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In 2014, Snapchat acquired Scan, a company founded by Utah native Garrett Gee and two friends, for $54 million.

Scan's technology is the basis of Snapcode, the little black dots that populate Snapchat icons and allow users to scan and discover each other with their smartphone cameras.

After the sale, Gee banked his earnings — he declined to specify the amount of his cut — and completed a brief stint working for Snapchat.

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Ah, California: state of glistening swimming pools, gushing water fountains, and drenched backyard slip-n-slides.

Well, not so much, at least for the past five years.

Since 2012, the golden state has been stuck in a seemingly never-ending drought that some experts have said is the worst the state has seen in 1,200 years. For the past five years, dwindling reservoirs, shrinking lakes, and dried-up farm fields have dotted the terrain.

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Every job seeker wants to stand out from the competition, but some candidates go about it all wrong.

For instance, according to recent surveys from CareerBuilder, one interviewee sang her responses to questions, while another did a phone interview in the bathroom — and flushed.

"It's hard to say why a candidate would do some of these things," Rosemary Haefner, chief human-resources officer for CareerBuilder, tells Business Insider. "Maybe he or she is nervous... Читать дальше...

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A lot of Americans are really struggling.

The precarious personal finance situation of Americans has made news for years. It is something we've written about a lot at Business Insider. 

Elevate's Center for the New Middle Class wanted to look into the issue to find when an unexpected expense becomes a crisis for ordinary Americans.

And the results were pretty depressing. 

Elevate carried out a study based on a 10-minute online questionnaire surveying... Читать дальше...

Border agents seize $30 million in cocaine in the heart of a resurgent smuggling zone

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CNN issued a statement on Monday defending its reporter Jim Acosta's claim that incoming White House press secretary Sean Spicer threatened to throw Acosta out of the president-elect's press conference last week if he asked another question.

Spicer has denied that he threatened to throw Acosta out of the news conference, but he told CNN on Sunday that Acosta's behavior was "highly unacceptable and inappropriate."

CNN pushed back against Spicer's claims in a terse statement... Читать дальше...

President-elect Donald Trump has been tweeting up a storm ever since Election Day, and not everyone is a fan of what he has to say. After reading Trump's New Year's message, writer Matt Oswalt noticed that he sounded a lot like the Joker. Mark Hamill — who has been voicing the Joker since 1992 — agreed, and now he's started reading Trump's tweets in the voice of the popular comic book villain.  

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Paris (AFP) - French President Francois Hollande replied bluntly on Monday to Donald Trump's criticism of the European Union, saying the EU "has no need for outside advice" in its affairs.

"I say it here, Europe will always be willing to pursue transatlantic cooperation, but it will determine its path on the basis of its own interests and values," Hollande said at a ceremony in Paris for outgoing US ambassador Jane Hartley.

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Before you even get a job at LinkedIn, you'll be asked what you want to do after you leave the company.

It's about being transparent and honest in a way that's mutually beneficial, Brendan Browne, LinkedIn's head of recruiting, told Business Insider.

Browne has been with LinkedIn since 2010, and he was inspired to take this approach by Reid Hoffman, the professional social network's founder.

In his 2014 book "The Alliance," Hoffman said that everyone knows... Читать дальше...

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Stephen Curry is not paid like one of the top players in the NBA. However, Curry has a great perspective on that status and it comes from his father, former NBA player Dell Curry.

Curry, the two-time reigning NBA MVP, is in the final year of a four-year, $44 million extension he signed with the Warriors in 2012. His salary this season — $12.1 million — ranks just 82nd among all NBA players and fourth on his own team.

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Caroline Wozniacki is one of the top tennis players in the world.

She's had endorsement deals with major companies from Adidas to Godiva, and she made Forbes' list of highest-earning female athletes for 2016, with a reported $8 million of earnings between June 2015 and June 2016.

But she still uses the money advice her father gave her as a child.

In a letter to her younger self published on The Players' Tribune and republished on Business Insider... Читать дальше...

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WASHINGTON, Jan 16 (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Monday it was inappropriate for President-elect Donald Trump to weigh directly into the politics of another country by branding German Chancellor Angela Merkel's 2015 decision on refugees "a catastrophic mistake."

"I thought frankly it was inappropriate for a president elect of the United States to be stepping into the politics of other countries in a quite direct manner... Читать дальше...

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Just like every other piece of complex software, the Xbox One's operating system is full of many features hidden amongst menus, sub-menus, and sub-sub-menus. Luckily, we've found 5 of the best features so you don't have to spend hours digging through them.

Waymo

It's not a secret that Google has ambitions to become a hardware company.

The tech giant unveiled a suite of new hardware products in the fall, like its first smartphone, the Google Pixel, and connected speaker, the Google Home.

And now the company is taking the same approach with self-driving cars. Waymo, the self-driving-car company run under Google's parent company Alphabet, announced this week that it will manufacture an entire suite of sensors in-house.

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From our staunch loyalty to our hometown football team to the importance of philanthropy, many of our everyday habits and beliefs stem from our parents. 

So when it's our turn to pass down nuggets of wisdom to our own children, those timeless lessons from mom and dad are often top of mind. 

Business Insider asked parents with children of all ages to weigh in on the financial side of having kids, and several respondents shared the... Читать дальше...

Laws are meant to protect our rights and punish the wicked, but some of the more ridiculous ones really make you think.

Many people take it as a given that after a certain point in our lives, we lose strength.

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has vowed to slash taxes and boost spending on infrastructure. With Republicans controlling the Congress and the White House, hopes are running high in the equity market for sweeping spending and tax legislation that could boost corporate earnings and the economy.

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The Chicago Cubs visited the White House on Monday to celebrate winning the World Series, and during the trip, they presented the president with a special gift, his own personalized Air Jordans.

Dexter Fowler revealed the Air Jordan 4s in a video on The Players' Tribune's Instagram page.

The shoes are black and white, have the presidential seal on the tongue, and also have the president's signature etched on the side.

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The FBI has arrested the wife of the gunman who killed 49 people at an Orlando gay nightclub last year, taking her into custody in connection with the massacre, the US attorney general said on Monday.

"I can confirm the arrest did occur," Attorney General Loretta Lynch told MSNBC on Monday.

"This is a matter that we continue to take very seriously," she said. She noted that it was always the Justice Department's goal to determine if "there is any other... Читать дальше...

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President-elect Donald Trump's pick for director of communications at the National Security Council, GOP foreign policy adviser Monica Crowley, "will not be taking a position in the incoming administration," she said in a statement on Monday.

"After much reflection, I have decided to remain in New York to pursue other opportunities and will not be taking a position in the incoming administration," she said in a statement first obtained by The Washington Times. Читать дальше...

Watch a US-led coalition airstrike level an ISIS weapons factory near the group's Iraqi stronghold