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☆ Pot stocks soar on report DEA will ease restrictions on cannabis
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-30 | by ( Matthew Fox | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Cannabis stocks soared on Tuesday after the AP reported that the DEA will soon reclassify marijuana. The move would ease restrictions on cannabis and acknowledge that it has medicinal benefits. According to the report, the DEA decision would be sent to the White House Office of Management and Budget for review. AdvertisementCannabis stocks soared on Tuesday after the AP reported that the US Drug Enforcement Administration is on the verge of reclassifying marijuana. Shares of Canopy Growth soared 37%, Village Farms stock soared 20%, and the AdvisorShares Pure Cannabis ETF jumped 18%.

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☆ Biden administration plans to reclassify marijuana, easing restrictions nationwide
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-30 | by ( Julie Tsirkin | Monica Alba | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

"DOJ continues to work on this rule," a Biden administration official said. "No one should be jailed for using or possessing marijuana," the president said during the speech. "Reclassifying marijuana as a Schedule III drug sends the message that marijuana is less addictive and dangerous now than ever before. US President Joe Biden speaks during the White House Correspondents' Association (WHCA) dinner at the Washington Hilton, in Washington, DC, on April 27, 2024. Nearly six in ten Americans say that marijuana should be legal for medical and recreational purposes, according to a Pew Research poll last month.

Persons: John Tlumacki, Biden, Joe Bidens, Tom Williams, Joe Biden, Barack Obama's, Jim Cole, Obama, Cole, Kevin Sabet, Brendan Smialowski, Brad Horrigan Organizations: Delta, Trade, Boston Globe, NBC, Drug, Department of Health, Human Services, DOJ, Biden, Internal Revenue, Justice's, DC Marijuana Justice, CQ, Inc, Getty, State, National Cannabis Roundtable, NBC News, Smart, Marijuana, Obama Administration, White, Correspondents ' Association, Washington Hilton, AFP, Management, CRA, Pew Research, Florida Supreme, Tribune, Service Locations: Wareham, deducting, New York, California, Washington ,, Florida

☆ Let This Breakfast Change Your Life
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-24 | by ( Eric Kim | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

An astrological concept, a Saturn return is considered a time of great upheaval — “growing older, burning out at work, increasingly higher bills, a couple of monumental life milestones,” as the astrologer Aliza Kelly has put it. As someone who is nearing the end of his return, I’ve never felt more upheaved by the colossal changes I’ve experienced from my late 20s to my early 30s, including but not limited to: new job, new apartment, new boyfriend. One thing I’ve started to do that gets me a little closer to settling into this new beginning — my 30s — is eating Japanese breakfast. The eclectic spread, called ichiju-sansai (“one soup, three dishes”), is beyond just a savory meal that soothes both soul and stomach lining first thing in the morning. An array of pickles pulled from the refrigerator — cucumbers, plums, radishes and whatever is in my house kimchi jar at the time — completes the meal.

Persons: Aliza Kelly, I’ve Organizations: NASA, miso

☆ A complete timeline of Karlie Kloss and Taylor Swift's friendship
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-24 | by ( Claudia Willen | Callie Ahlgrim | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +40 min

Taylor Swift and Karlie Kloss became inseparable after meeting at the 2013 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show. AdvertisementThe friendship of Taylor Swift and Karlie Kloss dates back to 2013, when the musician and the supermodel met backstage at the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show. AdvertisementApril 2014: Kloss and Swift are spotted together in New York CityTaylor Swift and Karlie Kloss often spent time together in New York City. November 23, 2014: Swift brings Kloss as her date to the American Music AwardsTaylor Swift and Karlie Kloss at the 2014 AMAs. July 11, 2015: Kloss appears at another of Swift's concerts in New JerseyTaylor Swift's friends went to her concert in New Jersey.

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☆ Why Did Modi Call India’s Muslims ‘Infiltrators’? Because He Could.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-23 | by ( Mujib Mashal | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, his power at home secured and his Hindu-first vision deeply entrenched, has set his sights in recent years on a role as a global statesman, riding India’s economic and diplomatic rise. In doing so, he has distanced himself from his party’s staple work of polarizing India’s diverse population along religious lines for its own electoral gain. His silence provided tacit backing as vigilante groups continued to target non-Hindu minority groups and as members of his party routinely used hateful and racist language, even in Parliament, against the largest of those groups, India’s 200 million Muslims. But the brazenness made clear that Mr. Modi sees few checks on his enormous power. Abroad, partners increasingly turn a blind eye to what Mr. Modi is doing in India as they embrace the country as a democratic counterweight to China.

