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☆ Nike is joining the crowded race to win period-proof clothes — and they've got an undeniable edge over the competition
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-30 | by ( Matthew Kish | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Nike has unveiled Leak Protection: Period, an absorbent liner that protects against period leaks. The Nike One Leak Protection: Period Short will be available in early April on Nike.com. The nearly $50 billion company on Thursday unveiled a new product line called Nike Leak Protection: Period. The product is a thin absorbent liner designed to prevent period leaks. Nike has been focused on evolving its women's business for several years, but it's growing slower than the overall business.

On TikTok, trans adults and supportive parents of trans youth have spoken emotionally about the heartbreaking decision to move. I moved to 3 major cities, each time with $400 or less in my pocketIn 2010, I moved to Chicago for college at 19 years old. Five years later, in 2015, I moved to New York City with no job, housing plans, or savings. Call LGBTQ organizations in your desired state to find housing supportMany LGBTQ organizations across the country, like the Los Angeles LGBT Center, offer social services and housing for people experiencing homelessness or housing instability due to these anti-trans bills. When you arrive to your destination, connect with local LGBTQ organizations or organizations that help the unhoused in that city.

☆ 'Shark Tank'-winning CEO who started in a garage with $2,000 got a $250,000 offer from Cuban, Greiner
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-30 | by ( Megan Sauer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Those details helped Lady land a $250,000 investment offer from Mark Cuban and Lori Greiner , a lucrative deal that took some effort to assemble. The second-generation Honduran-American launched her Concord, New Hampshire-based startup FryAway out of her garage with $2,000 in 2021. Greiner, Cuban celebrate after landing a $250,000 deal with Lady for a split 22% of FryAway. John echoed Greiner and Cuban, also calling Lady a "dream entrepreneur." "[Cuban and Greiner] are a power team, and I think the three us of are going to be absolutely unstoppable."

☆ They Bought $35 Period Underwear From Thinx. Now They’re Uneasy.
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-24 | by ( Suryatapa Bhattacharya | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Thinx’s $5 million settlement over “forever chemicals” has unsettled some people who traded in pads and tampons for reusable period underwear. Sebrina Barnett’s 10-year-old daughter told her mother Thinx Inc. underwear was more convenient and comfortable than pads and tampons. But Ms. Barnett, after learning of the settlement last week, is no longer on board.

☆ How 'Real Housewife' Jen Shah's fabulous life came crashing down
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-06 | by ( Stephanie Clifford | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +43 min

The woman wrote to the judge overseeing Shah's case that she'd had to remortgage her house, almost divorced, and "thought about ending my own life." The couple decided that he should get his degree while Jen Shah dropped out of college to work. (Shah told a judge at her 2022 plea hearing that she had been treated for "alcohol and depression" two years prior. Koa Johnson, Jen Shah's former fashion designerWhen Sharrieff Shah did participate in filming, he quickly became a fan favorite, calm and sensible. Once the show aired and Jen Shah developed a fan base, her behavior became more dramatic, Johnson said.

The downside is that will increase carbon emissions and for the longer term, the firm is considering a switch to hydrogen, which is a much cleaner energy source provided it is produced using renewable power. "We want to be one of the first large companies in Bavaria to switch to hydrogen," Craig Barker, managing director of the 87-year-old firm, told Reuters. It also announced an action plan to support small and medium-sized companies as they switch to climate-neutral production, including expanding hydrogen infrastructure. More is required to accelerate investments in hydrogen, including a Hydrogen Act to cut bureaucracy and regulate the hydrogen ramp-up quickly, utility industry association BDEW said earlier this month. "2023 must provide new impetus for investments in renewable energies, hydrogen, hydrogen-capable gas-fired power plants and energy networks," BDEW president Kerstin Andreae said.

☆ Period underwear FAQS — answered
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-08 | by ( Kristen Rogers | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Period underwear has grown popular over the past few years for several reasons. Period underwear brands offer a variety of absorbencies since people have different flows. Does period underwear affect symptoms and period length? Some people on social media platforms and product reviews have reported a lighter flow or shorter period while wearing period underwear. “People should be able to access and use whatever type of period management tools that work best for them, including period underwear,” Brandi said.

☆ Italy's Meloni to unveil budget with 30 bln euros to lift economy
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-21 | by ( Giuseppe Fonte | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Expansionary measures total more than 30 billion euros ($30.8 billion), with Rome planning to fund around 70% of the package by driving up next year's budget deficit to 4.5% of gross domestic product (GDP) from 3.4% forecast in September. Some 3 billion euros will come from a windfall tax on profits of energy companies that have benefited from the surge in oil and gas prices, the officials said. Further potential sources of funding are a tax on home deliveries to help shopkeepers hit by Amazon (AMZN.O), and a cut to the nine billion euros previously earmarked in 2023 for Italy's "citizens' wage" poverty relief scheme. SLOWING ECONOMYMeloni will spend more than 21 billion euros next year to help firms and households pay electricity and gas bills, the officials said. One of the most contentious measures in the budget is an amnesty on tax arrears of up to 1,000 euros stemming from before 2016.

