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Few things can tarnish your professional brand quite like a poorly written, misguided email. One click of the 'send' button, can be the difference between a successful business exchange and a potential HR issue or coworker conflict. And while Americans send hundreds of thousands of emails a day, the electronic mail should not be taken for granted.

Whether you're a senior professional or an office newbie, here are 13 must-remember dos and don'ts of business email etiquette. Читать дальше...

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In the second half of the 1960s, late Playboy founder Hugh Hefner purchased a customized plane called the "Big Bunny."

A stretch version of a DC-9, it had the capability to go anywhere in the world — and it did, taking Hefner and his celebrity clientele everywhere from Africa to Europe.

Estimated to cost about $5 million, it was outfitted with custom lighting and painted black, which was revolutionary for the time. He called his stewardesses... Читать дальше...

Few details are known about Ri Sol-ju, the wife of North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un. Following is a transcript of the video.

Activist investor Natasha Lamb is calling on Alphabet, parent company of Google, to quit stalling and to release comprehensive data on how pay for women and men compare. On Wednesday she sent a letter to Alphabet's board demanding more information. Activist investor Natasha Lamb, managing partner for Arjuna Capital, is once again calling on Google to share information on if it pays women equally to men.

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Marijuana consumers prefer McDonald's as their munchies of choice by a huge margin.

Forty-three percent of consumers who purchased marijuana from a dispensary in states where the plant is legal ate at McDonald's restaurants in the past month, according to a new study commissioned by Green Market Report and Consumer Research Around Cannabis as part of their joint "Cannabis Freakonomics" series.

Eighteen percent satisfied their marijuana-induced cravings at Taco Bell... Читать дальше...

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Rapper 50 Cent claims Donald Trump offered him $500,000 to help win over black voters during the 2016 presidential election. 

50, whose real name is Curtis Jackson, told New York's Hot 97 radio show "Ebro in the Morning" that Trump's election was an "accident," before relaying his interaction with Trump's campaign. 

Despite being in serious financial trouble, and declaring bankruptcy in 2015, Jackson claims to have turned down Trump's offer last year. Читать дальше...

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The 2016-17 PGA Tour season is in the books, and many of the world's top golfers will have healthy deposits to make as they head home for the brief offseason.

Justin Thomas, for example, just earned $10 million for winning the season-long FedEx Cup, the single biggest payday in golf. At the U.S. Open, the purse has swelled to a whopping $12 million, and the Masters, at $11 million, isn't far behind. With so much money in the game, it's no surprise that the top... Читать дальше...

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The FBI investigation that led to the arrest of 10 people in college basketball on Tuesday showed a dark underside of the sport.

According to court documents, several assistant coaches, financial advisers, and managers had been accepting or paying bribes to have coaches exert influence over prospects to join a school and, down the line, use those same financial advisers.

The FBI's investigation is ongoing and more colleges, coaches, advisers, agents, and brands figure to be involved as the case expands. Читать дальше...

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Playboy may not be the career launching pad that it once was, but Hugh Hefner's magazine will always have an important history for celebrities.

Various models, actresses, designers, and writers had their start at Playboy. Some of them are the ones you know — like Pamela Anderson and Anna Nicole Smith. But others, like Shel Silverstein and Cynthia Rowley, are more unexpected.

Here are 11 celebrities who can credit Playboy for starting their careers. Читать дальше...

VW

• The VW Touareg is an aging design that is on the way out in the US, but after 15 years, it's still a great choice.

• Our reviewers usually never agree so completely about a vehicle.

• Some consumers might take issue with price and fuel economy, but they would be hard-pressed to find another SUV that does everything so well.

In 2017, Business Insider's Transportation team is on track to review more vehicles than ever before. In most, cases, before we publish a review... Читать дальше...

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The INSIDER Summary:

• People get to and from work in very different ways around the world.
• Some take public transportation, and others travel by bicycle.
• Others travel by donkey.

Some people are lucky enough to live within walking distance of their workplaces. Some people work remotely or from the comfort of their own home. But the rest of the world has to get to the office somehow.

From public transportation to bicycles to donkey carts... Читать дальше...

White House Homeland Security adviser Tom Bossert on Thursday defended the Trump administration's response to the devastation that Hurricane Maria has wrought on Puerto Rico, blaming media coverage for skewing perception.

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The NFL season is nearing the quarter pole, and the computers are picking their winners for every game.

