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President Donald Trump suggested during the Pittsburgh Penguins' visit to the White House on Tuesday that co-owner Ron Burkle should help renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement.

"First of all, he's a friend of mine for a long time," Trump said of Burkle at the ceremony, which commemorated the Penguins' Stanley Cup win earlier this year. "He's a great, great negotiator. Ron, how about negotiating some of our horrible trade deals that they've made?"

"Here's what I want... Читать дальше...

Since The New York Times published a bombshell report filled with sexual-harassment accusations against Harvey Weinstein, more women in Hollywood have gone public with descriptions of inappropriate behavior by the powerful film producer — including Gwyneth Paltrow, Angelina Jolie, Mira Sorvino, Asia Argento, and Rosanna Arquette. 

People are shocked that Facebook and Google apparently "embedded" staff in the Trump campaign. But big-spending advertisers get hands-on treatment from platforms all the time. The tech giants made this offering available to Hillary Clinton, and also brands like Clorox.  Did you hear that Facebook and Google helped swing the 2016 election by planting people in the Trump campaign?

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My former colleague Claire Cain Miller of The New York Times wrote a column this week about men who are reacting to recent sexual harassment scandals by limiting their professional contact with women, and that this is limiting some women's career opportunities.

She wrote:

"Some [tech investors] are avoiding solo meetings with female entrepreneurs, potential recruits and those who ask for an informational or networking meeting. Читать дальше...

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Putting in more than 40 hours a week is becoming something of the norm in the US for a number of jobs, with some occupations putting in an average of almost 60 hours a week.

As a result, more Americans are feeling overworked.

To find jobs that allow you to maintain work-life balance but still get paid well, we analyzed US Census data for about 478 occupations from the Minnesota Population Center's 2015 American Community Survey Integrated Public Use Microdata Series. Читать дальше...

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The White House and Congressional Republicans recently came out with their proposed tax reform framework, and taxpayers want to know how the plan will affect them. Although details are still sketchy at this point, a number of policy advocates have taken the basic components of the outline and sought to determine the likely impact on what taxpayers will owe. The plan results in tax cuts for many people, but a substantial number of taxpayers could see their taxes go... Читать дальше...

Silicon Valley's "bro culture" was turned upside down earlier this year after a succession of women stepped forward with stories of sexual harassment and discrimination at the hands of male venture capitalists. 

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Russia's new Star Wars-like combat suit is apparently getting a nuclear-resistant watch, according to Newsweek, citing Rostec, the Russian defense contractor building the suit. 

The third-generation Ratnik-3 suit "comprises five integrated systems that include life support, command and communication, engaging, protection and energy saving subsystems," according to Tass, a Russian state-owned media outlet. 

In total, the suit comes with 59 items... Читать дальше...

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Jordan Harrell and her husband, Clark, no longer get that "yucky" feeling on Christmas morning.

It's the feeling they used to get when their three kids — ages five, four, and two — would tear into their presents and, giddy with the thrill of seeing their shiny-new toys, would inevitably shout, "Do we have any more presents?! Is that all?!"

Today, Harrell's kids know they're getting exactly four gifts from Santa. One is a gift they want; one they need; one they can wear; and one they can read. Читать дальше...

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Equity indexes have been on a roll, repeatedly hitting new highs lately. Each new all-time high inevitably stirs talk of stretched valuations. The assumption is that valuations are bound to some long-term average—and will necessarily revert. We have a different take.

We find historical comparisons less useful in a world of structurally lower interest rates—and believe it’s important to rethink returns. This is just one of the three investing themes my BlackRock... Читать дальше...

Reuters

My frugal-to-the-extreme ways started in my 20s, when, like most people starting out in life, money was tight and it was all I could do to squirrel a few pennies away.

I was working low-paying contract jobs doing fundraising and program coordinating for nonprofits, and didn’t have the income for even the smallest of life’s luxuries. (I’d often cast longing glances at my favorite expensive brand of Greek yogurt while in the supermarket.)

If I made purchases, it was only... Читать дальше...

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US President Donald Trump on Tuesday welcomed the Pittsburgh Penguins to the White House to celebrate them winning the 2017 Stanley Cup Final.

Trump opened the ceremony with some words about the California wildfire, saying he told California Gov. Jerry Brown that the federal government will help them.

He also said a few words for the victims of recent hurricanes and the Las Vegas shooting before switching to the NHL, riffing on several topics along the way. Читать дальше...

Susan Fowler

Former Uber engineer Susan Fowler's life story is being turned into a Hollywood movie, reports Deadline Hollywood.

Fowler's tell-all blog post about the sexual harassment she says she endured while working at the app-based taxi company turned Uber on its head. And it spurred an investigation that eventually led to the resignation of CEO Travis Kalanick.

