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☆ Lands' End almost lost its wealthy boomer customers when it tried to court millennials and Gen Z. Now it's going for Gen X.
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-23 | by ( Dominick Reuter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Lands' End's baby-boomer shoppers are among the most loyal of any brand, but they are aging. Sales fell when the company tried to attract millennials in 2015 with a move into party dresses and heels. In recent years Lands' End has made a concerted effort to reach oft-overlooked Gen X shoppers. Within just one year Lands' End swung from a $9.2 million profit to a $7.7 million loss and customers were abandoning the brand. "Seventy-five percent of them either never shopped at Lands' End, or are lapsed customers and haven't shopped at Lands' End for five years.

☆ 3 tips on negotiating from Oscar-winner Octavia Spencer: 'I always get a raise'
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-18 | by ( Eboni Boykin-Patterson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Oscar-winner Octavia Spencer recently discussed her pay negotiation tactics in an interview. Spencer has been a vocal advocate of equal pay for women of color in Hollywood. Her perspective has remained straightforward on the topic: "Women and women of color have always lagged. While acknowledging that some negotiating is always necessary because, "Nobody's going to offer you what you're worth," she said, "I'm also not that negotiator who's going to go back and forth. If you can't come up to my price, there are so many other people that you can go to who probably will accept what you're offering.

☆ How China planted an FBI mole who was discovered only after gutting the CIA's vast spy network
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-18 | by ( James Bamford | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +25 min

At the time, four years after the handover from Britain to China, much of Hong Kong remained a world of neon and noise. "Five years ago, everyone looked down on you if you spoke Mandarin," said a Beijing executive living in Hong Kong. As soon as the Hong Kong Arts Festival ended, the Hong Kong International Film Festival began. In February 2006, Alex Ma, China's mole in the FBI, sent David photos he received from his handlers of five suspected human sources. Born in Hong Kong like Alex, Lee grew up in Hawaii and became a naturalized U.S. citizen.

☆ Peru's mining south, rocked by violence, braces for 'endless battle'
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-10 | by ( Marco Aquino | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

The anger in the Andean south looks likely to harden, protest leaders told Reuters, a major risk to firms in the world's no. "This is an endless battle," said Edgar Chura, leader of the Puno Defense Front protest group before the Monday clashes, a view shared by other protest leaders who spoke with Reuters. Protest leaders, meanwhile, say that a government proposal to bring elections forward to April 2024 is not enough. Jose Luis Chapa, a protest leader and workers union official in Arequipa, said new elections must be held this year if the government wanted dialogue. "The agreement is not to talk with anyone from government, least of all Dina Boluarte," the mining region protest leader said, adding protests would be "staggered" around the south.

☆ JD Vance is joining a distinctive club of conservatives who parlayed their celebrity into a GOP seat
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-01 | by ( Warren Rojas | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Incoming Sen. JD Vance continues a tradition of celebrities who broke into Republican politics. Their pre-congressional careers include stints on Broadway and reality TV, and in blockbuster movies. download the app Email address By clicking ‘Sign up’, you agree to receive marketing emails from Insider as well as other partner offers and accept our Terms of Service and Privacy PolicyNewly minted Republican Sen. JD Vance of Ohio won't just be replacing retiring Sen. He'll be joining the cadre of right-leaning actors, singers, and reality TV personalities who traded on their celebrity to secure a spot on Capitol Hill. Here are five other cultural figures, listed by when they joined Congress, who beat Vance to the punch of becoming Republican lawmakers.

☆ What could GOP control of the House mean for U.S.-China tensions?
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-18 | by ( Megan Lebowitz | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +10 min

McCarthy also says he plans to create a House select committee on China, the first since the late 1990s. House Republicans will also investigate the origins of the coronavirus and “the CCP’s role in the spread,” the blog post said, although it is unclear whether that investigation would be part of the select committee. Tensions were further inflamed in August by Pelosi’s Taiwan visit, the first by a sitting U.S. House speaker since 1997. The most volatile issue in U.S.-China relations is the status of Taiwan, which Beijing has not ruled out seizing by force. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi speaks with Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen in Taipei, Taiwan on Aug. 3, 2022.

