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☆ Trump plans to testify in E. Jean Carroll's trial. His only move would be to apologize and beg for forgiveness, experts say.
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-24 | by ( Jacob Shamsian | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +12 min

On Monday, Trump's attorney Alina Habba said he intends to take the witness stand in his defense. Trump's two driving impulses — to fight the system and to take the witness stand — will create the judicial equivalent of a car wreck, experts told Business Insider. Alternatively, Trump can get on the witness stand and "try to testify in a narrative fashion," Jones said. Carroll's trial does have a jury, making it harder to "unring that bell" of forbidden testimony, Jones said. Or wager that he'll inflict wounds on himself by taking the witness stand?

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☆ Watching Netflix without ads may cost you more as cheapest Basic plan gets phased out
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-24 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. AdvertisementThe move leaves some users facing a de-facto price increase as Netflix's next cheapest ad-free plan costs $15.49 a month. The company reported a record fourth quarter, adding 13.1 million subscribers and boosting its total to 260 million globally. Its closest rival, Disney+, is still trailing far behind with 150 million subscribers. Netflix did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Business Insider, made outside normal working hours.

Persons: —, Ted Sarandos, Sarandos, We're Organizations: Service, Business, Netflix, Disney, Raw, WWE Locations: Canada, France

☆ In any other case, Trump lawyer Alina Habba's antics would be grounds for malpractice, ethics lawyer says
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-24 | by ( Sonam Sheth | Grace Eliza Goodwin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Read previewDonald Trump's lawyer made headlines last week after she violated basic courtroom rules and proper legal procedure in the E. Jean Carroll defamation trial. Alina Habba's behavior would have opened her up to potential malpractice liability in any other case, said one ethics lawyer. But Trump is unlikely to sue Habba for malpractice, he said. "Trump wants a lawyer who will fight in the court of public opinion as much as the courtroom," Neama Rahmani, the president of West Coast Trial Lawyers, told Business Insider. "There aren't a lot of good trial lawyers who want to jump on that grenade."

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☆ The judge in Trump's E. Jean Carroll trial actually showed restraint when bench-slapping his attorney, former judge says
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-22 | by ( Grace Eliza Goodwin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The judge overseeing Donald Trump's second E. Jean Carroll defamation trial has repeatedly bench-slapped his lawyer. Alina Habba repeatedly made simple lawyering mistakes, disrupting the proceedings. The judge actually showed restraint handling Habba, one former judge said. And the judge actually showed restraint in his repeated scoldings of Habba, a former federal judge told Business Insider. AdvertisementJones said that by being disruptive in the court, Habba is doing exactly what Trump wants: sowing chaos.

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☆ People are using cash transfers like basic income to pay rent, and it shows just how badly a housing-crisis solution is needed
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-21 | by ( Eliza Relman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

And a growing number of people who are eligible for government housing assistance aren't getting it. But unlike other government benefits like Medicaid and food stamps, housing aid doesn't automatically go to those who need it. And across 31 pilot basic income programs , recipients spent an average of about 9.2% of their payments on housing and utilities. AdvertisementThe amount that the federal government spends on its housing assistance programs, mainly Housing Choice Vouchers and public housing, is determined by Congress each year. "Housing support across America is very fractured and variable," said Sean Kline, director of Stanford's Basic Income Lab.

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A lawyer for a writer who says Donald Trump sexually abused her in the 1990s and then defamed her while president in 2019 said Saturday that the infamous “Access Hollywood” tape and two women who accused Trump of abuse will not be put before a New York jury considering defamation damages. Trump attended the trial for two of its first three days, only skipping it on Thursday, when he attended the funeral of his mother-in-law in Florida. Both women testified at the trial that ended last May. Trump, 77, has denied her claims in the last week during campaign stops, on social media and at a news conference. However, Kaplan said she does plan to show the jury statements Trump has made since her client finished testifying in the case on Thursday.

