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☆ Consumers in China are dining at nicer restaurants — even if it costs $500 a person
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-05 | by ( Evelyn Cheng | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Despite the Covid-19 pandemic, a brand called Lu Style opened four new restaurants in the last three years in Beijing and Shanghai. Since Lu Style launched in 2016, more people no longer focus on just being able to eat, said Tian Junfeng, director of operations. Tian said Lu Style will be focused on improving customer service in the coming months. The 2023 rankings selected 304 restaurants — most of which were in China, including Lu Style. Two Lu Style locations have one Michelin star each, and the France-based guide includes more than 400 restaurants in mainland China.

☆ Bride had her wedding dress held 'hostage' in a billing dispute between Bed Bath & Beyond and preservation company
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-29 | by ( Ramishah Maruf | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Last week, Bed Bath & Beyond (BBBY) announced it was planning to liquidate its inventory and go out of business. After reading good reviews about Houston-based Memories Gown Preservation, she decided to order the $120 kit through Bed Bath & Beyond. “I knew I wouldn’t look good in a white wedding dress,” she said. The MemoriesGP website still advertises Bed Bath & Beyond as an authorized dealer and as a registry option. “We take concerns raised by our customers very seriously,” Bed Bath & Beyond said.

☆ 10 in-demand work-from-anywhere jobs companies are hiring for now—many pay over $100K
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-27 | by ( Morgan Smith | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

While the concept of working wherever you want might sound too good to be true, with the right remote job, that dream can become a reality. In a work-from-anywhere job, employees work "100% remotely, are independent of location and, in many cases, are also independent of a specific time zone," says Toni Frana, a lead career expert at FlexJobs. Most remote jobs have geographic requirements, whether it's a specific country, state or city, mainly due to state and federal regulations that dictate where companies can hire people and do business. FlexJobs also identified the 10 most in-demand work-from-anywhere jobs companies are hiring for right now by analyzing its database for the roles that had the highest volume of work-from-anywhere listings between January and April 2023. These two skills, along with time management and communication, are some of the most important qualifications companies are looking for in work-from-anywhere job candidates.

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☆ Paper airplane designed by Boeing engineers breaks world distance record
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-14 | by ( Taylor Nicioli | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

The engineers had to pay careful attention to the numerous rules and guidelines set forth by the Guinness World Record Team. I didn’t think we could get useful data from a simulation on a paper airplane. The Guinness paper plane record for duration of flight is currently 29.2 seconds. From origami enthusiasts to aerospace engineersRuble and Jensen began their paper plane engineering careers while in middle school, participating in paper airplane events held at Boeing. For those looking to create their own record-breaking paper plane design, the feat is not impossible, but may take some time (and skill).

☆ A mom took out over $77,000 in student loans to send her son with autism to college. He got his debt wiped out — but she's still paying hers off with no end in sight.
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-08 | by ( Ayelet Sheffey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Marsha Wipperman, 59, took on parent PLUS student loans so her son with autism could attend college. "I'm going pay it. So I just signed away on my parents loans because that's what a parent does." Marsha Wipperman took on $77,000 in PLUS loans for her son. 'I've done 100% what I needed to do at that time'Parent PLUS loans gave Wipperman's son the opportunity to attend college, and she wouldn't have done it any other way.

☆ Walmart set to reopen the Virginia store where six employees were shot and killed five months ago. It will include a memorial in their honor.
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-04 | by ( Ben Tobin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Walmart plans to reopen a store on April 19 after a mass shooting took place there in November 2022. The store will feature a memorial to honor the six workers who lost their lives in the shooting. "We are deeply touched by the community's compassion and support as we continue to heal from last year's tragedy," Alycia Mixon, the Walmart Chesapeake store manager, said in a press release. The reopened Walmart store in Chesapeake, Virginia, will feature a memorial to honor the six victims of the shooting. Are you a Walmart employee who works at the store in Chesapeake, Virginia?

