Новости за 05.07.2017

The US put its Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) missile shield to the test in May, firing an intercontinental ballistic missile from the Marshall Islands and knocking it out of the sky with a missile fired from California.

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The pay gap between male and female White House staffers has more than tripled under President Donald Trump, rising from 11% in the last year of President Barack Obama's administration to 37% (or $42,350) today, according to a report by the American Enterprise Institute, a conservative think tank.

The gap between Trump's female aides, who make a median salary of $72,650, and his male aides, who make a median salary of $115,000, is more than double the nationwide 17% pay gap... Читать дальше...

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Yum China, the owner of KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell brands in China, released its second quarter earnings after Wednesday's closing bell.

The company earned $0.27 per share and brought in $1.59 billion in revenue, mostly in line with estimates.

Wall Street was expecting earnings of $0.27 on revenue of $1.60 billion.

The company reported comparable sales came of 3%, topping the 2.4% Wall Street was expecting.

The company opened 90 new stores in the second quarter. Читать дальше...

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Kroger is suing the German grocery chain Lidl over trademark infringement. 

In the lawsuit, Kroger claims that Lidl's private-label brand called "Preferred Selection" too closely resembles Kroger's own house brand, "Private Selection."

The close resemblance of the names will cause confusion for customers and allow Lidl to "compete unfairly" with Kroger, because customers could assume that the two brands are associated with one another, the lawsuit states. Читать дальше...

It was on this blog that we posted on the 22nd of January a post called “USDMXN: Multiple signs point to a reversal” and predicted that the USDMXN was finally about to reverse the 3.5 year old wild uptrend that brought it up, all the way to the 22 handle. 

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A former US ambassador to Russia laid out what President Donald Trump needs to discuss with Russian President Vladimir Putin when the two meet later at the G-20 summit in Germany.

Michael McFaul, who served as ambassador to Russia in from 2012 to 2014, listed in a Washington Post column what he believes to be the most crucial discussion points Trump must address with his Russian counterpart in the highly-anticipated meeting.

"Putin is a very experienced, effective interlocutor," McFaul wrote to Trump. Читать дальше...

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• We interviewed a chef, sommelier, and etiquette guru about the most common mistakes "dining rookies" make when they go out to eat.
• Never refuse to order outside your comfort zone, says chef Timothy Hollingsworth.
• Don't feel like you have to order wine off the menu, says sommelier Sur Lucero.

Eating out at a fancy restaurant is just as much about the experience as it is about the food. Unless... Читать дальше...

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After an incredible 67-win season that ended with an NBA title, the Golden State Warriors have used this offseason to maintain their established core — but a new veteran acquisition for the backcourt never hurt anybody.

On Wednesday, the free-agent guard Nick Young reportedly agreed to a one-year deal with Golden State, and Kevin Durant was quick to weigh in.

You might remember Young is the star of one of the most hilarious NBA GIFs out there. Durant saw a... Читать дальше...

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After years of essentially ignoring influencers, Snapchat finally seems to be cozying up to them.

The company announced a series of updates for users on Wednesday, including one called Paperclip that allows them to link to external websites on their videos. When people see videos on Snapchat featuring these links, they just have to swipe up to visit the external sites.

The other two updates Snapchat announced on Wednesday allow users to modify their voices in their videos and add custom backdrops. Читать дальше...

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Widely used heartburn drugs are associated with increased risk of death, and the longer a person uses the drugs, the greater the risk, new research suggests.

Proton pump inhibitors or PPIs, have been tied to a wide range of side effects including fractures, dementia, heart disease, pneumonia, and kidney disease, the study's senior author, Dr. Ziyad Al-Aly of Washington University's School of Medicine in St. Louis, told Reuters Health in a telephone interview.

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There is a new worry coming out of China, and it's slowly taken hold of Wall Street.

The country's government is cracking down on massive financial firms that have grown by making acquisitions overseas. You'll recognize some of these names; Anbang Insurance, which recently bought the Waldorf Astoria; HNA; Fosun; Rossoneri; and Wanda.

All of these are private companies, but in China "private" is a relative term. Most of the executives at these firms have deep ties to the Communist Party... Читать дальше...