Persons: Narendra Modi, ”, —, Modi, Mr Organizations: Bharatiya Janata Party Locations: India, China

☆ NABTU: Biden scores major union backing as its leaders attack Trump
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-23 | by ( Edward-Isaac Dovere | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

CNN —Joe Biden landed a major union endorsement Wednesday from North America’s Building Trades Unions, whose leaders say the president has his infrastructure bill largely to thank for it. The backing from NABTU, which has 3 million members nationwide, is more enthusiastic than its 2020 backing of Biden. That’s raised questions about the political future of the next generation of union members. It’s “almost like the perfect leader was sent at the perfect time for working people,” NABTU President Sean McGarvey told CNN about Biden in an interview announcing the endorsement. Biden appeared at the union’s conference in Washington on Wednesday to officially get the nod – which union leaders also want to be seen as a stark rebuff of Trump, who eagerly solicited support from union members and leaders during his time in office, but, their leaders say, didn’t deliver.

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☆ I moved from Florida to southern Portugal. The weather is better, and the culture is amazing.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-23 | by ( Jordan Pandy | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Andrew Ibrahim moved from Florida to Portugal for a better life for himself and his family. When I rented in South Florida, I rented a one-bedroom apartment that cost me about $2,600 a month. In South Florida, you have so many different options for different cultures of food. I'm enjoying the culture and values in Southern PortugalThe south of Portugal is, I'd say, 350 days a year of sunshine. AdvertisementSouthern Portugal is kind of like island living because you have so many beaches around you, so it's very similar to living in South Florida.

Persons: Andrew Ibrahim, Ibrahim, he's, —, I've, I'm, it's, we've, Eve Livesey, that's, there's, Brandon Rosenblum, There's, They've Organizations: Service Locations: Florida, Portugal, Gainesville , Florida, Algarve, South Florida, Gainesville, Montreal, Faro City, United States, Southern, Southern Portugal, —, Europe, Praia, Carvoeiro, Lisbon

☆ A 6-month Chinese-food festival is bringing authentic and flavor-packed cuisine to New York City's masses
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-22 | by ( Xintian Tina Wang | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

At New York's Dragon Festival, authentic Chinese brands and restaurants excite locals' taste buds. Its founder shared some of her favorite vendors of soup dumplings and candies at the opening event. "This doesn't taste like home," said Xu, a 31-year-old entrepreneur and the creator of New York City's Dragon Festival, the biggest Chinese-food festival in the metropolitan area. Jessie YuChen for BIChen said that confectioners in her home province of Fujian, China, caught her attention when she was younger. In 2006, inspired by the soup dumplings made popular by Shanghai's Nanxiang district, Ma opened his first New York City storefront.

Persons: —, Xu, Jessie YuChen, she's, Mila, Tang Hulu, I'm, Bu Tong, Ivy Chen, Dragon Lulu, Chen, Vivian Cao, confectioners, Emperor Guangzong, Michael Ma, Xiang Xiao Long Bao, Nan Xiang Xiao Long Bao, Ma, Nan, bartenders, Coco, Xibei Yang Organizations: Service, Park, Dragon, Prospect, lollipop, Michelin, Chi Forest, Haidilao, BI Locations: New York, SoHo, Chinatown, Flushing, York City, Koreatown, Union, Chelsea, Washington, Kwa, Henan, Queens, Prospect Park , Brooklyn, Beijing, Fujian, China, Shanghai, York, Nanxiang, New York City, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Chi, Thai, Bangkok, Sichuan, Manhattan

☆ After my brother tragically died, I knew I wanted to pursue adventure. Now my family and I live on a catamaran.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-21 | by ( Maria Noyen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

We're pretty sure Kerry was executed there exactly two months later, in October 1978. So we had a memorial for Kerry, and then a few months later, John took his life. Rob Hamill rowing. Rob Hamill with Phil Stubbs, his teammate in the inaugural Atlantic rowing race in 1997. We got married about six months later, in 2001.

