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☆ Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin sued over allegations the rocket company discriminates against older workers
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-08 | by ( Grace Kay | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

A spokesperson for Blue Origin did not respond to a request for comment. It's not the first time that Blue Origin has faced criticism from a former employee. In 2021, Alexandra Abrams, the former head of Blue Origin employee communications, published an open letter alongside a group describing itself as 21 former and current Blue Origin employees. At the time, a Blue Origin representative told Insider the company doesn't tolerate harassment and would investigate the claims. Do you work for Blue Origin or have insight to share?

☆ The 10 biggest revelations from Dominion’s explosive Fox News legal filing
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-28 | by ( Oliver Darcy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Murdoch rejected that Fox News, as an entity, endorsed former President Donald Trump’s election lies. They endorsed,” Murdoch said, according to the filing, when asked about the hosts’ promotion of false claims about the election. ► Behind the scenes, Paul Ryan repeatedly warned the Murdochs to stop allowing the spread of election lies. “Maybe best to let Bill go right away,” which would “be a big message with Trump people” the filing said. These documents reveal that Fox News executives and hosts knew the truth and yet they peddled election lies to the audience.

☆ Kristen Bell: In business, 'I don't have an MBA,' so I make up for it with 'emotional intelligence'
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-18 | by ( Megan Sauer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

For most of her career, Kristen Bell had more experience in front of cameras than in boardrooms. At those companies, Bell initially felt "out to sea" when her colleagues discussed "ROI and endcaps," Bell recently told Real Simple. So instead of trying to keep pace with business jargon, she leaned into her own strengths to facilitate better communication among employees. "I don't have an MBA," Bell, 42, said. So when Bell experiences imposter syndrome at either of her two businesses, she leans into her emotional intelligence and communication skills to overcome those doubts.

WASHINGTON, Feb 9 (Reuters) - Blue Origin, the private space company founded by billionaire Jeff Bezos, was awarded its first interplanetary NASA contract on Thursday to launch a mission next year to study the magnetic field around Mars, the U.S. space agency and company said. Blue Origin has flown previous NASA missions with its smaller, suborbital New Shepard rocket, which can carry research payloads on short, microgravity trips to the edge of space and back. Blue Origin, known for its astro-tourism business for wealthy customers and celebrities, is one of 13 firms NASA chose last year for its Venture-class Acquisition of Dedicated and Rideshare missions (VADR) program. VADR essentially is intended to spur private development of private space launch vehicles by assigning lower-cost NASA science missions to new rockets with an unproven record and higher chance of failure. Blue Origin also declined to discuss financial details.

The sportswear staple known for its crisp collar and clean cut, has been revamped in ways that boggle the mind and energize the wardrobe. Witness the bounty of surreal white shirts in the resort 2023 collection from New York brand the Row, including the version shown at left, which would be standard if not for its detachable, puffy white shawl. “That was my Catholic school uniform!” said Megan Bugey, 46, an Austin, Texas, paralegal, of the shirt’s standard form. “But now, it’s trippy.”This season has seen an abundance of white collared shirts—and they’re anything but uniform. “I love the utility [button-up shirts] have in my wardrobe,” said New York stylist Pamela Shepard, 39, who owns “countless” iterations, including oversize and dip-dyed riffs from Ralph Lauren and J.Crew.

☆ CNBC Names Successor to Shepard Smith’s Show, Shakes Up Lineup
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-27 | by ( Will Feuer | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

KC Sullivan took over as president of CNBC in September. CNBC named a new show to succeed “The News With Shepard Smith” in a broad programming shake-up as president KC Sullivan puts his stamp on the network. CNBC, a unit of Comcast Corp.’s NBCUniversal, will replace the 7 p.m. show with “Last Call,” anchored by Brian Sullivan, according to a memo to staff on Thursday. The show, which will explore “the intersection of money, culture and policy” comes after CNBC canceled Mr. Smith’s 7 p.m. general-interest show in a bid to focus more on business-news coverage. Mr. Sullivan previously anchored “Worldwide Exchange” at 5 a.m.

☆ WNBA to host first Canada game with Lynx-Sky preseason clash
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-18 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

[1/2] Jun 26, 2022; Chicago, Illinois, USA; Chicago Sky forward Candace Parker (3) defends against Minnesota Lynx forward Jessica Shepard (10) during the second half of a WNBA game at Wintrust Arena. Mandatory Credit: Kamil Krzaczynski-USA TODAY Sports/Jan 18 (Reuters) - The Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) will host its first-ever game in Canada, a preseason showdown between four-times champions Minnesota Lynx and 2021 title-holders Chicago Sky at Toronto's Scotiabank Arena, the league said on Wednesday. It is only the third time that a WNBA preseason game has been played abroad, after games in Monterrey, Mexico, and Manchester, England, were held in 2004 and 2011, respectively. The Lynx and Sky will face off on May 13. Reporting by Amy Tennery in New York Editing by Toby DavisOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Indiana University says an 18-year-old student was targeted and stabbed on a bus in Bloomington for being Asian. An 18-year-old Carmel, Indiana, woman told investigators that while waiting for the doors of the bus to open, another passenger began to strike her repeatedly in the head, police said in a statement. Police did not respond to a question about whether the attack is being investigated as a hate crime. The university's Asian Culture Center called the attack "a horrific and targeted anti-Asian hate crime." Indiana's hate crime law, enacted in 2019, allows judges to consider harsher sentences where “bias” factors, including “color, creed, disability, national origin, race, religion,” motivated the crime, according to the Matthew Shepard Foundation.

