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Birds always seem to avoid one another, even if they're flying on what looks like a collision course.

In a study published Wednesday in PLOS ONE, researchers from the University of Queensland decided to look into how this happens. 

Their rationale was that birds must've evolved over millions of years to have these skills, and it's possible that we could learn a thing or two about how to avoid possible aircraft collisions. Humans are much newer to flight, after all. Читать дальше...

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President Barack Obama claimed that he's "pretty good" at internet memes, while finding that he's not quite as good at making soundbites for pre-packaged television clips.

During a recent interview with noted presidential historian Doris Kearns Goodwin in Vanity Fair, Obama spoke about how he comes across on various media platforms, and agreed with Goodwin that it would be easier to get his message across if there were only three television stations on the air.

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The Paris Motor Show is kicking off, and we're seeing some pretty wild concept cars.

But what we'll see at the show and what ends up of on Gallic roadways can be two different things.

Two very different things. I spent about a week and a half in France earlier this year, and while I was there I rented a car.

For most of my time in Paris suburbs, my Renault Captur was parked. But I did drive around a bit, and during my rounds I noticed something.

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Well that didn't take long. 

John Greathouse, the venture capitalist who wrote a Wednesday op-ed suggesting women in tech would be better off if they hid their identities online, had issued an apology for the story via his Twitter account on Thursday. 

Here's what he wrote:

"I apologize for the dreadful article I wrote in the WSJ. I told women to endure the gender bias problem rather than acting to fix the problem. I hurt women and I utterly failed to help... Читать дальше...

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The Fed argues that low rates have worked. The economy emerged from recession. Unemployment drifted back down. “Yay for us,” said the Fed.

Don't buy that statistical economic garbage. The economy recovered in spite of Fed policy, not because of it. The economy recovered because business owners, entrepreneurs, and workers rolled up their sleeves and made things happen.

It involved a lot of pain: layoffs, asset sales, lost customers, and more. But the hard-working... Читать дальше...

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Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid on Thursday skewered his Republican colleagues, contending GOP lawmakers have treated President Barack Obama with "unprecedented disrespect" and suggesting such actions created the conditions ripe for a Donald Trump candidacy.

"As this Republican Congress heads for yet another unearned recess, I feel compelled to comment on how Republicans have treated the president of the United States during the last eight years," Reid said on the Senate floor. Читать дальше...

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"Luke Cage" may not become as popular as "Daredevil" and "Jessica Jones," but it's a show you're definitely going to binge when it's released September 30. 

First introduced as a character in last fall's "Jessica Jones," Netflix's latest Marvel show follows Cage (Mike Colter), a force of nature who has superhuman strength and happens to be bulletproof. 

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The events in "Luke Cage" are about five months... Читать дальше...

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Jim McCann could talk for hours about his company, 1-800-Flowers.

He started with a single flower shop in 1976 and took it to a business with a market capitalization of around $600 million.

But he learned back in the 1990s, when 1-800-Flowers was taking off, that he needs to keep his monologues short if he's going to motivate his employees. It's a lesson he learned from his friend and fellow Queens native, JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon.

"I remember one time he said to me... Читать дальше...

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To be an effective manager or even a helpful colleague, it's necessary to give critical feedback that is both honest and actionable.

But if this criticism is delivered in the wrong way, it can cause the other person to become defensive, slowing the team's progress, or breed resentment.

The solution is not self-censorship or pretending that nothing needs fixing; instead it's best to first either acknowledge the ways the employee is already performing well... Читать дальше...

Courtesy of Dr. Cacinda Maloney of PointsandTravel.com.

Cacinda Maloney has always traveled.

At the start of her 21 years as a licensed chiropractor, a business coach advised her to travel every six weeks.

She and her husband "thought he was crazy at first, especially since we had just graduated from college with our doctorate degrees and in debt of college loans at $100,000 each," she told Business Insider in an email.

"We were go-getters who were ready to work after 10 years of college. Читать дальше...

Deutsche Bank closed down 6.71% at $11.47 per share following a report from William Canny at Bloomberg suggesting that a number of hedge funds clients have started shifting business to other banks. 

Americans have been receiving tax bills in their inbox – except the IRS does not contact taxpayers via email. The fake bills are the latest in a string of fraudulent scams targeted at taxpayers.

