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☆ I quit my job at 55 and moved to Italy for retirement. I lost my incredible pension, but I'm so much happier now.
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-08 | by ( Jane Ridley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

I quit my government job in January 2022, two months after returning from a European vacation with my son, Ryan. I lost count of the people who said I'd lose a big chunk of my pension if I didn't retire at 65. Ryan qualified for Italian citizenship if he wanted to apply for it. AdvertisementSperoni and her son, Ryan, when they lived in Sacramento. He said I'd love the place.

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☆ The core crew that helped Sam Altman start OpenAI has dwindled from 10 to 2
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-06 | by ( Kwan Wei Kevin Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

"We're grateful for John's contributions as a founding team member at OpenAI and his dedicated efforts in advancing alignment research," OpenAI said in a statement to TechCrunch. (I first met John in a cafe in Berkeley in… — Sam Altman (@sama) August 6, 2024This makes Schulman the eighth cofounder who has left OpenAI since its founding in 2015. — Greg Brockman (@gdb) August 6, 2024Besides Schulman, OpenAI has seen multiple exits among its leadership ranks in recent months. In May, OpenAI co-founder and chief scientist Ilya Sutskever announced his resignation from the company. To be sure, not everyone has left OpenAI on such acrimonious terms.

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☆ We left the U.S. and opened a bar in Paris that brings in up to $34,100 a month: 'There's an ease to living here'
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-06 | by ( Megan Sauer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Kave and fellow American ex-pat Jennifer Crain are the co-founders of Abricot, a cocktail bar in Paris' 10th arrondissement. The bar has a small staff: three hourly employees and three contract employees. A mutual connection virtually introduced Kave and Crain shortly after, and the pair started expanding Crain's idea for a Parisian cocktail bar. They found a location and named their business Abricot, which is French slang for female genitalia. The delays ate up most of the initial investment, Crain says, as Abricot paid rent for over a year before it opened.

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☆ The crowds are full and raucous at the Paris Olympics. Outside the events? Not so much.
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-04 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Alex-Smith-Circle-Byline-Template.Jpg | Alexander Smith | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

PARIS — For athletes and audiences, these have been the Olympics when raucous crowds have roared once again following years of lockdown restrictions. But outside the din of the stadiums, it’s impossible to ignore that Paris is relatively quiet. “Last year, we were completely full inside and out,” said Bérangère Drogue, 38, who works at bistro L’Elephant Du Nil, in the trendy Marais neighborhood. “It’s like night and day.”Berangere Drogue, a waiter at L'Elephant Du Nil, in Paris on Thursday. “I have never seen Paris like this,” said Jugurta Chabane, 28, his black suit and tie matching his dark vehicle.

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☆ Paging Dr. Beat! The history behind budots and TikTok’s latest dance trend
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-04 | by ( Harmeet Kaur | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Emergency!”If you’re up on the latest TikTok dance trends, you may have heard this refrain looped over a wobbly electronic bassline punctuated by high-pitched noises. Beat,” belongs to a Filipino electronic dance music subgenre called budots. It first emerged as a dance and was associated early on with youth drug culture, per Fritz Flores, who wrote an undergraduate thesis on the dance craze. Some scholars have also linked budots dance moves to art forms of the indigenous Badjao people. Though the initial TikTok craze was divorced from the history of budots and its signature dance moves, it also spawned a spinoff trend in which those in the know demonstrated the proper way to dance budots — shining a spotlight on a slice of Filipino culture.

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☆ No need for army, UK government says, as it faces worst disorder in years
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-04 | by ( Radina Gigova | Sophie Tanno | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

The UK is bracing for a new wave of protests on Sunday, after a stabbing attack in northwest England this week sparked disorder fueled by the far right. David Young/PA WireThere have been discussions to bring in the army to assist police, but currently “there is no need to bring in the army,” Johnson said. “The police have made it very clear that they have all the resources they need at the moment. There’s mutual aid, as I’ve just described, and they have the powers that they need.”Several UK cities saw violent protests on Saturday. UK Home Secretary Yvette Cooper denounced the incidents of public disorder and unrest on Saturday and said “thuggery” won’t be tolerated.

