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☆ Best credit card deals and bonuses this week: New hotel credit card bonuses worth up to 150,000 points and a lucrative Bilt Rewards promotion
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-26 | by ( Jasmin Baron | Read More | Read Less | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +60 min

Chase, American Express, Citi, Capital One, and other banks are currently offering elevated credit card bonuses, and there are dozens of other lucrative deals available. In addition to these Marriott card changes, there are new limited-time offers available on other Marriott credit cards, including the Marriott Bonvoy Boundless® Credit Card, Marriott Bonvoy Bold® Credit Card, and Marriott Bonvoy Business® American Express® Card. Be sure to check out Insider's updated credit card reviews hub for all of our card reviews in one place. How to pick a credit card bonusCredit card limited time offersCredit card intro bonuses aren't always the same. For a flexible all-around card with a six-figure bonus and modest annual fee, the Ink Business Preferred® Credit Card is a terrific choice.

☆ Amazon’s second Prime Day is set to boost sales ahead of the holidays
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-26 | by ( Paulina Likos | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

The announcement of a second Prime Day from Club holding Amazon (AMZN) sent shares of the e-commerce giant up around 2.5% on Monday. Prime members worldwide bought over 300 million items during Amazon's last Prime Day, in July. Analysts at JMP Securities said Amazon's second Prime Day could help "elongate the holiday spending period." As a subscriber to the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer, you will receive a trade alert before Jim makes a trade. Amazon signage is displayed outside of an Amazon.com Inc. delivery hub in the late evening of Amazon Prime Day, July 12, 2022 in Culver City, California.

☆ Wall Street's most highly regarded titans are warning 'the worst is yet to come' for stocks. Here's why people like Ray Dalio, Jeremy Grantham, Carl Icahn, and Scott Minerd are bearish on the market's
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-24 | by ( William Edwards | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Ray Dalio, Carl Icahn, Scott Minerd, and Jeremy Grantham all warned in recent days of more downside. In recent days, a number of them — including Ray Dalio, Jeremy Grantham, Scott Minerd, and Carl Icahn — have warned that further downside is coming. Ray Dalio, founder of Bridgewater AssociatesRay Dalio at the MarketWatch Best New Ideas in Money Festival in New York on September 21, 2022. Carl Icahn, founder of Icahn Enterprisesvia CNBCIcahn also pointed out this week that it's a generally bad environment for economic growth and investors with the Fed tightening, which he supports. "I think it's going to be worse before it gets better," Icahn said at the MarketWatch Best New Ideas in Money Festival on Wednesday.

☆ Migrants said they were booked on a canceled DeSantis flight to Delaware, undercutting his claim that it was a prank
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-23 | by ( Tom Porter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Migrants told the Miami Herald they signed forms to board a flight to Delaware organized by Ron DeSantis. DeSantis said the flight — to near Biden's home — was arranged and then canceled to trick the media. The cancellation came as DeSantis faced a wave of criticism over flights carrying immigrants he chartered last week from Texas to Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts. "The entire Democrat-corporate media industrial complex swarmed Delaware today because they thought that DeSantis Air was gonna land there," she tweeted. Migrants taken to Martha's Vineyard have said they were lured onto the flights on false pretenses, and were promised benefits and job opportunities that didn't exist.

Chase, American Express, Citi, Capital One, and other banks are currently offering elevated credit card bonuses, and there are dozens of other lucrative deals available. Note that credit card lenders may use many different variations of credit score models when considering your application. How to pick a credit card bonusCredit card limited time offersCredit card intro bonuses aren't always the same. For example, there are terrific intro bonus offers available right now on the IHG® Rewards Premier Credit Card and IHG® Rewards Premier Business Credit Card — but if you rarely stay at IHG brand hotels, opening one of these cards isn't a practical move. For a flexible all-around card with a six-figure bonus and modest annual fee, the Ink Business Preferred® Credit Card is a terrific choice.

