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☆ An actor who stuck thousands of headshots around New York and London has been signed up by an agent
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-22 | by ( Stephanie Stacey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Medhi Hamadouchi found an agent after sticking thousands of headshots around New York and London. "All the stars aligned in this case," Hamadouchi's new agent Paul Byram told Insider. "All the stars aligned in this case and we are all very happy with the outcome," Paul Byram told Insider. Earlier this month, Hamadouchi redoubled his efforts with 5,000 headshots stuck on walls in places such as Oxford Circus Tube station. Local authorities asked him to stop fly-posting, Hamadouchi told Variety — and he once fled from someone he thought was a council officer.

☆ Prince Harry’s Pagan Progress
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-20 | by ( Dominic Green | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

Prince Harry ’s memoir, “Spare,” is among other things a spiritual autobiography—a New Age story of suffering and rebirth. Harry has said he’s “not religious,” but he is spiritual. Christianity leaves him cold, but he pursues enlightenment with a zeal that would have warmed the heart of a Puritan divine. He travels this path alone, guided by drugs, spirit animals sent by his late mother, Diana, and daily yoga and meditation. Yet the percentage of millennials claiming “absolute certainty” in God’s existence (53%) wasn’t far off the figures for baby boomers (59%) and Generation X (55%) when they were young.

☆ The Patrick Mahomes Generation Has Finally Conquered the NFL
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-20 | by ( Andrew Beaton | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

The best way to feel a little bit older this weekend will be to turn on an NFL playoff game. The past few years in the NFL have been marked by a gradual generational shift in the sport. There was a group of legendary older quarterbacks who refused to go away. And there was a new age of passers like Patrick Mahomes and Josh Allen who were vying to not only take over a game but also completely reshape the way it’s played.

☆ Top diplomats, former UN officials seek to fix 'Wild West' of peacemaking
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-20 | by ( Emma Farge | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

But the framework's proponents, who have just completed a two-year consultation period in dozens of countries, say today's peace brokers are applying the wrong strategy. "You could say 'Why the hell are people talking about peace when the whole thing falls apart?' "Right now the peacemaking space is like the Wild West," said Hiba Qasas, the executive director of the Principles for Peace Initiative, who is Palestinian and a former U.N. official. Current shortcomings are widely acknowledged and U.N. chief Antonio Guterres is working on a so-called "New Agenda For Peace" this year. (This story has been corrected to change "UN officials" to "former UN officials" in the headline)Reporting by Emma Farge; Editing by Hugh LawsonOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Ronaldo v Messi: the last dance in Saudi Arabia or a fresh start?
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-18 | by ( Shady Amir | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Messi's Paris St Germain take on a combined Al Hilal-Al Nassr team in an exhibition match, giving Ronaldo and Messi a chance to rekindle their old 'El Clasico' rivalry when they played for Real Madrid and Barcelona, respectively. Mohammed Al-Jadaan, Saudi Arabia's Minister of Finance, had recently indicated that the door was open for moves by Saudi clubs to try and sign both of soccer's biggest stars. Messi and Ronaldo won every Ballon d'Or award from 2008-2017 until Real Madrid midfielder Luka Modric broke their hegemony and the Argentine has since won two more to lead 7-5 over his Portuguese rival in the race to be the world's best player. Should the Argentine move to Saudi Arabia, Thursday's encounter between the sport's two biggest stars of the modern era could signal the dawn of a new age in Asian football. Reporting by Shady Amir; Editing by Ken FerrisOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Jan 17 (Reuters) - Montfort has emerged as the top bidder for Uniper Energy's oil refinery in the UAE that produces low-sulphur fuel oil for the shipping industry, multiple sources familiar with the matter said this week. The companies are finalising the deal, some of the sources said, although one source said the deal has been closed. Other companies that were also in the running were Vitol and BB Energy, the sources said. The Fujairah plant processes mainly African sweet, or low-sulphur, crude oil, producing about 5 million tonnes per year of very low-sulphur fuel oil (VLSFO), according to Uniper and Refinitiv data. Montfort has a bunker supplier licence in Fujairah under the entity of Montfort Trading FZE.

