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A New York startup that wants to change the way millennials think about saving money has named a former LinkedIn engineer as its CEO.

Derek Brown joined Exeq in January as chief technology officer, according to his LinkedIn profile. He is assuming the CEO position just before the company's mobile app goes live in August. 

He previously led product development teams at both LinkedIn and Addepar, the investment technology company, according to a news release. At LinkedIn... Читать дальше...

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New CEO Cuts Costs: Ford shifts production of compact car from Michigan and Mexico to China.

The new guy at Ford, Jim Hackett, who became CEO a month ago after Mark Fields was forced out, said he had a mandate from Executive Chairman Bill Ford to crank up the company’s decision-making speed.

“Every CEO that starts has a 100-day clock ticking,” he said. “So I am working on a 100-day plan that is really coming along nicely.”

And sure enough, today Ford announced parts of that 100-day plan. Читать дальше...

Confidence and business activity have climbed since the election. The economy seems to be muddling along. This would typically be good for banks, as demand for loans should be higher.

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(Reuters) - The American Civil Liberties Union sued police in the nation's capital on Wednesday on behalf of four people detained during the U.S. presidential inauguration, claiming they were subjected to unconstitutional arrests, excessive force and police abuse.

More than 200 people were arrested in Washington in January after some black-clad activists among those protesting Donald Trump's swearing-in clashed with police a few blocks from the White House, in an outburst of violence rare for an inauguration. Читать дальше...

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• A new study from an insect control company estimated that we eat, on average, 140,000 'bug bits' every year.
• Mealworm, maggot, and roach pieces are found in everyday foods like chocolate, coffee, and wheat flour.
• It's totally legal: The FDA allows small amounts of insect matter in our food.

Talk about unwelcome guests. You may not be ready to start implementing bugs into your diet, but a new study shows... Читать дальше...

Oracle

Oracle's quarterly profit blew past analysts' estimates as the business software maker's big push towards cloud-based products and services paid off.

In recent after-hours trading on Wednesday, the company's shares were up more than 11 percent to $51.55.

Oracle said cloud-computing and on-premise software business revenue rose 5.3 percent to $8.88 billion in the fourth quarter ended May 31. The business accounted for 78 percent of total revenue for its fiscal 2016.

New Line Cinema

Punctuation is so boring, right? Who cares about those pesky commas, periods, and exclamation points?

In the business world, they matter. A lot.

Sloppy punctuation can undercut your intelligence and make people question your ability. Sad but true.

Here are eight punctuation mistakes to avoid. Your reputation will thank you!

1. Run-on sentences

The first punctuation mistake on our list occurs when there's no punctuation at all because the... Читать дальше...

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As managing director for Google’s global customer acquisitions group, Darren Pleasance has teams in 20 countries around the world.

So you could say he knows what to look for in a prospective hire.

On the Wall Street Oasis podcast,  Pleasance told Alex Grodnik that a few personality traits stand out.

"What does someone need to do to prepare themselves to get a job at Google?" Grodnik asked.

"If you work with people around Google, they're almost all fun... Читать дальше...

In its 2017 “Long-Term Budget Outlook,” The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) paints a dire picture of US deficits and debt. It shows that the largest single contributing factor to our rising debt and deficits is aging.

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For students trying to cover the high cost of higher education today, private scholarships can be a dream come true.

But at some colleges and universities, private scholarships are running up against the nightmare of scholarship displacement financial aid policies.

To meet college costs today, most students and families cobble together a patchwork of savings and financial aid like grants, scholarships, loans, and work-study that the federal government, their state, or a college awards. Читать дальше...

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Netflix isn’t afraid to fire people.

In fact, the company is very open about giving underperforming employees the ax when they are not part of Netflix’s vision for the “dream team.”

That pain is, however, eased by a "minimum" 4-month, full-pay severance package.

“If you think of a professional soccer team, it is up to the coach to ensure that every player on the field is amazing at their position, and plays very effectively with the others,” Netflix... Читать дальше...

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Hillary Clinton, the 2016 Democratic presidential nominee, witnessed no increase in favorability after losing last fall's presidential election, according to a Gallup poll released Wednesday.

The poll found that 41% of Americans view Clinton favorably, which is the same percentage that had a positive view of Clinton in December, one month after she lost the election to President Donald Trump. In November, her favorability rating stood at 43%.

