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☆ An airline is trying to capitalize on remote working by offering a monthly subscription for flights, which will also include rented accommodation
  + stars: | 2022-10-20 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
A Japanese domestic airline is offering remote workers a monthly subscription for flights, per Bloomberg. Star Flyer's service will also offer rented accommodation in and around the southern city of Fukuoka. Included in the offer is rented accommodation in and around Fukuoka, where living costs are much lower than in Tokyo. Single fares between the southern city and the capital booked with Star Flyer can cost between $52 and $286, depending on the season. Representatives for Star Flyer did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment made outside normal working hours.
☆ Elon Musk says Tesla has delivered fewer cars in Q3 than it made because 'there weren't enough' trains, carriers, and boats to transport them
  + stars: | 2022-10-20 | by ( Stephen Jones | Beatrice Nolan | Tim Levin | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
Elon Musk said a shortage of carriers, trains, and boats affected Tesla's ability to deliver vehicles. Musk made the comments during an investor's results call on Wednesday. "There weren't enough boats, there weren't enough trains there weren't enough car carriers," Musk told investors in results call on Wednesday. Musk said that Tesla is working to "smooth out its deliveries" to avoid having a "crazy delivery wave" at the end of each quarter. Musk told investors the company had "excellent demand for Q4" and expected to sell every car they made.
☆ Italy's 'No. 1 brand of pasta' faces a class-action lawsuit over its products that are made in Iowa and New York
  + stars: | 2022-10-19 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
A judge has ruled that pasta brand Barilla must face a class-action lawsuit over its advertising. 1 brand of pasta," its products are made in Iowa and New York. The plaintiffs allege Barilla took advantage of the fact they were willing to pay more for Italian pasta. 1 brand of pasta," must face a class-action lawsuit that alleges false or deceptive advertising. The judge decided that customers could be misled by the phrase "Italy's No.1 brand of pasta" and believe its products are made in Italy, court documents show.
☆ MacKenzie Scott donates $84.5 million to the Girl Scouts, which is the largest donation to the organization from a single person
  + stars: | 2022-10-19 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
Billionaire philanthropist Mackenzie Scott is donating $84.5 million to the Girl Scouts. The donation was awarded to the US Girl Scouts and 29 local councils that Scott selected. The donation is the largest awarded to the organization from a single individual. The donation was awarded to the US Girl Scouts and 29 local councils that Scott selected. Girl Scouts CEO, Sofia Chang, said: "We are so appreciative of MacKenzie Scott's gift to Girl Scouts.
☆ Attrition at Amazon is costing the company $8 billion a year, with workers twice as likely to leave by choice than be fired, report says
  + stars: | 2022-10-18 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
Attrition at Amazon costs the company $8 billion a year, according to Engadget. Workers were also twice as likely to leave by choice than to be fired or laid off, per the outlet. Attrition is something all employers face, but we want to do everything we can to make Amazon an employer of choice." Workers across the company were also twice as likely to leave by choice than to be fired or laid off, Engadget reported. In June this year, Insider reported that Amazon was testing a new internal survey aimed at learning more about employee sentiment.
☆ Elon Musk says SpaceX has withdrawn Pentagon funding request for Starlink internet in Ukraine
  + stars: | 2022-10-18 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
Elon Musk said SpaceX has "already withdrawn its request for funding" over Starlink in Ukraine. The company reportedly asked the Pentagon to cover the cost of its satellite internet service in Ukraine. Musk said that out of 25,300 Starlink terminals in Ukraine, only 10,630 are paying for service. Representatives for SpaceX did not immediately respond to Insider's request for confirmation on the funding request withdrawal, which was made outside normal working hours. Musk previously said that sending Starlink terminals to Ukraine had been costly for the company.
☆ NY restaurant reverses ban on James Corden after initially calling the TV star 'a tiny cretin of a man' and accusing him of abusing staff
  + stars: | 2022-10-18 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
The owner of Balthazar restaurant in New York has reversed a ban on TV star James Corden. In an initial Instagram post, Keith McNally described Corden as a "tiny Cretin of a man" and accused him of being extremely abusive to a manager and a server at his Balthazar restaurant. "James Corden is a Hugely gifted comedian, but a tiny Cretin of a man," he said in the post. McNally also said that Corden was "the most abusive customer to my Balthazar servers since the restaurant opened 25 years ago." However, in a follow-up Instagram post, McNally said: "James Corden just called me and apologized profusely."
☆ A passenger who is suing a cruise company over its handling of COVID-19 says it was 'probably very stupid' of her to believe the vessel was free of the virus
  + stars: | 2022-10-17 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
Susan Karpik is suing a cruise company and operator over their handling of COVID-19 on board a ship. She said it was "probably very stupid" of her to believe the ship was free of the virus when she boarded. Karpik is the lead plaintiff in a class action against the cruise company, Carnival and operator, Princess Cruise Lines. Carnival and Princess Cruise Lines did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment made outside normal working hours. A US couple on board the ship previously accused Princess Cruises and local health officials of covering up infections on board the cruise ship, Insider reported.