☆ Kia revealed a 3-row electric SUV with swiveling seats and a futuristic design — see the EV9
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-15 | by ( Tim Levin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: 1 min

Like Kia's smaller (and impressive) EV6 SUV, it features flush door handles that pop out when needed. The 2024 Kia EV9. KiaRead more: The 9 best cars for families

☆ Stocks making the biggest moves after hours: Avis, Palantir, Cadence Design and more
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-13 | by ( Alex Harring | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Avis — The car rental company gained 3.5% after beating both top- and bottom-line estimates from analysts polled by Refinitiv. Avis posted adjusted earnings per share of $10.46 on revenue of $2.77 billion, compared to analysts' estimates of $6.79 in per-share earnings on revenues of $2.69 billion. Amkor Technology — Shares of the semiconductor stock slid 5% after missing per-share earnings estimates while beating expectations for revenue, according to FactSet. Cadence Design — The software company gained 4% after beating both top- and bottom-line expectations of analysts polled by FactSet in the fourth quarter. SolarEdge — Shares of the solar stock gained less than 1% after beating earnings and per-share revenue estimates from analysts polled by FactSet.

☆ Dyson, Everlane and AirPods Pro 2: Best online sales right now
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-06 | by ( Caroline Curran | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Lowest Price AirPods Pro 2 $249 $199 at Amazon Apple Three years after debuting — and landing in the ears of seemingly everyone you know — Apple’s mega-popular AirPods Pro have finally gotten a refresh. Available now, the AirPods Pro 2 offer major upgrades like improved active noise cancellation (ANC), a wider range of fit options, more expansive touch controls and longer battery life. Right now, the second-gen AirPods Pro are at their lowest price yet of $199, so order now at Amazon to save on these pricey earbuds. Lowest Price Dyson Supersonic Hair Dryer $460 $400 at Amazon Dyson In addition to making your floors spotless, Dyson is a pro at styling your strands with its range of hair tools. And right now, you can snap up a brand-new Dyson Supersonic Hair Dryer for under $400, the lowest price we’ve seen at Amazon.

☆ China's people shortage is a grim omen for the rest of the world
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-05 | by ( Matt Turner | Dave Smith | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

We're merging with our daily Insider Today newsletter, so we'll be known as the Insider Today: Sunday Edition moving forward. On the agenda today:Up first: It was a big week for tech earnings. Senior tech reporter Diamond Naga Siu, who writes our 10 Things in Tech newsletter, is here to break it all down. Apple meanwhile retained its crown as the only Big Tech giant that hasn't conducted mass layoffs within the past year. That means reining in costs, stripping back perks, and upending the office culture that's defined the world of Big Tech for so long.

☆ Boeing's role in building NASA's new rocket
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-20 | by ( Jackie Wattles | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +18 min

The mobile launcher with NASA's SLS rocket and Orion spacecraft rolls out of the Vehicle Assembly Building's High Bay 3 to Launch Complex 39B on Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2022, at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. “I worked over 50 Space Shuttle launches,” Boeing SLS program manager John Shannon told CNN by phone. Though more than 1,000 companies were involved with designing and building SLS, Boeing’s work involved the largest and most expensive portion of the rocket. The SLS rocket ended up flying its first launch more than six years later than originally intended. All of the “major components” for a third SLS rocket are also completed, Shannon added.

☆ Fed up with facial recognition cameras monitoring your every move? Italian fashion may have the answer
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-16 | by ( Elliott Gotkine | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Facial recognition software immediately identifies the man as … a giraffe? While there, she read about how tenants in Brooklyn had fought back against their landlord’s plans to install a facial recognition entry system for their building. “This was the first time I heard about facial recognition,” she says. Whichever route they took, they had to test the images on a well-known object detection system called YOLO, one of the most commonly-used algorithms in facial recognition software. At the recent World Cup in Qatar, creative agency Virtue Worldwide came up with flag-themed face paint for fans seeking to fool the emirate’s legion of facial recognition cameras.

☆ Temu's low prices catapulted the Chinese app to the top of the US download charts. Here's what we know about it — and how it could avoid its competitors' pitfalls.
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-12 | by ( Madeline Stone | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Temu, a new shopping app from Chinese e-commerce giant Pinduoduo, is making waves in the US. In December, Temu had 9 million US downloads, topping Amazon, which had 4.2 million downloads; Shopify's Shop app, which had 3.4 million downloads; and fellow Chinese player Shein, which had 3 million downloads. Like Shein, Temu also boasts a large selection of products, with its app description claiming that it offers thousands of new items a day. Shein was the most downloaded app globally in 2022, with 229 million downloads, while Amazon was the top app in the US. Notably, Pinduoduo was also a top downloaded app globally, ranking seventh with 79 million downloads.

