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☆ If you want to buy a coveted Patek Philippe timepiece, it'll take patience and a few social skills
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-21 | by ( Amanda Krause | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

AdvertisementWhere can you buy a Patek Philippe watch? Karger, a former lawyer who now runs a publication called Wrist Enthusiast, said that Patek Philippe "generally doesn't own their own stores." Representatives for Patek Philippe did not respond to a request for comment from BI on its sales processes. Reaching the level of Patek PhilippeWhen collectors, jewelers, and other fans discuss Patek Philippe watches, awe almost always enters their voices. Brad Pitt wears a Patek Philippe watch while in Venice.

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☆ Auto worker wipeout: Why car companies are cutting thousands of jobs
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-21 | by ( Benjamin Zhang | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

This is due to unprofitable EV investments, Chinese market losses, and more domestic competition. Ford, General Motors, and Stellantis plan to slash thousands from their workforce in the coming months. AdvertisementBut despite that growth — and with EVs accounting for roughly 10% of US auto sales — companies not named Tesla have struggled to make their EV businesses profitable. German carmakers are losing out to Chinese EV upstarts like BYD. Analysts say inventory levels are improving at Stellantis and industry-wide as automakers react to a slower sales environment.

Persons: Ford, Josh Lefkowitz, EVs, That's, Tesla, Tim Levin, Daniel Pier, Stellantis, Price, Donald Trump Organizations: Ford, GM, Volkswagen Group, General Motors, Volkswagen, Silverado, Angeles Auto, EV, Cadillac, VW Group, Geely, VW, Competition Locations: Germany, Cadillac Lyriq, China, United States

☆ We're scooping up more shares of an AI stock down 12% from record highs
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-21 | by ( Jeff Marks | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Following the trade, Jim Cramer's Charitable Trust will own 750 shares of AVGO, increasing its weighting to about 3.50% from about 3.25%. We're nibbling on Broadcom shares, buying back the second half of the 100 shares we sold in June at a split-adjusted price of $181. Like most chip stocks excluding Nvidia, Broadcom has fallen from its recent highs. Shares of this AI chip designer and software company have pulled back nearly 12% since closing at a high of nearly $186 apiece on Oct. 9. Jim waits 45 minutes after sending a trade alert before buying or selling a stock in his charitable trust's portfolio.

Persons: Jim Cramer's, We're, That's, –, Jensen Huang, Blackwell, Jim Cramer, Jim, Michael M Organizations: Broadcom, AVGO, Nvidia, CNBC, Traders, New York Stock Exchange, Santiago, Getty Locations: New York City

Rancher Jim Chilton stands at the US-Mexico border, where the wall ends, on his family’s ranch southeast of Arivaca, Arizona. Matt York/APShoes left behind by migrants on the Chiltons' ranch are displayed on their front porch in 2016. And while they want the border wall finished, they still support legal immigration. He feels his time with a vigilante group called Arizona Border Recon is his opportunity to give back to the country that welcomed him. Tim Foley leads a vigilante group called Arizona Border Recon.

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☆ Here's what 5 CEOs learned by becoming undercover bosses
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-21 | by ( Maria Noyen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Dara Khosrowshahi, CEO of Uber, drove and delivered for Uber Eats in 2022Dara Khosrowshahi is the CEO of Uber. TASOS KATOPODIS/Getty ImagesUber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi spent time picking up shifts as an Uber Eats delivery driver on an e-bike and an Uber driver for a spell in 2022. While making deliveries on an e-bike, he encountered "tip-baiting," where customers offer a big tip but reduce it on delivery. "We didn't take pride in the driver product because very few of us drove," he said. It is a point of pride for employees now — when they drive they get a little badge on their corporate profile."

Persons: Dara Khosrowshahi, Uber, TASOS KATOPODIS, Dave K, Khosrowshahi Organizations: Tesla, Wall Street Journal Locations: San Francisco

☆ Nvidia shares slump 3% in premarket as quarterly revenue growth slows
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-21 | by ( Ryan Browne | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

POLAND - 2024/11/13: In this photo illustration, the NVIDIA company logo is seen displayed on a smartphone screen. (Photo Illustration by Piotr Swat/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)Nvidia shares dropped in U.S. premarket trading Thursday after the tech giant's third-quarter earnings failed to impress investors. ET, following the Wednesday release of Nvidia's quarterly results, which beat on both the top and bottom lines. Other chipmakers fell on the back of the market reaction to Nvidia's third-quarter results. The slump in Nvidia also had a knock-on effect on European semiconductor firms.

