Israel Knew Hamas’s Attack Plan More Than a Year Ago -    

A blueprint reviewed by The Times laid out the attack in detail. Israeli officials dismissed it as aspirational and ignored specific warnings.

Israeli officials obtained Hamas’s battle plan for the Oct. 7 terrorist attack more than a year before it happened, documents, emails and interviews show. But Israeli military and intelligence officials dismissed the plan as aspirational, considering it too difficult for Hamas to carry out.

The approximately 40-page document, which the Israeli authorities code-named “Jericho Wall,” outlined, point by point, exactly the kind of devastating invasion that led to the deaths of about 1,200 people.

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Jamie Dimon to Business Leaders: Support Nikki Haley for President - Inc.com   

JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon is the latest Wall Street executive to give Nikki Haley's campaign a boost after calling on business leaders to support the former United Nations ambassador's presidential bid. 

"Even if you're a very liberal Democrat, I urge you to help Nikki Haley too," Dimon said during The New York Times DealBook business summit. "Get a choice on the Republican side that might be better than Trump." 

For one, Dimon is reportedly impressed by Haley's policy prowess, plus her open-minded nature when it comes to problem solving, according to The New York Times.

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The hidden expense that's sucking $74 billion out of the economy - Business Insider   

On Lyndale Street in the Logan Square neighborhood of downtown Chicago sits a six-unit condo building. The rather average building is home to more than a dozen residents, a mix of professional couples and families with kids. Everyone in the small community pays homeowners-association fees to cover building improvements, various repairs, and basic amenities like upkeep of the common area and trash removal. But lately the Lyndale Street residents have been sharing a new burden: soaring insurance costs.

The cost of insuring the property jumped by 43% from 2019 to 2022, forcing the board members in charge of managing the building's finances to make some tough choices. The board shopped around each year for lower insurance prices and tried to find other ways to save money, such as having the board president do the landscaping. But even with all the creative thinking, the board had to raise HOA fees by 15% over the past four years to help cover the higher insurance costs. A former resident who served as the board's president but recently resigned to move to the suburbs, told me that trash removal and insurance were the two main culprits for what they called a "mind-boggling" 47% increase in fees since the building's construction was finished in 2017.

"No one wants their monthly costs to increase, but when you have to tell them it's not even for additional services, well that just feels awful," they said, requesting anonymity to discuss private financial deliberations. They said rising costs kept the board from expanding amenities residents wanted, such as a shared composting system. "We were so strapped just covering the basics," they added.

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After 56 Years, Chick-fil-A Just Launched Its Wildest Idea Yet - Inc.com   

Chick-fil-A, as a restaurant concept, is pretty simple. It serves chicken, in its various forms--most famously, its chicken sandwich. It also sells a handful of other items, like waffle fries, salads, and various drinks. That's pretty much it. 

I'm not suggesting it's boring, but as restaurant concepts go, it's a pretty conservative approach. For the last 56 years, Chick-fil-A has been synonymous with the Original Chicken Sandwich. You pretty much know what you're going to get. 

Instead of devoting energy to creating lots of new menu items, Chick-fil-A is generally known for its effort to create the best possible experience for its customers. One of the latest examples might be its wildest idea yet.

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