The working title of the movie is "Disruptors," Deadline reports. It seems that Oscar-nominated screenwriter... Читать дальше...

AFP

A spokesperson reportedly said that Secretary of State Rex Tillerson had a "high IQ" after President Donald Trump offered to compare IQ tests.

State Department spokesperson Heather Nauert's statement on Tuesday follows an NBC News report that alleged Tillerson had called Trump a "moron" in a meeting earlier this year, and a subsequent interview with Forbes, where Trump called NBC News' report "fake news."

"I think it's fake news, but if he did that, I guess we'll have to compare IQ tests," Trump said in Forbes. Читать дальше...

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Actor Matt Damon has denied reporter Sharon Waxman's claims that he tried to kill her New York Times story about Harvey Weinstein's alleged sexual misconduct in 2004. 

"I would never, ever, ever try to kill a story like that. I just wouldn’t do that. It’s not something I would do, for anybody," Damon told Deadline regarding Waxman's claims.

Waxman claimed that Damon and actor Russell Crowe spoke to her right before her article detailing allegations... Читать дальше...

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If you're looking for a business idea, here's some reassuring advice: It doesn't have to be revolutionary.

You don't have to think up the next Amazon or Paypal or LinkedIn. In fact, the best place to start is with the things you already know.

That's according to GrowthLab and I Will Teach You to Be Rich CEO Ramit Sethi. "I know it's difficult to imagine that you might have profitable skills already — but you do," he writes on his site.

In his words... Читать дальше...

Apple has a new iPhone on the way that looks incredible, is faster than ever, and ... is outrageously expensive. The base model costs $1,000. One thousand dollars!

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Stocks climbed higher, hitting a new intraday record high, as a surge in Walmart shares sent consumer companies soaring.

The S&P 500 gained 0.2%. Meanwhile, the Dow increased 0.3% and the more tech-heavy Nasdaq inched 0.1% higher.

First up, the scoreboard:

• Dow: 22,830.61, +69.54, (+0.31%)
• S&P 500: 2,550.65, +5.92, (+0.23%)
• Nasdaq: 6,587.25, +7.52, (+0.11%)
• US 10-year yield: 2.35%, -0.02
• WTI crude oil... Читать дальше...

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(Reuters) - Credit reporting agency Equifax Inc <EFX.N> said on Tuesday that 15.2 million client records in Britain were compromised in the massive cyber attack it disclosed last month, including sensitive information affecting nearly 700,000 consumers.

The U.S.-based company said 14.5 million of the records breached, which dated from 2011 to 2016, not contain information that put British consumers at risk.

Overall, around 145.5 million people... Читать дальше...

• A plague outbreak has infected hundreds of people in Madagascar and could spread further.
• The form of the disease that's spreading, pneumonic plague, is the deadliest.
• This outbreak is on a larger scale and is spreading far more rapidly than plague normally does.

The man who came down with first known case died on August 27.

Thomson Reuters

Oct 10 (Reuters) - Sears Canada will seek court approval to liquidate all its remaining stores and assets after the 65-year-old retail chain failed to reach an agreement to continue to operate.

Sears Canada has lost market share and struggled to remain relevant to shoppers who have switched to stores that keep up with fast-changing fashion trends. Its sales have fallen every quarter since it was spun off from Sears Holdings in 2012. The company had been in negotiations with Executive Chairman Brandon Stranzl... Читать дальше...

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Apple is on a mission to bankroll Hollywood-grade original video, and its first publicly-revealed purchase involves legendary director Steven Spielberg.

Apple has entered into a deal with Spielberg's company and NBCUniversal to make new episodes of "Amazing Stories," an NBC sci-fi show that was cancelled after two seasons in the 1980s. 

The show will will have a $5 million per-episode budget, according to the Wall Street Journal. For a benchmark, a recent season... Читать дальше...

This past spring, ransomware known as WannaCry infected millions of Windows computers. The creators utilized a Windows exploit called EternalBlue that was believed to have been created and used by the US National Security Agency to spy on possible threats.

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Stocks are operating with a mind of their own to an extent not seen since the dotcom bubble.

Normally tossed and turned by geopolitical events and macroeconomic developments, stocks are exhibiting a historically high degree of independence at a time when price swings remain locked near all-time lows.

As of earlier this month, 65% of the risk associated with the average S&P 500 stock was inexplainable by a set of six macro risk factors maintained by Morgan Stanley over the past 63 days. Читать дальше...

Intel

• On Tuesday, Intel delivered something called "a 17-qubit superconducting test chip" to QuTech, Intel’s research partner in the Netherlands. 
• This is the world's second 17-quantum bits, or qubits, quantum computing chip. The first was introduced by IBM in May.
• This chip allows Intel to put a stake in the ground in one of the strangest, and potentially game-changing, new forms of computing that researchers are currently developing.

On Tuesday,... Читать дальше...