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☆ China picks its lowest-scoring officers to command nuclear submarines
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-16 | by ( Michael Peck | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

The job of commanding a nuclear submarine should go to smart and well-qualified officers. Chinese submarine officers — except for engineers — tend to come from candidates with the lowest college entrance test scores, according to a US analyst. "Life in the PLAN submarine service is difficult," Christopher Sharman, director of the China Maritime Studies Institute, told Business Insider. By stressing Chinese submarine commanders, such as confronting them with multiple or unexpected challenges, they could be goaded into making a mistake. On the other hand, a Chinese submarine captain will have had years of experience and additional training before assuming command.

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☆ Physical gold offers more protection than mining stocks, says State Street’s George Milling-Stanley
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-11 | by ( Josephine Rozzelle | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Investors looking to weather a volatile market may want to opt for physical gold over gold stocks. That's according to George Milling-Stanley, one of the world's experts in gold and the chief gold strategist at State Street Global Advisors. "One of the reasons I own gold bar(s) is that I believe it offers me some protection against potential weakness in the equity market," Milling-Stanley told CNBC's "ETF Edge" this week. "When the equity market goes down, gold mining stocks remember that they're equities, and they tend to go down with the general level of the equity market. Milling-Stanley's firm runs two exchange-traded funds that track the performance of the spot price of gold: the SPDR Gold Shares ETF (GLD) and SPDR Gold MiniShares Trust (GLDM).

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☆ State Street's George Milling-Stanley on the booming trade in gold ETFs
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-08 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailState Street's George Milling-Stanley on the booming trade in gold ETFsGeorge Milling-Stanley, chief gold strategist at State Street Global Advisors, sits down with CNBC's Bob Pisani on the 'Halftime Report: ETF Edge' to discuss where gold is headed from here, who's buying into the commodity, and more.

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☆ $2 billion Gladstone could be on the 'verge of significant AUM growth.' A look inside the British hedge fund's short-selling focus and past big bets.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-04 | by ( Bradley Saacks | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Gladstone, a London-based equity hedge fund with $2 billion in assets, is set to expand. NEW LOOK Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. AdvertisementAfter years of conservative growth and cautious maneuvering, $2 billion Gladstone could be set for a serious expansion. The British stock-picking hedge fund, founded in 2005 by former Lansdowne investor George Michelakis, believes it is on the "verge of significant AUM growth," a person close to the firm told Business Insider. This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers.

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☆ S&P 500 rally is being led by a very narrow group of stocks, says Principal Asset Management's Maris
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-03 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailS&P 500 rally is being led by a very narrow group of stocks, says Principal Asset Management's MarisGeorge Maris, Principal Asset Management Global Equities CIO, joins 'Money Movers' to discuss where Maris sees the biggest dislocations right now, his thoughts on the recent run-up in equities, and more.

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☆ How Justice Thomas’s ‘Nearly Adopted Daughter’ Became His Law Clerk
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-28 | by ( Steve Eder | Abbie Vansickle | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The email went out to members of Justice Clarence Thomas’s law clerk network late last month celebrating his newest addition to an exclusive club. “Crystal Clanton’s clerkship for OT ’24 was announced by Scalia Law today!” wrote an assistant to Virginia Thomas, the justice’s wife, who is known as Ginni. The email referred to the 2024 October term of the court, and the tone was jubilant: “Please take a look at these posts of congratulations and support. In 2019, at the Thomases’ urging, Ms. Clanton enrolled at Antonin Scalia Law School at George Mason University in Virginia, where Justice Thomas has taught. She received a full merit scholarship, according to another judge who later hired her.

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☆ A controversial Supreme Court decision could hurt Biden in November
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-26 | by ( John Blake | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

CNN —A Supreme Court decision related to the election could determine the presidential victor this November, but it has nothing to do with former President Donald Trump. The study also said the “narrow” racial-turnout disparity that the high court heavily relied upon in its Shelby decision was based in part on the 2012 presidential election. Yet the study’s conclusion bolsters critics of the Shelby decision. They ignored it although they knew their decision would hurt Black voters, who tend to vote for the Democratic Party, he says. The bloody history behind the Voting Rights ActThe law was passed in 1965 after King led an epic voting rights campaign in Selma, Alabama.

