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☆ Millennials Have the Children, but Boomers Have the Houses
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-01 | by ( Michael Kolomatsky | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

You’re probably a millennial, the generation now likeliest to be raising children. Millennial households with children own half as many, about 14 percent. And the disparity persists despite the fact that millennials (aged 26 to 41) now outnumber boomers, making up 28 percent of the U.S. population. Boomers (aged 58 to 76) account for 27 percent. Among the other generations, Gen X-ers (aged 42 to 57, making up 24 percent of the population) with children own 12 percent of larger homes, while Gen Z households (aged 19 to 25, with 12 percent of the population) with children own just 0.2 percent.

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☆ Netflix's password crackdown worked. It could have more tricks to lure subscribers.
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-25 | by ( Lloyd Lee | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Read previewWhen Netflix announced it was mulling a ban on password sharing a few years ago, subscribers immediately balked. For years, Netflix turned a blind eye to password sharing, even winkingly encouraging it on social media. Sorry, the password crackdown workedTo the dismay of the #CancelNetflix-ers, the password reckoning has paid off — handsomely. In the third quarter of 2023, Netflix reported that it added 8.8 million subscribers, vastly exceeding expectations. The fourth quarter numbers yielded even better results: 13.1 million global subscribers for a total of more than 260 million, Business Insider's Lucia Moses reported.

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☆ Where Can Gen Z Buy a Home?
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-25 | by ( Michael Kolomatsky | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

If Gen Z can’t afford the rent, how are they ever going to buy a home? A recent study by Point2 examined housing markets in 100 of the largest U.S. cities, using earnings and employment data to find the places where Gen Z-ers have the best and worst chances of buying a home. Older Gen Z-ers, that is. The study found that Gen Z-ers are out of luck in most large cities. Richmond, Va., Newark, Boston and New York all were among the hardest areas for Gen Z-ers to own homes.

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☆ Some Target workers have gotten fired after purchasing one of Stanley's wildly popular Starbucks cups
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-22 | by ( Dominick Reuter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

A limited-release insulated cup from Stanley and Starbucks caused havoc at Target stores recently. Comments on social media indicate multiple employees have fired over their purchase of the cups. Target worker Araceli Bernal told Business Insider she and several coworkers were fired after purchasing cups, apparently in violation of company policy. "Welp I got fired from Target for buying the Stanley cup while working," @PrincessSunay posted on X. Advertisement"I just found out my favorite Target employee got fired over the stupid Starbucks Stanley cups so I hope you f—ers are happy," @kirks_minivan posted on X.

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☆ 'Emily in Paris' star Ashley Park says she's recovering from 'critical septic shock' after a bout of tonsillitis
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-20 | by ( Eve Crosbie | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Read previewAshley Park, best known for her roles in "Emily in Paris," "Joy Ride," and "Beef," is recovering in hospital after suffering from septic shock following a bout of tonsillitis. In a post on Instagram on Friday, the actor shared that while on vacation in December, she developed a tonsil infection that "spiraled into critical septic shock, which infected and affected several of my organs." In the post, Park thanked her costar and boyfriend Paul Forman for helping her through "three foreign hospitals, a week in the ICU, scary ERs, countless scans and tests and injections," and "excruciating pain." According to NHS inform, "septic shock is a life-threatening condition that happens when your blood pressure drops to a dangerously low level after an infection." "Emily in Paris" star Lily Collins shared in another Instagram post yesterday that the cast had "reunited" in Paris ready for the show's fourth season.

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☆ ‘Emily in Paris’ star Ashley Park on the mend after experiencing ‘critical septic shock’
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-19 | by ( Dan Heching | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Ashley Park is focusing on being “grateful” after experiencing a serious medical scare over the holidays. “While on holiday in December into New Years, what started as tonsillitis spiraled into critical septic shock, which infected and affected several of my organs,” the “Emily in Paris” actor, 32, wrote on her verified Instagram on Friday. When affected by sepsis, the body essentially overreacts to an infection, which can cause organs to shut down. Both sepsis and septic shock require immediate treatment. In the comments section under Park’s post, Collins wrote that she “can hardly look at these without crying,” adding that she’s “forever grateful” Park is on the mend.

