Новости за 17.07.2015

Google shares are exploding.

Shortly after the market open on Friday morning, shares of Google were up an incredible 14%.

This is the biggest one-day rally in Google's history. 

This is an addition of nearly $50 billion in market cap, or more than the entire market cap of Twitter and basically equal to the most recent valuation for Uber.

Google shares were trading hands near $686 per share in early trading on Friday, a record high.

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A 14-year-old Palestinian refugee who burst into tears during a conversation with Angela Merkel is defending the German leader's handling of the incident.

Meet Netflix's "BoJack Horseman," an animated comedy which brought surprising emotional stakes to a show about talking animals. Season 2 just rolled out to subscribers on Friday, July 17. And for some reason, nobody seems to know about this show.

Former New York Congressman Michael Grimm has been sentenced to 8 months in prison for tax evasion.

Radio host Colin Cowherd is out at ESPN, becoming the third big name to not have his contract renewed by the network this summer.

Business Insider is looking for an ambitious reporter and news junkie to join our team as a breaking news intern.

The tablet market has hit a wall. Shipments contracted for the second consecutive quarter at the start of 2015, declining by 6% year-over-year (YoY). 

Two hackers have scored a million frequent-flier miles each on United Airlines for finding security holes in the airline's computer systems.

The eight Ivy League universities are among the most prestigious schools in the country.

Mobile game "Candy Crush" has generated billions of dollars (and perhaps as many hours of wasted time) since its release, in 2012.

There are over 164,000 miles of highways in the National Highway System, and every single inch of this network needs to be periodically inspected for maintenance and repairs. 

Journalist Napoleon Hill made a name for himself 78 years ago when he published "Think and Grow Rich," a guide to getting rich based on research involving hundreds of self-made millionaires and the strategies they used to achieve success.

Despite suffering economic sanctions and the falling price of oil, Vladimir Putin has pushed forwarded with an estimated 20 trillion ruble ($351 billion USD) program to modernize and overhaul the military by 2020.

You scream, I scream, we all scream for... frozen dairy dessert?

With summer now in full-swing, I thought it'd be a good time to take a look at the official hot weather dessert: ice cream.

The words "frozen dairy dessert" sound far less appealing than "ice cream," which evokes a sense of childhood nostalgia (at least for me) about the satisfying sweetness that made hot summer days just a little bit more bearable.

But the reason that some ice cream packages note that the product... Читать дальше...

Etsy shares popped more than 32% in trading on Friday.

According to MarketWatch, shares of the online craft marketplace are surging after Google said the company's website is seeing higher traffic, during its earnings call on Thursday.

Omid Kordestani, Google's chief business officer, said: "We also recently started showing such links in search results on iOS, developers like Etsy are already seeing a boost in traffic as a result of deep linking." 

Google shares are up more... Читать дальше...

When Lynda Weinman founded lynda.com in 1995 alongside her husband Bruce Heavin, it was a side project, used mainly for personal communication between herself, her students, and readers of her newly-printed book.

If you have a strong work ethic, chances are you are driven to constantly do the best job possible.

Rodez (France) (AFP) - Greg Van Avermaet won his first stage on the Tour de France on Friday as Peter Sagan finished second for the fourth time this year.

Second Home is the unique East London office that's home to a curated collection of tech companies, investors, novelists and even a chef.

Chipotle posts its nutritional data online, so it seems fairly safe to assume that you can guess how many calories are in your burrito bowl.

A year ago Friday, Eric Garner died. The 6'4", 400-pound man with diabetes and who suffered from asthma and sleep apnea, was killed on a Staten Island street when a New York City police officer brought him to the ground with a chokehold.

Madrid (AFP) - Staff at the Prado, Spain's top art museum, usually prevent visitors from touching its priceless treasures.

Former vice president and activist Al Gore lambasted President Barack Obama's environmental policy Thursday, particularly the decision to allow exploratory wells to be drilled in the Arctic, which he said was “insane." Gore called for a ban of all oil and gas in the region. 

After hitting a new all-time high of $134.54 the day after its Q2 earnings report in April, Apple shares have stumbled.

The nuclear agreement worked out between Iran and world powers will loosen an array of sanctions and provide added incentive for European automakers to pile into the Middle East’s largest auto market. But the return to Iran will not be led by newbies. European and Korean automakers with prior experience in the country will spearhead the charge in an attempt to grab market share from Chinese automakers that filled the void in recent years.