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☆ A boomer who moved to Panama after years as a bartender in the Hamptons and New Mexico outlines the pros and cons of living in Central America
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-13 | by ( Noah Sheidlower | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

George Stumpp, a retired bartender, lives comfortably in Panama after moving from New Mexico. He said Panama has robust infrastructure, a lower cost of living, and many of the same stores as the US. AdvertisementGeorge Stumpp, 65, worked as a bartender and bar supervisor in Long Island and New Mexico for decades. He's enjoying retirement in a country with a lower cost of living and high-quality healthcare, and he said he's enjoyed adapting to Panamanian culture. As his kids got older, he started to vacation in Central America, traveling to Costa Rica, Belize, and Panama.

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☆ European diplomats in DC scramble to gain access to Trump allies for insights
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-11 | by ( Kylie Atwood | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

“We are not that nervous because we know that with Trump it is all about relationships,” said one veteran European diplomat who has been in DC since the Trump administration. “The logic of doing it at Heritage was not lost on us,” said Victoria Coates, a deputy national security advisor to former President Trump who is now a vice president at the think tank. The comments sent European diplomats into over-drive, eager to understand exactly what Trump meant. “If they are worried about how President Trump is going to react to them, they hold it in their hands to do something about it,” Coates said. But European diplomats are not only worried about NATO.

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☆ The one filling snack Michael Pollan swears by to curb his insatiable craving for potato chips
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-11 | by ( Ellyn Lapointe | Hilary Brueck | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

"I have a weakness for potato chips," Pollan told Business Insider, ahead of the release of his latest film. monticelllo/Getty ImagesIt's not just a matter of willpower: Ultra-processed snacks, like potato chips, are designed to make you want to scarf down the whole bag. AdvertisementThe speed at which ultra-processed foods deliver carbs and fats to the body also plays a role in this cycle. Since ultra-processed foods are designed to be quick and easy to consume, people eat more calories as a result. Advertisement"A very good definition of ultra-processed food is it is made from ingredients that no ordinary person keeps in their pantry," Pollan said.

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☆ The 1 filling snack Michael Pollan swears by to curb his insatiable craving for potato chips
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-11 | by ( Ellyn Lapointe | Hilary Brueck | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

"I have a weakness for potato chips," Pollan told Business Insider, ahead of the release of his latest film. In his new documentary, Food Inc. 2, Pollan explores America's addiction to ultra-processed foods. Ultra-processed snacks, like potato chips, are designed to make you want to scarf down the whole bag. AdvertisementThe speed at which ultra-processed foods deliver carbs and fats to the gut also plays a role in the cycle. Advertisement"A very good definition of ultra-processed food is it is made from ingredients that no ordinary person keeps in their pantry," Pollan said.

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☆ Here are 3 dividend stocks that could offer passive income, fund managers say
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-10 | by ( Ganesh Rao | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

In a market where finding reliable passive income streams can be challenging, two fund managers have shared their insights on dividend stocks that could offer attractive yields and growth potential. Broadcom One such stock Burdett highlighted is Broadcom , a semiconductor and software company. Orange Another stock Burdett finds compelling is Orange SA , a French telecommunications company with a current dividend yield of 6.8%. ORA-FR 1Y line While the stock price has remained relatively unchanged this year, Wall Street expects it to rise by 25% to 13.25 euros. The spun-off cereal business of Kellogg Company, now known as Kellanova .

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☆ Forget Recession, New York City Is Entering a Wild New Gilded Age
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-04 | by ( Linette Lopez | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +16 min

In a country roiled by recession worries, those at the top of New York City — for better or worse — couldn't give a single gilded shit. For New York City, a brush with death called for a time of decadence. "New York City's restaurants and bars are experiencing an uneven pandemic recovery nearly four years after COVID-19 struck our city," Andrew Rigie, the executive director of the New York City Hospitality Alliance, said. AdvertisementIf a pandemic can't defeat New York City, a little inflation certainly isn't going to do it. And what that looks like is the affluent in New York City eating caviar, and poorer Americans eating cereal.

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☆ Fmr. Commerce Sec. Carlos Gutierrez: We're going to outcompete China with innovation, not sanctions
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-02 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailFmr. Commerce Sec. Carlos Gutierrez: We're going to outcompete China with innovation, not sanctionsFormer U.S. Commerce Secretary and Kellogg CEO Carlos Gutierrez joins 'Squawk Box' to discuss China's high-level meetings with U.S. business leaders, the state of U.S.-China relations, China's national security threat, and mroe.

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☆ Would-be Tesla buyers snub company as Musk's reputation dips
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-01 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Vehicles for sale at a Tesla store in Vallejo, California, US, on Thursday, March 2, 2023. While Tesla continued to post strong sales growth last year, helped by aggressive price cuts, the electric-vehicle maker is expected to report weak quarterly sales as early as Tuesday. Caliber cited strong associations between Tesla's reputation and that of Musk for the scores. Tesla sales are projected to increase by 3%. "The EV slowdown is shaping up to be a Tesla slowdown," Cox analyst Stephanie Valdez Streaty said during a conference call Thursday.

