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Read previewAs a freshman at Penn State University, Ezra Gershanok was set on landing a job in consulting after graduation. Four Gen Z consultants told BI they were not in the industry for the long haul. Related storiesYet she doesn't expect the consulting industry will go hungry for workers because of the opportunities the experience can bring. AdvertisementShe said the learning opportunities can help some young consultants cope with the long hours and stress of the gig. Gen Z consultants said the hours are worth it as long as they pick up new skills.

Persons: —, Ezra Gershanok, There's, Gershanok, It's, he'd, Gen Zers, Vicki Salemi, Monster, Salemi, Gen, Jorge García Febles, I'm, PwC, it's, Spencer Rascoff, Surabhi Gupta Organizations: Service, Penn State University, Deloitte, McKinsey & Company, Business, Ritz Carlton, Consulting, McKinsey

☆ Vance looks to turn tables on Walz
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-11 | by ( Eric Bradner | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

“Tim Walz gave his wife a nice, firm Midwestern handshake, and then tried to sort of awkwardly correct for it,” Vance said. Vance said “of course” he acknowledges the families of Harris and Buttigieg, and argued his comments were taken out of context. The Ohio senator said Republicans’ goal is to contrast the policies Trump stood for during his term in office with those of the Biden-Harris administration. “I think all President Trump was saying was that look, it’s kind of weird that you have so many bureaucrats making so many important decisions. “And I think that’s what President Trump was getting at.

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☆ Missing pieces of a Byzantine artifact recovered at Sutton Hoo
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-10 | by ( Ashley Strickland | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

The incomplete artifact is on display in the High Hall exhibition at Sutton Hoo in Suffolk, England. A researcher excavates part of the Bromeswell bucket from the trench at Sutton Hoo. Based on the forms of Greek letters at the top of the artifact, researchers think the vessel was already 100 years old when it arrived at Sutton Hoo, Howarth said. Future research at Sutton Hoo could reveal the broader history of the site and what kept drawing people to inhabit it over time, Howarth said. The aim of this project is to look at the landscape and think about who was inhabiting it and how that fits into the wider Sutton Hoo story.”

Persons: Count, David Brun, ”, Laura Howarth, Howarth, James Dobson, ’ ” Howarth, Angus Wainwright, “, David Brunetti, ” Howarth, Sutton, Edith Pretty Organizations: CNN, Sutton, harrow, National Trust ., National Trust, Field, Specialists, Heritage, Hoo, “, British Museum Locations: Suffolk, England, Hoo, African, Sutton Hoo, Byzantine, Antioch, Turkey, Britain, Sutton, Hampshire, East Anglia, what’s, Sri Lanka

☆ China’s Great Wall of Villages
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-10 | by ( Muyi Xiao | Agnes Chang | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +14 min

China’s Great Wall of Villages China has moved thousands of people to new settlements on its frontiers. Mr. Akester and Mr. Barnett, who have studied Tibet’s border villages for years, reviewed The Times’s findings. In neighboring Xinjiang and Yunnan, The Times identified six new and 59 expanded border villages. (China says there are hundreds of villages like them, but few details are available and many appear to be mere upgrades of existing villages.) A Times investigation found 12 villages in disputed areas Disputed areas Villages in disputed areas Other villages CHINA CHINA TIBET Arunachal Pradesh Controlled by India Claimed by China BHUTAN INDIA MYANMAR 50 miles CHINA CHINA TIBET Arunachal Pradesh Controlled by India Claimed by China BHUTAN MYANMAR INDIA 75 miles Source: RAIC Labs and The Times analysis of Planet Labs satellite imageryChina makes clear that the villages are there for security.

