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☆ I'm a housekeeper in Palm Beach earning more than I ever imagined due to the influx of young, wealthy families to South Florida
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-30 | by ( Alexandra Bacon | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Read previewThis as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Marta Magarelli, 60, a housekeeper in Palm Beach, where housekeepers are in high demand. Now, I work as the executive housekeeper for a family in Palm Beach, earning far more than I ever imagined. Even though I hadn't had experience as an executive housekeeper before, I never let that stop me from taking on a new challenge. AdvertisementThe number of employees in these Palm Beach homes can easily rack up. The market for housekeepers in Palm Beach has changed a lot in recent yearsPalm Beach is a very expensive ZIP code.

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And they were everywhere, although, naturally, New York City was a magnet, as it has always been for L.G.B.T.Q.+ people looking for a place in which they can be themselves. New York City was where you lost your soul, and we wanted to be closer to the earth. I wore an eight-and-a-half-foot-tall Statue of Liberty costume to the Easter Parade in New York City, and Kirsten came along with me. By the time I turned 30, I’d been telling people I was older for years, because I’m not the type to bemoan the loss of my youth. Going to New York felt like this moment of emerging to a wider audience, and then I started to travel a lot.

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☆ That job you're applying for might be fake
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-26 | by ( Dan Defrancesco | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

In today's big story, we're looking at how the next job you apply for might be fake . While employment is still relatively low, sitting at only 4% , the job market is also pretty stagnant. ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty ImagesEven if you find a legitimate job posting, it doesn't get much easier. Workers were also spoiled with the 2021 job market, where candidates named their prices . AdvertisementAnd a fake job posting might be a blessing in disguise.

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☆ I tried and ranked 5 Burger King cheeseburgers from worst to best, and the winner was the most classic
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-26 | by ( Erin Mcdowell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

I tried five different cheeseburgers from Burger King, including the Whopper and the Bacon King. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementI've tried many different fast-food burgers over the years, and Burger King's cheeseburgers consistently rank among my favorites. According to an original menu reported by Delish, Burger King has sold cheeseburgers since its inception in the 1950s, but exactly how the chain makes them has changed considerably. The chain started with simple broiled cheeseburgers, but now the Burger King menu includes cheeseburger melts, seven variations on its classic Whopper, chicken sandwiches, nuggets, fries, and more.

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☆ Are you better off than you were four years ago? It can be a murky picture for many
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-25 | by ( Shannon Pettypiece | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +9 min

But retirees and full-time caregivers have been unable to take advantage of a strong job market. Now, consumers are largely left with the same buying power they had four years ago rather than having seen real income gains over that time that would have helped bolster their financial picture. The outlook for the job market also varies by race with the unemployment rate at 5.6% for Black workers and 5% for Hispanic workers. Food prices have risen around 25% over the past four years while Biden was in office. The rise in food prices has disproportionately impacted lower-income households, which spend around a third of their discretionary income on food, according to a 2022 Agriculture Department survey.

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☆ Job seekers are jumping through more hoops to get hired as power shifts back to employers
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-25 | by ( Alexandra Bacon | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Read previewThe hiring process seems to have become increasingly complex in recent years, with job seekers facing new tests, more interviews, and months of waiting to hear back from prospective employers. Job seekers have been taking to social media to complain about jumping through various hiring hoops just to secure an entry-level job. He said that in recent years, the hiring process has slowed down as the number of interview rounds has increased: "It reflects a lack of understanding by employers about what they're actually looking for." Advertisement"Many interviews and job assessments now take place online, which means candidates need to adapt to virtual interactions and later demonstrate their skills remotely," she said. When job interviews started to be done on Zoom and managers had fewer opportunities to evaluate candidates, more employers began using cognitive and psychometric assessments as part of their hiring process.

