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☆ Jann Wenner’s Rock Hall Reign Lasted Years. It Ended in 20 Minutes.
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-19 | by ( Ben Sisario | More About Ben Sisario | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Maybe I’m old-fashioned and I don’t give a [expletive] or whatever.”Those comments drew immediate fire on social media. (The foundation, created in 1983, chooses the artists who are inducted, and is affiliated with the museum in Cleveland.) Interviews with four people with direct knowledge of the board vote, who spoke anonymously because the panel’s deliberations are confidential, paint a picture of urgency and rage inside the institution. While board members felt personally appalled by Wenner’s comments, they were also worried about the impact on the hall itself, and its vital relationships with artists — some of whom were already beginning to complain. This year’s honorees include Kate Bush, Missy Elliott, Willie Nelson, Sheryl Crow, Rage Against the Machine, the Spinners and George Michael, who died in 2016.

Persons: Pharrell Williams, LL, ” Troy Carter, Prince, Wenner, Wenner’s, —, missive, Bernie Taupin, Elton John’s, Heather Taupin, Kate Bush, Missy Elliott, Willie Nelson, Sheryl Crow, George Michael Organizations: Roll Hall of Fame Foundation, Spotify, The Times, Barclays Center, Machine, Spinners Locations: Cleveland, Brooklyn

[1/2] Cars are shown lined up at the valet parking area outside the Creative Artists Agency building in Los Angeles, California, September 24, 2012. REUTERS/Jonathan Alcorn Acquire Licensing RightsPARIS, Sept 7 (Reuters) - French luxury goods billionaire Francois-Henri Pinault has reached an agreement for a majority stake in Creative Artists Agency (CAA), adding Hollywood's premiere talent agency to his family empire which spans fashion, wine and contemporary art, parties involved said on Tuesday. The presence of stars like Beyonce, Zendaya and Rihanna have become key to drawing the spotlight to fashion shows, and Kering's larger rival LVMH(LVMH.PA) recruited Pharrell Williams to head menswear designs for Louis Vuitton. TPG first invested in CAA in 2010 and, in 2014, increased its stake to 53% in a deal valuing the agency at $1.1 billion. Global investment firm Temasek will remain a minority investor in the agency while CMC Capital will remain a "strategic partner", according to a statement.

Persons: Jonathan Alcorn, Francois, Henri Pinault, Pinault, Gucci, Beyonce, Zendaya, Rihanna, Pharrell Williams, Louis Vuitton, Pinault's, Salma Hayek, Valentino, perfumer, Bryan Lourd, Kevin Huvane, Richard Lovett, Lourd, Sudip Kar, Mimosa Spencer, Dawn Chmielewski, Jonathan Oatis, Tomasz Janowski, Timothy Gardner Organizations: Creative Artists Agency, REUTERS, Rights, CAA, Artemis, TPG, Global, CMC Capital, Thomson Locations: Los Angeles , California, Los Angeles, Hollywood, Temasek, Paris

☆ Brazen, original, poetic: hip-hop's mark on fashion continues
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-05 | by ( Alicia Powell | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

"Hip-hop fashion is defined by its brazenness, its originality, its verbal symphony. Earlier this year, the Museum at FIT celebrated hip-hop fashion with an exhibition titled "Fresh, Fly and Fabulous: 50 Years of Hip Hop Style." After five decades, luxury and fast-fashion brands are collaborating with hip-hop designers instead of just being inspired by them. "Us not asking for permission to work with high fashion designers," Ambrose said. "All these are a result of the influence of hip-hop, hip-hop culture, hip-hop fashion.

Persons: June Ambrose, DJ Kool Herc, Joe Blow, Constance White, Ambrose, Jay, Mariah Carey, Mary J, Blige, White, Virgil Abloh, Louis Vuitton, Pharrell Williams, Alicia Powell, Richard Chang, Jonathan Oatis Organizations: York, Puma, PTA, Rappers, FIT, Thomson Locations: American, New York's Bronx

☆ Eminem tells GOP presidential hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy to stop rapping his music
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-29 | by ( Stefan Sykes | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Rapper Eminem has demanded Vivek Ramaswamy stop using his music on the campaign trail — and the Republican presidential candidate looks ready to let the issue go. In a cease-and-desist order sent to Ramaswamy's lawyer on Aug. 23, music publisher BMI said Eminem took issue with the use of his music during Ramaswamy's campaign events. In response, the Ramaswamy campaign signaled the GOP hopeful will not perform the song again. To the American people's chagrin, we will have to leave the rapping to the real slim shady," a spokesperson for the Ramaswamy campaign told NBC News. Many politicians have been sent similar cease-and-desist orders in past election cycles over their campaign song choices.

