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• Ripple's XRP has rallied 20% off its intraday lows following an unconfirmed report Western Union is going to use its technology.
• Ripple's official Twitter account said earlier Friday the company has already signed three of the five largest money transfer firms.
• Western Union shares are up 5% on the news.

Ripple's XRP cryptocurrency is surging off previous intraday low prices, down just 4% Friday afternoon, following an unconfirmed report... Читать дальше...

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• Four women have accused filmmaker Paul Haggis of sexual misconduct.
• Three of the women accused Haggis after the director was charged with a civil lawsuit for allegedly raping a publicist. 
• Haggis' lawyer has denied the accusations.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A civil lawsuit charging Oscar-winning filmmaker Paul Haggis with raping a publicist has prompted three additional women to come forward with their own sexual misconduct accusations... Читать дальше...

Reuters

After a massive Nor'easter hit Boston, Massachusetts on Thursday, water flooded the city's downtown.

The icy floodwater submerged roads, forced some people to evacuate their residences, and prompted first responders to rescue those trapped in their cars.

And on Friday morning, some residents of Revere, Massachusetts — a Boston suburb — woke up to their cars frozen in ice.

Adam Abougalala, who lives in Revere, posted the following video, which shows frozen water... Читать дальше...

20th Century Fox

• The White House has requested to screen "The Post" and has been granted permission by 20th Century Fox.
• This comes despite past comments by the movie's stars, Tom Hanks and Meryl Streep, that criticized Trump and his administration.
• The movie will screen in the White House and Camp David.

Steven Spielberg's political drama "The Post," a movie that evokes the rocky relationship between today's media and White House, will be screened by the Trump administration. Читать дальше...

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• A male passenger on a Spirit Airlines flight from Las Vegas to Detroit was arrested after a female passenger accused him of sexually assaulting her while she was asleep.
• A court filing claims that the woman was sleeping against a window when the man, Prabhu Ramamoorthy, unbuttoned her shirt, unzipped her pants, and stuck his fingers in her pants. 
• Spirit Airlines told Business Insider it is cooperating with law enforcement. 

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• Benchmark is selling nearly 15% of its stake in Uber to Softbank for about $900 million.
• The deal is part of Softbank's effort to build up a big stake in ride-hailing giant Uber, by buying shares from existing shareholders and from Uber itself. 
• Softbank offered to buy shares from existing shareholders at a steep discount to Uber's most recent private valuation.  Even so, shareholders offered to sell Softbank more shares than it wanted to buy, including Benchmark. Читать дальше...

• People are falling for a totally made up story about President Donald Trump spending hours a day watching "the gorilla channel."
• It's going viral on Twitter.

A tweet from the parody account @pixelatedboat went viral Thursday night with a fabricated excerpt that the user claimed was from Michael Wolff's bombshell new book on the Trump administration, "Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House."

Lucasfilm

• "The Last Jedi" has met its match at the box office, and it's a comedy out of China.
• The lastest "Star Wars" movie will not finish in first place for its opening weekend theatrical release in China.
• There is a long history why the "Star Wars" franchise doesn't perform well in the country.

Though it only took three weeks for "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" to shoot to the top of the 2017 domestic box office, as well as dominate the attention of moviegoers in other countries... Читать дальше...

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• Gerald Green was unemployed for the first two-and-a-half months of the season, practicing by shooting in his driveway.
• The Houston Rockets signed Green to an unguaranteed contract, and he's responded with a remarkable scoring outburst.
• Green has played so well that the Rockets guaranteed his contract for the remainder of the season after just five games.

In the absence of James Harden, out several weeks with strained calf... Читать дальше...

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• Intel recalled the Pentium P5 chip in 1995 that produced errors for certain calculations.
• The recalled chips were turned into keychains for Intel employees.
• The keychains had an inscription from former Intel CEO Andy Grove that became the company's mantra, and also applies to Intel's current chip crisis.

If Intel has a calendar that counted the time since its last disaster — at least public ones we know about — it would have counted 24 years. Читать дальше...

BII

In an increasingly digitized world, brick-and-mortar retailers are facing immense pressure to understand and accommodate their customers’ changing needs, including at the point of sale (POS). 