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☆ How to Live to 100: An expert warns against taking health advice from centenarians
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-24 | by ( Brady Elliott | University Of Westminster | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

It seems obvious but survivorship bias is everywhere in society. We’re currently studying over 65-year-olds who have maintained unusually high levels of exercise into older age and have maintained excellent health. READ MORE: Why married people live longerWhile we know that their lifelong exercise is associated with their unusually good health into older age, we can’t directly say one causes the other yet. But often, like in survivorship bias, we’re not looking at all the data, and so finding patterns where there are none. Bradley Elliott receives funding from the Physiological Society, the British Society for Research on Ageing, the Altitude Centre, and private philanthropic individuals.

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☆ Hot honey is the sweet and spicy flavor on everyone's lips, from pizza to cocktails. Here's why it's America's newest food obsession.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-23 | by ( Grace Dean | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

But it's popular to pair with chicken, too: Sweetgreen has a hot honey chicken protein bowl, Cava sells harissa honey chicken, and KFC serves Sriracha honey nuggets. At Starbucks' upmarket Reserve locations, you can get hot honey in an affogato or espresso martini. So Kurtz started experimenting with chili-infused honey in his college apartment, where he created Mike's Hot Honey in 2004. Zalat PizzaUK canned and bottled cocktail company Tom Savano Cocktails has been experimenting with hot honey in the drinks department. Cooking magazines and TikTokers alike have been scrambling to find new ways to incorporate hot honey into dishes.

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☆ I retrained as a plumber after being laid off from my media job and becoming a mom. I love the flexibility.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-22 | by ( Alexandra Bacon | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

In August 2020, I was laid off from my job, and a couple of days later, my husband left me. I was working a contract job for a literacy nonprofit, and thankfully, they allowed me to take six weeks off to complete the plumbing course. AdvertisementThat pushed me to become self-employed in plumbing and do this alongside my media work, which forms the basis of my income. I currently carve out one day a week for plumbing work — I concentrate on smaller maintenance, so I can do around four to six jobs within a day. The plumbing work gives me good flexibility, and I'm very aware that it is a way of future-proofing my career in case the rise of AI makes elements of my media work redundant.

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☆ 260 McNuggets? McDonald’s Ends A.I. Drive-Through Tests Amid Errors
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-21 | by ( Hank Sanders | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Stop!” two friends screamed with humorous anguish on a TikTok video as an A.I. drive-through misunderstands their order, tallying up 240, 250 and then 260 Chicken McNuggets. In other videos, the A.I. So when McDonald’s announced in a June 13 internal email, obtained by the trade publication Restaurant Business, that it was ending its partnership with IBM and shutting down its A.I. tests at more than 100 U.S. drive-throughs, customers who had interacted with the service were probably not shocked.

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☆ What Donald Trump Learned From Don King
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-18 | by ( Matt Flegenheimer | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

For more than three decades, the boxing promoter Don King and Donald J. Trump have shared an enduring friendship and some defining surface similarities: an unmissable hairdo and a self-regarding gumption that became a kind of superpower, a trail of beleaguered creditors and an unswerving conviction that more is more. “Putting some gas in the tank,” Mr. King, 92, said recently at a South Florida casino bistro, presiding over a 4 p.m. lunch of New York strip steak, three eggs over easy, bacon, sausage, pancakes, grits, cranberry juice, coffee (“black like me”), with agave syrup and African hot sauce he brought from home. His waiter asked if anything was missing. “Yeah,” Mr. King said, “we’re going to need more butter.”As much as any figure has in Mr. Trump’s grand, rampaging public life, Mr. King modeled what Mr. Trump considered to be success for a Black man in America. For the former president, Mr. King was both ally and example — a half-generation older and an avatar of unrepentant excess and streetwise bravado in Mr. Trump’s 1980s heyday in New York.

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☆ Wall Street is turning more bullish
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-18 | by ( Krystal Hur | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

New York CNN —It’s tough being a Wall Street bear these days. The S&P 500 index has climbed nearly 15% this year and clinched 30 record-high closes. The new backdrop of cooling inflation coupled with rate cuts on the horizon is prompting investors to up their bullish wagers. Evercore ISI raised its price target to 6,000 for the S&P 500, a reversal from its previous, more gloomy 4,750 target. Much of the S&P 500 index’s returns are tied to the mega-cap tech Magnificent Seven stocks, leaving the market dependent on just a handful of names to continue its monster run.