The winners of the gentlemen's and ladies' singles tournaments at Wimbledon will take home a record $2.8 million (£2.2 million) this year.

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Stocks gained on Wednesday as investors digested the minutes from the Federal Reserve's latest meeting, which found the central bank debating the unwinding of their massive balance sheet.

The S&P 500 increased 0.2%, while the Dow edged very slightly higher and the Nasdaq surged 0.8%. The Nasdaq, heavily weighted toward mega-cap tech stocks, has been a lightning rod for volatility in recent weeks, and Wednesday's trading was another example of that.

First up... Читать дальше...

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White bread, white rice, and most breakfast cereals have one thing in common: refined carbohydrates.

Although the ingredient sounds positive, it isn't, at least when it comes to your health. In comparison with their whole-grain counterparts, which are digested slowly and fill you up for hours, refined carbs get processed quickly by the body and are rapidly turned into sugar.

It's no wonder then that a diet high in refined carbs can play a strong role in weight gain. Читать дальше...

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A new report shows that the US government provided about $6 billion annually in financial support to the oil, gas, and coal industries between 2013 and 2015. That's over four times the amount that went to clean energy, which received $1.3 billion.

The report, released July 5, is the product of research conducted by Oil Change International, Friends of the Earth, the Sierra Club, and the World Wildlife Fund's European Policy Office. Their goal... Читать дальше...

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Goldman Sachs is looking to sell a stake in one of its fintech bets — an online platform for retail bond investors called Simon — that would value the web app at about $75 million, according to The Wall Street Journal. 

The investment bank launched Simon — which stands for Structured Investment Marketplace and Online — a couple years ago to help clients more easily learn about structured investments and execute transactions. This saves them time over having to... Читать дальше...

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The Wimbledon dream was short-lived for 21-year-old Daniil Medvedev, as the young Russian fell in five sets to Ruben Bemelmans just days after his shocking upset of No. 5 seed Stan Wawrinka.

But while it was his play and composure that stood out in his first round match on Centre Court against one of the world's best, in the second round it was Medvedev's emotional meltdown that caught the attention of spectators. 

After losing to Ruben Bemelmans in five sets... Читать дальше...

Having just crested the half-year mark of 2017, it's the perfect time to play the best games of 2017. It's been quite a year already!

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In the event of a nuclear attack, the US government has secret bunkers hidden around the country to take shelter in. Only critical government personnel would be allowed in. In some cases, the contingency plans don't even include the spouses of the select few officials. 

Amazon's Alexa is gaining knowledge at a rapid clip.

The voice assistant now has more than 15,000 “skills” (Amazon’s term for voice-based apps), nearly all of them created in the little more than two years since Amazon opened Alexa to outside developers. That is boatloads more than the number of apps available for Alexa's chief rivals, Google Assistant and Microsoft’s Cortana, according to recent Voicebot data. And all those skills make Alexa able to do more tasks than its peers.

But... Читать дальше...

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The head of the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia said on Wednesday that Turkish military deployments near Kurdish-held areas of northwestern Syria amounted to a "declaration of war" which could trigger clashes within days.

Turkey's Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus retorted that his country was not declaring war but that its forces would respond to any hostile move by the YPG, which he described as a small-scale army formed by the United States.

The mounting... Читать дальше...

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Aaron Judge was already considered one of the most dangerous hitters in baseball, but on Tuesday night, the star rookie took things to a new level by causing actual structural damage to his home stadium.

The 25-year-old's monster home runs have made him the talk of MLB, and his latest blast could be the most impressive one yet. On Tuesday night, Judge connected on a pitch from J.A. Happ of the Toronto Blue Jays for a solo home run to left-center field, putting... Читать дальше...

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• I worked with a career coach, Rebecca Fraser-Thill of the Pivot coaching team, for two months.

• Fraser-Thill was supportive and encouraging, but also made sure I set concrete, measurable career goals.

• Over the course of coaching, I learned that I'd been taking a backseat in my professional development and became more proactive about it.

Right around the 15-minute mark of my first phone call with Rebecca Fraser-Thill, an "aha" moment occurred. Читать дальше...