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☆ 8 Starbucks slang terms you'll only know if you work there, according to former baristas
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-30 | by ( Kaila Yu | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Insider spoke to former Starbucks workers about the slang terms used to do their jobs. Insider spoke to current and former Starbucks employees who shared some slang words only Starbucks workers use — along with their definitions. Bliss shared that at least one or more puppuchino orders came in daily when they worked for the company. Bliss shared an opposing point of view. However, Bliss explained that Starbucks can be a hard place to work and that they were part of unionization efforts.

Persons: that's, barista, —, Kerri Shea, Max Bliss, they'd, John, I've, flack, Shea, Bliss, it's Organizations: Starbucks, Service, PARS Employees, PARS, Partners, Bean Stock Locations: PARS

NEW YORK, June 27 (Reuters) - The end of the COVID-19 pandemic has weighed not just on demand for Purell but also on efforts to sell the maker of the hand sanitizer. SC Johnson, Ecolab Inc, Essity AB (ESSITYa.ST) and Kimberly-Clark Corp (KMB.N) were among the companies that participated in the auction, the sources said. It is unclear whether the family will now hold on to Gojo and try to seek a sale in the future. The company expanded into skincare and invented Purell, an alcohol-based hand cleaner which dries on its own, in 1988. The company launched Purell in the consumer market in 1997.

Persons: SC, Clark, Kimberly Clark, Essity, Gojo, Goldie Lippman, Jerry, Clarence Cook, Abigail Summerville, Anirban Sen, Leslie Adler, David Gregorio Our Organizations: YORK, Gojo Industries Inc, SC Johnson, Ecolab Inc, Essity, Clark Corp, Thomson Locations: Kimberly, Akron , Ohio, New York

☆ Costco cracks down on membership card sharing
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-27 | by ( Melissa Repko | In Melissa-Repko | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

The retailer is cracking down on people sneaking into its clubs and trying to shop with other people's membership cards, it said Tuesday. Costco said it has always asked shoppers for their membership cards at the cash registers when they check out. Now, it is also requesting to see cards with a photo at self-checkout registers — and to view a photo ID if a shopper's membership card has no picture. The membership-based warehouse club said it has noticed more abuse of card sharing since it expanded self-checkout to more of its stores. Membership-based warehouse clubs have attracted more customers and won more of their wallets over the past three years.

Persons: Costco, Richard Galanti Organizations: Costco, The Dallas Morning News, Shoppers, Walmart, Sam's

☆ The Buffet Is Back, Stretching Dollars and Slinging Crab Legs
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-26 | by ( Kim Severson | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The buffet got creamed during the pandemic. Even when diners crept back into restaurants covered in hand sanitizer, a model of eating based on shared serving spoons and food seasoned with the breath of strangers seemed like a goner. But the all-you-can-eat buffet, that symbol of America’s love of choice and penchant for excess, will not be denied. From piles of crab legs at swank Las Vegas casinos to pans of fried chicken in small-town Southern restaurants, the buffet is back, baby. But at the most lavish spreads in Las Vegas, where dinner can cost $79.99 before cocktails and tax, reservations remain hard to come by and waits can stretch to more than two hours.

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☆ 5 simple ways to stay healthy, avoid sickness, and feel energized during your next business trip
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-01 | by ( Mariette Williams | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Insider spoke with three travel and wellness experts about staying healthy during a business trip. This article is part of "Work + Play," a series about blending business travel with personal experiences. With business travel back in full swing, Insider spoke with three experts about what you can do to stay healthy on the road. "And if I can budget it, I upgrade to a premium economy or business class seat for some extra room. "When I'm on the road, I try to get some time on the Stairmaster and/or the treadmill," Alexidor said.

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☆ Flight attendants reveal the nasty passenger habit that makes them cringe
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-01 | by ( Hannah Towey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Four flight attendants told Insider they recommend passengers keep their shoes on while flying. "It's probably bodily fluids that you're walking in," one flight attendant warns. "It's not water that you're seeing on the bathroom floor sometimes," Leysha Perez, a regional flight attendant, told Insider. One Delta flight attendant went a step further to advise passengers against wearing open-toed shoes like slippers while flying. Rich Henderson, a flight attendant and co-creator of the blog "Two Guys on a Plane" also suggests passengers wear "practical close-toed shoes."

☆ Maker of Purell Hand Sanitizer Seeks Buyer
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-13 | by ( Lauren Thomas | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Buyouts are getting complicated
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-13 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

The terms say that the buyer cannot be forced to close before Oct. 15 – seven months after the deal’s announcement. A Tuesday proxy filing shows that’s to give Platinum enough time to sort out its debt financing. Qualtrics, meanwhile, sold in March for $12.5 billion – but it turns out it almost got more. An unnamed bidder offered $21 per share, more than the $18.15 that Qualtrics accepted from Silver Lake and CPP Investments. Buyouts are getting done, but they’re also getting complicated.

