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By Michael Flaherty

BEVERLY HILLS (Reuters) - Wells Fargo & Co Chief Executive Officer Tim Sloan said recruiting and retention have improved dramatically in the wake of a sales scandal, as the third-largest U.S. bank has made big changes to how it pays and evaluates employees in its branches.

The bank's reputation took a severe hit last year after employees created as many as 2.1 million accounts without customer authorization to hit aggressive sales targets. Читать дальше...

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President Donald Trump's broad comments about potential policies used to work investors into a frenzy, spurring large market fluctuations that created and erased billions of dollars of value.

Now they're met with a yawn.

That dynamic was at work in US stocks on Monday as Trump's statement that he's "looking into" breaking up the big Wall Street banks barely made a dent in regular trading.

Several measures showed traders immediately reacting to the news in a moderate way... Читать дальше...

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If you have kids, or are considering having them, you've likely started thinking about what that will mean for your finances. But have you thought about how you can help your kids become prepared for their own financial future? There are plenty of things parents can do now to help set their kids down the right path financially. Here are a few.

1. Set up a college savings account

One of the most important things you can do is to consider how (and... Читать дальше...

You can build your own spiral staircase with the contents of this box. You just need a few power tools and, oddly enough, some hot water. You can order the kit here.

Over the past few months, insider selling (the legal kind) by top bank executives has exploded. Insider activity is something I’ve monitored closely for about 20 years now. This sort of selling is legal because it is not based upon inside information. Presumably, it’s based upon information available to anyone paying attention.

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President Donald Trump has made some huge promises for healthcare overhaul, but his new guarantee for people with preexisting conditions may not reflect the reality of the GOP's current legislation.

Trump has promised that the plan to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, the law also known as Obamacare, will bring down premiums, deductibles, and the cost to the government, and will eventually cover "everybody."

Most health-policy experts agree... Читать дальше...

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Havana (AFP) - The Cuban government's traditional May Day parade Monday is the last to be overseen by President Raul Castro -- and the first without his late brother and revolutionary predecessor Fidel.

The May 1 rally draws hundreds of thousands of Cubans into Havana's Revolution Square in a sea of red, white and blue national flags and portraits of Fidel Castro.

But he died in November and Raul Castro, after just over a decade in power, has said he will step aside in February 2018. Читать дальше...

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Apple said on Monday that a few of its older Mac laptops are now obsolete, which means that Apple won't fix them anymore (except in certain places with strong laws, like California.)

One of the laptops that Apple declared obsolete is its last plastic MacBook, which was released in 2010, according to MacRumors. Apple typically declares products obsolete when they were discontinued more than 7 years ago. 

The white polycarbonate MacBook was first introduced in 2006 when Apple was making white iPods... Читать дальше...

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I've given out hundreds of raises, and I've seen every possible mistake people make during this process.

Everyone should be paid fairly according to his or her skills, experience, and contribution. But most people have NO idea how to best negotiate for a raise.

My mission these days is to make work dramatically more transparent and rewarding. As part of that, here is a simple but full-proof guide you can use to get a raise.

1. Always make it a win-win... Читать дальше...

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President Donald Trump told Bloomberg on Monday that he'd be "honored" to talk to Kim Jong Un, and while it's not the first time he's signaled a willingness to meet with one of the world's most brutal dictators, it may provide an important glance into his North Korea strategy.

Several top Trump administration officials have stressed an "all options" approach to North Korea, at different times emphasizing military action, collaboration with China for harsher sanctions... Читать дальше...

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Stocks climbed Tuesday on an otherwise quiet day.

The Nasdaq and the S&P 500 were up in the green, while the Dow ticked down slightly.

First up, the scoreboard:

• Dow: 20,931.46, -27.05, (-0.13%)
• S&P 500: 2,388.33, +4.13, (+0.17%)
• Nasdaq: 6,091.60, +44.00, (+0.73%)
• US 1o-year yield: 2.323%, +0.041
• WTI crude: $48.75, -0.58, (-1.18%)

1. Trump says he's thinking about breaking up the big banks. Читать дальше...

During Monday's daily press briefing, White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer defended President Donald Trump's remark that he would be "honored" to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.

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The ethics watchdog for government employees said it was not consulted about first daughter Ivanka Trump's role in the White House.

Office of Government Ethics director Walter M. Shaub Jr. sent a letter to Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Sen. Thomas Carper, both of whom are Democrats, saying that while his office was not consulted, he contacted Ivanka's attorney to say she appeared to meet legal standards to be considered a government employee. 

