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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences voted on Saturday to oust Harvey Weinstein, the Hollywood mogul who has faced dozens of accusations in recent days of sexual harassment and rape.

The Academy's board of governors met Saturday and voted "well in excess of the required two-thirds majority to immediately expel him," a statement said.

"We do so not simply to separate ourselves from someone who does not merit the respect of his colleagues but also to send... Читать дальше...

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President Donald Trump's legal team may offer special counsel Robert Mueller an interview with the president in the hopes of speeding up the Russia investigation, Politico reported Thursday. 

Mueller is currently investigating Russia's interference in the 2016 election, as well as whether the Trump campaign colluded with Moscow in an effort to tilt the race in his favor.

The special counsel is investigating Trump in particular for obstruction of justice related to the firing of FBI director James Comey... Читать дальше...

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A Berlin-based soccer team knelt before a game on Saturday.

Both players and officials of Hertha Berlin got down on one knee prior to the game "For a tolerant Berlin and an open-minded world, now and forevermore!" according to a tweet by the team.

"We are living in the 21st century, not the 18th century, but there are some people who haven't developed their ideologies accordingly," one of the the teams players, Sebastian Langkamp, told Sky Sports in an interview, according to the BBC. Читать дальше...

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Federal Reserve Vice Chairman Stanley Fischer has a curious parting message as the US central bank's No. 2 official: Trust us.

"I still believe we will have higher inflation," Fischer told Bloomberg Television in an interview, despite the central bank's record of having undershot its 2% inflation target for most of the economic recovery.

Fischer's proof? Economic models say so.

"The basic mechanism here is unemployment is declining all the time, wages will start going up at some stage," Fischer said. Читать дальше...

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The restaurant Minibar, from José Andrés, won two Michelin stars in 2016. For Andrés, who now owns 26 restaurants, it was the moment of a lifetime.

On an episode of Business Insider's podcast, "Success! How I Did It," Andrés told Business Insider US editor-in-chief Alyson Shontell how it felt:

"My dream was to have Michelin stars. I've been very lucky in life, but the truth is that those two stars were so cool. I cried very much but not so much for me but all my team... Читать дальше...

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The latest story to run in a major newspaper about how employers simply can’t find Americans to do the jobs they have open and are simply forced to turn to migrant labor at least has a twist.

In this one, published Thursday by the Washington Post, the employer, Jesus “Chuy” Medrano, founder and owner of CoCal Landscape, himself immigrated from Mexico 44 years before.

He really tried to hire only Americans this year. But when he failed, he wound up spending a... Читать дальше...

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Budgeting is one of the foundations of maintaining a healthy financial life. After all, how can you tell you’re on track if you don’t know where your hard-earned paycheck is going?

That said, we fully understand how daunting it can feel to actually manage a budget.

Tracking your spending, setting enough aside for a rainy day, making progress toward your long-term goals—it’s enough to make your head spin.

But what if we told you there was an easier way to manage... Читать дальше...

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North Koreans have created various business enterprises on embassy grounds in foreign countries, at times annoying their host nation's citizens, The New York Times reported.

Neighbors in Sofia, Bulgaria, have complained to the police that at one of the embassy's properties, late-night parties were held where fireworks were being lit from the building's roof.

Terra Residence, the previous home of North Korea's ambassador, was reportedly rented out to host weddings... Читать дальше...

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The unemployment rate dropped to 4.2% in September, its lowest since February 2001, and yet consumer loan defaults keep creeping up.

In fact, the divergence between the labor market on one hand, and consumer credit performance on the other, is at a record. What figures?

UBS analysts led by Matthew Mish and Stephen Caprio set out to answer that question, and their findings highlight the financial difficulties many millennials are facing. 

According to Mish and Caprio... Читать дальше...

Recruiting in college football is a lot easier if a school can show kids that they produce NFL players, and no school has more players on this season's NFL rosters than Louisiana State University.

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On October 14, 1947, US Air Force Capt. Chuck Yeager flew a Bell X-1 experimental plane at Mach 1 some 40,000 feet over the Mojave Desert, becoming the first human to travel faster than the speed of sound.

The journey to that flight started in late 1943, at a conference hosted by the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, which was NASA's predecessor.

Attendees were looking for a way to give aerospace companies better information about high-speed flight in order to improve aircraft design... Читать дальше...

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Love it or hate it, Rotten Tomatoes has completely shifted how movies are marketed.

Over the summer, the review aggregator website proved just how much of an influence it has on general audiences as Sony strategically lifted the review embargo on “The Emoji Movie” so close to when it opened in theaters that its eventual rotten score didn’t completely destroy the movie’s opening weekend box office figures.

And recently, Martin Scorsese wrote a scathing... Читать дальше...

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This may not end well. 