Persons: —, Rob Hamill, Pol Pot, Kerry, Kerry Hamill, Rob Hamill Kerry, Stuart Glass, Stuart, John Dewhirst, John, Hamill, who'd, Phil Stubbs, Phil, Comrade Duch, Pot, Rachel, Finn, Declan, Ivan, Rob Hamill's, Renee Whitaker, Hamill's, Finn didn't, We've Organizations: Service, Business, Navy, Atlantic, New Zealand, Pacific Locations: New Zealand, Khmer Rouge, Communist, Cambodia, Australia, Darwin, Khmer, Malaysia's, Kerry, Phnom Penh, Asia, Tenerife, Barbados, Ireland, New, Thailand, Angkor Wat

☆ A Holiday for Weed Fans, Complete With Corporate Sponsors
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-20 | by ( Ashley Southall | More About Ashley Southall | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

In the culture of cannabis, April 20 is a high holiday when those who partake light up in enjoyment and in protest of prohibition. Although the origins of “4/20” are debated — according to popular lore, a group of California high school students in the 1970s met after school at 4:20 p.m. to smoke weed — the day has been globally celebrated for years. Until recently in New York, celebrations carried the risk of arrest or fines, so they would often take place in secret locations or places where the authorities were somewhat lenient, like Washington Square Park. In 2020, the police busted a pot party in Manhattan, not because people were smoking weed but because they were flouting social-distancing rules during the coronavirus pandemic. And a growing number of celebrations — some with brand sponsors — have emerged, catering to users new and old as well as people who are just “canna-curious.”

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☆ Here’s what marijuana researchers have to say about 420 or ‘weed day’
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-20 | by ( Sandee Lamotte | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

CNN —It’s 420 or “weed day,” and people around the world will be paying homage to their favorite guilty pleasure: marijuana. “I worry when people are in an enclosed space because new data is beginning to show that secondhand marijuana smoke may be just as dangerous as the primary smoke,” Page said. “Approximately 3 in 10 people who use marijuana have marijuana use disorder,” according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In fact, some parents told doctors they believed vaping marijuana was safer than tobacco, Boyd told CNN earlier via email. A cloud of marijuana smoke rises as a clock hits 4:20 p.m. during the Mile High 420 Festival in Denver on "weed day" in 2022.

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☆ No matter how well Taylor Swift's 'The Tortured Poets Department' does, it won't be how she makes most of her money this year
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-19 | by ( Madeline Berg | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Taylor Swift's new album "The Tortured Poets Department" is almost guaranteed to be a bestseller. But no matter how well it does, it won't be the way Swift earns most of her money this year. In fact, the remaining leg of her Eras tour will add much more to Swift's billion-dollar fortune. Swift's Eras Tour brought in more than $1 billion in ticket sales last year over its 66 dates. Swift's cut is unknown, but based on industry standards, she will surely earn nine figures in 2024 from ticket sales.

Persons: Taylor, Swift, —, Taylor Swift, Clayton Durant, Tatiana Cirisano, Durant, Cirisano, Luminate Organizations: Department, Service, Spotify, Bloomberg, Management, NYU Steinhardt's Music Business, Billboard, Napster, Apple Locations: Paris

☆ A dietitian who follows the Mediterranean diet shares 4 foods she always buys at the grocery store
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-18 | by ( ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Dietitian Sheela Prakash follows the Mediterranean diet for flexible healthy eating. AdvertisementThe Mediterranean diet is considered one of the healthiest ways to eat — and you can follow it with staples from your local grocery store, a registered dietitian explained. They're eating well and they're enjoying their food," she told Business Insider. One of her main shopping trip staples is leafy greens, particularly pre-washed salad greens which add a convenient, healthy side to any meal. There's no excuse not to have a vegetable with my dinner or with my lunch when I have salad greens" she said.