☆ How a millennial transformed his childhood home into a maximalist Georgian mansion that he rents out for nearly $200 an hour for photo and video shoots
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-24 | by ( Zoe Rosenberg | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Emmanuel Hébert grew up in a small Montréal house that he has transformed into a Georgian mansion. He also rents it out for $184 an hour and uses the funds to further renovate the mansion. The living room of Manoir Blackswan in its full glory, dripping in antique chandeliers Hébert sells through his antiques business. Emmanuel HébertThe mansion is Hébert's home, where he's raising his 5-year-old son, Romeo, as well as a showroom for his antiques business. On Instagram, nearly 10,000 people follow Manoir Blackswan — what he calls the mansion — and 13,700 people follow his antiques business.

☆ A 55-year-old traded in his corporate job and 3,500-square-foot house for a tiny home in a village at the foot of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Despite a post-move cancer diagnosis, he says he's never fel
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-08 | by ( Kelsey Neubauer | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Blue Wells and his wife sold their Atlanta home and moved to a tiny-home village in South Carolina. I've always loved tiny homes, so after I got laid off, we decided to buy oneI was working for a software company. I had been an aficionado of tiny homes for years. Blue Wells and his wife Pamela. Most furniture is not built for tiny homes.

☆ 55+ Cyber Monday deals under $100 to shop now
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-27 | by ( Mili Godio | Mili Godio Is An Associate Reporter For Select On Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +13 min

Many of these sales — most of which run through Cyber Monday — offer plenty of discounted items under $100. SKIP AHEAD Best Cyber Monday deals under $100 | Best Cyber Monday sales under $100To help you make the most of the shopping holiday, we compiled some of the best early Cyber Monday deals and sales under $100 that we think you’ll want to know about. Best Cyber Monday 2022 deals under $100Below, we’re sharing the best Cyber Monday deals under $100 based on our previous coverage and reporting. 4.7-star average rating from 10,573 reviews on AmazonThis All-Clad two-piece cookware set comes with 8-inch and 10-inch non-stick frying pans. Best early Cyber Monday 2022 sales under $100Here are the best early Cyber Monday sales under$100 that we think you’ll want to know about.

☆ Billionaire hedge fund titan Seth Klarman reveals how he finds investments that meet his standards and his 2 favorite principles of investing
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-18 | by ( David Rubenstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

David Rubenstein: You and Warren Buffett, with whom you have often been compared, are probably the two best-known and successful value investors. What skills are required to be a successful value investor? Simon and Schuster: The basic practice of value investing is trying to buy dollars for 50 cents, sometimes 60 or70 cents — in effect, buying bargains. Early on in the 1920s and 1930s, Benjamin Graham wrote about value investing. In terms of the requirements to be a value investor, the skill set, first of all, people need to be patient and disciplined.

☆ Wealthy people who moved to Miami are rejecting Florida traditions and radically transforming their homes instead
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-12 | by ( Kelsey Neubauer | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

"They're willing to bring their New York aesthetic down into Miami, or their LA or Beverly Hills aesthetic down into Miami." Miami newcomers aren't afraid to break away from aesthetic normsEilyn, who said her design style is more personable and poised, was born and raised in Miami. The result is a modern beach home that includes elements of classic Miami design "mixed with the tranquility of Mykonos" that combines a simple color palette with pops of visual interest. "You can incorporate details that maybe you wouldn't see so much in Miami design," she said. It means they have a steady stream of work, with the possibility to be creative and stretch their imaginations as they shape the future of Miami design.

☆ GM reveals 2024 Chevrolet Trax crossover with new tech and design — at a lower price
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-12 | by ( Michael Wayland | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

2024 Chevrolet Trax ACTIV GMDETROIT — General Motors on Wednesday revealed a new version of its Chevrolet Trax — the brand's entry-level crossover — with new technologies and a more aggressive design, and at a lower price than the current vehicle. 2024 Chevrolet Trax RS GMThe starting pricing of the 2024 Trax will be $21,495 for an LT trim, which is $1,400 less than the current model. The only Chevrolet vehicle less expensive than the Trax is the much smaller Spark hatchback, which starts at under $15,000. It will be produced at a GM plant in South Korea, where the current model is built. 2024 Chevrolet Trax RS GMThe 2024 Trax features styling that debuted on the midsize 2019 Chevrolet Blazer and reappeared on the Chevy Trailblazer, another compact crossover.

