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JAY-Z's mother, Gloria Carter, came out as lesbian in an appearance on the song "Smile" from her son's new album, "4:44." 

On the song, Jay and his mother both candidly address her sexuality for the first time in public, according to The Huffington Post. 

"Mama had four kids, but she's a lesbian / Had to pretend so long that she's a thespian," Jay-Z raps on the track, which samples Stevie Wonder's 1976 song "Love's In Need of Love Today."

"Had to hide in the closet... Читать дальше...

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Police are responding to reports of a shooting at a New York City hospital on Friday, several news outlets are reporting.

Two people were shot at Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center, Reuters reported. Their condition is unknown.

According to the New York Daily News, the shooter, dressed in all black, may be barricaded on the hospital's 16th floor.

Several reports said the shooting took place one floor above at around 3 p.m.

Police are warning residents to avoid the area around the hospital. Читать дальше...

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The sun is shining, the days are longer, and it's finally warm enough that the bold among us are starting to bust out those cargo shorts. That can only mean one thing: Beach season is coming. 

But as fun as excursions to the Hamptons and Nantucket can be, these ritzy summer enclaves can also sap your entire vacation fund in a hot minute if you're not careful. 

And perhaps you're looking for a permanent fix for your ocean-air addiction? If you're... Читать дальше...

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The mission: Design products and services that fly off the shelves. The firm: IDEO. The man: David Kelley.

His company counts the who's who of global brands as clients — Apple, Bank of America, IKEA and Microsoft (to name a few). Who knows who he works with under strict non-disclosure.

He recently sat down with Bobby Ghoshal and Jared Erondu with the podcast High Resolution.

During the podcast, he shares five ideas for anyone looking to innovate... Читать дальше...

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Goldman Sachs has cashed out on a portion of the $2.8 billion in Venezuelan bonds that the bank came under fire for purchasing from the cash-strapped country's central bank back in May.

A small cadre of hedge funds recently bought $300 million of the bonds from Goldman Sachs, which enlisted small UK-based brokerage Liquidity Finance to arrange the trade, according to The Wall Street Journal.

The bank's asset management unit acquired the bonds of  Venezuelan... Читать дальше...

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Business Insider global editor-in-chief Henry Blodget questions why health insurance in America is tied to employment. Blodget goes through the interesting history of how these two got tied together.

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Porsche unleashed the new 700 horsepower 911 GT2 RS at the Goodwood Festival of Speed in England on Friday.

You heard that right. A 700 horsepower 911!

That translates to a manufacturer claimed 0-60 mph time of just 2.7 seconds and a top speed of 211 mph.

According to Porsche, this is the fastest and most powerful road-going version of the 911 to date.

To achieve this feat, Porsche took the 3.8 liter, 580 horsepower twin-turbo flat-six-cylinder engine... Читать дальше...

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Despite a looming retail apocalypse, nearly half of Americans of all ages still do most of their shopping in brick-and-mortars.

That's according to a poll from our partner, MSN, which also found that 17% of Americans shop mostly online, while 34% shop online and in stores equally.

MSN polls its readers, and then uses machine learning to model how a representative sample of the US would have responded, using big data, such as the Census. It's nearly as accurate as a traditional, scientific survey. Читать дальше...

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Homeowners who appeared on the TV show "Fixer Upper" are cashing in on the success of the HGTV program.

"Shotgun House," which appeared on a season-three episode of "Fixer Upper" in March 2016, was bought for $28,000 and renovated by co-hosts Joanna and Chip Gaines, according to Curbed. The one-bedroom property in Waco, Texas, has now been put on the market for $950,000 by its owners. It has 1,050 square feet of space and is listed with Briggs Freeman.

The... Читать дальше...

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The NBA has taken no time off since the conclusion of the Finals.

Since the Warriors won the championship, we have had a blockbuster trade for the No. 1 pick in the draft, a blockbuster trade for Jimmy Butler, the actual draft, a blockbuster trade for Chris Paul, plus several notable firings in big front offices.

And now, free agency is here.

Given the crazy offseason already, this year's free agency, starting midnight July 1, should be wild as... Читать дальше...

Lawmakers have already received more threats this year than they did during all of last year, ac ccording to a letter written by Paul D. Irving, sergeant at arms at the House of Representatives.

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The UN Security Council is preparing to establish a new mission in Colombia to help former FARC rebels become part of mainstream society after they laid down their weapons under a historic peace deal, diplomats said Friday.

Britain has circulated a draft resolution that would set up the new political mission and the council is scheduled to vote on the measure on July 10.

