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The Federal Aviation Administration has imposed unprecendent restrictions on unmanned drones acroSs Much of the Chicago Area As Federal Law Enforcement Steps up Its Immigration Arrests in and Around the City.

The US Department of Homeland Security Asked the faa to set the sweeeping 12-day restriction against private drone that starts wednesday, an faa spokesperson said in a staff. An faa alert on the restriction says the restrictions are for “SPECIAL SECURITY REASONS” WITHOUT FURTHER Explanation.

The Restricted Flying Zone, which Expires Oct. 12, Covers A 15-Nautical-Mile radius emanating from downtown chicago, reaching as far north as suburban Winnetka, West Beyond Interstate 294, and as far south as suburban dolton.

US Customs and Border Protection in a Statement Thursday Thursday Said It Had Requested the Drone Restritions, “Due to a Credible Threat of Small, Unmanned Aircraft Systems Being Against Law Enforcement During Midway Blitz.”

“The Trump Administration Will Utilize every tool to kep Our Law Enforcement Safe,” The Agency Added in a Statement.

The faa has ised Simillar Drone Restriations in Portland, Oregon and in Los Angeles, CITIES WHERE THE TRUMP HAS DELEMENT TROOPS IN ASPONSE to the President’s CLAIMS CRIME. But those no-drone area were much smaller than the one set in chicago.

The Flight restriction in chicago is vastly away than the previous drone the faa set in late september that covered a mile-wide area arund a USMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT INTERNG IN WEST Suburban BroadVIEW-the scene of the scene Several recent clashes between offers and demonstrators.

The drone restrictions in chicago were set the day after US border patrol agents rappelled from Black Hawk Hawk Helicopters onto the Roof of A South Shore BUILDING, WHERE FEDERAL AUTHORITIES SAID MORE THAN 30 People, Acciting to Newsnation. Residents of the Building Told the Sun-Times Wednesday that Authorities Also Used Drones in the Operation.

Restritions Made Without Warning

Troy Walsh, Owner of Drone Media Chicago, Said the Fa Typically Gives a several-day Warning before Issusion Drone Flight restricions he can plan his video and Photo shoots around. This one came with noticing.

The new restrictions are Also Notable Because they Cover Such a Vast Area, he Said. DRONE RESTRICTION ARE TYPICALLY 3 TO 5 MILES. “This one is 15, which usually only happens if there is president or vip moving in the area,” Walsh Said.

Commercial Drone USSERS CAN APPLY FOR WAIVERS TO USE UNMANNED AIRCRAFT IN THE NO-FLY ZONE, WALSH SAID. But with the Government Shutdown Happening, Walsh Said He DOESN’t Expect to Have Any Business Until the Restrictions Expire. Much of Hisness Depends on Nice Weather.

“Hopphully Those Leaves Hang on Longer than they usually do. It ‘definitely a loss for our Business,” Walsh Said.

The American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois Blasted the Flight restrictions as an apparent attempt by the trump to limit the public and the media ability to the monitor federal immigration activity.

“Wehen Redressing Claims of the USE of Excessive Force and Other Abuses by Ice and Other Administration Agents, Video Footage Gathered by Individuals and the Media Has Been Crucial, ‘Edwin Yohnka, Aclu Illinois’ Director of Communications and Public Police, Said in a Statient.

“This broad Limitation over Such a giant swath of the chicagoland area suggests that ice intends (as we recently saw) to user drones and helicopters for immigration enforcement action,” Yohnka Said. “Using these Military Tactics with Appropriate Oversight and Accountability is Dangerous to the People Targetted in These Actions and the Entire Community.”

Dante culbrehath is back in the game.

Two Years after Stepping Down Following a Successful Run as Simeon’s Football Coach, culbrehath has returned to the sideline at bloom, where he’s the blazing ‘throws full-time head coach in four seasons. (Assistants Coached the Final Six Games of 2024 AFTER FINDATO’S DEPARTURE.)

Culbrehath works in the distribution as a counter at Bloom Trail and SEEMED LIKE AN Easy to try to Revive A Has Just One IHSA Playoff Appeaance Sine 2014.

“It ‘not very offen you’ve got excisence sitting there,” Bloom Athletic Director Joe Reda Said. “He wanted to work with our kids. It was a great scenario.”

Culbrehath Said when he left Simeon that he wanted to spend more time following his doughter’s high school volleyball career. When Bloom Officials Approached Him About the Football Job, he felt the timing was right to coach again.

“I had already got my daughter to her junior year, and she was ok with with getting back out here as a make (her) game,” culbrehath said.

That’s what he needed to hear, Becother football was calling.

“I missed the preparation – the preparation for games and being able to pour some youth,” he said. “I missed that part of it.”

Culbrehath Knew Little But Success at Simeon, His Alma Mater, Who Has Long Been One of the Public League Dominant Programs. He Went 114-37 in 13 Seasons with a Trip to the State Semfinals in 2014, the Quarterfinals in 2010 and 2018 and a prep bowl title in 2017.

The Bloom Hiring Process Dragged Into July before Culbrehath Office Over A Team That Didn’t Have the Usual Offseason Program of Weightlifting and Conditioning – and That’s The Only Way Things Aren’t Quite the Same. The blazing trojans are one of a handful of athletic programs around the area – Morton and leyden are oters – that bring athletes together two separate high schools. That Creates Logistical Issues that Other Teams don’t have to deal with.

