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☆ Antarctic ice levels undergo 'massive decrease', data shows
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-10 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

GENEVA, July 10 (Reuters) - Antarctic sea ice levels reached record lows last month, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Monday, a development climate change experts described as worrisome. WMO said that Antarctic sea ice levels last month - the hottest June ever recorded -- were at their lowest since satellite observations began, at 17% below average. "We're used to seeing these big reductions in sea ice in the Arctic, but not in the Antarctic. This is a massive decrease," Michael Sparrow, Chief of World Climate Research Programme, told reporters in Geneva. "Alarm bells are ringing especially loudly because of the unprecedented sea surface temperatures in the North Atlantic."

Persons: We're, Michael Sparrow, Gabrielle Tétrault, Farber, Christina Fincher Organizations: World Meteorological Organization, WMO, El, Thomson Locations: GENEVA, Geneva, Global, North

☆ MSCHF’s ‘microscopic’ Louis Vuitton handbag sells for over $63K at Joopiter auction
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-29 | by ( Oscar Holland | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —A minuscule handbag measuring just 657 by 222 by 700 microns (or less than 0.03 inches wide) sold for over $63,000 at an online auction Wednesday. Barely visible to the human eye, the fluorescent yellowish-green bag is based on a popular Louis Vuitton design — though it is the work of a New York art collective, not the luxury label itself. Microscopic 'Louis Vuitton' handbag sold for $63K at an auction, the latest project from art collective MSCHF. MSCHFThe sale was hosted by Joopiter, an online auction house founded by American musician, record producer and designer Pharrell Williams. “Pharrell loves big hats, so we made him an incredibly small bag,” he told the newspaper.

Persons: Louis, Louis Vuitton, Pharrell Williams, Williams, Louis Vuitton’s, Kevin Wiesner, “ Pharrell, MSCHF, ”, Andy Warhol, Damian Hirst, Birkin, Iggy Azalea, Janelle Monáe, ’ Organizations: CNN, Louis Vuitton, Joopiter, New York Times, Nike Locations: New York, Brooklyn, American

☆ I've made 6 figures a year as a virtual assistant and now train others to do the same. Here's how I find the best-paying clients and avoid the big red flags.
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-28 | by ( Robin Madell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

For the last 15 years, I've been traveling the world full time as a digital nomad — 58 countries and counting. I first started as a virtual assistant; now I'm a virtual-assistant coach and recruiter and I've provided training to 27,000 learners across 170 countries. Stop seeking opportunities and start creating themWhen I started as a virtual assistant, I initially turned to gig sites to find work, but it was short-lived. Position your presence based on the types of clients you want to attractLet's say you're a virtual assistant offering podcast-management services. If you're already crystal clear on who you serve as a virtual assistant, you can intentionally spend time in places your clients are more likely to be.

Persons: Hannah Dixon, Dixon, —, It's, I've, I'm, you'll Organizations: Service Locations: Guanajuanto, Mexico

☆ I've made 6 figures a year as a virtual assistant and now I train others to do the same.nHere's how I find the best-paying clients and avoid the big red flags.
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-28 | by ( Robin Madell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Hannah Dixon is a six-figure earning virtual assistant coach and recruiter. Dixon says referrals carry significant weight, more than anything else, in the virtual assistant business. I first started as a virtual assistant, now I'm a virtual assistant coach and recruiter and I've provided training to 27,000 learners across 170 countries. Position your presence based on the types of clients you want to attractLet's say you're a virtual assistant offering podcast-management services. Six-figure pricing requires a six-figure service, and this VIP service should start before you land the client.

Persons: Hannah Dixon, Dixon, —, It's, I've, I'm, you'll Organizations: Service Locations: Guanajuanto, Mexico

Then, a deep dive into MrBeast and what his YouTube empire says about the future of the internet. Reddit came along and said, oh, we need to protect Reddit from the rise of these large language models. So I don’t think they’re totally out of the woods. But I don’t think people would say it was a golden age for how safe the platforms fell to use. But I want to challenge you on this, because I don’t necessarily think that it’s a bad thing if we have past peak trust and safety.

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☆ The brand behind the viral Big Red Boots has made a microscopic handbag 'smaller than a grain of salt'
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-16 | by ( Sawdah Bhaimiya | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

The brand behind the viral Big Red Boots is releasing a tiny handbag 'smaller than a grain of salt.' MSCHF's Microscopic Handbag is bright green and modeled on a Louis Vuitton handbag. MSCHF, a New York-based art advertising collective, said it's exhibiting a tiny handbag at Pharrell William's auction house JOOPITER in Paris from June 20 to 24. MSCHF's Microscopic Handbag under a microscope. "Microscopic Handbag takes this to its full logical conclusion.

