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☆ We Shop for a Living—Here’s What We’re Buying on Amazon Prime Big Deal Days
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-10 | by ( Buy Side Staff | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +11 min

By Buy Side StaffAmazon Prime Big Deal Days are here, which means it’s time to save on products across the mega-retailer’s offerings. For that I recommend this Bose SoundLink Revolve+ ii portable speaker on sale with 40% off for $199. That will soon change, since I’m buying a sparkling water maker from Sodastream while it’s more than 30% off. Now I’m excited to add this standing lamp that’s currently on sale to introduce some fun colors to my home. And while it’s already a good deal at $25, it’s an even better one now that it’s on sale for under $20 during Prime Big Deal Days.” —Madeline Diamond, staff editor

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☆ U.S. jobless claims increase slightly to 207,000 for the week
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-05 | by ( Jeff Cox | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

The U.S. labor market held strong as September came to a close, with weekly jobless claims holding around recent lows, the Labor Department reported Thursday. Continuing claims, which run a week behind, were little changed at 1.664 million, below the 1.68 million estimate from FactSet. Following the report, stock market futures added to losses while Treasury yields moved higher. Central bank officials worry that continued tightness in the labor market could exert upward pressure on inflation and necessitate additional interest rate hikes. Markets have been especially sensitive to moves higher in Treasury yields that could indicate the Fed will keep rates higher.

Persons: Dow Jones Organizations: Fear, Business, Fear Community, Labor Department, Dow, Federal Reserve, Treasury, Traders, ADP Locations: Castle Hayne , North Carolina, U.S

☆ Eli Lilly is on a buying spree. Here’s what it means for investors like us
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-05 | by ( Kevin Stankiewicz | In Kevinstankiewicz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +9 min

Still, he said it's "healthy" for a company like Eli Lilly — valued over $500 billion, as of Thursday — to be executing smaller deals. "They can still put their mark on an asset or a constellation of drugs," said Seigerman, who has a buy rating and $633-per-share price target on Eli Lilly stock. LLY 1Y mountain Eli Lilly's stock performance over the past 12 months. Details on the deals The three companies Eli Lilly bought this summer have drugs in various stages of the clinical development process. In the near term, though, they may result in a noisy third-quarter earnings report as Eli Lilly records the acquisitions.

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☆ Frugal but fun: 'Simpsons' and podcast star Yeardley Smith on wealth
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-14 | by ( Chris Taylor | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

[1/2] Actor Yeardley Smith arrives at the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) dinner in Los Angeles, California, U.S., March 30, 2019. Smith has a fascinating sideline: co-host of the true-crime podcast "Small Town Dicks" which is about to launch its 13th season on Sept. 22. A: We were not well off, but my mother was really good with money. Like I have a friend whose son is really good at computers, and she was paying for him to take extra classes. I invest in things I love, things that move me, things that I believe will make the world a better place.

Persons: Yeardley Smith, Kyle Grillot, Lisa Simpson, Smith, Tom Stoppard, Jeremy Irons, Glenn Close, Christine Baranski, Cynthia Nixon, Yeardley, Lauren Young, Richard Chang Organizations: Human Rights, REUTERS, Apple, Reuters, Broadway, Saks, Thomson Locations: Los Angeles , California, U.S, New York City, Italy, Florence

☆ Basta! Let Italians play Italians in movies, actor says
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-30 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

[1/4] The 80th Venice Film Festival - Photocall for the film "Comandante" in competition - Venice, Italy August 30, 2023. Director Edoardo De Angelis and cast members Johan Heldenbergh, Silvia D'Amico, Pierfrancesco Favino, Massimiliano Rossi pose. REUTERS/Yara Nardi Acquire Licensing RightsVENICE, Aug 30 (Reuters) - One of Italy's most famous actors, Pierfrancesco Favino, on Wednesday said Italian actors should be given a chance to play Italian roles in big international movies. Other Italian roles were taken by Lady Gaga, Jared Leto, Jeremy Irons, Salma Hayek and Al Pacino. "I wish Italian actors ... were more present in international movies where Italian characters are written," said Favino, who was promoting his new Italian-language film "Comandante," which opens the Venice Festival on Wednesday.

