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Natalie Kerris is a familiar name to many people in tech after her 14 years at Apple.

And she just re-entered the tech PR world as the global chair of PR agency Edelman's technology sector, where she'll oversee a unit that includes over 700 communications professionals.

Kerris famously left Apple in 2015. During her years there working for Steve Jobs, she helped launch the iPod, iPhone, iPad, MacBook Air, ApplePay, and Apple Watch.

She was rumored... Читать дальше...

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President Donald Trump on Thursday described China as a "grand champion" in currency manipulation. 

In an interview with Reuters, he also said China could easily resolve tensions with North Korea if it wanted to. 

China has been trying to control the rate of its currency's depreciation since 2014, and it has had a harder time keeping it stable in trade-weighted terms since mid-2016. A weaker currency makes exports more competitive. 

There are three... Читать дальше...

The Mexican peso is at its strongest level since the day after Trump's election.

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump said on Thursday he wants to ensure the US nuclear arsenal is at the "top of the pack," saying the United States has fallen behind in its atomic weapons capacity.

In a Reuters interview, Trump also said China could solve the national security challenge posed by North Korea "very easily if they want to," ratcheting up pressure on Beijing to exert more influence to rein in Pyongyang's increasingly bellicose actions.

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Gillette is feeling the razor burn.

In the face of increasingly stiff competition, Procter & Gamble will reduce the price of some of its Gillette shave products.

The average reduction will hover in the double-digit range, but some products will be reduced a full 20%. Other products' prices will remain completely unchanged.

P&G CFO Jon Moeller relayed the news in a conference presentation to financial analysts on February 23 in Florida, Fortune reported. Читать дальше...

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Uber investors Mitch and Freada Kapor want to change two things: Uber's toxic workplace, and the silence of Uber's backers when it comes to the "inexcusable behavior" of the company's leadership.

A former engineer's claims of sexism at Uber have rocked the company for days, leading to a teary apology from its CEO, Travis Kalanick. However, the claims were apparently only the tip of a much deeper problem inside the company's culture.

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SAN DIEGO, Calif. — The US military recognizes cyber as a war fighting domain in the same league as ground and air war now, but its unique nature can be a bit hard to comprehend.

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It can be a shock landing that exciting first adult job, only to find out how much of your paycheck actually goes to Uncle Sam. 

Thanks to a litany of salary deductions like federal and state income taxes and Medicare, you always end up going home with less than your advertised salary. But how much you lose depends on where you live.

New data put together by GOBankingRates shows how much residents in every state actually take home on a $50,000 salary and a $100,000 salary... Читать дальше...

"Jeopardy!" host Alex Trebek made news this week when a clip of him reciting verses from popular hip-hop songs went viral. 

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There's never been a better time to be a gun owner, according to gunmaker Sturm Ruger. 

While he was campaigning, President Donald Trump promised voters fewer restrictions on assault-weapon sales. The National Rifle Association endorsed him as a candidate.

And after he won in November, some analysts who cover the industry became concerned that gun sales would suffer, since prospective gun owners may drag their feet because they no longer fear a difficult buying process. Читать дальше...

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The best advice for retiring rich is to start saving early. For some Americans approaching retirement age, however, not only is retiring with tons of cash out of the question, but there's also an increasing worry they won't have enough saved to actually retire.

Thankfully, there are ways to catch up on lost time and money.

On a recent episode of her "So Money" podcast, financial planner Farnoosh Torabi asks her guest, Ric Edelman, best-selling author and CEO of Edelman Financial Services... Читать дальше...

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Steve Bannon and Reince Priebus want everyone to know everything between them is all good.

President Donald Trump's chief strategist and his chief of staff sat down together in a rare joint appearance Thursday at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Maryland, aiming to get that point across in a 25-minute discussion.

Interviewed by the chairman of the American Conservative Union, Matt Schlapp, the two attempted to shut down reports of discord between them while painting the news media... Читать дальше...

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Corner offices are a coveted piece of corporate real estate — but they probably shouldn't be.