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☆ I’m a 30-year-old American living in Norway: 5 reasons ‘I’m so much happier’ here
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-03 | by ( Gabriella Mikiewicz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

There's a joke in Norway that people move here for two reasons: a job or love. I'm much happier in Norway. Better work-life balanceIn Norway, there's a big departure from the work-centric mentality that I'm used to in the U.S. Free time, family time and personal well-being are prioritized. For me, I think I'm still a bit governed by my American roots when it comes to work-life balance. Happiness in Norway is often less about feeling constant joy and more about taking care of myself and others.

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☆ A mother turns grief over her daughter’s overdose death into a movement to save others struggling with addiction
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-02 | by ( Meg Dunn | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

While in rehab, Jenna would often call her mother and ask her to pay for those who couldn’t afford to stay. Jenna’s Promise provides housing, therapy, workforce development, and a strong community to help women stay sober. Jenna’s Promise also owns a coffee roasting company, a café, and a general goods store. And then you go right back into the environment that you just left two weeks ago.”Coming to Jenna’s Promise was different. A big part of that was working at the Jenna’s Promise café, where she was promoted to assistant manager.

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☆ Starbucks Reinvented How It Runs Its Cafés to Cut Down on Wait Times
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-31 | by ( Adam Rogers | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Called the "Siren Craft System," it overhauls the workflow at some 10,000 of its coffeehouses in an effort to reduce inefficiency, speed up orders, and boost customer satisfaction. Every fast-food outlet, Starbucks cafés included, is a little factory. The new system instructs baristas to push cold drinks down in the queue in favor of hot ones. But the fact is, the cold drinks also take longer to make. The higher-grossing cold drinks take so long to make, in fact, that they're actually pretty low-margin.

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☆ Her daughter struggled in school with dyslexia, so she moved all 3 kids to Bali to try hands-on learning in bamboo classrooms
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-31 | by ( Amanda Goh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

"And I knew it would just get harder and harder for her once she got to intermediate and high school." That's when she learned about the Green School in Bali, Indonesia, known for its sustainability-focused curriculum and eco-friendly bamboo campus . "I remember getting up and telling the family, 'We're moving to Bali for the Green School,'" Jackie said. There are around 70 Indonesian students at Green School Bali, of which half are on full scholarships, he said. Yearly tuition fees at Green School Bali do not come cheap.

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☆ New York Italian Food Is Getting Weird (in a Good Way)
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-30 | by ( Ella Quittner | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

On a recent Friday at Daphne’s, a new Italian restaurant in Brooklyn’s Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood, the red sauce was green, made from chartreuse-colored tomatoes and a splash of vodka. The lasagna came in the form of noodles fried into chips, broken over a dish of beef tartare topped with shoyu-cured egg yolk. There was a Milanese cutlet, but its crisp carapace swaddled swordfish, not veal. And the booths were neither rustic and wooden nor wrapped in red vinyl; the place’s co-owners, Gary Fishkop and Paul Cacici, had instead installed banquettes covered with custom-made buttery-soft spearmint green leather. Farther east in Brooklyn, at Marie’s in Bushwick, the James Beard-nominated chef Miguel Trinidad serves chopped cheese ravioli the size of drink coasters and lamb patty white ragù.

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The Best Banks and Credit Unions in GeorgiaCapital One 360 Checking: Best bank for opening a savings account and best online checking accountRegions Bank: Best bank for opening a checking accountDelta Community Credit Union: Best credit unionCredit Union of Atlanta: Best credit union, tiedAll of the financial institutions on our list are protected by FDIC or NCUA insurance. Some banks and credit unions that we recommend are Capital One 360, Regions Bank, Delta Community Credit Union, and Credit Union of Atlanta. We chose Delta Community Credit Union and Credit Union of Atlanta as the best credit unions in Georgia. Yes, there are U.S. banks and credit unions that operate in Georgia, such as Delta Community Credit Union and the Credit Union of Atlanta. Best Credit UnionYou might like Delta Community Credit Union if you want to use a credit union instead of a bank.

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☆ My helicopter parents forged job applications for me as a teen. I almost made the same mistake with my own child.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-30 | by ( Jane Ridley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. A few months later, I secured a part-time job by randomly asking for shifts at a local café. Related storiesI later found part-time work as a dishwasher at a restaurant, a sales assistant in a menswear store, and a bartender. "My daughter's looking for a part-time job in the evening, particularly on weekends." Do you have an interesting story about mistakes and successes in parenting that you'd like to share with Business Insider?