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☆ 26-year-old is one of first Gen Z women to hold public office in the U.S., works at Google and is getting her MBA—how she balances it all
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-30 | by ( Morgan Smith | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

Amiwala, who grew up and attended school in Skokie, thought a local school board might be a better fit for her interests and experience after losing her first race. "It made me more determined to get involved in politics as a form of activism," Amiwala tells CNBC Make It. She won her second term on the school board in April 2023, a position she will hold until 2027. CNBC Make It: How do you balance your board of education work with your job at Google and attending business school? CNBC Make It: Have you had any unique experiences as one of the first Gen Z elected officials in the U.S.?

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As Tax Day approaches, there are plenty of things small business owners should keep in mind when filing taxes this year. Since business tax filing is complex, most experts recommend small business owners work with a professional tax adviser rather than trying to file on their own or even with tax-filing software. Here are things small business owners should consider as the April 15 deadline looms. There’s also a tax credit based on employer contribution, up to $1,000 annually per employee, over the plan’s first five years. Designed to help small businesses keep employees during pandemic-era shutdowns, the generous credit let businesses file amended tax returns to claim the credit.

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☆ Why are bidets just now getting popular in America?
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-24 | by ( Ramishah Maruf | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

It took a toilet paper shortage for some to come around to the 18th-century invention. A common reason why bidets aren’t used in the US is that during World War 2, American soldiers saw brothels utilizing bidets. Big Toilet PaperWhen the great toilet paper shortage hit in 2020, many Americans realized there could be another way to clean themselves. Using toilet paper had seemed, somehow, American, with toilet paper jokes a staple in bathroom humor and “TP-ing” a stereotypical rite of passage for teens. With the toilet paper mania, she decided to kill two birds with one stone and splurge on a Tushy.

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☆ Book Tok drives demand for immersive fantasy events among younger users
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-17 | by ( Eva Rothenberg | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

Sometimes events are simply fantasy themed, without reference to specific books or fantasy worlds. Dreams shattered.”She attributes the growing demand for fantasy events to the commercial success of fantasy romance books, especially among Millennial women. The past year has also seen a spike in the popularity of “romantasy,” or romance fantasy books. “You know, work dredges on for a lot of people,” said Brittany Proctor, a Michigan-based entrepreneur who’s been hosting fantasy balls in the Midwest since 2022. In fact, Proctor is considering scaling back some of her events due to the sheer number of these fantasy balls that have been cropping up in recent years.

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☆ Why are prices still so high? Corporate greed, some say.
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-11 | by ( Tami Luhby | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

While supply chain problems and high demand may have helped spur inflation early in the pandemic, Rosolino believes there’s another key reason why prices have soared and remained high: Corporate greed. It’s corporate greed.”Nick Rosolino feels businesses won't lower their prices as long as consumers keep spending. “Too many corporations raise prices to pad their profits, charging more and more for less and less,” Biden said. Companies are typically slower to reduce their prices when costs decline than they are to raise prices when their expenses jump. Corporate profits have contributed to inflation, though experts differ on the extent.

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☆ Woman Could Have Prevented Great Recession; Ignored by Wall Street Men
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-04 | by ( Josie Cox | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +21 min

The story of Brooksley Born is not only the tale of a remarkable regulator whose Cassandra-like warnings — if heeded — could've prevented the great financial crisis from exploding into raging, ruinous enormity. Not long after she assumed chairmanship of the CFTC, Born started to feel a lingering unease with the rapidly expanding derivatives market. So to Rubin, Born was more of an inconvenience than anything, and she certainly wasn't in his club. Not long after, Treasury officials lobbied Congress to pass legislation preventing the CFTC from being able to regulate the OTC derivatives market. In the months and years that followed, it became increasingly hard to deny that the multi-trillion-dollar OTC derivatives market was the root cause of the great financial crisis.

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☆ Americans are turning to gardening, hunting, and extreme couponing to combat rising food prices
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-28 | by ( Erin Snodgrass | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewAmericans are increasingly relying on unorthodox cost-cutting measures to ensure they continue to eat amid ongoing inflation and rising food prices. Recently, US consumers are spending more money on food than they have in the past 30 years, The Wall Street Journal reported last week, citing data from the US Department of Agriculture. AdvertisementThe Journal collected hundreds of reader responses and compiled several cost-saving tips into a Tuesday story about how Americans are responding to rising prices. Buying in bulk can keep prices low, as well as purchasing non-spoilable food, people told the outlet. Other respondents said they combat rising prices by maximizing senior discounts and making a spreadsheet of their groceries and meals.

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☆ Premarket stocks: This rally is nearly unprecedented. Can it last?
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-27 | by ( Nicole Goodkind | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Just last week the S&P 500 hit a new all-time high and notched its best showing in a year. But this nearly unprecedented surge in the markets is sparking some concern over what’s driving the rally and whether it can continue. The S&P 500 and Dow last week each reached record levels after blockbuster earnings from the chipmaker set off a broad market rally. The S&P 500 is up more than 6% for the year, but when you equally weigh all of the stocks in the index, it’s up just 2.5%. Last year, the S&P 500 rose by 24.2%, but the equally-weighted index was up by just 11.6%.