According to newly published research from office design company Steelcase, corner offices meet only a small percentage of modern CEOs' needs. Many leaders say they value teamwork over unilateral decision-making, yet still work in fixed spaces designed to isolate.

Patricia Kammer, senior design researcher at Steelcase, says the corner office does a disservice for companies... Читать дальше...

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No matter how many episodes of "House of Cards" you binge-watch, "West Wing" lines you memorize, or replays of Obama in Jerry Seinfeld’s "Comedians In Cars Getting Coffee" you view, you don’t know the White House as well as you may think. With 55,000-square feet sprawled across 18 acres, 132 rooms, 35 bathrooms, 6 levels, 412 doors, 28 fireplaces, 7 staircases, 3 elevators, 5 full-time chefs, several gardens, tennis and basketball courts, a movie theater, jogging track, and more... Читать дальше...

Not many people know that every snowflake has six sides. Here's why that happens and why it's important to NASA scientists.

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The US Navy may have come across a common sense way to save billions on bombs, according to statements made from US officials at the AFCEA West 2017 conference. 

For years now, the Navy has been working on the Naval Integrated Fire Control-Counter Air (NIFC-CA) network to help detect, track, and intercept targets using a fused network of all types of sensors at the Navy's disposal.

Essentially, NIFC-CA allows one platform to detect a target, another platform to fire on it... Читать дальше...

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It’s very rare, even close to unseen, for a wide-release movie to get a perfect score on Rotten Tomatoes just a day before its release. A score of 100% means that every critic who has seen the movie so far gave it a positive review.

Even some of the movies you’d expect to have a perfect score don’t have one. This honor is primarily reserved for classic films including “Citizen Kane,” “All About Eve," “Singing “in the Rain,” and “North by Northwest.”

But before its opening weekend... Читать дальше...

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Sears laid off 130 employees at its corporate offices on Thursday as the company struggles to stay afloat after a dismal holiday quarter.

Sears CEO Eddie Lampert announced the layoffs in an email sent to corporate employees on Thursday afternoon.

He said the layoffs are part of a $1 billion cost-cutting plan that he outlined earlier this month, according to a copy of the email obtained by Business Insider.

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If there's one thing to learn from watching the "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" movies, it's that the Greeks like food. A lot.

But Greek cuisine doesn't end with gyro and Fage yogurt. Greek culture has some of the world's most delicious food, from hearty slow-cooked meat dishes to syrupy, rose-flavored cakes for dessert.

I tapped into my Greek-Cypriot heritage — and asked my friends and family for their favorite dishes — to put together a list of Greek foods you should try. Читать дальше...

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While writing her new book, "In the Company of Women," entrepreneur Grace Bonney interviewed over 100 women who run their own businesses.

On an episode of podcast So Money, she told host Farnoosh Torabi that she was surprised to find a commonality among the women she spoke with: almost all of them had "given up" the pursuit of "work/life balance."

Bonney is the founder of the art and design blog Design Sponge, which has been called Martha Stewart Living... Читать дальше...

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Many men panic when they recieve an invitation to a black tie event. Questions run through their mind: "What does black tie mean?" "Does my tuxedo still fit?" "Do I even remember how to wear it?"

The reality is far less mysterious. Black tie is the simplest dress code for men because the rules are clearly enumerated.

Black tie is often considered the pinnacle of modern formality (aside from white tie, which has been completely forgotten about... Читать дальше...

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In order to achieve its ambitious goal of becoming a $10 billion company, Under Armour knows it will need to become a footwear powerhouse.

If you go by the company's last earnings report, that initiative is doing great. Footwear sales in the last quarter of 2016 were up 36%, according to the company's own metrics.

But that number doesn't tell the whole story. According to another number by industry analysts at NPD Group, the sales of Under Armour's footwear actually fell 20% during that same period. Читать дальше...

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You may not be able to grab a beer with Bill Clinton or sit down for supper with the Obamas, but you can certainly visit establishments where the country's Commanders-in-Chief have wined and dined over the years.