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Derek Guy, Twitter’s menswear expert, offers his best fashion advice for men in the workplace
17 June 2024
Derek Guy, Twitter’s menswear expert, offers his best fashion advice for men in the workplace
Derek Guy—better known as Twitter’s “menswear guy”—would rather men wear “chicken suits” to work than the current business casual trend: blue dress shirt, slim low-rise chinos, a patagonia vest, and a pair of dress sneakers. “Its a really ugly aesthetic,” Guy told Fortune. The ensemble—which some have called the “Finance Bro outfit”—is vanilla, shows little personality, and is not flattering…
Charlotte Tilbury’s beauty brand has makeup appointments at Formula 1 races
10 June 2024
Charlotte Tilbury’s beauty brand has makeup appointments at Formula 1 races
Beauty mogul Charlotte Tilbury is an unlikely evangelist for Formula 1. And yet, the former makeup artist to the stars is a longtime fan who used to watch the circuit with her dad and drive go-karts as a kid. Now, she’s one of the sponsors pushing forward Formula 1’s new image of a brand that is youthful, sophisticated, and perhaps…
China has a ‘near monopoly’ on many critical minerals. JPMorgan says it could be the ‘next battleground’ with the U.S.
10 June 2024
China has a ‘near monopoly’ on many critical minerals. JPMorgan says it could be the ‘next battleground’ with the U.S.
China has a “near monopoly” on the mining of many raw materials that are critical for the production of semiconductors and other technologies, JPMorgan said Monday, highlighting the importance of key minerals in the escalating U.S.-China trade war. President Biden upped the ante in the ongoing spat with China last month when he targeted Chinese products including solar cells, EVs,…
Outer Banks homes are collapsing due to climate change, but U.S. coastal property values are booming anyway
3 June 2024
Outer Banks homes are collapsing due to climate change, but U.S. coastal property values are booming anyway
Suffering from rising sea levels, some North Carolina homes are literally underwater. Still, the overall waterfront property market is anything but, with price gains far exceeding inland rates even as climate risks threaten to wipe out coastal homes. Last week, a $650,000 beachfront home in North Carolina’s Outer Banks collapsed—the sixth such incident in the region in the past four…
Chipotle CEO reveals his go-to order and biggest challenge of working behind the counter
3 June 2024
Chipotle CEO reveals his go-to order and biggest challenge of working behind the counter
If you’re stumped looking up at the menu of a Chipotle, you can take inspiration from CEO Brian Niccol’s go-to order: a chicken burrito bowl with white rice, fajita veggies, pico de gallo, and “a little” cheese. That’s in addition to an accompanying barbacoa quesadilla and, of course, chips and guac. “It’s probably a little too much food for my…
Airports screened a record number of travelers Friday before Memorial Day
27 May 2024
Airports screened a record number of travelers Friday before Memorial Day
A record was broken ahead of the Memorial Day weekend for the number of airline travelers screened at U.S. airports, the Transportation Security Administration said Saturday. More than 2.9 million travelers were screened at U.S. airports on Friday, surpassing a previous record set last year on the Sunday after Thanksgiving, according to the transportation security agency. “Officers have set a…
Furiosa tops box office for no. 1 film on worst Memorial Day movie weekend in decades
27 May 2024
Furiosa tops box office for no. 1 film on worst Memorial Day movie weekend in decades
It was a close race, but the wasteland warrior of “Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga” came out slightly ahead of the plump orange cat with an estimated $32 million in ticket sales over the four-day weekend according to studio estimates Monday. “The Garfield Movie,” a Sony release, earned $31.1 million in its first four days. The dust won’t officially settle…
Alcohol-related liver disease: Hospitalizations increased among middle-aged women during COVID-19 pandemic
16 April 2024
Alcohol-related liver disease: Hospitalizations increased among middle-aged women during COVID-19 pandemic
Alcohol-related health complications soared among middle-aged women during the early years of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new study that calls for heightened attention to alcohol use disorder risk factors in this subset of the U.S. population. From April 2020 through September 2021, overall hospital visits for alcohol-related conditions spiked beyond what researchers expected, per a study published Friday…
Adobe launches AI tool meant to let customers ‘have a conversation with’ PDF documents, as companies look to roll out add-ons to existing product lines
15 April 2024
Adobe launches AI tool meant to let customers ‘have a conversation with’ PDF documents, as companies look to roll out add-ons to existing product lines
If you have a question about a document, who better to answer it than the document itself? That’s the thinking behind Acrobat AI Assistant, a new tool released by Adobe Monday. For a $4.99 monthly add-on fee, most Adobe Acrobat customers will reportedly be able to ask the tool questions about complicated documents and get responses back based on their…
JPMorgan leads underwriters on a piece of the deal to buy out the controlling investor in WWE, Ultimate Fighting Championship
9 April 2024
JPMorgan leads underwriters on a piece of the deal to buy out the controlling investor in WWE, Ultimate Fighting Championship
Silver Lake Management has lined up as much as $8.5 billion of debt financing for its buyout of Endeavor Group Holdings Inc., the talent agency and controlling investor in WWE and the Ultimate Fighting Championship. JPMorgan Chase & Co. is leading underwriters on a portion of the financing structured as a leveraged loan, according to people with knowledge of the matter. The…