Persons: Piotr Swat, chipmakers Organizations: NVIDIA, Getty, Nvidia, Revenue, Intel, Qualcomm, Micron Technology, AMD, BE Semiconductor, STMicroelectronics, Infineon Locations: POLAND, U.S, Dutch, Asia

☆ Elon Musk's DOGE is looking to Argentina for inspiration to slash public spending
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-21 | by ( Thibault Spirlet | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Both men admire Javier Milei, the Argentine leader elected on a pledge to slash the state. About a year ago, standing in front of a whiteboard with a gleam in his eye, Javier Milei started pulling apart Argentina's government. Javier Milei pulls apart a chart of Argentina's state in a video published on September 9, 2023. AdvertisementHarsh medicineHis measures helped tame a crisis: Argentina's inflation was 25.5% when Milei took office, and as of October, it was 2.7%. Argentinians have taken to the streets to protest against Javier Milei's economic policies since his election.

Persons: Elon Musk, Vivek Ramaswamy, Javier Milei, Milei, Lex Fridman, — Milei, Maria Victoria Murillo, Argentinians, Javier, Luciano Gonzalez, Donald Trump's, Trump, Ramaswamy, Musk Organizations: Argentine, Ministry, of Environment, Sustainable, Government, Social Security, US, Institute of Latin American Studies, Columbia University, Anadolu, Getty Images Kimberley, Economics, America, Republicans Locations: Milei, Argentine, Argentina, Mar, Buenos Aires

☆ Jasmine Paolini: Italian tennis star crowned world champion just months after winning Olympic gold, can hardly believe her own success
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-21 | by ( Amanda Davies | Matias Grez | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

In 2024, Paolini won her first WTA 1000 singles event at the Dubai Tennis Championships, two WTA 1000 doubles titles, Olympic doubles gold and reached three grand slam finals, two in singles and one in doubles. 4 in the world in singles, the joint-highest ranking in history for an Italian woman, and a career-high No. “Last year, we lost in the final; this year, we won the title and it’s amazing. In 2024, Paolini and Errani are undefeated when wearing the blue national team kit of Italy. Sara Errani won the fourth BJK Cup title of her career.

Persons: CNN —, Jasmine Paolini, Billie Jean King, Italy’s, Paolini, “, ” Paolini, CNN Sport’s Amanda Davies, I’m, ”, –, Angel Martinez, Lucia Bronzetti’s, Viktória Hrunčáková, Rebecca Šramková, Sara Errani, Errani, “ It’s, ” Errani, It’s, it’s, We’re Organizations: CNN, Billie Jean King Cup, Slovakia, Dubai Tennis, Fed, Italy, Japan, Poland, Paris Locations: Italian, Málaga, Spain, Italy, Slovakia, Canada

☆ Adani Group slams 'baseless' New York fraud and bribery charges
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-21 | by ( April Roach | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Gautam Adani, chairman of Adani Group, speaks during the Forbes CEO Summit in Singapore, on Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2022. Photographer: Edwin Koo/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesIndia's Adani Group on Thursday denied allegations of bribery and fraud made by U.S. authorities in relation to the group's chair Gautam Adani, saying all such claims were "baseless." Shares of companies in India's Adani Group plunged after Gautam Adani, one of the world's richest people, was indicted in a New York federal court on charges regarding an alleged bribery and fraud scheme. An Adani Group spokesperson said the allegations made by the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission against directors of Adani Green Energy are "baseless and denied." Following the indictment charges, Adani Green Energy cancelled plans to raise around $600 million through U.S. dollar-denominated bonds.

Persons: Gautam Adani, Adani, Edwin Koo, Sagar Adani, Vneet Jaain, GQG Partners, CNBC's Boon Ping, Dan Mangan Organizations: Adani, Forbes, Summit, Bloomberg, Getty, India's Adani, Energy, U.S . Department of Justice, U.S . Securities, Exchange Commission, GQG, Green Energy, Citi, . Locations: Singapore, India, U.S, New York

☆ The Miss Universe CEO said crowning a winner with 'blonde hair and blue eyes' is the 'ultimate evolution' for the pageant
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-21 | by ( Anneta Konstantinides | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

But when a reporter asked Jakrajutatip about the evolution of the Miss Universe pageant, she fixated on Theilvig's looks. Hector Vivas/Getty ImagesJakrajutatip was in the audience at Miss Universe 2018 when Angela Ponce became the first transgender woman to compete. A month after the video was recorded, the 72nd Miss Universe pageant was held. AdvertisementMiss Universe's identity crisisThere have been subtle shifts in the Miss Universe and Miss USA pageants since Jakrajutatip took over the organization. Theilvig shares many similarities with every past Miss Universe winner: She is cisgender, under 29, unmarried, without children, and not plus-sized.