☆ Instacart rolls out high-tech shopping carts aimed at helping grocery stores compete with Amazon Go. Here are the strategies the company is investing in ahead of a reported IPO.
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-19 | by ( Alex Bitter | Nancy Luna | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

One analyst described the goal as being a "one-stop shop" for grocery technology. Instacart is getting ready to go public, making new sources of revenue more important than ever for the grocery delivery startup. On Monday, the company rolled out an upgraded version of its smart shopping carts, Caper Cart. InstacartSubscriptionsNow called Instacart+, Instacart's subscription service costs about $10 per month or $99 per year. The startup makes checkout technology for both online and in-store use, including a smart shopping cart with scanning technology.

☆ Furniture, decor prices rose 10.6% over the past year. How to decorate on a budget, according to interior designers
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-18 | by ( Annie Nova | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Household furnishings and supplies were up 10.6% this summer compared with last, according to the consumer price index. Yet there are ways to creatively use your budget, said Athena Calderone, author of the design book "Live Beautiful." "While it can feel really stressful to decorate on a small budget, the good news is that constraints are far from confining," Calderone told me. If the goal is longevity, Owens also recommends buying your core furniture pieces in durable materials and neutral colors. You can also search for original art in your price range on websites such as Art Finder.

☆ Amazon remains top pick at UBS — and in our portfolio — despite FedEx’s alarming guidance
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-16 | by ( Paulina Likos | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

We are particularly encouraged by this analysis, because investors out there may end-up wrongly interpreting FedEx (FDX)'s terrible guidance and economic outlook as a warning about Amazon's business. Analysts are now scrambling to assess whether the problems that FedEx described in its business and the global economy at-large will slow Amazon's e-commerce. Since there are many differences between FedEx and Amazon's business, we are sticking with our long-term thesis on Amazon. Bottom line We like UBS' work here as many on Wall Street clearly extrapolated FedEx's guidance to mean Amazon's e-commerce business is struggling — when, in actuality, it is not. If consumers roll back their discretionary spending, which Amazon's e-commerce business relies on, profits from AWS can help offset changes in consumer spending behavior.

☆ Ancient bodies of 'vampires' were buried with rocks in their mouths to stop them returning from the dead
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-15 | by ( Marianne Guenot | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Many people thought this could be stopped by putting a stone or brick in the mouths, experts said. 'Vampires' were thought to eat their way out of the grave, unless something hard stopped them. These body were not completely dead and were captured by some demonic influence," said Borrini, describing the old beliefs. This one was buried in a child cemetery on the site of the Poggio Gramignano ancient Roman villa in Teverina, Italy. Borrini defines a "vampire" as a dead person rising from the dead as a body.

☆ Disney CEO wants to add sports betting to ESPN — a move we've long called for
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-15 | by ( Kevin Stankiewicz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Disney (DIS) has grand plans to innovate at ESPN, including better integration with sports betting, CEO Bob Chapek told CNBC in an interview that aired Thursday. Chapek said Disney does not plan to launch its own sportsbook, meaning it would take bets itself and issue payouts. That's never in the cards for the Walt Disney Company." It's worth noting that of Disney+, ESPN+ and Hulu, the only one that's currently profitable is Hulu. Bob Chapek, CEO of the Walt Disney Company and former head of Walt Disney Parks and Experiences, speaks during a media preview of the D23 Expo 2019 in Anaheim, California, Aug. 22, 2019.

☆ Juul to pay nearly $440 million to settle states' teen vaping probe
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-06 | by ( The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

HARTFORD, Conn. — Electronic cigarette maker Juul Labs will pay nearly $440 million to settle a two-year investigation by 33 states into the marketing of its high-nicotine vaping products, which have long been blamed for sparking a national surge in teen vaping. Additionally, Juul faces hundreds of personal suits brought on behalf of teenagers and others who say they became addicted to the company’s vaping products. Teen use of e-cigarettes skyrocketed after Juul’s launch in 2015, leading the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to declare an “epidemic” of underage vaping among teenagers. The biggest blow came earlier this summer when the FDA moved to ban all Juul e-cigarettes from the market. The deal also includes restrictions on where Juul products may be placed in stores, age verification on all sales and limits to online and retail sales.