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Former U.S. President Donald Trump's lawyer Alina Habba cross examines E. Jean Carroll before Judge Lewis Kaplan during the second civil trial where Carroll accused Trump of raping her decades ago, at Manhattan Federal Court in New York City, U.S., January 18, 2024 in this courtroom sketch. A federal judge Thursday quickly lost patience with Donald Trump's lawyer as she grilled E. Jean Carroll on her income and social media history as part of the former president's civil defamation trial. said the judge, Lewis Kaplan, in response to defense lawyer Alina Habba's questions about how much money Carroll currently makes. The trial in Manhattan federal court is being conducted to determine damages Carroll is owed by Trump for defamatory statements he made after she aired that rape claim. Kaplan's impatience with Habba's cross-examination came a day after Trump clashed with the judge in open court.

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The judge in E. Jean Carroll's second defamation trial threatened to kick Trump out of court. The threat came after he told Trump to "keep his voice down" during the proceedings. AdvertisementThe judge overseeing the second E. Jean Carroll defamation trial against former President Donald Trump threatened to kick Trump out of court if he kept disparaging Carroll to his attorneys while the trial was underway. "Mr. Trump, I hope I don't have to consider excluding you from the trial," Kaplan later said. Kaplan's comments came after he told Trump earlier in the day to "keep his voice down."

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☆ Trump Is Warned He May Be Ejected From Carroll Trial
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-17 | by ( Jan. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +5 min

"Mr. Trump, I hope I don't have to consider excluding you from the trial," the judge told him. Following Kaplan's warning, Trump posted that Kaplan was a "seething and hostile" judge with "a major case of Trump Derangement Syndrome." Trump said he did not know Carroll and that she branded him a rapist to boost sales of her then-new memoir. "I am here because Donald Trump assaulted me, and when I wrote about it, he said it never happened," Carroll said. Trump did not attend Carroll's first trial, and in his Truth Social post said he would have won had he attended.

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☆ A woman's Gen Alpha sister informed her that 'pop off,' 'BFF,' 'bae,' and other Gen Z and millennial slang are no longer cool, and older viewers say it hurts
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-08 | by ( Kieran Press-Reynolds | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Last Wednesday, a Gen Alpha girl named Brooklyn made her older sister Liv Kaplan feel out of touch when she informed her that a slew of Gen Z and millennial slang, from "bae" to "pop off" to "slay," is no longer cool. Perhaps most surprisingly, to call someone a best friend, Brooklyn said Gen Alpha doesn't use "bff" as much as "bsf." (Though some commenters disputed this detail and accused Gen Alpha of "gentrifying" the word GYAT by turning it from a way to say "god damn" into an acronym.) @livkaplan Replying to @Noah Schnapp ASKING MY GEN ALPHA LITTLE SISTER WHAT SLANG IS IN PART 2 💋✨ @BROOKLYN ♬ original sound - Liv KaplanIn a follow-up video, Brooklyn provided more Gen Alpha-friendly phrases. She also said Gen Alpha uses words like "cap," a way to say you think someone is lying, and "ate," meaning metaphorically to devour a look or moment (e.g., "you ate that outfit").

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☆ Getting hot new weight-loss drugs like Wegovy will still be a struggle in 2024
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-04 | by ( ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

AdvertisementIf you were hoping that powerhouse weight-loss drugs like Wegovy would be easier to get in 2024, you may be disappointed. Don't expect Medicare coverage any time soonMedicare could play a major role in expanding coverage of weight-loss drugs . Americans' hunger for weight-loss drugs, and the shockwaves it's likely to send through the culture and economy, are only just beginning. He oversees the state employee health plan, which saw costs skyrocket as thousands of workers suddenly started taking weight-loss drugs. People who are already getting weight-loss drugs will be able to keep taking them.

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☆ EV charging growth plans slowed by EU's power grid problems
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-04 | by ( Julia Payne | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +6 min

These are due to be implemented in 18 months and include addressing EV charging station power shortages. The ease of building an EV charging hub varies considerably country by country. To do so, it will ban sales of CO2-emitting vehicles from 2035 and wants to develop a network of EV charging stations. "Sometimes we have to send physical mail," said Peter Badik, co-founder of EV charging firm Greenway Network, which has set up 1,300 EV chargers in Slovakia, Croatia and Poland. "There is a clear need for more standardisation (of requirements for charging hubs)," BP's van Dobschuetz added.