The percentage... Читать дальше...

A computer is one of today's most powerful tools. Let's use that tool as efficiently as possible. Be more productive and stop fumbling with your mouse.

Cousins Maine Lobster

When Jim Tselikis and Sabin Lomac appeared on the fourth season of "Shark Tank" in 2012, they had been in business for two months.

Their Cousins Maine Lobster food truck, which brought a taste of Maine to California, had a promising start, but was still largely unproven.

The cousins, however, had prepared so well and had such a solid business plan that Barbara Corcoran invested $55,000 for 15% of the company. Today it's one of the most successful "Shark Tank" companies. Читать дальше...

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KIEV (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said after meetings in Washington thatKiev and the United States would soon sign a number of agreements boosting defense cooperation, news agency Interfax Ukraine reported on Wednesday.

Poroshenko said U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and Vice President Mike Pence had told him that key members of President Donald Trump's administration would visit Kiev in the next two to three months.

"And very important agreements will be signed... Читать дальше...

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Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said he had received strong assurances of U.S. support for his country from Donald Trump during a meeting in the White House on Tuesday.

Trump has called in the past for improved U.S. ties with Russia, stoking fears in Ukraine that he might row back from past U.S. pledges of support for Poroshenko's pro-Western administration inKiev.

Moscow seized Ukraine's Crimean peninsula in 2014 and has backed pro-Russian separatist... Читать дальше...

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Iraq’s Ministry of Defense says the Islamic State group destroyed the al-Nuri mosque in Mosul and the iconic leaning minaret when fighters detonated explosives inside the structures late Wednesday night.

The mosque — also known as Mosul’s Great Mosque — is where IS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi declared a so-called Islamic caliphate in 2014 shortly after the city was overrun by the militants and was seen as a key symbolic prize in the fight for Iraq’s second largest city. Читать дальше...

Depression is one of the most common forms of mental illness, not least because it often comes back.

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The Nasdaq climbed more than 0.7% for the second time in three days, rebounding from a 0.8% decline on Tuesday.

The S&P 500 and Dow had ideas of their own, declining as weakness in energy companies and raw-material producers more than offset gains in healthcare stocks.

First up, the scoreboard:

• Dow: 21,410.03, -57.11, (-0.27%)
• S&P 500: 2,435.61, -1.42, (-0.06%)
• Nasdaq: 6,233.95, +45.92, (+0.74%)
• US 10-year yield... Читать дальше...

The red-hot cryptocurrency Ethereum flash-crashed on Wednesday afternoon but has recouped all its losses.

Netflix

Netflix’s “Glow,” available on the streaming service Friday, is a half-hour dramedy set in the 1980s. It's inspired by Glamorous Ladies of Wresting (G.L.O.W.), a women's wrestling program that premiered in 1986, and ended in 1990. As in the Netflix original series it inspired, most of the real Glamorous Ladies of Wrestling were actresses hoping to make it in show business. 

Creators Liz Flahive and Carly Mensch and executive producer Jenji Kohan ("Orange Is the New Black") deliver a hilarious... Читать дальше...

HBO

HBO dropped a second trailer for "Game of Thrones" season seven on Wednesday, teasing several massive battles. But that's not all.

There are also 12 new character posters for the season. HBO sent fans on a scavenger hunt to discover the posters online. All you have to do is tweet #WinterisHere along with an emoji to @GameofThrones. But not just any emoji will do the job. 12 specific emojis will unlock each of the character posters.

If you're finding yourself stumped, don't worry. Читать дальше...

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Billionaire and former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg weighed in on Democrat Jon Ossoff's loss in the special election for Georgia's 6th district during an appearance on The View on Wednesday.

"You've got to be careful about reading too much into this election," Bloomberg said. "Although I will say one thing: Maybe it shows that all the money in the world can't buy an election."

"The public is a lot smarter than people give them credit for," Bloomberg added. Читать дальше...

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A Milwaukee jury has acquitted a former police officer of first-degree reckless homicide in the shooting of a man last year that ignited riots in the city.

Jurors on Wednesday found that Dominique Heaggan-Brown was justified when he shot 23-year-old Sylville Smith after a brief foot chase following a traffic stop Aug. 23. Smith had a gun when he ran, but prosecutors said Smith had thrown the weapon over a fence and was defenseless when Heaggan-Brown fired the shot that killed him. Читать дальше...