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A lot of electrons have been spilled in the last couple of weeks about the demise of retail. Particularly malls and mall retailers. Nobody goes to the store anymore. They all have Amazon Prime.

If you are an amateur trader (or even an experienced trader), you might think that this is a good time to short retailers.

Take it from an even more experienced trader: By the time you hear about the trade, it's at least half over, and maybe more.

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• Marty Chavez, a top executive at Goldman Sachs, has outlined a radical future for the Wall Street bank.
• He has said he wants Goldman Sachs to be for risk what Google is for search.
• "We're packaging everything we do, and actually, we're redesigning the whole company, around APIs."

Lloyd Blankfein, the chief executive of Goldman Sachs, decided a couple of years ago that one of his star executives needed a mentor.

A little while later... Читать дальше...

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Texas is experiencing a housing boom.

Four of the state's largest metro areas — Austin, Houston, San Antonio, and Dallas/Fort Worth — collectively added more than 400,000 people in the last year, according to the Census Bureau. Dallas recently topped a list of the best housing markets to invest in.

Now one private lending firm is capitalizing on that growth with a new $250 million investment fund. 

Noble Capital, a private investment firm, is launching... Читать дальше...

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Signs of an intensifying Moscow-led information campaign have the Lithuanian government worried that Russia is laying the groundwork for "kinetic operations" — a euphemism for combat — similar to its recent actions in Crimea and eastern Ukraine.

Lithuania's defense minister and military communications officials told The Guardian that they were "taking very seriously" Russia-organized propaganda efforts to undermine stability in the Baltics, which consist of Lithuania and its northern neighbors... Читать дальше...

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Tiger Woods won his fourth Masters Tournament in 2005. On the 16th hole in his final round, he sank a chip shot from the right rough in the most iconic moment of his career. In an interview with Golf Digest, Tiger's caddie Steve Williams revealed some details behind the shot that make it look even more incredible.

At the time Woods had a one-stroke lead over his playing partner, Chris DiMarco, whom Tiger would eventually beat in a playoff. DiMarco had 15 feet for... Читать дальше...

NEW YORK (AP) — "The Fast and the Furious" franchise has seen its share of drama outside of the films, but rumored infighting between the series' biggest stars, Vin Diesel and Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, is uncharted territory for the long-running series.

Not all doctors take home the same amount of money. Orthopedists — doctors who treat bone and muscle problems — make the most on average. Pediatricians, or those who take care of children, earn the least. And white doctors take home significantly more than their equally qualified peers of color, regardless of specialty.

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What you say on your first day on the job doesn't just influence what your colleagues think of you — it could end up costing you the gig.

"If you say something that's off, it sets the tone, and that could be the reason for you to be let go in your first three months," says J.T. O'Donnell, the founder of career-advice site Careerealism.com and author of "Careerealism: The Smart Approach to a Satisfying Career."

"It's natural to want to be liked —... Читать дальше...

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International oil markets could be heading towards a new war, as leading OPEC and non-OPEC producers are vying for increased stakes. The unexpected cooperation between OPEC and non-OPEC countries, instigated by the full support of Saudi Arabia (OPEC) and Russia (non-OPEC) has brought some stabilization to the crude markets for almost half a year. The expected crude oil price crisis has been averted, it seems, leaving enough room when looking at the fundamentals to a bull market in the coming months. Читать дальше...

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A Spotify employee was among those killed in Friday's terrorist attack in Sweden.

Chris Bevington, an employee of the music streaming service for the last five years, was killed when a truck drove into a crowd in Stockholm on Friday afternoon. Spotify CEO Daniel Ek confirmed Bevington's death in a post on his Facebook page.

"It is with shock and a heavy heart that I can confirm that Chris Bevington from our Spotify team lost his life in Friday’s senseless attack on Stockholm," Ek wrote. Читать дальше...

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There was a leak of market-moving information from the Federal Reserve to individuals in the private sector. It was a huge violation of public trust in the US central bank.

We've known that since 2012.

Five years later, though, we still don't have answers to the question: Who knew what about the leak, and when did they know it?

And, despite appearances to the contrary, we also don't know who the actual leaker was. 

The Fed would love it if this case ... Читать дальше...

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Fox News' parent company, 21st Century Fox, is going to open an investigation into allegations of sexual harassment made against Bill O'Reilly, attorney Lisa Bloom told CNN's "Reliable Sources" on Sunday.