There's an unprecedented level of calm across the markets, whether it's measured by the low volatility in US stocks or G7 currencies. Economies across the world are growing steadily, and interest rates are still historically low — a desirable combo some strategists like to call "Goldilocks." 

Major credit for that apparent stability goes to central banks and their several years of low interest rates and large bond purchases, according... Читать дальше...

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• The mission of leading Facebook's virtual reality business now falls on Hugo Barra, who joined Facebook six months ago with the newly-created title "VP of VR."
• Despite lackluster consumer interest, early missteps, and a lot of change in leadership, Facebook still has big plans to get a billion people into virtual reality.
• Barra sat down with Business Insider and explained how he intends to accomplish such a lofty goal.

Despite tepid interest from consumers so far... Читать дальше...

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You've probably heard of mindfulness. These days, it's everywhere, like many ideas and practices drawn from Buddhist texts that have become part of mainstream Western culture.

But a review published today in the journal Perspectives on Psychological Science shows the hype is ahead of the evidence.

Some reviews of studies on mindfulness suggest it may help with psychological problems such as anxiety, depression, and stress.

But it's not clear what... Читать дальше...

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Goldman Sachs is continuing to fill its ranks with top tech talent to cement its position as a leading technological force on Wall Street. 

On Tuesday the financial services powerhouse said Jeff Wecker, a former senior manager at Bridgewater Associates, the Connecticut-based hedge fund, will join the firm in the new role of chief data officer, according to a memo seen by Business Insider. 

"In this newly created role, Jeffrey will be responsible for Data Governance and Architecture firmwide... Читать дальше...

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• Jamie Zimmerman is one of the few, and first, female investors to run a hedge fund. She started Litespeed Partners in 2000.
• The fund has had a tough run of late, and now manages less than half of what it did two years ago.
• Hedge funds running similar investment strategies have also struggled. Some have shut.

NEW YORK – A hedge fund started by a pioneering female investor has posted slight gains this year after suffering a steep drop in assets. Читать дальше...

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The September oil price rally was predicated on improving oil market fundamentals, bolstering confidence that the rebalancing process was accelerating. But the inventory declines reported in the third quarter might be “as good as it gets,” with inventories returning to small increases next year, according to a new report from Goldman Sachs.

The third quarter appeared to finally be the turning point for an oil market suffering from a more than three-year downturn.... Читать дальше...

We get into relationships because they're all about give and take. There are things we want to get out of a relationship. But you can't just say "I want cash," or "I want your love," or "appreciate me!"

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The Xbox One is a killer game console.

Not only is it a looker, but it's a powerful little box — the Xbox One "S" model seen above is the new standard for the console, replacing the original box that launched in 2013. It plays the same games, but looks better, does more, and costs less.

All of which means now is the best time there's ever been to buy a new Xbox One. Here's why:

1. It starts at just $250.

You can get a basic Xbox One S console, with 500 GB of storage, for $250. Читать дальше...

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They say youth is wasted on the young.

It doesn't have to be. If you take a look at Quora and Reddit, hundreds of people older and wiser than you have shared their best tips for living life to the fullest before you hit middle age. All you have to do is heed their advice.

We checked out some of those Quora and Reddit threads and highlighted some of our favorite insights about maximizing your youth. Read on to see what life changes you can make, starting today. Читать дальше...

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It's not too soon to start thinking about how to rebuild Puerto Rico's cratered power infrastructure. Right now, 85% of the island is still without power and Puerto Ricans are still struggling for basic necessities like safe drinking water.Restoring both, but especially the latter, are urgent priorities.But if the territory is going to make a sustained recovery from Hurricane Maria, as well as the economic nightmare it was already facing before the storm hit, then serious forward thinking is necessary. Читать дальше...

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Fame can be quite fleeting.

As Heidi Klum would say, "One minute you're in, and the next minute you're out."

And the pressure of working in the competitive business can have an adverse effect, especially on child stars, USA Today reported.

The plight of Hollywood stars who achieved success, only to fall from grace due to drug use or erratic behavior, are well-documented.

So it's not surprising that some former celebrities simply moved on to other things after their brush with fame. Читать дальше...

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At a conference about women in the workplace, Blackstone Group founder and CEO Steve Schwarzman was asked about what President Donald Trump was doing for women.

Things got awkward.

Schwarzman, a close friend and ally to the president, initially hesitated before largely talking around the question, redirecting the focus to the president's daughter, Ivanka Trump, and placing the burden on Congress.

"What is your long-term view on what President... Читать дальше...

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An intern at the data mining and analysis firm Cambridge Analytica left online for nearly a year what appears to be programming instructions for the voter targeting tools the company used around the time of the election, raising questions about who could have accessed the tools and to what end.

Social media analyst and data scientist Jonathan Albright discovered the election data processing scripts — or programming instructions — on what he said was the intern's personal GitHub account. Читать дальше...