Новости за 19.09.2016

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Air raids hit aid trucks near the city of Aleppo on Monday, a monitoring group reported, as the Syrian military declared that a week-long ceasefire was over.

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NBC's Lester Holt, the moderator of the first presidential debate, which is next week, on Monday announced the topics to be discussed during the much-anticipated event.

The three topics to be discussed during the debate, held at Hofstra University in New York, will be "America's Direction," "Achieving Prosperity," and "Securing America," per a release from the Commission on Presidential Debates.

The debate format calls for six 15-minute time segments... Читать дальше...

Oleg March

Earlier this month, "Entourage" star Adrian Grenier helped open VNYL, a new bar with an interior that looks more like a classic 1970s home than a cocktail lounge. The three-floor space on New York City's Lower East Side has table-side mixologists, a private champagne room, pre-batched cocktails, and 36 beers on draft.

Grenier befriended VNYL's owner, James Morrissey, after becoming a regular at Morrissey's other Manhattan bar, The Late Late. But when pressed for more details on the two's friendship... Читать дальше...

Carl Icahn's story as a shrewd investor started in college, where he learned to play poker with wealthy cabana owners in the Rockaways, collecting $2,000 a summer by his recollection -- equivalent to roughly $18,000 today. 

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A grenade is a short fuse and a bad day in a small package. The hand-tossed bombs have origins dating back centuries, with more modern types first seeing use in World War I.

In the ensuing century since, non-lethal and less-lethal grenade technology improved greatly, with loud and bright “flash-bang” grenades seeing military and police use.

For grenades with the explicit goal of killing, World War II saw both fragmentation grenades... Читать дальше...

Sarepta Therapeutics shares spiked by as much as 86% in trading on Monday after the US Food and Drug Administration said it approved a key drug. 

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Accounting firm Ernst & Young will pay $9.3 million to settle charges that two of its former auditors got "too close to clients on a personal level" and broke rules aimed at ensuring reviews were impartial, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said on Monday.

Three former Ernst & Young partners and a client's former chief accounting officer also settled SEC charges, agreeing to various penalties and suspensions, the agency said. Читать дальше...

Zach Teris

I spent a decade, from ages five to 15, learning to play the piano.

By "learning," I mean that every week the piano teacher would visit my parents' apartment and guide me through a classical or jazz piece, listening patiently as I plunked out the tune as best I could and politely offering suggestions for improvement.

I hated those lessons. I was a terrible pianist, and it seemed to me that with each passing year, I somehow got worse.

It's possible that I did, and I'll tell you why: I never practiced. Читать дальше...

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Anyone who's spent more than 15 minutes on planet Earth knows and has probably played "Pac-Man." You might associate him with the dark, musty arcades of the '80s and '90s, but he quietly continues to get new games every couple of years.

The latest game is "Pac-Man Championship Edition 2." Good news, it's fun!

"Championship Edition 2" breathes new life into one of gaming's most iconic franchises, throwing caution to the wind and changing up the tried-and-true formula that solidified him in gaming history. Читать дальше...

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I walked out into the middle of the street without looking both ways, forgot to pay parking tickets, lost debit and credit cards regularly and, when I became self-employed, convinced myself everything would just work out.

My "I'll just make it" mentality is characteristic of my generation: Millennials are more optimistic about our futures than any other generation ever has been.

Among millennials who say they're not earning enough, 89% think they will in the future, according to Pew Research Center. Читать дальше...

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Elon Musk has long dreamt of building the Mars Colonial Transporter--a huge spacecraft capable of carrying 100 people or 100 metric tons of cargo to Mars. The freighter of the solar system, the Mars Colonial Transporter is integral to SpaceX's plan to spread humanity to a new planet.

But why stop at Mars? On Twitter on Friday, the SpaceX CEO announced that the hypothetical ship might actually be capable of traveling beyond Mars.

So what else is out there for humanity besides Mars? Читать дальше...

Only a fraction of the reported 1 million Samsung Galaxy Note 7 phones have been returned after a recall went into effect over exploding batteries.

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Humanity as a whole may be enjoying the healthiest, most peaceful period it's ever seen, but that doesn't mean every city is in great shape.

According to Robert Muggah, global security expert and research director at the think tank Igarapé Institute, there are a total of 66 cities dealing with such rapid urbanization, high unemployment, and risk of natural disaster and violence that they're highly vulnerable to physical or economic collapse.