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☆ I compared Martha Stewart's and Ina Garten's BLT sandwiches, and I preferred the recipe with store-bought mayo
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-17 | by ( Erin Mcdowell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: 1 min

I usually fry my bacon, but the recipe said to bake it, and I really liked this method. The bacon slices on a wired sheet pan. I placed five strips of bacon on a baking wire rack on a sheet pan and put it in the heated oven. After 20 minutes in the oven, the bacon turned out perfectly crispy. Cooking the bacon on the wire rack was easier than frying it, in my opinion.

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☆ The strange economics of pig meat: Ham prices are down, but bacon’s up
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-17 | by ( Danielle Wiener-Bronner | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

New York CNN —Shoppers in the meat aisle may have noticed something weird last month: Bacon prices are sizzling, but ham’s not so hot. But ham prices were lower, falling 5.4% overall and dropping 6.3% when you exclude canned varieties. It’s all relativeGlynn Tonsor, a professor in the department of agriculture economics at Kansas State University suggests that if you zoom out, pork prices are indeed going up across the board. But prices for ham actually went up higher than the prices of bacon and pork chops. Scott Olson/Getty Images/FilePeople love baconAnother reason for high bacon prices: Strong demand, even when it’s expensive.

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☆ I commute 5 hours from Hamburg to London so I can live with my partner. It's not sustainable.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-16 | by ( Alexandra Bacon | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Read previewThis as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Seb, 32, about his commute from Hamburg to London for work. However, my team was switching back to in-person work, so it wasn't particularly fair for me to work completely remotely. My fastest time so far has been four hours and 44 minutes, and the longest has been close to six hours. Hamburg is a lot cleaner than London, and the roads are a lot quieter. It's not like I ended up with someone Spanish and got to live in a sunny beach destination in Spain.

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☆ This nutrition scientist is on a mission to make ultra-processed foods healthier. Can he succeed?
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-15 | by ( Hilary Brueck | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Read previewIt's been five years since nutrition scientist Kevin Hall made a startling discovery that changed the way we view ultra-processed foods. It was the first randomized controlled study of its kind, and it changed the way we view ultra-processed foods. Aleksandr Zubkov/Getty ImagesHe wants to understand precisely why ultra-processed foods do what they do and what—if anything—we can do to make them healthier. Ultra-processed foods attack our brainsPaul Bradbury/Getty ImagesWe've known for a long time that ultra-processed foods are associated with all kinds of bad health outcomes, from more early death, to extra strokes, and additional heart attacks. Related storiesBut whether the entire category — all packaged, ultra-processed foods are inherently bad for us by nature — is still an open question.

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☆ A woman who hates cooking shared the 5 easy, healthy meals that helped her lose 200 pounds
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-15 | by ( Rachel Hosie | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

AdvertisementSo she developed new staple meals like cottage cheese bowls and chicken with potatoes. Mancuso shared the easy, staple meals that helped her lose 200 pounds over two years. Cottage cheese bowls"I've had cottage cheese bowls most days," Mancuso said. She said she sometimes eats cottage cheese as it is, but other times blends it into a smooth yoghurt-like consistency. Related stories"I add maple syrup to sweeten and also sometimes add a flavored protein powder to add more protein," Mancuso said.

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☆ How Gen Zers dine out: From spicy food to menu hacks
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-14 | by ( Grace Dean | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

They love to customize their food, they're suckers for a menu hack, and they crave spicy dishes, restaurant executives and experts say. Menu hacks fly on social mediaGen Zers are more inclined to try out menu hacks, creating new dishes using items already available on the menu. AdvertisementAt Caribou Coffee, younger customers — Gen Alpha, Gen Zers, and younger millennials — are most likely to modify their drinks, CMO Erin Newkirk told BI. They crave spicy foodGen Zers are big fans of spicy food, executives previously told BI. In a 2022 poll by Morning Consult , US Gen Z respondents listed chicken as their second-favorite food overall, behind only pizza.