☆ My company made $1 million in its first year during the 2008 financial crisis. My advice for entrepreneurs is to start now — here's why.
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-17 | by ( Emma Magnus | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

He saw the 2008 financial crisis as a chance to recruit talent and clients looking to make a change. Allen started his company in 2008 and turned over $1 million in the first year of operation. When I saw the financial crisis starting to develop back in 2008, it felt like the right moment to start my own brand-consultancy business. In January 2008, I bit the bullet and gave up a comfortable WPP package to start my own consultancy business, Brandpie. We ended up making about £1.1 million, over $1 million, in revenue in our first year.

President Joe Biden lambasted House Republicans’ tax agenda on Monday, targeting the new majority’s push to revoke new Internal Revenue Service funding, abolish the federal tax agency and replace the income tax with a federal tax on consumption. Speaking at the National Action Network’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day breakfast in Washington, D.C., Biden referred to Republicans as "fiscally demented" and pledged to veto their tax legislation, which is all but certain to fail in the Democratic-controlled Senate. President Joe Biden speaks at the National Action Network's Martin Luther King, Jr., Day breakfast, in Washington, DC., on Monday. They didn’t say if elected their plan was to make inflation worse.”The other tax bill in Biden’s crosshairs was introduced last week by Rep. Buddy Carter, R-Ga., and would abolish the IRS, eliminate income taxes and institute a federal consumption tax.

☆ Biden slams House Republicans' plans on taxes, says they will make inflation worse
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-12 | by ( Jeff Mason | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

WASHINGTON, Jan 12 (Reuters) - U.S. President Biden criticized House Republicans who have taken control of Congress for backing tax measures that he said would benefit the wealthy at the expense of middle class taxpayers, and make inflation worse. The Republican-controlled House passed a bill Monday night that would slash tens of billions of funding dollars for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, which analyzes bills for lawmakers, reported in an analysis on Monday that the Republicans' IRS measure would raise the deficit by $114 billion. "House Republicans campaigned on inflation. They didn't say if elected their plan was to make inflation worse," Biden told reporters.

☆ IEA says clean energy manufacturing set for substantial growth as world enters 'new industrial age'
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-12 | by ( Anmar Frangoul | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

The world's second largest economy is a major force in technologies crucial to the planned energy transition. "The related clean energy manufacturing jobs would more than double from 6 million today to nearly 14 million by 2030," the IEA said, "and further rapid industrial and employment growth is expected in the following decades as transitions progress." Its report highlighted "potentially risky levels of concentration in clean energy supply chains — both for the manufacturing of technologies and the materials on which they rely." China, it said, was dominating both the production and trade of "most clean energy technologies." "Meanwhile, a great deal of the mining for critical minerals is concentrated in a small number of countries," it added.

☆ Mattel is giving preschoolers an age-appropriate Barbie
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-12 | by ( Parija Kavilanz | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

New York CNN —Mattel is giving preschoolers a new age-appropriate Barbie doll that it says is better suited for their needs. Mattel launched a new Barbie doll, called My First Barbie, specifcially designed for preschoolers. My First Barbie is larger, 13.5 inches tall versus 11.5 inches for the standard Barbie fashion doll. My First Barbie is bigger than the originally Barbie fashion doll and features a softer body. First introduced as Barbie Millicent Roberts in 1959, Mattel sold 300,000 Barbie dolls in the first year of her launch.

☆ No, the GOP isn't going to abolish income tax — or the IRS
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-12 | by ( Juliana Kaplan | Jacob Zinkula | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

The House is planning to vote on a Republican bill that would abolish the national income tax. It would implement a national sales tax in its place and eliminate the IRS. The House of Representatives is planning to vote on a Republican bill that would abolish the national income tax, payroll tax, and estate tax and replace it with a single national consumption — or sales — tax on the purchase of goods and services. "Go home and tell your moms, they're going to be really excited about that," Biden said of the national sales tax proposal in Thursday remarks. Critics say replacing the national income tax with a consumption tax would be highly regressive and shift the country's tax burden from higher-income Americans to middle- and working-class taxpayers.