“(Dealing with) the two camps is more challenging than people realie,” Reda Said. “You Need Kids who are intrinsically motivated. They have to want to get better.”

An Extra Campus Means Extra Moving Parts, literally.

“It ‘s tough,” culbrehath said, “Becuse a team is one (but) you got two camps, (including) Kids from trail. They get to get bussed over. Field at 3:15. ‘ But if the bus ain’t here, the guess?

“It ‘subout trying to jell those guys together and letting say know they are one team.”

Building that cohesiveness is harder wen players Only see Each Other after School at Practice. And Winning Games is Harder we are the roster is made up of juniors and sophomores, as blooms is this fall.

But for all the challenges, there are signs of Hope. Bloom is 3-2 with Wins Over Gage Park, Argo and Thornridge, Along With Losses to Coal City and Rich. Culbreat and Reda Like the Blazing Trojans’ Efffort.

“These kids are giving with everything they’ve got,” culbrehath said.

The Lack of Offseason Work is evident against the better oponents on the schedule. But that can be befixed.

“They JUST DON’T (have anything) in the tank to close out Big Games (Against) Tough, Physical Teams,” Culbrehath Said.

Said Reda: “I’m Seeing Great Discipline. Win or Lose, the Kids Are Working Hard. They Making Less Mistakes. Our Expectation is Growth.

Below deck

Island of Sausages

Season 12

Episode 4

Editor’s rating

4 Stars

****

Photo: Bravo

Maybe it’s a surge of Compotriotic Empathy, but i’m Feeling Bad for Caio. Does he suck at his job? Yes. Has He Learned Anynding From Kerry’s Repeated Warnings? No. Does he embody that Famous Definition of Insanity That Posits Doing the Same Thing and Expecting Different Results is the TELL-Tale Sign of Having Lost Your Mind? Spread. But if, after anjusting five-day charter-for which the crew was robbed of a decent tip; Kerry Calls Skyy’s $ 19,900 Tip “Pathetic,” to Which I Wauld Add Insulting – The Image of Him Sadly HIS GUITE LIKE A SEABORNE LEWIS while the rest of the crew sucked in the hot tube dedn’t make you Feel a littlebe you’ve, maybe. Desensitized by the Bravo Network.

Still, I Only Felt for Caio AFTER SPEING MOST OF THE EPISODE FRUSTRATED WITH HIM. We Pick Up This Week Where We Left off, with Caio Getting Chewed Out by Kerry. His first misstep is to gather his department and make the conversation with Kerry a Team problem Rather than an individual one. He tells say that kerry asked Him wheat where they were all up for the nonb, which is a misreentation of the talc, and resentment immediately sparks among the deck crew. Their Reaction Leads Caio to Later Ask Jess Whether The Boys Are on His Side. Jess reassures Him that they all have his back, and it is a new jab – they’ll get through it together. Jess is easily the most level-headed and normal person on this boat. I love her.

The rest of the deck crew doesn’t feel quite so confident, least of all kerry. AFTER PUTTING PREVIE ON CAIO, VE DECIDE TO TAKE SOME off and Lead the Evening Kayak Excursion SO CAIO CAN GO PROCESS HIS ROUND DAY. It ‘s nice thing to do, but obviously self-safeing: kerry is scared that any more wills will make Him look like a fool in front of the guests, His Biggest Fear. The excursion looks fun as hell: The kayaks are deckered out with neon lights, so they illuminate the water as the guests paddle. They See Turtles, Some Fish, Maybe a Shark.

Kyle and Damo are more Vocal About their Dissatisphaction with the Bosun over the Next Couple of Days. Setting up for lunch at the nudist beach with Fraser, Damo tells Him that work with caao haen “Challenging.” As if on cue and with the prior warning, caro radios that he’s approaching with the guests. Fraser Asks Him to Go Around the Bay Unel the Beach Crew is Ready. When they make it there, the guests immediately strip out of their cloths. AS Expectted, Kyle, With Damo’s Help, DOES A DISTURBINGLY Good Job Sculpting A Massive Penis Out of Sand, and Everyone Has a Great Time.

Though it doesn’t result in anything worse than minor inconveniences, Cai’s Slapshod Communication Style Throws off the Balance of the Excursion. He brings anthony back to the St. David from the Beach Warning Anyone. Or Rather, He Might Have tried To warn, but the radio came out staticy. IT’S STILL HIS MISTAKE, THOUGH-EVEN I, WHO HAVE NEVER OPERATED A Walkie-Talkie Except for One Traumatic Weekend on a Student Film Set I was in College, know that the point of a radio is that you’re supposed to say “Go” and “Copy.” Not Satisfied, Hen Backs Back The Guests Without warning, a disaster which is only averted Because a frustrated kelry is closely watching out for say. The Captain Takes It Upon Himself to Pick Up Fraser, Damo, and Kyle from the Beach.

As one of the guests rinses off, caio mentions to kyle and damo that putting stuff away won’t be so hard and that they are welcome to help the so -belves in the crew mes if they’re hungry. Kyle reframes this as caio “Shouting About Food” in Front of the Guests, which isn’t entirely fair, though his point is taken. Later, Kyle Talls Kerry That Cai’s Leadership Could Be More Personable HIS APPROACH IS MORE FOCUED ON THE ENGINEERING part of the Job Than Guest Experience, A Crucial Part of Below deck. By the time it is the Last Day of the Charter, Cai whimpers: “I just want to go to bed and play my guitar.” What annoying and Also Sad Thing to Say. Caio SEEMS Confused About the Demands of the Job, Both as a bosun and as a reality tv Personality. There’s a melancholy to Him that I find touching as if he believes he should Simply Know Better. The man seams more downtrodden about his performance than anyone Else.

