Новости за 31.03.2017

It's been a rough month for Uber, to say the least, but at the end of the day it's still the most valuable private company in the world. But as this chart from Statista shows, the rapid growth of Uber and its rivals hasn’t necessarily led ride-hailing apps to be adopted en masse.

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BOSTON, March 31 (Reuters) - Investors have given billionaire hedge fund manager David Einhorn's plan to boost General Motors value a frosty reception with most surveyed saying his call for two types of shares would not raise the automaker's worth, according to an Evercore ISI poll.

Einhorn, who runs hedge fund Greenlight Capital, this week proposed that GM create two classes of stock, one that pays a dividend and one that does not, to boost the No. 1 U.S. carmaker's languishing share price. Читать дальше...

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We all know this person. That friend, colleague, or family member who seems to get hit up by recruiters for really cool jobs every other month or so—without so much as trying.

Seriously, what is up with that? How is this person pulling it off? (And, is it OK to secretly hate him just a tiny bit?)

While there’s no magic formula when it comes to consistently attracting amazing opportunities, there are several things that those who are regularly sought after are doing right, consistently. Читать дальше...

Qld Fire & Emergency

Cyclone Debbie has been wreaking devastation across Australia's north-east coastline this week, slamming locals with severe rains and winds of up to 260 km (160 miles) per hour. Extensive flooding and evacuations are ongoing, and right now, there are no signs of the storm slowing down.

But in the north Queensland region of Burdekin, the residents appear to have gotten off relatively easy, because as local journalist Philip Calder tweeted yesterday, this poor... Читать дальше...

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Boeing

It's no secret that Lockheed Martin's F-35C naval variant has been plagued by cost overruns and setbacks throughout it's production, but now it seems Boeing, Lockheed's main rival, smells blood in the water and is capitalizing on the aircraft's troubles.

The F-35C promised to revolutionize carrier aircraft by becoming the first stealth plane to launch from catapults at sea, but as production lags and costs rise, even President Donald Trump took notice, calling the program... Читать дальше...

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The INSIDER Summary: 

• When wearing a suit, always leave the bottom button open for the waistcoat and jacket.
• The tradition dates back to king Edward VII from the early 1900s.
• He unbuttoned the bottom of his waistcoat because he was too fat.
• He unbuttoned the bottom of his jacket to pay homage to the riding jacket that suits replaced.

There's a basic rule when it comes to buttoning up a suit jacket... Читать дальше...

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President Trump's initial proposed budget won't dictate how the State Department gets funded, according to one of his allies in the Senate.

"The president's budget goes in the waste basket as soon as it gets here," Senate Foreign Relations Chairman Bob Corker, R-Tenn., said during a Thursday hearing.

Corker is one of Trump's closer congressional allies, and was considered for the post of secretary of state and a potential running mate in the 2016 election.

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On Friday night, the top-ranked UConn women's basketball team will play in the Final Four riding a 36-game winning streak this season and a 111-game winning streak overall.

To most, it is just UConn doing UConn things. After all, the Huskies have won the last four national championships and haven't lost a game since November, 2014 or a game in regulation since March, 2013.

But to some, this is a bit of a surprise. UConn's top three players from last year's team went 1-2-3 in the WNBA Draft, including No. Читать дальше...

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Stocks closed little changed on Friday.

Even after flattening out in March, the S&P 500 ended the first quarter with a 5% gain.

Goldman Sachs is among the worst performers on the Dow Jones industrial average this year, sliding with other financial stocks in March as the health care bill's failure cast doubt on other promised reforms. 

Here's the scoreboard:

• Dow: 20,663.22, -65.27, (-0.31%)
• S&P 500: 2,362.72, -5.34... Читать дальше...

Reddit is continuing its annual streak of using April Fools' Day to run social experiments with "Place," which challenges the site's millions of users to work together and be creative.

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When tech mogul Elon Musk founded SpaceX in 2002, the rocket company "basically consisted of carpet and a mariachi band," Musk said in September 2016. "That was it."

