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☆ Elizabeth Holmes ‘giggles’ about the infamously deep voice she once used — and even her partner mocks it
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-08 | by ( Lakshmi Varanasi | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Elizabeth Holmes recently opened up to The New York Times in her first interview since 2016. The profile noted that Holmes had ditched her famously low voice for an "unremarkable" one. Holmes' partner, entrepreneur Billy Evans, also agreed the voice was weird. I'm Elizabeth Holmes," Evans told the Times, imitating Holmes's old voice. A representative for Elizabeth Holmes did not immediately respond to Insider's request for a comment.

☆ Met Gala 2023 fashion: The best looks from the red carpet
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-01 | by ( Jacqui Palumbo | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

The Met Gala theme is based on the Costume Institute’s spring show “Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty,” which is a posthumous retrospective of the German fashion designer’s work. Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty ImagesIce Spice Jamie McCarthy/Getty ImagesOlivia Wilde opted for a Chloé "violin" dress — one of Lagerfeld's designs from the 1980s — in white and gold. John Shearer/WireImage/Getty ImagesActor Ariana DeBose made an entrance in an Altuzarra fur-trimmed yellow hooded gown, arriving with designer Joseph Altuzarra. John Shearer/WireImage/Getty ImagesMet Gala co-chair Dua Lipa in a voluminous Chanel corset dress. Evan Agostini/Invision/APTop Photo: Gisele Bündchen (Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images)

☆ Drafting it: Sportscaster Rich Eisen on football and finances
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-26 | by ( Chris Taylor | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

[1/2] Feb 9, 2023; Phoenix, Arizona, US; Sports commentator Rich Eisen poses for a photo on the red carpet before the NFL Honors award show at Symphony Hall. “I hung up the phone and became the owner of my own business,” Eisen recalls about buying back his show from DirecTV, which was shuttering its Audience Network. This year’s edition will kick off April 27 in Kansas City, Missouri, and Eisen will be assuming hosting duties once again. But when he thinks about his financial life, Eisen does not focus much on areas like stock picking. When I first got that call, I didn’t have the first clue about how to run a business," Eisen says.

☆ Fox's not allowing Tucker Carlson to say goodbye to viewers is the equivalent of 'execution' says fired CNN anchor
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-25 | by ( Natalie Musumeci | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Tucker Carlson's abrupt ousting from Fox News is more like an "execution," according to a fired CNN anchor. "Not being given a chance to sign off is the television equivalent of an execution," Brian Stelter said in Vanity Fair. Yet Carlson, Fox News' top-rated host, never got the chance to say goodbye to his audience, thanks to his sudden ousting on Monday by the conservative media powerhouse. Advertisements featuring Fox News personalities, including Tucker Carlson, adorn the front of the News Corporation building, March 13, 2019. "The takeaway, at least for some TV insiders, is that Carlson was shoved— hard—by Fox management," Stelter wrote in Vanity Fair.

☆ Tucker Carlson seemed to have no idea he was hosting his last show on Fox News, and ended it by eating a sausage and pineapple pizza
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-24 | by ( Rebecca Harrington | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

The last "Tucker Carlson Tonight" episode aired on Fox News on Friday, April 21. Carlson's final show covered Hunter Biden, racist home appraisals, inclusive Mother's Day cards, and pizza. The Fox News host seemed to have no idea Friday would be his last time helming "Tucker Carlson Tonight." Carlson also spent time covering immigration, fentanyl, the casting of "Queen Cleopatra", inclusive Mother's Day cards, and the Pentagon leak. His final words on "Tucker Carlson Tonight" before digging into another bite of pizza were: "We'll be back on Monday.

☆ A top tip for central banks: talk less, smile more
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-11 | by ( Ben Winck | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +8 min

WASHINGTON, April 11 (Reuters Breakingviews) - Investors hang on central bankers’ every word, hoping to gain an edge for their next trade. But with consumer prices rising at the fastest pace in decades, central bankers can’t easily cut borrowing costs, either. Chatty central banks are a relatively new phenomenon. Investors are also more sensitive to central banks today than in years past. Still, being more careful about what’s said, and how it’s said, could help central banks better balance their priorities.

