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St. Regis Hotels & Resorts

In case Bentley's luxury cars weren't enough, the automaker now has its own hotel suites.

Bentley and Starwood Hotel and Resorts, which owns the St. Regis hotel chain, formed a partnership in 2012. As part of the partnership, Bentley supplies the St. Regis hotels with a fleet of its Flying Spur luxury sedans and offers coordinated driving programs for guests.

But Bentley didn't stop with the cars — it also has a luxurious suite in three separate St. Читать дальше...

AP

The investors behind Sprout Pharmaceuticals, the drugmaker that developed what came to be known as "female Viagra" are suing Valeant Pharmaceuticals.They claim that Valeant failed to commercialize the drug, pushed Sprout into a deal with Valeant's secret pharmacy just days before it faced accusations of fraud, and hiked the drug's price to a point that made it too costly. Valeant acquired Sprout for $1 billion in August 2015. The deal was struck right after Sprout won approval for Addyi... Читать дальше...

US Coast Guard

Crew members of US Coast Guard Cutter Waesche intercepted and boarded a self-propelled semisubmersible, often called a narco submarine, carrying more than 5,600 pounds of cocaine in early September.

The Waesche's crew, working with interagency task force patrol aircraft from the US Navy, spotted the narco sub in the Pacific Ocean off the Central American coast, according to a release from the Coast Guard.

The Waesche launched two vessels and an armed helicopter in pursuit. Читать дальше...

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The S&P 500 last closed at an all-time high in mid-August. We’re only 3-4% away from that number and stocks haven’t done much lately, but many investors become very nervous when they hear about all-time highs in the market. After all, the S&P 500 got cut in half following all-time highs in early-2000 and late-2007. Therefore, the thinking goes that any time stocks reach new highs that disaster can’t be too far away.

History tells a different story. Читать дальше...

AWS reports another quarter of solid growth

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Amazon Web Services (AWS), the commerce giant's public cloud offering, controls 45% of the global infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) market, according to new Q3 2016 data from Synergy Research.

IaaS refers to the public cloud computing services that allow companies to build, operate, and store software and data in off-site... Читать дальше...

YouTube/Republican Hindu Coalition

An ad released on Monday from a pro-Trump group attacked Hillary Clinton aide Huma Abedin for her Pakistani heritage.

In the ad, produced by the Republican Hindu Coalition, a narrator leveled attacks at Clinton before taking aim at Abedin.

"Her current aide Huma Abedin is of Pakistani origin and will become chief of staff if she wins," the narrator said.

Abedin's mother is Pakistani, born in a part of the former British India that is now Pakistan. Читать дальше...

Reuters

Some Republican lawmakers seem to be trying to delegitimize a Hillary Clinton presidency before it's clear there will be one. They are threatening to block her Supreme Court nominees, investigate her endlessly, or even impeach her.

Perhaps it's no surprise in an election in which the GOP nominee, Donald Trump, has branded his opponent "Crooked Hillary," and shouts of "lock her up!" are a staple at his rallies. Few Republicans appear eager to suggest a new era of bipartisan... Читать дальше...

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Ad tech company Rubicon Project announced it was laying off 125 people — around 19% of its total headcount — on Wednesday.

Rubicon Project said the reduction was the result of a "comprehensive realignment of the business," which began in the second quarter of this year to focus on its "key growth areas."

The company began merging its buyer (advertiser) and seller (publisher) sales organization into one in the second quarter and has also been slimming... Читать дальше...

It's no secret that "Pokémon Go" has been in desperate need of new features for awhile now. It's still one of the biggest mobile games of all-time, but you don't see people playing it on every street corner in major cities like you did when the game launched back in July.

Fitbit

Fitbit shares fell by as much as 30% in after-hours trading Wednesday after the company cut its full-year forecast ahead of an anticipated slowdown in growth. 

"We continue to grow and are profitable, however not at the pace previously expected," said CEO James Park in the earnings statement. 

The maker of fitness trackers said it now sees fourth-quarter adjusted earnings per share (EPS) in a range of $0.14-$0.18, far below analysts' forecast for $0.75 according to Bloomberg. Читать дальше...

REUTERS/Rick Wilking

When Warren Buffett started his investing career, he would read 600, 750, or 1,000 pages a day.

Even now, he still spends about 80% of his day reading.

"Look, my job is essentially just corralling more and more and more facts and information, and occasionally seeing whether that leads to some action," he once said in an interview.

"We don't read other people's opinions," he said. "We want to get the facts, and then think."

To help you get into the mind of the billionaire investor... Читать дальше...

