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☆ Holiday sales at Target and Amazon are starting in October—here’s why shopping early is a smart financial move
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-28 | by ( Cheyenne Devon | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

With less than 90 days until the winter gift giving season, some holiday shoppers are getting started sooner rather than later. Half of winter holiday shoppers plan to begin making purchases before Halloween this year, according to a September Bankrate survey. Although about 12% of shoppers plan to wait until December to do their holiday shopping, getting a head-start can provide added time to plan and find the best deals. "Holiday shopping will look different this year with inflation around 40-year highs," Ted Rossman, senior industry analyst for Bankrate.com, says. Even before you begin to spend money, simply starting your shopping plan early can help your budget go farther.

☆ Hedge funds dashed to exit energy positions last week, bank data show
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-24 | by ( Nell Mackenzie | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Pump jacks operate at sunset in an oil field in Midland, Texas U.S. August 22, 2018. And on Friday, oil prices hit their lowest since January as recession fears gripped world markets. DG Partners is up 5.2% so far this month and 37% for the year, according to a source familiar with the matter. The momentum that fueled a stable upward rise in oil prices has changed, said another manager who oversees more than $100 billion and for compliance reasons wished to remain anonymous. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting by Nell Mackenzie Editing by Mark Potter and Peter GraffOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Hedge funds dashed to exit energy positions last week, data show
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-23 | by ( Nell Mackenzie | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

REUTERS/Nick OxfordLONDON, Sept 23 (Reuters) - Hedge funds around the world fled positions in energy stocks, bonds and futures last week just in time to miss this week's whipsaw moves in oil, according to data from two banks. It could be a sign that hedge funds, which often discover trading ideas from market trends, are finding it too tough to bring in the kind of paydays they received from the surge in oil prices earlier this year. And on Friday, oil prices hit their lowest since January as recession fears gripped world markets. His firm had an "amazing run" trading energy futures the first quarter but eventually, the trend ended. The momentum that fueled a stable upward rise in oil prices has changed, said another manager who oversees more than $100 billion and for compliance reasons wished to remain anonymous.

☆ LIV Golf players urge OWGR chairman to grant ranking points
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-20 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

"To maintain trust, we urge you – as one of the true statesmen of sports - to act appropriately to include, on a retroactive basis, the results of LIV Golf events in OWGR's ranking calculations," the players wrote. According to the OWGR website, the ranking points breakdown is derived from each tournament's total field rating and points are awarded players who make the cut and complete an event, subject to their finishing position in the tournament. LIV Golf's 54-hole events do not have a cut. LIV Golf, which last weekend had 12 major champions in the field, has lured some of the game's biggest names away from the PGA Tour with the promise of guaranteed, big-money paydays and a reduced schedule. Critics say LIV Golf, which is bankrolled by Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund, amounts to blatant "sportswashing" by a nation trying to improve its reputation in light of its history of human rights abuses.

"I Will Teach You to Be Rich" helped me get out of debt, fix my credit, and save money. I read dozens of books, but "I Will Teach You to be Rich" by Ramit Sethi, is the one that changed my life. I figured I'd just be one of those people who never had good credit, a savings account, a retirement account, or any type of investments. I have great interest rates on my credit cards, and I even haggled an amazing deal when refinancing my car. The lessons from "I Will Teach You to be Rich" by Ramit Sethi changed my life, and I can't recommend it enough.

☆ 27 of the highest-paid movie roles of all time, including Tom Cruise's massive pay day for 'Top Gun: Maverick'
▼ + stars: | 2021-08-19 | by ( Travis Clark | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

But Tom Cruise still got maybe the biggest payday for an actor ever the old fashioned way this year. Stars like Will Smith, Tom Cruise, and Jim Carrey were paid big bucks in the 1990s because they attracted a crowd. For instance, Dwayne Johnson is being paid $50 million for the Amazon action holiday movie movie "Red One," which includes a back-end buyout, according to Variety. Insider ranked the highest-paid movie roles of all time that earned the actors more than $25 million. Below are 27 of the highest paid movie roles of all time, ranked:

☆ How TikTok is changing the music industry and the way we discover new, popular songs
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-10 | by ( Dan Whateley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +19 min

In July, it rolled out a dedicated music-streaming service called TikTok Music in five countries. Read about why TikTok music marketers are turning to general-interest accounts to promote songsCreating TikTok music challenges to spark user-generated videosAnd some marketers are opening the door for social-media users who wouldn't traditionally be considered influencers to get paid to promote music. Read more about TikTok's private listening sessionsA dedicated TikTok Music streaming app is bornIn July, TikTok stepped deeper into the music business by launching its own dedicated music-streaming app, TikTok Music, in Brazil, Indonesia, Australia, Mexico, and Singapore. Insider tested TikTok Music in Singapore, where it launched in a closed beta, to learn more about how it works. Like TikTok, TikTok Music includes a "For You" feed of recommended content and a variety of social features that set it apart from incumbents like Spotify and Apple Music.

Persons: TikTok, Here's, they've, influencers, TikTok influencers, Read, Jonny Kaps, Halsey, Charli XCX, Taylor Upsahl, Upsahl, Steve Jennings, Kristen Bender, Lyor Cohen, Ted Suh, Elissa Ayadi, Sydney Bradley, Getty, Jesse Callahan, It's, Zach Friedman, Dan Asip, Pearpop, Cole Mason, There's, Johnny Cloherty, Andy McGrath, Tarek Al, Hamdouni, Tiagz, John Arano, Tiago Garcia, you'd, Nima Nasseri, Ole Obermann, Rita Franca, NurPhoto, Taylor Swift, Miley Cyrus, Olivia Rudensky, Cyrus, Hailey Bieber, Guillermo Legaria, Khalid, Demi Lovato, Marshmellow, ByteDance, Tatiana Cirisano, Jeffrey Ramsay, Steve Blatter Organizations: Getty, TikTok, MRC Data, Universal Music Group, YouTube, GQ, Snap Inc, Agency, 10K, Records, Sony Music, RCA Records, Warner Music, Getty Images, Movistar Arena, Spotify, Apple, MIDiA Research, MTV, SiriusXM's TikTok Locations: Tempe , Arizona, TikTok, Bogota, Colombia, Brazil, Indonesia, Australia, Mexico, Singapore, India, Denver , Colorado

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