Monthly Archives: August 2022

I gained 3 million TikTok followers by talking about movies. Here’s how I schedule my content so I can still work full-time.

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…

Pro-Trump election deniers are on the ballot for roles overseeing elections in 4 swing states after Tuesday’s primaries

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…

Either the Fed or the market is going to ‘melt like an ice-cream cone’ as investors ponder the outlook for rates, one strategist says

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…

Rudy Giuliani’s lawyer says he had ‘no idea’ a Ukrainian oligarch’s company bankrolled his travel expenses

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”…

Coinbase will help BlackRock’s top clients gain exposure to the cryptocurrency market in a new partnership

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…

Lufthansa plans to hire 10,000 staff as it battles rising demand, having cancelled 7,000 flights during summer travel chaos

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 Arabia and the United Arab Emirates vow to deliver a ‘significant increase’ in oil output if the world faces a winter supply crunch

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…

Government refuses to release documents on response to Dominic Cummings’s breach of revolving door rules

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…