jose Sa, Luton's, I'm, Rob Edwards, Martyn Herman, Christian Radnedge Organizations: Manchester City, Premier League, Nottingham Forest, Everton, Brentford, Luton Town, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Fulham, Selhurst, Manchester, Burnley, City, Tottenham Hotspur, Arsenal, West Ham United, Brentford's, England, Wolves, Luton, Thomson Locations: MANCHESTER, England, Manchester, White, Crystal, Liverpool, thump, Dwight McNeil's, Jean

☆ Man City make it perfect six, Man Utd and Everton get morale-boosting wins
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-23 | by ( Martyn Herman | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

Manchester United also got a much-needed 1-0 win at Burnley to snap a run of three straight defeats in all competitions. Everton registered their first league victory of the season, producing an impressive display to triumph 3-1 at Brentford whose home struggles continued. A City win never looked in doubt once Kyle Walker set up Foden to thump in the opener after a 46-pass move and Haaland headed powerfully into the net from a cross by Matheus Nunes. "We played, I would say, 51, 52 minutes 10 against 11, so it was not easy, but we were fantastic," City manager Pep Guardiola said. Victory lifted Everton out of the relegation zone and up to 15th with four points, while Brentford, without a home win this season, are 12th on six.

Persons: Fernandes, Phil Foden, Erling Haaland, Morgan Gibbs, Kyle Walker, Matheus Nunes, Gibbs, White, Pep Guardiola, Guardiola, Bruno Fernandes's, Jonny Evans, It's, Ten Hag, James Tarkowski, Abdoulaye Doucoure, Mathias Jensen, Tarkowski, Dwight, Dominic Calvert, Lewin, Mark Flekken, Victory, Ricner Bellegarde, Tom Lockyer, Pedro Neto, Joao Gomes, Carlton Morris, Jose Sa, Luton's, I'm, Rob Edwards, Martyn Herman, Christian Radnedge, Ken Ferris Organizations: Forest, United, Burnley, Everton, Brentford, Manchester City, Premier League, Nottingham Forest, Manchester United, Luton Town, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Fulham, Selhurst, City, Tottenham Hotspur, Arsenal, West Ham United, Brentford's, Wolves, Luton, The Hatters, Thomson Locations: Manchester, White, Crystal, Liverpool, thump, Dwight McNeil's, Jean

☆ Good news, BMW owners: You won't have to pay $18 to heat your seats after all
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-08 | by ( Kai Xiang Teo | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A BMW executive told Autocar magazine the company will be ending its $18-a-month heated seat subscription. That includes the roughly $18 monthly fee — or $180 annually — to activate heated seats, which come pre-installed in these cars. "We thought that we would provide an extra service to the customer by offering the chance to activate that later, but the user acceptance isn't that high," Nota told Autocar during the IAA Mobility conference in Munich. Despite scrapping the seat-warming charges, Nota told Autocar the company still plans to go ahead with charging for other features — like $20-a-month driving assistance software. Automakers Ford and General Motors set a target annual revenue of at least $20 billion from software services by 2030.

Persons: Pieter Nota, It's, Nota, Trevor Noah, General Motors Organizations: BMW, Autocar, Service, IAA Mobility, Daily, Ford, General Locations: Wall, Silicon, Munich

☆ Richardson and Jackson on course for 200m showdown
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-23 | by ( Mitch Phillips | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Fourth-placed 100m finisher Marie-Josee Ta Lou of the Ivory Coast went through from the same heat, while defending champion Jackson was in cruise control winning her heat in 22.50. It's my first time on the track and I managed to get out strong and come through," Thomas said. "I think I can run my world lead time again when I need to but I don't think that will be enough to win gold. I think all the girls in the final will be under 21.60, so it's going to be fast. The track is really fast, it really is.