☆ Jim Cramer's Guide to Investing: Principles to help you manage your portfolio
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-06 | by ( Jim Cramer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +40 min

At the CNBC Investing Club, we strive to help members manage their own portfolios by showing them how we do it. Principles 1-5 Principles 6-10 Principles 11-15 Principles 16-20 Principles 21-25 1. The reality is, you want to buy stocks that you believe will go higher, and sell those you believe will go lower. Don’t buy all at once; arrogance is a sin Accept that you will never be correct 100% of the time and use that knowledge to your advantage. Expect corrections; don’t be afraid of them When it comes to the stock market, eventually a correction will happen.

☆ Chatbots: A long and complicated history
▼ + stars: | 2022-08-20 | by ( Catherine Thorbecke | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

Nearly 60 years later, the market is flooded with chatbots of varying quality and use cases from tech companies, banks, airlines and more. Others, meanwhile, warn the technology behind AI-powered chatbots remains much more limited than some people wish it may be. While they used similar technology to the earlier, social chatbots, Khudanpur said, “you really couldn’t call them chatbots. )”Return to social chatbots, and social problemsIn the early 2000s, researchers began to revisit the development of social chatbots that could carry an extended conversation with humans. This refrain would be repeated by other tech giants that released public chatbots, including Meta’s BlenderBot3, released earlier this month.

☆ 'If it blows up, it's cool': The far-out philosophy that explains why Elon Musk won't let a few baby sea turtles stop SpaceX's quest to get to Mars
▼ + stars: | 2022-04-05 | by ( Adam Rogers | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +25 min

In the case of Elon Musk v. Charismatic Megafauna, the agency intends to publish its final report in late April. Musk went on: "Either explicitly or implicitly some people seem to think that humans are a blight on the Earth's surface. Musk is talking about existential risk, the idea that something — an asteroid, a rogue artificial intelligence — might kill every human on Earth. And if you assume that future human minds will "mainly be implemented in computational hardware instead of biological neuronal wetware," as Bostrom does, you end up with a mind-boggling 1054 human lives. Musk has made the defense of "future life" his mission.

It could be used for further research into nature or even to prevent fires. The claws allow the robot to carry objects and also to land and perch on a wide range of surfaces. With a heat sensor, for example, the robot was able to provide valuable data for studying the weather in Oregon. It could therefore be used to monitor fires and potentially help to carry out search and rescue missions. "If we could have a robot that could act like a bird, that could unlock completely new ways of studying the environment," he went on.

☆ Spelling Bee Tips and Tricks
▼ + stars: | 2021-12-09 | by ( Deb Amlen | Jackie Frere | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

“Finding the pangram first is like opening a present that has lots of little packages inside,” said Susan Rakov of Santa Barbara, Calif., because there may be words inside it that will also be counted. Sometimes you may spot smaller words that don’t include the center letter but might be part of an accepted compound. “When you get stuck, leave and come back later with fresh eyes,” said Sharon Kittredje of San Francisco. One of the best parts of Spelling Bee is that you can put it down and come back to it later in the day when you have time. Just let the letters dance in front of your eyes, without trying too hard to order them — gives your subconscious brain a chance.”

☆ 27 of the highest-paid movie roles of all time, including Tom Cruise's massive pay day for 'Top Gun: Maverick'
▼ + stars: | 2021-08-19 | by ( Travis Clark | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

But Tom Cruise still got maybe the biggest payday for an actor ever the old fashioned way this year. Stars like Will Smith, Tom Cruise, and Jim Carrey were paid big bucks in the 1990s because they attracted a crowd. For instance, Dwayne Johnson is being paid $50 million for the Amazon action holiday movie movie "Red One," which includes a back-end buyout, according to Variety. Insider ranked the highest-paid movie roles of all time that earned the actors more than $25 million. Below are 27 of the highest paid movie roles of all time, ranked:

