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☆ My partner grew up rich, and I didn't. We almost broke up over my insecurities, but compassion and honesty have gotten us through.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-21 | by ( Tess Martinelli | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

download the appSign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. Read previewThis as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Geneviève Laforce, a 24-year-old content creator from Montreal, whose partner grew up wealthy. We've learned that managing a relationship with someone who grew up so differently requires constant compassion and open communication. I've been able to broaden her worldview and provoke a deeper sense of compassion for those who are struggling. If money complicates your relationship and you want to tell your story, please email Tess Martinelli at tmartinelli@businessinsider.com.

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☆ Biden endorses Kamala Harris after dropping out of the race
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-21 | by ( Bryan Metzger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Biden endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris to be the 2024 presidential nominee. "It's time to come together and beat Trump," Biden said. AdvertisementMinutes after announcing his decision to withdraw from the 2024 presidential race, President Joe Biden endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris to replace him as the Democratic nominee. "My very first decision as the party nominee in 2020 was to pick Kamala Harris as my Vice President. "Today I want to offer my full support and endorsement for Kamala to be the nominee of our party this year.

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Gavin Newsom of California, had previously said he would not challenge Ms. Harris. He often rambles incoherently in interviews and at campaign rallies and has confused names, dates and facts just as Mr. Biden has. Mr. Biden consistently maintained that his experience was an advantage, enabling him to pass landmark legislation and manage foreign policy crises. He maintained that he was the Democrat best equipped to defeat Mr. Trump given that he did so in 2020. On the international front, Mr. Biden revitalized international alliances that frayed under Mr. Trump, rallying much of the world to stand against Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine.

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☆ Once Derided, Harris Suddenly Stands at Brink of Leading Democratic Ticket
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-21 | by ( Michael D. Shear | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Vice President Kamala Harris, who has struggled for nearly four years in President Biden’s shadow, was thrust on Sunday into the center of a remarkable political drama that could culminate with her becoming the first Black woman at the top of a major-party presidential ticket. Mr. Biden’s decision to abandon his re-election bid and endorse Ms. Harris to succeed him puts her in a powerful, but not certain, position to become the new face of the Democratic Party, charged with preventing former President Donald J. Trump from returning to the Oval Office for another four years. “Today I want to offer my full support and endorsement for Kamala to be the nominee of our party this year. Democrats — it’s time to come together and beat Trump,” Mr. Biden wrote in a social media post after he announced his decision to step aside. “Let’s do this.”Ms. Harris and her team are likely to move swiftly to try to seize that mantle even as uncertainty swirled about whether other Democrats would seek to challenge her for the nomination at the party’s convention in Chicago next month.

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As an Anglican clergy member, I have prayed for political leaders as a regular feature of my life. Each Sunday, at the church I attend with my family, we have a moment set aside to remember those who have political power. I have prayed publicly for George W. Bush, Barack Obama, Donald Trump and Joe Biden. Prayers at political conventions feel different. Mixed in with the cascade of praise for the candidate, prayers at these events can take on the feel of a religious veneer for certain policies.

Persons: George W, Bush, Barack Obama, Donald Trump, Joe Biden

☆ You’re not going crazy — you may actually be paying higher prices than other people
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-21 | by ( Elisabeth Buchwald | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

But people making the same exact purchases as you aren’t necessarily paying the same exact prices as you. Companies have used this kind of information to effectively offer different prices to different groups of consumers. Using AI, companies can now answer questions like, “What is this person going to buy next? Rather, its bread and butter is providing companies with “all of the analytics and predictive scenarios” to figure out prices themselves. Then, by predicting how much consumers will buy at different price points, Revionics helps retailers manage their inventories.

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☆ I'm a millionaire, but I'm only leaving my kids a small inheritance. I want them to earn their money like I did.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-21 | by ( Kelly Burch | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

I want my daughter to experience financial discomfortAbout 20 years ago, I met my wife, another Baha'i from Iran. I believe wealth is only commendable if earnedMost importantly, I want my daughters to work. While I plan to leave my daughters a small inheritance to ensure their financial security, I won't leave them enough money that they don't need to work. I want my children to have enough money to house themselves, get an education, and meet their basic needs. Beyond that, I believe money can corrupt if it's given rather than earned.

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☆ Read Biden’s Letter Withdrawing From the Race
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-21 | by ( ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Today, America has the strongest economy in the world. Together, we overcame a once in a century pandemic and the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression. For now, let me express my deepest gratitude to all those who have worked so hard to see me reelected. And let me express my heartfelt appreciation to the American people for the faith and trust you have placed in me. I believe today what I always have: that there is nothing America can't do - when we do it together.

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☆ Biden will not seek reelection; endorses Harris
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-21 | by ( Michael Williams | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

CNN —President Joe Biden says he is not seeking reelection in a letter posted to his official account on X. “It has been the greatest honor of my life to serve as your President,” Biden wrote. “My very first decision as the party nominee in 2020 was to pick Kamala Harris as my Vice President,” Biden wrote. It’s also the latest shocking development in a highly charged political campaign that has included an attempt on Trump’s life. The mood in the White House and at Biden’s campaign headquarters in Wilmington had turned sour.

