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July 19 (Reuters) - American Express Co's profit fell less than expected in the second quarter, as higher spending by card members made up for increased costs from offering rewards.

AmEx said card member spending was up 8 percent in the second quarter ended June 30, when adjusted for currency changes and the impact of losing a longtime partnership with warehouse club retailer Costco Wholesale Corp.

Discount revenue, which makes up the bulk of AmEx's total... Читать дальше...

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Feeling underpaid can be one of the most disheartening aspects of work.

"It stands to reason, because for many, compensation is a concrete litmus test of how well you're performing and progressing on the job — and how highly you're valued," says Lynn Taylor, a national workplace expert and the author of "Tame Your Terrible Office Tyrant: How to Manage Childish Boss Behavior and Thrive in Your Job."

According to the 2016 Global Workforce Study, which surveyed more than 31,000 employees around the world... Читать дальше...

The long-awaited seventh season of "Game of Thrones" premiered July 16, with an opening scene that shocked fans. That episode, "Dragonstone," set a live-watching record for "Game of Thrones" premieres, and broke streaming records by a mile.

After months of delays, Samsung started rolling out its homegrown digital assistant Bixby to Galaxy S8 phones in the US on Wednesday.

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(Reuters) - T-Mobile US Inc on Wednesday posted quarterly results that topped analysts' estimates as the No. 3 U.S. wireless carrier gained more phone subscribers who pay a monthly bill, the industry's most valuable customers.

The carrier added 786,000 phone subscribers in the second quarter, up from 646,000 in the year-earlier period. Analysts on average had expected net additions of 607,000, according to research firm FactSet.

T-Mobile's net income rose to $581 million... Читать дальше...

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The Court of Justice of the European Union (ECJ) heard arguments on Wednesday over whether to allow a class action suit against Facebook, brought by Austrian privacy activist Max Schrems - and about 25,000 other users across the globe.

Schrems is claiming 500 euros ($576) in damages for each signatory to his lawsuit, one of a series of European challenges to U.S. technology firms and their handling of personal data.

Schrems's lawsuit concerns alleged violations... Читать дальше...

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The INSIDER Summary: 

• Some stars don't look back so fondly on the shows that helped make them household names.
• Many times the reason is turmoil behind the scenes, while other times it's the actual content of the show.

Plenty of actors have bad times while making movies, or don’t look back too fondly at the finished product of their movies. It’s a lot easier to deal with a negative experience on a movie set, as movies typically only take a few months to film. Читать дальше...

It wasn’t long after Pawel Poljanski shared a Tuesday Instagram photo that fans bombarded the Tour de France cyclist with serious concerns about his health.

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North Korea may be gearing up to test an intercontinental or intermediate-range ballistic missile, US intelligence sources told CNN on Wednesday.

Officials who viewed new satellite imagery and studied North Korean radar emissions said that the country could test another missile in two weeks, according to CNN. This would be its first test since the original test of the ICBM, the Hwasong-14, on July 4.

Shea Cotton, a research associate at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies... Читать дальше...

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The annual Legg Mason Global Investor Survey (GIS) does not lie: Americans of all age groups are not saving enough for retirement, and by less than half of what they say they will need to live comfortably. Scary stuff. 

As investment professionals, it is not our job to tell people to save more of their hard-earned money (although saving is the ultimate investment hedge) but to help them invest that money. We have all learned the hard way that time in ... Читать дальше...

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Qualcomm reported a 40 percent slump in quarterly profit as its escalating patent battle with Apple took a toll on its business.

Shares of the company were down 2.3 percent at $55.40 after the bell on Wednesday.

The chipmaker said its results took a hit as Apple's contract manufacturers did not pay royalties due on sales of Apple products.

There has been long-running tension between the company and the iPhone maker over Qualcomm's practice of taking... Читать дальше...

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Fans of the blockbuster video game series "Destiny" tend to have strong opinions. They've earned that right, having stuck by the first game through its often messy, still ongoing lifespan. Many players have sunk hundreds of hours into the first game, if not thousands. 