Persons: Sha'carri Richardson, Cote, Cote D'Ivoire's Marie, Josee, Lou, Sarah Meyssonnier, Sha'Carri Richardson, Jamaica's Shericka Jackson, Richardson, Allyson Felix, Jackson, Gabby Thomas, Thomas, Briton Dina Asher, Smith, Asher, I've, Shelly, Ann Fraser, Pryce, Krystsina Tsimanouskaya, Mitch Phillips, Pritha Sarkar Organizations: Athletics Centre, Cote D'Ivoire's, Rights, U.S, Tokyo, Thomson Locations: Budapest, Hungary, U.S, Ivory, Belarus

☆ Swiatek cruises past Collins, Pegula survives test
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-16 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/4] Aug 12, 2023; Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Iga Swiatek (POL) returns the ball against Jessica Pegula (USA) (not pictured) during semi final play at IGA Stadium. Mandatory Credit: David Kirouac-USA TODAY Sports Acquire Licensing RightsAug 16 (Reuters) - Iga Swiatek made quick work of qualifier Danielle Collins as she raced to a 6-1 6-0 victory on Wednesday to reach the Cincinnati Open third round as third seed Jessica Pegula survived a tough opening match. World number one Swiatek broke the 29-year-old Collins seven times, faced only two break points and wrapped up a one-sided match in a tidy 59 minutes. "I feel like I was really solid and I didn't make a lot of unforced errors," Swiatek said in her on-court interview. Pegula comfortably lost the first-set tiebreak but showed her quality in the second set before racing out to a 3-0 lead in the decider en route to her 27th hardcourt win this year.

Persons: Iga Swiatek, Jessica Pegula, David Kirouac, Swiatek, Danielle Collins, Collins, Martina Trevisan, Pegula, Marketa Vondrousova, Anastasia Potapova, Daria Kasatkina, Varvara Gracheva, Frank Pingue, Ed Osmond Organizations: IGA, Cincinnati, Italian, Wimbledon, Thomson Locations: Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Czech, Russian, Toronto

☆ Arsenal, Newcastle up and running, but reality bites for Luton
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-12 | by ( Martyn Herman | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

But Forest grabbed a goal back in the 83rd minute through Taiwo Awoniyi and pressed for an unlikely point. ANXIOUS FINISH"Welcome to the Premier League!" Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta said of the anxious finish. "Running the clock down, in this league, that's a very dangerous thing to do but overall I'm very happy." Sheffield United's defeat by Palace completed a poor opening weekend for the promoted clubs after Burnley's loss on Friday.

Persons: Eddie Nketiah, Martin Odegaard, William Saliba, Gabriel Martinelli, David Klein, James ', Eddie Howe's, Sandro Tonali, Moussa Diaby, Alexander Isak, Callum Wilson, Harvey Barnes, Declan Rice, Kai Havertz, Saka, Mikel Arteta, Solly, Joao Pedro, Carlton Morris, Simon Adingra, Evan Ferguson, Bobby De Cordova, Reid, Andreas Pereira, Michael Keane, Stuart Attwell, James Tarkowski, Bernd Leno, Sean Dyche, West Ham, Dominic Solanke, Jarrod Bowen, Andoni Iraola, Odsonne Edouard, Martyn Herman, Pritha Sarkar Organizations: Soccer Football, Premier League, Arsenal, Nottingham Forest, Emirates, REUTERS, Newcastle, Villa, Forest Everton, Fulham, Luton Town's, Hove Albion, Champions Manchester City, Burnley, St, Newcastle United, Aston Villa, Everton, Crystal, Sheffield United . West Ham United, Bournemouth, Gunners, Timber, Football League, Brighton, Luton, Goodison, BBC, Sheffield, Thomson Locations: London, Britain, Brighton, West

☆ Haaland back in the groove with double as Man City win at Burnley
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-11 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Haaland, who bagged a Premier League season-record 36 goals and a total of 52 in all competitions for treble winners City last season, slotted his side in front after four minutes. POACHER'S GOALHaaland's opening goal was a typical poacher's effort, pouncing to jab a shot past goalkeeper James Trafford after Rodri headed a De Bruyne cross back into the area. Burnley recovered from that early setback quite well and almost punished City for some sloppiness when Lyle Foster curled a shot past the far post. The second half was a lessen in game management by City who were content to run the legs out of Burnley. Haaland was substituted late on while City also offered a late cameo to new defensive signing Josko Gvardiol.