Persons: Repsol, It's Kafka, Lucie Mattera, Mattera, Miguel Stilwell de Andrade, Peter Badik, Stefan van Dobschuetz, Dobschuetz, ChargeUp Europe's Mattera, Julia Payne, Alexander Smith Organizations: European Union, European Commission, EV, Reuters, Industry, Greenway Network, BP Pulse, Thomson Locations: BRUSSELS, Germany, Spain, Europe, EU, Slovakia, Croatia, Poland

☆ Performance-improvement plans in tech: 4 Google and Amazon employees share what happened after they were put on PIP
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-03 | by ( Aria Yang | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

A former Amazon employee said they developed PTSD from the demanding work. A former Amazon employee was put on PIP and lost a $110,000 deposit on a houseA former Amazon Web Services employee thought things were going well before he was put on a performance-improvement plan called Pivot. An Amazon employee said Amazon placed some employees in a coaching program called FocusA marketing manager at Amazon described getting emails from their manager saying they were underperforming and needed coaching. Later, they said, a coworker pointed out that the manager might've been referring to a coaching program for underperformers called Focus. AdvertisementAn Amazon representative disputed the former employee's account, saying it "does not represent the experience of the vast majority of our employees."

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☆ Black Friday 2023: Huge streaming deals from Hulu, Max and more
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-23 | by ( Nicolas Vega | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Here are four streaming deals to keep an eye out for this Black Friday. It's a steep discount over the plan's normal $7.99 monthly price. The platform's Black Friday offer will get you a six month subscription at a price of $2.99 per month. That represents a total savings of $42 over the course of the deal versus the normal $9.99 monthly rate. The first will get you Peacock Premium for $1.99 per month for 12 months, $4 monthly discount from the normal $5.99 price tag.

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Sunak said he was working on a new treaty with Rwanda that would address the points made by the court, would pass an emergency law to designate Rwanda a safe country, and was "prepared to do what is necessary" to stop any foreign court blocking deportation flights. 10 Downing Street ahead of Prime Minister's Questions at the Houses of Parliament in London, Britain, November 15, 2023. The Bar Council, which represents barristers, said it had "grave concern" about the prospect of parliament passing legislation intended to deem Rwanda a safe country and therefore upend the Supreme Court's finding. That meant Sunak needed to go further and faster, right-wing critics in his party said. However, another Conservative politician in the moderate wing of the faction-ridden party was pessimistic about the plan's future.

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☆ Shark Tank's Barbara Corcoran almost overlooked her best hire because she was too 'soft-spoken'
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-13 | by ( Sawdah Bhaimiya | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Barbara Corcoran, a real estate mogul and Shark Tank investor, almost didn't hire her business partner. Corcoran said Esther Kaplan was too introverted in an interview and she had "no intention of calling her." It was only when Corcoran took a peek inside Kaplan's purse that she decided to hire her on the spot. AdvertisementAdvertisementShark Tank investor Barbara Corcoran opened up about how she almost passed over her best employee and future business partner because she felt they were too quiet for a sales position at her company. Corcoran went on to explain that it was when Kaplan opened a small purse to put away the business card that she decided to hire her.

Persons: Barbara Corcoran, Corcoran, Esther Kaplan, —, Esther my, Kaplan, Introverts, Susan Cain, Cain Organizations: Shark, Service, Corcoran, The Corcoran Group

☆ Canada's emission cuts unlikely to hit 2030 target, auditor general says
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-07 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

REUTERS/Carlos Osorio/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsOTTAWA, Nov 7 (Reuters) - Canada's emissions reduction plan is flawed and will not reach the target of cutting greenhouse gas output by 40% to 45% below the 2005 level by 2030, the country's auditor general said on Tuesday. Falling short of the minimum 40% target for 2030 would mean Canada missing its commitment under the United Nations' Paris Agreement on climate change. Ottawa's plan is insufficient because key measures needed to meet the 2030 target were delayed or not prioritized, the office of the auditor general said in a statement. Canada has missed every emissions reduction target it has ever set. DeMarco said the government could still meet its 2030 target "with drive, focus, and leadership".

