Новости за 11.08.2017

Derek Jeter and his group of investors have come to an agreement with Jeffrey Loria to buy the Miami Marlins for $1.2 billion, according to a report from Barry Jackson of the Miami Herald.

Thomson Reuters

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The head of the U.S. Senate committee that handles Supreme Court nominees said on Friday he no longer expects an imminent court vacancy, bolstering assumptions among court-watchers since mid-year that Justice Anthony Kennedy will not retire this year.

Republican Senator Chuck Grassley, chairman of the Judiciary Committee, said expectations earlier this year of a vacancy on the nine-member bench have evaporated.

"Evidently that's not going... Читать дальше...

The Insider Picks team writes about stuff we think you'll like. Business Insider has affiliate partnerships, so we get a share of the revenue from your purchase.

Associated Press/Pablo Martinez Monsivais

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says President Donald Trump will be sending three senior officials to the Middle East in coming days to discuss prospects for resuming the Israeli-Palestinian peace process.

In a statement, the White House said Friday that Trump believes the return of calm to Jerusalem after a period of unrest over a contested holy site has created an opportunity to restart discussions. Leaving "soon" for the region is Trump's... Читать дальше...

Sarah Jacobs/Business Insider

A storefront in Union Square was transported back to the 1990s for one week this month.

From August 6 through 10, Limited Too hosted a pop-up store in New York City that brought back loads of nostalgia for millennials looking for a good #TBT.

Limited Too, which was an offshoot of The Limited, was a fashion sensation in the '90s and early 2000s. Though the brand shuttered in 2008, it was acquired by the brand management company Bluestar Alliance... Читать дальше...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Bond investors on Friday were poised to give a $1.8 billion boost to Tesla Inc.'s balance sheet by snapping up the electric car maker's first foray into the U.S. junk bond market, where yield-hungry investors have raced to lock in relatively higher returns.

REUTERS/Steve Marcus

Billionaire hedge fund manager Dan Loeb apologized after writing a racial insult on Facebook about a black state senator, The New York Times reported.

Loeb, who's chairman of the board of Success Academy Charter Schools, accused Senator Andrea Stewart-Cousins, an African-American woman who's the Democratic leader in the New York State Senate, of having done "more damage to people of color than anyone who has ever donned a hood."

His remark seems to be a reference to the Ku Klux Klan... Читать дальше...

Slam Magazine/Twitter

Markelle Fultz's diverse offensive skill set is part of what made him the consensus No. 1 overall pick in this year's draft.

That arsenal apparently includes an uncanny ability to hit one-handed, no-look shots from incredible range.

At the rookie photo shoot on Friday, the Philadelphia 76ers rookie began showing off his proclivity for these shots, tossing the ball up over his head from half-court, then moving back with each shot.

The first:

YouTube/Saturday Night Live

With his dedication to saying absurd things with brash confidence at high volumes, LaVar Ball has become an inescapable part of the sports media landscape.

He went on "First Take" and told Stephen A. Smith that he'd beat Michael Jordan at a game of one-on-one. He tried to get Nike to pay a billion dollars for the rights to his kids' shoe deals. After his son was drafted by the Lakers with the second overall pick, he immediately went on record saying Lonzo... Читать дальше...

BI Intelligence

This is a preview of a research report from BI Intelligence, Business Insider's premium research service. To learn more about BI Intelligence, click here.

Banks have by and large woken up to the need to innovate, but many are neglecting one important factor: culture.

Several elements typically found in banking culture are proving hindrances to innovation. Some are the result of their size, while others stem from the age of the organization, and the lack of a pressing need to change until recently. Читать дальше...

Associated Press/Invision/Amy Harris

WASHINGTON (AP) — The head of a super PAC aligned with Senate GOP leadership is encouraging performer Kid Rock to run for Senate against Democratic incumbent Debbie Stabenow of Michigan.

The comments from Steven Law on C-SPAN's "Newsmakers" program Friday were surprising. Law insisted he was quite serious, saying his group would be "very interested" in a Kid Rock candidacy.

Kid Rock has made some moves to consider the race, including creating a campaign website. Читать дальше...

Lost Aussie/Facebook

Australian traveler Tyral Dalitz has spent the last three years traveling to 47 countries around the globe — without taking a single flight.

Dalitz, who previously worked across farms in Australia, rented a camper van after graduating from university and spent six months traveling around his home country.

“I realized that most of the fun and adventurous things happen when you’re getting from point A to point B, rather than where you end up,” Dalitz told Travel + Leisure. Читать дальше...

US Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Dylan McCord

As tensions reach a fever pitch between the US and North Korea, with Pyongyang announcing its intentions to fire missiles towards the US territory of Guam, the US Navy has continued to patrol and span the entire Pacific ocean with power and reach unparalleled on earth.

Near Japan, within a short steam of Guam and the Korean Peninsula, sits the USS Ronald Reagan aircraft carrier strike and the guided-missile destroyers and cruisers in its strike group. Читать дальше...