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The rapid expansion of the Internet of Things (IoT) offers payments companies an opportunity to expand beyond mobile phones, cards, and point-of-sale devices, to a broad and diverse ecosystem of internet-connected devices.

We forecast that there will be 24 billion connected devices installed globally by 2020, up from nearly 7 billion today. And over 5 billion will be consumer connected devices by 2020, representing a massive expansion of touchpoints that could eventually offer payments functionality. Читать дальше...

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Stocks slogged through the red on Thursday amid worrying headlines about Deutsche Bank.

All major indices finished down for the day, while the troubled German lender's shares fell by as much as 7% in the afternoon.

First up, the scoreboard:

• Dow: 18,181.25, -157.99, (-0.86%)
• S&P 500: 2,155.23, -16.24, (-0.75%)
• Nasdaq: 5,276.24, -42.24, (-0.79%)
• WTI Crude: $47.70, +$0.65, (+1.4%)
• 1o-year yield: 1.560%, -0.007
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There are more than 50 major banks clamoring to adopt the technology known as blockchain — the underpinnings of bitcoin — but none of them wants to be the first.

Goldman Sachs, JPMorganChase, and Bank of America are among the big names that have signed onto R3, an industry-wide body trying to bring blockchain technology to the finance world.

They all expect blockchain to simplify and streamline transactions in a way that reduces costs, increases security... Читать дальше...

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Utah's mystery Zika case has been solved, and the answer, as with so many revelations about Zika, is something never before seen with this virus.

Someone seems to have gotten Zika through only casual physical contact with an infected person—the first such case that's been documented.

In July, after a 73-year-old patient who'd contracted Zika while traveling to Mexico died (a rare occurrence in itself), a second person came down with the virus.

The second... Читать дальше...

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Everyone owns a pair of jeans, but not everyone understands the way jeans are different from other pants.

Levi's CEO Chip Bergh claimed in 2014 that machine washing jeans is completely unnecessary.

Flying in the face of convention, he instead advocated sticking jeans in the freezer when they start to smell.

It was chaos. People revolted. There were fires in the streets.

OK, not really, but it offered a new way to think about cleanliness and conservation. Читать дальше...

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Renault unveiled an all-electric supercar, dubbed Trezor, on Thursday at the Paris Motor Show. 

The vehicle is purely a concept vehicle for now, but it will inspire design elements in future Renault vehicles. 

Here's a closer look at the impressive supercar. 

The Trezor is powered by two batteries, one located at the front and one at the rear. This helps give the vehicle equal weight distribution. Each battery also has its own cooling system.

The... Читать дальше...

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People love personality tests, and I'm no exception, so I was thrilled to find a copy of the "grit scale" in Angela Duckworth's new book, "Grit."

Your agreement or disagreement with 10 statements, including "I often set a goal but later choose to pursue a different one" and "I have overcome setbacks to conquer an important challenge," produces a total grit score, which reveals how much passion and perseverance you typically display. (You can take a 12-item version... Читать дальше...

Mercedes-Benz has unveiled its first all-electric SUV concept at the Paris Motor Show. It is the first of an upcoming lineup of electric cars from the company. 

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Before cofounding Solemates, a brand of women's shoe-care products, in 2009, Becca Brown worked at Goldman Sachs for almost six years.

Brown, who has a bachelor's from Harvard University and an MBA from Columbia, spent a lot of time interviewing job candidates at Goldman, where she held various roles, including analyst, wealth adviser, and chief of staff.

She was also part of the investment bank's Harvard recruiting team, she says.

"I interviewed anywhere from 20 to 30 job candidates a year. Читать дальше...

Did you know there are free games released every month on the Xbox 360 and Xbox One? It's true!

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Och-Ziff Capital Management has agreed to settle charges of bribery, paying nearly $200 million to the Securities and Exchange Commission, the SEC announced Thursday.

The hedge fund's CEO, Dan Och, agreed to pay nearly $2.2 million to settle the charges with the SEC, as did the firm's CFO, Joel Frank.

The firm was accused of bribery in its financial dealings in Africa, which the SEC says included run-ins with Muammar Gaddafi's relatives.

"Other bribes were paid... Читать дальше...