Persons: Louis Vuitton, —, Boots, Pharrell William's, Kevin Wiesner, MSCHF, Weisner, Lil Nas, Gabriel Whaley Organizations: Service, Louis, Louis Vuitton Monogram, New York Times, Times, Red Locations: New York, Paris

☆ Ford CFO sees supply disruptions easing, retail prices softening
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-15 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

June 15 (Reuters) - Supply-chain disruptions are easing as retail prices for vehicles are softening, a top Ford Motor (F.N) executive said on Thursday. Lawler said Ford's recent decision to join Tesla's EV charging network will not require additional capital investment on Ford's part. Owners of Ford electric vehicles will gain access to more than 12,000 Tesla Superchargers in North America, starting in early 2024. General Motors (GM.N) last week followed Ford's lead in joining the Tesla charging network. Lawler said Ford sees continued strength and growth in its combustion vehicles "for the next few years" as it ramps up investment in and production of electric vehicles.

Persons: John Lawler, it's, Lawler, Tesla, Ford's, Ford, Tesla's, Shivansh, Paul Lienert, Joseph White, Matthew Lewis Organizations: Ford, Deutsche Bank, company's Ford Pro, EV, General Motors, New York Stock Exchange, Thomson Locations: North America, Bengaluru, Detroit

☆ What Is This? A Handbag for Ants?
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-13 | by ( Callie Holtermann | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

MSCHF, the creative collective responsible for the Big Red Boots that clomped across New York Fashion Week in February, is thinking smaller for its next accessory release. On Wednesday, the group plans to unveil its Microscopic Handbag, a specklike rendition of Louis Vuitton’s OnTheGo tote. This is not the kind of tote bag that can be filled up with vegetables at the farmers’ market: At most, it could be used to carry around a platelet or two. Kevin Wiesner, the chief creative officer of MSCHF, positioned the bag as a commentary on the impracticality of ever-shrinking luxury handbags. “I think ‘bag’ is a funny object because it derives from something rigorously functional,” he said in an interview.

Persons: Louis Vuitton’s OnTheGo, Louis Vuitton, Kevin Wiesner Organizations: Big Red, New York, Louis Vuitton’s OnTheGo tote Locations: New

☆ Wearing Apple's Vision Pro for 30 minutes put a big red mark on the forehead of WSJ's gadget reviewer
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-07 | by ( Nicholas Carlson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Wall Street Journal gadget reviewer Joanna Stern got to try out Apple's new Vision Pro. Stern's video then zooms in, the contrast and lighting shifts, and you see this…WSJ tech reviewer's forehead looks red after she wore an Apple Vision Pro WSJ/Joanna Stern/YouTubeYikes! Apple told Stern any discomfort she encountered after wearing Vision Pro goggles may have been because it only had limited-sized "light seals" at the demonstration space. Apple's Vision Pro is constructed of aluminum alloy and a snazzy single piece of exterior glass, which is why it looks so much nicer than the competition. Apple's new Vision Pro headset was announced on Monday at the company's WWDC conference.

Persons: Joanna Stern, Stern, Apple, Ben Gilbert, Apple It's Organizations: Wall, Apple Vision, Apple

☆ Takeaways From Nikki Haley’s Mild CNN Town Hall
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-05 | by ( Trip Gabriel | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Compared with CNN’s explosive, much-criticized town-hall-style event with Mr. Trump last month, this one was a throwback to earlier, less combative times. Jake Tapper, the anchor who moderated, never found the need to correct Ms. Haley. The two big red elephants in the room, Mr. Trump and Gov. Both Mr. Trump and Mr. DeSantis, who once supported similar changes, now say they won’t touch the programs. But she displayed less of the punitive rhetoric on the issues that Mr. Trump and Mr. DeSantis have made crucial to their messages.

Persons: Trump, Jake Tapper, Haley, Ron DeSantis, DeSantis, Ms, “ Pick, ”, “, ” Haley, Biden Organizations: Gov, Republican, Social Security, Medicare, Disney, United Nations Locations: Trump, Florida, Paris

☆ We just got 2 alarming signals that an economic slowdown is upon us
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-02 | by ( Joe Ciolli | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Dollar General cut its profit estimate for 2023 on Thursday. The first of two jarring pieces of evidence comes in the form of first-quarter earnings from Dollar General. The fact that they're not immune to a broader pullback in consumer spending is a big red flag for the US economy. Speaking of which, a bit further up the affluence scale, Macy's turned in an earnings stinker of its own. The department-store giant offered disappointing second-quarter projections and — like Dollar General — slashed full-year projections.

