Новости за 14.12.2017

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• Walmart is cutting ties with celebrity chef Mario Batali. 
• Batali has been accused by multiple women of groping and sexual misconduct. 
• Target and Eataly have similarly announced they will stop selling Batali's products. 

Walmart is cutting ties with Mario Batali after multiple allegations of sexual misconduct by the celebrity chef. 

"The recent sexual misconduct allegations against Mario Batali are unacceptable,"... Читать дальше...

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• Sanderson Farms, one of the biggest chicken providers in the US, is blaming the NFL for slow sales.
• The decline in demand follows "historically high" chicken wing prices that have held for much of 2017.
• Papa John's ignited controversy after criticizing the NFL for its handling of player protests.

One of the biggest chicken providers in the US is claiming national anthem protests by NFL players are hurting its business, according to Bloomberg. Читать дальше...

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• Narcissism looks slightly different in everyone, so leave the diagnosis to clinical professionals.
• But there are certain common traits among narcissistic individuals.
• Those traits include a lack of empathy, a need for admiration, and a preoccupation with status.

If you think you might be a narcissist — or if you think your boss, best friend, or partner might be one — you could be right. That said, you shouldn't go ahead and label them based on a hunch. Читать дальше...

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• The Federal Reserve on Wednesday raised its benchmark interest rate 25 basis points to a range between 1.25% and 1.5%.
• Don Ross, the CEO of PDQ Enterprises, operator of CODA Markets, a Chicago-based dark pool, thinks further rate hikes could pump the brakes on bitcoin's eye-popping rally.

"I don't like to feed the beast, but it's hard to resist."

Don Ross, CEO of PDQ Enterprises, operator of CODA Markets, a Chicago-based dark pool, is talking about bitcoin. Читать дальше...

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• The Federal Reserve on Wednesday raised its benchmark interest rate 25 basis points to a range between 1.25% and 1.5%.
• Don Ross, the CEO of CODA Markets, a Chicago-based dark pool, thinks further rate hikes could pump the breaks on bitcoin's eye-popping rally.

"I don't like to feed the beast, but it's hard to resist."

Don Ross, the CEO of CODA Markets, a Chicago-based dark pool, is talking about bitcoin.

He's a skeptic of the red-hot digital coin... Читать дальше...

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As headlines like "Amazon Is Secretly Becoming a Bank" and "Google Wants to Be a Bank Now" increasingly crop up in the news, tech giants are coming into the spotlight as the next potential payments disruptors.

And with these firms' broad reach and hefty resources, the possibility that they'll descend on financial services is a hard narrative to shy away from. To mitigate potential losses under this scenario, traditional players will have to grasp not only the level of the threat... Читать дальше...

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• Almost 5 million student loans have gone unpaid for a significant amount of time.
• Federal and private loans are going into default, making it harder for loan holders to establish credit or buy cars and homes.
• The federal government is on the hook for the money if defaulters can't pay.

Approximately 4.6 million Americans have defaulted on federal student loans, according to The Wall Street Journal.

This figure includes an increase... Читать дальше...

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On December 12, 2012, 20-year-old Adam Lanza walked into Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, and shot 26 people, including 20 children, after also killing his mother in their home.

News of the massacre reverberated across the country, and elicited a tearful reaction from then-President Barack Obama, who described it as the worst day of his presidency.

Sen. Chris Murphy, who had previously been a representative for the district that included Newtown, was... Читать дальше...

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• People have overstated the potential implications of the FCC's decision to roll back network neutrality rules.
• The existing net neutrality scheme dates only to 2015.
• If the same standard is applied to firms that have applied to AT&T, some of the most glaring potential abuses of network nonneutrality would be in position to be well-policed.

I think people have, in general, been speaking with excessive confidence... Читать дальше...

Business Insider

This week:

• Business Insider CEO Henry Blodget discusses the meteoric rise of bitcoin. He references a recent research note published by former Merrill Lynch chief investment strategist Richard Bernstein, who refers to the cryptocurrency as "bitcon." Blodget walks through Bernstein's assertion the bitcoin meets all five characteristics of a bubble: available liquidity, leverage, democratization, new issues and turnover. The good news for bitcoin speculators is... Читать дальше...

• People accused White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders of posting a stock photo of a pie and claiming she had baked it.
• In response, Sanders documented the process of baking a pie for the White House press corps potluck, calling out April Ryan, a reporter who was skeptical of her earlier pie. 
• Many remained critical, with Rosie O'Donnell tweeting: "so nice of u sarah to bake a cake for a woman u diminish and devalue daily."
• When presented with the pie... Читать дальше...