Persons: Edoardo De Angelis, Johan Heldenbergh, Silvia D'Amico, Pierfrancesco Favino, Massimiliano Rossi, Yara, Pierfrancesco, Ferrari, Adam Driver, carmaker Enzo Ferrari, Spain's Penelope Cruz, Driver, Maurizio Gucci, Ridley Scott's, Gucci, Lady Gaga, Jared Leto, Jeremy Irons, Salma Hayek, Al Pacino, Favino, Crispian Balmer, Mark Porter Organizations: REUTERS, Venice Film, Venice Festival, Thomson Locations: Venice, Italy, Ridley, Italian

☆ Negasi Zuberi: Man accused of holding a woman in a cinder block 'dungeon' in his Klamath Falls, Oregon, home has pleaded not guilty
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-15 | by ( Sara Smart Emma Tucker Joe Sutton Andy Rose | Sara Smart | Emma Tucker | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Zuberi was taken into federal custody after a woman escaped from his Klamath Falls home last month, according to a news release from the FBI field office in Portland. The woman was kidnapped from Seattle and sexually assaulted before being placed in a “makeshift cell” in Zuberi’s garage, investigators said. “Zuberi told the victim she was under arrest,” the Klamath Falls Police Department said in a news release. She was taken to a nearby hospital, where detectives responded to a report of a rape victim, according to Klamath Falls police. Klamath Falls Mayor Carol Westfall told the local newspaper Herald and News that she and her husband own the home where Zuberi allegedly held the woman.

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☆ Morgan Stanley says buy 'top’ stocks like Apple to fight the growing market malaise
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-12 | by ( Michael Bloom | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Investors may be feeling some market indigestion in August, but Morgan Stanley said there are still top stocks to buy settle down portfolios. CNBC Pro combed through recent Morgan Stanley research to find the well positioned stocks for August. In particular, Morgan Stanley said it's impressed by Keurig's commitment to improve coffee fundamentals. Morgan Stanley gave several reasons in its earnings reaction note as to why CBOE is well-positioned as a top pick. Howmet Aerospace Meanwhile, shares of Howmet Aerospace are up over 25% this year, but the stock has plenty more room to run, according to Morgan Stanley.

Persons: Morgan Stanley, Dr Pepper, Dara Mohsenian, Mohsenian, it's, Keurig's, Michael Cyprys, Cyprys, Kristine Liwag, Howmet, Liwag, Pepper Organizations: CNBC, CBOE, Chicago, Howmet, Howmet Aerospace, Airbus, Boeing, Commercial Locations: Europe, 2H23

REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar/File PhotoNEW YORK, Aug 9 (Reuters) - Body Art Alliance is exploring options including a sale that could value the supplier of tattoo and body art products at nearly $1 billion, including debt, according to people familiar with the matter. Representatives for Body Art Alliance and Jefferies declined to comment. Body Art Alliance's move to explore a sale comes amid a global surge in the popularity of body art, especially among the younger generation. The company was launched in 2020 by the founders of four body art companies - FK Irons, Painful Pleasures, NeoMetal and World Famous Ink. It is now affiliated with dozens of global brands that sell tattoo and body art products, which include body ink and piercing equipment, to artists and customers.

Persons: Ravan, Navesh, Jefferies, Abigail Summerville, Leslie Adler Organizations: REUTERS, Alliance, Jefferies, Group Inc, Body Art Alliance, FK Irons, Thomson Locations: Kathmandu, Nepal, Hanover , Maryland, U.S, New York

☆ The Sea Captain Who Ran From Abraham Lincoln
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-01 | by ( Dorothy Wickenden | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

SHIPWRECKED: A True Civil War Story of Mutinies, Jailbreaks, Blockade-Running, and the Slave Trade, by Jonathan W. WhiteWho was Appleton Oaksmith? One contemporary described him as a “good seaman, & a bold & daring officer.” His enemies, President Abraham Lincoln among them, judged him a scoundrel and a traitor. As a young seafaring adventurer in the 1850s, Oaksmith armed mercenaries in Nicaragua and joined the liberation movement in Cuba. After Lincoln took office, in 1861, Oaksmith became a shipping agent, outfitting old whaling ships. Whaling was in decline, so, it was assumed, the people who bought and fitted whalers were likely slavers.

Persons: Jonathan W, White, Appleton, ”, Abraham Lincoln, Lincoln, Oaksmith Organizations: Slave, Tammany Hall Democrat, Whaling Locations: Jailbreaks, Nicaragua, Cuba, North

☆ Patrol dogs are terrorizing and mauling prisoners inside the United States
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-23 | by ( Hannah Beckler | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +64 min

But prison patrol dogs aren't deployed for chases; they are used inside the prison walls. Tri-State Canines training facility, Warren, OhioVirginia Department of Corrections patrol dogs are typically Belgian Malinois, Czech shepherds, or German shepherds. Department patrol dogs are trained to bite once and hold to minimize flesh tears and lacerations. Patrol dog kennels, Virginia Department of CorrectionsThe patrol dog kennels are even smaller, at 6 feet by 10. A veterinary technician who treated patrol dogs at a clinic in Lebanon, Virginia, said she was told not to touch the patrol dogs in her care without their handler present.

