Новости за 30.10.2017

• Republicans are considering a five-year phase-in of a cut in the corporate tax rate as part of their bill, according to a Bloomberg report.
• The proposal would lower the federal corporate rate by 3 percentage points per year through 2022 to get to a 20% target.
• This could help lower the amount the bill , a key procedural concern.

Republicans on the House Ways and Means Committee are considering a slow rollout of their massive planned cut in the corporate tax rate, according to a new report.

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• Chicago Bears tight end Zach Miller underwent emergency surgery to "save his leg" after a gruesome injury on Sunday.
• Miller suffered the injury on a deep catch in the end zone that referees later overturned.
• Bears coach John Fox said that while speaking to Miller on the phone after surgery, Miller immediately wanted to talk about his overturned touchdown.

Chicago Bears tight end Zach Miller underwent emergency surgery to repair a... Читать дальше...

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The US has no shortage of creepy abandoned buildings and terrifying haunted homes.

Tourist attractions aside, you'll also come across some truly horrifying estates with dark and oftentimes bloody histories — if you know where to look, that is.

Just ahead of Halloween this year, we rounded up the country's spookiest homes with backstories that'll give you goosebumps and send a shiver down your spine.

ALABAMA: Dr. John R. Drish House

Located in Tuscaloosa... Читать дальше...

For the over 60 million PlayStation 4 owners out there, the future is bright.

US Army

These five pieces of everyday gear have proven invaluable to special operators.

American special operators don’t make it all the way to the top tier of the world’s greatest military by not displaying an incredible capacity for mature, common sense decision-making, and an ability to improvise in ways that, unfortunately, you just don’t often see on the conventional side of the house.

And while they have a much larger budget for gear acquisition and training, what truly... Читать дальше...

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• From haunted houses to portals to another dimension, there are many allegedly supernatural sites all over the US.
• Camp Hero in Montauk, New York, was allegedly used for mysterious government experiments that inspired the Netflix show, "Stranger Things."
• In Hellam Township, Pennsylvania, you can supposedly find a gateway into hell.

From allegedly haunted houses (and even haunted cruise ships) to sites related to government conspiracy theories... Читать дальше...

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• The volume of leveraged loans has surged 38% on a year-over-year basis.
• The fees that banks are making from assembling these loans are setting records.

The volume of leveraged loans – the riskiest loans Wall Street banks provide – has surged 38% year-over-year and has already beaten the full-year record set in 2013, according to Dealogic. Total of leveraged loans outstanding has reached $1.25 trillion.

Nine of the 10 largest... Читать дальше...

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• Paul Manafort, President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman, and Manafort's associate Rick Gates have been indicted on charges including money laundering and tax fraud.
• Manafort is charged with laundering over $18 million, which the indictment says he obtained illegally from the Ukrainian government and its political leaders from 2006 to 2015.
• The indictment says Manafort used $6.4 million to purchase three residential properties in the US... Читать дальше...

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• Ford's 2018 Expedition achieved a government-rated combined city-highway level of 20 miles per gallon.
• That's better than any other full-size SUV in the class.
• The number vindicates Ford's lightweighting strategy for pickups and SUV and proves that consumers will accept smaller engines.

When it comes to full-size SUVs, fuel-economy isn't always top of mind for consumers. Seating capacity, cargo room, towing, and old-school power rank higher. Читать дальше...

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• Apple's smart speaker, HomePod, will go on sale in December for $349. People will use it by talking to it. 
• Apple wants developers to make Siri apps for the HomePod, but only in a few categories — messaging, lists, and notes.
• This means that users won't be able to tell the HomePod to play music from Spotify, although Apple's streaming service, Apple Music, is supported. 

Apple encouraged developers on Monday to make apps for HomePod, Apple's new... Читать дальше...

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With Week 8 of the NFL season nearly in the books, it's time for fantasy football managers to get ready to make their waiver claims.

Many NFL teams have reached their halfway point of the season, making it a perfect time to change your perception of the early underachievers and overachievers. For example, the Jets sit at 3-5 with one of the top 20 offenses in the league, but several of their most active players remain woefully under-owned. Taking advantage of these... Читать дальше...

• Last week, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said that "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds," the hottest game of 2017, is now running on the Microsoft Azure cloud platform.
• Previously, "PUBG" had said it was using Amazon Web Services, Azure's single biggest rival. 
• It's a big win for Microsoft — the game is a large part of the Xbox One holiday sales push,  and now it's helping bolster Azure's appeal to the significant market for video games.

When Microsoft reported earnings last week... Читать дальше...

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The marijuana industry's first $1 billion "unicorn" startup — now the world's largest publicly traded cannabis company — is joining forces with a beer industry giant.