Architects and design students in Italy and the United States are collaborating on an initiative to map ancient aqueducts and water systems in Naples. In many ways, Naples lies at the intersection of these concerns, which makes it a compelling laboratory to study potential solutions, De Pace said. The Cool City Project is exploring ways to revive ancient springs, aqueducts and waterways in Naples, Italy, to combat the urban heat island effect. The idea is to examine if reviving these ancient waterways, or resurfacing them, could counter the urban heat island effect. He said he's eager to challenge his students to integrate climate solutions into architectural design — a lesson with applications that extend far beyond Naples and its unique circumstances.

☆ An Airbnb host who manages 60 properties and has earned 4,300 5-star reviews shares the biggest errors she sees newbies make
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-29 | by ( Dan Latu | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

After seeing her listing on the front page of Airbnb search results, other hosts in the area reached out for advice. Now, she runs an operation with six assistants that oversees 60 properties nationwide, from condos in Myrtle Beach to fishing cabins in Colorado. This strategy will only ultimately frustrate guests, Mosher said. In addition to bad reviews, hosts with an over-capacity space are increasing liability for their space and the wear and tear on their furniture. For example, instead of "Thanks for your message," Mosher sends guests: "Thank you for the fantastic communication, safe travels and happy adventures."

☆ 'India has a big role to play': New Delhi is trying to turn the country into a chip powerhouse
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-26 | by ( Arjun Kharpal | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Foundries are facilities that manufacture chips that other companies design. So there aren't many giant Indian chip firms and certainly no leading-edge manufacturing companies. "I have no doubt that India has a big role to play," Kotasthane said. Semiconductor design requires large numbers of skilled engineers and this is where India's strength lies," he added. So now, the next step is the effort to build an ecosystem where there is some Indian IP (intellectual property) by Indian companies," Kotasthane said.

☆ I make up to $150,000 a month as a freelance UX designer. Here's how I did it and why I have a 'no-meetings' policy.
▼ + stars: | 2022-05-18 | by ( Kiera Fields | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Williams was working as a UX designer at a transport company when he began freelancing on the side. He made up to $150,000 a month from his clients by offering his service as a subscription. I make up to $150,000 a month running a one-person design agency, but I didn't study design at college. In 2011, I was offered a job making social-media assets for a California design agency, so I dropped out of college. I started my UX design business as a side hustleI found my corporate job boring and wanted more creative design work.

☆ Nike and Adidas veterans reveal how to get your foot in the door in the sneaker industry
▼ + stars: | 2022-03-04 | by ( Matthew Kish | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Jobs in the sneaker industry are highly coveted, but it's possible to get a foot in the door. In 2010, shortly before he left Nike, Edwards founded what's become Pensole Lewis College. More than 500 Pensole alums work in the industry, including at Nike and its Jordan brand. "It's extremely competitive," said Bimma Williams, a veteran of Nike, Adidas, and Saucony. In 2011, Sean Williams (no relation to Bimma) and Dee Wells of Obsessive Sneaker Disorder launched SOLEcial Studies, an educational program about the sneaker industry for high-school and college students.

☆ Lululemon's new shoes — Raleigh's hot housing market — The youngest world traveler
▼ + stars: | 2021-10-15 | by ( Jordan Parker Erb | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Settle in and enjoy some of our best reads from the past week, including stories about wealthy parents buying homes for their adult children, Lululemon's new sneakers, and Raleigh's red-hot housing market. Jessie Casson/Getty ImagesThere's a new trend in the housing market: Wealthy parents are taking out cheap loans they don't need so they can buy homes for their adult children. Lexie Alford23-year-old Lexie Alford recently broke a Guinness World Record by becoming the youngest person to travel to every country in the world. Traveling by boat, plane, and train, Alford told us about her experiences as a solo female traveler crossing the globe. Even as the rest of the housing market shows early signs of cooling, Raleigh has stayed hot, in part because of the area's emergence as a tech hub.

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