Persons: ”, Xi Jinping, Bhutan Gyalaphug, Tian Shan Wang, Matthew Akester, Robert Barnett, Akester, Barnett, India Demchok, ” Mr, Xi’s, Brahma Chellaney, Mr, Chellaney, Liu Pengyu, Brian Hart, India Migyitun, Jing Qian, Tenzin, “ Organizations: Daily, New York Times, RAIC Labs, Planet Labs, The Times, SOAS University of London, India, China United Front News Network, Times, ”, Embassy, Local, Planet Labs India, China Power, Center for Strategic, International Studies, Maxar, Center for, Asia Society, Communist Party, Human Rights Watch Locations: China, India, Beijing, Arunachal Pradesh, Tibet, Bhutan, Nepal, Central Asia, Southeast Asia, Tajikistan Fumin, Aimin, Vietnam, Luozha county, Shannan, Tibet Autonomous, Fumin, Xinjiang, Yunnan, China’s, CHINA CHINA TIBET Arunachal Pradesh, China BHUTAN INDIA MYANMAR, China BHUTAN MYANMAR INDIA, New Delhi, South China, Washington, ” India, Ladakh, Times, ”, Center for China, Central Asians, Dokha

☆ Forget free cash, there's an even more American way to help people get ahead
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-10 | by ( Ayelet Sheffey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

Read previewGuaranteed basic income is all the rage right now. Countries including India, Argentina, and Austria have tested out small-scale guaranteed job programs. Cleveland's jobs guaranteeFor Cotten, ensuring jobs for any American who needs one is a no-brainer. While many cities are testing out basic income programs, they haven't been universal and instead targeted specific groups in need like artists, new parents, low-income families, or people experiencing homelessness. Republican lawmakers have introduced bills to ban basic income programs in their states, with some arguing that handing out checks with no strings attached would disincentivize work and raise taxes.

Persons: —, that's, what's, Tcherneva, Sen, Bernie Sanders, Ayanna Pressley, Devin Cotten, Cotten, Franklin Delano Roosevelt's, Sanders, Pressley, Andrew Yang —, Gerald Connolly, UBE, Lukas Lehner, Lehner, Maximilian Kasy, they're, Kasy Organizations: Service, Business, Bard College, American, Democrats, Republicans, Washington Post, Social Security, Universal, University of Oxford, European Commission, European Union Locations: Denver, Baltimore, India, Argentina, Austria, Cleveland, Virginia, Austrian, Marienthal, South Africa, United States, France

☆ Trump Media reports $16 million loss for quarter as revenue falls
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-09 | by ( Dan Mangan | Dan Mangan Is A Reporter Covering Politics For Cnbc.Com. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

Trump Media, the social media company whose majority shareholder is former President Donald Trump, on Friday reported a net loss of more than $16 million for the most recent financial quarter, mostly due to legal expenses, as well as consulting and licensing expenses. Trump Media stock closed at $26.21 per share Friday afternoon, a decrease of .49%. In its 10-Q filing Friday afternoon, Trump Media reported a loss of $16.37 million for the quarter ending June 30, compared to a $22.8 million loss for the same quarter in 2023. Revenue for the most recent quarter was just $839,000, compared to $1.2 million for the same quarter last year. Trump Media said it ended the quarter with $344 million in cash and cash equivalents, with no debt.

Persons: Donald Trump, ”, “, Sen, JD Vance, Kamala Harris, Tim Walz Organizations: Trump Media, Trump, ” Trump Media, Revenue, Business, Company, Republican, Democratic, Minnesota Gov Locations: Ohio, November’s

☆ The AI world's most valuable resource is running out, and it's scrambling to find an alternative: 'fake' data
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-09 | by ( Hasan Chowdhury | Hugh Langley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has argued that AI models should eventually produce synthetic data good enough to train themselves effectively. As the well of usable human-generated data dries up, more companies look into using synthetic data. Rather than being pulled from the real world, synthetic data is generated by AI systems that have been trained on real-world data. Synthetic data may help offer some effective "countertuning" to the biases produced by real-world data, too. 'Habsburg AI'While the AI industry found some advantages in synthetic data, it faces serious issues it can't afford to ignore, such as fears synthetic data can wreck AI models.

Persons: —, that's, Sam Altman, Gary Marcus, It's, Nathan Lambert, Gretel, SynthLabs, Meta, Timnit Gebru, Margaret Mitchell, LLMs, Sadowski, Alexandr Wang, AlphaGeometry, Marcus Organizations: Service, Google, Business, Oxford, Gartner, New York University, Allen Institute, AI, Nvidia, Meta's, Anadolu, Getty, Rush, Microsoft, Monash University Locations: Cambridge, Habsburg

michelle goldbergI mean, I’m a huge Walz fan, and I was worried. ross douthatSo, yeah, I mean, I’m having made the case that this pick makes sense in vibes terms. michelle goldbergYeah, I don’t think that he necessarily overperforms among conservative voters strictly defined. You don’t think that there’s a part of the country that just finds joy like a really refreshing change? I’m going there.