☆ Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy blasts Russia's chairmanship of the UN Security Council as 'absurd' and says it shows 'the complete bankruptcy of such institutions'
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-02 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Zelenskyy on Saturday sharply criticized Russia's monthlong chairmanship of the UN Security Council. "Today, the terrorist state began to chair the UN Security Council." And at the same time, Russia chairs the UN Security Council. "We are dealing with a state that is turning the veto of the United Nations Security Council into the right to die." "And there will be no such reason that will stop the reform of global institutions, in particular, the UN Security Council.

☆ Tesla has only installed 3,000 Solar Roof systems in the U.S., far below forecast, study finds
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-30 | by ( Lora Kolodny | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Tesla vehicles parked outside a home with a Tesla Solar Roof on Weems Street in Boca Chica Village, Texas, U.S., on Monday, June 21, 2021. Tesla has only installed 3,000 of its Solar Roof systems in the U.S. since touting the technology seven years ago, according to new research from Wood Mackenzie. That installation rate falls well shy of Tesla's guidance and ambitions for what it previously called its "solar glass" roof tiles. Average weekly Tesla Solar Roof installations reached just 21 in 2022, Wood Mackenzie said. A group of Tesla shareholders eventually sued Tesla and Musk over the deal.

☆ Sam Altman, who was already wealthy before starting OpenAI, reportedly doesn't own any equity in the company behind ChatGPT
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-24 | by ( Britney Nguyen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman took no equity in the company when it became for-profit, Semafor reported. Altman was already wealthy from his investments in successful startups before he cofounded OpenAI. He reportedly said OpenAI was not meant to make money, and not having equity would keep him aligned to its mission. Altman was reportedly already wealthy from his investments in successful startups, having previously served as president of startup incubator YCombinator prior to helming OpenAI, the company behind the buzzy artificial intelligence chatbot ChatGPT. OpenAI did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment nor to confirm Altman's lack of equity in the company.

☆ Heathrow Airport CEO to Step Down After Turbulent Summer
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-02 | by ( Benjamin Katz | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

John Holland-Kaye has served in the post for nine years. LONDON—London Heathrow Airport said its longtime chief executive, John Holland-Kaye , would step down this year after helming the hub during one of the most turbulent summers in its history. The rapid recovery in passenger numbers as the Covid-19 pandemic eased resulted in disruption across the aviation industry last year, though Heathrow appeared to suffer more than most. A lack of staff contributed to long lines through security, overwhelmed check-in counters, mounds of lost baggage and persistent flight delays and cancellations.

☆ Mike Pompeo says Trump had a 'nutty' plan for him to serve as both secretary of defense and secretary of state simultaneously: book
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-21 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Pompeo said Trump floated the idea of him serving as secretary of state and defense secretary, per his new memoir. In July 2020, Trump told Mark Meadows that he wanted his secretary of state to have a "dual hat," per Pompeo. Pompeo made the revelation as he explores a potential 2024 White House campaign against his ex-boss. According to Pompeo's book, Trump told Meadows that Esper was "not going to make it" for much longer while helming the Defense Department. That July, Trump told Meadows that he wanted his secretary of state to have a "dual hat" and "take on leading the department of defense as an additional duty," per Pompeo.

☆ Explainer: When is the New Zealand prime minister election and how will it work?
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-20 | by ( Lewis Jackson | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

SYDNEY, Jan 20 (Reuters) - New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern will step down no later than Feb. 7 after a shock resignation on Thursday in which she said she "had no more in the tank". Leadership hopefuls will gather on Sunday when the centre-left Labour party caucus meets to elect a new leader, who will become prime minister. With Labour holding a majority in parliament, whoever they elect will become prime minister, helming the country for a little more than eight months before a general election set for Oct. 14. The caucus vote will be weighted at 40%, party members at 40% and unions at 20%. Transport Minister Michael Wood and Minister of Justice Kiri Allan are newer faces in parliament, elected in 2016 and 2017, respectively.

"This step will allow us to push down longer-term interest rates, without directly affecting supply and demand of the cash Japanese government bond (JGB) market," Kuroda told a news conference. Following its two-day policy meeting, the BOJ kept intact its yield curve control (YCC) targets, set at -0.1% for short-term interest rates and around 0% for the 10-year yield, by a unanimous vote. Reuters Graphics Reuters GraphicsThe central bank also made no change to its guidance that allows the 10-year bond yield to move 50 basis points either side of its 0% target. "By showing its resolve to use market tools more flexibly, the BOJ wanted to signal to markets it won't make big monetary policy changes under Kuroda." Market attention is already shifting toward monetary policy under Kuroda's successor, who will need to steer an orderly exit from decades of ultra-low rates.