Persons: It's, Macy's, —, Jeffery Owen, Kelly Dilts, it's, Jeff Gennette, Paul Tudor Jones, Larry Summers —, Target Organizations: Service, Dollar, Federal Reserve, Walmart, Target Locations: Wall, American

☆ DeSantis still won't say whether he thinks Trump lost in 2020
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-15 | by ( Kimberly Leonard | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

DeSantis hasn't said whether he thinks Trump lost the 2020 election. Asked by a reporter on Monday to directly acknowledge Trump lost, DeSantis stated only the fact that in 2020 "Biden becomes president." Trump continues to falsely deny that he lost the 2020 election to President Joe Biden. But DeSantis, who is consistently the only Republican to poll second to Trump in a hypothetical 2024 field, hasn't directly said he believes Trump lost in 2020. In Iowa over the weekend, DeSantis subtly jabbed at Trump for his fixation on the 2020 election.

☆ Oklahoma governor wages war on PBS station after claiming it is indoctrinating children with LGBTQ content
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-12 | by ( Oliver Darcy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —America’s most-watched PBS station is on the verge of going dark. The Republican governor of Oklahoma, Kevin Stitt, recently vetoed a bill that would have renewed the license and provided millions in funding for the Oklahoma Educational Television Authority, the statewide PBS network that reaches more than 650,000 viewers a week. The fundamental goal of PBS KIDS remains supporting children as they learn and grow through programming they have come to know and love. While the Oklahoma station receives $6.3 million in funding from donors and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, $2.9 million comes from the state government. It produces and airs the “Oklahoma News Report,” the only state news program that reaches every county in Oklahoma.

☆ Kentucky Derby Live Updates: Scratch of Favorite Forte Shakes Up Already Chaotic Derby
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-06 | by ( Melissa Hoppert | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

Secretariat, with jockey Ron Turcotte up, passed his rival, Sham, in the homestrech and ran away with the 99th Kentucky Derby in record time on May 5, 1973. Rumors swirled: he was injured, he lost a step during his 3-year-old season, he just wasn’t the superhorse everyone thought he was, his Wood rival Sham would be the true king of 1973. His rival Sham sat near the lead and made his move to catch the leader, Shecky Greene, at the top of the homestretch. Then, and only then, did Turcotte ask his horse for more, and Secretariat, like the finest of racecars, found another gear. Nearly half of the horses in Saturday’s Derby have Secretariat in their bloodlines.

☆ I'm a part-time Uber Eats driver with a 5-star rating who starts my days at 4 a.m. I've figured out how to get good tips but wear protective gear and a body cam because I fear for my safety.
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-06 | by ( Jacob Zinkula | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

In 2022, he made about 1,778 deliveries and earned $19,804 in take-home pay from Uber Eats, according to a document viewed by Insider. My typical weekday starts at 4 a.m., when I turn on the Uber Eats and DoorDash apps. During the week of March 13, I earned an average of $6.41 in tips across 35 Uber Eats trips. During the week of February 13, I earned an average of $7.66 in tips across 45 trips on Uber Eats. In my experience, DoorDash customers tip far less than Uber Eats customers, if at all.

☆ Employee surveillance is on the rise — and that could backfire on employers
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-24 | by ( Goh Chiew Tong | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

[Employee surveillance] has increased excessively over the last few years … largely under the guise of ensuring workplace safety and confidentiality and protecting the business. It therefore comes as no surprise that demand for employee monitoring software has skyrocketed since the pandemic. Veriato is one of many employee monitoring software companies worldwide whose sales boomed because of the pandemic. When you're looking at your contract, you're not looking for those clauses — you're looking at how much am I going to get paid? "When you're looking at your contract, you're not looking for those clauses — you're looking at how much am I going to get paid?

☆ I'm a frequent traveler and these 5 credit cards never leave my wallet
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-19 | by ( Andrew Kunesh | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +17 min

So without further ado, these are my top five credit cards as a frequent traveler. My top 5 credit cards as a frequent travelerI use credit card rewards to fund my flights and hotel stays around the world. HyattThe Chase Sapphire Reserve is another iconic travel credit card that took the credit card world by storm when it launched in 2016. Other travel credit cards I keep openI keep a handful of hotel cards open for the annual free night certificate. Read my article to why you should have more than one credit card for more information on creating a credit card stack that works for your needs.

