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☆ Child care benefits at work: Employers are increasingly offering resources to parents with daycare needs
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-23 | by ( Jeanne Sahadi | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

And among those that do, less than a third selected any single benefit such as subsidized child care services (11%), child care referrals and consultations (28%); and back up child care (26%), which gives parents access to a daycare center or babysitter when their usual child care arrangements fall through on a given day. Among those, 37% offer access to backup child care, 16% subsidize child care and 10% provide onsite child care. Among respondents who said they were thinking of quitting their jobs, 41% said their compensation was not high enough to cover child care costs, and 30% said they didn’t have adequate child care. An onsite child care center like one from Bright Horizons can provide licensed and trained care providers and well-qualified early education teachers. Other options to ease working parents’ experienceFor many employers, though, an onsite child care center may be tough to swing.

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☆ Want to try this beef snack? Join the 43-year waitlist
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-17 | by ( Maureen O'Hare | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Taste of JapanIn Takasago City, Japan, a brand of frozen Kobe beef croquettes is so popular that the waiting list is longer than most mortgages. Bakery chain Kimuraya is advancing that further by using AI to produce “romance bread” targeted at the nation’s love-averse youth. The Japanese island of Kyushu is where sugar was first introduced to the country by the Portuguese in the 16th century. The island retains a sweet tooth to this day and is home to Japan’s most beloved sweet treats. Try to squeeze in as many as you can on a trip to the region.

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☆ A marketer who was laid off made over $100,000 as an influencer in a year from affiliate links on Amazon and LTK. She shares how she got started and is helping BIPOC creators do the same.
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-15 | by ( Shriya Bhattacharya | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

When Janesha Moore got a $540 check from Amazon in May 2023 for affiliate commissions, she was astounded. “Seeing that money really woke me up,” the Philadelphia-based creator told Business Insider. “That’s when I seriously started strategizing and started doing a lot of research into affiliate marketing.”This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Most of her income as a creator has come from affiliate marketing, though she’s also partnered with brands like Warby Parker, Walmart, and Marshalls to create paid, sponsored content. Since most of her income is through affiliate marketing, she considers brand partnerships “bonus revenue," she said.

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☆ A Gen Zer set out to make $100 a day for 100 days through side hustles. Here are the gigs and passive income streams she recommends.
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-15 | by ( Madison Hoff | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Over the last few months, she posted videos highlighting the money she made from passive income or side hustles . "I think I've always made side hustles kind of a game of some sort for myself in order to bring in extra money." Finding side hustles and passive income streams that fit your needsMitchell said she would recommend side hustles or making passive income if you're willing to make the time commitment. Side hustles and passive income have been helpful for Mitchell outside her job at a church. This passive income method might not be an available side hustle option for all; TikTok requires participating accounts to be US-based.

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☆ A single mom in Ohio moved from a shelter to an apartment after switching from Lyft and Uber driving to being a full-time bus driver
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-14 | by ( Noah Sheidlower | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Jayla, 28, spent two years driving for Uber and Lyft and struggled to find stable housing and provide for herself and her son. But after switching jobs and becoming a bus driver in late 2023, she's now living in her own apartment. After landing a bus driver position and a W2, she secured an apartment in Akron despite no luck in Texas. AdvertisementBecoming a school bus driverShe decided to become a school bus driver as she could work morning and afternoon shifts while working around her son’s day care schedule. The same day she applied, she was hired as a bus driver for her local Akron school district.

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☆ I studied at Yale and Cambridge University. The elite colleges offered me secret societies, maids, and formal balls.
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-11 | by ( Connie Cheung | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

For my undergraduate degree, I went to Yale, and then for graduate school, I enrolled in Cambridge University. Dreary and massive, these buildings belonged to Yale’s oldest secret societies — hundreds of years old, with members including former presidents, Rockefellers, and Vanderbilts. As George Bush wrote in his memoir, “[In my] senior year, I joined Skull and Bones, a secret society; so secret, I can’t say anything more.”In my final year, I joined a secret society at Yale, which was founded 20 years ago. But my favorite memories at Yale and Cambridge were never at events in floor-length gowns or strappy heels. I’m tremendously lucky to have experienced this universe of elite education, and I wouldn’t have it any other way.