☆ This 36-year-old mom of 2 brings in $144,000 a year as a professional truck driver: 'I love my job so much'
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-13 | by ( Gili Malinsky | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

The 36-year-old, Charlotte, North Carolina, resident is a professional truck driver hauling an array of goods from diapers to TVs to canned goods across the East Coast. Rankin loves her job, and her trucking company brought in $144,208 last year. 'I showed him how I can maneuver that big old thing'Rankin, who's married with two children, went to school for criminal justice but couldn't find work in the field. The job was outdoors, far preferable to an office job that would keep her indoors all day. 'I got turned down so many times'Despite her immediate love of the job, it was hard for Rankin to find work.

☆ 12 queer icons to channel this Halloween
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-25 | by ( Ellie Rudy | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +10 min

Without further ado, here is a selection of queer icons and pop culture favorites — in no particular order — whom you can channel for Halloween (a.k.a. For a relatively stress-free Halloween ensemble, throw on a tux, top hat, a pocket square and some fierce red lipstick. To channel Ms. Kahlo this Halloween, you’ll need her signature unibrow (eyeliner or an eyebrow pencil should do the trick), a flower crown, red lipstick, a colorful blouse and a floor-length skirt. For this costume, you’ll need a fedora, a (preferably pastel) dress shirt, a tie matching the hat and, if you’re really feeling the fantasy, a color-coordinated sweater vest. If you dress up as any of these queer icons and pop culture favorites for Halloween, tag @NBCOut on Twitter or Instagram in a costume photo!

☆ ABCs not LGBTs: Battles over race, gender inflame Texas school board vote
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-22 | by ( James Oliphant | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +9 min

ROUND ROCK, Texas, Oct 22 - At traffic-choked intersections in this Texas town, a blunt campaign slogan stands out from clusters of candidate signs: “Teach ABCs + 123s, Not CRTs & LGBTs." Blood-sport politics have come to school board elections in Round Rock, a rapidly growing and diversifying suburb of Austin. Zimmerman is running against incumbent Tiffanie Harrison, a progressive and the first Black woman elected to the Round Rock school board. Ryan Girdusky, who founded the 1776 Project, estimated about 70% of his school board candidates have won in elections held so far this year. FOLLOW THE MONEYIn school board races where name recognition may be the largest factor, a few thousand dollars can make a difference.

☆ CVS lowers prices on store-brand menstrual products by 25% in pharmacies nationwide, covers 'tampon taxes" in 12 states
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-14 | by ( Sarah Belle Lin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

The company's initiative also includes paying sales taxes on period products on customers' behalf in 12 states. Advocates are working towards legislation to address sales taxes on period products. People who menstruate require around 40 period products per cycle, according to the Alliance for Period Supplies. The nonprofit group PERIOD., which is partnering with CVS on the initiative, directed a message towards states that still tax menstrual products. "If you are one of the last 22 states to tax period products, it's time to repeal your antiquated law.

☆ CVS drops prices on its tampons and will pay the ‘pink tax’
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-12 | by ( Nathaniel Meyersohn | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

New York CNN Business —CVS will reduce prices on its store-branded menstrual products nationwide and pay the sales taxes on those products in a dozen states. Starting Thursday, CVS (CVS) will drop prices by 25% on CVS (CVS) Health and Live Better tampons, menstrual pads, liners and cups. The chain last week also began paying sales taxes for customers on period products in 12 states — Arkansas, Georgia, Hawaii, Louisiana, Missouri, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Wisconsin and West Virginia. CVS said it cannot cover the taxes in other states that levy them due to laws preventing third parties from paying taxes on a customer’s behalf. “Too often period products are taxed as luxury items and not recognized as basic necessities,” the organization said.

☆ 'Survivor' players reveal what it's really like to compete on the show
▼ + stars: | 2022-03-11 | by ( Meghan Cook | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +30 min

Former "Survivor" players told Insider what competing on the reality series is really like. Sleeping arrangements are rougher than viewers might thinkTom Laidlaw and Elaine Stott at camp on "Survivor: Island of the Idols." For more details, read 'Survivor' players reveal how the show chooses their only outfit and what it's like wearing it for up to 39 days. For more details, read 'Survivor' players break down 5 moments they wished aired on the show and 4 they're relieved didn't. For more details, read 'Survivor' players reveal what it was like getting their periods on the island.

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