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☆ Illinois passes a law that requires parents to compensate child influencers
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-16 | by ( Samantha Murphy Kelly | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

A family businessThis picture shows Illinois Senator Dave Koehler with teenager Shreya Nallamothu, who helped inspire new legislation protecting child influencers. Although children are predominantly featured in these monetized videos, parents have had no legal obligation to give them any portion of the earnings. “But we know with the explosion of social media that parents are using it to monetize kids being on videos. That California law required parents to set aside a portion of 15% of child earnings in a blocked trust account that the child actor could access after the age of 18. “Even though Illinois is the first state to pass such a law, this legislation is a long time coming,” Maddox said.

Persons: “, ”, influencers, ” Nallamothu, Dave Koehler, Pritzker, ” Koehler, Shreya Nallamothu, Jackie Coogan’s Law, Charlie Chaplin, swindled, Jessica Maddox —, —, ” Maddox, Maddox, ” Chris McCarty —, Washington State —, ” McCarty, “ I’m, it’s Organizations: CNN, Illinois Gov, Child Labor, The University of Alabama Locations: Normal , Illinois, Illinois, California, Washington, Washington State

☆ Champagne sales are booming. But its taste could soon change forever — thanks to climate change
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-08 | by ( Hannah Ward-Glenton | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

More than 325 million bottles of champagne were shipped from Champagne in 2022, according to Comité Champagne. More than 325 million bottles of champagne were shipped from Champagne in 2022, surpassing 6 billion euros ($6.6 billion) in sales for the first time, according to champagne trade association Comité Champagne. International brands are aware of the huge impact climate change can have on their businesses. A bar tender pours a bottle of Taittinger Champagne. Matt Hodson Founder of English wine retailer Grape Britannia

Persons: Comité Champagne, Dave Kotinsky, Sandrine Sommer, Moët Hennessy, Matt Hodgson, Francois Nascimbeni, Hodgson, Sommer, Champagne, Claire Sarazin, Tom Hewson Champagne, Sarazin, Tom Hewson, Susy Atkins, who've, Atkins, Taittinger, Pommery, Carlo Paloni, Matt Hodson Organizations: Getty, CNBC, Afp, Bafta Locations: Champagne, United States, Britain, Japan, Ville, Reims, France, Montgueux

CNN —Robert Bowers, the gunman who killed 11 worshippers and wounded six others at a Pittsburgh synagogue in 2018, was unanimously sentenced to death by a federal jury on Wednesday. The jury further found he was eligible for the death penalty on July 13, moving the trial to a third and final sentencing stage. “This is a case that calls for the most severe punishment under the law – the death penalty,” he said. In court, those who survived the shooting testified about hiding in closets and listening to the final words of their friends and loved ones. This is the second federal death penalty case to be prosecuted under the administration of President Joe Biden, who had criticized the death penalty on the campaign trail.

Persons: Robert Bowers, It’s, Biden, Bowers, “, Eric Olshan, ”, “ You’ve, Rob Bowers, You’ve, Judy Clarke, Dave Klug, Dor Hadash, Rabbi Jeffrey Myers, I’m, Dor, Joe Biden, Trump Organizations: CNN, Prosecutors, Immigrant Aid Society Locations: Pittsburgh, New York City

☆ Uber CEO reveals the passenger behaviors that irked him when he became an undercover boss
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-01 | by ( Sindhu Sundar | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi was reportedly not thrilled by some of the passengers he drove around. The executive described in a Wired interview his insight into how drivers get treated and assessed. The CEO of Uber said he gained more insight into the experience of drivers on the ride-hailing service when he assumed an undercover identity and started taking fares himself. "As a CEO, the board gives me a performance rating at the end of year," he told Wired. Uber did not immediately respond to Insider's request for any additional comment ahead of publication.

