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About a week later, she came up with the idea to start her own flower truck business, Main Street Flower Truck. Hintze launched her business, Main Street Flower Truck, in August 2023. She decided to name her company after the street where she grew up, Main Street. After the family pulled over to inspect the truck, Hintze wrote down the number on the for-sale sign. By February, she made the choice to pour all of her time and energy into growing her flower truck business.

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☆ What we know about Usha Vance's politics
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-17 | by ( Alice Tecotzky | Joshua Nelken-Zitser | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Read previewUsha Vance's classmates at Yale Law School didn't know much about her politics. Less obvious, however, is Usha Vance's political orientation and relationship to the newfound national spotlight. In 2022, two colleagues at the firm described Usha Vance as liberal or moderate to The Times. When JD Vance was himself running for Senate, Usha Vance appeared in his very first campaign ad, sitting in front of a bookshelf and talking about their three children. AdvertisementWhile Usha Vance's political orientations and interest in life as a national figure remain foggy, her devotion to her husband has seemed strong since her days at Yale Law School.

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☆ This man built a plane for his family in his garden
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-16 | by ( Tamara Hardingham-Gill | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

Amateur buildEngineer Ashok Aliseril spent 18 months building a four-seater plane during the pandemic, helped by his daughter. Aliseril briefly considered buying an older aircraft, and looked at some that had been built in the 1960s and 1970s. After researching self-assembly aircraft kits, he came across a four-seater plane manufactured by South African company Sling Aircraft that ticked all the right boxes. “I would say generally, anyone can get involved in these sorts of builds.”Lockdown projectHe built a shed in his garden to complete the build. Although he’d initially planned to hire a workshop to construct the aircraft, Aliseril feels that creating a workspace at his home was the better choice.

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☆ 4 Gen Zers on track for financial independence explain the mix of passive income, businesses, and sacrifices it took to get there
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-15 | by ( Noah Sheidlower | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

Four Gen Z Americans told Business Insider they've followed the principles of the FIRE — financial independence, retire early — movement to achieve a high net worth before their 30th birthdays. But all four emphasized that their sacrifices and risks earlier in life may be the key to their financial stability down the road. Cody Berman, entrepreneur and "passive income expert"Cody Berman hit financial independence at 25 but continues to help others achieve their financial goals. Courtesy of Cody BermanCody Berman, 28, hit financial freedom at 25 but has no plans to retire early. His net worth is about $2.8 million, but he drives a 2015 Nissan truck approaching 100,000 miles.

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☆ 4 Gen Zers share how they're already on pace to retire early — though some don't want to
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-14 | by ( Noah Sheidlower | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

Four Gen Z Americans told Business Insider they've followed the principles of the FIRE — financial independence, retire early — movement to achieve a high net worth before their 30th birthdays. Some said they don't intend on following the "retire early" part of the acronym and instead want to pursue their passions while making money doing so. Cody Berman, entrepreneur and "passive income expert"Cody Berman hit financial independence at 25 but continues to help others achieve their financial goals. Courtesy of Cody BermanCody Berman, 28, hit financial freedom at 25 but has no plans to retire early. His net worth is about $2.8 million, but he drives a 2015 Nissan truck approaching 100,000 miles.

☆ This Tesla YouTuber had 2 broken Cybertrucks, but still calls it his 'dream car'
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-13 | by ( Tom Carter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

"It was love at first sight," said Lamar, who did not wish to provide his full name but goes by Lamar MK on YouTube. AdvertisementYouTuber Lamar MK with his first Cybertruck. YouTuber Lamar MK with his new Cybertruck, which broke a few weeks after he got it. After getting his new Cybertruck delivered, Lamar MK had it wrapped to give it a blue and yellow color scheme. Tesla did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Business Insider, made outside normal working hours.

Persons: —, hasn't, Lamar MK, Tesla, Lamar, YouTuber Lamar, Cybertruck, I'm Organizations: Service, Lamar, Business, YouTube, Tesla

☆ Why the Iranian Navy keeps losing warships in accidents, after its Sahand frigate capsized and sank
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-12 | by ( Paul Iddon | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

It was the third navy ship Iran has lost in an accident since 2018. AdvertisementIn June 2021, it lost the 680-feet-long Kharg support ship, the Iranian Navy's largest by tonnage, in a fire, injuring 33. Furthermore, it could also "be a small reflection of government prioritization" of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy over Iran's Navy. "Budgets are training, maintenance, and personnel." Iran has two navies: its Navy, known as the Islamic Republic of Iran Navy, and the naval arm of the powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps paramilitary organization.