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☆ What is shrinkflation? Here’s why consumers may be getting less for their money
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-17 | by ( Lorie Konish | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Pixelseffect | E+ | Getty ImagesSome grocery store products are providing less for your money. At the State of the Union, he again took a stand against shrinkflation, complaining that Snickers bars have become smaller. on X earlier this month, the White House responded, "C is for consumers getting ripped off." Where consumers may see shrinkflationFor now, it's up to consumers to spot the changes companies may make to their products. Why critics say shrinkflation is the wrong focusWhile shrinkflation is now under the political spotlight, not all experts agree the emphasis is correctly placed.

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☆ What a Trump 2.0 Economy Would Look Like
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-15 | by ( Tim Smart | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +10 min

Overall, the Biden economic plan draws less than favorable reviews from voters. So, too, are promises of more tax cuts and a sharp curtailment of immigration. Trump was upset in 2019 that Powell was not doing enough to lower interest rates and stimulate the economy. The Trump tax cuts are set to expire in 2025, giving a second Trump administration the opportunity to fight that battle again. “A Trump 2.0 presidency would inherit very large fiscal deficits from the Biden Administration, rising interest expenses and an economy probably more prone to bouts of inflation,” the report said.

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☆ At 24, I married a 46-year-old. I became the stepmom to 2 teens.
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-15 | by ( Hollie Wingate | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

download the appSign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. Read previewAt only 24, I walked down the aisle knowing I was not only gaining a husband but also two teenage stepsons. Related storiesNavigating new family dynamics, especially with teens led to more than a few awkward moments. I knew that teenage boys as a population could be persuaded into many things through food, so I started there. Even if they did not wholly accept the new marriage, my family and friends fully embraced my stepsons.

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Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via Email25-year-old earns $11K/month working three jobs while training for the Olympic trials25-years-old Jake Spotswood is training for the pole vault in the 2024 Olympic trials. At the same time, he's working as an IT analyst from 9-5 and as personal trainer and volunteer assistant coach for George Mason University's track and field team. Jake also posts sponsored online content to his 90K followers on Instagram and TikTok. Jake says he's able to balance all of these plates by sticking to a meticulous schedule every day. Even while training, he expects to earn over $100K in 2024.

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☆ 25-year-old earns $11,000 a month while training for the Olympic trials: With a 'non-revenue generating sport, you have to get creative'
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-14 | by ( Annie Probert Zachary Green | Annie Probert | Zachary Green | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +11 min

Add to that the sponsorships funding his pole vaulting season and a growing online personal training business, and Spotswood anticipates earning around $11,000 a month. "I just went home to my parents and was like, 'Where can I do pole vaulting?'" Spotswood first fell in love with pole vaulting in seventh grade and has since embarked on a 12-year career in the sport. Olympic hopefulAfter graduating from Virginia Tech, Spotswood decided to focus exclusively on professional pole vaulting and hopes to qualify for the Olympic trials in June. Looking aheadAfter 12 years of pole vaulting, 2024 is likely Spotswood's last dance.

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☆ Trump is an isolationist, professor says
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-13 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailTrump is an isolationist, professor saysWilliam Schneider, George Mason University professor of public policy, says "he has taken over a political party, a major party, and made it over into his own image."

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☆ Trump’s on the ballot, but the Supreme Court left key constitutional questions unanswered
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-06 | by ( John Fritze | Marshall Cohen | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

But while the unsigned, 13-page opinion the Supreme Court handed down Monday decisively resolved the uncertainty around Trump’s eligibility for a second term, it left unsettled questions that could some day boomerang back to the justices. A state court removed Griffin from office and New Mexico’s top court dismissed his appeal and Griffin appealed to the US Supreme Court. And it just makes the presidential transition – if Trump wins – more complicated, unpleasant and problematic than it needed to be.”What about other qualifications for candidacy? The seemingly preposterous hypotheticals came up repeatedly during the Trump ballot cases. But the Supreme Court hasn’t addressed the issue and didn’t offer clues on the point in Monday’s opinion.

