Новости за 11.12.2016

An estimated 45 to 50 million employees are drug tested each year in the United States. Are they accurate every time, though? Turns out, it can be wrong on more occasions than one might expect.

The Economic Policy Institute calculated income inequality in the US by state, metropolitan area, and county. This map shows how much annual income a family needs to earn to be considered in the top .01% of their state otherwise known as the top 1% of the 1%.

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LONDON (AP) — Like many foreign scientists in Britain, Joanna Bagniewska was devastated when Britons voted to leave the European Union. The biology lecturer, a Polish migrant who found Britain a welcoming place to build her academic career over a decade, is suddenly seeing her job security and research prospects up in the air.

"I'm worried that after my current contract finishes, one of the prerequisites could be a permanent residence card," she said. "I'd like to apply for EU grant money... Читать дальше...

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After the election of Donald Trump, it appears that various measures of the US economy — from consumer confidence to bond markets to inflation expectations — have zoomed in extreme directions.

The latest example of these extreme reactions in the US economy came from Friday's University of Michigan consumer confidence survey. While the index jumped to the highest level in almost two years, it also showed that the mood of the country is extremely bifurcated. Читать дальше...

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DETROIT (Reuters) - General Motors' Cadillac brand on Saturday disavowed a casting notice that called for an "alt-right (neo nazi)" role in a Cadillac commercial amid a storm of outrage on social media.

The casting notice, circulated on Twitter and Facebook, said an agency was looking for "any and all real alt-right thinkers/believers" and indicated the call was for a Cadillac advertisement to be filmed later this month.

The alt-right is a loose grouping characterized... Читать дальше...

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Turkey declared a day of national mourning on Sunday, after two bombs killed 38 people and wounded 166 others in a coordinated attack on police outside a soccer stadium in Istanbul after a match between two top teams.

The — a car bomb and a suicide bomb attack — were less than a minute apart, and have shaken a soccer-mad nation still trying to recover from a series of deadly bombing this year in cities including Istanbul and the capital Ankara.

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WARRI, Nigeria (AP) —Metal girders and the roof of a crowded church collapsed onto worshippers in southern Nigeria, killing at least 160 people with the toll likely to rise, a hospital director said Sunday.

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Louisiana voters have chosen Republican state Treasurer John Kennedy to fill the state's open U.S. Senate seat, giving the GOP a 52-48 edge in the chamber.

Saturday's election settled the nation's last Senate seat for the term beginning in January. Kennedy was the front-runner the entire time.

He defeated Democrat Foster Campbell, a state utility regulator whose chances were seen as such a long-shot that national Democratic organizations offered little assistance to Campbell's campaign. Читать дальше...

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La Jonquera (Spain) (AFP) - Authorities in Spain dismantled one of the European Union's main hubs for counterfeit goods, arresting 71 people and seizing close to 270,000 fake watches, jewellery and other goods, police and Europol said on Friday.

The international gang that acquired and sold the counterfeit products operated in and around La Jonquera in northeastern Spain, a town close to the French border known for its brothels and supermarkets selling low cost alcohol and tobacco. Читать дальше...

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ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson, who has helmed the energy giant for the last decade and struck deals around the world, is expected to be President-elect Donald Trump's pick for secretary of state, transition officials told media on Saturday.

The 64-year-old Texas native has no governing or diplomatic experience, and has spent the entirety of his career at Exxon, where he began as a production engineer in 1975 after graduating from the University of Texas at Austin with a civil engineering degree. Читать дальше...

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Students at more than 100 universities around the country have written letters, signed petitions, and protested to demand that their schools commit to protecting undocumented students who risk losing the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals status that shields them from deportation under the Trump administration.

In response, administrators on more than 20 campuses have committed to naming themselves “sanctuary campuses.” The term doesn’t have a specific legal definition. Читать дальше...

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Uber or Lyft drivers tell Business Insider that perhaps the best parts about their jobs are the flexibility to make their own hours and be their own boss.