☆ Republicans ready to set new agenda after prolonged House speaker vote
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-09 | 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 EmailRepublicans ready to set new agenda after prolonged House speaker voteCNBC's Ylan Mui reports on the new rules in Congress.

☆ The tech startup playbook to follow when money is tight
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-04 | by ( Diamond Naga Siu | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Raising capital via venture debt will be key for many startups in 2023 PM Images/Getty Images1. This is the startup playbook to follow when money is tight. Instead of getting money from investors, they're taking out multiyear loans. But investors got scared in 2022 when the tech industry started to wobble. Odds and ends:The Volkswagen ID.7 electric sedan.

☆ Meta remains only place small businesses can develop an online community, says Todd Gordon
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-04 | 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 EmailMeta remains only place small businesses can develop an online community, says Todd GordonTodd Gordon, co-founder of New Age Wealth Advisors, joins ‘Tech Check’ to discuss whether Meta can make a comeback in 2023 as the company’s shares were hammered in 2022, plunging mover than 60%.

☆ IRS Sees Crypto Companies as Potential Crime-Fighting Partners
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-03 | by ( Richard Vanderford | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +5 min

In the alphabet soup of federal law-enforcement agencies, IRS-CI hasn’t attracted as much attention as its counterparts at the Federal Bureau of Investigation or Drug Enforcement Administration. Sometimes it’s hard to compete with private companies. But there are those out there that want to dedicate their life to service, that want to combat fraud, that want to do law-enforcement work. We’ve had several of our cyber agents and managers go to private companies. They’ll go out to the private sector, and they’ll come back to government and back out to the private sector.

☆ 9 tech predictions for 2023 from seed investor in Uber, Pinterest, and other top companies
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-03 | by ( Scott Belsky | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +16 min

2022 was a pivotal year for:Collaborative web apps disrupting every function of the enterprise. Internet browsers will shift from generalized to specializedAs web apps, communal browsing, and decentralized technology continue to grow, browsers have become too generalized and antiquated for the future of web apps. Web apps offer virality and infinite possibilities for product-led growth, and are finally powerful enough for sophisticated apps like Photoshop. Browsers will be reimagined for collaboration and higher performance web apps — like Arc from The Browser Company. Content creators will own their audience and some will become "platform-less"Content creators with mass audiences are seeking novel ways to own the relationship.

☆ Check out Landing, a 'Pinterest for Gen Z', where users make vision boards on everything from their dream wedding with Harry Styles to the first day of school
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-29 | by ( Lakshmi Varanasi | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Landing, a vision board site similar to Pinterest, is becoming popular with Gen Z.Gen Z users told Insider they make several vision boards a week on the site. Scroll through Landing and you'll see playful, irreverent, and even otherworldly vision boards from users showcasing everything from New Year's resolutions to their dream wedding with musician Harry Styles. The founders said the velocity with which Gen Z makes vision boards is unlike anything they expected. Creating a vision board is akin to making a list of goals, journaling, or writing oneself an encouraging note. Vega's 2023 vision board.

☆ U.S. FDA weighs regulating cannabis compound CBD in food, supplements - WSJ
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-27 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Dec 27 (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is planning to make recommendations on how to regulate the use of popular cannabis compound CBD in food and supplements, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday, citing agency officials. After weighing the evidence on the compound's safety, the FDA will decide within months how to regulate legal cannabis and whether that will require new agency rules or new legislation from Congress, according to the report. Cannabidiol, or CBD, is a non-psychoactive compound derived from cannabis. Cannabis products, excluding Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC's (JAZZ.O) Epidiolex, are illegal at the federal level in the United States, although some states allow their use. Reporting by Raghav Mahobe in Bengaluru; Editing by Devika SyamnathOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Luxury homebuyers want plunge pools, infrared saunas, and 'spiritual concierges,' according to two star brokers who've sold $4 billion of real estate so far this year
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-19 | by ( Zoe Rosenberg | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Real-estate agents Fredrik Eklund and John Gomes said luxury homebuyers want wellness perks at home. More than gyms and swimming pools, they're seeking out extras like infrared saunas and plunge pools. On-demand perks like "spiritual concierges" and IV treatments are becoming more popular. Speaking about the year ahead alongside Eklund Gomes Team CEO Julia Spillman, they said wellness perks remain at the top of the list of must-haves for luxury homebuyers of both condos and single-family residences. The Eklund Gomes Team has big plans for the year aheadThe Eklund Gomes Team plans to grow, even as the real-estate market at large is slowing down.