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☆ Elon Musk’s X just sued a nonprofit advertising group out of existence
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-09 | by ( Ramishah Maruf | Clare Duffy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

New York CNN —A major ad industry group is shutting down, days after Elon Musk-owned X filed a lawsuit that claimed the group illegally conspired to boycott advertising on his platform. The end of GARM marks a temporary victory for Musk and X CEO Linda Yaccarino, even though a judge hasn’t made a ruling yet. “Everyone can see that advertising on X is a treacherous business relationship for advertisers,” they said. Following that, brands’ faced issues where their ads were placed next to illegal or harmful content, the group said in a statement. GARM said its group reduced such ads from 6.1% in 2020 to 1.7% in 2023.

Persons: Elon Musk, “, GARM, Linda Yaccarino, hasn’t, ” Yaccarino, Nandini Jammi, Claire Atkin, ”, Ørsted —, ’, Musk, X, CCDH Organizations: New, New York CNN, Global Alliance, Responsible Media, World Federation, Institute, Twitter, CVS, Unilever, Mars, Facebook, Brands, Center, Media Locations: New York, Danish, Texas, Christchurch New Zealand

☆ Opinion | Nancy Pelosi: ‘It Didn’t Sound Like Joe Biden to Me’
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-09 | by ( Ezra Klein | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +55 min

And they know you’re going to act so they won’t mess with you. Put it in somebody else’s mouth because it was AI mean, it didn’t sound like Joe Biden to me. I think you’re I think you’re underselling this a little bit. And if they don’t, I’m going to keep my promise and send them 100 powdered wigs because they’re just living in a different era. All these other politicians, these career politicians didn’t know how to make a good deal.

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☆ My great-aunt is 96 and still lives independently. Here are her 8 secrets to a long and healthy life.
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-09 | by ( Rebecca Strong | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Read previewMartin Luther King, Jr. once said: "The quality, not the longevity, of one's life is what is important." But at 96 years old, my great-aunt Mary Selby Ferrari is living proof that you can have both — a long and full life. Ferrari, meanwhile, still lives on her own in the independent-living section of a retirement community. She makes it a point to stay informed"I used to be a great reader," Ferrari told me. And she hit the genetic jackpotIt would be impossible to talk about Ferrari's long life without addressing her mother's centenarian status.

Persons: —, Martin Luther King, Jr, Mary Selby Ferrari, Ferrari, COVID, Mary Ferrari, Dan Buettner, who's, hasn't, Barbara Cavalieri, The New York Times she'll Organizations: Service, Business, College of New, Catholic, Blue, Ferrari, MSNBC, The New York Times Locations: College of New Rochelle, New York City, Manhattan

The Federal Reserve is gearing up to cut interest rates as soon as next month, which could bring relief to people with mortgages, credit cards and car loans. Certificates of deposit — fixed-rate bank accounts with term limits — are a go-to when interest rates are high. With interest rates coming down, the idea is just pay and save as much as you can right now. There’s no bad time to do that, but when the central bank lowers interest rates, it can be even more valuable. “It’s tempting to say, ‘Well, when interest rates go down, stocks are going to do well, because people are switching from low-return to higher-return assets,’” she said.

Persons: Mark Hamrick, “, ”, Hamrick, Rodney Lake, Laura Veldkamp, Veldkamp, Jude Boudreaux, now’s, ” Jude Boudreaux, you’re, ” Boudreaux, ” DON’T, Jonathan Smoke, Cox, Edmunds, Ivan Drury Organizations: Federal, GW Investment, George Washington University School of Business, Columbia University’s Graduate School of Business, Chipping, Columbia Business, Philadelphia Fed, Federal Reserve, Mortgage, Association, Fed Locations: U.S, Orleans, New Orleans, Edmunds

☆ Archaeologists uncover ancient pot of gold
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-08 | by ( Taylor Nicioli | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Researchers discovered the stash in Notion, an 80-acre fortified city that was occupied from about the sixth century BC to the first century AD. “No one ever buries a hoard of coins, especially precious metal coins, without intending to retrieve it. One gold coin would have been the equivalent of a month’s salary for a mercenary soldier, according to the University of Michigan. Those were known as Persian silver sigloi, 20 of which would equate to one gold coin. Because of the gold coin’s high value, “it was far more efficient to store wealth in gold coins than in silver,” he added.

