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Goldman Sachs

Stock markets have been on a tear since Donald Trump's electoral victory in November, but at least one Wall Street titan says the president-elect can't take all the credit.

Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein on Wednesday told CNBC that the market had been on the right path before the election and that the "Trump effect" simply added to the momentum.

"I think one of the reasons why the election had such a dramatic effect is because it was drawing people in the direction... Читать дальше...

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President Barack Obama said accusations of widespread voter fraud amounted to "fake news" during the last press conference of his administration on Wednesday.

"This whole notion of voting fraud, this is something that has constantly been disproved," Obama said. "This is fake news."

Conservative outlets like Fox News and Breitbart pushed claims of voter fraud during the 2016 election, and some of President-elect Donald Trump's supporters suggested that... Читать дальше...

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Netflix had a huge beat on its Q4 subscriber growth numbers, both in the US and internationally, trouncing both Wall Street expectations and its own guidance.

The stock popped more than 8% on the news.

Netflix also beat on EPS and revenue, which was up 36% year-over-year.

Here are the key numbers:

• Q4 EPS (GAAP): $0.15, two cents above Wall Street forecasts of $0.13.
• Q4 revenue: $2.48 billion, roughly inline with Wall Street estimates of $2.47 billion... Читать дальше...

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Tom Price, President-elect Donald Trump's pick for the Secretary of Health and Human Services, was grilled by Democrats on the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee over investments made into healthcare companies.

Price's answers, however, may have raised even more questions.

Price, along with the Trump transition team, insisted that trades made in Price's name in a medical device company Zimmer Biomet were done by a investment broker at Morgan Stanley without his knowledge. Читать дальше...

Warner Bros / Ocean's 11

One Halloween during high school, my school put on a haunted house.

For the haunted house, I wore a mask and a cape. It was really interesting to observe myself and the way I started to act. I started acting crazy, running around and scaring people. I did all these things that I would never do if it were just me wearing normal clothes.

Why? Because I felt safe behind the mask.

Years later, as I started to try to improve my social skills, I realized... Читать дальше...

LinkedIn

As LinkedIn's head of recruiting, Brendan Browne in charge of bringing the best talent to a company dedicated to helping match employers and employees.

Since joining LinkedIn in 2010, Browne has found two recurring mistakes that hiring managers make, he told Business Insider.

They're applicable to managers at any company.

They set unrealistic expectations.

Browne said that it's part of his job as LinkedIn's head recruiter to help hiring managers understand what talent is out there. Читать дальше...

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When Andrew Bergman found out that Donald Trump might strip NASA’s earth science division of funding and appoint a climate change denier to run the EPA, he started to worry about data.

Bergman, a PhD student in applied physics at Harvard, knows firsthand how much research is conducted by government scientists at agencies like the Environmental Protection Agency and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). And he understands how heavily scientists around the world depend on it. Читать дальше...

President-elect Donald Trump said that Apple CEO Tim Cook "loves this country" and that he's "got his eyes open" to US-based manufacturing, in an interview with Axios' Mike Allen published on Wednesday.

A letter from Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, who is accused of being the mastermind behind the 9/11 attacks, to President Barack Obama has been delivered to the White House nearly three years after it was written.

AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais

President Barack Obama declined to comment on Wednesday when asked about congressional Democrats who have announced plans to boycott President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration.

"With respect to the inauguration, I am not going to comment on those issues," Obama said. "All I know is I'm going to be there. So is Michelle."

Fox News reporter Kevin Corke had asked the president, who has stressed he wants a peaceful transition of power, about Democrats declining to attend the inauguration. Читать дальше...

White House

President Barack Obama defended his decision to commute Chelsea Manning's remaining prison sentence during his final press conference from the White House on Wednesday.

Manning, a transgender woman, was convicted in 2013 of violating the Espionage Act after she leaked documents detailing US diplomatic and military activities to WikiLeaks in 2010. Manning had been serving as an army intelligence officer in Iraq at the time. She was sentenced to 35 years in prison, but is due to be released in May. Читать дальше...

Thomson Reuters

Donald Trump's pick for U.N. ambassador echoed his condemnation of the world body and pledged to push for reforms at her confirmation hearing on Wednesday, but broke from the president-elect on some foreign policy issues, including Russia.

Nikki Haley, a rising star in the Republican Party, was questioned by some members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee about her lack of diplomatic experience. Haley, who turns 45 on Friday when Trump takes office, has been governor of South Carolina since 2011. Читать дальше...

