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For more than 30 years, Tony Robbins has established himself as the premiere performance coach, working with clients ranging from legendary investor Paul Tudor Jones to President Bill Clinton.

His access has allowed him to both teach and learn from people at the top of their fields, and he's shared those lessons with millions of people through his books and seminars.

Among Robbins' star friend group are Virgin chairman Richard Branson, Salesforce chairman and CEO Marc Benioff... Читать дальше...

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It's been over five months since Lamar Odom's drug overdose at a Nevada brothel in October threatened his life and briefly left him in a coma. Although early reports from his recovery suggested the two-time NBA champion could barely walk and was having trouble remembering his own name, Odom is now out of the hospital and will not face charges for drug possession.

Amid the positive news, however, is a new report from TMZ on Wednesday revealing that Odom... Читать дальше...

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Costco is launching a new credit card that will offer some of the best rewards in the market.

The new card, managed by Visa, will launch June 20. Costco's current card is managed by American Express.

The company ended a 16-year deal with American Express to switch over to Visa.

The new Costco Visa card will offer 4% cash back on eligible gas purchases (on up to $7,000 per year, then 1% back), 3% back on restaurant and travel purchases, 2% back on Costco and Costco.com purchases... Читать дальше...

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Today at Microsoft Build, CEO Satya Nadella showed a new video of a Microsoft engineer using smart sunglasses to "see" the people and things around him.

With the glasses, he can scan his surroundings to figure out not only who's in front of him, but also the system's best guess as to their mood. For someone without sight, it's a powerful tool.

A video is worth a thousand words: 

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As mentioned in the video, "Seeing AI" is an app that's running on Pivothead connected glasses... Читать дальше...

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William Shatner is being sued for $170 million by a 59-year-old man claiming to be his son.

According to court documents published by Page Six, Peter Sloan, a Tampa radio host, says his birth mother, the late Canadian actress Kathy McNeil, had a brief fling with Shatner while they were working together in Toronto. 

Sloan was put up for adoption five days after he was born. 

The lawsuit claims that Sloan met Shatner on the set of "T.J. Hooker" in 1984... Читать дальше...

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Germs are everywhere. It's a fact of life.

The bad news is that your home is one of the biggest breeding grounds of bacteria, viruses, mold, and other debris.

The good news is that many of these things aren't going to harm you. In fact, many germs you interact with at home come from your own body, and some foreign invaders can even be beneficial.

But sometimes nasty pathogens can creep in from the outside and make you very sick.

To get the low-down on how best to keep your home germ-free... Читать дальше...

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You’d think with all the geopolitical crises and a weak world economy that market fear and volatility would be high.

Instead, over the last month or so, we’ve seen a few fits and starts in the equity markets, but stock indices are still sitting close to all-time highs.

When the Fed raised rates last December, you would expect a yield curve that was getting steeper. That would signal an economy that’s getting stronger. The Fed would only raise rates if they thought the data supported it, right? Читать дальше...

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At today's Microsoft Build event, CEO Satya Nadella has made it clear that he sees chatbots as the next big thing.

To that end, Microsoft announced a new series of tools to help developers build helpful conversational bots into apps like Skype, Slack, and Outlook.

In a demo, Microsoft showed off using  the Cortana digital assistant within Skype to answer questions and find directions right within a chat window. That's coming to Skype on Windows 10, iOS, and Android. Читать дальше...

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Not many people know that I am, indeed, an introvert.

At parties, I'd rather stand in the corner, chatting quietly with a close buddy, than work the room.

However, as cloud accounting company Xero's president, standing in the corner and watching isn't an option. It's my job to rally the troops, motivate, and push for results.

To get the job done, I often act the part of an extrovert. And it seems I'm not alone. In fact, I'm in esteemed company. Читать дальше...

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Democratic presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders decried Donald Trump for saying on Wednesday that an abortion ban should come with "some form of punishment" for women who have the procedure.

"Just when you thought it couldn't get worse," Clinton, the former secretary of state, tweeted.

"Horrific and telling," she added.

Sanders, a Vermont senator, tweeted: "Your Republican frontrunner, ladies and gentlemen. Shameful."

During... Читать дальше...

Psychotherapist M. Gary Neuman dropped by Business Insider to discuss the dangerous effects of having a "work spouse" and what to do to avoid these sometimes harmful relationships.

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It has been a horrible start to the year on Wall Street. That much is obvious.

Choppy trading conditions, fears over China's growth, and a collapsed oil price combined to create a "perfect storm," putting banks in serious difficulty.