Persons: Dara Khosrowshahi, Uber, Khosrowshahi, Dave K, He'd, he'd Organizations: Morning, Wired, Wall, Drivers Locations: San Francisco

☆ MrBeast: Behind the success of YouTube’s most popular creator
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-15 | by ( Faith Karimi | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

“People would tell me, ‘All you do is talk about YouTube videos. Seven years later, Donaldson, better known online as MrBeast, has 167 million YouTube subscribers – more than any other individual creator on the platform. Donaldson navigates a maze in a screenshot from MrBeast's video, "I Got Hunted By the FBI." “That’s an interesting model, because you’re giving video viewers access to something they would never get to see in real life,” Fischer says. He often uses income from his previous videos to outdo himself in his next videos,” Miller says.

Persons: Jimmy Donaldson, ”, podcasters Colin, Samir, “, You’re, ’ ”, Donaldson, Mark Zuckerberg, Colin, ’, Donaldson breathlessly, Sara Fischer, “ It’s, CNN’s Jon Sarlin, ” Fischer, Pete Davidson, Tom Brady, relatable, Miller, MrBeast, ” Donaldson, Monica Schipper, Vince Miller, ” Miller, – Donaldson, Kristen Ruby, Gen Zers, Ruby, Burger, Dave Kotinsky, MrBeast Burger, –, mobbing, “ I’m Organizations: CNN, East Carolina University, YouTube, FBI, NFL, Netflix, Nickelodeon, Microsoft Theater, University of Kent, Ruby Media, Getty, Google, Records, Harvard Business School, Harvard Locations: North Carolina, Los Angeles, Greenville , North Carolina, New Jersey, Greenville, Chile

☆ 'Ghost' menu massacre: Virtual brands face a reckoning as Uber Eats slashes 8,000 from its app
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-13 | by ( Nancy Luna | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Uber Eats has cut 8,000 virtual brands from its app. Uber Eats' virtual-brand policies come a year after Insider reported that DoorDash and Grubhub were cracking down on virtual brands. It also must be 60% different from any other virtual restaurant operating from that same physical location, Uber Eats said. At the start of the year, Park had 10 Asian-themed virtual brands listed on Uber Eats, DoorDash, and Grubhub. He said Uber Eats booted eight of his virtual restaurants from the app during the March purge.

Persons: DoorDash, Uber, John Mullenholz, DoorDash hasn't, Joon, MrBeast, Burger, Dave Kotinsky MrBeast Burger, Mullenholz, Jimmy Donaldson, Mariah Carey, it's, Meredith Sandland Organizations: Service, Dining Locations: Wall, Silicon, Washington

☆ Knight Institute files lawsuit against Texas's TikTok ban
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-13 | by ( Melissa Mahtani | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Texas’s ban on TikTok at state institutions violates the First Amendment, claims a lawsuit filed Thursday by a group of academics and civil society researchers. The lawsuit specifically challenges Texas’ TikTok ban in relation to public universities, saying it compromises academic freedom and impedes vital research. Texas Governor Greg Abbott ordered all Texas state agencies to ban the use of TikTok in early December. The Knight Institute lawsuit notes that Texas has not imposed a ban on other online platforms that collect similar user data, such as Meta and Google. TikTok told CNN last month that it is funding the suit by users and creators on the platform.

Persons: CNN —, Jameel Jaffer, Greg Abbott, “ It’s, ” Jaffer, ”, Dave Karpf, “, TikTok Organizations: CNN, Columbia University, Coalition for Independent Technology Research, Institute, University of North, Texas, Texans, Chinese Communist Party, Knight, Google, Coalition, Independent Technology Research, George Washington University School of Media, Public Affairs Locations: Texas, China, University of North Texas, ” Texas, TikTok . Montana

☆ A 'Frankenfish' that can live without water for days and officials instruct to kill on sight was spotted deep in Missouri, worrying conservationists
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-07 | by ( Emily Swaim | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

"They're in the Mississippi River already, so that is a huge highway for the species," Knuth said. Dave Knuth, Duck Creek Conservation AreaWhile northern snakeheads normally avoid humans, they are very protective of their young. In 2019, researchers looked at how the Blackwater River watershed changed before and after northern snakeheads invaded. Dave Knuth, Duck Creek Conservation AreaIf you happen to spot a northern snakehead, the US government recommends killing it right away. If you find and kill a northern snakehead, you can report the capture to your local fish and game agency.

