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You get a lot of advice about what you absolutely, positively must have in your car.

Most of it is spot-on; some of it is a tad excessive.

You don't really need a space blanket if you aren't planning a long trip through a desert or a frozen wasteland.

Some folks take their preparation to an extreme.

I myself was guilty of this for a time when, living in Los Angeles, I wanted to guard against the consequences of an earthquake by keeping a few gallons of water stashed in my minivan. Читать дальше...

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One soldier was killed and thousands of people were evacuated after a fire and a series of explosions on Sunday at one of Sri Lanka's biggest ammunition dumps, where the army stores heavy weapons, officials said.

Explosions at the army camp at Salawa, 33 km (20 miles) east of the capital Colombo, continued for more than five hours and were heard more than 12 km away, local residents said.

The cause was not immediately known and the government ordered... Читать дальше...

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The US entered the Great Depression — one of history's great financial calamities — in the late 1920s, and the country spent most of the 1930s mired in a debilitating economic malaise.

It ultimately took the outbreak of World War II to help the US wrench itself out of the protracted slump.

Photos of America during the Depression, much like the mood of the country, are often bleak, available only in black and white.

But the photos below... Читать дальше...

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Psychologists are like detectives — always looking below the surface of everyday interactions to find out what people are really thinking and feeling.

And over the past few decades, they've begun to solve hundreds of mysteries: How will your interviewer react if you answer a question about drugs honestly? How do you get someone who thinks differently to see your point of view?

Below, we've listed 10 of those incredible insights. Читать дальше...

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Any new grad wants to be a success.

When it comes to financial success, tackling student debt might take priority. But then there's securing a job, earning an income, and setting up a plan to make good choices with the money you have today and tomorrow.

To keep you on track and inspired, Business Insider worked with Amazon to put together the 15 best-sellers for new college graduates on becoming financially successful.

'Get a Financial... Читать дальше...

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While a dollar won't get you what it used to, you can still get quite a few fun and practical things with four quarters.

We surfed the internet and did some exploring in New York City to find the best ways to spend your dollar bill.

Here are 29 options: 

A new razor every month with the Dollar Shave Club

Subscription startup Dollar Shave Club will give you two stainless-steel blades and five cartridges per month for just $1. Читать дальше...

It is no coincidence that two of the world’s wiliest dictators—Russia’s Vladimir Putin and, now it seems, North Korea’s Kim Jong-un—are keen to see Donald Trump win this fall’s election.

The Insider Picks team writes about stuff we think you'll like. Business Insider has affiliate partnerships so we may get a share of the revenue from your purchase.

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Revel Systems CEO Lisa Falzone is 31 and a force to be reckoned with. 

By "sheer willpower" she and her CTO cofounder, Chris Ciabarra, launched their startup in 2010 and built it into a 600-employee company that's raised over $100 million and is valued at $500 million by investors. 

At one point, she even relentlessly hunted down a guy she met at a coffee shop and convinced him to angel invest $28,000 in her company on the spot.

In the process, Revel is... Читать дальше...

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Travelling in an unfamiliar city has never been easier with mapping applications like Google Maps and Apple Maps storing hundreds of thousands of restaurants, places to see, and activity centers for tourists to check out while on holiday.

However, the experience of pulling out your phone every two minutes to check you are still going in the right direction is a little obnoxious, for both you and the people you bump into on the busy streets.

Low-cost British... Читать дальше...

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Everyone's expected to pull their weight at work, but one study indicates that gaining weight is a big problem for more than 2 in 5 workers.

According to a CareerBuilder report from April, 44% of US workers say that they've gained weight at their current job. Survey respondents cite desk work, being too tired to exercise, and stress as reasons for their weight gain.

High stress levels stand out as a particularly good indicator of weight gain. Frazzled... Читать дальше...

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The jobs report was bad. 

Last Friday, the week's big headline event was a stinker, with the May jobs report showing the US economy added just 38,000 jobs in the year's fifth month, way less than expected. 

The BLS noted in its report that a negative impact of 34,000 jobs was felt by the Verizon strike that was in place during the reference week for the report, but even adding these numbers back, it was a bad number. 

The two upshots here are that we're... Читать дальше...