☆ Apple may pull iPhone production out of China. Don’t expect other supply chains to follow.
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-08 | by ( Emma Cosgrove | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

COVID lockdowns and protests in China have reportedly pushed Apple to move production. It's the latest hit in a wave of talk about "reshoring" supply chains not always followed by action. In an August survey conducted by research firm Gartner, 95% of responding companies said they were reevaluating their China sourcing strategies. And most would say they had plans to move their supply chains away from China. But just as the Wall Street Journal reported Apple's intent to leave China, the country's leaders relaxed the COVID restrictions that were strangling the economy.

The win ends a nearly two-year power sharing agreement, giving Democrats true majority rule. Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona's viselike grip on their party's priorities has loosened a bit, thanks to Georgia. Republicans will no longer be able to bottle up Biden administration nominees in committee, and select Democratic committee chairs will again be able to issue subpoenas. "Joe Manchin is a good person; he really is," Biden said Friday at a reception for the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York speaks at a press conference at the Capitol on August 5, 2022.

☆ Biden says inflation is slowing in 'good news for the holiday season'
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-29 | by ( Trevor Hunnicutt | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

BAY CITY, Mich., Nov 29 (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday hailed easing prices for gasoline, clothes and appliances as "good news for the holiday season," but said it would take time for inflation to return to normal levels. That's good news for the holiday season," Biden said, noting that costs for producers were also coming down. "While these prices are lower, they're not low enough," he said, adding, "It's going to take time to get inflation back to normal levels ... we're laser focused on this." Prices could spike again if unions reject a potential contract deal with U.S. railways, the White House has warned, but Biden did not raise the issue during his remarks. read moreReporting by Trevor Hunnicutt; Writing by Andrea Shalal; Editing by Chris ReeseOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Analysis: In male-dominated North Korea, leadership prospects of Kim Jong Un's daughter are uncertain
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-22 | by ( Josh Smith | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +6 min

Chun Su-jin, the South Korean author of a book on North Korean women leaders, said the chance of North Korean elites welcoming Kim's daughter as ruler is close to zero. “That gives ample time for North Korea's political culture to change and create the conditions for a female successor,” Madden said. The increased participation of North Korean women in elite politics does not necessarily indicate change to the broader social or political systems, 38 North said in a 2020 report. North Korea is deeply isolated from world geopolitics and is under UN sanctions for its weapons programmes, which include nuclear bombs. "In North Korea, gender is still important to be a leader," said Hyun In-ae, a North Korean defector who now works at the Ewha Institute of Unification Studies in Seoul.

☆ Toyota Unveils New Prius as EV With an Engine
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-16 | by ( Sean Mclain | River Davis | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Toyota’s new Prius hybrid goes on sale starting this winter. The Prius hybrid helped cement Toyota Motor Corp. ’s environmental bona fides in the late 1990s by marrying an electric motor to a gasoline engine to boost fuel economy. Now, this pioneering model is getting a reboot, as the Japanese car company looks to arrest a multiyear sales slide for the car and prove hybrids have staying power in the electric-vehicle age.

☆ Toyota Pitches New Prius Hybrid as ‘EV With an Engine’
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-16 | by ( Sean Mclain | River Davis | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Toyota’s sales of its Prius hybrid have declined in recent years as rival brands put out their own hybrids. The Prius hybrid helped cement Toyota Motor Corp. ’s environmental bona fides in the late 1990s by marrying an electric motor to a gasoline engine to boost fuel economy. Now, this pioneering model is getting a reboot, as the Japanese car company looks to arrest a multiyear sales slide for the car and prove hybrids have staying power in the electric-vehicle age.

☆ Election Day is Nov. 8, but the legal challenges have already begun
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-27 | by ( Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +8 min

The suits, largely by Republicans, target rules over mail-in voting, early voting, voter access, voting machines, voting registration, the counting of mismarked absentee ballots and access for partisan poll watchers. But their legal effort ahead of the election focuses on making voting easier and helping those denied a chance to vote, through legal hotlines and volunteers. But the bulk of this litigation generally occurs after the votes have been cast, not before Election Day. Trump’s own leadership found the election was fair, and state election officials nationwide saw no widespread evidence of fraud. There’s growing concern among election officials and law enforcement about overly aggressive poll watchers or people pretending to be poll watchers intimidating voters.