On Monday, Constellation Brands, the owners of Corona and Modelo, announced it acquired a 9.9% stake in cannabis holding company Canopy Growth. The beer behemoth paid $191 million for its stake in Canopy Growth, Canada's biggest producer of medical marijuana.

Founded in 2014, Canopy... Читать дальше...

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"The Walking Dead" is based off of the popular comic series of the same name from Robert Kirkman.

Not all of the characters on the AMC show have roots in the comics though. Daryl and Tara are among the series' original characters. Others, like Carol, are completely different from their comic-book counterparts.

Keep reading to see how the show's major characters compare to their comic-book versions.

Andrew Lincoln plays the survivors' fearless leader, Rick Grimes. Читать дальше...

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• Robot Sophia is officially a citizen of Saudi Arabia.
• A professor who works on making AI more trustworthy has concerns about Sophia's citizenship.
• He insists the technology isn't ready for what is essentially a declaration of trust.

I was surprised to hear that a robot named Sophia was granted citizenship by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

The announcement last week followed the Kingdom’s commitment of US$500 billion to build a new city powered by robotics and renewables.

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ETFs have enjoyed healthy investment returns this year, some comfortably outpacing the S&P 500 and other major indices, which have hit all-time highs.

Investors have flocked to exchange-traded funds, which try to mimic the performance of a single sector or index, for their low fees, liquidity, and tax efficiency.

The current bull market is propped up by the funds, which have contributed $300 billion to equities this year, Goldman Sachs reports. Moody's... Читать дальше...

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• U.S. special operations forces captured a militant believed to be connected to the 2012 attack on a U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya.
• The 2012 attack killed four Americans, including the U.S. ambassador.
• Another suspected ringleader for the attack is currently being prosecuted.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. forces have captured a militant who is believed to have played a role in a 2012 attack on a U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi... Читать дальше...

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• A number of the biggest tech companies in the US saw their stocks close at a record high on Monday.
• Shares were boosted by strong earnings results from a number of names last week.
• Tech stocks hitting all-time highs included:
  • Apple (AAPL) +2.27% to $166.69
  • Amazon (AMZN) +1.04% to $1,112.43
  • Facebook (FB) +1.15% to $179.89
• Facebook is set to report its quarterly results on Wednesday, and Apple reports on Thursday.

NOW WATCH... Читать дальше...

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• Life sciences companies, especially those that make medical devices, are tapping funding outside of the venture capital community.
• Family offices, which manage the money of very wealthy investors, are appealing backers because they can also consider the philanthropic aspect of funding healthcare technology.

Healthcare startups are taking a new tack in their efforts to find financial backers.

Instead of tapping venture capital backing ... Читать дальше...

Business Insider

Introducing the Rising Stars on Wall Street age 35 and under.

We scoured our contacts for ideas about whom we should include, receiving recommendations from bosses, colleagues, recruiters, and others working in the finance industry. The editors made final decisions.

We've included people with a variety of roles and experiences, from companies including Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, New York Stock Exchange, BlackRock, and Bridgewater.

We came across many talented people... Читать дальше...

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• McKinsey has published a report looking at the threat to Wall Street banks from so-called platform companies like Amazon, Alibaba, and Rakuten.
• These companies could become the "front end" for big finance, taking a big slice of profits.
• The worst-case scenario would put returns on a par with those in 2008, during the worst of the financial crisis.

Wall Street could be next to get Amazon'd.

That's the takeaway from a big report from McKinsey... Читать дальше...

BII

By 2020, more than 24 billion internet-connected devices will be installed globally — that's more than 4 devices for every human on earth.

The Internet of Things first came to us on PCs. Then it moved to smartphones, tablets, smartwatches, and TVs.

But now it's coming to all of our everyday devices that fall under the IoT umbrella.

This IoT revolution has the potential to change our homes, transportation, work, even our cities. But how will we arrive in this new era? Читать дальше...

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Stocks fell across the board in trading on Monday, as political events dominated the day and a slew of merger news crossed the wire.

The S&P and Dow Jones industrial average ended the day solidly in the red, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq was close to unchanged.

We've got all the headlines, but first, the scoreboard:

• Dow: 23,364.04, -84.97, (-0.36%)
• S&P 500: 2,572.82, -8.25, (-0.32%)
• Nasdaq: 6,698.96, -2.30, (-0.03%)
... Читать дальше...

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• According to biographer Walter Isaacson, Leonardo da Vinci is a better role model for learning than Albert Einstein.
• Einstein's processing power can't be replicated, but Leonardo demonstrated curiosity and autonomy — which anyone can emulate.
• Psychologists think this autonomy is the key to human flourishing.

Walter Isaacson has written biographies of some of the most brilliant people to ever live: Albert Einstein, Steve Jobs, Ben Franklin... Читать дальше...