Business Insider

Business Insider is hiring a video intern specializing in animation.

The ideal candidate has superb post-production video editing skills and a passion for the types of topics we cover for science, tech, and design videos at Business Insider. 

This intern should know how to use Adobe After Effects and Photoshop, Illustrator and various types of audio and digital video equipment. Must also be comfortable working under tight deadlines.

There's an opportunity... Читать дальше...

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• Rupert Murdoch walked through the thinking behind the Disney-Fox deal.
• Murdoch thinks that entertainment TV programming supported by advertising will be a tough business moving forward.
• His point of view raises questions about the future of ventures like Hulu, and also his own broadcast network Fox (which wasn't sold to Disney).

Rupert Murdoch doesn’t see much of a future for anything on linear TV that’s not news or sports — and... Читать дальше...

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• Elon Musk said 10 people who buy Boring Company hats will get to drive one of the company's tunnel-boring machines and tour the company's Los Angeles tunnel.
• On Tuesday, Musk said 35,000 of the 50,000 hats have been sold.
• The Boring Company was founded to relieve traffic congestion by building a network of underground tunnels.

Elon Musk, a man who wants cars to drive themselves and start colonies on Mars, has been preoccupied by hats lately. Читать дальше...

A popular new mobile game show called HQ Trivia is shutting down offices and classrooms, and creating quite a buzz in the mobile gaming world with its innovative format. The game is simple: you tune in at a specific time and try to answer 12 questions to win a real cash prize.

The college football bowl season starts on Saturday with six games with off the bat. If we include the college football playoff championship game, there are now 41 bowl games that will be competed in by 80 schools.

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Weighed down by a sluggish global economy, turbulent capital markets, and heavier regulation after the 2008 financial crisis, many big banks have scrimped on innovation.

In doing so, they've failed to keep up with customers' embrace of and demand for all things digital and mobile. That's opened the door to a new breed... Читать дальше...

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• The FCC voted to repeal net neutrality on Thursday morning and tech companies and executives spoke out in disappointment, and expressed desires to appeal the decision in court.
• The tech community has been pro-net neutrality since the plan to repeal was announced.

Tech execs from Sheryl Sandberg to Microsoft's Brad Smith spoke out on Thursday to decry the FCC's controversial vote killing net neutrality. 

The move by the FCC eliminates... Читать дальше...

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• Celebrity chef Mario Batali has been accused by multiple women of groping and sexual misconduct. 
• Target and Eataly (which Batali invested in) have cut the chef's products. 
• However, Walmart, Kmart, Amazon, and other stores are still carrying the line. 

Companies including Target and Eataly have pulled Mario Batali's products after multiple allegations of groping and sexual misconduct were made against the celebrity chef. Читать дальше...

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• Brandon Taubman worked in finance with a side gig in daily fantasy baseball when he applied for an analyst role with the Houston Astros in 2013.
• Taubman's skills in valuation have been crucial to a rising team that boasts a "Moneyball"-esque approach.
• Taubman has risen through the organization to Senior Director of Baseball Operations, playing a major role in the front office.
• The Astros' 2017 World Series win saw the team reap the benefits of a dramatic rebuild that Taubman helped oversee.

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• The Federal Communications Commission has officially voted to ditch net neutrality, which requires internet providers to treat all data online equally.
• A Portuguese internet provider hints at what the American internet could eventually look like.
• The company charges people more for additional "zero-rated" data based on the kind of app they want to use, such as those for messaging or for video.

On Thursday, the US Federal... Читать дальше...

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Business Insider is looking for a paid tech editorial intern to start in its San Francisco office this January.

Our tech section covers everything from the hottest startups to big tech personalities to Apple earnings. We need someone who is as enthusiastic about social media as s/he is about staying on top of the latest product launches and what people in the tech scene are buzzing about.

We want someone who is curious about how certain companies... Читать дальше...

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• Airbus used an A380 on a test flight to draw the outline of Christmas tree over Europe.
• The plane will soon be delivered to Emirates.

On Wednesday, Airbus took a brand new A380 superjumbo on a test flight over Europe. Instead of charting some arbitrary route, the test pilots decided to deliver some holiday cheer and drew an outline of a Christmas tree in the skies over Germany and Denmark.

The route included detours to draw ornaments... Читать дальше...