☆ American Airlines agrees to pay a minimum of $7.5 million to passengers who sued the airline after claiming they were unfairly charged for checked baggage
  + stars: | 2022-10-17 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
American Airlines has agreed to pay out a minimum of $7.5 million to settle a class-action lawsuit. The suit accused the airline of charging some passengers incorrect baggage fees. They accused the airline of breaching its contract after it failed to provide free checked baggage. The suit accused American Airlines of charging some passengers incorrect baggage fees between 2013 and 2021. Other US airlines including Delta and United Airlines also offer free checked baggage to passengers with some affiliated credit cards.
☆ Kanye West to buy 'free speech' social media platform Parler, current owner says
  + stars: | 2022-10-17 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
Kanye West has entered into a deal to buy the social media platform, Parler. The social media site bills itself as a "free speech platform." Parler styles itself as a "global free speech platform," and is known for having less strict content moderating policies than other social media platforms. Parler came under fire during the January 6 Capitol riots when some users took to the social media platform to cheer on the protestors and call for more violence. After the riots, Amazon Web Services removed Parler from its web hosting service, and the platform was also banned from Apple and Google's app stores.
☆ Artists say AI image generators are copying their style to make thousands of new images — and it's completely out of their control
  + stars: | 2022-10-16 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +11 min
"My name is being used a lot to generate AI images, along with the names of other working artists." "So if an AI is copying an artist's style and a company can just get an image generated that's similar to a popular artist's style without actually going to artists to pay them for that work, that could become an issue." Representatives from Open AI said both publicly available sources and images licensed by the company make up DALL-E's training data. Copyright laws around AI images are murkyIt's unclear whether copyright laws will protect the new artwork that AI programs generate. "I have friends in the industry who will storm out of the room if I even bring up using AI," he said.
☆ Elon Musk is being investigated by federal authorities over the $44 billion Twitter deal, the company said in a court filing
  + stars: | 2022-10-14 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
Elon Musk is being investigated by federal authorities, Twitter said in a court filing. On October 6, Twitter requested that Musk's team hand over any correspondence with federal authorities. In a letter addressed to Judge Kathaleen St. Jude McCormick on October 6, Twitter requested the court compel Musk's team to hand over any correspondence with federal authorities. The company did not specify in the letter the exact focus of the investigation, or which federal authorities were conducting them. After Musk revived his $44 billion bid for Twitter, McCormick gave the Tesla CEO until October 28 to close the deal.
☆ Banking giant JPMorgan Chase has cut ties with Kanye West after a series of recent controversies, conservative commentator Candace Owens says
  + stars: | 2022-10-13 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
JPMorgan Chase bank has reportedly ended its working relationship with Kanye West. Prominent conservative Candace Owens tweeted a picture of a letter she said was sent to West by the bank. Owens and West were seen together earlier this month wearing "White Lives Matter" shirts. According to the picture shared by Owens, the bank asked West to transfer his business to another financial institution "before November 21." Representatives for Kanye West could not be reached for comment, while JPMorgan Chase declined to comment when contacted by Insider.
☆ Disney has bumped the price of tickets to its California theme parks by as much as $15 a day amid surging inflation across the US
  + stars: | 2022-10-13 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
Walt Disney has raised the price of tickets to its California theme parks. Disney, like the rest of the US, is battling surging inflation amid the Russian war in Ukraine. Single-park tickets for Disney's Anaheim parks now range from $104 to $179, up from $104 to $164, Deadline first reported. Tier one passes rose from $104 to $115 while tier two tickets saw a 10-dollar increase from $119 to $129. Disney has also raised the price of some of the food and drink at its parks.
☆ Electric vehicles could be charged within 5 minutes thanks to tech developed by NASA for use in space
  + stars: | 2022-10-11 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
A cooling system developed by NASA for electronics in space could be used to help charge electric cars. The system could, in theory, allow electric cars to be charged in just five minutes, NASA said. Current charging time for EVs range from less than 20 minutes at some public fast charging stations to days or hours when using at-home chargers. NASA claims the new heat transfer system could reduce the charging time at charging stations to just five minutes. Slow charging and unreliable charging stations have been an issue for some EV owners.
☆ Elon Musk says he reached out to Kanye West to express his concerns about the antisemitic tweet that led to the rapper's account being locked
  + stars: | 2022-10-11 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
Elon Musk says he had spoken to Kanye West about the musician's antisemitic tweet. West was reportedly locked out of his Twitter account after he posted the tweet. Musk tweeted on Tuesday, saying that he had expressed his concerns to West. Twitter took action against West on Sunday after he tweeted to say he would go "death con 3" on Jewish people. Replying to his earlier Tweet, Musk posted that he had "talked to ye" and expressed his "concerns about his recent tweet."