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☆ ‘A lot of fear:’ Trump’s deportation proposals are already rattling workers
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-21 | by ( Alicia Wallace | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

“People are afraid of walking the streets right now; there’s a lot of fear … a lot of fear,” Sanchez said. “Shrinking worker (supply) in a period in which those sectors need more workers and are having a hard time finding workers will clearly generate a slowdown,” Peri said. Although temporary farm visas — known as H-2A — do exist, there is no legal way to have year-round foreign workers. “We know [undocumented immigrants] are working, they’re not sitting at home,” he said. “The slowing in immigration that’s broadly anticipated will probably show up in tighter labor markets for lower-skilled workers,” he said in an interview.

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She wrote two more bills that same week supporting Julian Assange and Edward Snowden, who were behind two of the biggest US national security leaks of the 21st Century. Both men are broadly seen as enemies of the state within the intelligence community. Gabbard proposed repealing Patriot ActIf confirmed, Gabbard will be the most markedly anti-surveillance official to lead the intelligence community in the post-9/11 era. Some prominent Republicans like former Trump national security adviser John Bolton and former Trump UN ambassador and 2024 GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley have come out against her. Scott Olson/Getty ImagesGabbard is in many ways a stranger to the intelligence community.

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☆ A personal trainer to Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively shares his 5-meal-a-day diet and why he tracks his food intake
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-21 | by ( Rachel Hosie | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

AdvertisementDon Saladino, a celebrity trainer, eats five nutritionally balanced meals a day. Related VideoA celebrity personal trainer, Saladino thrives on eating and training to optimize his health, performance, and physique. Saladino has annual body scans and tests to see how his body responds to changes in his diet, training, or lifestyle. AdvertisementThis means that Saladino's diet and training are both structured, and he is continually pushing himself, he said. One major benefit of tracking his food intake is that it ensures he eats enough, Saladino said.

Persons: Don Saladino, Saladino, Ryan Reynolds, Blake Lively, Peter Hurley Saladino, Cindy Ord Organizations: Rice, Getty Locations: New York

☆ Crypto investor pays $6 million for a banana — and plans to eat it
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-21 | by ( Robert Frank | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Italian visual artist Maurizio Cattelan's duct-taped Banana entitled "Comedian," is on display during a media preview at Sotheby's in New York, on November 8, 2024. Crypto investor Justin Sun paid $6.2 million for a banana duct-taped to a wall, highlighting the soaring values of crypto and viral art. Sotheby's last night auctioned off the infamous banana, titled "Comedian," created by Italian artist and cultural prankster Maurizio Cattelan. People look at Italian visual artist Maurizio Cattelan's duct-taped Banana entitled "Comedian," during a press preview at Sotheby's in New York, on October 25, 2024. The seller of the Sotheby's banana had purchased it from one of the original buyers and was reselling it.

Persons: Maurizio Cattelan's, Kena Betancur, Robert Frank, Crypto, Justin Sun, Maurizio Cattelan, Sun, Sotheby's, Timothy A, Clary Organizations: Afp, Getty, Art Basel Miami Beach Locations: New York, Italian

☆ The DOJ vs. Google: Breaking down the latest in the antitrust case and what it means for Chrome's future
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-21 | by ( Dan Defrancesco | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

AdvertisementThe DOJ has asked the judge in its antitrust case against Google to force the tech giant to sell Chrome, its massively popular browser. In August, a judge ruled Google violated antitrust laws and acted as a monopoly when it came to its search engine. Google will have a chance to respond next month with its own plan before the judge makes a ruling next year. That makes it a powerful distribution arm for Google since Chrome's default search engine is … Google. And Apple was making at least $20 billion a year by defaulting to Google Search .