Persons: ”, Christopher Ratté, “, Alexander the, Persian King Darius, Peter van Alfen, ” van Alfen, Ratté, van Alfen, Herodotus Organizations: CNN, University of Michigan, American Numismatic Society, Spartan Locations: Turkey, Persian, Persia

☆ A 68-year-old cofounded a biotech business instead of retiring. He's not getting paid for his work but values staying 'mentally engaged.'
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-08 | by ( John Towfighi | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Two years ago, when he was 68, that opportunity arose: McCaman cofounded Orion Therapeutics, a small company developing new ways for RNA medicine to reach specific areas of the human body. AdvertisementMcCaman, now 70, is the vice president and chief strategy officer at Orion Therapeutics. McCaman is passionate about staying engaged with his interests and said remote work has enabled him to extend his career. McCaman and Fischer launched Orion with Deidra Mountain, a University of Tennessee professor, and Jennifer Zachry, a graduate student. Are you a baby boomer who founded a small business?

Persons: —, Michael McCaman, McCaman, It's, Davis, Intellia, Trey Fischer, Fischer, Jennifer Zachry, there's, John Deere Organizations: Service, Orion Therapeutics, Business, University of California San, University of California, Intellia Therapeutics, University of Tennessee, Orion, University of Tennessee Research Foundation, Launch Locations: Frederick , Maryland, Knoxville , Tennessee, University of California San Diego, California, Lonza, Maryland, Launch Tennessee

☆ I'm an interior designer. I'm not wasting my money on these 7 things this year.
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-08 | by ( Tyka Pryde Edwards | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

I've been an interior designer for years, and there are some things I won't be buying this year. Go to newsletter preferences Thanks for signing up! download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementAs an interior designer, I'm always looking for items that combine value and style. Here are things I won't be wasting money on in 2024.

Persons: I've, —, I'm Organizations: Service, Business

☆ The next world’s tallest building could be a 3,000-feet-high battery
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-07 | by ( Amy Gunia | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

A combination of technologies — from various forms of batteries to other energy storage methods — will likely be necessary to increase capacity. As shown in this render, energy storage company Energy Vault, along with Skidmore, Owens & Merrill, the architecture and engineering firm behind some of the world's tallest buildings, is integrating gravity energy storage technology into building designs. A view of the world's tallest building, the Burj Khalifa, in Dubai, in December 2022. Two energy storage experts contacted by CNN questioned if the economics of a skyscraper battery could work, given the space that would need to be used for energy storage and the structural changes that would be needed to support the extra weight. Energy Vault has already completed a project in China which it says is the world’s first commercial-scale, non-pumped hydro gravitational energy storage system.

Persons: Chicago’s Willis, Bill Baker, Abdelhadi Ramahi, Robert Piconi, Stefano Boeri, Daniel Safarik, ” Organizations: CNN, Skidmore, Owings, Merrill, Energy, Owens & Merrill, Trade Center, Sears, Burj, International Energy Association ., SOM, Reuters Locations: Burj Khalifa, Dubai, China, Milan, Italian

☆ A Gen Xer who retired early at 34 returned to work a decade later. He only lasted 4 months.
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-07 | by ( Noah Sheidlower | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Sam Dogen, 47, retired from his corporate job in 2012 and achieved FIRE status — an acronym for financial independence, retire early — but over a decade later, he returned to the office. Dogen wanted to return to work for extra income as his children got older and to contribute more to the Silicon Valley startup scene. He got a job as the head of content at a startup, where he wrote articles and newsletters. But within a few weeks, he already knew the job wasn't working out. He decided to leave his position and go back to being a stay-at-home dad — essentially retiring early for a second time.