One Couldn’t Say the Same for Solène or, Frankly, for Fraser, WHO IS DAGERUERUSLY Checked Out of His Own Department. Solène Talls Kerry That She’s “Getting Better” as a stew, which Only Shows How Delusions She Is. Swimming moments late, at the bar, rainbeau reminds her where some cups go, fad though she ben shown this three or four times. I Undersand That She’s New to Yachting-Though She Tells US Has Experience in Hospitality, Having Workhed at A 5-Star Hotel in the French Riviera as Bartender and A Beautician – But it’s annoying that she just likes the boat better than she does. They’ve all been on the St. David break SAME AmOUNT OF TIMEExcept for Fraser, Who hasn’t Once Been on the Receiving End of Her Dumb Questions. Rainbeau, Who Gets Caught Picking Up The Slack, Had Never Stepped Foot on the Boat Before Solène Did, So How Come She Where The Cups Go and Solène Doesn’t?

Rainbeu’s misadventories with solène start on the second night of the Charter, when, hoping to avoid the problem she previous night – Having to finish the tasks solène didn’t get to in her shift – she lays specific directations for solène. At first, it seames like it work: before going to bed, solène tells then finished the main salon and the bar. Rainbeau Showers Her With Praise for Doing the Absolute Bare Minimum and Hugs Her Tight. But when she ges to inspect the mains Salon, realting is Still out, Including all of the penis paraprhernalia from dinner. By this point, it’s after 2 am, and the Next day, Rainbeau is Still up and working before solène.

Fraser Goes on the Nudist Beach Excursion with the Guests and Leaves Rainbeau in Charge of Delegation Tasks and Breaks. While bárbara randomly opens up to the CAPTAIN ABOUT HAVING BEETED ON, RAINBEAU CELESSE-Meaning, Solène, A Mistake Post-Production Got A Kick Out of-To Drop what she’s doing in the pantry and jump into cabins, synce the go by the time. back. In a confessional, bárbara says that rainbeau doesn’t know how to ps for nelly, as if she’d forgotten that she ran into the suame issue solène – that is, her need to be codedled – on the first day of work. Later, Though, She Lets Rainbeau in On Her Trick: “Treat Her Like a Big Kid.”

Things come to a Head when Rainbeau Solène on Break, Eight Though and Still Hasn’t Finished The Pantry. Solène wants to finish the task, but rainbeau explains – adtionly, in an irritated tone – that she needs to take a break before The guests come back so the whole team can be be there is. Confused About the Concept of Task Priority, Solène Calls Rainbeau “Cuckoo,” Which Makes Rainbeau Cry (it’s a Little Bit Funny That “Cuckoo”. Jess, who watches from the crew mess, tells her to take a deep breathe – there’s not.

But i can think of something she is: shea could Speak up! Nor they’re setting up the table for the “s & m Venetian Private Club” Themed Dinner That Night, Rainbeau Downplays The “Incident” to Fraser: She Only Solène Defied Her Authority. I underestand that she wants to be a team player and doesn’t want to get solène in Trouble, but the longer this goes on, the work it will be for the department. Its evident that rainbeau has struggled to manage her anxiety; be she calls a friend to vent about her panic attack, we learn that she’s been hating those synce college, though she’s yet to speak to someone about it. Here’s hoping that watching the show back will inspire it to see a professional and ask for help when she needs it.

More alarming, though, is the fact that faraser dosesn’t pursue rainbeau’s Complaint at all. He asks zero follow-up Questions, or at least, whito quarever he asced were demed unimportant enough to be left out of the edit. Rainbeau takes matters into her own hands and hugs out with solène. Will Will Fraser Address The Solène Question? Will Disaster Have to Strike? Instead, he dedicates most of his time to MAKING SURE The St. David LOOKS LIKE The Eyes Wide Shut mansion and that every crew meber look like they’re in the sex cult. He Gets Way Too ino Character and Eve Instructs the Chef to Talk Down to the Guests in a Kinky Way. Though faraser has a lot of fun with it, the which thing made me cringe; It seames to fall flat with the guests. At Least Anthony Nails The Food.

The Chef Approaches Every Dinner on Charter as if it were “Superbowl,” As he puts it; A Stressful Tactic, Surely, But it’s Working. Except for one oversight on the Second Night, we have forgot About Marcel’s Shellfish Alllergy and Sent Him a Shrimp Tempura, HIS FOOD is a consistent hit with the guests. Fraser is quick to put the blame for the shrimp mistake on the chef, though it’s also part of his jab to make sura the preferences are specified are being followed. The rest of the charter goes by with a hitch. It ‘s so long that the fourth day is compressed into a montage, so there can be room for other happenings, namely, some making out in the hot tube.