Persons: —, Bryan Clark, Clark, Steven Horrell, Horrell, Damavand, Shahid Hassan Bagheri, Morteza Nikoubazl, Hudson's Clark, Nadimi Organizations: Service, Iran's Navy, Business, Hudson Institute, Transatlantic Defense, Security, Center for, UK, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy, Navy, Islamic Republic of Iran Navy, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, IRGC Navy, US Navy, Supreme, IRIN, Washington Institute for Near East Locations: Bandar Abbas, Iran, Iranian, Bandar, United Kingdom, Islamic Republic of, Hormuz

☆ Live Updates: Inflation Cooled Further in June
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-11 | by ( Jeanna Smialek | Danielle Kaye | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

On a monthly basis, prices fell overall, and the core price index was up just 0.1 percent. Fed officials have been watching for signs that inflation is still coming down as they contemplate when to begin cutting interest rates. And Thursday’s inflation reading is poised to be markedly cooler than the 9.1 percent rate when inflation peaked at in 2022. Fed officials meet in late July, but few economists expect a move that early. Fed policymakers officially target 2 percent annual inflation, and they define that goal using the Personal Consumption Expenditures inflation measure, which is related to Thursday’s Consumer Price Index but released later in the month.

Persons: ” Jerome H, Powell, that’s Organizations: Federal Reserve, Bloomberg, Fed

☆ Live Updates: Inflation Likely Cooled Further in June
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-11 | by ( Jeanna Smialek | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

Overall inflation was probably 3.1 percent in June on an annual basis, down from 3.3 percent in May and the coolest reading since January, based on Bloomberg economist forecasts. Economists forecast just 0.2 percent core inflation on a monthly basis, which would match the reading for May. Fed officials have been watching for evidence that inflation is still coming down as they contemplate when to begin cutting interest rates. And Thursday’s inflation reading is poised to be markedly cooler than the 9.1 percent rate when inflation peaked at in 2022. Fed officials meet in late July, but few economists expect a move that early.

Persons: ” Jerome H, Powell, that’s, “, ” Organizations: Federal Reserve, Bloomberg, Fed

☆ Welcome to the new Fightertown USA: Inside San Diego's AI-powered unmanned aircraft boom
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-10 | by ( Vishal Persaud | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +12 min

But the program has since moved to another station, and its legacy in San Diego is a faint, fond memory. AdvertisementWith such a rich history of aerial dynamism, it's no surprise that San Diego has become a major hub of this technology. Defense, AI, and a warming reception from VCsLong before AI became a household buzzword, Shield AI launched in San Diego. AdvertisementBut San Diego seemed to be a better fit with its access to open land and proximity to the ocean. That pipeline continues to feed into the San Diego tech ecosystem, feeding and driving the aerial innovation it has become known for over a century.

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☆ Sahand: Iranian warship rolls over in port, could be out of action for six months
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-09 | by ( Brad Lendon | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

A photo from the semi-official Tasnim News Agency showed the warship, with a displacement of about 2,000 tons, resting on its left side in the Bandar Abbas port. Naval analyst Carl Schuster, a former US Navy captain, said it would take Iran four to six months to repair the ship once it can be refloated. Ships like the Sahand tend to have a lot of “top hamper,” weight from electronics and weapons above their center of gravity, Schuster said. The Sahand is the most recent ship to carry that name for the Iranian navy. The previous Sahand was sunk by the US Navy in 1988 during Operation Praying Mantis, which launched after a US frigate was crippled by an Iranian mine in the Persian Gulf.

Persons: “, Tasnim, Carl Schuster, ” Schuster, Schuster, ”, Capsizing, IRNA Organizations: CNN, Republic News Agency, Tasnim News Agency, US Navy, Ships Locations: Bandar Abbas, Bandar, Iran, Iranian, Persian

☆ Woman who received pig kidney transplant and heart pump dies
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-09 | by ( Maya Davis | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Lisa Pisano, the first person to receive a mechanical heart pump as well as a gene-edited pig kidney, died Sunday, according to NYU Langone Health, where she had the surgery. Her case was the first reported organ transplant in a person with a mechanical heart pump, NYU Langone said, the second known transplant of a gene-edited pig kidney into a living recipient and the first transplanted along with the animal’s thymus gland. Pisano was brave and altruistic, Dr. Robert Montgomery, director of the NYU Langone Transplant Institute, said in a statement Tuesday. Due to Pisano’s heart failure and end-stage kidney disease that required routine dialysis, she couldn’t have a standard transplant, NYU Langone said in a news release. The pig kidney she received was genetically altered to evade human antibodies, which typically detect and attack foreign organs.