☆ TikTok, “Ted Lasso,” Bo Burnham and Other Covid-Era Cultural Highlights - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-08 | by ( ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Nine days after the World Health Organization declared Covid-19 a pandemic, “Tiger King” premiered. In this time of relative calm, it’s possible to see the pandemic as not just a crisis of public health but also a distinct cultural era with its own emerging canon. What unites these shows, movies, books and songs is not a common aesthetic or shared themes. We asked an array of cultural critics to consider the following 17 artifacts, each of which captured something essential during Covid. These works reflected a tumultuous moment back at us, illuminating it and us, too.

☆ Mispronouncing the word 'Bruschetta' could soon cost thousands of euros in Italy, where politicians want to pass a law to penalize 'Anglomania'
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-04 | by ( Azmi Haroun | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Italy's government is hell-bent on passing a law that would penalize the use of non-Italian words. The proposed law would fine people who they believe are bastardizing the language. The proposed law seeks to stop "Anglomania," which "demeans and mortifies," Italian language and culture, according to the bill's text—and could even penalize Italians who mispronounce words like "Bruschetta." Pronouncing the word Bruschetta as "bru-shetta" and not "bru-sketta," for example, could cost Italians financially under the proposed law, according to CNN. Meloni's party is in support of the bill, which will be opened for parliamentary debate soon.

☆ Meet the typical CVS shopper: a white, Gen X, college-educated city dweller earning a high income
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-04 | by ( Dominick Reuter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

CVS's average customer is a white, urban Gen Xer earning a high annual income. Numerator found that CVS's typical shopper is a white, urban Gen Xer who has a college education and an annual income of more than $80,000. In addition to OTC pain medication and cough remedies, the typical retail shopper often prefers to buy candies, chocolates, and bottled water. Just 1.6% of a CVS shopper's total dollars are spent at CVS, compared with 6.8% of their spending on Amazon. At other retailers, the CVS shopper buys more fresh garlic, hand sanitizer, bar soap, and non-dairy milk alternatives than the national average shopper.

☆ Flight attendants reveal the gross reason you shouldn't take your shoes off on an airplane
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-28 | by ( Hannah Towey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

☆ These high school sweethearts have visited 112 countries. Here's how they pay for it on a budget
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-24 | by ( Audrey Wan | Chris Dwyer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

Hudson and Emily Crider have visited 112 countries, but their journey together began long before that. Hudson and Emily Crider in high school. Hudson and Emily Crider on a safari in Kenya, Africa. Hudson and Emily Crider camping during their self-drive safari in the Serengeti in Tanzania. Hudson and Emily Crider

☆ I write and direct Christmas movies. It's easy to fall into a formula — this is how we try and keep ours fresh.
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-23 | by ( Jack Needham | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Sandra L. Martin says it's a "huge challenge" to keep Christmas movies "fresh." I've directed 12 films so far, and I've done three Christmas movies in the past two years. I hadn't made a Christmas movie until 2020When COVID-19 locked everybody down, all of our work was canceled. Keeping Christmas movies fresh is a huge challengeIt's easy to fall into a formula where someone moves from the big city to a small town. Christmas movies are now an industry, and a booming industry at that.

☆ 22 Unique Valentine’s Gifts for Men Who Have Everything
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-19 | by ( ) www.wsj.com time to read: +12 min

From the cocktail gadget that will level-up his drinks to the ultimate undershirts, these are presents you can purchase with confidence—no gift receipt required. This edition has a wood cabinet with metal plaques, die-cast metal houses and hotels, gold-foil stamping and money-holding drawers. Buy Side’s favorite automatic cocktail maker works with pre-measured pods and his favorite spirits to dispense cocktails at the push of a button. For more great gadget ideas, check out our roundup of the top gifts for your favorite techie. Even better, the jean material “came ready-to-wear with no awkward break-in period, plus a custom liner.”—Additional reporting by Leslie Yazel

☆ Third Point could see big returns from small changes at Bath & Body Works
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-17 | by ( Kenneth Squire | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Business: Bath & Body Works is a specialty retailer of home fragrance, body care, soaps and sanitizer products. In August 2021, Bath & Body Works (formerly known as L Brands) completed the separation of its Victoria's Secret business. Loeb is one of the true pioneers in the field of shareholder activism and definitely one of a handful of activists who shaped what has become modern day shareholder activism. He invented the poison pen letter in a time when a poison pen was often necessary, and as times have changed, he has transitioned from the poison pen to the power of the argument. Third Point expressed its concern with Bath & Body Works' executive compensation structure , noting that excessive awards have been made that are disconnected to important performance metrics.

☆ How to Clean a Leather Purse, According to Experts
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-06 | by ( ) www.wsj.com time to read: +5 min

These are the ones to use on the majority of leather types (excluding nubuck, patent leather, and suede). His go-to is Leather Master Leather Care Bundle, a three-step process of cleaning, conditioning and protecting; it entails applying the formulas with a foam sponge or lint-free cloth, allowing each coat to dry before the next. Additionally, when used in conjunction with a leather polish, there wasn’t any difference from using the polish on its own. In fact, because these methods required getting the leather somewhat damp, the results often led to leather that dried with a rumpled texture—one reason experts strongly caution against saturating leather. To prevent future blemishes, store your leather bag on a shelf in a cool, dry place.