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☆ The tech momentum trade that's pushing stocks to records can last a lot longer, Jeremy Siegel says
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-13 | by ( Matthew Fox | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The tech momentum trade driving market gains is likely to continue, says WisdomTree's Jeremy Siegel. AdvertisementThe tech momentum trade that has powered the stock market higher over the past year-and-a-half is likely to continue on for a lot longer than most expect, according to WisdomTree economist Jeremy Siegel. "I think that momentum trade on the tech and AI-related is still there. It takes a lot of bad news to break a momentum trade and we just haven't gotten it," Siegel said. "My forecast for three to five years on the entire stock market is 5% after inflation rate of returns.

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☆ I cooked bacon with 4 different appliances, and I'll never make it on a stovetop again
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-12 | by ( Steven John | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

I cooked bacon using my stove, oven, air fryer, and microwave to see which had the best results. The oven is great for big batches of bacon, but the air fryer created the perfect taste and texture. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . My preferred way to prepare our bacon is to cook a large batch in the oven at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 10 minutes. This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers.

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☆ Even with food prices flattening out, the cost of dining out is still going up
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-12 | by ( Danielle Wiener-Bronner | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

But menu prices, a source of frustration for budget-conscious consumers, are still going up — even as restaurants brag about their discounted meals. In that time prices ticked up 0.2% at limited service spots, which include fast casual and fast food joints. Grocery prices rose 1% in the 12 months through May. The increases, particularly in fast food prices, have caused customers to pull back on spending and complain online, eroding the sector’s reputation for affordability. In February, overall food prices remained flat for the first time since April 2023.

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☆ Marjorie Taylor Greene creates headaches for House GOP as leaders weigh how much attention to give the Trump loyalist
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-11 | by ( Melanie Zanona | Annie Grayer | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

And I’m not leaving,” Greene told CNN of what she relayed to Comer, a Kentucky Republican. GOP Rep. Don Bacon of Nebraska framed the internal debate over how to handle Greene in familial terms: “You can only do so much. The American people don’t give a sh*t,” Greene told CNN last week after her meeting with Johnson. It’s not the first time Greene has tried the unpopular move of undermining the committee process and House GOP leadership. “I don’t think that you cure one hasty ill-advised action with another,” GOP Rep. Nick LaLota of New York said of Greene’s proposals.

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☆ No more bus tours for China's rich millennials — they're seeing the world on their own
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-08 | by ( Alexandra Bacon | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Read previewRich millennials in China are experiencing world travel in a very different way from their parents. These tours offered a safer and more accessible way to explore new destinations, Elisa Harca, CEO of consultancy firm Red Ant Asia, previously told Business Insider. New technology has made solo travel much less dauntingSocial media platforms like Xiaohongshu are the go-to place for local travel tips. BORIS HORVAT/Getty"They're a lot more used to being tourists,'' Jack Porteous of China-focused consultancy firm Tong Global told Business Insider. The rise of social media platforms for travel has also spurred the accessibility of solo travel.

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☆ ‘The Whole World Smiles With You’ challenges the boundaries of Black art
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-06 | by ( Leah Dolan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

“These were the images that were easy for the art world to engage with. Akinkugbe hopes the exhibition shows the "sprawling" nature of Black figurative art. Courtesy Opera GalleryWhile public and institutional interest in Black art has been increasing steadily since 2008, attention and engagement is often inextricably linked to the news cycle. “I do think that in the art world, there was a huge reaction to 2020. “I think it could broaden someone’s idea of what Black art is.

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☆ A job seeker says she was invited to a work happy hour after an interview, but it turned out to be another hiring test
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-05 | by ( Alexandra Bacon | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Job hunters haven't had it easy in recent months despite a relatively strong labor market. One job seeker said she was invited to a happy hour after her on-site interview. But instead of mingling with potential colleagues, she met other candidates for the job, she said. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . A TikTok user named Marissa Marlowe shared her experience in a recent video, saying she'd applied for hundreds of jobs before being invited to an on-site test with a prospective employer.

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