Persons: Eminem, Vivek Ramaswamy, BMI, Ramaswamy, Eminem's, Marshall B, Mathers, III, Vivek, Donald Trump, Adele, Pharrell Williams Organizations: Roll Hall, Microsoft Theater, Republican, Fair, BMI, NBC News, Daily Mail, GOP, NBC Locations: Los Angeles

☆ Neuroscientist: 3 tips for finding songs that give your brain a physiological and emotional boost
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-24 | by ( Nicolas Vega | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Though it might seem counterintuitive, slow tempo music is more likely to give you the chills than uptempo music. "There's often a long anticipation phase and a buildup of tension in the music," Viskontas says of ballads. "And the chills happen when there's a release of tension like a beat trop or some kind of modulation or change." Though it might seem counterintuitive, slow tempo music is more likely to give you the chills than uptempo music. "And the chills happen when there's a release of tension like a beat trop or some kind of modulation or change."

Persons: Pharrell isn't, Miles Davis, Viskontas, Whitney Houston's, Adele, Warren Buffett Organizations: Indre, CNBC

☆ Pharrell Williams Shares His Inspirations, From Henry Taylor to ‘Jabberjaw’
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-16 | by ( M.H. Miller | More About M.H. Miller | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

At one point, it seemed like he might give up on the conversation altogether. “I mean, do you like listening to yourself on voice mail?”Williams, 50, was raised in Virginia Beach by his father, Pharaoh, a handyman, and his mother, Carolyn, a teacher. A dedicated polymath who shifts between styles, genres and media, Williams is his best, most creative self in the presence of water. He grew up in a housing project called Atlantis, right by the beach; today, he holds an annual music and art festival in Virginia Beach called Something in the Water. And when he’s not in Miami on Biscayne Bay, he spends his time in Paris, where he has a music studio at the LVMH headquarters overlooking the Seine.

Persons: Pharrell Williams, Virgil Abloh, Louis Vuitton’s, Justin Timberlake’s, ”, Karl Lagerfeld, “ Karl ” —, ’ ”, Pont, ” Williams, Pharaoh, Carolyn, Chad Hugo, Funk, Williams, he’s Organizations: Neptunes, Motown Locations: Virginia Beach, Miami, Biscayne Bay, Paris, Seine

☆ How Hip-Hop Changed the English Language Forever
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-11 | by ( Miles Marshall Lewis | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +16 min

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Persons: vibrancy, Dave, — Slick Rick, “, ”, �, Homer Simpson, Rihanna, “ FourFiveSeconds ”, wilding, Erykah Badu, Megan Thee, Spoonie Gee, Lil Wayne, Spivey’s, “ It’s, Pharrell Williams, Shameik Moore, Zoë Kravitz, ” “, Lana Del Rey, Joe, Marcus Garvey, Lauryn Hill, Marcus Garvey intoned, Ramblin ’ Thomas, William Melvin Kelley’s, presciently, Badu’s, repopularized “, Badu, ” — Childish Gambino, “ Redbone ”, Donald J, Kendrick Lamar’s, Joey Bada, Lil Durk’s, Ron DeSantis, Elon Musk, Sir, they’ve, Munch, Red’s, ” Megan Thee, Patty, Nicki Minaj, “ Heard, Jay, Stackin, Al Pacino, Tony Montana, Morton, wildin, illin, killin, “ Buck Whylin ’, Chuck D, “ Buck Whylin ’ ”, Tonya Harding, Nick Cannon’s, “ wilding ”, Barry Michael Cooper, “ Wilding, Donald Trump’s, Wildin, “ Stylin, — Bruno Mars, Greg Nice, “ Swayze, Patrick Swayze’s, Guy, ghosting, Glock, I’m Swayze, Jared Seay Organizations: Daily News, src, Google, Oxford English, Queens, MTV, New York Times, Trump, Republican, Hulu, WAP, raunch, “, Morton Music, Public, The Daily News, Central Park, Oxford, ”, Adidas, Royce Locations: Oxford, Ethiopia, Africa, Florida, America, U.S

☆ I became a superyacht chef without any formal training. Here's how I turned my hobby into cooking for celebrities like Pharrell Williams while traveling the world.
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-28 | by ( Claire Turrell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Since then, I've worked on 20 different superyachts in Asia, in the Caribbean, and in the Mediterranean. The yachts I've worked on have personal submarines, helipads, and spas. Dinner reservations can fall through, or once they get to the restaurant, the yacht owners may decide the vibes are off and that they no longer want to eat there. But I don't just cook for the owners, the guests, and the crew — sometimes, I cook for the owner's pets. I get my jobs through word of mouth, but to help people who are starting out to connect with other yacht chefs, I launched thesuperyachtchef.com in 2019.