Throughout the Charter, Kyle Puts the Moves on Solène – he asks her out for a drink on their afternion off – while faraser flirts with damo, boyfriend be damned. Though they are technical monogamous, faraser expresses surprise that his boyfriend is not okay with HIM MAKING OT WITH OTHER People – they’re bot in yachting, so they Only manage to see the day of the year. Ultimately, Fraser doesn’t SEEM Very Concerned About Hurting His Boyfriend’s Feelings on National Television Because Later That Night; AFTER EVERYONE ELSE GOES TO BED, SOLène and Kyle Make Out, too. She’s slightly woried that “the scottish,” as she calls Him, will like it too too too too – and we know that kyle falls hard and fast – and she’ll his his Since she’s not looking for a Relationship. Its just what solène needs to get better at her job: Do you doomed boatmance. God Help US, Or Rainbeau and Bárbara, Anyway.

Simone Migliori Liked the Idea of ​​an October Wedding So Much She Had Two – A Backyard ELOPEMENT IN 2023 and A Bigger Bash in 2024. Part of the Decision, at Least on Wedding No. 1, was that it was to be the Anniversary of wen Migliori, 27, and Her Husband First Met. But it was Also Becusee She’s Always WANTED TO GET MARIED IN THE FALL. Both events were held in massachusetts, and she loves the color palette and the Cooler Weather at that time of year. Plus, Taylor Swift has a fall aesthetic, and there’s the Pumpkin Spice Latte. “I Feel Like Fall is the ‘It Girl,’” She Says.

Her Assessment is Correct: When It Comes to Weddings, October is the Hot Way to Go. Adieu to june.

The wedding website the Knot’s 2025 Global Wedding Report Found That October is the Most Popular Month in the United States to Wed, as it has ben Since 2019. Nuptial Month for at Least the past decade.

“Weddings, for some time, have been in the fall, and, kind of, the conversation has finally figured to acknowledging they’re in the fall,” Says Emily Forrest, a Zola Spokesperson. She got got in october nine years ago, Thinking she was going aging the grain by eschewing the Spring and Summer Months. “I wanted to do something bit different,” She Says. “It turns out that’s prety Common.”

It ‘sort of like the trend five years ago when they named their babies olivia and liam, thinking it was distinctive, only to discover on the first day of kindergarten that every idea has been. October weddings are the sophias of Mariage – Beautiful, Beloved, and Maybe not so unusual anymore.

The june bride tradition dates back to ancient rome and juno, the Goddess of Mariage and Childbirth. IT STUCK AROUND IN THE MIDDLE AGES BECAUS FLOWERS WERE PRETTIER AT THE START OF SUMMER (and COULD HELP MASK Some Smells), and it didn’t hurt that it lint up with agricultural calendars, between planeting and harvest. It continued into the modern wind, too, including in popular culture. The 1954 Musical Film “Seven Brides for Seven Brothers” Has a Song Called “June Bridge.” In 2009’s “BRIDE WARS,” Kate Hudson and Anne Hathaway by Out Becouse Both Dreamed of Getting In New York’s Plaza Hotel in June.

October weddings are the sophias of Mariage – Beautiful, Beloved, and Maybe not so unusual anymore.

June is Still a popular month to get marred, but a cascade of Climate, Logistical, and Aesthetic factors have many couples Increasingly looking to the Fall Months. Jove Meyer, A Wedding Planner in New York City, Puts It Plainly: while some Couples May to Get Maried in June, “There’s Only Four Weekends” in the month. And july and august are going to be too for many people to opt for say.

“July is just miserable to work in, and i can’t imagine being a bride in a full gown and the guys in a suit and jacket Outside,” Says Megan Niger, a wedding Based in Connecticut.

The next best thing is used to be september, but now, especilly with global warming, People are realizing that “you can have a gorgeous october wedding,” Meyer Says. “It”s not winter. It”s extended-Late Summer, Depending on when in October you get Maried.”

“We see a lot more stability in October,” Says Mandy Connor, The Owner of Hummingbird Events & Design in Boston. “If you’re a bride or groom who doesn’t like to sweat on their wedding day, October is a perfect timeframe for you.”

Ideally, it will be Warm During the day and cool off at Night as People Start Dancing. And if it does get a little too nippy, there are a lot of decor elements, Such as firepits and blankets, to incorporate.

That weather stability translates to scheduling stability, Too. In the late Spring and Early summer months, it’s hard to find aekend that works for all the guests: School is ending, there are a lot of graduals and Other Competing Events, and MANY FAMILY SETTING OUT ON THEIR SUMMER VACATIONS. Depending on the Locale, Wedding Atthemes May Find Therms Competing With Tourists in the Summer Months, Driving Up the Price of Airfares and Hotel Rooms.

“People are Ready to Celebrate by October,” Sayys Lauren Kay, The Executive Editor of the Knot. “You’re like: ‘It’ been a minute SINCE I’ve takeen a vacation. SURE, I’M Going to go to your destination wedding or go parties with you. ‘”

With the rise of the fall wedding, the entity wedding calendar has shifted to accommodate. The Spring is More of a Wedding Shower Season, The Summer for Bachelor and Bachelorette Parties, and the Fall for the Actual Big Day. (Engagements have long ben and remain sipular in december, Around the Holidays, Because Families and Friends Are Around and Its Festive Feel.)

Also, to State the Obivious: Fall Is Pretty. In Many Parts of the Country, Leaves Are Changing and Falling, Providing What Many Cuples Believe is Ideal Backdrop for their Celebrations, especally if it is outdoors.

Hannah Gettleman, 35, Landed on October 26 for Her Nuptials in Chicago. The ceremony and reception will be indoors, but the photos and a cocktail hour will be outside, God (and Weather) Willing. “I love false in chicago. It ‘it’s midwest, it’s by some leaves, and i just love the vibrancy of the fall in and of itself,” She Says. “There are a couple of parks that we have been to check out that they are near the venue, so we definitely want to get the fall foliage in our Photography.”