☆ Building self-discipline by age 27 is crucial, says psychiatrist from the Netflix doc 'Stutz': 3 ways to do it
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-14 | by ( Megan Sauer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Leading a fulfilling life requires discipline, Stutz said on a recent episode of "Armchair Expert," hosted by Dax Shepard and Monica Padman. Structural disciplineThe act of taking those reactive habits and integrating them into your "baseline" routine is what Stutz called structural discipline. Structural discipline relies more on conscious decision-making, while reactive discipline relies on subconscious behavior. In her book, "Good Habits, Bad Habits: The Science of Making Positive Changes That Stick," Wood frames it like this: You have to make the decision to ask your boss for a promotion. In other words, habits — good and bad — are formed through routines over time, which is why Stutz says you would be wise to adopt daily routines that promote good habits.

☆ Companies Are Inventing Silly, Cute Executive Titles but It's a Trick
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-12 | by ( Drew Limsky | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

Chief amazement officers, chief heart officers, and chief empathy officers are popping up across companies. They also found that titles like chief people officer and chief happiness officer were gaining in use. If you thought home's where the heart is, think again, because the workplace now has a chief heart officer. Sometimes the chief heart officer exists in addition to the head of human resources, a role that is increasingly called, more humanistically, the chief people officer. Claude Silver, the chief heart officer at VaynerMedia and self-proclaimed "first chief heart officer," told Forbes in 2017 that she was "here to be of service" to her staff.

☆ Richard Branson left school at 15—his headmaster said he'd either 'go to prison' or 'become a millionaire’
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-06 | by ( Megan Sauer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

When billionaire Richard Branson was 15, he dropped out of school to run a magazine. The headmaster at Branson's school was taken aback by his persuasiveness, and offered a prediction and a warning. "[I knew] I could pay for the printing of the paper and manufacturing, and so I quit school … with the headmaster saying, 'You're either going to prison or you're going to become a millionaire,'" Branson, 72, said on the podcast. Branson hasn't spent any time behind bars, but he has an estimated net worth of $3.5 billion, as of Thursday morning. In a 2019 blog post, Branson wrote that dyslexia is often associated with high levels of creativity and problem-solving abilities.

At the start of their new, much-anticipated Netflix docuseries “Harry & Meghan,” the Duchess of Sussex — the woman formerly known as Meghan Markle — is asked what her motivations are for creating the documentary. The Oprah interview won Harry and Meghan a swell of support, but also prompted some audience anger. The royal family today must constantly justify its existence in the modern world. This is understandable: They’ve been out of the royal family for almost double the amount of time that Meghan spent within it. Harry and Meghan still have the potential to be a unique hybrid of unofficial statespeople, philanthropic ambassadors and celebrities with a near-celestial kind of star power.

☆ Ex-'socialite heiressblogger' Emily Brill is back — and she's terrorizing the pet industry
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-06 | by ( Kate Taylor | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

Emily Brill might be the most hated woman in the pet industry. Now, Brill — the preppy blond daughter of the media magnate Steven Brill — is reinventing herself as the founder of the dog-centric publication The Canine Review. Courtesy of Emily Brill Show less One reader even threatened to cancel their subscription because of the so-called bird-massacre photo shoot. Courtesy of Emily Brill Show less Brill says the photos reassure readers that "I'm not a stereotypical sort of Manhattan, head-up-my-ass, agenda, PETA person." It isn't a bad start, but "she's got a long way to go to make it really thrive," Steven Brill told Insider.

☆ See photos from the Apollo era like never before
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-03 | by ( Ashley Strickland | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Since then, Saunders has applied his technique to 400 images from the Apollo program. His book of images, “Apollo Remastered,” was published in September. During his 10,000 hours of working on Apollo images, Saunders set himself another task: solving the case of the missing lunar golf ball. Defying gravityAstronaut Alan Shepard served as the commander of NASA's Apollo 14 lunar landing mission. The late NASA astronaut, known for his zest for life, smuggled a custom 6-iron clubhead and some golf balls to the moon during Apollo 14.

☆ The incredible true story of the time an astronaut played golf on the moon
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-02 | by ( Jack Bantock | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +13 min

The resulting creation, a Wilson Staff Dyna-Power 6-iron head, was tucked away in Shepard’s space suit for launch, with a few balls hidden in a sock. “Miles and miles and miles,” the jubilant astronaut remarked as the ball sailed out of his view, swallowed by the infinite blackness of space. What does any of that have to do with an astronaut playing golf on the moon? Saunders believed Shepard’s “miles and miles” remark to have been made tongue-in-cheek, an almost instinctive reflex of his hyper-competitive, “fighter-jock” nature. “We always talk about getting to the moon, landing on the moon, returning back to Earth – that’s how we think of the moon,” Odom said.