Persons: Rachel Cunningham, Niki Lauda, Pharrell Williams, she'd, I've, I'd, wouldn't, must've, documentarian, Barts, Jeong Kwan, I'm Organizations: Service, Michelin, Netflix, Rachel Cunningham Chefs Locations: Asia, Caribbean, Wall, Silicon, Europe, Australia, Palma, Mallorca, Spain, France, London, Bluewater, Florida, Monaco, Seychelles, Bali, Malta, LordHenriVoton, Miami, Alaska, St, Devon, South Korea, Japan, Antigua

☆ The 'aspirational' luxury shopper is suffering, but don't expect any deals
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-27 | by ( Dominick Reuter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

US consumers earning less than $100,000 fueled record profits last year for French luxury group LVMH. These "aspirational" customers are now pulling back on spending as pandemic cash reserves run dry. Important as these shoppers are, don't expect to see huge markdowns from Louis Vuitton and Dior. "The cost of all these initiatives was obviously quite high," Guiony said. Not every luxury brand can pull this strategy off, but it appears LVMH certainly can.

Persons: Louis Vuitton, that's, Christian Dior, Tiffany, LVMH, Jean, Jacques Guiony, Neil Saunders, Saunders, Michael Kors, Guiony, Hitha Herzog, Herzog, Pharrell Williams Organizations: Dior, Service, Louis Locations: Wall, Silicon, Asia, Pont, Paris

☆ What’s driving sunscreen’s big boom
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-19 | by ( Leah Asmelash | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

In 2020, the global value of sun care products was $10.7 billion. Millennial skin care favorites — Paula’s Choice ($34), Glossier ($25), Drunk Elephant ($34) — have all created their own luxury daily sunscreens. “I think there is a more pervasive media representation of (the benefits of) wearing sunscreen, like preventing aging and preventing skin cancer,” Waldman said in a phone interview. In a study published in 2021, scientists found that more children in middle and high school were wearing sunscreen, a trend researchers partially attributed to social media. Meanwhile, young influencers on TikTok parade their multi-step skin care routines, with many featuring products like retinoids and AHAs, celebrated for their role in minimizing signs of aging.

Persons: “ Sunscreens, ”, Luke Maxfield, —, Naomi Osaka, Pharrell, Naana, ” Boakye, “, ” Dr, Abigail Waldman, she’s, ” Waldman, ” Maxfield, Supergoop, they’re, Violette, Maxfield, Waldman, Boakye, you’re Organizations: CNN, Grand View Research, Prestige, Harvard Medical School, dermatologists, ” Research

☆ Supermodel Naomi Campbell welcomes her second child
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-29 | by ( Jacquelyn Palumbo | Jacqui Palumbo | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Naomi Campbell announced the birth of her second child Thursday, nearly two years after she welcomed a daughter. A True Gift from God,” the 53-year-old supermodel wrote in an Instagram post, featuring an image of her and her daughter’s hands holding the new baby’s. In the cover image, Campbell holds her daughter protectively against her chest, wearing an understated black outfit against a neutral backdrop. In the accompanying interview, she said she had told very few people she was going to become a mother, a decision she appears to have made again regarding her second child. Campbell also told British Vogue at the time that she “always knew that one day” she would have a child, and in her Instagram post on Thursday she expressed similar sentiments.

Persons: Naomi Campbell, “, Campbell, Campbell’s, Steven Meisel, protectively, ”, Pharrell Williams, Louis Vuitton, “ It’s Organizations: CNN, British Vogue, Cannes Film Locations: British

☆ 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

The executive, who was expected to make a visit this month, walked through the WF Central mall in Beijing, China on Tuesday, photos circulating on social media showed. The photos showed Arnault with his daughter, Dior CEO Delphine Arnault, and son Jean Arnault, who works for Louis Vuitton, as well as Dior's China president Monika Figlewicz. Other Beijing residents, posting on social media site Xiaohongshu, reported seeing Arnault at luxury department store SKP. LVMH, which owns labels ranging from Hennessy cognac to fashion houses Dior and Louis Vuitton, declined to comment. "The Chinese are very important clients," Louis Vuitton CEO Pietro Beccari told Reuters in an interview last week.