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☆ ‘Barbie’ was important to me. This summer has melted her
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-21 | by ( Scottie Andrew | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Watching “Barbie” so much defined the back half of my 2023. The summer of “Barbie” was one of my happiest, when I felt truly connected to my fellow humans. Watching “Barbie” again and again nudged me out of an isolation I hadn’t even realized I’d imposed. Once Gosling finished his dazzling Oscars performance of “I’m Just Ken,” “Barbie” fever officially ended. But we’ll always have our “Barbie” summer.

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☆ Esta TerBlanche, best known for role in ‘All My Children,’ dead at 51
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-21 | by ( Alli Rosenbloom | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Esta TerBlanche, the South African actress best known for her role as Gillian Andrassy Lavery on “All My Children,” has died, according to her manager Annie Spoliansky. TerBlanche died on Thursday in Los Angeles, the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner’s Office online records show. Spoliansky told CNN in a statement on Sunday that “Esta was such a kind, loving, giving, and caring person.”“She cared so deeply for all people and animals,” Spoliansky’s statement read. She later reprised her role in one episode in 2011 and appeared in over 100 episodes. Cameron Mathison, who played TerBlanche’s on-screen husband Ryan Lavery in “All My Children” paid tribute to his co-star on his Instagram Stories on Sunday.

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☆ Biden Drops Out of Race, Scrambling the Campaign for the White House
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-21 | by ( Peter Baker | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

President Biden on Sunday abruptly abandoned his campaign for a second term under intense pressure from fellow Democrats and threw his support to Vice President Kamala Harris to lead their party in a dramatic last-minute bid to stop former President Donald J. Trump from returning to the White House. “It has been the greatest honor of my life to serve as your President,” he said in a letter posted on social media. “My very first decision as the party nominee in 2020 was to pick Kamala Harris as my Vice President,” he wrote. Today I want to offer my full support and endorsement for Kamala to be the nominee of our party this year. Democrats — it’s time to come together and beat Trump.

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☆ I swear by Costco now that I have a nutritionist. Here are 10 things I buy there to meet my health goals.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-21 | by ( Jamie Killin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

I work with a functional nutritionist and love shopping at Costco for healthier options. I focus on foods that help me balance my blood sugar with carbs, healthy fats, and protein. AdvertisementAfter working with a functional nutritionist to improve my overall health, I've learned about the importance of keeping my blood sugar balanced by eating a healthy mix of protein, carbs, and fat. According to the CDC, one in three Americans (that's 98 million) have prediabetes because their blood sugar is higher than normal. I don't want to fall down that path, and luckily, my nutritionist helped me find some great Costco products that help me meet my health goals.

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☆ I went through 12 interviews and didn't get the job. Here's what I'll do next.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-21 | by ( Tim Paradis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

So it just seemed like I kept going up rung after rung after rung to another person and another person. As the interviews continued, they seemed to be more like meet-and-greets than interviews. As you're going through the process, you're always looking to say, "Are we good? You have to look at who you're going to talk to and what their background is. I'm going back out there."

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☆ A Gen X dad who commutes over 10 hours a week to work in a different state says it's advanced his career but takes away from family time
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-21 | by ( Ayelet Sheffey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Jae Kim has come to terms with driving over 700 miles each week to get to work. He decided to make the move and figure out his work situation once his family was settled. Eight years later, he's still driving about five hours there each week to get to the office and five hours back home. BI previously spoke to Dennis Dabney, a Gen X dad who flies weekly from Texas to Arizona for work. He recommends that anyone considering a long commute go into it "with eyes wide open" because it's not for every family situation.

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☆ The 'Trump trade' is on pause. Political uncertainty is now in the driver's seat
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-21 | by ( Jim Cramer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +11 min

It didn't take long to remember what a second Donald Trump presidential term would mean for the stock market, did it? He talked about how interested he was in the stock market and that he wanted his kids to learn so they watched my show together. As a subscriber to the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer, you will receive a trade alert before Jim makes a trade. Jim waits 45 minutes after sending a trade alert before buying or selling a stock in his charitable trust's portfolio. If Jim has talked about a stock on CNBC TV, he waits 72 hours after issuing the trade alert before executing the trade.

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☆ The hottest new job in AI: chief ethics officer
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-21 | by ( Lakshmi Varanasi | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

The buzzy bot's technology — generative AI — could write emails, produce code, and materialize graphics in minutes. Generative AI can hallucinate, spread misinformation, and reinforce biases against marginalized groups if it's not managed properly. That's where a chief ethics officer comes in. AdvertisementRight now, though, companies aren't hiring people into these roles fast enough, according to Steve Mills, the chief AI ethics officer at Boston Consulting Group. She also engages with government leaders and other chief ethics officers.

