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• Patagonia posted on its website on Monday: "The President Stole Your Land." 
• The retailer says it plans to sue the Trump administration, after the announcement that two national monuments will be drastically reduced in size. 
• Patagonia's website struggled to deal with the huge traffic influx.

On Monday, customers visiting Patagonia's were greeted with a bold message: "The President Stole Your Land."

The retailer sent out the... Читать дальше...

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• Prince Harry was Prince William's best man at his wedding.
• Technically, a royal wedding can't have a best man, only "supporters."
• Prince William broke royal protocol to make Prince Harry his best man, so it's likely that Prince Harry will do the same when he marries Meghan Markle.

British royal weddings technically don't include a best man in the proceedings. But that hasn't stopped royals from breaking protocol and giving someone the honorary title, anyway. Читать дальше...

• Tech stocks have slid after the US Senate passed its version of tax reform.
• One analyst at Credit Suisse thinks lower prices means that now is the time to buy. 
• Strong business fundamentals that have propelled tech will likely continue, leading to strong stock performances for many tech companies.

As tax reform made its way through the US Senate, investors started the bill's impacts if it passed. On Saturday, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act did pass, bringing many of the details of the bill to light. Читать дальше...

Instagram

• Instagram updated its Stories feature on Tuesday.
• The app will now automatically save users' Stories to their archive page.
  
• A new Highlights area will allow users to tout particular Stories on their profile pages.
  

Instagram is ramping up its battle with Snapchat.

Facebook's photo sharing app on Tuesday added two new capabilities to its Stories feature, one a direct copy of a recent feature in Snap. With the new capabilities... Читать дальше...

YouTube

• General Motors is launching Marketplace, a platform that will allow drivers to shop for goods and services from Starbucks, Dunkin' Donuts, and other businesses while driving.
• The 2017 and later models of Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, and GMC cars with compatible features will receive the update.
• GM has designed the platform to minimize actions that will distract drivers from the road.

General Motors has introduced an interface that will allow drivers to shop while driving. Читать дальше...

BII

The future of retail is looking bright.

So bright that BI Intelligence, Business Insider’s premium research service, expects the industry to top $5.5 trillion by 2020!

While in-store and desktop purchases are certainly helping the retail industry boom, the biggest factor for this incredible growth is in your pocket.

Find out why the smartphone will be crucial for retailers in 2018 and beyond with this brand new slide deck from BI Intelligence called The Future of Retail 2018. Читать дальше...

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Known for its natural beauty and some of the best cuisine in the world, South Africa is becoming increasingly popular with tourists. Travelers should make the long flight worth it by touring it like the locals do. Here are the top 10 things to do in South Africa, according to locals.

Hang out with some penguins

Rather than taking a train to Boulders Beach and paying the R70 entrance fee (about $5), locals hit the adjacent beach.

Geopolitical analyst and president of the Eurasia Group Ian Bremmer explains how North Korea is more capable and dangerous now than it has been in recent memory, and how a Trump administration could lead to a real breakthrough or a real war. Following is a transcript of the video.

AP Photo/Noah Berger

• A series of wildfires broke out around the Los Angeles area on Tuesday morning, forcing thousands to evacuate.
• The three fires, centered around Ventura, Sylmar, and Santa Clarita, burned through thousands of acres and showed no signs of stopping by Tuesday afternoon. 
• The fires are caused by dry, gusty winds, and below-average precipitation in recent weeks. The high winds are expected to continue through Thursday. 

A series of... Читать дальше...

College football's final four is set as Clemson, Alabama, Oklahoma, and Georgia will compete for the championship.

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Blinded by holiday hubbub and an unseasonably warm autumn, we nearly forgot that winter was inching ever closer. Once we realized it though, we busted out the hot cocoa and got to drafting the 9 best winter trips we could think of, from sleeping under the Arctic twilight in a private igloo, to breaking out the skates on an Olympic ice rink.

Quebec City, Canada

This stylish city has a lot to offer in terms of chic accommodation... Читать дальше...