NTSB spokeswoman Sarah Sulick told CNN interviews related to the investigation are ongoing, a detail that has not yet been reported elsewhere. Investigators will be able to listen to the radio transmissions, which have already been recorded and preserved. Those recordings would also reveal if the American pilots heard the instructions completely from the air traffic controllers and if so, how they apparently became confused. If the voice records inside the American cockpit are preserved, they may depict a detailed conversation about the aircraft’s on-the-ground movements. In this incident, radio recordings show controllers instructed the American pilots to place a phone call to officials at the tower to address the “possible pilot deviation” from the assigned route.

☆ 'The Banshees of Inisherin' won best comedy at the Golden Globes — here's how to watch the critically acclaimed film starring Colin Farrell
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-11 | by ( Jordan Williams | Freelance Writer | Read More | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

"The Banshees of Inisherin" hit HBO Max and digital retailers on December 13. How to watch 'The Banshees of Inisherin'You can watch "The Banshees of Inisherin" at home on HBO Max. A subscription to HBO Max starts at $10 a month for ad-supported viewing or $15 a month for ad-free playback. You can watch "The Banshees if Inisherin" for free if you sign up for an HBO Max trial. The movie holds a "97% Certified Fresh" rating on Rotten Tomatoes, which is the highest score yet for director Martin McDonaghThe movie won best picture (musical or comedy), best screenplay, and best actor (musical or comedy) at the 2023 Golden Globes.

☆ As Kuroda bows out, Bank of Japan's rising hawks eye end to unloved yield cap
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-16 | by ( Leika Kihara | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +12 min

PUBLIC DISCONTENTAfter a tumultuous year for the world's third-largest economy, Japan's central bank and its leadership face a critical moment. While ruling out the need to ditch the yield cap now, Takata recently said he saw positive developments in wage growth. "The BOJ must start worrying about the possibility of inflation accelerating more than expected," he told Reuters, adding the BOJ may abandon its yield cap as early as next year. Such a reaction was seen in March when the BOJ was forced to pledge unlimited bond buying to defend its yield cap from speculative market attacks. "That's why the BOJ won't provide advance signals and remove the yield cap in a single step."

John J. Ray, chief executive officer of FTX Cryptocurrency Derivatives Exchange, arrives to a House Financial Services Committee hearing investigating the collapse of FTX in Washington, DC, on Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2022. Instead, like bankers and lawyers who are working on the bankruptcy proceedings, the new leadership team is professional independent contractors. That means, among other things, that they get paid immediately, before any FTX investors receive recompense for their losses. According to court filings, the new FTX CEO will collect $1,300 hourly plus "reasonable expenses" for his work untangling what U.S. Attorney Damian Williams called "one of the biggest frauds in American history" in a news conference Tuesday. In one bankruptcy case Ray worked on, he billed around 156 hours in a two-month period, netting him $120,582, so his billings for FTX may run higher or lower.

☆ Clarence Gilyard Jr., ‘Walker, Texas Ranger’ and ‘Die Hard’ star, dies at 66
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-29 | by ( ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

Clarence Gilyard Jr., an actor best known for starring in “Walker, Texas Ranger” and his supporting performance in “Die Hard,” has died. Gilyard had been working as a film and theatre professor at UNLV College of Fine Arts. “Professor Gilyard was a beacon of light and strength for everyone around him,” UNLV film chair Heather Addison said. Gilyard returned to academia later in life, joining the department of theatre at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas as an associate professor in 2006. Gilyard also worked as a producer and director, helming an episode of “Walker, Texas Ranger.”Gilyard was previously married to Catherine Dutko.