☆ MSCHF's latest release is a double-ended sneaker that makes fun of our obsession with putting shoes on fast
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-11 | by ( Danni Santana | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The MSCHF BWD releases April 11 via a one-hour draw on the art collective's website and mobile app. Actor and music artist Donald Glover sported the MSCHF BWD shoes at a recent NBA game. Similar to its Big Red Boot release in February, MSCHF organized a photoshoot for the new BWD sneaker. MSCHFMSCHF additionally commissioned a photo shoot of a model wearing the BWD shoes around New York City. But not all of MSCHF's creations are as wacky as that, or even its upcoming BWD shoes.

LONDON, April 6 (Reuters) - A group of investors with $1.1 trillion in assets under management has joined climate activist group Follow This in asking TotalEnergies (TTEF.PA) shareholders to push for more ambitious targets on emissions cuts. "These climate resolutions at Big Oil will show which investors are serious about resolving the climate crisis and which prefer to just talk about it." TotalEnergies has said its emissions will not register a big reduction by 2030 in absolute terms. In 2020, the last time TotalEnergies shareholders voted on a Follow This resolution, the activist received 17% of the votes. TotalEnergies' climate strategy was approved by about 90% of shareholder votes in 2021 and 2022.

☆ Manhattan real estate sales plunge 38%, but cash deals hit all-time record
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-04 | by ( Robert Frank | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Manhattan real estate sales fell 38% in the first quarter, as buyers and sellers battled over prices and mortgage rates remained volatile, according to new reports. The average sales price fell 5% to $1.95 million and the median sales price fell 10% to $1.075 million, according to the report. The average discount from the initial list price to sales price in the first quarter price was 7%, up from 5% in the fourth quarter, according to Serhant. Overall, cash deals rose to a record 57% of all sales in the quarter, Miller said. "It's not by any stretch a seller's market, but it's getting busier each month."

☆ I drove the $40,000 Kia Niro EV and found it's a solid electric SUV for people who want something more traditional than a Tesla
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-29 | by ( Tim Levin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

I tested the 2023 Kia Niro EV, a $39,550 electric SUV. The 2023 Kia Niro EV is none of those things. The 2023 Kia Niro EV. The 2023 Kia Niro EV. The 2023 Kia Niro EV.

☆ This dating-simulator game says it'll help prepare your taxes as you play — and criticizes TurboTax as 'predatory'
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-23 | by ( Britney Nguyen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

MSCHF announced a free dating simulator that it says helps prepare your 2022 US federal tax return. The game is scheduled to launch April 4, but its listing on the Steam platform has been removed. A screenshot from MSCHF's "Tax Heaven 3000" website, showing a character description for "Turbo." The dating simulator is scheduled to launch on April 4, but the game's storefront page has been removed from the popular platform Steam. A screenshot from MSCHF's "Tax Heaven 3000" dating simulator.

☆ These 3 stocks have gained every year for a decade — and are expected to keep rising
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-06 | by ( Ganesh Rao | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Only three stocks are in the green this year and have had positive returns every year for the past decade, data shows. Insurance company Progressive Corp and aerospace manufacturing company TransDigm Group — both U.S. listed — along with Canadian convenience store operator Alimentation Couche-Tard are the only three stocks in the MSCI World Index to achieve this feat. The Canadian stock is also the largest holding in the only ETF that's posted gains yearly for the past decade . ATD has posted 725% in total returns and 23% CAGR over the past decade. TDG shares have risen by nearly 900% over the past decade in addition to this year, representing 25.4% in total CAGR.

☆ Jim Cramer's top 10 things to watch in the stock market Friday: Hot inflation — bond yields up and stocks down
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-24 | by ( Jim Cramer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

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☆ From Rihanna to Chloë Sevigny, Fashion Week Prioritized Charisma Over Clothes
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-16 | by ( Rory Satran | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

In “Iron Man 3,” superhero Tony Stark is haunted by the existential question of whether the suit makes the man or the man makes the suit. The fashion industry depends on the former—selling clothing that it promises can transform and complete you. And recently, garments have continually trumped their wearers, with interchangeable influencers modeling attention-grabbing trends like micro-kilts, Big Red Boots and bra tops. But these past few days at New York Fashion Week, the message is that, though fashion can help, ultimately it’s the wearer that elevates a look. Even larger-than-life Rihanna in a notably casual, yet punchy, Super Bowl halftime look echoed the theme from afar.

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