Persons: CNN — Lisa Pisano, Pisano, NYU Langone, Robert Montgomery, ”, Montgomery, … Lisa, Dr, Sanjay Gupta, ” Montgomery, Pisano’s Organizations: CNN, NYU Langone Health, NYU, NYU Langone Transplant, Procurement, Transplantation Network, US Food and Drug Administration, CNN Health

☆ 'House of the Dragon' star Eve Best breaks down Rhaenys' sacrifice and unleashing dragon warfare on Westeros
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-08 | by ( Palmer Haasch | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

At least, according to Eve Best, the actor who's played Rhaenys for a season and a half on "House of the Dragon." Best as Princess Rhaenys in season two, episode four of "House of the Dragon." Advertisement"She deliberately, at the end of episode nine, chose not to start a nuclear war, very rightly," Best told BI. "Then it becomes an instruction, and it's then the final piece of guidance to Rhaenyra," Best told BI. "It has to be a sacrifice, because I feel that for Rhaenys, she's done everything to not have this war," Best told BI.

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☆ Chinese researchers test robot ‘guide dogs’ to help the visually impaired
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-08 | by ( Story Reuters | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

Shanghai — It’s less furry than a traditional companion, but a six-legged Chinese robot “guide dog” could one day help vision impaired people live with more independence, according to its research development team in Shanghai. The robot dog, which is currently being field-tested, is able to navigate its physical environment via cameras and sensors, including recognizing traffic light signals, which traditional guide dogs are unable to do. “If this robot guide dog comes onto the market and I could use it, at least it could solve some of my problems in traveling alone,” Li said. In China, there are just over 400 guide dogs for almost 20 million blind people, Gao said. “I think this could be a very large market, because there might be tens of millions of people in the world who need guide dogs.”

Persons: ”, Gao Feng, Jiao, Li Fei, Zhu Sibin, Li, Zhu, ” Li, Gao, “ Organizations: Shanghai, Jiao Tong University’s, of Mechanical Engineering, Jiao Tong University Locations: Shanghai, Australia, Britain, China, Labrador

☆ ‘Eat until you’re bankrupt’: Why Osaka is called the ‘kitchen of Japan’
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-07 | by ( Richard Quest | Joe Minihane | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Osaka, Japan CNN —Let’s be honest. Food is practically a religion in Osaka, which is now anticipating the global spotlight as it gears up to host Expo 2025. It is known as the kitchen of Japan, and, for foodies, any tour of its myriad culinary delights must start in Dotonbori. Like so many parts of Japan, Osaka is obsessed with baseball. The club began life in 1936 and briefly played as the Osaka Tigers, before reverting to Hanshin, the city 20 minutes west, where it plays at Koshien Stadium.

Persons: Japan CNN —, Osaka hasn’t, Craig Ferguson, Junko Ogura, “, Junko, Osakans, who’ve, Metin, ’ ”, Long, ”, Sanders, Takada, ” Takada Organizations: Japan CNN, Osaka, CNN, Getty, Hanshin Tigers, Osaka Tigers, Koshien, Tigers, Japan, Hardcore, “ Hanshin Tigers Locations: Osaka, Japan, Kyoto, Dotonbori, Nipponbashi, Namba, Tokyo, Kobe, Anadolu, Hanshin, men’s, Finland, Estonia, ” Tokyo

☆ Paris’ famous Moulin Rouge windmill gets its blades back
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-07 | by ( Catherine Nicholls | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Paris’ iconic Moulin Rouge windmill has been fitted with new blades, nearly three months after they fell off the landmark. Jean-Victor Clerico, General Manager of Moulin Rouge Paris, said that the aim was to reinstall the blades before July 15, when the Olympic flame passes the venue on its way to the opening of the Summer Games. Located in Paris’ Montmartre district and established in 1889, the Moulin Rouge is one of the world’s most famous cabaret clubs. Over the years, the venue has endured fires and undergone renovations to maintain its grandeur, according to the Moulin Rouge website. The unveiling of the new Moulin Rouge windmill comes as another iconic Parisian venue closes.