Persons: Bernard Arnault, LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton, Gonzalo, Read, Dior, Delphine Arnault, Jean Arnault, Louis Vuitton, Monika Figlewicz, Hennessy, Pietro Beccari, Pharrell Williams, Casey Hall, Brenda Goh, Mimosa Spencer, Conor Humphries Organizations: Viva Technology, Porte de, REUTERS, WF, Reuters, Tiffany, Thomson Locations: Porte, Paris, France, SHANGHAI, PARIS, China, Beijing, China . China

☆ Rihanna shows off baby bump in new Louis Vuitton campaign
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-27 | by ( Oscar Holland | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —With multiple bags and a baby bump protruding from an unbuttoned jacket, Rihanna’s maternity style has reached new heights in Louis Vuitton’s latest campaign. Rihanna pictured carrying various versions of Pharrell Williams' reimagined Louis Vuitton Speedy bag. In several of the campaign pictures she is seen wearing Louis Vuitton garments bearing the checkerboard motif that featured heavily in the label’s star-studded Spring-Summer 2024 show last Tuesday. The singer was one of several A-list celebrities in attendance that evening, which marked Williams’ Louis Vuitton debut. Pharrell Williams acknowledges the audience at the end of his Louis Vuitton Menswear Spring-Summer 2024 show.

Persons: Louis Vuitton’s, Pharrell Williams, Louis Vuitton, Virgil Abloh, Rihanna, Louis, Kitajima, Martine Syms, Keizo Kitajima, Williams, ”, Stefano Rellandini, ” Williams, Audrey Hepburn, “ Organizations: CNN, Louis Vuitton Locations: Paris, New York City, AFP

☆ Dior's Kim Jones sends models rising up from the floor at Paris Fashion Week
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-23 | by ( Mimosa Spencer | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

[1/5] Models present creations by designer Kim Jones as part of his Menswear ready-to-wear Spring/Summer 2024 collection show for fashion house Dior Homme during Men's Fashion Week in Paris, France, June 23, 2023. REUTERS/Gonzalo FuentesPARIS, June 23 (Reuters) - Dior men's artistic director Kim Jones took to a sparse, futuristic setting at the Ecole Militaire in central Paris, kicking off his summer show with an army of models that rose up from a metallic catwalk. A whining blast of scratchy electronic sounds set the runway presentation in motion, and the catwalk lit up as floor panels rolled back. Models emerged slowly, filling the room in rows. Reporting by Mimosa Spencer; Editing by Sandra MalerOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Kim Jones, Dior Homme, Gonzalo Fuentes PARIS, Dior, chunky loafers, Winnie Harlow, Demi Moore, Cha Eun, Gwendoline Christie, Delphine Arnault, Bernard Arnault, Pharrell Williams, Louis Vuitton, Jay, Helen Lasichanh, Williams, Mimosa Spencer, Sandra Maler Organizations: REUTERS, Ecole Militaire, Louis, Thomson Locations: Paris, France

☆ Givenchy shows dressy tailoring for men at Paris Fashion Week
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-22 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

[1/5] A model presents a creation by designer Matthew M. Williams as part of his Menswear ready-to-wear Spring/Summer 2024 collection show for fashion house Givenchy during Men's Fashion Week in Paris, France, June 22, 2023. REUTERS/Stephanie LecocqPARIS, June 22 (Reuters) - Givenchy creative director Matthew M. Williams took to the catwalk on Thursday with an elegant spring and summer lineup for men, paring down the layers and zeroing in on suits. Models strode through a column-lined hallway of the Musee de l’Armee in central Paris, overlooking the monument’s gilded dome. The show took place on the third day of Paris Fashion Week’s menswear shows, which kicked off with the celebrity-packed blockbuster debut from Pharrell Williams for Louis Vuitton, complete with a music performance from Jay-Z and Williams. Front row celebrities included Jared Leto, who turned up in a furry overcoat worn over a black suit--worn shirtless underneath.