☆ Herschel Walker tries to turn 'prop' badge controversy into campaign gold
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-17 | by ( Marc Caputo | Marc Caputo Is A Senior National Political Reporter For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +12 min

And Walker’s campaign told NBC News that it has ordered 1,000 imitation plastic law enforcement badges that say “I’m with Herschel” as a fundraising tool. “Herschel Walker has been a friend to law enforcement and has a record of honoring police,” said Gail Gitcho, the Walker campaign strategist who ordered the badges Saturday. "It just gives us a chance to talk about Herschel’s support of law enforcement and law enforcement's support for him. If he said, ‘I’m a law enforcement officer and I have these powers,’ then I have a problem with that. Asked whether he had a problem with Walker’s flashing the honorary badge onstage, Wilcher said: “No.

☆ Karn Saroya's Web3 seed startup is creating a version of Lloyds of London for crypto. It was just valued at $100 million.
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-28 | by ( April Joyner | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

The Web3 reinsurance company Re has raised $14 million from investors such as Tribe Capital. Now he's seeking to apply Web3 tools to make that industry, which is dominated by firms such as Munich Re and Lloyds of London, more accessible. The company participated in Tribe Capital's crypto incubator, Tribe Crypto Labs, and its other investors include Defy, Exor, Stratos, Framework, Morgan Creek Digital, and SiriusPoint. Cover started out as a search tool for insurance policies but then became an insurer in its own right. Like other financial products, such as mortgages and loans, insurance policies can be bundled up and sold as securities.

☆ Bank of America employees are frustrated and confused over new rules governing chats with colleagues and clients amid crackdown on illicit messaging
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-28 | by ( Alex Morrell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

BofA has rolled out a new communications policy to traders and bankers amid an industry-wide regulatory probe. Even texting "I'm running late" from a personal phone is a policy violation, according to an internal memo. Banks and brokerages are required to monitor employees' written communications — rules that often went ignored during the work-from-home days of the pandemic, leading to a regulatory crackdown that ramped up this year. The same example — letting someone know you're running late to a meeting — was cited. For those who want to ensure safety, it means putting personal communications that could come into question on the corporate phone.

☆ Read the exact 2-page media kit a medical student content creator has used to land deals with brands like Neutrogena and Meta
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-27 | by ( Shriya Bhattacharya | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Here's the media kit that's helped him land deals with companies like Neutrogena and Meta. A key factor in landing some of these deals has been a media kit he first created in 2021, which he calls his "influencer resume." One of the biggest deals he's been able to secure with the media kit was a partnership with Neutrogena earlier this year. Here's the latest version of his media kit:The first page of Bervell's media kit is an intro to BervellPage 1 of Bervell's media kit. He ends his media kit with videos that showcase the versatility of his content instead of the ones with the highest engagement.

LONDON—The booming market for secondhand luxury goods is creating a dilemma for makers of high-end handbags, fashion and jewelry: Join the trend, or ignore it. Secondhand luxury isn’t new, but its popularity is surging. Steep price hikes by prestigious brands like Chanel SA are driving some luxury buyers to look for less expensive used items. Others are seizing on secondhand goods’ sustainability bona fides: A used pair of designer jeans doesn’t cost any more of the planet’s resources to make.

☆ Papa Francisc ar putea vizita Coreea de Nord; Ar fi prima vizită a unui papă în țara condusă de Kim Jong Un
▼ + stars: | 2021-07-09 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +2 min