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☆ For the British Open, You Just Can’t Forget the Weather
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-19 | by ( Paul Sullivan | More About Paul Sullivan | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Royal Liverpool is hosting the British Open, which starts on Thursday, for the third time in 20 years. And the biggest deciding factor in how the course plays and who wins could be the one thing that the R&A, golf’s governing body in Britain, has no control over: the weather. When Tiger Woods won here in 2006, the course was firm and baked out, with temperatures approaching 100 degrees. Eight years later, Rory McIlroy played the same course, which dates from 1869, in vastly different conditions. The temperatures were in the 70s, and a severe rainstorm blew through after the third round.

Persons: Tiger Woods, Woods, Rory McIlroy, McIlroy Organizations: Liverpool, Woods, McIlroy — Locations: Britain

☆ Surviving Extreme Heat
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-13 | by ( David Gelles | More About David Gelles | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Jack moved to Phoenix in 2021, chasing stories about the fast-growing American West. And this week, he filed a remarkable article about the withering heat wave currently scorching the Southwest. As the climate warms, forecasters say that dangerous levels of heat crank up earlier in the year, last longer — often well past Halloween — and lock America’s hottest big city in a sweltering straitjacket. “In triple-digit heat, monkey bars singe children’s hands, water bottles warp and seatbelts feel like hot irons. Neighborhoods feel like ghost towns at midday, with rumbling rooftop air-conditioners offering the only sign of life.”

Persons: Jack Healy, Jack, “ Summers, ” Locations: Phoenix

Golf becomes a geopolitical trophyThe shock news that the PGA Tour plans to join forces with LIV Golf, the upstart circuit that it has spent the past year feuding with, rattled the normally staid world of golf. Saudi Arabia, LIV’s backer, now stands to hold enormous sway over golf, as it invests billions to extend its presence throughout pro sports — and beyond. It’s an additional sign of how the kingdom is seeking to assert its role as a growing geopolitical and global business power. Covert jet-setting talks led to the golf deal. Those on the Saudi side included the banker Michael Klein, a longtime adviser to the kingdom.

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☆ I got laid off from Twitter in November, but now I'm making six figures as a food influencer. Here's how.
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-13 | by ( Lakshmi Varanasi | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

This is an as-told-to story based on a conversation with Priyanka Naik, the food blogger behind the brand Chef Priyanka. All the while, I was building my brand: Chef Priyanka. Eventually, I started getting recognition from various food media sites. Twitter gave me flexibilityOne of the reasons I stayed so long at Twitter was because of the reach and flexibility it gave me to grow Chef Priyanka. And in some ways, it was the nudge I needed to turn Chef Priyanka into a full-time gig.

☆ Opinion | Tucker Carlson, ‘White Men’ and the Lynch Mob Mentality
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-03 | by ( Charles M. Blow | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

How did the people in these mobs — made up mostly of white men in the American accounts I’ve read — rev themselves up to peak barbarity? I have stared at the pictures of glassy-eyed men and boys (and sometimes women) standing beneath dangling bodies or standing above charred ones. I have read the histories of communities consumed by the desire to not only kill, but to mutilate. In 1893, Henry Smith, a Black man accused of killing a white girl, was lynched in Paris, Texas, before a crowd estimated at 10,000 people. His body was burned with “red-hot” irons “inch by inch until they were thrust against the face.” His eyes were burned out and the hot irons shoved down his throat.

☆ Inside the Wild World of Celebrity Keynote Speakers: Drugs, Alcohol
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-23 | by ( David Kushner | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +31 min

"I never saw myself as a speaker, let alone a motivational speaker," Leonard tells me while his assistant irons his jeans. 'When I ramble," Hunter told me, "hit me in the leg!" Every plane had been grounded, including the one stuck on the tarmac with an increasingly inebriated Hunter Thompson trapped inside. But by far the most all-consuming task was booking gigs for Hunter Thompson. Just before a debate with G. Gordon Liddy at Brown University, Hunter demanded that Betsy Berg, whom I now worked alongside at GTN, score him some crystal meth.

