Новости за 17.10.2017

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A few years ago, Google gave people the ability to freely explore objects in space — but that experience was mostly locked up in Google Earth, the company's 3D-mapping software.

This week, however, the company announced that far-out destinations can now be summoned directly in web browsers through a new feature of Google Maps called "Planets."

Fortunately the name is a misnomer, since there are also moons, dwarf planets, and even the International Space Station to explore. Читать дальше...

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• Fields will become a Senior Advisor at TPG Capital, a private equity firm.
• The former Ford CEO will work in TPG's industrials group.
• TPG has over $73 billion under management.

Mark Fields, the former CEO of Ford who was ousted earlier this year after 28 years at the automaker, will join TPG Capital as a Senior Advisor, Business Insider has learned.

TPG is a private-equity and alternative asset giant with over $73 billion... Читать дальше...

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Movie executive Bob Weinstein — the cofounder of The Weinstein Company with his brother Harvey, who was recently fired following sexual harassment and assault accusations — is being accused of sexual harassment by a TV show executive producer.

Amanda Segel, an executive producer on "The Mist," said that Weinstein repeatedly made romantic overtures to her and invited her to private dinners with him, according to Variety.

The alleged harassment began in the... Читать дальше...

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Former Vice President Joe Biden told an audience Tuesday that whenever he gets a call from a former employee of President Barack Obama's administration who works in the Trump administration, he tells them to "please stay."

Biden made the remark while at an event with Ohio Gov. John Kasich at the former vice president's alma mater, the University of Delaware. Biden and Kasich, a Republican, held a discussion on "bridging the political divide."

Biden... Читать дальше...

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After being laid off as a journalist, Dorie Clark realized that being her own boss was the best way forward.

In the next several years of self-employment, she discovered one important trait: willingness to learn.

"There's an essential mindset for being your own boss," says Clark, a New York City-based marketing strategy consultant and author of "Reinventing You." "You have to be the one who brings in the business."

Getting away from an employee mentality is hard, Clark says. Читать дальше...

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Trump is reportedly considering a former Eli Lilly executive as his pick for secretary of Health and Human Services.

Politico reported Tuesday that Alex Azar is President Donald Trump frontrunner to replace Tom Price. Price resigned from the position in September following a scandal over his use of private jets that reportedly cost taxpayers more than $1 million. 

Azar worked as HHS deputy secretary from 2005 to 2007 under President George W. Bush.

Shortly after,... Читать дальше...

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Roy Price, the head of Amazon Studios, resigned from his position on Tuesday, according to CNN's Brian Stelter. His resignation comes after a producer working for Amazon alleged he sexually harassed her.

According to CNN, Albert Cheng, who took over Price's position after he was suspended last week, will continue as the interim head of Amazon Studios.

Isa Hackett, a producer on Amazon's "The Man in the High Castle" — and the daughter of author Philip K. Dick, whose work the show is based on ... Читать дальше...

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Most of the brick-and-mortar retailers that have filed for bankruptcy protection to be restructured or liquidated over the past two years have been owned by private equity firms – including the most recent major casualty, Toys ‘R’ Us. Part of how PE firms make money is by stripping capital out of their portfolio companies via special dividends funded by “leveraged loans” – more on those in a moment – leaving these companies in a very precarious condition.

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IBM beat Wall Street expectations in its third-quarter financial results on Tuesday, sending its stock up about 3% in after-hours trading.

Even so, IBM failed to put an end to its 22-quarter revenue decline. 

Here's what the company reported:

• Revenues (GAAP) were at $19.15 billion, down from $19.23 billion in the year ago period, but above analyst estimates of $18.59 billion.
• Earnings per share (non-GAAP) were at $3.30, compared to analyst estimates... Читать дальше...

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The board of directors of Sears Holdings keeps shrinking – and that makes sense: Who’d want to be a director as the retailer careens along its path to bankruptcy, it only being a question of when it’ll get there, and whether or not the company will make it through the holiday selling season.

On Monday, the company announced that Bruce Berkowitz “has decided to step down” from the board of directors, effective October 31, 2017. He’d joined the board in February 2016. Читать дальше...

Sidewalk Toronto

On Tuesday, Sidewalk Labs — the urban innovation unit of Google parent company Alphabet — announced that it will design a high-tech neighborhood on Toronto's waterfront.