☆ GOP Sen. Patrick Toomey's son poured money into GameStop during the stock's most volatile stretch — then sold out a day later as his father warned of a 'bubble' market
▼ + stars: | 2021-02-10 | by ( Jake Lahut | Dave Levinthal | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Sen. Pat Toomey said Jan. 28 the GameStop stock surge "has all of the characteristics of a bubble." Toomey's son that same day sold GameStop stock for between $1,001 and $15,000, per financial disclosures. "I do think we should understand why the brokers made the decision they made, several of them, including Robinhood to limit the ability of people to buy stock," Toomey told Cavuto. Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)'A classic bubble'In a statement to Insider, Toomey said that his son made the GameStop trades without his knowledge. In addition to GameStop stock, Toomey's son sold shares of Shopify and Tesla in late January, according to the senator's financial disclosure.

Thanks to that strategy, I've maxed out my retirement savings every year since 2014, and they're still a top priority. I completely stopped saving money, and kept blowing my dad off when he asked whether I'd started a Roth yet. The next year, I made my retirement savings top priorityWith the money out of sight and out of mind, I didn't find myself missing it much. Every payday, as soon as the money hit my Bank of America account, I'd zip $230 out of it and over to a high-yield savings account at Ally. Week after week, I'd move the money over to my savings account, and force myself to forget about it once it was there.

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☆ More than 300 people live year-round in Death Valley, one of the hottest places on Earth. Here's what it's like.
▼ + stars: | 2020-08-19 | by ( Susie Neilson | Azmi Haroun | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

It takes time to get used to the heatTaylor's first summer in Death Valley was "pretty hard," he said. The Death Valley community stays closeCow Creek, Timbisha Shoshone Village, and Stovepipe Wells, Death Valley's three main year-round communities, are remote: The nearest town is an hour's drive. Yes, Death Valley residents go running. Climate change is making life in Death Valley even tougherThe coronavirus pandemic has made it harder for the small group of Death Valley residents to gather, but they're staying in touch via technology like everyone else. In Death Valley, six of the 10 hottest months on record have occurred in the last 20 years.

I saved 25% of my take-home pay from my corporate job while I was building my own business on the side — and now I've saved $100,000. Priority-based spendingI always say that you don't have to stop spending money – you just need to stop spending money on things you don't value. Automating savingsOne thing I recommend to my clients is setting up a high-yield savings account. Once I had my high-yield savings set up, I made sure to schedule automatic payments moving money from my checking to my high-yield savings. Small increases add up over time, especially if you're putting them into a high-yield savings account or investing the earnings.

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☆ British food: 20 best dishes
▼ + stars: | 2019-03-22 | by ( Anna Pallai | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

CNN —If British food has come in for a bit of mockery over the years, it isn’t because the recipes are wrong. Eating British food is not just eating. Like 95% of all British cuisine, it is comprised entirely of eggs, flour, milk and fat. By the age of 16, the average British child will have eaten this dish 4,160 times. Layer one pudding on top of another pudding on top of another and cover it all with whipped cream.

Persons: they’re, that’s, Suzanne Plunkett, CNN We’re, Prozac, Margaret Thatcher, carbs Suzanne Plunkett, Proust, haddock, CNN Can’t, Queen, England, it’s, –, Union Jack, Cliff Richard, Johnson Organizations: CNN, Scottish, Wimbledon Locations: England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, Yorkshire, Eton, Britain, China, Japan, Union, Dover, Iceland, Europe, America, scone, India

☆ Stop asking 'how are you?' Harvard researchers say this is what successful people do when making small talk
▼ + stars: | 2019-03-07 | by ( Gary Burnison | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

But the key to making the most out of small talk, according to Harvard researchers, is to simply ask the other person follow-up questions. In a series of experiments, researchers analyzed more than 300 online conversations and found that those who were asked more meaningful follow-up questions (a.k.a. trick to start a connectionWhen was the last time you were in a meeting that didn't start with small talk? There's bound to be something that will spark small talk and help lead the conversation into unique follow-up questions. Make the pivotThis is where small talk goes to the next level, as you segue from talking about something small to the issue at hand.

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