Marvel

Thanks to a few surprise performers and its heavy hitters doing as projected, Disney is just days away from breaking the company's box-office record.

The house that Walt built is also looking to set a new industry record by the time 2016 is over.

The studio has earned $5.81 billion in global ticket sales as of November 1, according to Variety, and will likely surpass the $6 billion mark after this weekend's worldwide opening of "Doctor Strange," a Marvel movie.

Disney's previous record-setting year was 2015... Читать дальше...

Thomson Reuters

In late January this year, at little more than a month after he took office, Argentine President Mauricio Marci issued a presidential decree declaring a "state of emergency" in South America's second-largest country.

One of the things asserted in the decree was that trafficking of illegal drugs posed a "threat to national sovereignty."

In the months since, Argentina has pursued muscular law-enforcement practices in its anti-narcotics efforts.

And while... Читать дальше...

Let's get this out of the way up front: You should play "Titanfall 2." 

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Before I wear a pair of shoes for the first time, I visit the cobbler.

For $6-$8, depending where I go, he takes my shiny new pair into the back room, and, around 10 minutes later, hands them back to me with one significant addition: taps.

Taps are tiny pieces of plastic nailed into the sole of your shoe to keep you from wearing down specific areas ahead of the rest. Generally, that's the heel, which absorbs the brunt of your step.

The taps wear down instead of the shoe itself... Читать дальше...

There are certain traits that extremely successful people share. Here are five traits that high achievers tend to demonstrate in daily life. 

The S&P 500 closed down for a seventh straight day on Wednesday. 

It's only the fourth time in the last 20 years that this has happened. But every other episode was a reaction to the European debt crisis or the collapse of Lehman Brothers in 2008, according to Callie Bost, a listed derivatives analyst at Tabb Group.

The benchmark index has lost about 2% since October 27. A combination of mixed earnings results at the peak of the third-quarter reporting season, as well as tightening... Читать дальше...

Reuters

Stocks tumbled into the red after the Federal Reserve decided to once again holds its key interest rate at 0.50%-0.75%.

All three major indexes traded into negative territory throughout the day. This also marked the seventh-straight day of decline for the S&P 500, which we haven't seen since the European debt crisis in 2011.

We've got all the big headlines for you, but first, the scoreboard:

• Dow: 17,959.64, -77.46,(-0.43%)
• S&P 500: 2,097.94... Читать дальше...

Once upon a time in America, rivers played a major role in transporting good, and many portage sites, where boats would unload to get around rapids, grew into large settlements.

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I used to work crazy, long hours — we're talking 16-hour days. It's hard for me to believe now that it's been a while, but it's true. While I wouldn't go back to those days when I lived in the office, I don't regret them because I did learn some valuable lessons and pick up a few routines that I still use today.

So with no further ado, here's how I survived this period without going insane.

I avoided hanger at all costs

I'll come right out and say it... Читать дальше...

Facebook

Facebook reported another blowout quarter on Wednesday as the company's advertising revenue and audience continued to expand well ahead of expectations.

But shares sunk more than 8% in after hours trading after the company cautioned that spending will grow in 2017 and said that the News Feed is nearly fully saturated with ads. 

Here are the key numbers from Q3:

• Revenue: $7.01 billion vs. $6.92 billion expected, and up 56% from the year-ago period.
• EPS (adjusted)... Читать дальше...

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GALLUP, N.M. (AP) — The head of the University of New Mexico's Gallup campus is under fire for spending money on Bigfoot-related pursuits.

UNM Gallup's Executive Director Dr. Christopher Dyer organized a two-day, on-campus Bigfoot conference in February followed by a Bigfoot expedition, costing taxpayers more than $7,000, KRQE-TV reported.

"It was the largest and most well-attended event in the history of this campus," Dyer said. Читать дальше...

REUTERS/Charles Platiau

Most consumers are unaware of the fact that the credit cards they carry around each day can be used for a lot more than simple purchases and rewards.

There are many perks and features that aren't advertised very well by banks. As a result, most people tend to under utilize their credit card.

Everyone who has a card in their wallet should take a few minutes out of their day to closely go over their cardmember agreement. That's where you can find these types hidden features laid out. Читать дальше...

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In the few weeks since Kohl’s released Kohl’s Pay, the merchant's proprietary mobile wallet for store-card holders, it has reported extremely positive customer feedback. Kohl's Pay gives store-card holders the ability to make a contactless payment at checkout via the Kohl's app while integrating the retailer's in-store loyalty rewards program and promotions. Читать дальше...