Persons: Matthew M, Williams, Stephanie Lecocq PARIS, paring, strode, Pharrell Williams, Louis Vuitton, Dior, Hermes, Jared Leto, Mimosa Spencer, David Gregorio Our Organizations: Givenchy, REUTERS, l’Armee, Jay, Thomson Locations: Paris, France

☆ Pharrell Williams stages Louis Vuitton debut in Paris
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-21 | by ( Jeremy Schultz | ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

Britain's King Charles celebrated his first official birthday parade as sovereign on Saturday, riding on horseback to inspect soldiers in a ceremony that has been an annual event since 1760.

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☆ Popcast (Deluxe): Pharrell Williams at Louis Vuitton and Gunna’s New LP
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-21 | by ( ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Popcast (Deluxe): Pharrell Williams at Louis Vuitton and Gunna’s New LP What’s the role of global celebrity in high fashion? Why hasn’t hip-hop penetrated the charts this year? And what’s the snack of the week? Produced by Leslye Davis. Audio editing by Pedro Rosado.

Persons: Pharrell Williams, Louis Vuitton, Jon Caramanica, Joe Coscarelli, Leslye Davis, Pedro Rosado Organizations: Louis

☆ Pharrell Williams stages Louis Vuitton debut on Pont Neuf
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-20 | by ( Mimosa Spencer | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/5] Designer Pharrell Williams appears at the end of his Menswear ready-to-wear Spring/Summer 2024 collection show for fashion house Louis Vuitton, on the Pont Neuf bridge, during Men's Fashion Week in Paris, France, June 20, 2023. REUTERS/Gonzalo FuentesPARIS, June 20 (Reuters) - For his debut collection at Louis Vuitton, Pharrell Williams drew his global audience to the Pont Neuf bridge in Paris, kicking off his tenure as creative director of menswear with a celebrity-packed outdoor show that further anchored the LVMH-owned (LVMH.PA) label in popular culture. Abloh had been the industry's highest profile Black designer, credited with forging a place for street style and loose skateboard looks in high-end fashion. Williams was first introduced to the Arnault clan in a collaboration to design sunglasses with Louis Vuitton designer Marc Jacobs in 2004. Williams' appointment raised eyebrows despite his extensive fashion experience, including founding streetwear brands with Japanese designer Nigo and designing capsule collections at Chanel.

Persons: Pharrell Williams, Louis Vuitton, Gonzalo Fuentes PARIS, strode, Williams, Virgil Abloh, Abloh, Virgil, Bernard Arnault, Arnault, Marc Jacobs, Nigo, Erwan Rambourg, Robert Schramm, Fuchs, Janus Henderson, Schramm, Mimosa Spencer, Helen Reid, Vanessa O'Connell, Richard Chang Organizations: REUTERS, Louis, LVMH, Chanel, Juilliard, HSBC, Thomson Locations: Pont, Paris, France, American, LVMH

☆ Pharrell Williams, Louis Vuitton’s New Don
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-18 | by ( Jon Caramanica | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Earlier this month, Pharrell Williams was in the men’s atelier on the second floor of Louis Vuitton’s corporate office in Paris, sunglasses on, surveying his new perch. “This window is different.”The window by his desk looks out over the small plaza on the north side of the Pont Neuf, where in just a couple of weeks, his first show as Louis Vuitton men’s creative director would take place. A 50-foot statue of the artist Yayoi Kusama, a Vuitton collaborator, hovered just outside. The rapper Pusha T and the streetwear innovator Nigo were milling about. I mean, the Seine River right there — it’s like the moat.”

Persons: Pharrell Williams, Louis Vuitton’s, ”, Pont, Louis Vuitton, Pusha, Williams’s, “ Locations: Paris, Seine

☆ 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

☆ Tim Cook bets his legacy on augmented reality
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-13 | by ( Clare Duffy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

David Paul Morris/Getty Images Cook speaks in front of an image of an iPhone 4S at Apple headquarters in 2011. Yui Mok/PA Images/Getty Images Tim Cook puts on a Boston Red Sox jersey before a baseball game between the Red Sox and the Detroit Tigers in June 2017. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Tim Cook signs the box of a new iPhone X at an Apple Store in Palo Alto in November 2017. Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg/Getty Images Cook speaks via video conference at a House Judiciary subcommittee hearing on online platforms and market power in July 2020. In pictures: Apple CEO Tim Cook Prev NextFollowers of the company are divided on what the headset could ultimately mean for Cook.