Sursa foto: ProfimediaPapa Francisc ar putea vizita Coreea de Nord; Ar fi prima vizită a unui papă în țara condusă de Kim Jong UnŞeful serviciului de informaţii sud-coreean a declarat că lucrează la o posibilă vizită a Papei Francisc în Coreea de Nord, informează o agenţie de ştiri catolică asociată cu Vaticanul, potrivit Reuters, citat de Agerpres. Fides, agenţia oficială de ştiri a misiunilor pontificale, a relatat că Park Jie-won a făcut acest anunţ luni, la o slujbă din Mokpo, în Coreea de Sud. Joi, o persoană care a răspuns la telefon la biserica unde Park Jie-won a participat la slujbă a confirmat prezenţa sa, dar nu şi comentariile vehiculate. În 2018, preşedintele sud-coreean Moon Jae-in a transmis verbal o invitaţie din partea liderului nord-coreean Kim Jong Un către Papa Francisc. Purtătorul de cuvânt al Vaticanului, Matteo Bruni, a spus că aceasta este singura călătorie a Suveranului Pontif care este pe agendă în prezent.

Persons: Papa Francisc, Kim Jong, Papei Francisc, Fides, Park, Kim Hee - jung, Alfred Xuereb, Coreea de Sud ., - coreean Moon, coreean Kim Jong, Papa Francisc . Kim, Moon, Papa, El, Matteo Organizations: Agerpres, Park, Informaţii, Pontif Locations: Coreea de Nord, Mokpo, Coreea de Sud, Gwangju, Vaticanului, Phenian, - coreean, coreean, Roma, Slovacia, Ungaria

☆ Trei studente din cadrul UTM au participat la Simpozionul Științific International „Valori bibliofile”
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-20 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: +2 min

Trei studente din cadrul UTM au participat la Simpozionul Științific International „Valori bibliofile”Studentele Facultății Textile şi Poligrafie, programul Design si Tehnologii Poligrafice, anul II – Nicoleta Vasiliev, Daniela Iftodi și Daniela Mardari, însoțite de profesoara lor, Lucia Adăscalița, au participat la cea de-a XXX-a ediție a Simpozionului Științific International „Valori bibliofile”- 2021, secțiunea II: Ex-libris și grafică de carte, desfășurat pe 15-16 iunie, în incinta Bibliotecii Naționale a Republicii Moldova. Sinod, București, expert în bibliofilie și carte rară, care a venit cu „Câteva completări la bibliografia românească veche”. Iar Veronica Cosovan, șef secție Cartea veche și rară, Biblioteca Națională a RM, a evocat pagini importante din Perioada de aur a miniaturisticii moldovenești. Cu asemenea artiști-profesori și profesori-artiști tinerii studioși de astăzi au doza necesară de azimă pentru a se cultiva și afirma. Acest material a fost scris și redactat de echipa UTM.

Persons: Nicoleta Vasiliev, Daniela Iftodi, Daniela, Lucia Adăscalița, Valeriu Herța, dr . Policarp Chițulescu, Vasile, M . Kogălniceanu, Paul Gore –, Veronica, ILIE, SERGIU, Daniela Mardari Organizations: UTM, Naționale, Biblioteca Națională, RM Locations: Textile, Republicii Moldova, Sinod, București, Chișinău

☆ Digitalizarea justiției în Republica Moldova. Ce recomandări au avocații
▼ + stars: | 2020-11-13 | by ( ) www.bizlaw.md time to read: +6 min

Aceasta este părerea avocaților moldoveni despre digitalizarea justiției. Am întrebat mai mulți avocați cât de bine stăm la capitolul digitalizarea justiției și de ce ar mai fi nevoie? Vedeți mai jos ce ne-au răspuns:Oleg Efrim, Managing Partner la EFRIM ROŞCA Asociații: Am să mă opresc doar la gândul că digitalizarea justiției trebuie să devină prioritatea indiscutabilă a Guvernului. În afara de cererile de amânare expediate prin e-mail, alte documente erau arareori acceptate în formă electronică, chiar și cu semnătură digitală calificată. Personal, în această perioadă am semnat toate documentele inclusiv contracte, cereri și acte de procedură doar cu semnătura electronică și le-am expediat prin e-mail.

Persons: Oleg Efrim, Vlad Roșca, implimentat, Roger Gladei, Viorel, Vadim Vieru, Elena, Andrei Bivol Organizations: EFRIM, Gladei, Curtea Europeană Locations: Republica Moldova, România, SUA, Britanie, Romania

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