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☆ Kellogg's faces a backlash after encouraging cash-strapped shoppers to eat cereal for dinner: 'What the hell kind of dystopian hellscape is this?'
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-27 | by ( Grace Dean | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Kellogg's is advertising cereal for dinner as an alternative for people struggling with food prices. WK Kellogg CEO Gary Pilnick told CNN last week that the messaging was "landing really well" with customers. Cereal prices shot up 13% in 2022Grocery prices soared during the pandemic as supply-chain chaos pushed up costs for producers. Advertisement"The cereal category has always been quite affordable, and it tends to be a great destination when consumers are under pressure," Pilnick told CNN. Pilnick told CNN last week that more than a quarter of cereal consumption is outside breakfast.

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☆ Kellogg’s CEO faces backlash for saying people should eat cereal for dinner to save money
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-26 | by ( Nathaniel Meyersohn | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

In an interview with CNBC last week, WK Kellogg CEO Pilnick said the company was advertising cereal for dinner to consumers looking for more affordable options. CNBC host Carl Quintanilla asked Pilnick if encouraging weary customers to eat cereal for dinner could “land the wrong way.”Pilnick thought the opposite. Cereal prices alone increased 28% since January of 2020, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Food brands under fireDespite the CEO’s assurances, Kellogg’s advertisement and Pilnick’s comments have led to a backlash on social media. They note that boxes of popular cereals now cost more than $7 and cereal is not an adequate substitution for a full dinner.

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Kellogg CEO Gary Pilnick suggested people struggling financially should eat cereal for dinner. AdvertisementCereal for dinner is usually a last resort — when the fridge is empty and money is tight. A cereal executive, however, thinks eating cereal for dinner is a fine way for those struggling to save money. "Cereal for dinner is something that is probably more on trend now, and we would expect to continue as that consumer is under pressure." One viewer suggested that perhaps they "eat the rich" instead.

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☆ WK Kellogg CEO Gary Pilnick: 'Cereal for dinner' is trending for consumers under price pressure
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-21 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailWK Kellogg CEO Gary Pilnick: 'Cereal for dinner' is trending for consumers under price pressureGary Pilnick, WK Kellogg co-chairman and CEO, joins 'Squawk on the Street' to discuss the consumer share of income spent on food, what's landing well with the consumer, and Pilnick's conversations with clients like Walmart and Target.

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☆ Former Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez: Rate of inflation is down, but prices are still going up
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-15 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailFormer Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez: Rate of inflation is down, but prices are still going upFormer U.S. Commerce Secretary and Kellogg CEO Carlos Gutierrez joins 'Squawk Box' to discuss the hotter-than-expected CPI data, state of inflation, impact on corporations and the economy, and more.

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☆ William 'Bill' Post, inventor of Pop-Tarts, dies at 96
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-14 | by ( Katherine Itoh | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

William "Bill" Post, the man credited with inventing the iconic toaster pastry Pop-Tarts, has died at 96. Post worked as the plant manager for the Michigan-based Hekman Biscuit Company, later known as Keebler Company, when Kellogg's asked the company to create a new breakfast product. The Pop-Tarts inventor began his career as a part-time worker in high school washing trucks at Hekman. After serving in the Army Air Corps in occupied Japan during World War II, Post returned to the company and worked up the corporate ladder. The toaster pastry remains a favorite among customers 60 years later, with around three billion sold in 2022.

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☆ William Post, Who Helped Create Pop-Tarts, Dies at 96
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-14 | by ( John Yoon | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

William Post, a businessman who was credited with a significant role in inventing Pop-Tarts, a classic American snack and cultural touchstone with an enticing sweetness and simplicity, died on Feb. 10 in Grand Rapids, Mich. His death was confirmed by his son, Dan Post, who said his father had died of heart failure in a senior living community. Mr. Post led the bakery plant that developed the first Pop-Tarts for Kellogg’s in 1964, his son said. The snack quickly became a popular treat for many people in the United States, including Mr. Post’s children, who were among the first taste testers. Today, billions of Pop-Tarts are sold each year, according to Kellogg’s.

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☆ William ‘Bill’ Post, who helped invent Pop-Tarts, has died
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-14 | by ( Jordan Valinsky | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

New York CNN —William “Bill” Post, who helped create Pop-Tarts, the pantry staple that reinvented breakfast for the masses, has died. “We are deeply saddened to share the news that William ‘Bill’ Post passed away over the weekend,” Pop-Tarts owner Kellanova said in a statement. We’d like to put that in a toaster.’”He took the piece of pie with him and said he “had to break every rule in the book” to create Pop-Tarts. In the following few years, frosting and sprinkles were added and Kellogg created “Milton the Toaster” to be its mascot. He was also humble about helping create Pop-Tarts.

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