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☆ Taylor Swift's gameday outfits are a touchdown for fashion brands
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-09 | by ( Amanda Krause | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

She attended 12 Kansas City Chiefs games during the regular season to support her boyfriend, NFL star Travis Kelce, and her fashion choices stole the show each time. Taylor Swift attending an NFL game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Miami Dolphins. Taylor Swift attends a Kansas City Chiefs game on December 10, 2023. Taylor Swift attends a game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the New England Patriots on December 17, 2023. "There are tons of people who have no idea who we are, and Taylor Swift is the biggest star in the world.

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☆ We paid the equivalent of our mortgage to send our kid to pre-K. We've finally recovered financially 4 years later.
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-08 | by ( Kinsey Gidick | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

I cried the day my son was accepted into a public school pre-k program. After four years of dreading his monthly Montessori school tuition, it felt like we had finally summited Mt. There I was, an alternative weekly editor, and my husband, a young high school teacher. Thus, the waterworks the day we learned our 4-year-old had been accepted to a public school via the Montessori lottery. But as all too many parents know, the high price of private day care tuition doesn't go away with the final statement of charges.

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☆ How a 25-year-old went from talking to 1,000 strangers in NYC to quitting her finance job and founding a social startup
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-08 | by ( Sydney Bradley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

"Ultimately, I spent more time home alone doing nothing than ever before," Epstein, CEO of the still-in-beta social networking app Kndrd, told Business Insider. "I spoke to a thousand strangers" — many who also felt a lack of community, companionship, or friendship, she added. But while investors may want to see viral, overnight growth for an app like Kndrd, Epstein hesitates at that strategy. "And that means me reading applications and vetting the community members and making sure that we have people who are the strongest, most high fidelity people." In the future, Kndrd also plans to incorporate AI into its user experience — something on nearly every investor's mind right now.

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☆ LVMH takes aim at $30 billion watch market with high-end, reinvented pieces
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-03 | by ( Robert Frank | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Sales of luxury watches worldwide are estimated at about $30 billion this year, according to market research firm IMARC Group. A Zenith luxury watch at 2024 Watch Week in Miami. A Bulgari Serpenti Secret watch at 2024 Watch Week in Miami. A TAG Heuer luxury watch at 2024 Watch Week in Miami. A Zenith luxury watch at 2024 Watch Week in Miami.

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For instance, the U.S. has blocked shipments of cotton coming from China, a top manufacturer of popular clothing brands, because it was produced by forced or prison labor. While prison labor seeps into the supply chains of some companies through third-party suppliers without them knowing, others buy direct. Cargill acknowledged buying goods from prison farms in Tennessee, Arkansas and Ohio, saying they constituted only a small fraction of the company’s overall volume. For instance, about a dozen state prison farms, including operations in Texas, Virginia, Kentucky and Montana, have sold more than $60 million worth of cattle since 2018. “What for?”FOLLOWING THE MONEYThe business of prison labor is so vast and convoluted that tracing the money can be challenging.

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☆ These Japanese beef croquettes are so popular there’s a 43-year waitlist
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-23 | by ( Maggie Hiufu Wong | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Founded in 1926, Asahiya sold meat products from Hyogo prefecture – Kobe beef included – for decades before adding beef croquettes to the shelf in the years following WWII. An unprofitable business ideaThe highly coveted “Extreme Croquettes” are one of four types of Kobe beef croquettes available at Asahiya. The shop’s Premier Kobe Beef Croquettes currently have a more palatable four-year waitlist. Our shop only sells meat that was produced in Hyogo Prefecture, whether it’s Kobe beef, Kobe pork or Tajima chicken. Production boosted but popularity growsThe cheap price tag of the Extreme Croquettes flies in the face of the quality of the ingredients.

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☆ Meet CenterBook Partners, the hedge fund powered by intel from dozens of other managers
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-22 | by ( Bradley Saacks | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

That dozens of funds — the firm currently has 28 different partner funds that feed data into the strategy plus a waitlist of five other managers — would share their holdings is novel. The average hedge fund was up 7.5%, according to Hedge Fund Research. The managers who have partnered with CenterBook, Stemerman said, have a long time horizon — think months instead of days — on their trades, so the edge isn't lost if CenterBook also makes the same trade in its book. CenterBook, if assets grow as expected, aims to bring on another 10 partner funds this year, the source close to management tells Business Insider. While the manager has only 18 full-time employees, its partner funds have more than 100 investment analysts working at them.