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☆ Ray Dalio says to understand Trump's 2nd administration, you should study how far-right governments in the 1930s worked
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-21 | by ( Matthew Loh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

AdvertisementRay Dalio said Trump's approach to governance was tried by hard-right states in the 1930s. Dalio, who often publishes personal remarks on the global economy, wrote a LinkedIn commentary on Wednesday with his predictions for a second Trump administration. Advertisement"Think of Gordon Gekko and the perspective he conveyed in his 'greed is good' speech," Dalio wrote of Trump's approach, referring to Michael Douglas' character from "Wall Street," the 1987 film. Dalio wrote that he isn't saying Trump's administration would be fascist or that Trump would behave like fascist leaders. Brandon Bell/Getty ImagesTheir mission, Dalio wrote, is to "create maximum economic strength and fight foreign enemies."

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CNN —Israeli strikes on northern and central Gaza killed at least 87 Palestinians in 24 hours, local health authorities said, as the death toll in the enclave surpassed 44,000. At least 65 people were killed in Israeli strikes on northern Gaza overnight, a medical official in the enclave told CNN on Thursday, adding that the toll expected to rise. Dr. Hossam Abu Safiya, director of the Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza, told CNN on Thursday morning that casualties were still being brought to the hospital. The strikes come as the death toll in Gaza climbs after Israel’s renewed offensive in the north of the territory. Meanwhile in Lebanon, Israel launched airstrikes on the southern suburb of Beirut early Thursday, according to Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency (NNA).

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☆ Jury awards $98 million to family of Dallas man shot in his home by ex-police officer
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-20 | by ( Tim Stelloh | Tim Stelloh Is A Breaking News Reporter For Nbc News Digital. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

A jury ordered former Dallas police officer Amber Guyger to pay $98 million after finding that she used excessive force in the fatal shooting of Botham Jean in his home six years ago. The jury found that Guyger acted with "malice, willfulness, or callous and reckless indifference" to Jean's safety and rights and awarded his family $60 million in punitive damages, a verdict form shows. The jury awarded an additional $38 million in compensatory damages for mental anguish, loss of earnings and other claims, the document shows. Jean’s family had sought $54 million in damages, according to NBC Dallas Fort-Worth. Sammie L. Berry speaks as church members and Botham Jean's family gather at Greenville Avenue Church of Christ after the funeral service in Richardson, Texas in 2018.

Persons: Amber Guyger, Botham Jean, Guyger, Jean’s, Sammie, Berry, Botham Jean's, Stewart F, she'd, Jean, ” Guyger, Lucia Organizations: Dallas, NBC Dallas, NBC Dallas Fort, Greenville Avenue Church of Christ Locations: Fort Worth, Worth, Dallas, Greenville, Richardson , Texas, Jean, St

☆ Speaker Mike Johnson says he supports banning transgender women from using women's bathrooms
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-20 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Ali-Vitali-Circle-Byline-Template.Jpg | Ali Vitali | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday said that he supports restricting “single-sex facilities” in the Capitol, including restrooms, to “individuals of that biological sex”— which would effectively ban the first transgender congresswoman from using women’s bathrooms in the next Congress. Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., introduced a resolution this week that would ban transgender women from using women's bathrooms and other facilities at the Capitol. She said Tuesday the bill "absolutely" targets Rep.-elect Sarah McBride, D-Del., the first openly transgender person elected to Congress. In a statement posted to X on Wednesday, McBride wrote, “I’m not here to fight about bathrooms. We should be focused on bringing down the cost of housing, health care, and child care, not manufacturing culture wars."

Persons: Mike Johnson, Nancy Mace, Sarah McBride, Johnson, ” Johnson, McBride, “ I’m, Speaker Johnson, I’ve, ”, doesn’t, Mace, resoundingly, Hakeem Jeffries, ” Jeffries, ” Sarah McBride, Andrew Harnik, Jeffries, Jamie Raskin, Pramila Jayapal, Jayapal, Chuck Schumer, ” McBride Organizations: Rep, Capitol and, GOP, Republican, Small House Republican Conference, U.S, Capitol

COLUMBIA, S.C. --- Susan Smith, the young mom who shocked the nation 30 years ago when she rolled her car into a lake with her two sons inside and watched them drown, was denied parole Wednesday. Susan Smith is led from the Union County Courthouse after the first day of testimony in the penalty phase of her trial. Brooks Kraft LLC / Sygma via Getty Images fileFrom behind bars, Smith continued to claim she was a good mother. He then read a passage that Smith wrote explaining why she allowed her sons to die. “I knew Jesus would take better care of them than I could,” Smith wrote, according to Thomas.