☆ US weekly jobless claims post largest rise in 5 months; labor market still tight
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-09 | by ( Lucia Mutikani | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +6 min

"Even after factoring in the latest increase, jobless claims are exceptionally low by historical standards, underscoring just how tight labor market conditions still are," said Michael Pearce, lead U.S. economist at Oxford Economics in New York. The four-week moving average for new claims, a better measure of labor market trends as it irons out weekly fluctuations, climbed 4,000 to 197,000 last week. Claims had stayed below 200,000 for seven straight weeks, indicating that high-profile job cuts in the technology sector had not had a material impact on the labor market. Goldman Sachs believed residual seasonality accounted for about half of last week's rise in claims. The labor market is, however, cooling on the margins.

☆ Maker of Vicks, OXO and Osprey is laying off 10% of its staff
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-05 | by ( Danielle Wiener-Bronner | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

New York CNN —Helen of Troy, which owns Vicks, OXO and Osprey among other consumer goods and beauty brands, is laying off 10% of its staff, in the face of sluggish demand and economic uncertainty. They are part of an effort to streamline the organization and reach $75 to $85 million in annualized savings in the coming years. Salesforce is planning to cut about 10% of staff and reduce its real estate footprint. Helen of Troy, which owns Vicks and other brands, is reducing its workforce by 10%. In the beauty segment, it owns Drybar and Hot Tools, which sells curling irons and other hair tools.

☆ This is how Waffle House stays open during storms — including using a natural disaster playbook, emergency teams, and limited menus
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-23 | by ( Mary Meisenzahl | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Waffle House keeps its nearly 2,000 locations open 24/7, even through many natural disasters. Waffle House takes natural disaster preparation so seriously that it's become an unofficial metric to measure the severity of storms for the Federal Emergency Management Agency, known as the "Waffle House Index." "If you get there and the Waffle House is closed? Every location is armed with a "Waffle House storm playbook" that has protocol for keeping the restaurant running in an emergency, including if electricity and running water are unavailable, Waffle House Director of External Affairs Pat Warner told NPR. The company shifts to a grill-only menu during natural disasters, Waffle House said.

☆ U.S. blacklists Chinese firm selling video surveillance tech to Iran
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-15 | by ( Dan De Luce | Dan De Luce Is A Reporter For The Nbc News Investigative Unit. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +7 min

“The Chinese Communist Party is weaponizing technology companies to further its geopolitical goals,” Rubio said in an email. Human rights advocates and lawmakers are concerned Iranian authorities could use Tiandy’s video surveillance technology to help squelch a wave of anti-regime protests in the country. The Biden administration last month effectively banned the sale or import of new equipment from a number of Chinese surveillance firms. China has strongly rejected U.S. criticism of Chinese tech companies and of its treatment of Uyghurs or other Muslim minorities in the country. But he said it was “absurd” to portray Chinese technology as a security threat.

☆ 8 best flat irons to shop in 2022, according to experts
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-13 | by ( Mili Godio | Mili Godio Is An Associate Reporter For Select On Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +13 min

We also gathered their recommendations for the best flat irons to shop. Ceramic vs. tourmaline vs. titanium flat ironsThe three most common flat iron plates are ceramic, tourmaline and titanium. When the metal beneath — usually aluminum — is exposed, it can cause damage to your hair, according to Bertin. Best flat irons to shop in 2022We consulted experts about what to look for when shopping for a good flat iron and highlighted their recommendations below with varying plate types and sizes for different hair types and textures. Our experts agreed that flat irons should equip a button or knob that easily displays the temperature you’re using, rather than limited settings.

☆ Ukraine faces 'significant' power shortages after Russian attacks
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-08 | by ( Pavel Polityuk | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

REUTERS/Serhii Smolientsev/File PhotoKYIV, Dec 8 (Reuters) - Ukraine enforced new emergency power cuts on Thursday as it tried to repair energy infrastructure damaged in Russian air strikes which the national grid operator said had caused significant supply shortages. Russia pummelled power facilities across Ukraine in the latest big wave of attacks on Monday at a time of the year when energy consumption usually rises because winter is setting in. DTEK, Ukraine's largest private power producer, said there were now emergency power cuts in the capital Kyiv and the Kyiv region, in the southern region of Odesa and in Dnipro in central Ukraine. Russia, which invaded Ukraine in February, has increased attacks on energy facilities in recent weeks, saying strikes on vital infrastructure are militarily legitimate. Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko warned of an "apocalypse" scenario for the capital this winter if Russian air strikes on infrastructure continue.