"Although OGE was not consulted by the White House on this issue... Читать дальше...

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The fidget spinner is becoming the new "it" toy and not everyone is happy about it. 

As of Monday afternoon, every single spot on Amazon's top 20 best-selling toys and games list is currently occupied by a fidget spinner or its close cousin, the fidget cube. Almost all of the next 20 hottest spots are fidget-related. 

In fact, fidget spinners and cubes make up a whopping 46 out of 50 of the top-selling toys on the e-commerce site. 

Fidget spinners are small... Читать дальше...

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Nathan Myhrvold spent more than a decade working for Bill Gates, eventually rising to be Microsoft's chief strategist and chief technology officer. He left the company in 1999.

Today, as founder and CEO of Intellectual Ventures, Myhrvold still works with Gates on a variety of projects.

What's it like to work with the famously demanding Gates? Myhrvold explains.

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Apple is preparing its first "home AI product" for a marketing launch as soon as this summer at its annual conference, KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo said in a note sent to clients on Monday.

Kuo has a strong record of predicting Apple products as well as identifying trends in the Asian manufacturing industry. 

The product is said to be a speaker that can connect to the internet. Users can talk to it using Siri, which means it will compete directly with Amazon's Echo home speaker. Читать дальше...

On Saturday, US border agents at an immigration checkpoint southeast of Tucson, Arizona, noticed a white hearse traveling south on State Route 80.

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AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - A man thought to be enrolled at the University of Texas went on a stabbing spree with a large hunting knife at the school's Austin campus on Monday, killing one student and wounding three others also believed to be students, police said.

The suspect, identified as Kendrex White, was apprehended about two minutes after campus police received reports of the attack on the school's main grounds. White was being questioned by police and charges were likely to come later. Читать дальше...

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The Wall Street Journal has the 24-hour blow by blow of how — at what seemed like the last minute — the Trump administration decided not to scrap the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).

Scrapping or dramatically renegotiating the decades-old trade agreement between the US, Canada, and Mexico was one of Trump's big campaign promises. And, as the WSJ reports, in Trump's desperation to fulfill promises before his administration's 100-day mark, he... Читать дальше...

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In the next round of TV-network morning wars, the battle to watch will be Kelly vs Kelly.

Megyn Kelly’s new NBC morning program will launch at 9 a.m. in the fall, according to an NBC News spokeswoman, meaning the popular former Fox News Channel anchor will square off in many markets against a retooled “Live,” the syndicated ABC program led by Kelly Ripa. ABC said Monday morning that she will be joined as co-host by Ryan Seacrest after a year of working with an array of guests. Читать дальше...

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Quentin Tarantino's "Reservoir Dogs" turns 25 years old this week. To celebrate, the Tribeca Film Festival held a special screening of the film on Friday at the Beacon Theatre in New York City. 

Afterward, the director and cast — Steve Buscemi, Michael Madsen, Harvey Keitel, and Tim Roth — took the stage for a panel to discuss the film. They shared a few interesting stories about the movie.

Here's what we learned:  

The first ever screening at the Sundance Film Festival was a disaster. Читать дальше...

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A man in a jail run by Sheriff David Clarke died after almost a week without access to running water — but that did not stop the jail from continuing to withhold water to punish inmates.

Terrill Thomas, 38, was found dead on the floor of his cell at the Milwaukee County Jail just eight days after he was admitted in April 2016, the Milwaukee-Wisconsin Journal Sentinel reported on Monday.

The Associated Press later found that, according to jurors' jail logs... Читать дальше...

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White House press secretary Sean Spicer on Monday pushed back on reports that controversial national security adviser Sebastian Gorka is being forced out of the White House.

The Washington Examiner reported Sunday that Gorka would leave soon for a new role dealing "with the 'war of ideas' involved in countering radical Islamic extremism." CNN senior White House correspondent Jim Acosta later tweeted that he had confirmed the report.

Rather than being a White House position... Читать дальше...

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This post is an excerpt from "How to Pack," by Hitha Palepu.

When you pack at the last minute, you likely will lack confidence that you have packed everything you’ll need.

I had a client who always checked an enormous bag, thinking that if she brought lots of items, there would be a lower chance of forgetting something.

What she ended up with was redundancies (think five black T-shirts), but without small essentials like hair ties. After she tried the packing timeline... Читать дальше...