Sephora has a massive following and was named retailer of the year at the 2018 World Retail Congress. Members of their rewards program have spent upwards of $35,000 to redeem on exclusive members-only trips. The store offers unique technology, Color IQ, to identify specific foundation shades to match customers to products. MORE SNEAKY DEALS CONTENT:
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Read more at https://valueofknowledge.ft.com/ Singapore’s students consistently come top in international rankings, but the city state’s didactic teaching style does not always equip pupils with the skills they will need for the workplace of the future. The government is introducing reforms to align classroom with the needs of employers – adopting aspects of the Swiss
Sept. 15 (Bloomberg) –- Alibaba’s IPO could be the biggest in history. Bloomberg’s Sam Grobart explains how Alibaba works through the experience of ordering 280 pairs of pants manufactured overseas. Video by: Dan Przygoda, David Yim (Source: Bloomberg) — Subscribe to Bloomberg on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/Bloomberg Bloomberg Television offers extensive coverage and analysis of international business
Even though the company was bleeding money, laden with debt and staring down a potential bankruptcy, becoming chief executive of chip maker Advanced Micro Devices was a dream job for Lisa Su. “When you grow up as a tech person — and I spent my career in semiconductors — there aren’t that many large US
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Former CME trader Ryan Carlson explains some of the hand signals used on the floor.
Pearls come in many different colors and sizes, and these variables help determine their value. The most expensive pearl ever sold was Marie Antoinette’s pendant. It went for $32 million in a 2018 Sotheby’s auction. Celebrities like Rihanna, Uma Thurman, and Cardi B all adorned themselves in pearls for last year’s Met Gala. MORE SO
The Internet of Things, the vast collection of internet-connected devices talking to each other and completing a wide range of tasks, is getting bigger and more connected by the day. When will the trade-off between convenience and privacy be too much to bear? ——– Like this video? Subscribe to Bloomberg on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/Bloomberg?sub_confirmation=1 Bloomberg is
New York City is home to 8.4 million waste-producing people; that’s a lot of toilets, drains, and sewers. It takes 14 wastewater treatment facilities scattered throughout the five boroughs to clean up all of our dirty water. We visited the largest facility, the Newtown Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, to see how the
FT economics commentator Martin Sandbu analyses the emergency fiscal and monetary measures being taken to deal with the global financial and economic fallout from coronavirus. See if you get the FT for free as a student (http://ft.com/schoolsarefree) or start a £1 trial: https://subs.ft.com/spa3_trial?segmentId=3d4ba81b-96bb-cef0-9ece-29efd6ef2132 ► Check out our Community tab for more stories on the economy.
Waste in fashion is on a massive scale, and less than one percent of recycled textiles are converted into new, wearable materials. But very gradually, that may be changing. The FT’s Madison Darbyshire takes a closer look at three companies moving toward a circular economy for fashion, each in a different way. ► To learn
It takes years and a series of trials to get to the NBA level of officiating. Zach Zarba is a 15-year NBA referee. Like many professional referees, he started by refereeing little kids and eventually moved up to the high school and college levels. Now he shares the court with the likes of LeBron James
If you’ve ever ordered a Dairy Queen Blizzard, you’ve likely noticed that DQ employees do something a little different than other ice cream scoopers before they hand it to you. They turn it upside down. ————————————————– Follow BI Video on Twitter: http://bit.ly/1oS68Zs Follow BI on Facebook: http://bit.ly/1W9Lk0n Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/ ————————————————– Business Insider is the
Oct. 10 (Bloomberg) — Elon Musk, chief executive officer of Tesla Motors Inc., discusses Tesla’s “auto-pilot” feature, autonomous driving, government regulations, and legal liability with Bloomberg’s Betty Liu. — Subscribe to Bloomberg on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/Bloomberg Bloomberg Television offers extensive coverage and analysis of international business news and stories of global importance. It is available in
By 2100 there could be as many as 10.8 billion people living on our planet. Elon Musk explains why those demographics could get tricky.