Persons: Sam Dogen, Little, Dogen, Slack, —, you've, renegotiating, microaggressions, would've, he'd, I've Organizations: Service Locations: San Francisco

☆ In an oversaturated market for AI companies, these startups have the best shot at surviving
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-07 | by ( Dan Defrancesco | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Investors highlighted their portfolio companies and startups they had no financial ties to. Leena Rao, who oversaw the list and leads BI's VCs and startups team, estimated about 80% of the startups included are focused on AI. AdvertisementiStock; BIAs differentiated as AI startups try to be, the market has undeniably become oversaturated. Big Tech reform is coming, but Washington won't be the one doing it. Congress can't or won't act, so people who want Big Tech companies to change their ways are trying to do it through the courts .

Persons: —, Kamala Harris, Tim Walz, Here's, Kimberly White, Chelsea Jia Feng, Leena Rao, BI's, That's, It's, Arindam Sandilya, Paul Dietrick, Oppenheimer, John Stoltzfus, Jenny Chang, Rodriguez, Adam Mosher, Mosher, YouTube's, Jimmy Donaldson, Alyssa Powell, Elon, Dan DeFrancesco, Jordan Parker Erb, Hallam Bullock, Annie Smith, Amanda Yen Organizations: Service, Business, Boldstart Ventures, TechCrunch, Healthcare, Getty, JPMorgan, FX, UBS, BI Prosecutors, Big Tech Locations: Minnesota, we're, Washington, New York, London

☆ New tech will trap CO2 from cargo ships and store it in the ocean
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-06 | by ( Jacopo Prisco | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

The dissolved calcium carbonate then reacts with the CO2 in the water to form bicarbonate salts, locking the CO2 away. Adkins says that with a full-scale reactor, he aims to capture and store about half of a ship’s CO2 emissions. BAR Technologies/Cargill French company Airseas has developed the Seawing, which it says could help ships cut their carbon emissions by an average of 20%. A British company called Seabound, for example, makes a device that captures between 25% and 95% of a ship’s CO2 emissions. “We think that ships are actually going to be able to compete with underground CO2 storage,” he said.

Persons: it’s, Jess Adkins, ”, Adkins, ” Adkins, Calcarea, Melissa Gutierrez, Pierre Forin, geochemist Will Berelson, Will Berelson, Airseas, Maxime Horlaville, Norsepower, Daniel Sigman Organizations: CNN — International, International Maritime Organization —, UN, California Institute of Technology, Caltech, University of Southern, USC, British Port Association, Cargill, BAR Technologies, de Bordeaux, Michelin, Norsepower, Anemoi, Technologies, Geophysical Sciences, Princeton University Locations: University of Southern California, Port of Los Angeles, Norway, Nantong, Vancouver, British

☆ We're trimming a defensive stock that is serving its purpose in the portfolio
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-06 | by ( Jeff Marks | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Following the trade, Jim Cramer's Charitable Trust will own 400 shares of PG, decreasing its weighting in the portfolio to 2.15% from 2.4%. Ever since earnings, P & G has stormed back despite the market volatility. The move here has been based on investors buying quality safety stocks like P & G out of fear of a growth scare in the U.S. economy. We always say there's room in any portfolio for a defensive dividend aristocrat like Procter & Gamble, and the market's recent stretch of turbulence proved its purpose. Jim waits 45 minutes after sending a trade alert before buying or selling a stock in his charitable trust's portfolio.

Persons: Jim Cramer's, we've, Procter, Jim Cramer, Jim Organizations: Procter, Gamble, CNBC Locations: U.S

☆ The dark side of the 2024 Paris Olympics
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-06 | by ( Natalie Musumeci | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

Read previewAs the 2024 Olympics Games plays out in Paris, some nonprofits are warning of a dark reality looming over the sporting event. Wijeyakumar said Rahab's Daughters had distributed pamphlets ahead of the Paris Olympics at a local refugee camp. Rahab's Daughters has identified labor and sex trafficking occurring mainly within the manufacturing, construction, retail, and hospitality industries in Paris. The US National Human Trafficking Hotline explains on its website, however, that human trafficking is "notoriously underreported." These figures are based on interviews with survivors, reports Rahab's Daughters has received, and data it has collected from online ads.