Persons: Erling Haaland, Haaland, Kevin de Bruyne, Rodri, Vincent Kompany, Anass Zaroury, Kyle Walker, Craig Pawson, Guardiola, James Trafford, Lyle Foster, De Bruyne, Mateo Kovacic, Julian Alvarez teeing, Josko Gvardiol, City's Rico Lewis, Martyn Herman, Ken Ferris Organizations: City Rodri, Turf Moor City, Premier League, BURNLEY, Manchester City, Burnley, Turf, City, Champions League, Thomson Locations: England, Norwegian, Burnley, City's

☆ Why Robert Kennedy Jr.’s 2024 Bid Is a Headache for Biden
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-19 | by ( Reid J. Epstein | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

President Biden might seem to be on cruise control until the heat of the 2024 general election. Nearly all of the nation’s top Democrats have lined up behind him, and the Republican nomination fight seems set to revolve around Donald J. Trump’s legal problems. But he is nevertheless facing his own version of a primary: a campaign to shore up support among skeptical Democratic voters. He still has to find ways to promote his accomplishments, assuage voters wary of his age and dismiss the Democratic challengers he does have without any drama. Mr. Kennedy’s support from Democrats, as high as 20 percent in some surveys, serves as a bracing reminder of left-leaning voters’ healthy appetite for a Biden alternative, and as a glaring symbol of the president’s weaknesses.

Persons: Biden, Donald J, Trump —, Robert F, Kennedy Jr Organizations: Republican, Democratic, Mr, Biden

☆ I drove the $20,000 Ford Maverick and found the bare-bones truck proves that less can be more
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-12 | by ( Tim Levin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

The bare-bones Maverick XL hybrid lacks creature comforts like cruise control and power mirrors. The first time I hopped into the new Ford Maverick pickup, I did what any driver would do in an unfamiliar vehicle. The base Maverick XL, which Ford loaned me for a weekend in December, costs $20,000 before fees, which makes it the cheapest model in Ford's lineup. Ford Maverick XLT ($22,360) : adds cruise control, a nicer interior, power mirrors, an in-bed storage cubby, and other features. During my time with the Maverick XL, I debated whether the stripped-down truck would be worth the sacrifices I'd have to make.

Persons: There's, I'd, Tim Levin, Ford, Ford Maverick, Tom Holland Organizations: Morning, Ford, Maverick, Honda, Ford Maverick XL, Maverick XL, Apple, Android, Environmental Protection Agency, Chevy Silverado, Hyundai, Cruz, — Locations: New York

☆ Stock Market Chaotic New Normal Will Screw Over Wall Street Investors
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-04 | by ( Linette Lopez | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

Wall Street desperately wants the stock market to go back to the good ol' days. In that environment, any idiot — or anyone on Wall Street — could buy almost any asset, sit back, and watch its value increase. In this scenario, the stock market gets choppy. It was a pull-in-case-of-emergency valve that we pulled for so long that now it feels normal to Wall Street. Despite this constant caterwauling from Wall Street, Americans are working, spending, and helping the economy defy doom-and-gloom forecasts.

Persons: Justin Simon, Jasper Capital, that's, hasn't, it'll, Richard Hayne, —, haven't, Joe Weisenthal, Richard Haynes, Torsten Slok, Simon, Linette Lopez Organizations: Street, San Francisco Fed, Fed, Urban Outfitters, Auto, Walmart, Bloomberg, Urban, NASDAQ, Federal, Apollo Global Management Locations: Jasper, Wall Street, American

☆ Colombian Amazon plane crash: children's plight is the latest in a long list of air travel mishaps
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-30 | by ( Stefano Pozzebon | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

The three adults onboard, including the pilot and the children’s mother, Magdalena Mucutuy, died in the crash. Calderon dismisses the idea that his job is particularly high risk, but he concedes flying in the Colombian Amazon is not for the faint hearted. Soldiers stand next to the wreckage of a plane during the search for child survivors on May 19, 2023. Moreover, this type of older airplanes are often the most apt to operate in the limited infrastructure of the airfields in the Colombian Amazon. This year the Colombian government budgeted the equivalent of over $200 million to boost airports across the Amazon region over the next 30 years, and to open eight new commercial flight routes Amazon region.