☆ An Apple and Tesla exec who quit to build his own startup now has a star-studded list of investors
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-28 | by ( Goh Chiew Tong | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

"I felt there was something left in me to build a zero-to-one startup," said Sukemasa Kabayama, the co-founder and CEO of Uplift Labs. The opportunity to work for not just one but two tech giants was "very rewarding" for Sukemasa Kabayama. I was thinking, it would be much more exciting to really build something from scratch, from the ground up. "I was thinking, it would be much more exciting to really build something from scratch, from the ground up." Uplift Labs

☆ A Facebook contractor describes what it's like working on the company's customer service front lines
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-20 | by ( Jordan Parker Erb | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

In a conversation with Insider, a Meta customer service agent working for third-party firm described what it's like to work with customers, from torrents of abuse to insomnia from the stress. Each day, she fields around 20 cases a day from organizations, businesses, celebrities, and creators who depend on Facebook and Instagram for their livelihoods. More than 200 Gopuff customer service workers were let go last week. On a podcast, Glenn Howerton said he was locked out of his Tesla when his key fob broke, and that he had a difficult time reaching customer service, saying that Tesla "lost a customer." Acquired a decade ago for $22 billion, WhatsApp has yet to become a big business for Facebook.

☆ Insiders cast doubt on Warner Bros. Discovery's plans after it axed, then reinstated, a revered TV writers' workshop. It highlights a 'huge crisis' facing Hollywood creatives.
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-17 | by ( Elaine Low | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Discovery abruptly axed, then reinstated, its longstanding TV writers' training program. Numerous TV writers told Insider they would not have been able to establish their careers without the TV workshop. The WBTV workshops not only developed emerging talents, but also helped ease their way into paid work in Hollywood. But even with Zaslav examining every asset across the company to find a promised $3 billion in synergies, the WBTV writers' and directors' workshops seemed unlikely targets. "The training is just phenomenal," a third alum of the writers' workshop told Insider.

☆ Amazon and Walmart are creating huge demand for electric trucks and vans. 8 execs at up-and-coming EV outfits reveal how their strategies for winning the commercial market.
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-28 | by ( Alexa St. John | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

8 execs revealed how they're making the commercial EV space their priority. Which is why entrepreneurs and startups are focused on solving some of the great roadblocks to electrifying the commercial EV space. It's the first EV charging manufacturer to be run by a Black woman, CEO Natalie King. King sees opportunity in home and public charging applications, but considers development of commercial EV charging a way to further adoption in the space. "The commercial space is so important because the adoption of EV technology really needs help in its expansion," King said.

☆ October 24 trial date set for Trump Organization and its former top money man Allen Weisselberg
▼ + stars: | 2022-08-12 | by ( Laura Italiano | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

A Manhattan judge has set an October 24 trial date for Donald Trump's business and his former CFO. Before learning their trial date, Weisselberg and lawyers for the Trump family business first learned a string of bad, though likely expected, news. If convicted of the grand larceny charge, Weisselberg, 74, would have to serve a mandatory minimum of one year in jail; the charge allows for the unlikely maximum sentence of 15 years. Also at the prosecution table was Gary Fishman, who is leading New York Attorney General Letitia James' probe into Trump and the Trump Organization; he is cross-designated as a Manhattan prosecutor. The prosecution of Weisselberg and the Trump Organization is the only indictment to come out of Manhattan.

☆ Giants like Amazon, Walmart, and FedEx are desperate for electric delivery vans. Here are 7 hot names racing to win them over and lead in the projected $370 billion market.
▼ + stars: | 2022-02-14 | by ( Nora Naughton | Alexa St. John | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

Major players like Amazon, UPS, and FedEx are driving demand for electric delivery vehicles. Here's a look at seven new names tapping into the red-hot commercial electric-vehicle sector, according to industry experts. The Walmart order was especially noteworthy, as budding commercial electric-vehicle players race to win contracts with the world's largest e-commerce giants. RivianThe EV startup Rivian began turning heads in 2019 when Amazon announced it was ordering 100,000 of its electric delivery vans. Lightning eMotors recently struck a deal to electrify certain General Motors medium-duty truck platforms that can be used for buses, delivery trucks, and work trucks.

☆ The self-improvement strategy the CEO of internet company GoDaddy uses to find success at work and in life
▼ + stars: | 2021-02-08 | by ( May Teng | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

That insight, which comes from David Cotrell's book "Monday Morning Leadership," is one of GoDaddy CEO Aman Bhutani's fundamental leadership principles. Since then, the company has experienced explosive growth to digital entrepreneurship and a boon to GoDaddy's platform. Here's how Bhutani has used self improvement to better himself and his company. Read more: 3 ways leaders can build trust with employees and customers on Twitter, Instagram, and LinkedInCreate a competition with yourselfBhutani looks at self-improvement as a constant competition with himself. Listen closely to othersIt's difficult to find ways to improve if you're closed off to the feedback of others.

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