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☆ Property startup wants to develop a haven for right-wingers in rural Kentucky, report says
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-21 | by ( Rebecca Rommen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A venture fund and a real estate startup are joining forces to build a right-wing community in Kentucky. The Highland Rim Project seeks to establish an "aligned community." The project is known as the "Highland Rim Project" (HRP), with plans to establish a geographical and political enclave in rural Kentucky and Tennessee. New Founding's website says the real estate project hopes to develop rural towns and communities in Appalachia, in the Eastern Highland Rim area of Kentucky and Tennessee. AdvertisementWe have been OVERWHELMED with the interest in the Highland Rim Project from prospective residents and strategic partners.

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☆ Workers Can't Get Hired for America's Semiconductor Jobs of the Future
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-09 | by ( Jacob Zinkula | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +17 min

But since completing Quick Start, Gardner has come to a worrying realization: There aren't enough semiconductor jobs to go around. The precedent is little solace for the many graduates of the Quick Start program who are stuck in limbo. In addition to no longer promising interviews with semiconductor companies, Quick Start has taken other steps to moderate candidates' expectations. Hurdles aboundBeyond short-term economics, Palmer believes there are two reasons semiconductor companies have been slow to hire, she said. In the years ahead, the artificial-intelligence boom could further boost the demand for chips and create more jobs in the semiconductor industry.

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☆ How B.J. Novak turned a tribute to chain restaurants into the hottest ticket in Hollywood with a 25,000-person waitlist
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-05 | by ( Anneta Konstantinides | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

Chain pays tribute to these restaurants with new interpretations of their most iconic dishes, which are created by Michelin-starred chef Tim Hollingsworth. "We all came up on different chain restaurants and, from a very authentic place, we all got excited about them." Advertisement"Ironically, since we started Chain, these chain restaurants have had sort of this resurgence," Hollingsworth said. How did a comedian, film producer, and Michelin-starred chef help predict the resurgence of chain restaurants? "It's become so hard to capture the attention and interest of a massive amount of people, but chain restaurants have been around for 50 or 60 years.

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☆ AI Career Switchers: Meet Five People Who Quit Old Roles for AI Jobs.
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-02 | by ( Aaron Mok | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

These workers in accounting, product management, defense, and music quit their jobs to work in AI. Moritz Kremb quit his product manager job to focus on his AI business. Ted Lebantino says there's a high learning curve in developing AI skills. To make the jump into AI, Kremb suggests making a name for yourself on social media by creating content about AI. As for Fineberg, the AI startup CEO says you don't even need to quit your job to break into it.

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☆ Robinhood launches crypto trading service in the EU
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-07 | by ( Ryan Browne | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Robinhood said its new crypto product would allow customers to buy, sell, and hold from a range of more than 25 tokens, including bitcoin, ether, ripple, cardano, solana, and polkadot. The company hopes to offer more tokens, as well as the ability to transfer and "stake," or earn rewards from, crypto in 2024. Robinhood is looking to tempt EU users into using its service with the ability to earn free bitcoin for users who trade lots and refer the app to their friends. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has targeted several crypto firms, including Coinbase and Binance, with lawsuits alleging they violated securities laws. The EU, meanwhile, has proposed a comprehensive set of regulation, called the Markets in Crypto-Assets regulation, that would bring in stricter rules for crypto trading platforms and issuers of so-called stablecoins — tokens pegged to real-world assets like the U.S. dollar or euro .

Persons: Jakub Porzycki, Robinhood Organizations: Getty, European Union, U.S . Securities, Exchange Commission, U.S . Locations: Krakow, Poland, United States, solana, U.S, U.K, EU, Crypto

☆ People are moving to Canada dreaming of a utopia with free healthcare and more tolerance. But the reality is Canada has its own set of problems.
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-05 | by ( Jordan Pandy | Alcynna Lloyd | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Two Americans who moved to Canada told Business Insider they did so to escape polarized and divisive politics, inadequate healthcare, and to feel safer in their communities. A lot of the characteristics Ouellet was looking for in New Zealand, he said, he found in British Columbia. Advertisement"In British Columbia, the regulations for being able to own a gun are extremely tight," he said. He added that there is still an opioid crisis in British Columbia, but it's not as striking as it is in Portland. Ouellet has no regrets about moving to British Columbia, but Canada's housing crisis sidelined his dreams of homeownership.