☆ I oversee car repairs at a dealership. Here's what you need to know about maintenance and how we do our job.
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-22 | by ( Alexa St. John | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Mike Wilhelm is a service and parts director at a car dealership in Michigan. He says drivers have some misconceptions about car repair and how EVs differ from gas-powered cars. Here's his advice for car repair and maintenance, as told to the reporter Alexa St. John. I would suggest car owners do a little bit of homework on car maintenance and why it's necessary so they can understand the importance of it. They took their car to an aftermarket mechanic, put four or five different parts on the car, and come to us saying no one's ever touched the car.

☆ I drove the $180,000 Lucid Air and experienced the stunningly fast, screen-filled future of luxury cars
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-21 | by ( Tim Levin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

I drove the Lucid Air Grand Touring Performance, a $180,000 electric car. The Lucid Air Grand Touring Performance. The Lucid Air Grand Touring Performance. The Lucid Air Grand Touring Performance. The Lucid Air Grand Touring Performance.

☆ ‘The federal government is not doing their job,’ NTSB chair says about automated driving tech
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-06 | by ( Peter Valdes-Dapena | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —National Transportation Safety Board chair Jennifer Homendy sharply criticized federal regulators Thursday for not doing enough to monitor and test automatic driving technologies. “The NTSB has called on regulators to set performance minimums for these features, to test vehicles rigorously against those standards and provide the results to consumers. That’s because the IIHS and Consumer Reports worked directly with automakers to get them to add it. “Consumer Reports and IIHS tried to get ahead of this because there was no movement from regulators,” she said. Consumer Reports test drivers will still use an actual interstate highway to test features that only function when the car recognizes that it’s on a divided highway.

After the verdict on Friday, juror Mitchell Vasseur, 63, told Reuters that he and his fellow jurors felt badly for Hsu, but ultimately determined that Autopilot was not at fault. Jury foreperson Olivia Apsher, 31, said the Autopilot system reminds drivers when they are not adequately taking control. "There are audible warnings and visual warnings both for the driver, indicating that it is your responsibility." The trial unfolded in Los Angeles Superior Court over three weeks and featured testimony from three Tesla engineers. Reporting by Abhirup Roy in Los Angeles, and Dan Levine and Hyun Joo Jin in San Francisco Editing by Peter Henderson and Matthew LewisOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Resurgent Koepka enjoying life in the fast lane at Masters
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-07 | by ( Frank Pingue | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

First time didn't go, so figured try it again," said Koepka. Now Koepka, who also missed the 2021 Masters cut when he played three weeks after ligament surgery on his right knee, enters the weekend looking to restore his identity as major-championship specialist. "I mean, I've got a completely different knee, so the normal is a little bit different. Koepka also admitted that his decision to join LIV Golf would have been tougher if he was in full health and playing as well as he currently is but added that he was "happy with the decision" he made. Reporting by Frank Pingue in Augusta, Georgia, editing by Pritha SarkarOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Elon Musk's self-driving car project is on a road to nowhere
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-29 | by ( Tim Levin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Elon Musk has made developing autonomous driving technology one of Tesla's fundamental goals. "Today it's financially insane to buy anything other than a Tesla," Musk said at an event touting the carmaker's autonomous-vehicle development in 2019. That revolutionary software update never came, and by 2022 the goalpost for bringing self-driving cars to the masses had shifted to 2023. Full Self-Driving is far from actually being self-driving, some sayDespite its branding, Tesla's Full Self-Driving Beta currently requires total driver supervision, just like cruise control or smarter features like Autopilot. Likewise, McGehee says self-driving cars need a combination of overlapping sensors — whether that's cameras, radar, lidar, or ultrasonic sensors — to move through the world safely.

