Новости за 14.11.2017

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• Started in 2009, Japanese company Family Romance hires actors to pose as people's fake spouses, family members, coworkers, and more.
• The company was founded by Ishii Yuichi, who has since hired 800 employees.
• After eight years of leading thousands of pretend lives, Yuichi said he doesn't date and has no interest in starting a family.

His name is Ishii Yuichi — on his off-hours, at least.

Yuichi is the founder of Family Romance... Читать дальше...

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• Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) are automated resume parsers that allow hiring managers to filter, rank, and track applicants.
• In many cases there's no telling whether your resume gets seen by a real person or instead joins the 75% that are filtered out right from the start.
• But there are clues that can help you tell when it's likely that a robot will read your resume first.

Until recently resumes have shared a common purpose... Читать дальше...

Former chief official White House photographer Pete Souza describes how Obama balanced being president with his family life. Following is a transcript of the video. 

Target

• Target just opened its first "next-generation" store in Texas.
• The store will serve as a prototype for remodels at more than 1,ooo US Target stores.
• Target calls the remodel, which features two separate entrances, its "most ambitious" store design in history.

Target just unveiled what it says is its "most ambitious" store design in history in a Houston suburb. 

The store in Richmond, Texas, will serve as a model for redesigns at hundreds of US Target stores, the company said. Читать дальше...

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The future of digital is rapidly transforming right before our very eyes.

Digital is inheriting the earth, and the generational shift is in full force as millennials and Gen X grow older and smartphones, computers, and tablets become the go-to options for media consumption.

But the rise of digital won't just affect news. Advertising and television will also face major disruption in the coming years.

For the past seven years, IGNITION, Business Insider’s flagship conference... Читать дальше...

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• It's not that hard to make your boss like you.
• We rounded up a series of tricks — based on research and expert opinion — that can help you win your boss' favor today.
• The goal is to make your boss' work life as easy as possible.

Your goal as an employee should be to make your boss' life easier. If you can help your manager look good to their manager, you're in good shape.

It's simple logic; it's less simple to put into action. Читать дальше...

• Mozilla released an upgraded version of its Firefox browser on Tuesday.
• Called Quantum, the organization says it's twice as fast as the old version and uses 30% less memory than Google's Chrome browser
• Content recommendations from Pocket have also been fully integrated.

It's a good day to be a Firefox diehard. On Tuesday, Mozilla, the non-profit behind the popular browser is launching Quantum, a totally reengineered version of Firefox.

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• President Donald Trump has said that Alex Azar, his pick for Health and Human Services secretary, will "be a star for better healthcare and lower drug prices."
• Some senators are using Azar's experience in the pharmaceutical industry to argue otherwise.
• In particular, Azar was a senior executive at Lilly during a time when the price of insulin steadily increased. 
• Insulin prices rose three-fold during the period he was there, including when he served as president of the company... Читать дальше...

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• President Donald Trump has said that Alex Azar, his pick for Health and Human Services secretary, will "be a star for better healthcare and lower drug prices."
• Some senators are using Azar's experience in the pharmaceutical industry to argue otherwise.
• In particular, Azar was a senior executive at Lilly during a time when the price of insulin steadily increased. 
• Insulin prices rose three-fold during the period he was there, including when he served as president of the company... Читать дальше...

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• GoPro announced it won't offer its best features in its new 360-degree Fusion camera until early 2018.
• The company's shares slid after the news.
• To watch GoPro's stock price move, click here.

GoPro's stock is sliding, down 2.39% at $8.18, after the camera company announced that it would roll out its new 360-degree Fusion camera without some of its best features.

Its Overcapture software allows users to pan and zoom on footage... Читать дальше...

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• Intelligence is important for career advancement — but sometimes too much intelligence could actually make you a worse leader, according to research. 
• Less effective leadership was clear and statistically significant for people with an IQ over 128. 
• The findings don't say why very smart people seem to make poorer leaders, but it's possibly that it's more difficult to simplify issues for those with a lower IQ. 

Highly intelligent... Читать дальше...

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• 12% of couples consider divorce when remodeling their homes — according to CEO of home design and decorating site Houzz, Adi Tatarko.
• Tatarko and her husband created the company due to the stress they experienced when trying to renovate their own home. 
• Houzz is currently valued at around $4 billion.

Adi Tatarko, co-founder and CEO of home design and decorating site Houzz, dropped a stat that hits home for many people... Читать дальше...

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Reddit

• Reddit's CEO said the company's main competition is "free time and office productivity."
• "We've probably sucked more hours out of work than any other company," he continued.
• Reddit is planning an IPO but the "time frame is pretty far out." 

Reddit's CEO, Steve Huffman, doesn't see social networks like Facebook or Twitter as the biggest threats to Reddit, the eighth most popular website on the internet. 