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I've experienced firsthand how to travel on a budget, but it does require some research, constant airline scanning, and, oftentimes, a bit of luck. There are also awesome travel sites out there that can help you save on airfare, and of course there's always good ol' fashioned saving up.

But those who've nailed the strategy of sitting on flights and jumping on them at the perfect time are professionals for a reason, like Scott Keyes of Scott's Cheap Flights who... Читать дальше...

ASPEN, Colorado — Niniane Wang, the CEO of Evertoon, has become the willing and very deliberate face of one of the several sexual harassment scandals that have been rocking Silicon Valley.

Millennials are outspending their older peers at restaurants, new credit card spending data from Bank of America Merrill Lynch shows.

Think back to the 2016 U.S. presidential election, when markets tanked overnight as Donald Trump's victory shocked investors.

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After a repeated series of false starts, Senate Republicans are meeting again Wednesday night in an attempt to bring their healthcare bill back from the dead.

The renewed attempt comes amid a flurry of mixed signals form leadership and whiplash-inducing shifts from President Donald Trump.

According to reports, GOP senators who opposed the first two versions of the Better Care Reconciliation Act (BCRA) will hold a meeting Wednesday night in an attempt to hash out their differences on the plan. Читать дальше...

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When my husband and I decided to have a baby, we knew that we were entering into the unknown. But we still thought we had some idea of what to expect. Turns out we were wrong about a lot of things.

Here are nine things that surprised me about being a new parent.

1. Nothing will really prepare you for being a parent.

Before I gave birth, I took parenting classes and read parenting books. But the truth is that nothing can really prepare you for your baby. Each baby is different... Читать дальше...

IBM is on a cold streak.

The tech giant reported its second-quarter earnings on Tuesday and said its revenue declined roughly 5% since Q2 2016. As this chart from Statista shows, that was its 21st straight quarter of year-over-year revenue decline.

To keep things in perspective, IBM still generated $19.3 billion in revenue this past quarter. The company is trying to pivot its focus to areas like cloud computing, and those “strategic imperatives,” as IBM calls them, have generally been a boon of late ... Читать дальше...

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Stocks headed higher in trading on Wednesday after strong earnings from some major players.

The Tech-heavy Nasdaq led the way, setting another closing all-time high. The S&P 500 also broke through for a record, while the Dow Jones industrial average came up just short.

We've got all the headlines, but first the scoreboard:

• Dow: 21,624.96, +50.23, (+0.23%)
• S&P 500: 2,473.18, +0.51, (+0.51%)
• Nasdaq... Читать дальше...

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President Donald Trump will end the CIA program authorized by his predecessor in 2013 to arm Syrian rebel groups against forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, The Washington Post reported Wednesday.

The decision comes just more than three months after Trump ordered the US Navy to launch dozens of cruise missiles at a Syrian airfield that Assad had used to carry out a chemical attack that killed dozens of civilians.

But the termination of the often-troubled... Читать дальше...

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• Goldman Sachs is looking to fill over 20 positions for its Marquee platform, which is at the heart of its plan to become the Google of Wall Street. 
• The Marquee platform offer clients access to Goldman's firmwide risk platform and pricing system SecDB. 

Goldman Sachs wants to become the Google of Wall Street, and now it is staffing up the unit that could help it achieve that goal.

The New York-based financial services giant is hiring for Marquee... Читать дальше...

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Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, the vice-chair of President Donald Trump's commission to investigate voter fraud, told MSNBC on Wednesday that "we may never know" if Hillary Clinton won the popular vote in the 2016 presidential election.

Clinton won the popular vote by nearly 3 million votes. But President Donald Trump has attempted to cast doubt on the validity of some of the votes cast for Clinton, although he has not produced any evidence that millions of tallies were fraudulently cast. Читать дальше...

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In four years, Blaze Pizza has rocketed from two to 200 locations across North America — making it the fastest-growing US food chain ever, according to research firm Technomic.

Blaze Pizza CEO Jim Mizes credits the fast casual chain's explosion to a commitment to "franchising done right."

"We believe we're on our way to [becoming] a billion-dollar brand. I'm excited by that. I'm more excited by the fact that I believe — five years out — we will be able to... Читать дальше...