Facebook/phillipsacademy

Attending a top private high school provides a solid academic foundation, helps students gain entrance into first-rate colleges, and prepares them for the challenges of the real world.

Niche, a company that researches and compiles information on schools, released its newest rankings of the best private high schools in the country.

The ranking looked at nearly 3,500 private high schools across the US, rating a number of factors including SAT and ACT scores... Читать дальше...

Flickr/Pierce Martin

The theme for the second half of this week in markets has been rising tensions between the US and North Korea. Those geopolitical tensions sent markets lower on Wednesday and Thursday, breaking a long streak of gains.

Friday was a bit different, as most markets rose. Investors' uncertainty, measured by the VIX volatility index, is still at higher levels not seen since the election, but stock markets are back to positive returns.

The S&P 500 has closed... Читать дальше...

Courtesy of Dave Berke

When Dave Berke was a kid, he imagined himself flying an F-18 off an aircraft carrier.

By the time he retired as a US Marine officer in 2016, he had not only done that, but he'd also flown an F-16, F-22, and F-35, taught at the elite Top Gun fighter pilot school, and served a year on the ground alongside Navy SEALs in the 2006 Battle of Ramadi as a forward air controller.

Today he's a member of Echelon Front, a leadership consulting firm started by two of those SEALs... Читать дальше...

Courtesy of Shiva Singh

The purchase of an electric car that plugs into the power grid to recharge its battery often gets drivers thinking about the source of their energy.

We haven't seen data from recent years looking at the overlap between electric-car drivers and home solar panels.

But early analyses in California indicated as many as four in 10 electric-car drivers were already using or considering the addition of home solar panels to generate electricity.

California... Читать дальше...

AP Photo/Evan Vucci

President Donald Trump on Friday capped off a week of tough talk on North Korea with some of his most blunt comments yet, promising North Korean leader Kim Jong Un would "regret it fast" if he made any "overt threats" or followed through on them.

Trump was asked during a press availability what he meant by a tweet earlier on Friday that said, "Military solutions are now fully in place,locked and loaded, should North Korea act unwisely."

Trump said the message... Читать дальше...

Alexander Fyodorov/Epsilon/Getty Images

Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich is worth $9.2 billion — which makes him the 139th richest person in the world according to Forbes.

This month, he and wife Dasha Zhukova announced their plans to separate after ten years of marriage. The couple has two children, joint businesses in Russia, an extensive art collection, a mega-mansion on the Upper East Side, as well as other assets that could make this one of the most expensive splits in history. Читать дальше...

Sundry Photography/Shutterstock

With staggering student loans, fewer affordable starter homes and lower earnings than the previous generation, young adults own fewer homes than ever.

Considering the reputation millennials have in the media for poor financial skills — avocado toast, anyone? — it's no surprise the millennial generation is very slowly entering the home buying market. Although millennials are the largest generation of adults, they only account for 7.5% of the value of all U.S. homes.

ABODO... Читать дальше...

BI

Business Insider/Skye Gould

Turn on Fox News on any given night, and you'll hear pundits blasting illegal aliens, radical Islamic terrorism, and corporate regulations.

Change the channel to MSNBC, and you'll hear talk of undocumented immigrants, jihadism, and consumer protections.

The two networks are talking about the same issues, but they're using strikingly different terms.

At the heart of this is a struggle between conservatives and liberals over how to label just about every issue in politics. Читать дальше...

Carter Jonas

Harry Potter's childhood home in the film "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" is on sale for 995,000 euros, or about $1.2 million. 

The house, which is located in Suffolk, England, is listed with the UK-based real-estate agency Carter Jonas.

Here's a closer look at the enchanting home.

The official name of the property is the "De Vere House."

According to the listing, the home is believed to have been built by the De Vere family, which... Читать дальше...

Margo Brodowicz / Unsplash

The INSIDER Summary:

• The shortest flight in the world is 90 seconds long off the tip of Scotland.
• You can take it on one of Loganair's eight-seater planes.

Off the tip of Scotland, visitors and residents can take the shortest flight in the world, clocking in at around 90 seconds.

The flight from Westray to Papa Westray in the Orkney Islands is just 1.7 miles, with the lowest recorded flight taking 47 seconds during the best possible wind conditions... Читать дальше...

Matt Hecht

Most days we barely give the giant, searing-hot ball of plasma in the sky a second thought.

That will change dramatically on Monday, August 21: when the total solar eclipse sweeps across the continental United States for the first time in nearly 100 years.

If you're not careful, though, the sun can still rapidly scorch your eyeballs.

While the moon will at least partially block the sun for the entire nation, the glowing crescent left behind will emit ultraviolet rays ... Читать дальше...

AP

Sixty percent of Americans say it's a "good thing" that President Donald Trump and Republican lawmakers failed to pass legislation repealing and replacing Obamacare, according to the August Kaiser Health Tracking Poll. 

A large majority of the public disapproves of Trump's suggestion that Republicans "let Obamacare implode" and move on to other policy priorities — 78% of those polled said Trump should do what he can to make the law work.

A majority — 57% — say they want... Читать дальше...