Juju Green. Juju Green Juju Green, 30, runs a TikTok film account called “Straw Hat Goofy” that has 3.1 million followers. He got into the app after downloading it for his work in advertising. This is how he juggles content creation and a full-time job, as told to Jess Bacon. This as-told-to essay is based…
Monthly Archives: August 2022
Arizona state representative Mark Finchem (R-AZ) at an October 2021 rally in Iowa State Fairgrounds, in Des Moines. Rachel Mummey/REUTERS Pro-Trump election deniers triumphed in GOP primaries in 2 swing states Tuesday. If they go on to win their elections they would gain vast power over state voting processes. Trump has longed worked to undermine…
The Federal Reserve and the stock market are now badly misaligned, according to Rabobank’s Michael Every. Spencer Platt/Getty Images The Federal Reserve and the stock market are now dangerously misaligned, according to Rabobank. Strategist Michael Every warned the US central bank looks likely to stay hawkish and continue hiking interest rates aggressively. “Someone, either the…
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani speaks during a news conference in Miami in July 2021. Matias J. Ocner/Miami Herald/Tribune News Service A company owned by the Ukrainian oligarch Dmitry Firtash covered tens of thousands of dollars in Rudy Giuliani’s travel expenses, NYT reported. Giuliani’s lawyer, Bob Costello, said his client had “no idea”…
Patrick Fallon/Getty Images BlackRock is partnering with Coinbase to give the asset manager’s client greater exposure to crypto. Coinbase will help BlackRock’s Aladdin clients trade bitcoin and access its crypto exchange. Bitcoin is down 51% from the start of the year. Coinbase is partnering with BlackRock to help some of the asset manager’s top clients…
A Lufthansa airplane at Frankfurt Airport, the group’s main travel hub. Thomas Lohnes/Getty Images Lufthansa wants to hire 10,000 workers by 2023, after having to cancel around 7,000 flights. CEO Carsten Spohr said staff shortages had caused operational difficulties for the German carrier. The hires will be in operations in flight crew and ground personnel,…
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in the near future. Bernd von Jutrczenka/Getty Images OPEC leaders Saudi Arabia and the UAE agreed to “significantly increase” oil output if needed. The countries pledged to pump more oil specifically if the world faces a supply crunch this winter. Saudi Arabia, the UAE another OPEC countries possess as…
Dominic Cummings and Boris Johnson Getty ACOBA chair Lord Eric Pickles said in July 2021 that Dominic Cummings had broken the rules. Ministers have sent letters to Pickles about subsequent rule breaches by others, but not about Cummings. The Cabinet Office is refusing to release records on the government’s response to Pickles’s letter. The government…
Choosing your next smartphone can be challenging. With so many brands offering similar features at similar prices, it can be hard to understand what device actually has the things you want. If you’ve already determined you only want an iPhone, your decision-making process is slightly easier. (And even then, Apple’s lineup offers more options than…
Nintendo will not announce a Nintendo Switch Pro or any other updated Switch model in 2022. The Japanese gaming giant has previously suggested that a new gaming system is being dicussed internally, but it won’t see the light of day for some time. Instead, Nintendo confirmed that it will concentrate on manufacturing enough of its…