Persons: Dave Knuth, Knuth, White Organizations: Service, Conservation, Missouri Department of Conservation, DC, Washington Post, Fish Commission, Conservation Area, Conservation Center Locations: Missouri, Midwest, Wall, Silicon, Duck, Conservation Area, Asia, Africa, Crofton , Maryland, East, Maryland, Virginia, Arkansas, Northern, Mississippi, Blackwater, North America

☆ Prosecutors Detail Pittsburgh Synagogue Killings in Trial Opening
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-30 | by ( Kris Maher | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

A courtroom sketch of the opening of jury selection in a federal court in Pittsburgh in the trial of Robert Bowers. Photo: Dave Klug/Associated PressPITTSBURGH—Prosecutors seeking the death penalty for the man accused of killing 11 people at a synagogue here in 2018 described a scene of chaos and terror to a jury Tuesday, recounting how each of the victims was shot, many as they tried to hide or protect loved ones.

☆ Your Uber Driver ‘Dave K’ Is Arriving Soon. He Might Be the CEO.
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-08 | by ( Preetika Rana | Photographs Carolyn Fong For The Wall Street Journal | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

While taking a customer to the airport one evening, he had to ignore frantic phone calls from his chief legal officer who was trying to alert him that a hacker had breached Uber’s network. Another trip took him across the Bay Bridge to Oakland—and he swore never to do it again after getting stuck in rush-hour traffic back to the city. Michael Ho Wai Lee/SOPA Images/ZumaJustin Sullivan/Getty

☆ Your town might be sitting on pandemic cash it could use to build a grocery store or launch a guaranteed-basic-income pilot
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-23 | by ( Juliana Kaplan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

They told him they were walking from their homes to Kroger, the nearest grocery store — which was at least a 25- to 30-minute walk. That got Miller thinking about building a grocery store, or even just a shed to sell fresh food from at a lower cost. He learned the city land committee had taken over the abandoned structure and that, way back when, it had been a grocery store called Abraham Grocery. Courtesy of Dural MillerNow, starting in November, it'll be a new grocery store, Miss Ruby's Corner Market, to serve the community. Baltimore, for instance, has used American Rescue Plan funds to give out guaranteed income to young parents for two years.

☆ Athletics acquire land for Las Vegas ballpark
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-20 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Athletics president Dave Kaval said the team was pushing ahead with plans for a new stadium in Las Vegas after the process to build a waterfront ballpark in Oakland stalled. "We have a pact in Las Vegas that we think can work and has the support from the league, so we are really putting all our focus in Las Vegas and the efforts there." MLB is the latest major sport league eager to get in on the Las Vegas action. "In 2021, given the continued lack of progress, MLB instructed the A's to explore a parallel path plan with Las Vegas. "We support the A’s turning their focus on Las Vegas and look forward to them bringing finality to this process by the end of the year."

☆ Oakland Athletics Say They Will Move to Las Vegas by 2027
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-20 | by ( Benjamin Hoffman | Andrew Das | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The Oakland Athletics have reached an agreement to acquire land near the Las Vegas Strip and said Wednesday that they hoped to be playing games in a new, billion-dollar retractable roof stadium on the site by 2027. The agreement on the 49-acre site in Nevada, which the team’s president, Dave Kaval, confirmed to The Las Vegas Review-Journal on Wednesday night, will seemingly end years of tense negotiations for a new stadium in the Bay Area, an investment the team said it needed to remain financially viable and competitive with its peers in Major League Baseball. “It’s obviously a very big milestone for us,” Kaval said of the potential move to Las Vegas, which would be the first relocation of a major league franchise in two decades. “We spent almost two years working in Las Vegas to try to determine a location that works for a long-term home. To identify a site and have a purchase agreement is a big step.”