Persons: Justin Trudeau, Carlos Osorio, Jerry, Steven Guilbeault, Guilbeault, DeMarco, Ismail Shakil, David Ljunggren, Steve Scherer, David Evans, Deepa Babington Organizations: Billy Bishop Airport, Canada's, interprovincial, REUTERS, Rights OTTAWA, United Nations, Environment, Sustainable, Thomson Locations: Toronto , Ontario, Canada, Ottawa

☆ Here are some key open enrollment tips and strategies for employees
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-07 | by ( Annie Nova | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +9 min

Jimvallee | Istock | Getty ImagesOpen-enrollment workplace checklist ✔ Health insurance ✔ Savings and spending accounts ✔ Dental and vision plans ✔ Life insurance ✔ Disability insurance ✔ Retirement savings ✔ Beneficiary selection1. If your spouse has their own health insurance option at work, you'll want to both sit down and compare the different offerings. Many employees will notice that the health insurance plans offered by their company don't include dental and vision coverage. Consider life, disability insuranceDuring open enrollment, employees will typically also be presented with different disability and life insurance options. Short-term disability coverage is very limited, she said: "Everyone needs long-term disability coverage unless they have enough savings that they could basically retire if they can't work anymore."

Persons: Caitlin Donovan, Gruber, Jean Abraham, Warby Parker, Pat Greenhouse, Abraham, Donovan, you'll, Jonathan Gruber, Louise Norris, Norris, Carolyn McClanahan, McClanahan, Ryan Viktorin, Viktorin Organizations: Istock, Getty, Savings, Patient Advocate, University of Minnesota, Harvard, Boston Globe, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, IRS, Healthinsurance.org, Planning Partners, CNBC's, Pew Research Center, Partners, Fidelity Investments Locations: Cambridge , Massachusetts, Jacksonville , Florida

☆ A meteoric rise in worker health costs has slowed — but they’re already 'egregious,' advisor says
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-06 | by ( Greg Iacurci | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Employer-sponsored health plans have many moving parts that can affect workers' wallets. Workers pay $1,401 in total premiums in 2023, up 18% from 2018, according to KFF, a nonprofit health-care data provider. (This cost is for employer-sponsored health plans and assumes consumers receive in-network care.) That has led employers to make their health plans more competitive to attract and retain staff. One in four employers report being highly concerned about the affordability of cost-sharing within their health plans, according to KFF.

Persons: it's, Carolyn McClanahan, Matthew Perry's, Matthew Rae, Rae, KFF, That's, It's, that's, McClanahan, doesn't Organizations: Planning Partners, Finance, Security, Workers, Digitalvision Locations: Jacksonville , Florida

☆ Starbursts, smuggled coffee and Martin Shkreli: How CNBC reported the Sam Bankman-Fried trial
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-04 | by ( Mackenzie Sigalos | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +13 min

Artist: Elizabeth WilliamsJust before 8 p.m. on Thursday, 12 jurors found Sam Bankman-Fried guilty of all seven counts against him. (CNBC put out a note requesting access ahead of the trial — an email which was ultimately ignored.) Every exit to file a report included another breakneck trip through security, in a sort of run, rinse, repeat cycle — security, courtroom, exit, photographer's car to file, back up through security, over and over again. CNBC correspondent MacKenzie Sigalos reporting on the Sam Bankman-Fried trial from outside the SDNY courthouse at 500 Pearl Street in downtown Manhattan. Around 8:02 p.m., Bankman-Fried, speechless, began to walk to a room just adjacent to the main court.

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HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania cannot enforce a regulation to make power plant owners pay for their planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions, a state court ruled Wednesday, dealing another setback to the centerpiece of former Gov. Tom Wolf's plan to fight global warming. Shapiro's administration had no immediate comment on the ruling, and Shapiro hasn't said publicly if he would follow through on it. 2 gas state, industrial and commercial power users and labor unions whose members work on pipelines and at power plants and refineries. The regulation written by Wolf's administration had authorized Pennsylvania to join the multistate Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, which imposes a price and declining cap on carbon dioxide emissions from power plants.