Persons: Jean, Victor Clerico, de Maismont, BFMTV, Michou, Liza Minnelli, Serge Gainsbourg Organizations: CNN, Paris, BFMTV, Summer Locations: Moulin Rouge, Moulin Rouge Paris, AFP, Paris, Paris ’ Montmartre

☆ YouTuber helps researchers solve the mystery of a 2,000-year-old 'computer'
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-05 | by ( Jenny Mcgrath | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Known as the Antikythera mechanism, the bronze device is a mechanical computer with interlocking gears. A shipwreck full of ancient treasuresThe Antikythera mechanism is broken and eroded, making it difficult to know exactly how it worked. Associated Press/Petros GiannakourisThe Antikythera mechanism is just one intriguing finding from a 2,000-year-old shipwreck that divers first discovered in 1900. But the Antikythera mechanism is perhaps the most unique discovery of them all. AdvertisementWoan's colleague Joseph Bayley followed up the research by modifying techniques used to study gravitational waves, which are ripples in space-time.

Persons: —, Graham Woan, Chris Budiselic, Budisic's, Woan, Petros Giannakouris, Derek John de Solla Price, Budiselic, Joseph Bayley, Bayley Organizations: Service, Business, University of Glasgow, Associated Press, Oceanographic, Woan's Locations: Antikythera

☆ GlobalFoundries races to find semiconductor talent as demand for chips soars
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-05 | by ( Kate Rogers | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

The U.S. chips industry is expected face a shortage of 67,000 technicians, computer scientists and engineers by 2030, while the broader U.S. economy is set to have a gap of 1.4 million such workers, according to a 2023 study from the Semiconductor Industry Association. A wafer sorter inside the GlobalFoundries semiconductor manufacturing facility in Malta, New York, on June 18, 2024. The company creates chips for everyday products from electronics and phones to autos, in addition to components for space and defense. The GlobalFoundries semiconductor manufacturing facility in Malta, New York, on June 18, 2024. Morgan Woods, 28, started out in Malta, New York, at GlobalFoundries' fab facility as a technician in 2021.

Persons: Cindy Schultz, Lockheed Martin, Pradheepa Raman, Raman, Morgan Woods, Woods, GlobalFoundries Organizations: Semiconductor Industry Association, Deloitte, Bloomberg, Getty, General Motors, Lockheed, CNBC, Workers, GM, U.S Locations: U.S, Malta , New York, New York, Vermont

☆ Heat waves: Here’s why your AC can’t save you anymore
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-04 | by ( Laura Paddison | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Then came the heat wave. But it is also a lifeline against increasingly brutal heat, the deadliest type of extreme weather. It allows people to live in places where temperatures push close to the limits of survivability and where extreme heat persists even at night. And many electrical grids are being pushed to a breaking point due to increasingly frequent extreme weather and soaring demand for cooling. Heat can affect vital organs and cause heat exhaustion, heat stroke and even death.

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☆ United Airlines is texting travelers live weather maps to explain flight delays
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-03 | by ( Leslie Josephs | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

A United Airlines plane seen at the gate at Chicago OHare International airport (ORD)on October 5, 2020 in Chicago, Illinois. Don't believe bad weather is the reason your United Airlines flight is delayed? The airline will now text you live radar maps to prove it. Bad weather can also force flights not only to depart late but to take longer routes to avoid it, delaying arriving aircraft. United said on Wednesday that it is using generative artificial intelligence to send travelers links to live radar maps, provided by flight-tracking platform FlightAware, as well as other flight disruption causes, such as mechanical issues or airport congestion.

Persons: United Organizations: United Airlines, Chicago OHare International, Federal Aviation Administration, United Locations: ORD, Chicago , Illinois

☆ NASA administrator weighs in on China’s historic lunar far side samples — and potential US access
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-01 | by ( Kristin Fisher | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN —The government of China now possesses something that no other humans have ever encountered — rocks and soil from the far side of the moon. NASA Administrator Bill Nelson told CNN he’s “pleased to hear CNSA intends to share” the materials collected by the Chang’e-6 lunar probe last month. NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, shown here during a pre-launch news conference on Boeing's first crewed spacecraft, the Boeing Starliner, on May 3, said he's "pleased" China intends to share the lunar far side samples. China opened those samples to international scientists for the first time last August, and Nelson has given NASA-funded researchers the green light to apply for access. TheUS government has not landed a robotic spacecraft on the moon since 1968, but NASA is currently funding the development of lunar landers by private companies through its Commercial Lunar Payload Services, or CLPS program.