Exact design plans are still unclear, but the company has released preliminary renderings of what it imagines the 12-acre district, called Quayside, could look like.

The city of Toronto and Sidewalk Labs call the larger project "Sidewalk Toronto."

Technology will be a big part of the masterplan... Читать дальше...

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Oct 17 (Reuters) - Johnson & Johnson on Tuesday won the reversal of a $72 million verdict in favor of the family of a woman whose death from ovarian cancer they claimed stemmed from her use of the company's talc-based products like Johnson's Baby Powder.

The Missouri Court of Appeals for the Eastern District said that given a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision that limited where injury lawsuits could be filed, the case over Alabama resident Jacqueline Fox's death should not have been tried in St. Читать дальше...

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Earnings season is officially in full swing.

Netflix hit an all-time high on Tuesday after reporting after the bell on Monday. Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs both crushed their earnings estimates before the bell on Tuesday.

The Dow Jones industrial average crossed 23,000 today but closed just below the milestone. It was the first time the index closed below a 1,000 point milestone it hit on the same day since it hit 16,000. It's still a record-high close. Читать дальше...

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There's more bad news for sugar lovers.

After nine years of research, molecular biologists in Belgium have discovered that sugars stimulate tumor growth.

Their results, published Friday in the journal Nature Communications, help explain a puzzle oncologists have encountered for decades — and may offer some new, diet-based cancer-fighting solutions.

Most non-cancerous cells in the body get their energy by aerobic respiration, a process that involves breaking down digested food into usable... Читать дальше...

Magic Leap

Florida-based startup Magic Leap announced on Tuesday that it had raised $502 million in a round of funding led by Singapore's Temasek.

The $502 million in capital is in addition to $1.4 billion the company already raised in previous funding rounds from some of Silicon Valley's most prestigious investors, including Google.

The company's series D includes two other new investors, Grupo Globo from Brazil, and Janus Henderson Investors, according to the announcement. Читать дальше...

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Healthcare stocks rose after a bipartisan deal was struck that would save Obamacare's cost sharing reduction (CSR) payments from President Donald Trump's axe.

Less than a week after Trump said his administration would put an end to these payments, Republican and Democratic lawmakers moved to formally appropriate the payments to insurers, which helps cover insurers' costs for the mandated plans it provides to poorer Americans.

The preliminary plan... Читать дальше...

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While on a recent trip to my hometown of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, I paid a visit to an Alabama fast food institution: Milo's Hamburgers. With 15 locations, Milo's stands out as one of the unique fast food options available in the Yellowhammer state.

If you're planning to head to San Francisco next month for Salesforce's annual user conference, you could have a tough time finding a place to stay if you haven't booked a room already.

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The holiday shopping season is just around the corner.

Amazon is helping parents stay on top of the gifts their kids will be begging for with its predictions for this year's 100 most popular holiday toys.

If Amazon's predictions are correct, kids will be looking for products from traditional favorites like Lego and Play-Doh, as well as gifts inspired by newer properties like "Moana" and Hatchimals, one of last year's hottest toys. 

These are the toys Amazon thinks... Читать дальше...

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Hundreds of billionaires call the US home.

But only those with a net worth of at least $2 billion made the 2017 Forbes 400 list, which was released on Tuesday. That's 18% higher than the $1.7 billion minimum net worth required in 2016.

Even with the higher hurdle to join the richest of the rich in America, 22 newcomers made the Forbes 400 list this year. Some of the 22 inherited their fortunes, while others are self-made entrepreneurs, such as Netflix founder and CEO Reed Hastings. Читать дальше...

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• Just 15% of Puerto Rico currently has electricity three weeks after Hurricane Maria struck.
• 48 people have died, but officials expect that number to rise.
• The country is struggling to keep its vulnerable populations alive as hospitals deal with the lack of power and low supplies of medications.
• Hospitals workers told Business Insider that they are running rescue missions to bring services and medication to people trapped in their homes. Читать дальше...

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Just two weeks after the Chiefs miracle cover on the final play of “Monday Night Football,” football bettors' hearts were broken yet again, this time by the Tennessee Titans.

Heading into the game, the Titans were favored by 7.5 points.

With a minute remaining in the game, People who had bet on the Colts were likely already counting their winnings. The Titans had the ball with a seven-point lead, and only needed one more first down before they could... Читать дальше...