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☆ A sports drinks turf war could determine whether beverage stocks bounce back in 2024
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-06 | by ( Jesse Pound | In Jesse-Pound | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

The rise of Prime comes at a time when key beverage stocks are struggling for traction. PEP 1Y mountain Shares of Pepsico have fallen over the past 12 months, along with its two main peers. Pepsi, for instance, is pushing newer versions of Gatorade with Gatorade Zero, G-Fit and Gatorlyte, as well as the Fast Twitch energy drink. Where to invest The exact impact of sports drinks on beverage stocks can be hard to determine. The big three companies do not break out the financials for their sports drink brands individually, and any impact could be outweighed by other categories, like Pepsi's snack foods.

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☆ Gen Z is opting out of working for the man. One out of 3 say they want to work for themselves instead.
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-04 | by ( Katie Notopoulos | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

One of out three Gen Z'ers say the best way to "build wealth" is to be self-employed. This spring, Business Insider wrote about how "Gen Z is the hustle generation":Like the generations before them, Gen Z was sold the idea that if you found a good job and worked hard, you'd reap the rewards. But after watching that dream die for millennials, Gen Z isn't buying into what they view as a broken social contract. AdvertisementMeta didn't disclose how many people it surveyed for its Gen Z survey, and it also didn't say how it collected the data, though it said the Gen Z survey covers the US, UK, Brazil, India, and South Korea. "So we're Gen Z, we're going to pivot, and this is how we're going to pivot."

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☆ Gen Z doesn't trust a traditional job will make them wealthy. One out of 3 say they want to work for themselves instead.
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-04 | by ( Katie Notopoulos | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

One of out three Gen Z'ers say the best way to "build wealth" is to be self-employed. This spring, Business Insider wrote about how "Gen Z is the hustle generation":AdvertisementLike the generations before them, Gen Z was sold the idea that if you found a good job and worked hard, you'd reap the rewards. But after watching that dream die for millennials, Gen Z isn't buying into what they view as a broken social contract. Meta didn't disclose how many people it surveyed for its Gen Z survey, and it also didn't say how it collected the data, though it said the Gen Z survey covers the US, UK, Brazil, India, and South Korea. One key point it also didn't disclose: how Gen Z attitudes differ — if they do — from other generations.

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☆ Who Are You Calling ‘Delulu’?
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-23 | by ( Yaa Addae | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Call it magical thinking or manifesting, but the belief that people can influence their reality through sheer will has existed for centuries. Now, there’s a new term for this idea: “delulu.”Derived from the word delusional, delulu first gained popularity this summer as shorthand for unrelenting confidence. (Posts with the word have more than five billion views on TikTok.) Though it has roots in the K-pop community to describe a fan’s parasocial relationship with a celebrity, delulu is now widely used by Gen Z-ers and young millennials to describe the process of making the seemingly impossible possible — or at least of coming to believe that they can. In the words of Bianca Bernardo, a 23-year-old content creator in Los Angeles: “May all your delulu come trululu, because being delulu is the solulu.”

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☆ Gen Z-ers and Millennials React to ‘L.A. Law’
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-23 | by ( The Styles Desk | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Until the streaming relaunch, the show was hard to find, existing in DVDs at junk shops and in the depths of Amazon Prime Video. In recent days the Styles journalists Melissa Guerrero, Sadiba Hasan, Callie Holtermann and Louis Lucero — all members of the Millennial or Gen Z generations who had never seen “L.A. Law” — watched the first three episodes on Hulu. They shared their observations with the editors Minju Pak and Jim Windolf, who were fans of the show in its heyday. It was the subject of workplace conversation and countless think pieces, and it won 15 Emmys before the final gavel in 1994.

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☆ Piper Ferguson’s ‘Indie Seen’ book documents early-2000s rock
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-21 | by ( Marianna Cerini | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

The Libertines, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Modest Mouse and Amy Winehouse might all be considered part of the movement, albeit in very different ways. Ferguson’s debut book “Indie, Seen” offers a raw and nostalgic look at the early-2000s, with behind-the-scenes portraits depicting artists from Interpol to Kasabian, Peaches to PJ Harvey. Piper Ferguson The Strokes, shot for 'Rolling Stone' in 2001 after their performance at The Troubadour in Hollywood. Piper Ferguson The Yeah Yeah Yeahs performing at the NY Parking Lot show in Williamsburg, New York, in 2002. Piper Ferguson Beck, who graces the cover of "Indie,Seen," is pictured in a shot for 'Mojo' magazine in 2006.