Persons: Dietitian Sheela Prakash, —, Sheela Prakash, They're, It's, Prakash, K Prakash, they're Organizations: Service, K, Greens Locations: Italy

☆ I'm 68, and one of my most treasured friends is 96. I've known her since I was a child and appreciate her more the older I get.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-16 | by ( Michael Arkin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

We don't need institutional studies to know that having good friends makes us happier and healthier. And when we think of friendships, more often than not, we think of people who are generally around our own age. But I've learned that intergenerational friendships, defined as those with someone at least 15 years older or younger, can be the most rewarding of them all. Six years later, when my own mother died from cancer, Terri gradually assumed the role of surrogate mother, becoming a non-judgmental sounding board. The older I get, the more I appreciate her, perhaps because as I age, I realize that time is finite and precious.

Persons: I've, Terri, Kathy, hipper, cabana, Frank Sinatra Organizations: Service, Business Locations: Riverdale , NY, India, California, New York

☆ What I didn’t know about my prostate almost killed me
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-16 | by ( Opinion Ed Manning | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Editor’s Note: Ed Manning is a media executive and prostate cancer survivor. In the blink of a news cycle, prostate cancer was again casually swept aside as among the best cancer to have. As a prostate cancer survivor, I can report from painful experience that those misguided assessments are to men’s health and longevity what ice was to the Titanic. As the American Cancer Society notes:• Prostate cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in men. A biopsy confirmed somewhat aggressive prostate cancer, a diagnosis which stunned and terrified me.

Persons: Ed Manning, Lloyd Austin, Dr, Martin Luther King Jr’s, Dexter, Simpson, ”, “, it’s Organizations: CNN, Houston, American Cancer Society, PSA, National Cancer Institute Locations: peeing

☆ At a Holi festival in Brooklyn, tradition and contemporary celebration create a colorful union
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-15 | by ( Sheetal Banchariya | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

The Hindu festival Holi has become more popular and inclusive, especially in the Indian diaspora. The Hindu festival of colors, observed as Holi in India and Fagu Purnima in Nepal, holds immense cultural significance for South Asians. "There were not many or any events celebrating Holi at that time, despite a considerable number of Indians living in Jackson Heights," she said. He said that over the years he'd seen Indians, Pakistanis, Nepalese, Bhutanese, Sri Lankans, African Americans, and Irish people attending his Holi event. Love was in the air at the Holi celebration.

Persons: —, Fagu, bhalle, gulab jamun, I'd, Sheetal, Zayira Ray, Uma Kapoor, Kapoor, Manny Singh, Jarrod Fox, Festivalgoers, Akash Sheth, Sheth, Singh, Elise Young, Elise's Bodyshop, Carmen Perez, Young, who's, Vijay Satnarine, It's, Satnarine, Love, Lord Vishnu, King Hiranyakashipu, Prahlad, Hiranyakashipu's, Holika, Radha Rani, Lord Krishna Organizations: Service, BI, Morgan, Morgan Stanley's IT, Google, Hindu American Foundation, gulal, Apple Locations: Brooklyn , New York, India, Fagu Purnima, Nepal, New York, Asian, Queens , New York, Jackson Heights, Jersey, New York City, Morgan Stanley's, City, Brooklyn, Sri Lankans, African, Connecticut, Massachusetts, London, Wales

☆ Passion and purpose inspire Brazilian chefs to serve authentic cuisines like the Carnival-favorite dishes feijoada and coxinha
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-15 | by ( Leila Jordan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

The Brazilian chefs Leticia Schwartz and Luiza Souza shared their favorite dishes, including feijoada. Souza and Schwartz shared their favorite Brazilian dishes that embody the spirit of Rio during Carnival and beyond. Bar da Gema's fried polenta with oxtail, one of the restaurant's most popular dishes. Nico Schinco for BI"Feijoada is the most iconic food of Brazil and from Rio," Schwartz said. One of Bar da Gema's most popular dishes is coxinha, fried teardrop-shaped dough filled with shredded meat.