Persons: Susan Smith, Smith, recusing, Michael, Alex, Smith's, David Smith, It's, it’s, Brooks Kraft, “, ” Smith, Tommy A, Thomas, Jesus, ” Tommy Pope, “ Susan, Susan, ”, Juliette Arcodia, Corky Siemaszko Organizations: COLUMBIA, S.C, TV, Courthouse, Reuters, Brooks, Brooks Kraft LLC, Getty, State, Women’s Correctional, South Carolina Department of Corrections, Republican, Pro Tem, South Carolina House Locations: Union , South Carolina, Union, South Carolina, Columbia, New York

☆ Alec Baldwin's 'Rust' earns polite response at world premiere as Halyna Hutchins honored
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-20 | by ( ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +5 min

Over three years after the accidental on-set death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, Alec Baldwin's Western film “Rust” received a polite response during its controversial premiere Wednesday at the EnergaCamerimage festival in Toruń, Poland. The audience clapped through the film’s closing credits, strengthening their applause when a dedication to Hutchins appeared. The premiere opened with Camerimage director Marek Żydowicz asking the audience to stand for a moment of silence for Hutchins. Cinematographer Rachel Mason, Hutchins’ friend who made a documentary about the completion of the film, then made an emotional speech. Additionally, AFI launched the Halyna Hutchins Memorial Scholarship Fund.

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☆ What to know about Transgender Day of Remembrance and violence against trans people
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-20 | by ( The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

Wednesday is Transgender Day of Remembrance, which focuses on trans people who have lost their lives because of violence. What is Transgender Day of Remembrance? Transgender Day of Remembrance is marked every Nov. 20 and began in 1999 to honor Rita Hester, a trans woman who was killed in Massachusetts. International Transgender Day of Visibility, which is designed to bring attention to transgender people, is commemorated in March. Rita Hester is pictured on a poster in Boston for Transgender Day of Remembrance.

Persons: Rita Hester, Jessica Rinaldi, Pauly, Jr, Donald Trump Organizations: Transgender, Williams Institute, UCLA Law, Boston Globe, Getty, Human, Rights, U.S, Supreme Locations: Massachusetts, U.S, Boston, Pennsylvania

☆ Vladmir Putin gifts lion and bears to North Korean zoo
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-20 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +1 min

Russia transferred more than 70 animals, including an African lion and two brown bears, to a zoo in the North Korean capital Pyongyang from Moscow’s zoo, the Russian government said on Wednesday. The animals were “a gift from (Russian President) Vladimir Putin to the Korean people,” the government said. Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during a welcoming ceremony in Pyongyang on June 19, 2024. A bird is unloaded in a wooden crate upon arrival in the North Korean capital of Pyongyang. Pyongyang and Moscow have forged closer ties since Putin visited the country in June and concluded a treaty with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.

Persons: Vladimir Putin, Kim Jong Un, Alexander Kozlov, Kozlov, Putin, Kim Organizations: North, Getty, Pyongyang Central Zoo, Moscow Zoo, Russian Natural Resources Ministry, AFP, Russia Locations: Russia, Korean, Pyongyang, Moscow’s, Russian, Moscow

☆ Liam Payne funeral: One Direction bandmates attend
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-20 | by ( Hannah Peart | Hannah Peart Is An Intern In The Nbc News London Bureau. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

LONDON — Liam Payne’s funeral was taking place Wednesday in south-east England, just over a month after the One Direction star died after falling from a hotel balcony in Argentina’s capital, Buenos Aires. Girls Aloud star Cheryl, the mother of Payne’s seven-year-old son Bear, was also expected to join the funeral proceedings. Liam will forever live in our hearts and we’ll remember him for his kind, funny and brave soul." In a joint statement, his One Direction bandmates said they were "completely devastated." Pallbearers carry the coffin of the singer Liam Payne into the church ahead of his funeral on Wednesday.

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The House Ethics Committee weighs releasing their report on Matt Gaetz. And Susan Smith, who made headlines for killing her sons 30 years ago, is up for parole. The Ethics Committee has jurisdiction only over sitting members of Congress, Johnson argues. But there is precedent for the Ethics Committee to publish reports after a member of Congress has resigned. Susan Smith up for parole 30 years after killing her sonsSusan Smith leaves court after a hearing in Union, S.C., in 1995.

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