For years, Tony Robbins has been starting his mornings with a 10-minute ritual that gives him a boost of energy and prepares him for the day. On a recent trip to Robbins’ Fiji resort Namale, where he was hosting the winners of Shopify’s Build a Bigger Business competition, he showed Business Insider how to perform
► Subscribe to FT.com here: http://bit.ly/2r8RJzM Norway has become a global leader in electric cars but rapid progress presents challenges such as when to withdraw subsidies. Richard Milne reports from the world’s largest charging station on a country that shows how an electric future might look. Filmed by Richard Milne. Produced and edited by Paolo
Just like arriving international passengers have to go through customs, so does international mail. And Customs & Border Protection is tasked with searching all of them for illegal goods like counterfeit items and drugs. Take a peek inside America’s largest mail room. MORE AIRPORT CONTENT: How Emirates Makes 225,000 In-Flight Meals A Day How Illegal
The “People Mover” is a unique light rail system in downtown Detroit that hardly anyone uses. Mainly because it can only go in one direction and covers a minuscule 2.9-mile circumference. The aptly named People Mover does have its uses, though, and, at just $0.75 a ride, it’s super cheap. Problem is, the People Mover
Juicy Couture went from being beloved by celebrities like Paris Hilton to being sold at discount retailer Kohl’s. While the brand dominated the early 2000s with its tracksuits, accessories, and perfume lines, it quickly lost its value following the Great Recession. MORE RISE AND FALL: The Rise And Fall Of BlackBerry The Rise And Fall
► Subscribe to the Financial Times on YouTube: http://bit.ly/FTimeSubs Alongside Damien Hirst and Tracey Emin, Fiona Rae is one of the generation known as the YBAs, or Young British Artists. Yet while her peers explored installation and video, she stayed faithful to painting. Rachel Spence asks her about her new works showing at the Timothy
Mar. 14 — There are deeper mines in North America than the Resolution mine but none with a single shaft this long. It is a 6,943 foot concrete barrel, 30 feet in diameter bored into the mountain of Arizona and took six years to dig. Bloomberg’s Matt Philips journeys toward the center of the earth
The 6,600 passengers on board the world’s largest cruise ship produce a lot of trash. We went inside the secret, crew-only deck of Royal Caribbean’s Symphony of the Seas to see how crews process millions of pounds of water, food, and dry waste each year. MORE TRANSPORTATION CONTENT: How The World’s Largest Cruise Ship Makes
Oil prices had one of their biggest ever falls after the effective collapse of an agreement between Saudi Arabia-led Opec and Russia. The agreement was designed to support the market against the impact of coronavirus. Senior energy correspondent Anjli Raval explains. See if you get the FT for free as a student (http://ft.com/schoolsarefree) or start
The Republic of Molossia is a micronation in the middle of the desert, an hour outside of Reno. What’s a micronation? CNNMoney’s Vanessa Yurkevich finds out.
Nominated this year for four Academy Awards including Best Picture, the film “Ford v Ferrari” tells the story of the 1966 24 Hours of Le Mans, the world’s most prestigious endurance race. While the movie covers the race’s underlying rivalry between auto giants Ford Motor Company and Ferrari, its true focus is on the two
Nobu Matsuhisa, owner of Nobu Restaurants and Hotels and author of “Nobu: A Memoir,” shares how to eat sushi the traditional Japanese way. Following is a transcript of the video; it has been edited for clarity. Nobu Matsuhisa: I’m Nobu Matsuhisa, owner of Nobu Restaurants Group and Hotels. Chef Matsuhisa opened his first restaurant in
Bioengineering the Senses: A closer look at tech on the frontiers of medical science. Today we look at the machine behind physicist Stephen Hawking — and how smartphone technology is helping him communicate. — Subscribe to Bloomberg on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/Bloomberg Bloomberg Television offers extensive coverage and analysis of international business news and stories of global
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CULVER CITY, California — We recently spent a day on the set of the iconic game show “Jeopardy!.” Alex Trebek joined the show as its host in 1984. Trebek and his staff invited Business Insider to be a fly on the wall during one of the show’s production days. “Jeopardy!” is filmed on a soundstage