Persons: Leticia Schwartz, Luiza Souza, —, Schwartz, Nico Schinco, Gema, Kristin Bethge, Souza, Leandro Amaral, Amaral, Rio doesn't, Eduardo Gomes, brigadeiro, Brazil it's, BI Schwartz, hasn't Organizations: Service, Brazil's, BI Souza, Catholic, BI, Rio, polenta, Ash Locations: Rio de Janeiro, Greenwich , Connecticut, Rio, Bahia, Brazil, Brazilian, sprinkles, France, French, Portugal, French Guiana, Rio ., Minas Gerais, Curitiba

☆ Congress cut funds cities need to handle the migrant surge
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-11 | by ( Tami Luhby | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Congress last month approved the fiscal year 2024 funding level for FEMA’s Shelter and Services Program in the federal funding package, nearly six months into the fiscal year. Rep. Joaquin Castro, a Democrat who represents San Antonio, said that immigration is a federal responsibility. “Funding from the Shelter and Services Program (SSP) has helped Catholic Charities and other groups in my city of San Antonio offer basic migrant services without straining local resources. “Due to the substantial demand that exceeds the limited SSP program funding authorized by Congress, not all requests can be fulfilled,” a DHS spokesperson told CNN. The Migrant Resource Center opened in July 2022 as a temporary place for migrants traveling through San Antonio.

Persons: of San Antonio doesn’t, Biden, Joaquin Castro, ”, of San Antonio, Antonio Fernandez, Fernandez, Greg Abbott, Mark Ritacco, John Giles, Giles, Ron Nirenberg, he’s, Joe Biden, Carlos Kosienski, Priscilla Alvarez Organizations: CNN, of San, Resource Center, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Democrat, “, Shelter, Services, Catholic Charities, Catholic, San, FEMA, GOP Texas Gov, Democratic, Republicans, Department of Homeland Security, Congress, National Association of Counties, US Customs, Protection, US, Mayors, Migrant Resource Center Locations: San Antonio, Washington, DC, Cities, Mexico, Atlanta ; Chicago ; New York City, Albuquerque , New Mexico, Laredo , Texas, Riverside County , California, Pima County , Arizona, Mesa , Arizona, Texas

☆ At the Japan State Dinner, Jill Biden Makes an Entrance
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-10 | by ( Vanessa Friedman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

There were silk and glass butterflies. There was an entree inspired by a California roll and a performance by Paul Simon. On Wednesday evening, as the Bidens hosted Prime Minister Fumio Kishida of Japan and his wife, Yuko Kishida, at the fifth state dinner of the Biden administration, Dr. Jill Biden, wearing an evening dress from Oscar de la Renta, stood with her husband to greet their guests of honor at the North Portico. Designed by Fernando Garcia and Laura Kim, the dress flowed in a watery fade from sapphire blue to light silver and was covered in hand-embroidered floral geometric beading. She was connecting to a longstanding relationship: Oscar de la Renta has dressed almost every first lady since Jackie Kennedy; Dr. Biden first wore the label for her inaugural state dinner in 2022.

Persons: Paul Simon, Fumio Kishida, Yuko Kishida, Biden, Jill Biden, Oscar de la, Fernando Garcia, Laura Kim, Naomi Biden, Hillary, Jackie Kennedy, Dr Locations: California, Japan, Portico, la, American

☆ Arizona woman accused of trying to kill husband with poison in his coffee pleads guilty to lesser charge
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-10 | by ( Steve Almasy | Amanda Musa | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —A woman in Arizona pleaded guilty this week to attempting to poison her husband’s coffee every day for months, court documents show. The defendant’s husband, Roby Johnson, told investigators he “believes she was trying to kill him to collect death benefits,” according to a criminal report obtained last year by CNN affiliate KVOA. Roby Johnson said he first noticed a foul taste to his coffee in March 2023 while he was an airman stationed in Germany, the document says. Roby Johnson told investigators he pretended to continue drinking the coffee so he could wait until they returned to Davis Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson before filing a police report. Melody Felicano Johnson had been charged in August with attempted first-degree murder, attempting to commit aggravated assault, and poisoning food or drink.

Persons: Melody Felicano Johnson –, –, Roby Johnson, “, Melody Johnson, Melody Felicano Johnson Organizations: CNN, Court, KVOA, Johnsons, Davis Monthan Air Force Base Locations: Arizona, Pima County, Germany, Tucson

☆ World Athletics introduces $50,000 prize money for Paris 2024 Olympic gold medalists
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-10 | by ( Sammy Mncwabe | Ben Morse | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —World Athletics (WA) will become the first international sports governing body to award prize money to Olympic gold medalists starting at the Paris 2024 Games, the federation said in a statement on Monday. Athletes who win gold in each of the 48 track and field events in Paris will receive $50,000. Traditionally, Olympic medal winners don’t receive prize money as the event originated as an amateur competition. WA says it is committed to extending the bonus initiative to Olympic silver and bronze medalists at the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games. “It reflects World Athletics’ view that the athletes – our athletes make up 20% in numbers at an Olympic Games – should be recognized,” he said.