The council last year set up a first mission to oversee disarmament of the leftist rebels. Читать дальше...

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Russia showed off its new "Star Wars-like" combat suit on Thursday at a science and technology university in Moscow, state-owned media outlet RT reported. 

The "next-generation" suit comes with a "powered exoskeleton" that supposedly gives the soldier more strength and stamina, along with "cutting-edge" body armor, and a helmet and visor that shields the soldier's entire face, RT said. 

The suit also has a "pop-up display that can be used for... Читать дальше...

Most beer fans — hop-heads especially — know the basic lore behind the term IPA.

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Tintri held its one-day delayed IPO on Friday and investors responded with a yawn.

The stock was priced at $7 a share and opened basically flat at $7.12. On its first day of trading it has so far stayed well below $8.

Before going public, Tintri had raised $260 million from venture investors and was valued at $800 million.

With the performance of this IPO, the company is now valued at about about $231 million, based on $7.50 a share and its roughly 31 million outstanding shares... Читать дальше...

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Amazon is taking over the world, and it has one secret weapon making its conquest possible.

The online retailer blows its competition out of the water when it comes to customer loyalty. In a recent survey from RBC Capital Markets, 93% of the 2,200 Americans surveyed said they use Amazon more than any other online retailer over the past year. That's quite the market penetration.

Amazon isn't just good, it's getting better. In 2015, the... Читать дальше...

• Americans overwhelmingly want to protect the environment, and while the political extremes can't agree on "climate change," they can still forge a path for the US to curb it.
• Bipartisan solutions, like carbon pricing and renewable energy, do exist. And they could become reality in the next five years.
• While the federal government might need to eventually enact sweeping climate-change policies, businesses and cities are already leading the way because market forces — and public opinion — support climate action. Читать дальше...

When searching for a place to retire, many Americans look south of the border. If you can adopt another language and feel at home with another culture, the savings that come with moving south can be a big help in retirement.

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In 2000, I graduated from Central High School in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Central opened in 1979 after a federal court order forced the mostly segregated high schools in the Tuscaloosa City Schools system to integrate. For the next two decades, Central was an academic and athletic powerhouse in Alabama, producing state championships and National Merit Scholars.

In 2000, the court order that created Central High School was lifted, and in August of that year — just months after I graduated ... Читать дальше...

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It was 13 years ago that a young senator from Illinois stood in front of the country and declared that "there's not a liberal America and a conservative America; there's the United States of America."

Since that 2004 speech at the Democratic National Convention catapulted Barack Obama to the presidency, these states have felt less united than ever — whether you define that as red versus blue, cities versus country, or coasts versus the center. This is the era of the 99%... Читать дальше...

Bond guru Jeffrey Gundlach has his sights set on a new "critical level" for the 10-year Treasury yield. In a Friday afternoon tweet, Gundlach said, "US 10-year yield above 200-day moving average, broke downtrendline from March. Critical level now 2.32%, probably coincides with 0.50% Bund."

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Warren Buffett invested $377 million in the REIT Store Capital which caused the stock to rise 11% on the news. This REIT has a portfolio of leases that are primarily held by services companies that require human interaction. These types of businesses are generally pretty Amazon-proof, which makes it an interesting play. 

This works into a larger theme we have seen on Wall Street which is all about avoiding getting "Amazoned." Business Insider global editor-in-chief... Читать дальше...

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When Andrea Diquez took on her role as chief executive officer of Saatchi & Saatchi New York last summer, the agency was trying to erase a big stain.

This year, things are looking up, thanks in part to another big stain.

A year ago, the Publicis shop’s global chairman Kevin Roberts had just resigned after controversially stating that the gender diversity debate within the industry was "over," its chief executive and chief creative officer... Читать дальше...

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Everyone's measure of and path to success is different.

For some, it's mostly linear. Others encounter more twists, turns, and bumps along the way.

Before becoming the leader of the free world, Donald Trump, for example, was born into a real estate development family and inherited his father's business at 25.

Focus Brands group president Kat Cole, on the other hand, saw her 20s as more transformative years, working her way up the ladder from... Читать дальше...

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Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough, the hosts of MSNBC's "Morning Joe," published an op-ed in The Washington Post on Friday claiming that top White House staffers had threatened them with a negative story in the National Enquirer unless the hosts begged President Donald Trump to stop it.

"We ignored their desperate pleas," Scarborough and Brzezinski wrote.

The op-ed came one day after the president bashed the hosts in a series of tweets.

The accusation... Читать дальше...