Instead, he said he sees "free time... Читать дальше...

Reddit

• Reddit's CEO said the company's main competition is "free time and office productivity."
• "We've probably sucked more hours out of work than any other company," he continued.
• Reddit is planning an IPO but the "time frame is pretty far out." 

Reddit's CEO, Steve Huffman, doesn't see social networks like Facebook or Twitter as the biggest threats to Reddit, the eighth most popular website on the internet. 

Instead, he said he sees "free time... Читать дальше...

Reddit

• Reddit's CEO said the company's main competition is "free time and office productivity."
• "We've probably sucked more hours out of work than any other company," he continued.
• Reddit is planning an IPO but the "time frame is pretty far out." 

Reddit's CEO, Steve Huffman, doesn't see social networks like Facebook or Twitter as the biggest threats to Reddit, the eighth most popular website on the internet. 

Instead, he said he sees "free time... Читать дальше...

US Navy photo

• Eugene Ely made the first carrier takeoff on November 14, 1910.
• After less than five minutes in the air, Ely set the plane down on a nearby beach.
• He had flown less than 3 miles.

On November 14, 1910, the US military took its first step toward linking flight and naval operations when Eugene Ely made the first carrier takeoff, guiding a Pusher biplane off the deck of the light cruiser USS Birmingham in the waters of Norfolk, Virginia. Читать дальше...

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• Female cast and crew of the teen drama "One Tree Hill" signed a joint statement accusing showrunner Mark Schwahn of sexual harassment.
• The women said that Schwahn talked to them in traumatizing ways, and some of them are still in therapy for post-traumatic stress because of it. 
• The women were inspired to make a statement after a writer on the show tweeted about an unnamed showrunner who harassed female writers. 

Stars of the teen soap... Читать дальше...

Buffalo Wild Wings on Facebook

• Buffalo Wild Wings popped more than 24% on reports of a takeover offer from Roark Capital Group.
• But the company's future isn't clear-cut, even if the takeover goes through.
• The price of chicken wings is at historic highs and is the root of deeper problems at the company.
• Watch Buffalo Wild Wings' stock price move in real time.

Buffalo Wild Wings has been struggling lately, with the stock falling 5.43% in the last year. Читать дальше...

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• Ad Astra School was created in 2014 by Elon Musk.
• There are very few details about the school and no public website.
• Elon Musk hasn't spoken publicly about the school since 2015.

Elon Musk pulled his five kids out their prestigious school for gifted children school in 2014, and launched the secretive Ad Astra School.

Details about Ad Astra — which means "to the stars" in Latin — are sparse. Musk gave an interview... Читать дальше...

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Kids sometimes follow in their parents' footsteps. For these mother and daughter duos, that means stepping in front of the camera. 

Some roles consist of these moms and daughters playing relatives on-screen, like Demi Moore playing Rumer Willis' mom in "Striptease." But others have no relation at all, like Angelina Jolie and daughter Vivienne Jolie-Pitt in "Maleficent." 

Acting for these duos just runs in the family. 

Here are 17 mothers and daughters who have been on-screen together. Читать дальше...

'The Break-up'/Universal Studios

• 12% of couples consider divorce when remodeling their homes — according to CEO of home design and decorating site Houzz, Adi Tatarko.
• Tatarko and her husband created the company due to the stress they experienced when trying to renovate their own home. 
• Houzz is currently valued at around $4 billion.

Adi Tatarko, co-founder and CEO of home design and decorating site Houzz, dropped a stat that hits home for many people... Читать дальше...

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Eating healthy is difficult when it seems that the science dictating what's good for us changes every few weeks.

In reality, most of what we need to know about nutrition can be summed up in one line: "Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants," New York Times writer Michael Pollan once wrote.

Nevertheless, snack foods masquerading as healthy continue to fill grocery store aisles. Here are some of the ones you should avoid.

Juice packs a lot of sugar.

Northrup Grumman

• A Northrop Grumman contract to build top-secret B-21 stealth bombers is booming.
• New employees are working out of trailers and tents.
• About 30% to 50% of the Air Force's $2 billion B-21 budget for fiscal 2018 is flowing through Northrop.

PALMDALE, Calif. (AP) — Call it the bomber boom.

A Northrop Grumman contract to build top-secret B-21 stealth bombers has brought more than a thousand new employees to the Mojave Desert northeast of Los Angeles. Читать дальше...

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• Author Mr. Crazy Kicks decided to invest instead of paying off his student loans.
• He made this decision by analyzing risk and potential returns.
• There are a few things he also considered, like tax deductibles and refinancing. 
  
• After refinancing the loans, the payments went down, and he was able to invest simultaneously.

A lot of people think you should always work to eliminate debt. While this is a solid approach for high interest debt... Читать дальше...