Persons: Sebastian Coe, ” Coe, Coe, ”, “ Organizations: CNN, Athletics, WA, Olympic, ” WA, Olympic Games, Los, Games, National Olympic Committee Locations: Paris

☆ Kendrick Lamar spells out what he hates about Drake in new diss track, 'Euphoria.' Here's their beef explained.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-08 | by ( Ayomikun Adekaiyero | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +19 min

Kendrick Lamar responded to Drake with a new diss track, "Euphoria," as their beef rages on. AdvertisementKendrick Lamar has taken aim at Drake for a second time with his new diss track, "Euphoria," amid the hip-hop heavyweights' feud. Advertisement"He doesn't have the heart for the lying, disrespect, and animosity it requires to make an effective diss track," Pierre wrote. A 'Drake' diss track appears online – but fans are wary it's AI-generated. Later in the track, Drake references Cole's diss track and apology.

Persons: Kendrick Lamar, Drake, Lamar, Taylor, —, Lamar dissed Drake, J, Cole, Rick Ross, Cole —, he's, Joseph Okpako, WireImage Lamar, Jermaine Cole, Big, Wale, Pusha, Meek Millz, Big Sean, Jay, Tyler, Mac Miller, Kunta, Lamar hasn't, Meek, Getty, Tim Mosenfelder, Aubrey, Muhammad Ali, Michael Jackson, Jackson, Prince, Mike Jack, Prince . Prince, “ Organizations: Metro Boomin, Service, Future, Metro, HBO, Wireless, Lamar, Big, Rocky, Rap Locations: Lamar, Canadian, Florida

☆ The mixed response to Jojo Siwa's rebrand shows just how hard it is for child stars to stay relevant
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-05 | by ( Lindsay Dodgson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Child stars always struggleIt's proven to be challenging for any child star to transition to mainstream entertainment. "Child stars often build a brand around their youthful persona," he said. "Child stars may find themselves typecast into specific roles or genres, making it difficult for the industry and audience to see them in a new light." Advertisement"I feel like a lot of child stars started as a character then they grew into an adult as themselves," she said. "I think she's smart enough, and she will probably realize, OK, I might need to do something creative now," she said.

Persons: —, JoJo Siwa, Gene Simmons, Siwa, JoJo, It's, Miley Cyrus, it's, David Olusegun, Danny Moloshok, She's, she's, Katya Varbanova, Varbanova, I've, Cyrus, Hannah Montana, I'm Organizations: Service, Business, Nickelodeon, Disney, Creative Control Ventures, Reuters Siwa, YouTube, Forbes, Olusegun, BI Locations: Siwa

☆ A wiser Greg Coffey, Elliott's Etsy love, and a return to fundamentals: A rundown of the hedge-fund industry's annual best-pitch conference
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-04 | by ( Bradley Saacks | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

download the appSign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. Read previewThe smart money gathered in Manhattan on Wednesday didn't spend their time pitching artificial-intelligence venture bets or bitcoin-linked trading products. At this year's Sohn conference, some of the biggest names in hedge funds — such as Greenlight's David Einhorn, Elliott's Jesse Cohn, and Kirkoswald's Greg Coffey — preached fundamentals and restraint. Even hedge funds that are constantly stirring the pot, such as Bridgewater and Paul Singer's Elliott Management, were even-keeled. The activist investor, who's become a recurring nightmare for anxious CEOs across the country, is not looking to burn anything down or start an M&A spree.

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And when Russia invades Ukraine, he immediately decided it was time for World Central Kitchen to step into a war zone. michael barbaroAfter the break, my colleague Adam Rasgon on what happened to the World Central Kitchen workers in that caravan. So Adam, what ends up happening to this convoy that our colleague Kim Severson just described from World Central Kitchen? adam rasgonSo what we know is that members of the World Central Kitchen had been at a warehouse in Deir al-Balah in the Central Gaza Strip. michael barbaroAnd so what is the reaction from not just World Central Kitchen, but from the rest of the world to this airstrike?

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