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer slammed President-elect Donald Trump's nominees for his incoming administration on Wednesday during another tense day of confirmation hearings.

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The holidays are officially over, New Year’s resolutions have slowly begun to wane, and that relaxed-vacation feeling is all but a distant memory—welcome to February. But don’t underestimate the value of travel during the shortest month of the year. With low-season rates, fewer crowds, and plenty of celebrations, February is the ideal time to sneak in that first great getaway of the year.

You’ll get a healthy dose of Vitamin C in perpetually sun-kissed locations like Guatemala and Mexico... Читать дальше...

Michael Seto

The explosive growth of the fintech industry forged ahead in 2016 thanks to several financial industry trends and multiple significant fintech investments.

Thanks to all this growth, it's crucial for those in the financial industry to stay aware of the latest trends in order to get ahead of the pack, specifically for those who work with robo advisors.

Fortunately, there are dozens of conferences, expos, and seminars that will bring together decision makers and... Читать дальше...

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Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals' agreed to pay $100 million to settle Federal Trade Commission (FTC) charges it used its monopoly on a lupus and multiple sclerosis drug, Acthar, to unfairly jack up its price.The FTC has been looking into the matter since 2014, and the New York Post earlier reported that it wasMartin Shkreli (yes, you read that correctly, Martin Shkreli) — who infamously engaged in the same pricing practice when he was running a small drug company — who blew the whistle. Читать дальше...

Facebook/Starship Technologies

If you live in Redwood City, California, or Washington, DC, your next take-out order might be delivered by a robot.

Starship Technologies, a London- and Estonia-based robotics company, announced on January 18 the launch of a pilot program that will have its fleet of autonomous bots make food deliveries for DoorDash in the Silicon Valley city and Postmates in the nation's capital.

The startup aims to revolutionize on-demand delivery by cracking the last-mile challenge... Читать дальше...

Elia Locardi / blamethemonkey.com

Living a completely mobile lifestyle opens up the opportunity to travel the world and see sights you might have never imagined, but for as good as it sounds, it can be tricky to maneuver.

Professional travel photographers, Elia and Naomi Locardi—whose work has appeared in publications like National Geographic and CNET—have been living a nomadic lifestyle since March of 2012 and simultaneously learning just what it takes to make the dream possible. Читать дальше...

K11 New World Development

In its annual report, the 2016 Tall Building Year in Review, the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) has announced that 2016 saw the completion of a record 128 buildings 655 feet or higher.

This number surpasses the previous record of 114 completions set in 2015. Eighteen of these buildings became the tallest in their city, country, or region, and ten earned the designation of supertall, at 965 feet and above.

The majority of these buildings ... Читать дальше...

“Star Trek: Discovery” will likely miss its previously announced May premiere target, Variety has learned. The series has also cast James Frain as Spock’s father.

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The legend of Aaron Rodgers grew in the divisional round of the NFL playoffs when he converted a long pass in the closing seconds of the win over the Cowboys by simply making up a play, on the fly in the huddle, as if the Packers were just playing in the backyard.

On Wednesday, Rodgers was a guest on ESPN Radio's "The Dan Le Batard Show" and he explained what went on both prior to the big play and as it was unfolding.

When Rodgers was asked about reports that he had just made up the final play... Читать дальше...

REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann

Credit Suisse formally agreed to pay $5.3 billion to settle with U.S. authorities over claims it misled investors in residential mortgage-backed securities it sold in the run-up to the 2008 financial crisis, the U.S. Department of Justice said said on Wednesday.

Zurich-based Credit Suisse will pay a $2.48 billion cash penalty and provide $2.8 billion in consumer relief, the Justice Department said in a statement.

Credit Suisse had announced the agreement in principle on Dec. Читать дальше...

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If you're at all attuned to America's real estate market, you've heard about San Francisco's ongoing housing crisis.

Residents have been doing crazy things to survive the sky-high cost of living, from camping out in Google's parking lot to taking up residence on a sailboat. 

But according to a recent report by online real-estate broker Trulia, the story is slightly different for San Francisco's longtime homeowners, who are enjoying incredibly high rates-of-return on their homes. Читать дальше...

Alex Brandon/AP

Federal Reserve Board Chair Janet Yellen said the Fed is close to meeting its dual goals of full employment and price stability but can't be precise about the timing of interest-rate hikes.

In a speech titled "The goals of monetary policy and how we pursue them," Yellen said she and most of her colleagues expect to raise interest rates "a few" times this year.

Yellen spoke Wednesday at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco.

"Now it's fair to say the... Читать дальше...