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☆ Minnesota unions plan to wage simultaneous strikes
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-05 | by ( Chris Isidore | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

New York CNN —Nearly 10,000 workers from a coalition of separate unions, working for a diverse group of employers, are planning a series of coordinated strikes in Minnesota this week and next. These kind of collective strikes are common and somewhat easier in Europe, where union membership is more widespread and unions can strike in support of other unions, even if their own contracts have expired. He’s gone on strike twice before, but those were both one-day strikes that he and the union knew would be over quickly. The fact that multiple unions plan to strike together in Minnesota is giving members more confidence, according to Jamie Gully, president of SEIU Healthcare Minnesota and Iowa. He said he hopes that if these negotiations prove successful, unions elsewhere in the country will use the same strategy.

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☆ To gauge a company's real culture, ask these 2 questions about 'unspoken rules' during a job interview
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-05 | by ( Jennifer Liu | In Jljenniferliu | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Here are her two favorite questions to ask in a job interview that will help you uncover any major red flags, and maybe a few green ones, before you accept an offer. Ask about them in your next job interview, says Christine Cruzvergara, chief education officer at Handshake. Cruzvergara's first favorite question gets down to brass tacks: What are some of the unspoken rules in this workplace? Cruzvergara learned during her job interview at Handshake that it's a "doc- and deck-heavy culture." These types of rules are rarely brought up proactively in job interviews, Cruzvergara says, but can tell you a lot about a team's communication and collaboration style.

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☆ ‘Dune: Part Two’ can inspire you to revisit these other timeless sci-fi sequels
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-02 | by ( Dan Heching | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Twentieth Century Fox/Courtesy Everett CollectionWhat better way to start off than with one of the greatest sequels – and sci-fi films in general – ever made, with a screenplay that’s been taught in film schools. ‘Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan’ (1982)DeForest Kelley, William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy in 1982's "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan." ‘Dawn of the Planet of the Apes’ (2014)Andy Serkis in 2014's "Dawn of the Planet of the Apes." ‘Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back’ (1980)"Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back" (1980). “Dune: Part Two” is produced by Warner Bros. Pictures, which, like CNN, is owned by Warner Bros.

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☆ Trump’s View of America and the World Is Nothing New - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-29 | by ( David Brooks | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

He seems to have been a very good father, but his political worldview was predicated on a deep pessimism. The Republican Party in the 1920s, ’30s and early ’40s was steeped in pessimism, and that pessimism showed up as it often does: as nativism, isolationism and protectionism. As World War II loomed, Senator Gerald Nye urged the passage of several neutrality acts to keep us from exporting arms to warring nations and opposed Lend-Lease to Britain. That version of the Republican Party ended in 1952, when Dwight Eisenhower defeated Taft for the Republican presidential nomination. Howard Buffett was so dismayed by the outcome that he refused to endorse Ike, his party leader.

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☆ Joe Biden wins Michigan Democratic primary, NBC projects
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-27 | by ( Rebecca Picciotto | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

President Joe Biden has won the Michigan Democratic presidential primary, NBC News projects. The incumbent president's victory was widely anticipated in the key swing state due to an uncompetitive Democratic field and Biden's successful Michigan track record. In 2020, Biden also won the primary and general election in Michigan. Despite Biden's attempted rivals, his win in Michigan solidifies the going message that the Democratic primary is all but over. Before Michigan, Biden locked up a landslide victory in South Carolina's Democratic primary and before that, an unofficial win in New Hampshire via write-in votes.