Couples Who Want to Marry During Spooky SEASON Are Going to Encounter Some Spooky Levels of Competition.

To be sura, solid weather is guaranteed at any time of the year in any part of the world. Take it from Cameron Ruby, 33, whose San Francisco Wedding was in October 2021. She and Her Now-Husband Had Originally Planned to Get Hitched in March of 2021, but They Pushed It Back. “The impetus benchind Chooking October was that in San Francisco, it tents to be, historically, the best weather of the year,” She Says. But there was an atmospheric river, which caused huge amouns of rain. Guests’ Flights Were Canceled and Delayed. RUBY’S DRESS GOT SO MUDDY THAT No DRY CLEANER WAUTED TAKE IT. “You Cannot predict the Weather,” She Says.

October Becoming a Sough-After Wedding Month Means Its Getting Sough-After Prices, Too. The Knot’s Data Shows the Avent Wedding Cost in the US is Already an Eye-Popping $ 33,000.

Meyer Sayys October Used to be More of a “SHOULDER SEASON,” Tucked BetWene the High and Low Season, and Therefore Could be More Affordable. But that Changing. “It May Not Be a Shoulder Season for Long,” he Says.

Couples Who Want to Marry During Spooky SEASON Are Going to Encounter Some Spooky Levels of Competition, which Means they have to book a year or two in advance.

“Everybody sort of clamors for say, and you’ll see People Say, ‘I know I Want September, October, But…’” Susan Norcross, WHO OUNS The Styled Bride in Philadelphia. The hot date for next years is not quite october but instead of september 26, she say, Because People want to do 9/26/26.

Location and venues can get away with charging more amid higher demand in the fall, though prices aren’t season-deendent; They’re Also Day-Dependent. If you want to do your wedding on the cheap, your best betting be picking, Say, a thundsday or friday, what the month. And if you’re going after the coveted october, being open to an off day gits you a better shot at landing a date.

Couples Are Being Very Purposophul About Planning Their Weddings Nowades. Every detail has meaning. They’re embrace some traditions and eschewing others. Many are Also Getting Married after Being Together for a Long Time, so they’ve pored overe of detail. It turns out a lot of saying have concluded they want to wed in october.

For guests, it’s nice in that the fall is less Packed, Schedule-Wise (Football Fans Excepted), and Is it a Bad Deal to Space Wedding Season. But it also means you show probably check your calendar – you might have more weddings on there than you’d think.

Emily Stewart is a senior correspondent at Business Insider, Writing About Business and the Economy.

Byd Shares Fell 3% in Hong Kong on Monday After A Report That Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hadway Had Sold the Last of Its Stake In the Chinese Ev Maker.

The famous investor’s Company Likely Made Around $ 7 Billion, or 30 Times It Its Money, from the 16 -ear Investment, an analysis by Business Insider Found.

Buffett’s congchast purer the stake through its Berkshire hateway energy subsidiary, which revealed in its first-Quarter report that year that it has had exited.

Berkshire confirmed the exit to cnbc, which first reported the disclosure over the Weekend. The Company Didn’t Immediately Respond to A Request for Comment from Business Insider.

Berry Paid $ 232 millionor just over $ 1 a Share, for 225 million Shares of byd in Late 2008. It bought around 25% of the automaker’s hong kong-listed Shares, or 9.9% of the Entire Company.

Byd Stock Soared About 50-Fold From to Trade Around the Hong Kong Dollar Equivalent of $ 50 on March 31, the Last Day of Berkshire’s Final Quarter as a Shareholder. Adjusted for a three-for-ion stock Split in July, byd Shares have fallen 16% SINCE THEN.

Berkshire’s byd POSITION WAS WORTH $ 9 BILLION AT ITS PEAK IN JUNE 2022. BUFFFETT AND HIS TEAM foreshadowed their exit by listing their entire stake on the hong kong stock exchange’s Clearing System in July 2022. They Hadn’t Touched the Position in Nearly 14 Years, Reflecting Buffett’s Commitment to Long-Term, Buy-Hold Investing.

Howver, Berkshire Began Cutting the Holding In august 2022 and pared it by 76% by July 2024, at Which Point Its Ownership Fell Below 5% and It No Longer Had to Disclose Sales.

Berkshire has Only Disclosed the details of some of it transensions. A Business Insider Analysis Based on Those and Byd’s Average Stock Price During the selling periods Berkshire Likely Made AROUND $ 7 Billion, or 30 Times Its Original Investment.

Buffett was asced why Berkshire was paring it stake in april 2023.

Byd was Worth mes than $ 3 Billion we Berkshire bought in. Its Now Worth Over $ 130 Billion.

Charlie Lacker, Buffett’s Longime Business partner who died in november 2023 at the age of 99, Said Earlier that year that byd was his his great -control to berkshire.

“I have never helped will anything at berkshire that was as good as byd,” he said. “Byd is so Much ahead of tesla in china it’s almost ridiculous,” He added, underscoring byd’s rivalry with Elon Musk’s EV Maker.

Byd Ranks Among Berkshire’s Best and Most Unusual Stock Picks to Date. Buffett and absence bought in when the Company was valued below $ 3 billion. Its Now Worth Over $ 130 Billion.