Muggah calls... Читать дальше...

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US stocks opened higher for trading but pared most of those gains to close little changed. 

An early rally in West Texas Intermediate crude futures also fizzled out. Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro earlier said a deal between OPEC and non-OPEC producers to stabilize the market could be announced at the upcoming meeting later in September. 

First, the scoreboard:

• Dow: 18,148.76, +24.96, (0.14%)
• S&P 500: 2,142.29, +3.13, (0.15%)
• Nasdaq... Читать дальше...

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Between Broadway shows, towering department stores, and $200-a-head tasting menus, New York City has no shortage of ways to blow all your cash.

But, luckily, the city is also home to plenty of affordable activities that make it possible to live here without going bankrupt. So when my friend Kelly came up from Philadelphia for a recent weekend visit, I intended to strike a balance between showing her the magic of New York and sticking to my budget. 

Kelly agreed. Читать дальше...

The campaign to liberate Mosul—Iraq’s second largest city—has been in the works for months and, depending on who you ask, is in some stage of ramping up or is already underway.

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T. Boone Pickens has weighed in on the on-going presidential campaign.

At the 2016 Concordia Summit, moderator Tom Brokaw noted that "we're in the midst of the most chaotic presidential campaign I have ever covered," and subsequently asked the billionaire energy tycoon about his "feeling about the future of America." 

"It scares the hell out of you. This is the strangest two candidates I've ever seen," Pickens responded to Brokaw.

He continued:

"You have one ... Читать дальше...

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Jimmy Fallon defended his interview with Donald Trump last week, which came under fire for being too soft on the Republican presidential candidate.

“Have you seen my show? I’m never too hard on anyone," Fallon told TMZ in a video interview.

The "Tonight Show" host's playful, softball interview, which ended with his toughest question — whether Trump would let him mess up the candidate's hair — inspired a lot of heated criticism among viewers and members of the media. Читать дальше...

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Auto sales in the US have been booming for the past few years.

Some of the upsurge has been driven by so-called "subprime" lending and by extended terms on loans, and that's set off a bout of worry among market observers who don't think sales can be sustained at their current near-record levels.

We might not see a year as big as 2015 when the counting is all done in 2016 — last year, sales set a new record as 17.5 million new cars and trucks rolled off dealer lots. Читать дальше...

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Texas Sen. Ted Cruz on Monday renewed calls for increasing restrictions on who can enter the country, saying in a statement that a spate of terror attacks on US soil over the weekend indicated “we are moving into a new phase” in the war with ISIS and Al Qaeda.

Cruz said that a “focused, aggressive military campaign” against ISIS two years ago may have “effectively destroyed the terrorist group," but additional measures must now be taken.

The statement... Читать дальше...

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Every professional field has a distinct set of competencies required for success.

But there are certain skills that are absolute must-haves, no matter what type of career you pursue.

Unfortunately, no one tells you what those skills are until they realize you don't have them — like when you fumble through your first presentation at work because you never learned the art of public speaking.

To help you out, we rounded up 14 skills that every professional should develop... Читать дальше...

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Along with three new action cameras, GoPro announced its first-ever drone —Karma — during its launch event on Monday.

Drone pilots usually attach GoPro cameras to their own drones, but GoPro wants the Karma to be an "end-to-end" solution that's more than "just a drone."

Indeed, the GoPro touted two main features on the Karma that will make it easy to stick within GoPro's ecosystem.

Check it out:

The Karma is GoPro's first-ever drone.

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Jeff Gundlach, the CEO of DoubleLine Funds, thinks the Federal Reserve will be on hold in September.

Gundlach told Reuters that he does not think the Fed will raise rates on Wednesday when they conclude their two-day meeting of the Federal Open Markets Committee.

Gundlach did tell Reuters that the Fed will use "hawkish no-hike" language and will raise rates when rate hike probabilities are above 40% based on Bloomberg's World Interest Rate Probably. The measure currently is under 20%. Читать дальше...

Red Lobster's "Endless Shrimp" meal is back on the menu with five different preparations of shrimp ready for your eating pleasure. To find out if this offer is truly "endless," we sent two Business Insider reporters to see how many shrimp they could both eat.