More than two years after the EMV liability shift in October 2015, most large merchants globally have upgraded their payment systems. And beyond upgrading to meet new standards, many major retailers are adopting full-feature, “smart” devices — and supplementing them with valuable tools and services ... Читать дальше...

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• A good email can help you close a big deal, land your dream job, or exchange ideas with someone you admire.
• Being too vague, generic, or lengthy can ruin your chances of getting a response.
• The best emails establish rapport and respect with the recipient and take responsibility for the conversation.

Being able to send an email that gets replies from people can be the difference between closing a big deal and having to cut back on spending for the month... Читать дальше...

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Marvel

There are a lot of movies coming out this year we can't wait to see, but Disney has one of the most envious lineups.

Not only is "Avengers: Infinity War" one of the most-anticipated movies of the year, but the Mouse House is also delivering two more Marvel movies and a sequel to "The Incredibles" 14 years later. 

INSIDER rounded up the 10 movies that will have you heading to theaters again and again throughout 2018.

1. "Black Panther"

Release date... Читать дальше...

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• Politically motivated killings are nothing new in Mexico, but 2017 saw the most in the past decade.
• Those killings come as criminal groups fragment and as the country gears up for nationwide elections in summer 2018.
• The killings and the election renew focus on the complex links between criminal and political power in Mexico.

2017 is set to be Mexico's most violent year on record, with 23,101 homicide cases opened during the first 11 months of the year. Читать дальше...

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• People say they're buying Michael Wolff's book on the Trump White House for the sole purpose of spiting President Trump. 
• The majority of Amazon's top reviews of the book said that they purchased it because Trump tried to block the book's release.
• One review reads: "I'm not sure I'll ever read it ... Trump tried to prevent it from being published. It's worth sending $15 to show him we don't do that in America."

Readers are... Читать дальше...

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• Katia Beauchamp is CEO of Birchbox, the beauty subscription service she co-founded in 2010.

• She is also a mother of three.

• She shared some insights on staying productive at work and finding balance in life with Business Insider.

Birchbox CEO Katia Beauchamp's schedule is pretty jam-packed.

And that's not just because she runs the beauty subscription company that she co-founded in 2010. Beauchamp is also the mother of three sons, including a newborn baby. Читать дальше...

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• Jeff Bezos is worth billions of dollars and built Amazon into a massively successful retail company. 
• The strategies he used can be adopted by anyone to find more success in their career. 
• Always put customers at the center of what you do, and focus on innovation. 
• Set the bar high for yourself and your company, spend money carefully, and focus on hard work.

The year Jeff Bezos founded Amazon, Barnes and Noble was the nation's dominant bookseller... Читать дальше...

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Now 40 years old, Tom Brady enters another decade as dominant as he's ever been.

To be as good as Brady is at age 40 requires a super-natural desire to compete.

During Brady's 17 years in the NFL, his competitiveness has become legendary.

Across the league, there are stories of Brady's intense desire to win, top-notch preparation off the field, and extreme self-confidence that prove nobody loves competing as much as Brady.

Check out 35 of the best examples of Brady's competitiveness below. Читать дальше...

SportsNet

• San Jose Sharks' center Joe Thorton lost a huge chunk of his beard while fighting Toronto Maple Leafs' center Nazem Kadri on Thursday night.
• The fight took place just seconds into the game, after the two had been removed from center ice before the opening puck drop.
• After the game, Kadri explained that the maneuver was unintentional, saying "I thought I was a hockey player not a barber."

San Jose Sharks' center Joe Thorton is known across the NHL for his luxurious beard... Читать дальше...

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• The digital director for the Trump campaign on Friday painted Jared Kushner and Eric Trump as "joint deputy campaign managers."
• Parscale's statement came amid a bombshell book release that features former chief strategist Steve Bannon trashing Trump's family members.
• But it could raise new questions about Kushner and Eric Trump for the Russia investigation.

The digital director for President Donald Trump's campaign said... Читать дальше...

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• Two of China's largest bitcoin mining operations are looking to set up shop elsewhere as the country expands its clampdown on cryptocurrencies to mining operations, Bloomberg news reported Friday. 
• Bitmain, which runs two exchanges, has set up a regional office in Singapore, as well as mining operations in the US and Canada, CEO Wu Jihan told the news channel in an interview. News of the impending crackdown was first reported Wednesday.
• China banned wildly popular initial coin offerings ... Читать дальше...