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President Joe Biden on Sunday dropped out of the 2024 presidential race and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris as the Democratic Party's nominee, after weeks of pressure on the 81-year-old incumbent to quit the contest against former President Donald Trump. "It has been the greatest honor of my life to serve as your President," Biden wrote in a post on the social media site X. Biden in a subsequent tweet wrote that his "very first decision as the party nominee in 2020 was to pick Kamala Harris as my Vice President." Today I want to offer my full support and endorsement for Kamala to be the nominee of our party this year. Democrats — it's time to come together and beat Trump," Biden wrote.

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☆ Biniam Girmay: The Black African cyclist making history wherever he rides
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-21 | by ( Ben Church | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —Biniam Girmay made history at this year’s Tour de France and the Eritrean cyclist wants to use his success to inspire others to follow his path. The Intermarche-Wanty rider, who previously became the first Black African to win a stage at the Giro d’Italia, now wants other Black riders to excel in the sport. “I’m convinced that my compatriots will be happy to hear that my future is intertwined with the team who gave me the opportunity to write important pages of African cycling history,” he said after signing his long-term contract. Only two other African riders, Robbie Hunter and Daryl Impey of South Africa, both White, had previously won stages at the Tour de France, per Reuters. Winning today is unbelievable.”He has since gone on to claim victories in Stages 8 and 12, achievements he hope will blaze a trail for the next generation of young Black riders to follow.

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☆ 7 Democrats who could replace Biden as the 2024 presidential nominee
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-21 | by ( John L. Dorman | Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Wes Moore of MarylandGov. Wes Moore is a combat veteran who served in Afghanistan. Wes Moore, an Army veteran who's also a Rhodes Scholar, was first elected to the governorship in 2022. He has touted low national unemployment numbers, not low national employment numbers. Editor's note: This article was first published in February 2024 and has been updated to reflect the events after the first 2024 presidential debate.

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☆ I'm happy I was an only child. It made me more independent and I got more financial support from my parents.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-21 | by ( Sandrine Jacquot | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

When I was a little girl, I used to ask my mom to adopt another child so that I could have an older sister. But once I started to get older (and learned how to be self-conscious), I wanted an older sibling to "show me the ropes," in a sense. And now, as a young woman who successfully (I hope) made it through being a teenager, I'm happy with that. I didn't need an older sibling figure to look up to, or one to look out for me. Even though I'm highly independent, I still ask my parents how to do things (like filing insurance claims).

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☆ I’m from Japan, home to some of the world’s longest living people: 8 foods I eat every day
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-21 | by ( Michiko Tomioka | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Here I am at an event about longevity at my local library, practicing Chado, the traditional Japanese tea ceremony for preparing matcha. Here are the eight foods I always keep in my kitchen and eat every day to live a longer and happier life. Since I was in high school, I have practiced Chado, the traditional Japanese tea ceremony for preparing green tea. For example, I'll throw kombu seaweed into miso soup with some dried mushrooms, or make a salad with seaweeds like wakame and hijiki. I use dried shiitake for overnight dashi (soup stock) with kombu seaweed, miso soup, dressings, vinegar, curry — basically everything.

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☆ Read Biden's message to the nation as he quit the 2024 race
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-21 | by ( Katie Balevic | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Read a copy of the historic letter below:My Fellow Americans,Over the past three and a half years, we have made great progress as a Nation. We've made historic investments in rebuilding our Nation, in lowering prescription drug costs for seniors, and in expanding affordable health care to a record number of Americans. For now, let me express my deepest gratittude to all those who have worked so hard to see me reelected. And let me express my heartfelt appreciation to the American people for th efaith and trust you have placed in me. I believe today what I always have: that there is nothing American can't do – when we do it together.

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☆ Thanks, but No Thanks
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-21 | by ( Anna Holmes | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

I found our first lunch to be very uncomfortable and began to dread the next one. After a lot of back-and-forth, he finally agreed, but during the meeting told me how important it was to him to take his employees out to lunch. If he asks you why, simply tell him you want to keep things strictly professional and avoid more casual interactions. And ask him to give you professional feedback in writing, at which point you can suggest a one-on-one meeting. I’m resentful that it’s an issue yet again and don’t particularly want to have another conversation.

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☆ I took a $185 ferry to the Florida Keys for a day trip. It was great despite a few small issues.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-21 | by ( India Amos | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

I took the Key West Express, a ferry that transports riders from Florida's Gulf Coast to Key West. Even so, this 3-½-hour ferry ride was pretty nice and more convenient than drivingSign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. And with so many great options for day trips, it's no surprise people are moving to Florida en masse. Recently, I took my first trip to Fort Myers, where the Key West Express ferry transports travelers from the Gulf Coast to Key West. Driving from Fort Myers to Key West can take more than five hours, so I wanted to see if this 3-½ -hour ferry ride was a good alternative.

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