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CNN Business Nightcap: Someone Spent $28 Million Going to Space, But They’re Saving It Because They’re Busy

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July 16, 2021

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We’ve got another mega billionaire private space mission to look forward to next week, and there’s already some pre-flight drama.

The passengers on Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin trip included Jeff himself, his brother, an 82-year-old pilot named Wally Funk, and an anonymous bidder who paid $28 million for a seat.

But that mysterious cadet is pulling out at the last minute, Blue Origin said due to “schedule conflicts.” (OK, really although? Couldn’t clear the deck for a day to go to space? We don’t buy it.)

THE FOURTH PASSENGER

The loss of that person is the gain of a Dutch teenager. The seat will be taken by Oliver Daemen, an 18-year-old recent high school graduate from the Netherlands, who will become the youngest person ever to go to space. (that will be one) helluvan icebreaker at your first prom, Oli.)

Blue Origin will not reveal what Daemen paid for the chair. But a person familiar with the matter said the ride was bought for him by his father, Joes Daemen, CEO of investment firm Somerset Capital Partners. (You will probably wants to cut that part out of the story, Oli.)

RELATED: Bezos donates $200 million to the Smithsonian, the largest gift the museum has received since its founding in 1846.

NUMBER OF THE DAY

9%

Shares of Oatly fell more than 9% on Thursday after a hedge fund, Spruce Point Capital, accused the company of overestimating its earnings and misleading investors about its sustainability claims. Oatly dismissed the claims, but the report sent shares down to trade just above $18, their lowest level since the bustling Swedish company went public in May.

HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES

It’s peak season at the beach, so you may have just spent $20 on a nice sunscreen at the pharmacy. You don’t want to skimp on something as important as sunscreen – after all, you protect your body from cancer-causing UV light and if you spend on the good stuff you probably want to use it more and thereby become one of those people with their lives super together , someone who eats salads and always does the dishes right away and has extra sunscreen in his bag in case someone forgets to bring something…

Anyway, yeah, go ahead and ditch those sunscreens, turns out the cancer risk was in the bottles all along.

Johnson & Johnson is recalling five of its Neutrogena and Aveeno sunscreens because it discovered low levels of benzene in them. Benzene is a carcinogen that “can potentially cause cancer, depending on the level and degree of exposure.”

The labels to look for: Neutrogena Beach Defense, Neutrogena Cool Dry Sport, Neutrogena Invisible Daily, Neutrogena Ultra Sheer, and Aveeno Protect + Refresh.

QUOTE OF THE DAY

“We know Clippy can be polarizing.”

Claire Anderson, Microsoft art director, known internally as an emojiologist

Remember Clippy, that pesky little anthropomorphic paper clip that pops up in your Word document and disrupts your train of thought? Well, Clippy is back. Microsoft had put him/her/them out of his/her misery in ’07, but the company has decided to kickstart a whole generation by bringing Clippy back in the form of a new emoji in all its apps. As if Outlook needed another useless thing to ruin my day.
RELATED: Researchers say these three emoji are the most popular in the world.

WHAT MORE

  • The US government is suing Amazon to prevent third-party retailers from selling a range of items, including children’s PJs that can catch fire and carbon monoxide alarms that may not alert you to carbon monoxide.
  • facebook said it disrupted a group of Iranian hackers who created fake social media profiles and sent targeted, malicious links in an attempt to spy on Western defense contractors and military personnel.
  • Netflix plans to offer video games on its service within the next year, Bloomberg said.
  • Supermarket salad bar a remnant of pre-pandemic life that was rarely satisfied but almost always sufficient may never return.
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