Monthly Archives: November 2022

‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ arrives when movie theaters need it most, after a months-long drought of blockbusters

Angela Bassett in “Wakanda Forever.” Annette Brown / Marvel Studios “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” opened in theaters Thursday night. The movie is expected to be a box-office win for theaters after a lack of blockbuster releases. It could debut with a $200 million-plus first weekend, similar to the first “Black Panther.” “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,”…

Laid-off Twitter employees claim in a lawsuit that the company ‘persuaded’ them not to look for new jobs in the run-up to Elon Musk’s takeover

Tesla CEO Elon Musk. Chris Saucedo/Getty Images for SXSW Laid-off employees claim Twitter “persuaded” them not to job hunt in the runup to its acquisition. They said Twitter responded to staff’s concerns about layoffs by reassuring them about severance packages. But after being laid off, they weren’t given the severance promised, they said in legal…

I train horses for Hollywood and celebrities like Beyoncé and the Kardashians. The horses prepare just like actors and get scripts to memorize their parts.

Carlotta Montanari started her Hollywood horse training company three years ago, and provides horses for clients like Beyoncé and the Kardashians. Courtesy of Lori Ovanessian Carlotta Montanari started her horse training company, Four Legs on Set, three years ago. Since then she’s landed huge clients like Beyoncé and the Kardashians. Montanari describes her healing relationship…

Stocks may be set up for a bull run in 2023, but expect inflation to remain sticky and the Fed to keep rates high unless recession hits, Bank of America says

Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., March 5, 2020. Andrew Kelly/Reuters The inflation shock is over, but expect prices to remain sticky, strategists at Bank of America said. The bank pointed to rising wages and services prices, which could fuel inflation staying above the…

When the bakery under my apartment caught fire, my renters insurance covered everything — including a new couch I couldn’t have otherwise afforded

Insider’s experts choose the best products and services to help make smart decisions with your money (here’s how). In some cases, we receive a commission from our our partners, however, our opinions are our own. Terms apply to offers listed on this page. htjostheim/Getty Images When I was in my 20s, my boyfriend’s dad all…

See inside a Boeing 737 jet that is being converted into an Airbnb with $100,000 from the company’s ‘OMG! Fund’

Courtesy of Andrew Cotterell Airbnb hosted a competition to fund 100 “out-of-this-world” rental properties for its “OMG!” category. Each winner will receive $100,000 from the platform to convert unique homes, like fossils and planes, into Airbnbs. Insider spoke with an Australian recipient to learn how her Boeing 737-200 will be turned into a two-bedroom rental….

Binance chief CZ says El Salvador didn’t hold any bitcoin on Sam Bankman-Fried’s collapsing FTX

Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele. Emerson Flores/APHOTOGRAFIA/Getty Images El Salvador doesn’t have any bitcoin holdings in FTX, Binance CEO Changpeng “CZ” Zhao tweeted Thursday. “I exchanged messages with President Nayib a few moments ago. He said ‘we don’t have any Bitcoin in FTX and we never had any business with them. Thank God!’” FTX filed for…

Crypto’s Lehman moment: Here’s how Sam Bankman-Fried’s FTX compares to the biggest collapse of the Global Financial Crisis

Omicron has brought volatility to Wall Street. Yellow Dog Productions/Getty Images Experts have drawn comparisons between the collapse of crypto exchange FTX and the fall of Lehman Brothers in 2008. FTX on Friday filed for bankruptcy after it failed to secure a rescue.  Here’s how the two events compare and what FTX’s fall means for…

Inflation may finally be cooling off — here are the consumer items that actually saw prices fall in October, from airline tickets to furniture

The drop in commodities has raised hopes that inflation will start to cool. SolStock/Getty Images Inflation might finally be slowing down, according to the latest data from the Consumer Price Index.  Not all prices fell in October, though. For example, fuel prices rose another 19% between October and September.  See some products that saw prices…