Morgan Stanley, JPMorgan, and Citigroup have all sounded the alarm. Markets revenues are going to be down 40% to 45% at Credit Suisse. Corporate bond trading has been especially challenging.

Bank stocks hit a low in mid-February... Читать дальше...

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Swaddled in soft hospital blankets, Lexi is 2 weeks old and weighs 6 pounds.

She’s been at Women and Infants Hospital in Providence, Rhode Island since she was born, and is experiencing symptoms of opioid withdrawal.

Her mother took methadone to wean herself from heroin when she got pregnant, just as doctors advised. But now the hospital team has to wean newborn Lexi from the methadone.

As rates of opioid addiction have climbed in the US, the number... Читать дальше...

Mountain Dew

Pepsi is trying to rebrand as an authentic, craft-oriented soda — but there is no reason to believe that consumers will be fooled by the makeover.

On Wednesday, PepsiCo revealed Mtn Dew Black Label, a "deeper darker dew," that the company says is made with "dark berry flavor, real sugar, and herbal bitters." The same week, the company began rolling out its new “craft” sodas, 1893 Original Cola and 1893 Ginger Cola, named for the year when Pepsi was founded.

The... Читать дальше...

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A recent report from the US Congressional Research Service outlines China's 2.3 million-member armed forces and sheds light on misconceptions from Western military analysts.

Simply put, the report challenges the idea that Westerners can understand China's military and foreign-policy decisions without first understanding Chinese philosophy and culture of warfare.

Unlike the US, China has a media apparatus controlled by the state, so its military reports lack the transparency established by a free press. Читать дальше...

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The S&P 500 closed higher for a third day as stocks continued to shoot higher, after markets got some more assurance Tuesday that interest rates will rise gradually.

First, the scoreboard:

• Dow: 17,716.66 +83.55 (0.47%)
• S&P 500: 2,063.95 +8.94 (0.44%)
• Nasdaq: 4,869.29 +22.67 (0.47%)
• WTI crude oil: $38.32, +$0.04 (0.1%)

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Bill Gross published his latest investment outlook on Wednesday. Читать дальше...

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How do you live up to something like the Oscar-winning “Boyhood”? If you're writer/director Richard Linklater, you go back to your roots, even if you never strayed that far from them in the first place.

“Everybody Wants Some!!” has been called a “spiritual sequel” to “Dazed and Confused,” one of Linklater's earliest and most cherished films, and that line isn’t just spin. In fact, it's so similar that some of the characters even look and act the same.

The film is set in the fall of 1980. Читать дальше...

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Whether or not birth order affects the makeup of personality and behavioral traits is an extensively-researched topic with convincing arguments on both sides.

Regardless of which side you come down on, you can probably identify with at least a few of the stereotypes associated with your birth order.

While most studies have focused on the role that birth order plays in personality, recent research conducted by the Journal of Financial Therapy suggests that... Читать дальше...

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Nearly everyone dreams of quitting his or her day job, whether it's tomorrow, next year or in the next decade.

However, there is a wide chasm between "dreams" and "action" that many people never seem to cross — and it's usually due to finances.

Obviously, if you want to quit, you need to find another way to make enough income to pay your bills, save for the future and enjoy life.

But what's the best way to do this? How can you make enough "side... Читать дальше...

Microsoft is suddenly interested in backing a potential Yahoo buyout deal, and it may be for the same reason it invested in Uber recently, according to Global Equities Research analyst Trip Chowdhry.

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Remember the story of Herbert J. Sukenik, the famous Central Park West “hermit holdout?” Developers paid the rent-controlled curmudgeon $17 million and gave him a free massive pad overlooking the park in a legendary buyout.

His female counterpart might be one Fannie Lowenstein, whom none other than Donald Trump is said to have ended up bestowing a sprawling suite in the venerable Plaza Hotel at 1 Central Park South, complete with a Steinway grand piano and maid service. Читать дальше...

Apple

Apple has its manufacturing partners create classrooms where factory workers can take free classes in skills like personal finance and English.

These classes also teach fun skills, such as calligraphy or graphic design, Apple revealed in its annual supplier report published on Wednesday.

The worker in the photo doing calligraphy works for Foxconn, Apple's primary assembly partner. 

Over 558,000 employees at Apple partners took Supplier Employee Education and Development classes in 2015. Читать дальше...

Students at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology have developed a new exoskeleton innovation, fixing a major flaw in modern exoskeletons.