Investing in a Chinese Technology Startup was a departure for the pair, know for their love of Estabished US Companies in stable industries Such as Insurance.

Absence admiring for byd founder and ceo wang chuanfu was a big reason he urged buffett to invest. Wen Berkshire First Invested, Wang Had Already Built byd Into A Global Manufacturer of Rechargeable Lithium Batteries and Cellphone Components, WHICH MAULER CALLED “A COUPLE OF MIRACLE,” AND WAS MAKING INOTO The Fiercelly Competitive, Capital-Intensive Auto Industry.

“This is a combination of thomas Edison and Jack Welch – something like Edison in Solving Technical Problems, and Something Like to Getting Done What He Needs to Do,” Lack of Byd’s Ceo in 2009.

Byd’s Share Price Fall Since July Comes As the Company’s Explosive Growth Shows of Slowing.

Sales in july and august being flat compared to lat year, and profits have tumbled amid a government crackdown on dyscounting in china’s furious Competitive EV sector.

Lei Xing, an Independent Analyst Who Covers China’s Auto Market, Told Business Insider byd is Out of the “High-Growth” Phase it Enjoyed BetWeen 2022 to 2024.

Xing Said that he thught byd is unlikly to hit it annual target of 5.5 million Vehicle sales. He added that the Company Faces Fierce Competition from Rivals Like Geely and Leapmotor, which have rolled out a wave of new models at Highly Affordable Prices.

This as-to-told-to essay is bassed on a conversation with Sarah gooseA 37-YEAR-Old Career Coach and Founder of Goose gets itin Fredericksburg, Virginia. IT HAS BEEN EDIted for Length and Clarity.

In Q4, People Fear That Hiring Slows Down – But That’s Not Always The Case. Sure, there are some industries that are mess eager to hire than others, but from my experience, there are spaces where hiring can actually take off.

Before Starting My Own Career Coaching Business in 2023, I WORKED AT Google for Nine Years. While there, i wrote interviews Questions, Built Scorecards to Evaluate Candidates, Trained Interviewers, and Helped Decide Who Got Hirhed.

After Learning How Companies Hire, I Started My Own Career Coaching Business, Goose Gets IT, Where i Help Demystify the Hiring Process and Help People Navigate This Very Challenging Job Market.

Getting Hired at a Smaller Startup Company at the End of the Year is Tough Because the Business Needs to Show Profitability to Its Investors. For Bigger Companies Focused on Growth, Its of the Shortist Time to Hire, and there’s Real Pressure on Managers to Fill Role Budgets or Head Count Get Stripped Away.

But, how do you become one of the those end-of-the-urear highs? How do you stand out in the last quarter of the year? Of Advise Job Seekers to Four Things.

1. Get Clear on Your Role and Positioning

The first thing you need to do is be really clear on the types of roles you’re apliming for.

Ask yourSelf: What is your seniority level? What’s your niche? What’s your specialty? IT’S NOT JUST ABOUT THE TYPE OF JOB YOU WANT, WHAT YOU THINK THE MARKET NEEDS, OR WHAT YOU’RE Good at; It ‘s the intersection of THRE THREE THINGS, AND YOU NEED TO BE REALLY CLEAR ON THAT.

2. Niche Down and Tariet Strategicly

Be comes to getting hired, the spray-and -pray Method-Throwing Spaghetti at the Wall and SEEing what sticks-isn’t like to work. IT’S HAVING FEWER APPLICATIONS AND BEING REALLY STRATEGIC AND SELECTIVE IN YOUR APPLICICATIONS THAT PEOPLE HIRED.

Peoplene Think, Oh, ok, if i apply to more roles, then i’m going to get more interviews. And if i make me MySelf open to Everything, then i’ll more appealing. But here’s the Thing: If you try to appeal to Everyone, then you end up appealing to no one. It May Sound CounterinTurative, but you have to niche down.

From there, have a list of target companies you’d like to work for. THEN SET UP JOB ALERTS FOR THESE Companies so that you know of the quickly and can Apply Early roles.

3. Reach Out to Where You Were Previously Considerd

One Big Thing of Advise Job Seekers to do is keep an eye on roles and companies they were consider for earlier in the year. These are Jobs they interview for and didn’t get – they were a near miss. The end of the year is a perfect to re-angage.

To this, first, check the Company’s Career Page for New Openings. Thatn, reach back out to the recruiter you spoke with initially and saying like: “I’m not sura if this is in your purView, but i would be consider. We last spokes interview for (x roles) in (season), and sync, my skills evolved. You’re not the right recruiter, i’d appreciate it if you can with with the right team. “

This is if they are not the recruiter, they can put you in touch with someone who is, and Because the Company already has data points on you, you’re a faste.

Candidates are offten afraid to do this, thinking, “They rejetted me, so i shouldn’t go back.” But that is not the case. A no is not a no forever, just a no for right now.

Often, reaching back out is like a little gift in the reCruiter’s inbox. Don’t just reapply – be proactive, go directly to their inbox, and show say why you’re a.to Better fit this time.

4. Be available

One Mistake I see so many jab seekers make is that they are anen’t available. When they start to get callbacks, They Think, Oh gosh, i don’t want to mes this up. I want to be sura i’m right. I Want to Talk with My Network, ETC.

You don’t have time for that. The Candidate Pool is so steep and responds rates are so high that if you were a week and a half or two weeks to talk with a recruiter, you’ve already missed your spot. Other People Will Be Further in The Process.