Persons: —, Sam Wijeyakumar, Rahab's, Wijeyakumar, Lauren Hersh, hadn't, Hersh, William Pinzón, Reyes, Jonathan Machler, Airbnb, Mark Godin Organizations: Service, Paris Games, Business, Volunteers, BI, Olympic, Paris, Labor, US Department of State, State Department, Olympics, National Institute of Justice, US Department of Justice, Coalition, CAP, Paris Olympics Locations: Paris, US, Poland, Germany, France, London

☆ Sleep alone can't cure burnout. Here are the 7 types of rest you need to feel refreshed.
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-06 | by ( Nandini Maharaj | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

These are physical, mental, sensory, emotional, social, creative, and spiritual rest. AdvertisementUnless you address the root causes of burnout, you're unlikely to find relief in short-term solutions. How to build the 7 types of rest into your dayThe seven types of rest are physical, mental, sensory, emotional, social, creative, and spiritual. 4) Emotional restAdvertisementPracticing emotional rest builds resilience by encouraging you to process your feelings and develop safe outlets to express them. The purpose of social rest is to replenish your social energy by surrounding yourself with supportive individuals.

Persons: —, Sanam, Saundra Dalton, Smith, Hafeez, Lienna Wilson, Wilson, Nandini Maharaj Organizations: Service, Business, Energy

☆ JD Vance called Tim Walz a 'San Francisco-style liberal.' Walz visited the city for the first time last month, while Vance lived there for years.
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-06 | by ( Bryan Metzger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Tim Walz of Minnesota as her running mate, Sen. JD Vance of Ohio hit his new opponent as a "San Francisco-style liberal." "She has governed as a San Francisco liberal, and she's chosen a running mate who will be a San Francisco-style liberal." "Last week was my first time in San Francisco," Walz said on an episode of "The Ezra Klein Show" released on August 2. A few Saturdays ago, my wife and I spent the morning volunteering at a community garden in our San Francisco neighborhood. "I don't even know if we're actually going to get Tim Walz out of this campaign."

Persons: Kamala Harris, Tim Walz, Sen, JD Vance, Ohio, —, she's, Harris, Walz, " Walz, Ezra Klein, Vance, Donald Trump, George Floyd, Joe Biden's, we're, Josh Shapiro Organizations: Service, San, Business, San Francisco, Trump, United, United States Government, Gov, Pennsylvania Locations: Minnesota, San Francisco, Philadelphia, Bay, Presidio, San Francisco neighborhood, Ohio, United States, Minneapolis, Francisco

☆ I'm an Airbnb Superhost who's had over 400 guests. Here are 5 things I wish visitors knew before checking in.
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-05 | by ( Katie Cline | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Although not all hosts are like me, here's what I wish people knew before staying at my Airbnbs. AdvertisementIt's really helpful when you tell me why you're comingI like to know why guests are staying at my Airbnbs. Emily ElizabethBooking an Airbnb can feel like going on a first date … but with a house. When I know who's staying at my Airbnb, I'm better able to curate my recommendations. Give me a five-star review or no review at allIt's not great when guests leave Airbnb reviews that are less than five stars.

Persons: —, I've, Gallant Fox, Emily Elizabeth, it's, I'm, Shandi Marie, Emily Elizabeth Think, Merriam Organizations: Service, Business, Saratoga, Webster Locations: New York, Lake George, Saratoga Springs, Bolton

☆ After 8 years of van life, they were ready to settle down. They bought an abandoned watermill in Portugal to turn into a family home.
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-05 | by ( Amanda Goh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

Mr and Mrs AdventureAfter returning to the US in 2018, they continued with van life until mid-2020, when they started thinking about settling down. AdvertisementThe first property they viewed was an abandoned watermill in the Algarve, Portugal's southernmost region, and they were immediately smitten. While they're relying on solar energy in their camper, they plan to connect the watermill property to the grid in the future. This watermill project, we have to have other people involved," Drew said. Mr and Mrs AdventureNow, Drew added, even the bathroom in the watermill is about the size of their van.

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