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☆ My partner and I went to Hard Rock Cafe for the first time. The decor is cool, but our $80 meal wasn't worth it.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-30 | by ( Amena Ahmed | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

My partner and I dined at Hard Rock Cafe for the first time in Philadelphia. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementMy partner and I are always looking for new chain restaurants to try, and Hard Rock Cafe has been at the top of our list for a while. Luckily, Hard Rock International is a multibillion-dollar company with over 50 restaurant locations in the US alone, so it's not hard to find one. This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers.

Persons: —, Taylor Swift Organizations: Service, Business Locations: Philadelphia

☆ Sober bars find their footing as mocktails and alcohol free drinks rise in popularity
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-27 | by ( Scottie Andrew | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +13 min

He and other sober bar impresarios believe bars should be community hubs where you can have fun without imbibing anything alcoholic. Sober bars are social hubs without alcoholA sober bar usually looks and feels like any other. In 2022, Nielsen IQ reported that 82% of people who buy non-alcoholic drinks are still buying beverages that contain alcohol. Sober bar customers aren’t always soberMarshall, who has been sober for 17 years and is also a substance use counselor, built Sans Bar for people in recovery. Sober bars are still risky businessOpening any brick-and-mortar business is a gamble, but sober bars face considerable challenges in staying open, said Marshall, who advises prospective sober bar owners.

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☆ I've visited dozens of all-inclusive resorts, but there's one in Mexico I can't wait to return to
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-26 | by ( Simone Paget | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Read previewWhen it comes to all-inclusive vacations, I've seen it all — from mega resorts the size of small cities to sex-themed hotels where clothing is optional. Simone PagetAs someone who prefers quirky boutique hotels, the decor at all-inclusive resorts can often feel bland. Simone PagetThe resort offers things I've never seen anywhere else, like rooftop pickleball courts that glow in the dark at night. AdvertisementPlus, whether you're at the pickleball court or the pool, you're never far from your next margarita — it's always 5 o'clock somewhere. It's one of the best all-inclusive resort experiences I've had in years.

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☆ Celebrities Support Plan to Reopen Upper West Side Movie Theater
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-26 | by ( Annie Aguiar | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

After almost two decades of failed attempts to reopen, a landmark Upper West Side movie theater may be resurrected with a plan from a potential new buyer and celebrity support. They have formed the Upper West Side Cinema Center, a nonprofit corporation, whose website lists Martin Scorsese, Ethan Hawke and John Turturro as advisers, along with Bob Balaban, Griffin Dunne and the “American Psycho” director Mary Harron. (They would call it the Metro Cinema Center.) Representatives for Scorsese and Dunne confirmed their involvement. The proposal includes a five-screen theater dedicated to art house releases, classic film and special events; it would also have an education center and a cafe.

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☆ Exhausted at work, she spent four months in France and Spain on a $6,800 budget
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-26 | by ( Marylou Costa | Ulrike Lemmin-Woolfrey | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

In 2023, Rowena Hennigan came to a difficult but necessary conclusion — she needed an extended break from work. That didn't leave much left for her travel budget, but Hennigan had a plan, she said. Hennigan spent the first few days on her own, before her husband and daughter joined her. The family plans to do another house sit in France during their summer holidays this year, she said. Total costs: around $300 (excluding Trusted Housesitters' annual membership fee of $240)The outcome of her four-month break

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☆ Forget the Eiffel Tower and the Louvre — here's what you need to do in Paris, according to someone who's been a dozen times.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-26 | by ( Kelly Magyarics | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Read previewI've traveled around the world, but even after a dozen visits, Paris remains my favorite city. The Eiffel Tower is iconic, but the view from the Montparnasse Tower is equally stunningThe Montparnasse Tower offers panoramic views of Paris. AdvertisementBut if I were looking for Instagrammable views of Paris' most famous landmark, I'd head to the Montparnasse neighborhood. The rooftop terrace atop Paris' only skyscraper, Montparnasse Tower, has 360-degree city views and tons of space to spread out. It's scheduled to open later this year, and it's a must-see if you're visiting Paris for the first time.