The investigation comes after Bloom and her client, Wendy Walsh, called Fox's workplace misconduct hotline, and placed an official complaint against O'Reilly on Wednesday. A recording of the call was also uploaded to YouTube. Читать дальше...

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Every year, billions of dollars in illegal narcotics circle the globe, driven by the demand of millions of users.

At every step, authorities try to intercept the drugs and apprehend their purveyors.

In response, traffickers have developed a variety of inventive ways to obscure their cargos.

In August 2016, US border agents uncovered more than 4,000 pounds of marijuana hidden among limes.

In two incidents in July, border... Читать дальше...

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CAIRO (AP) — Sunday's bombings of two Coptic churches in separate cities claimed by the Islamic State group are the latest attacks on Egypt's embattled Christian minority, increasingly targeted by IS and affiliated militants.

The Copts have long been a favored target of extremists — they were struck with a similar church bombing just weeks before the country's 2011 Arab Spring uprising, and Islamic militants gave them a particular focus during a crackdown on them in the 1990s ... Читать дальше...

Bridgewater Associates founder and co-CIO Ray Dalio is as well known for his remarkable investing career as he is for his unusual approach to management. To him, both are intertwined.

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After Sunday's delicious finale of "Big Little Lies," it's hard for many fans to cope with the idea that that could be it. Well, does it have to be the end? It depends on who you ask.

In an interview with Vulture posted on Monday, the show's director and one of the executive producers, Jean-Marc Vallée, talked about the potential for another season, and it wasn't promising.

"No, no, this is the perfect ending. There is no way; there’s no reason to make a season two," he said. Читать дальше...

Augusta National Golf Club, home of the Masters, is famous for its strict and seemingly archaic rules, and if Masters chairman Billy Payne is to believed, one of their most notorious rules is not changing anytime soon.

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With the growing popularity of basketball and football among America’s youth, it appears as though the golden years of the nation’s pastime have come and gone.

Over the past three decades, baseball fans have experienced their fair share of disappointments, particularly in the wake of the 1994 players’ strike.

This coincided with the start of the steroid era, when a number of high-profile stars were found guilty of taking performance-enhancing drugs. Читать дальше...

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A star hedge fund manager who told colleagues that he had generated $7 billion in revenue is preparing to set up his own fund.

Michael Gelband, who previously led the fixed income operation at $35 billion hedge fund Millennium Management, is laying the ground work to launch a fund with Hyung Soon Lee, Millennium's former equity chief, according to people familiar with the matter. 

Bloomberg previously reported that Gelband might try and set up a fund with Lee... Читать дальше...

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Funny how our definition of success can change.

What was your definition when you were 20?

What about today?

When I was 18, my dream was being able to afford an appetizer at a restaurant.

When I was 25, I LOVED being able to take my friends out for drinks and buy an entire round without thinking twice.

Now, it's about my team and developing them.

Also, as a 34-year-old bachelor, I think my greatest accomplishment might actually be learning how to cook eggs. Читать дальше...

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Dry powder available in venture capital funds has reached a record level at more than $121 billion, which could lead to even more dealmaking after high activity in recent years, according to a new Goldman Sachs report.

Venture capital funds raised $64 billion in global capital last year, up from $55 billion in 2015, Goldman said in the first installment in a new report series that will monitor the venture investment landscape. Investment has also shifted globally... Читать дальше...

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As a candidate for president, Donald Trump toned down President Barack Obama's call for Bashar al-Assad to step down, saying the Syrian president was fighting ISIS, a mutual enemy of the United States.

But following Assad's use of chemical weapons against Syrian rebels last week, Trump's administration appears torn over how far to go with its Syria policy — with some members of the administration explicitly calling for Assad's removal from power.

Though... Читать дальше...

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Harvard and Yale Law School graduates have established themselves in some of America's most powerful positions — from president to Supreme Court justice.

In fact, every single current member of the Supreme Court attended law school at Harvard or Yale — though Ruth Bader Ginsburg ultimately got her degree from Columbia Law School after transferring from Harvard Law.

Less well-known is where the justices attended for their undergraduate studies.

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After a lot of success in translating its comic superheroes to the big screen, Marvel has made an unprecedented push to do the same thing in television.

While there are currently six Marvel TV series, there are at least 11 more shows based on Marvel comics that are in production or being developed right now.

The path to TV hasn't been a smooth one. Last year, ABC canceled the low-rated "Agent Carter" series. And "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D." is one of ABC's lowest-rated shows. Читать дальше...