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☆ These Gen Z workers at Goldman Sachs, Google, and beyond say they don't want to work from home. They like going into the office.
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-20 | by ( Jordan Hart | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

About 81% of Gen Z workers think in-person office experiences are important, a survey says. AdvertisementIt seems like more and more CEOs are calling their employees back to the office — and some Gen Z workers couldn't be more happy about it. We talked to Gen Z workers — defined as those born between 1997 and 2012 — who say they don't mind working in the office. Adobe surveyed more than 1,000 Gen Z workers in September at medium- and large-sized companies in the US for its Future Workforce Study. For these Gen Z workers, the debate is settled.

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☆ ‘The Hesitant Fiancée’s’ 19th-century eye-roll is connecting with fed-up women on TikTok
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-19 | by ( Scottie Andrew | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

She’s “The Hesitant Fiancée,” the eponymous subject of the painter Auguste Toulmouche’s 1866 painting. Toulmouche wasn’t a feminist painter, but his work speaks to women todayToulmouche painted scenes of elegant, wealthy French women in domestic settings, often chronicling their romantic exploits. The seated woman in "The Hesitant Fiancée" has inspired TikTok users to create memes based on their own eye roll-worthy moments when they had to swallow their anger. Auguste Toulmouche/From WikipediaWhile Toulmouche was “by no means a painter of feminist art,” Brown said, the women in his paintings are interpreted today as slyly subversive. “Read as a narrative that unfolds across the two works, it looks like the young woman from ‘Forbidden Fruit’ knows what’s about to happen to her.”‘The Hesitant Fiancée’ is courting TikTok fansThe revival of “The Hesitant Fiancée” has been centuries in the making.

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☆ Cramer: Diversification is crushing investors this year. Will 2024 be different?
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-19 | by ( Jim Cramer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +12 min

The stock of Club holding Morgan Stanley (MS) dropped to $70 from $100 before bouncing back to $80 when interest rates recently peaked. Morgan Stanley and Schwab did nothing bad or shameful, but their multiples are shadows of their former selves. At least Morgan Stanley has a nice dividend yield of 4.25%. Key, Huntington, First Horizon, Morgan Stanley and Schwab are all good franchises that are regarded as cheap. The Morgan Stanley headquarters is seen in New York City on Jan. 17, 2023.

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☆ I'm 42 and have worked a 9-to-5 job for 20 years. Gen Z has a point — this schedule still shocks me.
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-16 | by ( Katie Notopoulos | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

How am I supposed to fit my whole life into a 9-to-5 work schedule? I recall the uncanny moment in my early work life of wondering, "What do people DO on a Tuesday night?" There are people who can't find a job, jobs with crummy pay or no benefits. AdvertisementThere was another time in my working life I felt that vertigo-inducing moment of — It's like this … every day … forever? Now, after 20 years of working 9-to-5 jobs, I've gotten used to the schedule.

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☆ Opinion: Why I’m not going to have children
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-11 | by ( Opinion Anna Lee | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

But each day, the current state of the world dissuades me more and more from having children. Like many folks in Gen Z (those born between 1997 and 2012), my main concern is climate change. As environmental catastrophes reach a caliber we cannot predict or conceive, having children is becoming less of a risk I’m willing to take. Coupled with the resources and opportunities that the US provides, my hypothetical children likely wouldn’t be among the worst-affected by climate change. Under today’s environmental and political climate, I find it is better to regret not having children than regret having them.

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It’s time to pick health coverage for next year on the Affordable Care Act’s insurance marketplaces, and experts caution against focusing your choice on price alone. Here are some things to consider when assessing marketplace plans. Many people who haven't shopped on the marketplace don’t know that they can get this help, according to Jeremy Smith, who directs West Virginia’s health insurance navigator program. “They’re just used to having health coverage … and it covers everything.”Plans also can come with annual out-of-pocket maximums higher than $9,000 for individuals and $18,000 for families. “The good news is a lot of people who’ve been in Medicaid will likely qualify for these cost-sharing reductions,” said Sabrina Corlette, co-director of Georgetown University’s Center on Health Insurance Reforms.

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☆ ABC News staffers ‘freaking’ out over reports Disney is in talks to sell the outlet
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-14 | by ( Oliver Darcy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Bloomberg’s Christopher Palmeri and Thomas Buckley reported that Disney has “held exploratory talks” about selling ABC to Nexstar Media Group. The duo also reported that media mogul Byron Allen has also spoken with Disney about a possible deal. “Everyone is freaking the f**k out,” one ABC News staffer bluntly told me about the state of affairs inside the network. Whether a deal to offload ABC and Disney’s linear stations is ultimately in the cards remains to be seen. “I’m ridiculously passionate about news,” Iger told senior company leaders.