Persons: ”, Liu Yunfeng, Bill Nelson, CNN he’s “, CNSA, ” Nelson, he's, Miguel J, Rodriguez Carrillo, Bian Zhigang, Nelson, Artemis, Joel Kowsky, Artemis III, Odie Organizations: CNN, NASA, China National Space Administration, Boeing, AFP, Getty, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Apollo, Soviet, Soviet Union —, “, Beijing, Orion, Kennedy Space Center, NASA NASA, SpaceX, Payload Services, Astrobotic Technologies Locations: China, United States, Beijing, Soviet Union, Nelson, Florida

☆ S&P 500 returns 15% in the first half in an unusually smooth ride
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-29 | by ( Michael Santoli | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

A 15% year-to-date total return in the S & P 500 is the 21 st best run through June since 1900, according to Goldman Sachs. The S & P 500 since the October 2023 correction low is up 33% for an annualized total return pace of 56%. The S & P has gone eight sessions without a move of as much as half a percent. True in magnitude: The market-cap-weighted S & P 500 has outgained its equal-weighted version by more than ten percentage points this year. Not only haven't up days been broadly inclusive, the direction of the S & P 500 has been running inverse to the daily breadth over the past month.

Persons: Goldman Sachs, Sharpe, it's, we'd, I've, What's, Jeff deGraaf, Trump, We've, Poor's, what's Organizations: Nvidia, Walgreens, Nike, Apple, Technology, Communication Services Locations: hiccups

☆ This smiling robot has a face covered in ‘living’ skin
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-28 | by ( Rebecca Cairns | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

While it might look like the stuff of nightmares, this tiny robot covered in living skin could mark a step forward in the quest to make robots more human-like. It’s the work of researchers in Japan, who say they have discovered a new way to bind living skin tissue to a mechanical robotic surface. Previously, he developed a “living” robot skin — using collagen, a fibrous protein in human skin, and human dermal fibroblasts, the main cell type in connective tissue — that could be applied to a robotic finger and bend without breaking. The new method uses V-shaped holes on the robot's surface to attach the living skin securely. However, ensuring the consistency and quality of the living skin might not be so easy, says Takeuchi.

Persons: Shoji Takeuchi, ”, Takeuchi, Takeuchi isn’t, Will Jackson, ” Jackson, Hanson Robotics ’ Sophia, Grace, Yifan Wang, Wang, ” Takeuchi, Wang — Organizations: CNN, Institute of Industrial Science, University of Tokyo, Engineered Arts Ltd, Hanson Robotics ’, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, The University of Tokyo Locations: Japan

☆ Robots keep getting creepier
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-26 | by ( Jaures Yip | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Read previewIt's not just nuts and bolts keeping robots together — now they can be made with living skin. The team said it was able to mimic human skin ligaments by bonding skin tissue to perforated 3D facial models and 2D robots. The team hopes the advancement will be useful "in the cosmetics industry and to help train plastic surgeons," according to a press release. While the development could prove helpful, some people online reacted to the robot's fleshy skin and facial movements with jokes or said they found it disturbing. Scientists reveal a smiling 2D facial robot covered with lab-grown living skin.

Persons: —, Shoji Takeuchi, Takeuchi, Elon Musk Organizations: Service, University of Tokyo, Business, Optimus Locations: Tesla

☆ I live rent-free in NYC. Moving into a van has allowed me to save, avoid taking out loans, and live a life of adventure.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-24 | by ( Gerardo Rios Garcia | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

My journey into van life began when I was a kid, listening to my grandpa's stories about road trips around Mexico and the US. Gerardo Rios GarciaAt just over 46 square feet, my van poses significant challenges. Financial independence is another significant benefit of my van life. Van life has been an incredible journey of self-discovery and growthThe van parked on a city street. However, I truly believe living in a van has positively impacted my professional and academic life.

Persons: —, grandpa, Gerardo Rios Garcia, van, I'm, I've, Gerardo Rios Garcia Van, There's, haven't Organizations: Service, Columbia University, United Nations, Volkswagen, Business, Columbia University's, UN Locations: Manhattan, Mexico, North America, Arizona, Albuquerque , Kansas City, Indianapolis

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