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Comparable sales are down in Starbucks' two biggest markets.
  • Starbucks is hiring a new CEO, and analysts hope he'll get the coffee chain back on track.
  • Comparable sales are down in its two biggest markets: the US and China.
  • Analysts say Starbucks needs to focus on its prices: "Starbucks isn't known for value."

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Revolut cofounders Nikolay Storonsky, and Vlad Yatsenko, right.
Revolut cofounders Nikolay Storonsky, and Vlad Yatsenko, right.
  • Revolut has secured a $45 million valuation via a secondary share sale.
  • The London-based neo-bank recently obtained a UK banking license after several years of waiting.
  • Founded in 2015, it has 45 million customers and reported revenues of $2.2 billion in 2023.

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Australia's viral Olympic breakdancer Rachael "Raygun" Gunn has finally made a public statement about her internationally maligned performance at the Paris games, and it seems she's standing by her efforts. The Games may be over, but the drama continues.

In a video posted to Instagram on Thursday, Raygun stated that she was unprepared for the backlash she'd received, and that she'd hoped to "bring



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Soldiers of the Azov Brigade tested an Inguar-3 in the Serebryansky forest in the Luhansk region.
Soldiers of the Azov Brigade tested an Inguar-3 in the Serebryansky forest in the Luhansk region.
  • The Azov Brigade has tested a new Ukrainian armored vehicle, according to Militarnyi.
  • The Inguar-3, a Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected, or MRAP, vehicle, was trialed in Luhansk.
  • Ukraine has relied on Western-supplied MRAPs, but could soon send its own vehicles to the front.

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Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg and Scott Kirby of United Airlines.
  • Boeing's new CEO, Kelly Ortberg, received praise from Scott Kirby, boss of United Airlines.
  • Kirby, a vocal critic of Boeing after January's blowout, said he was confident in the firm's recovery.
  • United is Boeing's biggest customer in commercial aviation, so Kirby's



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About a third of Americans plan to rely on Social Security income during retirement.
  • A third of US adults believe Social Security income alone will be enough for retirement.
  • A financial expert advises building a 401(k) and HSA to prepare for unexpected expenses.
  • A new NerdWallet report shows that the majority of Americans lack sufficient retirement savings.

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Lisa Bubert started a book list in 2013 that grew to over 500 books.
  • Business Insider asked European venture capitalists about their favorite reads for summer.
  • They picked novels, as well as non-fiction about technology, business, and productivity.
  • Their choices range from a memoir of slavery to a Chinese sci-fi novel that's now a major Netflix series.

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Jerry O'Shea and Lucie Davidson swapped their UK lifestyles to run a farm in the Italian countryside.
  • Jerry O'Shea and Lucie Davidson decided to leave the UK for Italy after finding it too expensive.
  • They bought an Italian farm for $154,000 in October 2021 and moved to Italy that month.
  • O'Shea farms olive oil alongside his remote teaching jobs.

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Microsoft is working on a new Workspaces features for its PowerToys suite of Windows add-ons that will launch a collection of apps and automatically arrange and snap them into a custom layout on your monitor.

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The author has been homeschooling her two kids for several years.
  • Whenever back-to-school season rolls around, I'm glad I don't have to deal with it much anymore.
  • I've been homeschooling my kids for years, and I don't have to worry about all those to-do lists.
  • However, I'm still grateful for the time my kids spent in public school.

I don't mean to brag, but recently, while