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☆ Stock trading platform Robinhood to launch in UK after two failed attempts
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-30 | by ( Ryan Browne | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Features include the ability to choose from 6,000 U.S. stocks and 24-hour trading five days a week. Robinhood currently offers 24-hour trading in the U.S., allowing trades to happen outside 9:30 a.m. Robinhood won't offer U.K. stocks to begin with but will look to add them as it brings more products into the platform. Jordan Sinclair, Robinhood's U.K. chief, said he expects 24-hour trading to be popular, as it will let users trade on market-moving news. Dan Moczulski, U.K. managing director of EToro, a rival stock trading platform, said the arrival of more competition in the retail trading market marks "an exciting time for the industry."

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☆ So many kids are falling sick in China that a children's hospital said it saw 13,000 cases in a single day
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-23 | by ( Matthew Loh | Kim Schewitz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Northern China is struggling with a wave of respiratory illnesses among its children. Cities like Beijing and Tianjin have been hit hard by cases of flu and pneumonia, hospitals said. Children wait on the stairs at a children hospital in Beijing on November 23, 2023, with some administered with drips. "All the children have respiratory illnesses." Children receive a drip at a children hospital in Beijing on November 23, 2023.

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☆ I quit my product manager job to start an AI company, and it felt like jumping off a cliff. Here's how I pivoted into tech's hottest field.
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-17 | by ( Aaron Mok | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Justin Fineberg quit his job as product manager job at Blade to start Cassidy, a startup that helps businesses create their own AI assistants. Earlier this year, I quit my job as a product manager at Blade to start my own AI company. AdvertisementAt the beginning of 2022, I started working at Blade, the Uber for helicopters, as a product manager. Quitting my job to start an AI company felt like jumping off a cliffMonths later, it was clear to me that I wanted to pursue a career in AI. AdvertisementQuitting my job to start an AI company felt like jumping off a cliff.

Persons: Justin Fineberg, Cassidy, Fineberg, Insider's Aaron Mok, —, Uber, ChatGPT, I've, Cassidy.ai, OpenAI Organizations: Service, University of Michigan, OpenAI Locations: New York

☆ A former Vice exec is launching an AI platform that can visualize entire stories, scripts, or poems from the text
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-16 | by ( Marta Biino | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

He started Lore Machine with Moises Sanabria, the company's chief prompt officer, and Kutlu Mizrak, who is in charge of natural-language processing. Lore Machine turns text stories into images, ensuring consistency in style for the different characters, locations, and recurring elements. Stable Diffusion vs Midjourney) depending on their preferences and their values. Lore Machine is currently in beta, and being used by screenwriters, artists, novelists, graphic novelists, and animators, with a waitlist of over 12,000, the company said. Campion said he expects Lore Machine to be publicly available in early 2024.

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☆ A Taylor Swift-themed cruise sets sail in 2024: Here's what 'Swifties' need to know about the fan-led experience
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-16 | by ( Celia Fernandez | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Taylor Swift fans are entering their cruise era. The travel agency Marvelous Mouse Travels announced it's organizing a fan-led cruise group for "Swifties" to come together and celebrate the singer and their fandom. The cruise, which is not actually affiliated with Taylor Swift herself, will take place aboard the Royal Caribbean Allure of the Seas ship next fall. Malerman happened to be wearing a Taylor Swift shirt one of the days and the rest, they say, is history. Taylor Swift will not be present for this fan-led experience.

Persons: Taylor Swift, Swift, Jessica Malerman, Nicole Rivera, Shelby Reyes, Malerman, Reyes, Allen J Organizations: Seas, Port, CNBC, Royal Caribbean, Royal, Los Angeles Times, Getty Locations: Caribbean, Port of Miami, Royal Caribbean, Bahamas, Nassau, staterooms, United States

☆ Blue texting bubbles are coming to this Android phone — but there's a catch
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-15 | by ( Kylie Kirschner | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

The Nothing Phone 2 will soon give Android users the option to communicate with Apple's iMessage. It works by asking you to log into your iCloud account through a Mac mini server farm, drawing security concerns. If messaging services are dividing phone users, then we want to break those barriers down. AdvertisementWhile a simple switch from green to blue bubbles might sound trivial, there really is an existing communication barrier for some Android users, especially when most of the people they talk to have iPhones. Business Insider previously spoke to Android users in their 20s who said they had received criticism and mean comments about their phone choice.

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