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☆ Judge blasts Sam Bankman-Fried for 'interesting' answers on the witness stand to questions about using FTX customer funds
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-26 | by ( Katie Balevic | Jacob Shamsian | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

AdvertisementAdvertisement"Part of the problem is that the witness has what I'll simply call an interesting way of responding to questions," Kaplan said during the hearing. AdvertisementAdvertisementWhen Sassoon asked Bankman-Fried directly if he discussed spending FTX customer deposits with his lawyers, he took a long pause and looked down before he answered the question. Sassoon, questioning Bankman-Fried on the witness stand, asked Bankman-Fried to be more explicit about why he thought that explanation was acceptable. Asked directly by Sassoon if it was OK to steal customer funds, Bankman-Fried rejected that interpretation of events. Sassoon made that clear on Thursday as Kaplan asked for a broad timeline of the rest of the trial.

Persons: Sam Bankman, Fried, —, Lewis Kaplan, Kaplan, Mark Cohen, Danielle Sassoon, Sassoon, Bankman, Chelsea Jia Feng, I'm, Cohen, grumbled, Barbara Fried, " Cohen Organizations: Service, Alameda Research Locations: Manhattan, FTX, Alameda

☆ US Court Challenges Trump Appeal in Rape Accuser E. Jean Carroll's Case
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-23 | by ( Oct. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +4 min

Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan challenged Trump's lawyer Michael Madaio during oral arguments in Trump's appeals of pivotal rulings by U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan. Carroll's lawyer Joshua Matz rejected any suggestion that Trump could not waive absolute immunity because "broader structural considerations" were at play. "A party who believes that they are holding onto absolute immunity from suit does not behave the way that Mr. Trump behaved it his case." The appeals court did not say when it will rule. The appeals court could order Trump to pay damages and costs if it ends up agreeing with the judge.

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Olivier Douliery | Afp | Getty ImagesAmberlee McGaughey, a librarian in Pennsylvania, was not worried about the restart of student loan payments. In August, she applied for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program with her loan servicer, MOHELA, or the Missouri Higher Education Loan Authority. Around 7% of student loan borrowers are now more than $100,000 in debt. "The government has made all these announcements, and it's really confusing to people," said Scott Buchanan, executive director of the Student Loan Servicing Alliance, a trade group for federal student loan servicers. Her original student loan bill of $483, which was listed as due on Oct. 20, wasn't affordable for her.

Persons: Miguel Cardona, Kamala Harris, Olivier Douliery, she's, MOHELA, couldn't, Ella Azoulay, Carolina Rodriguez, Rodriguez, Scott Buchanan, Joe Biden, he'd, didn't, Biden, servicers, Braxton Brewington, Sarah Cluff, Sarah Cluff Still, servicer, Cluff, Sen, Elizabeth Warren, Nelnet, Joe Popevis, NelNet, Popevis, Servicers, Brewington, Amberlee, Jane Fox, Fox, Buchanan, Rocky, they'll Organizations: Washington , D.C, Afp, Getty, Public, Missouri Higher Education Loan Authority, CNBC, Finance, Biden, Student, Protection, Carolina, Education, Consumer, Student Loan, Alliance, U.S . Department of Education, Valuable Education, Education Department, MOHELA, SAVE, Legal, Association of Legal Locations: Washington ,, Pennsylvania, Missouri, U.S, New York, servicers

☆ Will Sam Bankman-Fried take the witness stand? It would be dangerous — but he has little to lose.
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-19 | by ( Jacob Shamsian | Katie Balevic | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +12 min

Sam Bankman-Fried needs to decide soon whether he'll take the witness stand in his criminal trial. AdvertisementAdvertisementCaroline Ellison testified in the trial of her ex-boyfriend, Sam Bankman-Fried JANE ROSENBERGFor that reason, the case against Bankman-Fried rests on the credibility of his alleged co-conspirators. In their own questioning of the cooperating witnesses, prosecutors have encouraged them to be open about taking responsibility for their crimes. Court sketch of Sam Bankman-Fried on the first day of his trial JANE ROSENBERG/ReutersIf Bankman-Fried takes the stand, he'll be cross-examined by prosecutors. If Bankman-Fried takes the stand, prosecutors will almost certainly point to more material and catch him in any contradictions.

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