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☆ They were on the run from the Taliban, abandoned by their US allies — until a Wall Street banker decided to smuggle them out of Afghanistan
  + stars: | 2022-10-23 | by ( Nina Burleigh | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +29 min
His daughter worked for the US-backed government in Kabul, prosecuting the Taliban and their followers for acts of violence against women. The war in Afghanistan effectively began on 9/11, with the attacks on Wall Street and the Pentagon. Last summer, when the Taliban overran Kabul, Calbos was in Greece visiting his father. "I see kind of a mirror image to mine in his history and his family," Calbos says. With the clock ticking on the family's temporary visas, Calbos scrambled to arrange a flight out of Pakistan.
☆ Taylor Swift 'Midnights' album gives TikTok fan groups more fodder, and community
  + stars: | 2022-10-22 | by ( Casey Fiesler | Ph.D. | J.D. | ) www.nbcnews.com   time to read: +6 min
The magic of a midnight showing wasn’t just about the film but about the community created standing in line together. Some of these fan theories also fuel speculation that Swift might be queer, and in the lead-up to the album release, this conjecture culminated in debate about whether “Midnights” would be Swift’s coming out album. I study fandom and online communities, especially communities that form around fanfiction, and have seen up close that fan theories bring joy to those who engage in making them. There can be a downside to fan theories created around celebrities, of course. But for now, my For You Page has been full of excited videos from fans just enjoying Swift’s music.
☆ Early indications point to a very disappointing earnings reporting season ahead
  + stars: | 2022-10-10 | by ( Bob Pisani | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +3 min
Leading into earnings season, analysts typically do very little as they await company guidance. However, this earnings season is shaping up differently. Point 1: Earnings are expected to be up for the third quarter, but the extraordinary profits of oil companies are distorting the results. Q3 earnings Ests: S & P 500 All sectors: up 4.1% Excluding Energy: down 2.6% Source: Refinitiv Point 2: The companies that have reported early have generally been disappointing. Traders are focused on fourth quarter estimates, where four sectors are already negative, and technology is just barely positive.
☆ Forget a soft landing. The market’s best hope is a ‘growth’ recession
  + stars: | 2022-09-26 | by ( Nicole Goodkind | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +7 min
It wants to achieve a soft landing — that Goldilocks ideal of cooling the economy enough to bring down prices but not enough to cause a recession. The new aim appears to be for a so-called growth recession: A prolonged period of meager growth and rising unemployment. The pain is sharper and lasts longer than that of a soft landing, but a “growth” recession doesn’t pull the entire economy into contraction the way a proper recession would. It looks like a recession, and feels like a recession, but it isn’t a recession — at least not officially. A growth recession is still painful.
☆ Amazon's new unit has more than 400 employees, focused on helping engineers avoid rote work
  + stars: | 2022-09-22 | by ( Jordan Parker Erb | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +5 min
Today, we're kicking things off with my colleague Eugene Kim's look at a (secret) new team at Amazon. Amazon CEO Andy Jassy is trying to fix the company's crumbling engineering culture. According to leaked documents, Amazon formed the "Amazon Software Builder Experience" group to "focus on improving the experience of software builders across Amazon." Some Amazon engineers have expressed that they're "overwhelmed" by mundane software upgrade work, manual testing and deployment, and hard-to-use developer tools. The Meta CEO announced on Instagram: "Happy to share that Max and August are getting a new baby sister next year!"
☆ Meta is reportedly putting some workers onto a '30-day list' that gives them a month to find a new role at the company — or leave
  + stars: | 2022-09-21 | by ( Grace Kay | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
Meta reportedly puts some workers on a "30-day list" that leaves them a month to find a new role at the company. In July, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said the company plans to shrink several teams over the next year. Many teams are going to shrink so we can shift energy to other areas inside the company," Zuckerberg said during the company's quarterly earnings call in July. Last week, the tech company gave dozens of employees a 90-day window to find a new role or leave Google, the publication reported, citing sources familiar with the issue. Have you experienced the 30-day list?
☆ Attention Gmail users: Your inboxes are about to get way more spammy with political email thanks to a new ruling by federal regulators
  + stars: | 2022-08-11 | by ( Dave Levinthal | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +7 min
Google asked federal regulators to OK a plan for easing spam filters on political emails. Even a commissioner who wasn't thrilled with the notion of unleashing more political emails on an overloaded electorate concluded Google's program proposal is legal. "If people want political spam, let them sign up for it. Before the final vote Thursday, Weintraub motioned to approve a alternate ruling that would have effectively prevented Google from launching its pilot program. Gmail users will retain the right to opt-out of receiving political emails, but this will require more vigilance on their part.
☆ Trump's most important 2016 donor is sitting out 2020
  + stars: | 2020-07-24 | by ( Dave Levinthal | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +20 min
Robert and Rebekah Mercer ranked among President Donald Trump's most influential backers in 2016. A representative for Priorities USA Action, a leading pro-Biden super PAC, said the organization wasn't underestimating Trump's reelection forces, Mercers or no Mercers. (Bossie, like former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski and many others, has recently found himself back in Trump's favor.) The Cambridge Analytica data that the Trump campaign paid for was "so stupidly wrong" and a "complete joke," Spicer added. But sources familiar with the Mercers' political spending said they have no evidence that the Mercers are doing so.
☆ ‘Groundhog Day’ movie: The Buddhist lifehacker film
  + stars: | 2016-02-01 | by ( David G. Allan | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +11 min
The 1993 film "Groundhog Day" starred Bill Murray. “So I proselytize it without practicing it.”And what an entertaining Buddish proselytization “Groundhog Day” is. ‘Groundhog Day’ is all about karmaOne of the central tenets of Buddhism is that we must continue to reincarnate until we find enlightenment. And many references and motifs that recur in the film support the notion that “Groundhog Day” is Christian rather than Buddhist. ‘Groundhog Day’ is about hopeWhatever spiritual takeaway the film holds for you, it’s an undeniable call for hope.
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