Новости за 09.02.2016

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Most of us know what it's like to feel guilty about taking a break from work — to eat lunch, to walk around the block, maybe even to use the bathroom.

Time spent not working, the thinking goes, is time wasted.

Yet this logic couldn't be farther from the truth. As it turns out, taking periodic breaks to do "nothing" is crucial to productivity.

That's according to Chris Bailey, the 26-year-old author of "The Productivity Project," which describes the... Читать дальше...

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The Bank of Japan’s surprise Negative-Interest-Rate party for stocks set a new record: it lasted only two days.

Today a week ago, the Bank of Japan shocked markets into action. As the economy has deteriorated despite years of zero-interest-rate policy and Quantitative and Qualitative Easing (QQE) – a souped-up version of QE – the BOJ announced that it would cut one of its deposit rates from positive 0.1% to negative 0.1%.

Headlines screamed Japan had... Читать дальше...

Welcome to “Catching Tigers and Flies,” ChinaFile’s new interactive tool for tracking and, we hope, better understanding the massive campaign against corruption that China’s President, Xi Jinping, launched shortly after he came to power in late 2012.

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It was a rough day in the markets.

Stocks got slammed during the day, with the Dow off 1.1%, the S&P 500 off 1.4% and the Nasdaq off 1.8%.

But that was just the beginning.

Over the course of the day, a bunch of huge economic and business headlines crossed, so we put them all together to make sure you didn't miss a thing:

1. Goldman Sachs shares closed down 4.5%, and Citigroup was off over 5%. Also, a gauge of European banking stocks tanked... Читать дальше...

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There are few buildings more iconic in New York City than the classic brownstone, a type of building that emerged in the 1830s, when a new urban middle class of New Yorkers sought a home that looked fancier than brick and was more durable than wood.

Brownstone, which is a type of sandstone that gets its dark brown color from high concentrations of iron, was readily available from New Jersey and Connecticut quarries, making it a convenient option for new construction. Читать дальше...

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Costco shoppers beware — there’s one thing you may be doing that employees hate.

Meghan DeMaria, a former Costco employee and current associate editor for Refinery29, published an article on the women’s website about her experiences working at the chain.

Overall, DeMaria said she was surprised to find that she loved working at Costco. However, there was one assumption customers frequently made that rubbed her the wrong way.

DeMaria... Читать дальше...

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Not so surprisingly, the world is freaking out about Beyoncé's latest single, released with a music video on Saturday and performed at the Super Bowl Sunday night (there was also an announcement of a Formation world tour).

But this one is getting more political heat than Beyoncé is used to.

Many are furious over what they perceive to be an anti-police message in the song and video. The video does show police in riot gear and a police cruiser sinking into the water. Читать дальше...

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For a moment in January, it looked like the Sacramento Kings might actually have figured it out.

DeMarcus Cousins was an unstoppable force, scoring 104 points in two games to push the Kings into the playoff mix in the Western Conference. The Kings, long the most dysfunctional team in the NBA, looked like they might be approaching something like normalcy.

How wrong we were. The Kings have now lost seven of their last eight games, and conceded an almost unfathomable 256 points over their last two games. Читать дальше...

Japan's Mensho Tokyo is serving a ramen dish with a helping of chocolate for Valentine's Day. It's a hit — more than 100 people have ordered it in its four days.

For all of you worried about robots stealing your job, watch out, because it looks like they are getting better at us at sports too.

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Yelp's fourth-quarter earnings results crossed well ahead of schedule on Monday.

The company told Business Insider that the results were leaked because of an error by PR Newswire, the vendor responsible for distribution.

The business-reviews and ratings website had been scheduled to report after the closing bell.

It is unusual for large companies to release earnings results during the trading session or ahead of when they had planned.

In a statement... Читать дальше...

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Possibly you've stopped paying attention. Or possibly you've fallen into bad habits. Or possibly you've grown complacent.

Whatever the reasons, you're now compromising, settling, or flying on unhappy autopilot.

Remarkably successful people don't compromise on their standards. They don't settle for less than what they hope to achieve.

And they definitely don't put their lives on autopilot. They believe success only comes from intention and action — and so they live that way. Читать дальше...

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Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg (I) has confirmed to The Financial Times that he's considering a 2016 presidential run.

Bloomberg's confirmation comes after a report last month in The New York Times that cited sources close to the billionaire who said he had asked his advisers to come up with a plan for what a theoretical third-party campaign would look like.

He told the FT that he is "looking at all the options" and that he's "listening... Читать дальше...

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Tech stocks got slammed, bank stocks got slammed, Greek stocks got slammed, and gold (!) rallied to start the trading week.

Stocks in Europe got buried on Monday and US equities followed their lead, opening sharply lower and finding no bounce during the day until the final hour when a frantic rally saw stocks gain back about half their earlier losses.

First, the scoreboard:

• Dow: 16,027.1, -177.9, (-1.1%)
• S&P 500: 1,853.4, -26.6... Читать дальше...

Jason Vitug

This summer, I drove 10,218 miles in 137 hours through 38 states in 30 days.

I called my trip the Road to Financial Wellness, a grassroots and social-media experiment to turn local money discussions into a national conversation on financial well being.

After my backpacking trip around the world in 2012, I realized I was able to live my dream lifestyle because I understood and improved my relationship with money.

I used the term "money mindfulness," which... Читать дальше...