☆ RSV, flu and colds: How to tell when your child is too sick for school
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-30 | by ( Madeline Holcombe | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Almost all children catch RSV at some point before they turn 2, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says. Here’s how to assess when to keep your child home from school and when to visit the pediatrician, according to experts. Ideally, public health professionals would like it if no child showing symptoms were sent to school or day care, where they could potentially spread infections Schaffner said. Again, here is where schools may have different policies and it becomes important to check with written information, a school administrator or school nurse, Wen said. “Parents should know that treating RSV and other respiratory infections is the bread and butter of pediatricians and emergency physicians,” Wen said.

☆ Here are 4 ways to take advantage of your health-care expenses before the end of the year
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-13 | by ( Sarah O'Brien | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Take advantage of reaching your deductibleIf you've met your plan's deductible, you may be able to pay less for qualifying health-care services before the end of the year than you would after the deductible resets Jan. 1. Once you've met your plan's deductible, you may or may not face copays or coinsurance — it depends on your plan's out-of-pocket maximum, which may be higher. See if you can get the medical expense tax deductionThere is a tax deduction for medical expenses, although it comes with parameters that prevent some taxpayers from using it. For starters, you can only deduct health-care expenses that exceed 7.5% of your adjusted gross income. Its gains grow tax-free, and as long as withdrawals are used for qualifying medical expenses, tapping those funds also comes with no tax.

☆ The top 6 germiest places to avoid when traveling, according to experts
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-23 | by ( Jen Glantz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Traveling, even with disinfectant wipes and hand sanitizer, can still be filled with high-risk areas to avoid. Experts name the six germiest spots with the most bacteria and viruses that travelers should avoid. While it can be hard to avoid touching an escalator handrail, Gerba suggests washing your hands or using hand sanitizer immediately afterward. Gerba said a study of public restrooms found that the most common virus was adenoviruses, found in about 70% of public restrooms. Public water fountainsIf you want to fill up your water bottle before a flight, Dr. Michael May, the medical director at the Wimpole Clinic, warned that public water fountains can be breeding grounds for germs and bacteria.

☆ You may have ‘more money than ever’ left in a health FSA this year. What you need to know before pandemic relief expires
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-14 | by ( Sarah O'Brien | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Rules on how health FSAs workHealth FSAs let workers stash away pretax money for qualifying medical expenses. The standard deadline to use your health-care FSA money is Dec. 31 of the year in which you make the contributions. At the remaining 23% of companies, you forfeit funds remaining in your account after Dec. 31. However, that's below the 48% with a traditional Dec. 31 deadline who forfeit money, and 49% of those who are allowed to roll over money. If you're uncertain what the rules are for your FSA, reach out to your company's human resources department, Rouleau said.

☆ 13 Unique Gifts for Men Who Have Everything
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-05 | by ( ) www.wsj.com time to read: +8 min

From the cocktail gadget that will level-up his drinks to the ultimate undershirts, these are presents you can purchase with confidence—no gift receipt required. While both the V-neck and crew come in black, white and gray, she prefers the beige shade because it doesn’t show under a white shirt. For utilitarian typesLike the little black dress of menswear, this casual blazer made of knit cotton will take him from the office to date night. “Top Chef” finalist and Washington, D.C.-based chef and restaurateur Spike Mendelsohn is a fan of the contraption. Even better, the jean material “came ready-to-wear with no awkward break-in period, plus a custom liner.”

☆ 2 companies were fined $325,000 after the EPA said they falsely marketed a pesticide as a weapon against COVID-19
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-23 | by ( Grace Dean | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Zoono USA and Zoono Holdings were collectively fined $325,000. The EPA has reached settlements with the two companies: Zoono USA will pay a $205,000 civil penalty and Zoono Holdings will pay $120,000. Zoono USA and Zoono Holdings are owned by the New Zealand company Zoono Group. "Zoono Holdings takes regulatory responsibilities very seriously and as soon as Zoono Holdings received notification from the E.P.A. Zoono Group, Zoono USA, and United Airlines didn't immediately respond to Insider's requests for comment.

☆ 1 in 3 workers fear they'll catch Covid by returning to the office—here's how to keep yourself healthy
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-19 | by ( Annika Kim Constantino | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

A recent Gallup poll found that one in three U.S. workers are "very" or "moderately" concerned about Covid exposure at work. Stay up-to-date on your Covid vaccinesStaying up-to-date on your vaccines is the best way to protect yourself from Covid. That means completing your primary series and receiving the booster shots you're eligible for. You'll need to be at least two months out from your last dose of any Covid shot, the CDC says. Have completed your primary series, but are immunocompromisedHave completed your primary series and are in an area with a substantial or high level spread of Covid.

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