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“This will be the first Olympics, since Sydney, where the total costs are coming in under $10 billion,” said Victor Matheson, a College of the Holy Cross professor of economics who has researched the financial costs of the Olympics. Workmen adjust banners on the 3x3 basketball venue located at La Concorde, in Paris, ahead of the 2024 Olympic Games. Additionally, the Paris Olympic Village will be converted into offices and housing in a historically impoverished neighborhood. Still, economists say, it may take more drastic moves in the future for the Olympics to be truly sustainable and economically sound. “I love the Olympics, and I love sporting events, but I just really do not think that the way the Olympics works now is a viable business model,” Phalin said.

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☆ I've been to 48 states, but there's one US city I want to visit every summer
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-25 | by ( Latifah Al-Hazza | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

After visiting 48 of the 50 US states, Chicago is my favorite place to be in the summer. Here's why I love Chicago summers. Latifah Al-HazzaThe city prides itself on being home to over 20 Michelin-starred restaurants and having a diverse food culture. The city's public Divvy bikes are easy to rent and a great way to see the city in the summer. The event offers incredible city views and access to the indoor aquarium, providing a cool respite from the heat.

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☆ I spent 3 nights in Asia's least visited country. It also turned out to be the most expensive.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-24 | by ( Marielle Descalsota | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

AdvertisementIt's one of the world's least-visited countries, making airfare and hotel rates more expensive than many countries in Asia. Only two airlines — the Indonesian low-cost carrier Citilink and the local airline Aero Dili — fly between Bali and Dili. Marielle DescalsotaCost of hotel stay for three nights: $500Timor-Leste only has a handful of three-star hotels and no luxury accommodations. I booked an entry-level room for three nights at Timor Plaza Hotel & Apartments for around $500, including tax. For activities, I spent $30 on a massage at a traditional Chinese spa and $50 on a half-day scuba diving trip at the coast.

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☆ The global tech outage showed how we’re just one mistake away from chaos
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-23 | by ( Allison Morrow | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

“So this is going to be incredibly painful for CrowdStrike customers.”And even if your business had nothing to do with CrowdStrike, the outage still might have ruined your day. You didn’t have to be a CrowdStrike customer to get screwed by the company’s mistake, and that’s what made Friday’s outage so frustrating. But the scale of the CrowdStrike outage is once again underscoring just how interconnected the world has become through a network almost none of us understands and which is largely self-regulating. Microsoft estimated the CrowdStrike outage affected some 8.5 million Windows devices. “Our tech platforms have a mix of legacy systems coupled with modern systems, which means that the weakest link determines the overall system performance.

Persons: CNN Business ’, — didn’t, you’ve, CrowdStrike, Brian Fung, ”, Kevin Beaumont, underscoring, Stuart Madnick, Anil Khurana, ” Khurana, Khurana, Madnick, it’s Organizations: CNN Business, New York CNN, Blue, Microsoft, MIT Sloan School of Management, Airlines, Baratta Center, Global Business, Georgetown’s McDonough Business School, Boeing, JPMorgan Locations: New York

☆ Croatia: Assailant kills five people at care home for the elderly, media reports say
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-22 | by ( Story Associated Press | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

Zagreb, Croatia AP —An assailant entered an elderly care home on Monday in central Croatia, killing and wounding several people, Croatian police said. Media reports said five people were killed. The Index news portal said five people died immediately, while others were still receiving medical assistance. The suspect fled the scene, but the police soon caught him in a cafe near the facility in the town of Daruvar, the report said. Police said they were informed after 10 a.m. Monday that a man using firearms killed and wounded several people at the nursing home.

Persons: ” Organizations: Croatia AP, Media, Police, Authorities Locations: Zagreb, Croatia, Daruvar, Slavonia

☆ An American mom who moved to the French Alps experienced the impacts of over-tourism firsthand. She says there's a better way to do it
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-21 | by ( Kelsey Vlamis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

BI: Why do you think your book — and conversations about how to be a better traveler — are important right now? And actually surveys are showing that people are more concerned about sustainability, they're more concerned about their impacts on communities. Related storiesIn 2018, I moved with my family to a little village in the French Alps. I had a chance to see firsthand how tourism really brought life into this village that would otherwise have become a ghost town, probably 50 years ago. It was really so moving to this village that that inspired me to start looking at travel and tourism in my journalism.

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