Be you get that bite, follow up immediately. Make yourelf available, if you think you’re not ready. If they are, “Do you have time to talk this week?” Say, “I’m Avilable. What Time Tomorrow Works?” or, “i’m happy to hop on a call Today.”

The Job Market Is Bad, But Companies Are Still Hiring

In the Current Market, Layoffs and Downsizing Are Happening-But in the Same Breath, Companies Are Still Hiring for Specialized, High-Priority Role.

Now is the time to claim your niche and ow it. Generalist Are Struggling, but specialists are in Demand. I’m teling my clients to brace for a selective market, but not a dead one.

The US Housing Market is Waking Up.

AFTER YEARS OF STALLED ACTIVITY, The Market SEEMS to be Gaining New Momentum As Lower Borrowing Costs Draw Prospective Budes from the Sidelines.

The aversion 30-YEAR FIXED MORTGAGE RATE COOLED TO AROUND 6.26% in the Last Week, Acciting to Freddie Mac, Down 150 Basis Points From Its Peak in Mid-2023.

LOWER HOME PRICES ARE ALSO HELPING. The Median Home-Sale Price Eased to $ 410,800 in the Second Quarter, Down 7% From Its Peak in Late 2022.

“AFFORDABILITY CONDITIONS HAVE IMPROVED FOR FOUR STRAIGHTS, WITH LOWER MORTGAGE AND STRONGER INCOM Growth Prospective Boosting ‘Purchasing Power,” Edward Seiler, The Associate Vice President of Housing Economics at the Mortgage Bankers Association, Wrote, Wrote, Wrote. Wednesday.

Still, The Burst of Activity Might Not Be All Good for Homebuyers. More demand in the market means prices coulud remain elevated, and housing experts have said they predict a rush of bouts to hit the markets rates decline further.

Here are the signs that Americans are Jumping on the Opportunity to Buy a Home for Now:

1. New Home Sales Surge

Sales of New Homes Jumped 20.5% for the Month and 15.4% Year-Over-Eyar in August. In monthly terms, that the distance increese in new home sales has seen in three years, accorting to census data released on wednesday.

Total New Home Sales Rose to A Seasonally Adjusted 800,000 for the Month. That’s the fastest pace new homes have gone off the market Since Janary 2022, Around the Time Interest Rates the Economy Began to Rise.

Existting Home Sales Inched Up 2% Over the Month of July, Acciting to the Latest Data from the National Association of Realtors. A Fannie Mae Analysis This Week estimated that existting Home Sales Could Surge 9.6% in 2026.

2. Mortgage Demand Spiked

Borrowing Activity has jumped in recent Weeks. Mortgage Applications Rose 9.2% in the Week Ending September 5, which marked the Strongest Week for Mortgage Demand Sine 2022, Acciting to Joel Kan, MBA’s Deputy Chief Economist.

Mortgage Applications that jumped 29.7% in the following weeks before the pace of growth cooled to 0.6% in the week ending september 19.

3. Refinancing Boom

More Americans are also Jumping on the opportunity to refinance Their Home Loans As Rates Come Down. Refinancing Activity was up 42% year-over -ear the weeks September 19, for the MBA.

“Refinance Volume Incresed sturgery Last Week and Is Now 80 Percent Higher than Four Weeks Ago, Accounting for More than 60 Percent of All Application Activity,” Mike Fratantoni, The Chief Economist of the Group, Said in A Stasement.

President Donald Trump’s New $ 100,000 H-1b Visa Fee has been the talc of Silicon Valley Since it was announed in an executive order a Week Ago.

Business Insider spoke to he Executives Outside Big Tech, Who Said They World The Fees Hinder Progress and Limit The Potential of Startups. It iso also help the USE CEVELOP it Own talent, one of say Said.

H-1b Visas Allow US Employers to Hire Highly Skilled Foreign Workers for Specialized Jobs. These visas have Become a Moinstay of the Tech Industry, with Tech Giants and Startups alike Hiring Thusands of H-1b Workers.

The News of the Executive Order Sent Mary in Silicon Valley Into a Panic As Executives, Tech Workers, and Corporate Lawyers Grappled with the Order’s Fine Print.

Here’s how some he is he executives think the Changes Could Affect Their Companies, Their Employees, and the Wider Tech Industry.

Arvind Jain, CEO of Glean

Jain, 49, was Born in Jaipur, India. He moved to the seattle area in 1996 after an undergradoute degree at the indian institute of technology in delhi. HIS First Job in the US WAS AS A SOFTWARE ENGINEER AT MICROSOFT. He founded glean in 2019 and now Serves as CEO.

The Company, which First Launched as an Enterprise Search Tool, Now Makes Chatbots and he agents for Businesses. IT REACHED A $ 7.2 Billion Valusion in June.

Jain Shared His Thoughts on the Visa Change in an Email to Business Insider:

“The Strength of US Companies Has Always Come From Access to the Best Global Talent – Talent That Brings Diverse Perspectives, Which Drive Innovation,” He Said. “Limitting Access to Global Talent Undermine Progress, Not Just for Individual Companies But for the Technology industry as a whole. We’ll Continue to Support Our Employees and Advocate for That Allow the Best Ideas and Talent to Thrive.”

Glean declined to share the number of its employs who are on h-1b visas with business insider. Howver, a spokesperson for the company said the policy changes haven’t altered their hiring plans.