We took a look at two popular systems used to pick NFL games: Cortana, Microsoft's digital assistant, and Elo, the modeling system used by Nate Silver's FiveThirtyEight.

In both cases, the computers are picking outright winners and not against the spread. However, each gives a likelihood of a team's winning, which, in theory, could help measure the strength of certain lines. Читать дальше...

Amazon Studios

On the heels of winning three Academy Awards earlier this year, Amazon Studios has revealed a new component to its business model that moves it one step further from its main competition, Netflix.

In a story on the company in Variety on Thursday, the streaming giant revealed that beginning with the December release of its latest Woody Allen movie, "Wonder Wheel," it will theatrically self-distribute its titles for now on.

In the past, Amazon has hired out independent distributors like Lionsgate... Читать дальше...

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Ikea is buying a startup that could fix the most annoying thing about the iconic furniture company. 

The home-goods giant has signed an agreement to acquire TaskRabbit, Ikea announced on Thursday. 

TaskRabbit is a "gig economy"-style startup founded in 2008. The company lets users hire temporary workers to deliver purchases, clean homes, and even assemble furniture. 

Ikea said that once the acquisition is complete, the home-goods store will... Читать дальше...

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Rick Pitino has been "effectively fired" after the latest scandal to hit the University of Louisville men's basketball team. While some have openly wondered why it took so long, one look at how much money the basketball team was making should make that clear.

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Automation is swiftly transforming the workplace and has been called the greatest threat to human jobs and the economy.

To protect against massive disruption to the workforce, some experts suggest companies get involved.

"Its no longer adequate to study one thing and not learn anything else your entire career," Harvard Business School professor Amy Edmondson told Business Insider.

Edmondson calls on companies to embrace ongoing skill-based learning programs for their employees... Читать дальше...

Few games look as incredible as "Red Dead Redemption 2," the next creation from the folks behind "Grand Theft Auto." 

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Gary Cohn, the chief White House economic adviser, said Thursday that he "can't guarantee" middle-income families won't pay more in taxes under the new Republican tax proposal.

"I can't guarantee anything. You can always find a unique family somewhere," Cohn told ABC's George Stephanopoulos in an interview that aired Thursday morning. Cohn said the tax proposal was "purely aimed at middle-class families."

Key details of the plan have yet to be ironed out... Читать дальше...

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Carnival Corporation is cruising into the world of OTT streaming.

The cruise ship company is launching its own digital streaming TV channel called "OceanView," which will be available across 60 of its 103 ships as well as on Amazon Fire TV, Apple TV and Roku starting today, September 28.

The company is also launching two new digital series, expanding on its roster of existing original show franchises and taking its total tally to six. Carnival... Читать дальше...

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The FBI investigation into corruption across the NCAA has shaken up the college basketball world.

With details still unfolding, the investigation into college basketball corruption has already led to ten arrests, including four assistant coaches and an Adidas executive accused of using bribes to bring players to schools that wear the brand. Additionally, Louisville head coach Rick Pitino has been removed from his position amidst ongoing questions.

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A fuller picture of Russia's use of social media to influence the 2016 US election has begun to emerge, weeks after Facebook announced that "inauthentic" accounts most likely operating out of Russia had purchased $100,000 worth of political ads between 2015 and 2016.

A steady stream of leaks most likely coming from Capitol Hill — Facebook said late last week that it would turn over the ads to Congress — have indicated the ads and the accounts that bought... Читать дальше...

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Don't go in the water.

That has been the warning from public health experts for weeks in the wake of hurricanes Irma and Harvey, which left Texas and Florida strewn with millions of gallons of sewage and virtually covered in bacteria.

Now, their words of warning perhaps ring more strongly: Earlier this week, a woman in Texas died from a horrific infection caused by what is commonly called "flesh-eating" bacteria. The New York Times reported that the woman, 77-year-old Nancy Reed... Читать дальше...

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Playboy founder Hugh Hefner died Wednesday at the age of 91.

In 2016, it was estimated that the playboy and mogul's lifestyle magazine and its "bunny-branded licensing assets" could sell for up to $500 million, according to USA Today. At the time of his death, Hefner owned 100% of the magazine and 35% of the overall brand, according to Business Insider.

Wealth-X, a market research firm, estimates Hefner's net worth was at least $110 million at the time of his death... Читать дальше...