☆ Oakland Athletics signal impending move to Las Vegas with agreement to purchase land near strip, per reports
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-20 | by ( Homero De La Fuente | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Major League Baseball’s (MLB) Oakland Athletics have signed a binding purchase agreement for land near the Las Vegas Strip, where the team plans to construct a Major League ballpark, according to reports from the Las Vegas Review-Journal and The Athletic, citing Athletics team president Dave Kaval. A general view of play between the Oakland Athletics and the Texas Rangers at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum on August 6, 2020. Lachlan Cunningham/Getty ImagesMLB commissioner Rob Manfred expressed his support on the Athletics’ plans to relocate to Las Vegas. “Welcoming the A’s to Las Vegas would be great news for Southern Nevada as well as our entire state,” Lombardo said in a statement to the Review-Journal. “The prospect of bringing new jobs, more economic development and a historic MLB franchise to Las Vegas is exciting on many levels.

☆ Uber's CEO became an undercover boss in a used Tesla and was surprised by how rude some riders can be
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-08 | by ( Ryan Hogg | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Dara Khosrowshahi told The Wall Street Journal he encountered problems that discouraged drivers. He was surprised to find out just how many issues there were – and how unpleasant some riders could be. Khosrowshahi told the Journal he had a five-star rating for the 100-odd rides and deliveries he'd completed around San Francisco. The Uber CEO said he would try to keep customers happy by offering phone charging cables and serving up Spotify playlists featuring artists including Taylor Swift and The National. Khosrowshahi told the Journal that some drivers had returned in response to economic uncertainty, which was yet to have an impact on rider demand.

☆ What Happened When Uber’s CEO Started Driving for Uber
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-07 | by ( Preetika Rana | Photographs Carolyn Fong For The Wall Street Journal | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

After five years running Uber Technologies Inc., Dara Khosrowshahi in September got behind the wheel himself. Using the alias “Dave K” and a gray Tesla Model Y that he purchased secondhand, the chief executive made dozens of trips as a ride-share driver in the following months ferrying people around the hills of San Francisco.

☆ Who is Satoshi Nakamoto? Crypto fans just celebrated the bitcoin inventor's birthday and his legend is as mysterious as ever.
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-07 | by ( Phil Rosen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Satoshi Nakamoto is said to be the inventor of bitcoin and wrote the token's original white paper in 2008. Nakamoto's paper, "Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System," was published in October 2008. In his white paper, Nakamoto cited the work of Stuart Haber, a computer scientist credited with helping invent blockchain technology. A Newsweek article in 2014 said that Dorian Prentice Satoshi Nakamoto, a Japanese American man living in California, was the elusive inventor of bitcoin. After the article published, Nakamoto's online account revived itself after a five-year hiatus, stating: "I am not Dorian Nakamoto."

☆ After growing GM corn for decades, some US farmers open to Mexican restrictions
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-06 | by ( Tom Polansek | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

"I'm all for free and fair trade," said Fred Huddlestun, who grows GM corn and soybeans in Yale, Illinois. Supporters of the policy say GM corn can contaminate Mexico's age-old native varieties and have questioned its impact on human health. NCGA said GM corn is safe and it will fight all illegal trade barriers for farmers. But many would consider growing more non-GM corn, if the price were right. "You need to make it worth my while," said Illinois farmer Dave Kestel, who grows GM corn and sells seed for Corteva.

In 2023, people typically tip anywhere from 15% to 25%. Consumers on average said they tipped more than 21%, according to a Creditcards.com survey in May 2022. During the height of those days, consumers started tipping for things they never had before to service industry workers. In February 2020, just before the pandemic began, in food and drink specifically, the share of remote transactions when tipping was offered was 43.4%, according to Square . But, with customers tipping more, where's the tipping point?