☆ Chinese firm selling surveillance tech to Iran comes under scrutiny
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-01 | by ( Dan De Luce | Dan De Luce Is A Reporter For The Nbc News Investigative Unit. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +11 min

Tiandy is one of several Chinese companies at the center of China’s vast domestic surveillance network, experts and human rights advocates say. A spokesperson for the Chinese embassy in Washington, Liu Pengyu, said the embassy could not speak on behalf of Chinese private companies. Last week, the Biden administration effectively banned the sale or import of new equipment from a number of Chinese surveillance firms but Tiandy Technologies was not named. Maya Wang, senior China researcher at Human Rights Watch, said Chinese surveillance technology tends to be less expensive and more attractive for some authoritarian governments. Like other video technology companies in China, Tiandy’s software includes an ethnicity tracking tool that supposedly can digitally identify someone’s race.

☆ Released Australian adviser supports sanctions against Myanmar officials
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-21 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

SYDNEY, Nov 22 (Reuters) - Australia should sanction Myanmar's military government and the regime's bankers, Sean Turnell, the Australian economist and adviser to deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi said in his first interview since being released from a Myanmar jail last week. He and three other foreigners were released as part of a mass amnesty of almost 6,000 prisoners last Thursday. Saying the Myanmar people's dreams have been "completely shattered", Turnell said he supported sanctions against regime officials and Myanmar bankers, without specifying which banks or financiers. Before court appearances Turnell would reunite briefly with fellow co-defendants including Aung San Suu Kyi. The Nobel Peace laureate faced widespread criticism from rights groups for defending Myanmar's generals against charges of genocide in 2019.

☆ Cyber Monday bestsellers: Top-selling deals from last year
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-11 | by ( Shari Uyehara | Shari Uyehara Is The Manager Of Editorial Operations Of Select On Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

Black Friday and Cyber Monday are quickly approaching and major retailers like Amazon, Walmart, Target and Best Buy are already offering plenty of early sales and deals to shop. To give you an idea of what our readers were most interested in last year, we gathered a list of the most purchased products we covered during Cyber Monday 2021. To ensure the quality of each deal, we used price history trackers like CamelCamelCamel and Honey to confirm all of the below products were at their lowest price in at least three months when shared. 4.6-star average rating from 43,027 reviews on AmazonCovered in: The 10 best electric toothbrushes of 20214.7-star average rating from 13,042 reviews at Best BuyCovered in: Black Friday deal alert: Apple AirPods Pro4.5-star average rating from 4,408 reviews on AmazonCovered in: Black Friday laptop deals 20214.4-star average rating from 25,880 reviews on AmazonCovered in: Cyber Monday 2021 deal on a Roomba robot vacuum4.7-star average rating from 18,633 reviews on AmazonCovered in: Deal alert: Amazon Kindle Paperwhite4.5-star average rating from 14,216 reviews on AmazonCovered in 10 best flat irons of 20214.5-star average rating from 9,334 reviews on AmazonCovered in 70+ best Black Friday deals4.7-star average rating from 21,141 reviews on AmazonCovered in Amazon's Black Friday deals4.8-star average rating from 32,537 reviews on AmazonCovered in Best Black Friday air fryer deals4.8-star average rating from 103,670 reviews on AmazonCovered in: The best Cyber Monday 2021 deals4.7-star average rating from 3,013 reviews at Best BuyCovered in: Best Dyson Black Friday deals 20214.6-star average rating from 329,350 reviews at Best BuyCovered in: The best Cyber Monday 2021 deals4.6-star average rating from 56,574 reviews on AmazonCovered in: Best Black Friday air fryer deals4.8-star average rating from 735 reviews on Best BuyCovered in: The 10 best electric toothbrushes of 20214.5-star average rating from 68,996 reviews on AmazonCovered in: How to shop for the best KN95 face masks4.6-star average rating from 25,332 reviews on AmazonCovered in: Best Black Friday deals on TVs4.3-star average rating from 10,138 reviews on AmazonCovered in: The 5 best head shavers of 20214.5-star average rating from 2,841 reviews on AmazonCovered in: 10 best flat irons of 20214.4-star average rating from 20,254 reviews on AmazonCovered in: Black Friday 2021 fitness deals4.6-star average rating from 5,575 reviews on AmazonCovered in: Amazon's Black Friday dealsCatch up on Select’s in-depth coverage of personal finance, tech and tools, wellness and more, and follow us on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter to stay up to date.

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