Persons: Tim Cook, Steve Jobs, Cook, It’s, … it’s, ”, Margaret O’Mara, Andrew Burton, Phil Schiller, Jobs, David Paul Morris, Apple, Tom Williams, Marcio Jose Sanchez, Bono, Justin Sullivan, Tony Avelar, Stephen Lam, George Washington University's, Alex Brandon, Stephen Colbert, Jeffrey R, Pope Francis, Shutterstock Cook, Maddie Ziegler, AirPods, Monica Davey, James Corden, Pharrell, Beck Diefenbach, Reuters Cook, Yui Mok, Billie Weiss, Donald Trump, Jonathan, Oprah Winfrey, Win McNamee, Theresa Goh, Edgar Su, Andrew Harrer, Graeme Jennings, Noah Berger, Sajid Moinuddin, India's, Francis Mascarenhas, Brooks Kraft, it’s, Mike Bailey, “, Tim Bajarin, ’, ” Bajarin, Bajarin, they’ll Organizations: New, New York CNN, Apple, Vision, Apple Watch, University of Washington, Washington Post, Getty, Reuters, Alamy, Homeland Security, Governmental, Flint Center, Performing Arts, Cook, CBS, Serviziofotograficoor, Primary School, Boston Red Sox, Red Sox, Detroit Tigers, American Technology, White House, Steve Jobs Theatre, Carnegie Library, Central Public Library, Bloomberg, Singapore, Apple Worldwide, Conference, Epic Games, Apple Inc, FBB Capital Partners, Jobs Locations: New York, Cupertino , California, Cupertino, Palo Alto , California, Palo Alto, San Francisco, Down, London, Washington , DC, Oakland , California, Mumbai

☆ The free lunch is over for Wall Street's programmers
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-09 | by ( Dan Defrancesco | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

For as long as I can remember, the safest place on Wall Street for job security was in tech. But according to one Wall Street billionaire, that sentiment won't hold true for much longer. As Insider's Paige Hagy reports, Griffin instead highlighted how programmers need to position themselves to provide the most value to companies in this post-ChatGPT world. In the before times (pre-ChatGPT), no one was really questioning the value programmers were adding. At least that's the take from Wall Street vet Marty Chavez.

Persons: Dan DeFrancesco, Pharrell Williams, we've, BlackRock's, I'm, Wutthichai, Ken Griffin, Griffin, Griffin wasn't, Insider's Paige Hagy, it's, Read, Flo Rida, Drake, Tommaso Boddi, Erica, John Waldron, Kim Kardashian, Marty Chavez, he's, Ray Dalio, Everybody's, Jeffrey Cane, Nathan Rennolds Organizations: Bank of America, Wall Street, BlackRock, Goldman, SKKY Partners, Wall, Bridgewater, LinkedIn Locations: NYC, London, BlackRock, New York

☆ Make Way for the Bike Bus
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-06 | by ( John Surico | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

On a recent Wednesday morning in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, parents and children met up in McCarren Park with all manner of wheels: electric cargo bikes, scooters, tricycles, classic cruisers. Along the way, other families, tracking the group’s location, joined the slow-moving peloton, also known as the “bike bus.”The bike bus is an increasingly popular way to get to school. Gradually, it made its way stateside and to the Metropolitan area. Some fans have nicknamed the movement “kidical mass,” a play on a cycling event where groups spontaneously take over the streets. When Drury Thorp, a teacher at Watchung Elementary School in Montclair, N.J., read an article about a “bike bus” in Portland, Ore., she reached out to a local cycling group, and they charted a route.

Persons: Pharrell Williams, Drury Thorp Organizations: Watchung Elementary School Locations: Williamsburg , Brooklyn, Brownsville , Brooklyn, Bergen Street, Rockaway, Boerum, Barcelona, Montclair , N.J, Portland ,

☆ Adidas shares gain on earnings but CEO warns of ‘bumpy year’ after end of Yeezy deal
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-05 | by ( ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

Losing the highly profitable Yeezy line hit sales in the quarter by around 400 million euros ($441 million), Adidas said, mainly denting revenue across North America, Greater China and Europe, Middle East and Africa. CEO Bjorn Gulden told reporters Adidas has narrowed down the options for the shoes, and it is getting closer to a decision. Quarterly operating profit of 60 million euros ($66 million) beat analyst expectations of 15 million euros. North America was the worst hit by the loss of Yeezy, with currency-neutral sales down 20% from last year. The “terrace” shoe style is doing well in all markets, and Adidas has started to make more Samba, Gazelle, and Campus shoes, Gulden said.

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