Viraj Puri climbs three floors of a gritty industrial building in Brooklyn to the daily grind of his early-stage start-up–negotiating deals with big customers, keeping up with new technology, meeting with investors and making plans to expand. But Puri’s 20 employees aren’t trying to build the next big social-media or clean-energy company. Instead, on a rooftop in the Greenpoint neighborhood, they run a small urban farm, Gotham Greens, a sleek and sunny oasis of leafy lettuces and herbs.
A star-studded group of veteran “Saturday Night Live” guest hosts were on hand this evening to welcome Kristen Wiig into the “Five-Timers Club.” But much to Wiig’s chagrin, most of them haven’t matched her feat of actually hosting “SNL” five times.
The former “Saturday Night Live” cast member made her fifth appearance as host — having previously hit the stage in 2013, 2016 and twice in 2020.
The stolen “SNL” valor actually began with a legit five-timer: Paul Rudd, on hand to welcome her from the audience.
Jordan Katzman and Alex Fenkell are now two of the youngest billionaires in the country. Shares of the direct-to-consumer dental product they cofounded, SmileDirectClub, began trading on Nasdaq September 12. SmileDirectClub closed down28% after its first day of trading, but its market cap of $6.4 billion made Katzman and Fenkell who each own close to a quarter of the company's class B shares billionaires. ADVERTISEMENT
SmileDirectClub sells invisible teeth aligners for $1,850, a fraction of the cost of traditional braces from an orthodontist, Business Insider previously reported.
The American-based producer took to his Instagram page on Thursday, September 16, 2021, where he shared a video of his new home. "My 1st property in America. Work in silence. Politicians, Pastors, Artist, All my street guys, we no Dey fight again. We don settle. Tag all your politicians to come wash their money," he captioned the video. ADVERTISEMENT
Congratulations to Samklef on his latest acquisition. Born Samuel Oguachuba, Samklef is a producer and artist.
Thursday night’s ladies’ free skate is shaping up to be one of the greatest face-offs in Olympic history. 20 years after the Nagano Olympics, I feel like I’m witnessing the rivalry between Michelle Kwan and Tara Lipinski all over again, except this time the rivals are Russian and I’m old enough to down a bottle of wine while watching.
In 1998, Michelle Kwan was seen as the favorite heading into the Olympics, but her dreams of gold were spoiled by the shriek-worthy excellence of a 15 year-old challenger, Tara Lipinski.
Less than a third of the people (27.6%) are out-&-out for Roosevelt for a Fourth Term. A slightly larger number (29.6%) are out-&-out for Dewey. But if the election had been held in mid-July, Roosevelt would have won by a landslide. This is the net result of Elmo Roper’s latest FORTUNE Survey of Public Opinion.
FORTUNE made three different probes. The first:
“Which of these comes closest to expressing your feelings about the coming Presidential election?
Nine features will advance to the next round of voting in the foreign-language film category for the 89th Academy Awards.
The shortlisted films, selected from a record 85 submissions, are:
Australia, “Tanna” — directors Bentley Dean, Martin Butler
Full Name: Virginia Patterson Hensley
Profession: Country Music Singer
Biography: As a country music legend and leading Nashville vocalist, Cline was a pioneer of the genre. Her success promoted female headline performers and helped break down gender barriers in the male dominated industry.
She shot to fame in 1955 after appearing on the Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts show when she wowed audiences with her performance of "Walkin' After Midnight". Her other hits include "
Mexico Digs Out
A rescuer looks for victims after a 7.1 magnitude earthquake rattled Mexico City on Sept. 19. Ronaldo Schemidt—AFP/Getty Images
Scenes From the Aftermath of Mexico’s Devastating Earthquake
By Katie Reilly and Andrew Katz
At least 220 people were killed in a magnitude 7.1 earthquake that rattled Mexico on Tuesday, toppling buildings and leaving people trapped under rubble. The earthquake was the deadliest to strike the country in decades, the Associated Press reported, citing the head of Mexico’s national Civil Defense Agency, who lowered the confirmed death toll to 217 early on Wednesday.
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On the edge of Buenos Aires is a nothing little street called Pasaje C, a shot of dried mud leading into a slum from what passes for a main road, the garbage-strewn Mariano Acosta.