Beyond that, some drivers also report that a unique perk is the ability to meet interesting people from all walks of life.

As one Lyft and Uber driver tells Business Insider, "You gain knowledge and give knowledge with every ride. Everyone you encounter in life is a teacher."

Of course... Читать дальше...

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President-elect Donald Trump made an appearance at the annual Army-Navy game on Saturday and stopped by the booth to visit with CBS announcers Verne Lundquist and Gary Danielson.

When Trump was asked why he was attending the game, he noted that he "just loves the armed forces." But then he he decided to take a bit of a shot at the quality of football played by the academies.

"I mean, I don't know if it is necessarily the best football," Trump said. "But it is very good. Читать дальше...

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AMMAN (Reuters) - Islamic State militants on Saturday captured most of Palmyra after breaking through Syrian army defenses and securing the heights around the ancient city in eastern Syria following a surprise assault, a monitoring group and rebels said. 

The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights expressed concern over the safety of civilians inside the city because many of them are pro-government supporters.

The war monitor and rebels familiar with... Читать дальше...

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Recent months have seen the Mexican government of Enrique Peña Nieto grappling with Donald Trump, who has besmirched Mexican immigrants in the US and promised a variety of retaliatory measures against the US's southern neighbor.

But Trump's attacks are just the international dimension of the problems facing Peña Nieto, his government, and his center-right Institutional Revolutionary Party.

At home, his government and his party have made policy missteps and become embroiled in a number of scandals... Читать дальше...

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Apple benefited hugely in the three months ending in October, according to quarterly smartphone market share data released by Kantar Worldpanel on Wednesday. During the period, iPhone sales accounted for an impressive 4 of every 10 smartphone sales in the U.S. Apple's sharp rise in smartphone market share during the period bodes well for the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus prospects.

Big U.S. market share for iPhone

With Apple beginning deliveries of its iPhone 7 and... Читать дальше...

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President-elect Donald Trump is poised to tap ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson for secretary of state, NBC News reported on Saturday. 

NBC's Andrea Mitchell, citing sources, said that Tillerson will be officially nominated sometime next week, "barring some unforeseen change of mind by the president-elect." 

Tillerson recently rose as one of the top contenders for secretary of state, and his reported nomination comes on the heels of former... Читать дальше...

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ISTANBUL (Reuters) - A suspected car bomb outside a soccer stadium in central Istanbul wounded around 20 people on Saturday, hours after the end of a match between two of Turkey's top teams, in what appeared to be an attack targeting riot police.

Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu, speaking in parliament during a budget hearing, said around 20 people had been wounded, many of them police officers, and that initial indications were that a car bomb targeting a police bus was responsible. Читать дальше...

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Since writing his 2007 book "The 4-Hour Workweek," Tim Ferriss has built a career around collecting the, as he puts it, "tactics, routines, and habits," of the world's top performers, from Navy SEALs to entrepreneurs.

His new book "Tools of Titans" is a collection of those lessons, drawn from more than 100 interviews he conducted for the book and his hit podcast, "The Tim Ferriss Show."

Ferriss recently stopped by Business Insider's New York office to... Читать дальше...

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Hedge fund titan Carl Icahn says the stock market's rally following President-elect Donald Trump's victory may have gone too far. 

All the major stock-market indexes jumped to record highs after the election, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average has gained more than 1,000 points in the month since.

Investors' optimism has increased, as they bet that Trump's promises to cut corporate taxes and ease business regulations would be additive to company earnings. ... Читать дальше...

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Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte and US President-elect Donald Trump have been compared numerous times for their blunt styles and reputations as outsiders.

When Trump won the US election in November, Duterte heralded his victory, and Trump told Duterte that he was pursuing the Philippines' bloody drug war "the right way," Duterte has said.

On Wednesday, Duterte, who has become known for his rough language and colorful speaking style, debuted... Читать дальше...