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☆ George Michael commemorated with coins from UK’s Royal Mint
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-26 | by ( Lianne Kolirin | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

London CNN —Slicked-back hair, a leather jacket, a cross dangling from his ear and his trademark aviator sunglasses. This is how many of George Michael’s fans remember the late, great singer—and his image has now been immortalized just so on a new collectible coin issued by Britain’s Royal Mint. The design of the coin pays tribute to the late singer’s second solo hit single, “Faith,” according to the Royal Mint. In a statement published online, the mint, which is the official producer of Britain’s coins, said the George Michael coin is the latest addition to its Music Legends series. Welcoming the coins’ creation, a statement from George Michael Entertainment included in the media release said: “On behalf of George Michael, we are deeply honored that the Royal Mint is paying tribute to him by creating a series of beautifully crafted coins.

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☆ The chaotic history of how we elect presidential candidates
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-22 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

It is worth remembering that there are no constitutional provisions regarding presidential primaries and very few details about the election of the president itself. AdvertisementWhat were early presidential elections like? In the wake of the violence, Democrats launched a massive overhaul of their presidential primary process. According to some officials who worked on the commission, their changes had the unintended effect of popularizing state presidential primary elections. In short, party officials’ hands are initially tied, even if they want to cast the deciding votes.

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☆ A lost 22-page transcript discovered at the National Archives reveals the secret history of how Abraham Lincoln pardoned Joe Biden's ancestor
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-20 | by ( Alex Nicoll | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

download the appSign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. The shouting match turned physical, and eventually, Robinette injured Alexander with his pocketknife, according to the Post. After a senator from the recently formed state of West Virginia took up the case, Lincoln pardoned Biden's ancestor on September 1, 1864. The area, now in West Virginia, was full of Union supporters and became a key early battleground of the war. He went on to spend one month in the military prison at Fort Jefferson in the Dry Tortugas, near Key West, Florida, before Lincoln pardoned him.

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So when Taft accused Truman — not long after his “special” train had stopped in Crestline — of going around the country on this campaign train tour “blackguarding (attacking) Congress at every whistle-stop,” Truman embraced the opportunity. Altogether, Segal has cataloged about 180 campaign train trips throughout U.S. history — from William Henry Harrison to Joe Biden, with dozens of presidents, vice presidents, first ladies, representatives, senators and governors in between. The project was inspired by Segal's personal experience organizing a whistle-stop campaign tour for Republican U.S. Rep. Mickey Edwards of Oklahoma, for whom he was serving as press secretary in 1984. Sometimes campaign trains were used in creative ways, too, as when comedian Gracie Allen pretended to run for president in 1940, as the nation was recovering from the Great Depression. In 1972, Winnie the Pooh launched a bid for the White House from Disneyland's Main Street, U.S.A., then went on a two-week whistle-stop tour with his trusted advisers, Tigger and Eeyore.

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☆ She arrived at JFK airport in 1971 and two men were waiting for her. Here’s how she ended up married to one of them
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-14 | by ( Francesca Street | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +18 min

Linda arrived in New York City “in precisely the clothes I described.” At the airport, she glanced around, searching the throngs of people. Linda PorterThe dark-haired, mustachioed man “was George,” Linda soon realized. An introduction to New York CityLinda arrived in New York City excited to embark on a new chapter. Courtesy G. Porter and Dr. L. M. PorterLike Linda, George Porter was also a New York City transplant. Newly married, Linda – who took George’s name, becoming Linda Porter – returned to the US, once again landing in JFK airport.

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CNN —While the 2024 presidential race seems set in stone as a rematch between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump, it’s also true that things happen. Back in November 1872, for instance, the newspaper publisher and Democratic presidential candidate Horace Greeley died after Election Day but before the casting of Electoral College votes. No one knows for sure what would happen if a candidate died or for some reason needed to withdraw from the race. The process of replacing a presidential candidate very much depends on when the vacancy occurs – during the primary process and before the party convention; during the convention or after the convention; or before or after people vote in November. When he dropped out of the presidential race, it set off a chaotic dash to replace him.

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