☆ Ulta posts strong holiday quarter as shoppers squeeze makeup into their budgets
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-09 | by ( Rebecca Picciotto | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Kimbell said that consumer spending across income levels remained strong in the fourth quarter and that customers are not trading down to cheaper options, despite higher prices on the company's products. Same-store sales grew 15.6% in the fourth quarter, slower growth than the 21.4% jump it posted in the same quarter the previous year, but well above analysts' estimates of 8.4%, according to StreetAccount. Kimbell said that makeup, haircare, skincare and fragrance products all saw double-digit sales growth in the fourth quarter. Wall Street was anticipating 2023 revenue of $10.74 billion and earnings per share of $24.25, according to Refinitiv. It opened 12 new stores in the fourth quarter and is shooting for between 25 and 30 new locations in 2023.

☆ A Tesla driver said he's still a loyal FSD user even after his car swerved off the road and crashed into another vehicle while using Autopilot
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-19 | by ( Grace Kay | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Tesla driver Dave Key continues to use Autopilot even after he got into an accident with it, The New York Times reported. The 69-year-old crashed into a police car while using Autopilot in 2018. The Tesla driver said he had a "false sense of security" during the incident and was distracted by the scenery. Key isn't the only Tesla driver to report issues with the software but continue to support Elon Musk's vision for the company. Insider previously reported that a Tesla driver took a 6,392 mile road trip primarily using Autopilot and FSD and continues to view the program as a "lifesaver" despite encountering bugs in the software.

☆ Ulta Beauty Hires New Marketing Chief
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-18 | by ( Megan Graham | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +3 min

Beauty retailer Ulta Beauty Inc. has tapped Michelle Crossan-Matos, a former Samsung Electronics America marketing leader, as its new chief marketing officer. The chief marketing officer role was previously held by Shelley Haus, who died of cancer last June. Most recently, Ms. Crossan-Matos was chief marketing, citizenship and communications officer at Samsung Electronics America. “I think beauty care is probably going to be one of the most resilient categories, and then I think Ulta Beauty will be even more resilient, just because of the portfolio that Ulta Beauty has and the type of guests that come in—they tend to be much more resilient,” Ms. Crossan-Matos said. Ulta will stay focused on social media, video, beauty tutorials and experience-based marketing in the year ahead, said Ms. Crossan-Matos.

They were victorious in all six states that featured ballot initiatives around abortion access this year. If approved, it would require a 60% threshold of support for future ballot measures to pass, as opposed to the current majority. Ballot initiative groups say that’s the point. Critics have alleged the measure amounts to a test run for a more comprehensive measure that would raise the threshold for all such constitutional ballot initiatives. “They’re trying to use ballot measures — to change ballot measures,” said Fields Figueredo of the Ballot Initiative Strategy Center.

☆ Jay Leno details how his ‘face caught on fire’ in first interview since accident
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-13 | by ( Dan Heching | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Jay Leno has opened up for the first time about the accident that left him with severe burns to his face and body. In an interview with Hoda Kotb from “Today,” his first since the November 12 incident, the comedian, 72, said he was working underneath an antique 1907 car alongside his friend Dave Killackey when a series of events led to his injuries. It sounded clogged and I said, ‘Blow some air through the line,’ and so he did,” Leno, an avid car collector, recalled to Kotb. According to NBC, Leno joked to reporters outside the venue, “We got two shows tonight. Regular and extra crispy.”This week’s interview will appear on NBC News’ “Today” show on Wednesday.

☆ Ulta Beauty boosts outlook, as shoppers keep splurging on makeup
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-01 | by ( Melissa Repko | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Shoppers line up outside of Ulta Beauty before the 6am opening on Black Friday. Ulta Beauty on Thursday boosted its outlook and surpassed Wall Street's expectations for quarterly earnings and sales, as shoppers kept replenishing their makeup bags even while paying more at the grocery store. CEO Dave Kimbell said as shoppers weigh their purchasing decisions amid rising prices, they are still choosing to spend on beauty. Kohl's , which pulled its full-year forecast, also said beauty is driving sales. Ulta said it now anticipates full-year earnings of between $22.60 and $22.90 per share and full-year revenue of between $9.95 billion and $10 billion.

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