☆ Soaring rents and the inflated cost of living are pushing some young professionals out of New York City
  + stars: | 2022-10-10 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
High rents and an inflated cost of living are pushing some young professionals out of New York City. In August, average rent prices were up by 13% compared to 2021, according to data from StreetEasy. New York City rent prices have been soaring for months, with many New Yorkers complaining of extreme rent hikes. In August, rent prices were up by 13% compared to the same period in 2021, according to data from StreetEasy. Another young New Yorker, Georgia Bubash, told Bloomberg she was spending half her monthly paycheck on her $1,800 Chinatown apartment.
☆ 30 million US workers think their workplace is toxic. Here are the 3 main factors causing toxic work cultures, according to research.
  + stars: | 2022-10-09 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
Bad leadership, toxic social norms, and unclear job roles are driving toxic work cultures, per the research. According to his research, three main factors can create these toxic cultures within organizations — bad leadership, toxic social norms, and poorly designed job roles. Workplace social norms are often established and maintained by leaders or managers. "Social norms can persist even if the leaders who originally started them are long gone," he said. Poorly designed jobsWhen an employee's job role is badly designed it can lead to excessive workloads.
☆ An adventure athlete says renovating the van she lives and works in fueled her creativity — but van life is not without its challenges
  + stars: | 2022-10-09 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: 1 min
Roberts said the small space also means that she has to be extra organized and tidy. "A lot of time is taken up organizing and worrying about everyday tasks," she said. "Things that when you're living in a house that you wouldn't even think twice about." Sophie Storm Roberts
☆ Britons are wearing coats inside, limiting TV use, and putting children in extra layers to avoid soaring energy bills
  + stars: | 2022-10-07 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
Britons are worried about high energy bills as temperatures drop in the country. Three residents told the Guardian they were doing whatever they could to avoid heating their homes. One woman said she was wearing a jacket and hat inside to stay warm. Jo Love, a 64-year-old cleaner living in the UK, told the Guardian she was wearing a dressing gown, jacket, and hat in her house instead of turning on her heating. He told the Guardian he was putting his two young children, a two-year-old and a three-month-old, in extra layers.
☆ Elon Musk says Twitter purchase will accelerate the creation of X, his long-discussed 'everything app'
  + stars: | 2022-10-05 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
Elon Musk says buying Twitter will accelerate the creation of X, an "everything app." Musk has offered the buy Twitter for the original price of $44 billion he offered in April. The Tesla CEO has previously teased X.com as a possible Twitter competitor. Musk followed up news of his renewed offer to buy the company with a tweet claiming the move would accelerate the creation of "X, the everything app." Musk has previously teased X.com as a possible Twitter competitor.
☆ Mark Zuckerberg's old camp counselor just sold the Meta CEO's Little League baseball card for $105,000
  + stars: | 2022-09-29 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
Mark Zuckerberg's Little League baseball card sold for $105,000 on Wednesday evening. Zuckerberg's ex-camp counselor, Allie Tarantino, sold the card at a Comic Connect auction. In August, Zuckerberg posted a photo of the baseball card on Instagram saying it would be an NFT. Tarantino told Market Watch he originally asked an eight-year-old Zuckerberg to sign the card to make him feel like a star. In August, Zuckerberg posted a photo of the baseball card on Instagram announcing that it would soon become an NFT.
☆ Thousands of cruise ship passengers are being forced to spend extra days at sea after 3 Florida ports closed due to Hurricane Ian
  + stars: | 2022-09-29 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
Florida-based cruise ships are extending their trips after Hurricane Ian forced three ports to close. The cruise ships are spending more time at sea visiting extra destinations. Hurricane Ian made landfall on Wednesday as a Category 4 hurricane before weakening to a Category 1 storm. Unable to disembark passengers on schedule, the cruise ships are spending more time at sea and visiting extra destinations. Walt Disney World and Universal have both closed resort parks in the state for at least 2 days as Hurricane Ian passes through.
☆ Some Florida hotels are cutting their rates so that residents can safely shelter from Hurricane Ian
  + stars: | 2022-09-28 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
Some Florida hotels are offering reduced rates for residents to shelter from Hurricane Ian. Rosen Hotels & Resorts announced it was offering special "distress rates" across some properties. The rates have been offered in Florida before when a storm or hurricane has posed a risk to residents. The discounted distress rates, which do not include tax, are $69 a night for Rosen Inn International, Rosen Inn Closest to Universal, Rosen Inn Pointe Orlando, and Rosen Inn Lake Buena Vista. Rosen Plaza will charge $99 per night, Rosen Centre will cost $109 per night, and Rosen Shingle Creek will charge $119 per night.
☆ Disney World will close Florida parks for 2 days and ask hotel guests to shelter in place as Hurricane Ian approaches
  + stars: | 2022-09-28 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
Walt Disney World will temporarily close its Florida parks from Wednesday as Hurricane Ian hits. The company is asking all hotel guests to shelter in place while the hurricane passes through. Disney is also asking all hotel guests to shelter in place as the Category 4 hurricane approaches Florida. Universal added that its hotels will remain operational for guests as the hurricane passes through the state. ET, the hurricane was about 85 miles away from Naples, Florida, and was moving at 10 mph.
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