Today, SpaceX employs hundreds of people all over the US and has expanded its size, scope, and prowess with increasing revenues from government and private contracts. The company's ballooning expertise culminated in the first-ever full reuse of an orbital rocket booster — the most expensive part of the rocket — on Thursday. Читать дальше...

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President Donald Trump on Friday fired a warning shot at Israel over a new West Bank settlement Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu's government approved on Thursday.

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White House press secretary Sean Spicer said Friday that President Donald Trump wants his former national security adviser to testify in investigations into possible ties between Trump's associates and Russia.

Flynn reportedly told investigators that he would submit himself to be interviewed in exchange for immunity, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. The FBI as well as the intelligence committees in both the House and the Senate are investigating the Russian ties of some of Trump's associates. Читать дальше...

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The Lincoln Continental is just one of those cars. It really isn't even a car — it's an ideal, a dream, an evocation.

Ford introduced the Continental in the late 1930s, and over the decades it was conjoined with American history, most tragically in 1963, when President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas while riding in a 1961 Continental limousine.

Ford discontinued the Continental as its flagship Lincoln luxury sedan in 2002, but the nameplate never really went away. Читать дальше...

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Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin sent a letter to the Office of Government Ethics on Friday claiming that he didn't mean to violate ethics rules when he made a public plug for "The Lego Batman Movie," a film that Mnuchin's company financed. 

When Mnuchin was asked at a discussion hosted by the news website Axios last week for movie recommendations, he responded, "I’m not allowed to promote anything that I’m involved in, but you should send all your kids to... Читать дальше...

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Big data startup Cloudera plans to raise $200 million in an IPO.

It just released public S1 forms on Friday that show:

• Revenue of $261 million in its fiscal 2017, up from $166 million in 2016.
• Gross profit (before R&D, sales and marketing and G&A expenses) of $174 million in 2017, up from nearly $91 million in 2016.
• Net loss of $187 million in 2017, narrowed from $203 million in 2016.
• Sales and marketing... Читать дальше...

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The financial sector gained 26% in the months following the election of Donald Trump on his plans to roll back regulations. The stand out performer in the space was none other than Goldman Sachs, which soared 32% from election night until the end of the year. 

However, the momentum in the financial sector began slowing as it appeared Trump might not be able to get things done as quickly as he wanted. The S&P 500 Financial Index fell about 5% during March.  

That weighed on Goldman Sachs... Читать дальше...

US Naval Institute

The US Naval Institute recently released a video of the USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70) patrolling the Philippine sea with four Japanese guided-missile destroyers, a US Ticonderoga-class cruiser, and an Arleigh-Berke guided-missile destroyer. 

While the Vinson is a long way from home, it's toured the Pacific for decades and never once had to fear for the 70 or so aircraft on board and 7,000 or so sailors working above and below the deck for one big reason — it's escort of the world's most advanced fighting ships. Читать дальше...

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Purchasing a home is a huge accomplishment for many people, and the financial commitment is not to be taken lightly.

To help you avoid making the process any costlier than it already is, Business Insider has gathered some of the best homebuying advice from real estate experts, bestselling authors, and financial planners that could save you money and time.

Below, check out seven pieces of homebuying advice you simply can't afford to ignore:

1. Make... Читать дальше...

Just 69 days into his presidency, President Trump's approval rating hit 35%. Only seven other presidents have also had such a low approval rating. We compared Trump's early approval ratings with those of other presidents using Gallup poll data.

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China’s defence ministry has confirmed that the country’s first locally built aircraft carrier has entered its final stage of construction before the hull is launched, which media reports suggest could be as early as April 23, the founding anniversary of the navy.

“China’s first home-built aircraft carrier is now being fitted out, everything is going very smoothly,” defence ministry spokesman Wu Qian said on Thursday when asked about the carrier’s upcoming launch.

“Regarding... Читать дальше...

BEIJING (Reuters) - Glamorous, popular and passionate about fighting AIDS, Chinese first lady Peng Liyuan is Beijing's diplomatic not-so-secret weapon spreading Chinese soft power around the world.