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• President Donald Trump was engaged in a phone call frenzy on Tuesday, reaching out to various Middle East leaders to inform them of his decision to move the US embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.
• Trump reportedly spoke with the leaders of the Palestinian Authority, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Israel, and Egypt.
• Nearly every leader he called warned him against moving the embassy.

President Donald Trump has been making phone... Читать дальше...

Ever notice those tiny copper buttons all over your jeans and wonder what they are for? Turns out, they might be more necessary than you think. Following is a transcript of the video.

Hollis Johnson

• Consumer Reports published the results of its iPhone X tests. 
• The phone performed well in almost every category except durability, where it didn't hold up as well as the iPhone 8 and 8 Plus. 
• After tumble tests, two iPhone X devices had "malfunctioning displays" and a third device had a "significantly cracked" back. 

The iPhone X isn't the best iPhone you can buy, according to Consumer Reports. 

On Tuesday, the publication published... Читать дальше...

Facebook/AmazonFashion

• Amazon does not have any kind of socioeconomic stigma around shopping on the website.
• This enables it to attracts customers across the economic spectrum.
• This is an "underappreciated factor" for selling certain goods, especially clothing and fashion items.

Amazon's reputation is one of its strongest attributes — and that could represent trouble for the competition.

According to research by brokerage firm Instinet,... Читать дальше...

Intuit

• QuickBooks and TurboTax owner Intuit announced its plans to acquire a time tracking software company TSheets for $340 million.
• Intuit will keep TSheets' Idaho headquarters as well as its 260-person team.
• Co-founder and CEO Matt Rissell created TSheets after trying to solve time-tracking issues at his previous business. 

It's a rough day for Excel worksheets and calculators. 

QuickBooks owner Intuit announced on Tuesday that it's acquiring... Читать дальше...

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Instagram/Donald Trump

• Corey Lewandowski, President Donald Trump's former campaign manager, said the then-candidate's diet was part of having a "routine" similar to "an amazing professional athlete."
• In Lewandowski's new book, he noted how Trump's McDonald's order included four sandwiches and a chocolate milkshake.
• "He would go and work 14 or 16 or 18 hours a day and not eat because he was so focused like a professional athlete would be," Lewandowski said. "He's... Читать дальше...

Facebook / The Elf on the Shelf

• Elf on the Shelf dolls are driving parents crazy.
• Many parents tell their children the doll monitors their behavior and reports it to Santa in the weeks before Christmas.
• Some parents are exhausted by what they perceive as an obligation to upload photos of their dolls in creative scenarios to social media.

What began as an innocent attempt to start a new holiday tradition is starting to drive people crazy. It's called the Elf on the Shelf... Читать дальше...

Boeing/John D. Parker

• Boeing's effort to develop the Air Force's new tanker has been stymied by technical delays and cost overruns.
• Defense chief Jim Mattis has said the Pentagon will not accept any of the tankers that are flawed or fall short of the requirements in the contract.

Defense Secretary Jim Mattis told Pentagon acquisition officials in November that he is "unwilling (totally)" to accept flawed KC-46 tankers from Boeing, which is leading the effort... Читать дальше...

Gaming classic "Mega Man" is getting its next major entry in 2018. The game is "Mega Man 11," and it looks rad.

AP Images

• Hope Hicks has gone from emulating Ivanka Trump's style to mirroring first lady Melania Trump's fashion picks. 
• Since President Trump's election, the right has turned against Ivanka. 
• Hicks' fashion choices could signal a shift in how the White House communications director — once an ally of Ivanka — is thinking about the Trump administration. 

Hope Hicks has come a long way since doing PR for Ivanka Trump's fashion line.

And while... Читать дальше...

REUTERS/Thomas Peter

• President Donald Trump must take an aggressive stand toward China's dealings in the Bahamas.
• Americans should be concerned about China’s economic and political colonization of the Bahamas.
  

Ned Ryun is a former presidential writer for George W. Bush and founder and CEO of American Majority.

In the wake of President Trump’s 12-day trip through Asia, he must grapple with President Obama's failure to address China’s economic war against the US. Читать дальше...