☆ Kane on target again as England ease past Ukraine
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-26 | by ( Martyn Herman | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Ukraine had their moments and enjoyed some pressure after the interval but never really looked capable of claiming only a second victory over England in 10 attempts. It took them a while to get going, however, as Ukraine comfortably kept the hosts at bay for most of the first half. Kane, who was presented with a golden boot beforehand, missed two routine chances, fluffing a close-range volley and then prodding an inviting Maddison delivery over. The 21-year-old has now had a hand in 10 goals in his last 16 games for England in all competitions. Their next game will be against North Macedonia in June while England are away in Malta next.

☆ Ford applies for patent on car that can automatically repossess itself
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-03 | by ( Peter Valdes-Dapena | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Ford has some interesting ideas about stuff that self-driving cars might soon be able to do. Besides freeing us from the tedium of commuting, cars, as envisioned in a Ford patent application, could repossess themselves. Before getting to the point that the car would simply drive itself away, delinquent payers would be subject to a litany of annoyances. If the owner persists in ignoring these messages, the vehicle would, in the words of Ford’s patent application, “initiate execution of a multi-step repossession procedure.”Step one involves making the owner pay in other ways. It may not have been your idea of the “car of the future” but, if you don’t pay up, it just might be.

☆ Ford wants to allow your car to lock you out — and even drive itself to an impound lot or scrapyard — if you miss payments
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-28 | by ( Sarah Jackson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Ford wants to patent a system that would let cars repossess themselves if drivers miss payments. If the owner still skips payments, the car could lock them out and drive itself to a repo agency or even a scrapyard. If the owner is still behind on payments at this point, the car may take some pretty drastic action. In yet another case, the repossession system computer may communicate with the computer of the lending institution to identify the car's market value. If it would cost more to repossess the car than the car is worth, the vehicle could even drive itself to a scrapyard.

☆ Elon Musk has promised self-driving Teslas for years. Experts say it's not even close.
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-26 | by ( Tim Levin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

☆ Tesla recalling nearly 363,000 vehicles equipped with ‘Full Self-Driving’
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-16 | by ( Chris Isidore | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

New York CNN —Tesla is recalling nearly 363,000 vehicles with its so-called “Full Self Driving” driver assist feature due to risks it can pose at intersections, even if the driver is paying attention and ready to take over control of the car. Tesla will attempt to fix the the FSD feature, which costs $15,000, through an over-the-air software update, the notice added. NHTSA itself has identified at least 273 crashes that involved one of Tesla’s driver assist systems. Tesla owners have filed a class-action lawsuit over the predictions and missed deadlines, which is still pending. Tesla, which has disbanded its public relations staff and has not responded to press inquiries for several years, could not be reached for comment.

☆ People are 'over-trusting' self-driving technology and getting into serious accidents that injure or even kill them, warns researcher who Elon Musk once said was 'extremely biased against Tesla'
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-16 | by ( Sam Tabahriti | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

She analyzed almost 400 crashes involving software like Tesla's Autopilot or GM's Super Cruise. Tesla CEO Elon Musk once said that Cummings was "extremely biased against Tesla." She told The New York Times that drivers were "letting the cars speed" while using technology such as Tesla's Autopilot and General Motors' Super Cruise. Following her appointment to the road-safety regulator, Musk tweeted in October 2021 that "Objectively, her track record is extremely biased against Tesla." A report released in June last year by the road-safety agency found that drivers using Tesla's Autopilot software were involved in 273 crashes in 2021.

☆ The great venture-capital resignation is now the great uncertainty for many solo GPs
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-14 | by ( Melia Russell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

But what's gone almost unnoticed in the midst of the tech bloodletting is that consolidation is coming for venture investors, too. "Anyone who wanted to raise a fund could," said Nichole Wischoff, a solo venture capitalist. In essence, the great venture-capital resignation has become the great uncertainty. Family offices and institutions that front money to venture funds are being inundated with pitches, multiple sources said. "There's not going to be a rush by the big mega-platforms to hire them," said the principal at the early-stage venture firm.

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