What's the first thing you do immediately after a workout? Saunter up to the juice bar and crush a protein shake, right? You may want to reconsider.

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This week, Intel CEO Brian Krzanich announced that people are keeping their PCs a lot longer before upgrading: The average has increased from four years to as many as six.

The tablet-refresh cycle isn't much shorter than that, to Apple's eternal chagrin. Even iPhone sales have started to taper off, partly because people are keeping their phones longer or choosing cheaper Android phones.

What's happening is pretty simple. The hardware and the software running on any device... Читать дальше...

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The oil price is making a fool of everyone.

That's according to Steve Schwarzman, cofounder of private-equity giant Blackstone.

The billionaire investor was speaking at the Bernstein Thirty-Second Annual Strategic Decisions Conference 2016 on Thursday, and talked about the volatile oil price.

He said:

Let's just take energy first because it's in the news a lot. And talk about a crazy business where there's almost not one person who knows what they're doing, right? Читать дальше...

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Not one, but two important developments this week from a nation that’s quickly becoming one of the most interesting spots in global natural resources. Iran.

Most investors are aware of Iran’s significant potential for oil and gas. Which this week came center-stage when the government finalized dates for a long-awaited bid round on fields across the country.

Local press reported Tuesday that the Iranian government will begin an oil and gas bid round for foreign operators on June 21. Читать дальше...

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If you drive — or even if you don't — fuel prices are probably on your mind.

But paying more at the pump isn't the only thing people are concerned about; they're also increasingly aware that relying on gasoline is terrible for the planet.

As far back as 1826, people have been researching alternatives to highly-polluting gasoline. A brief history of biofuel shows that, in that year, a new environmentally friendlier option hit the market: ethanol. It was made by converting parts of plants to energy.

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B.J. Novak has gone from working in a fake office to running a real one.

Novak first gained recognition for playing Ryan Howard on "The Office," a temp who had an on-again-off-again relationship with colleague Kelly Kapoor (Mindy Kaling). However, Novak was also a huge force behind the scenes, as both a producer and writer on the show. For instance, he wrote classic episodes like "Diversity Day," "The Fire," and "Initation."

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Today, Novak is on a different path. Читать дальше...

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A beautiful thing about science is that it’s constantly revised. In 1929, Edwin Hubble discovered that the universe was expanding. This means that the galaxies around ours are moving away from us as space is also expanding. As my Astronomy 101 professor explained it (and as plenty have before), you can think of as a sort of inflating balloon.

This week, astronomers working with the Hubble Space Telescope have determined that the universe is expanding faster than previously thought—between 5 and 9 percent faster... Читать дальше...

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Walmart is getting into the drone game.

Walmart's VP of Emerging Sciences Shekar Natarajan demoed the retailer's new technology to reporters from a Bentonville, Arkansas, distribution center on Thursday, on the eve of its annual shareholders meeting.

The drone technology will be replacing the jobs of inventory quality assurance employees, cutting inventory checks across massive distribution centers (the one in Bentonville is 1.2 million square feet) from one month down to a single day. Читать дальше...

Minutes after Apollo 11 NASA astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin set foot on the Moon in July, 1969, they received an important phone call. It was President Richard Nixon who from the White House, and it's an unforgettable moment for humanity.

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Trader Joe’s customers are some of the most dedicated around. So they have strong opinions about their favorites of the grocery chain’s products.

Every year, Trader Joe’s releases a list of customers’ favorite products, based on shoppers’ votes.

Here are the most popular products in each category, from bakery to snacks, as determined by the company’s seventh annual Customer Choice Awards.

Favorite overall: Speculoos Cookie Butter

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Gary Cohn, president and chief operating officer at Goldman Sachs, just spoke at the Deutsche Bank Global Financial Services Investor Conference.

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Retailers are looking to reduce their reliance on delivery partners and handle more of their own transportation and logistics themselves.

The retailer paving the way into shipping is Amazon.

BI Intelligence, Business Insider's premium research service, has compiled a slide deck that looks at what Amazon is doing in the shipping space and projects what the future of shipping will look like.

Today, it can be yours for free. As an added bonus, you will gain immediate... Читать дальше...