☆ Tech industry group sues to block California law designed to protect kids online over free speech concerns
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-14 | by ( Lauren Feiner | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Modeled off standards in the U.K., the California law aims to establish rules that make the internet safer for kids. Lawmakers are, in many instances, attempting to weaken the broad liability protections that online platforms enjoy for their content moderation efforts and their users' posts. "The State is empowered to impose crushing financial penalties" if the companies guess incorrectly, the group said. "The State can also impose such penalties if companies fail to enforce their content moderation standards to the Attorney General's satisfaction." The Supreme Court could still choose to take up the cases against both the state laws.

☆ From bloody Balkan war to World Cup heavyweight: the making of Croatia as a soccer nation
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-12 | by ( Ben Morse | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

Croatia’s World Cup pedigree is an altogether different story. Štimac challenges Clarence Seedorf of the Netherlands during the 1998 World Cup third place playoff match, which Croatia won 2-1. The Croatia players celebrate a goal against France in the 1998 World Cup semifinals. Having been appointed after the team’s qualification for the 2018 World Cup, Dalić came with pressure on his shoulders. Antonio Bronic/Reuters“There is no place in the national team dressing room of Croatia for big egos, and everyone knows that.

☆ Japanese billionaire Maezawa picks K-pop star TOP, DJ Steve Aoki to join SpaceX moon trip
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-08 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/4] Japanese entrepreneur Yusaku Maezawa reacts as he speaks with his family after donning space suits shortly before the launch to the International Space Station (ISS) at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, December 8, 2021. REUTERS/Shamil ZhumatovTOKYO, Dec 9 (Reuters) - Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa on Friday revealed that K-pop star TOP and DJ Steve Aoki will be among the eight crew members he plans to take on a trip around the moon next year, hitching a ride on one of Elon Musk's SpaceX rockets. The picks were announced by Maezawa on Twitter and at a website for what he dubbed the #dearMoon Project. Maezawa used the micro-blogging site to recruit eight crew members from around the world to join him on the moon trip, saying 1 million people had applied. U.S. Olympic snowboarder Kaitlyn Farrington and Japanese dancer Miyu were named as backup crew members.

☆ India's first private rocket company looks to slash satellite costs
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-26 | by ( Nivedita Bhattacharjee | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

[1/2] Employees pose in front of Vikram-S rocket, India?s first private rocket developed by Skyroot, an Indian Space-Tech startup, at a spaceport in Sriharikota, India, November 18, 2022. The Hyderabad-based company, backed by Singapore's sovereign wealth fund, GIC, says the $68 million it has raised will fund its next two launches. Skyroot faces both established and up-and-coming rocket launch rivals that also promise to bring down costs. India opened the door to private space companies in 2020 with a regulatory overhaul and a new agency to boost private-sector launches. The Skyroot rocket that reached 89.5 kilometers altitude in last week's test launch used carbon-fibre components and 3D-printed parts, including the thrusters.

And some members of the general public, too, are squeamish about cell-cultured meat. Caution isn’t necessarily a bad thing, but these critiques of cell-cultured meat are just thinly disguised neophobia — people just feel it is “unnatural.” Cell-cultured meat indeed comes from labs, not farms. To no one’s surprise, cell-cultured meat also faces criticism from some animal rights activists, albeit for a very different reason: because cell cultivation requires starter cells taken from actual animals, cell-cultured meat isn’t completely cruelty-free. And with time, cell-cultured meat may become nutritionally superior to meat from slaughtered animals anyway. No, cell-cultured meat, as we currently know it, isn’t perfect.

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