☆ Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin insists its passengers eat breakfast but avoid coffee and orange juice before they blast into space
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-26 | by ( Kate Duffy | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Blue Origin likes to ensure passengers tuck into breakfast before launching to the edge of space. The Hagles told Insider about their experience of flying with Blue Origin. In the days before a rocket launch, Blue Origin passengers stay in the Astronaut Village campsite in the Texas desert, around 15 miles away from the company's launch site near Van Horn. Blue Origin laid a full spread out for them, the couple said. During the interview, they also agreed with fellow Blue Origin astronaut William Shatner about space trips triggering feelings of grief and intense emotions.

☆ Creator Emma Chamberlain inks exclusive Spotify podcast deal
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-18 | by ( ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

Spotify is pulling influential Gen Z creator Emma Chamberlain into its podcast orbit. Under a multiyear pact with Chamberlain, Spotify starting in early 2023 will become the exclusive home for her “Anything Goes With Emma Chamberlain” podcast, including all back-catalog episodes and future installments. “I couldn’t be more honored to be their exclusive partner, and work together to allow ‘Anything Goes’ to blossom in ways it couldn’t have anywhere else. Chamberlain rose to YouTube fame in 2018 with her uniquely personal spin on the vlog format and currently has 11.9 million subscribers on her channel. “Emma Chamberlain is one of the most influential voices fueling the creator community today, and Spotify is thrilled to be her exclusive podcast partner,” Max Cutler, Spotify’s VP of creator content and partnerships.

☆ 75% of young, wealthy Americans get this 'wrong' about investing, says CFP
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-18 | by ( Ryan Ermey | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Although advisors generally recommend that younger investors hold the vast majority of their investments in stocks, wealthy young people are skeptical that traditional investments can get the job done. In fact, 3 in 4 say it's not possible to achieve above-average returns with stocks and bonds, according to the survey. Young rich investors may 'mistake success with expertise'Why are young, affluent investors pulling away from stocks? It could be that there are newer, fresher ideas out there, says Ken Shepard, head of investments at Bank of America Private Bank. Why stocks are still the best option for young investors

☆ These corporate insiders are spending millions on their own stock, including Boeing's CEO
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-11 | by ( Jesse Pound | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

The early days of November have seen several major stock purchases by corporate insiders, according to securities filings and Verity Data. The biggest name on the list is Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun, who bought 25,000 shares for roughly $4 million. Here are the top five recent insider buys, according to Verity: 1. CME Group : $8.26 million buy from director William Shepard, the biggest on record for CME Group. The buy at CME Group from William Shepard looks relatively more substantial.

☆ CNBC Cancels Shepard Smith’s Show
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-03 | by ( Joseph De Avila | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

CNBC has canceled “The News with Shepard Smith ” in an effort to focus more on business-news coverage, the network said. The network, a unit of Comcast Corp.’s NBCUniversal, plans to replace the 7 p.m. show with a business news program at the beginning of next year, KC Sullivan, president of CNBC, said in a memo to staff sent Thursday. “The News with Shepard Smith” will air its final show later this month, he said.

☆ CNBC axes Shepard Smith’s news program amid broader ‘strategic realignment’
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-03 | by ( Oliver Darcy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

New York CNN Business —Shepard Smith will exit CNBC later this year after the business-focused news network announced on Thursday that it will cancel his show as it undergoes a “strategic realignment” under new leadership. Sullivan indicated to employees that he wanted to invest more resources in financial news and said that Smith’s show will be replaced in early 2023 with a business-focused program. Sullivan acknowledged, however, that the “strategic realignment” will result in “some difficult decisions.”“Change is difficult, particularly when talented, good people are impacted,” he wrote. Sullivan said CNBC “will work across the News Group to identify other potential opportunities” for them. Smith was hired by Hoffman after leaving the right-wing channel Fox News over disagreements with its editorial decisions in recent years.

☆ CNBC cancels 'The News with Shepard Smith' to refocus on business news
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-03 | by ( Alex Sherman | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

NBCUniversal's CNBC has canceled "The News with Shepard Smith," its primetime general news show, to refocus on business and market coverage. The network announced the news Thursday in an e-mail to CNBC employees. CNBC will replace Smith's primetime show with markets coverage until a new live show focusing on business news launches in 2023. Smith joined CNBC two years ago from Fox News to bolster primetime TV ratings. The decision to move on from Smith is the first major decision made by Sullivan since taking over CNBC from Mark Hoffman in September.

☆ Democrats make last-minute push to hold House and Senate
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-28 | 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 EmailDemocrats make last-minute push to hold House and SenateNBC's Sahil Kapur joins Kayla Tausche and 'The News with Shepard Smith' to discuss House and Senate races, and the Democrat's efforts to hold both chambers.

☆ Recession fears rise on Main Street
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-28 | 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 EmailRecession fears rise on Main StreetCNBC's Ylan Mui joins Kayla Tausche and 'The News with Shepard Smith' to report on how small businesses are feeling about the economy and why they want politicians to pay more attention to their priorities.

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