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☆ Once upon a time, the 'Disney adult' was ridiculed. Now, kidless millennials and Gen Z-ers with money to burn are packing into the parks — here's how Disney is winning them over.
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-14 | by ( Reed Alexander | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +22 min

Newlyweds Natalie and Brett Schwartz exchanged vows at Walt Disney World in Orlando this summer. "Our approach was to shine a light on the beautiful tapestry of people that come to Walt Disney World," Trejo said. Francis Dominic, the former parks worker turned influencer, has also been tapped to promote Disney parks and films. It's a difficult tightrope to navigate, but it could define the future of Disney parks. Are you a Disney parks or Walt Disney Co. insider?

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☆ Meet the warrior interns: College students hell-bent on winning the CV arms race, who'll stack all the jobs they can to make their resumes shine
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-10 | by ( Kwan Wei Kevin Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

This is becoming a rite of passage for those who want good jobs, one career counselor told Insider. Advertisement Advertisement Watch:Singaporean undergraduate Amelia Yamato Leow told Insider that she started interning right after secondary school. Ong told Insider she's done an internship every summer break, and has worked during the college semester, too. You see from the inside how things work, and how people work, and most importantly, you can build rapport," Chin told Insider. This is especially so for complex industries like banking, Ted Teo, an adjunct assistant professor at the National University of Singapore, told Insider.

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☆ Texas grid operator deploys emergency response service as reserves drop
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-17 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

A general view of electric lines as demand for power surges during a period of hot weather in Houston, Texas, U.S. June 27, 2023. REUTERS/Callaghan O’Hare/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsAug 17 (Reuters) - The main grid operator in Texas said on Thursday it had engaged its emergency system after electricity reserves dropped below the critical 3,000 MW level due to increased power usage amid a heatwave. ERCOT said it also expected lower power reserves due to reduced wind generation. Real-time power prices rose above $5,000 in most of ERCOT Texas hubs, according to the ERCOT website. The grid operator had earlier urged consumers to conserve power between 3 p.m. CDT (2000 GMT) and 8 p.m. CDT on Thursday as demand surged.

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☆ I'm part of the luckiest class of Gen Zers. Here's how we won the economic recovery.
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-06 | by ( Juliana Kaplan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

The pandemic threw Gen Zers off their professional trajectories. For the oldest Gen Zers, the pandemic economic recovery was a huge success. Here's how the class of 2019 won the pandemic recovery. The class of 2019 graduated into recession fears, but it was an economic downturn like none we've seen beforePolitano technically graduated in fall 2018, but considers himself part of my cohort as he began work in 2019. Are you a class of 2019 graduate, and have a story to tell about the economy of the last four years?

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☆ Exclusive: Israeli bid for U.S. visa waiver hangs on Palestinian-American access test
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-19 | by ( Dan Williams | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

But progress has been hindered because of restrictions on entry to Israel for Palestinian Americans from the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Although it has not been advertised beforehand, Israeli and U.S. diplomatic sources said the trial would start on Thursday. U.S. officials assessing the trial will also focus on whether Palestinian Americans or other Arab Americans are subjected to selective grilling by Israeli security personnel. A U.S. official estimated that, of that number, between 45,000 and 60,000 were residents of the West Bank. An Israeli official gave lower figures, saying that out of 70,000 to 90,000 Palestinian Americans worldwide, about 15,000 to 20,000 were West Bank residents.

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☆ 5G and Connectivity Playbook
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-17 | by ( Presented By | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Whether you're aware of it or not, 5G technology is shaping your world every day. Like 4G before it, the fifth generation of cellular wireless technology powers high-speed internet on our phones. It's also forward compatible — meaning it's built to support technologies that are still in development or don't even exist yet. Business Insider's 5G and Connectivity Playbook is built for anyone who wants to know what's possible with this tech and other connectivity advancements — how they can take your business to new heights, expand your creativity, or enliven your world. Credits:Series Editors : Stephanie Hallett, Lily Katzman, Julia Naftulin, Ashley DavisReport ers : Sarah Sloat, Kristina Etter, Iona Brannon, Chris Stokel-Walker, Isabella Sayegh, Erin Gee

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