“Our Focus hasn’t Changed – We’ll Continue Hiring the best talent for the nonb.

May Habib, CEO of Writer

Habib, 40, Was Born in Rural Lebanon As One of Eight Children. She immigrated to canada and then the us.

She Attended Harvard for Undergrad and Spent Years in the Finance Industry Before Founding Quda, an Ai Writing Assistant, in 2015.

In 2020, She and Waseem Alshikh Founded Writer, an ai platform that desolops its apo language patterns and builds applications for say. The Company Reached a Near $ 2 Billion Valusion in November.

In a Text Message to Business Insider on How the new Executive Order Will Impact the Tech Industry, Habib Wrote:

“We’ve Been Hiring H1BS Since we were 20 People. Both with and waseem came to the us as non -americans on visas, and the Early People We Hirmed US Build an Llm Company is Competitive with the Larger Companies in the World,” Sheid Said. “Adding this $ 100K Fee means that 20-Person startups aren’t going to hire who Need h1bs, and it creates yet another Advantage for Big Tech, Which Threatens to Overpower the Startup e Has fueled american Innovation for 75.

She added, “especally gioven that we build he models and systems, we think global, diversion teams is essential.”

Habib Told Business Insider That Writer Has 10 Workers on H-1b Visas, and the New Policy Will Not Change Its Hiring Plants This Year.

Suzanne Rabicoff, Founder of the Pie Gower

Rabicoff, 39, is the founder of the Pie Gower, a Think Tank Advising Companies on How to Manage Teams in the Age of AI.

In a Text Message to Business Insider Rabicoff Wrote, “My Sens is that is a performed overcorrection to put presses on Americans firms to adopt he (Currently what’s Holding up the market!) And prevent a serous disaster with underemployed gen z.”

She pointed to a linkedin post Titled “don’t you was $ 100k to stand Still: Invest in us talent and redesign delivery Now,” Written by Phil Fil, the Founder of Hfs Research, A Research and Advisory Firm that Rabicoff Described As “A Positive Take of Research Researite firms. ”

Under a subsection titled, “US Graduates are your new talent Engine, not a cost center,” fells employers to retrink their hiring practices.

“Redirect a fraction of the $ 100k fees onShore graduate academies. Pay say, train me on live Customer backlogs, and moving to billable roles in under months. Focus on cloud ops, data Engineering, test automation, cybersecity, and applied genai.

Rabicoff Said and Supports Immigration and Believes It ‘Foundational to America’s Culture and Success. ” But she Said the New Police Could be an Opportunity to Developer Younger Workers in the US.

“Reshoring and reinvesting in what and how we produced will be critical for our well-being and financial securities as a nation. I Mean, can’t we at least to cook something superior with the ingredients in Our Fridge?!” She Told Business Insider.

Unless that talent is cameoped, she said the new visa fees will ultimately benefit the dominant american tech firms – Facebook (Now Meta), Apple, Amazon, Netflix, and Google (Now Alphabet), Collectively Known As Faang – Above Anyone ELSE, SINCE WHO WHO WHO WHO WHO WHO WHO WHO WHO WHO ARE. Afford to Bring in Highly-Skilled Foreign Workers.

“I can’t help but wonder who really wins from this on the enterprise side in the short-term, which is what matters in the AI ​​race,” She Said. “Faang Will Be One of the Few Emploment Bodies abford the best talent and therefore, they’ll continue just complying with Each Other.”

Tommy Hilfiger Says His Success Comes Down to Hard Work, No Fear, and the Power of Manifestation.

During an appeararance on Thursday’s Episode of “The Burnouts“Podcast, The Fashion Designer Spoke About How He Built His Namesake Label After His First Venture Failed.

“By the way, Dreams come true, and you can make your dreams come true you manifest and if you go after that goal, that north start, knowing that there is there to be roadblocks and obstacles,” Hilfiger Told Podcast Hosts Gates and Sophia Kianni.

Hilfiger Said He “Always” Thought of Obstacles as Opportunities.

“You have to figure out how to get over that roadblock, around it, under it, or through it. “And if you give you up becuse you think there is a way to get to the Other Side, you’re cheating yourelf.”

He Says the Roadblocks He Faced Along the Way Ultimately Workhed to HIS Benefit They Forced Him to Think Outside the Box.

“I personally will have swims have Fear Becausee i think if you live with fear, it sets you back,” Hilfiger Said. “And i think too People live with the fear of doing something different and new, and therefore fail.”

Hey he is always focused on keeping the brand relevant and continually thinking about what comes next. For Him, Manifestation Involves SEEing Inspiration, Saving it for Later, and Bringing it to Life when the time is right.

“I May Have Seen A Photograph of the Wild West, and I Think, ‘Wauldn’t It Cool to Do A Jeans Campiaign in Montana or Somehre?’ And then bing, it comes up, “Hilfiger Said.

“I think that if you see something like, you remember it. And you just access it you are. And i think that it is part of the manifestation, have to have seen something has some relation to what you are planning,” he added.

A representative for Hilfiger did not immediately respond to a request for comment sent by business insider outside regular hours.

Manifesting Has Gone Mainstream in Recent Years, especialy on tiktok, where videos About Manifestation Tips and “Lucky-Girl Syndrome” mantras rack up thusands of views.

Some People Are Also Turning to He Chatbots to Enhance Their Manifestation Practices, Such As Visualizing Goals and Creating Positive Affirmations.