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• Christopher Steele, a former British intelligence officer, is the author of the Trump-Russia dossier.
• Recently published Republican memos attempt to discredit Steele's credibility and the dossier that he produced.
• Republicans say the dossier played a central role in justifying surveillance of a former Trump campaign adviser during and after the 2016 election.

The public knew little about Christopher Steele before the 2016 US election. Читать дальше...

How Jim Mattis defused a White House confrontation that left Reince Priebus saying 'WTF'

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• The Syrian Kurds seem to have a powerful new ally in their fight against invading Turkish forces in northern Syria — embattled Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
• The two have a mutual interest in combatting Turkish incursion into the Kurdish-dominated Afrin region, and Assad is supporting the Kurds in a number of ways, including humanitarian aid.
• But the Syrian Kurds want to create their own autonomous zone in Syria's north, which the Assad regime opposes. Читать дальше...

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Life insurance is a fundamentally hard product to sell, as it requires people to think about their deaths and promises no immediate rewards.See the rest of the story at Business Insider

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• The White House communications director, Hope Hicks, is one of the most powerful people in American politics.
• Hicks made headlines this week when Rob Porter, a White House staff secretary in a relationship with Hicks, resigned after allegations of domestic abuse.
• Hicks' fashion evolution over the past year reveals her ability to evolve to maintain Trump's support in a White House plagued by controversy, as she moves from echoing Ivanka Trump's style to imitating Melania Trump. Читать дальше...

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• Nearly half of all public buses will be electric by 2025.
• China will emerge as the market leader.
• All over the world, municipalities are making a push for cleaner buses. 

Within the next seven years, nearly half of the buses used by municipal transit districts will be electric, with China playing a leading role.

That comes from a new study by Bloomberg New Energy Finance. The study predicts that last year’s sale of... Читать дальше...

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• 50 years since Martin Luther King, Jr.'s assassination, many of the same problems are still plaguing African-American communities, despite meaningful change that has been made.
• 22% of black people are still in poverty — only down from 32% since 1968.
• But there are some meaningful rays of hope, like the fact that many more African Americans are attending college now than in the 1960s.
• Martin Luther King though was ahead of his time... Читать дальше...

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• Walt Disney World and Disneyland raised ticket prices on Sunday.
• A one-day ticket to Disney World during the busiest time of year now costs $129, a $5 price increase.
• Some Disney fans say that it is becoming too expensive to visit the parks.

Walt Disney World and Disneyland just quietly increased how much it costs to visit the parks.

A regular, one-day ticket to Disney World's Magic Kingdom now costs $119, a $4 increase... Читать дальше...

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• Symphony, a messaging service used by some Wall Streeters, is being integrated onto OpenFin's platform of financial-services apps. 
• The integration could allow Wall Streeters to create their own pick-a-mix platforms, combining Symphony's chat function with trading and data apps already on OpenFin. 
• That could pose a threat to Bloomberg's terminal business and Thomson Reuter's Eikon. 

Symphony, a messaging service that has gained some traction among Wall Street firms... Читать дальше...

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• Rex Tillerson is going on a five-country tour of the Middle East this week.
• Israel is noticeably absent from his itinerary.
• Tensions escalated in the region after Tillerson's trip was confirmed, and skipping Israel is looking more and more like a mistake.

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson started a multi-country tour of the Middle East on Sunday, but a key US ally is conspicuously absent from his itinerary.

When the trip was first announced this week ... Читать дальше...

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• The Netflix documentary "Seeing Allred" gives viewers a look inside the life and career of attorney Gloria Allred.
• Filmmakers Roberta Grossman, Sophie Sartain, and executive producer Marta Kauffman told Business Insider how they worked in the #MeToo movement just before they had to hand the movie in.

Women’s rights attorney Gloria Allred has spent a good chunk of her four-decade career getting in front of the camera. Her fight for women’s... Читать дальше...

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Advancements in artificial intelligence, coupled with the proliferation of messaging apps, are fueling the development of chatbots — software programs that use messaging as the interface through which to carry out any number of tasks, from scheduling a meeting, to reporting weather, to helping users buy a pair of shoes. Читать дальше...

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• Kellyanne Conway said President Donald Trump refused to release the Democratic memo responding to Rep. Devin Nunes controversial Russia investigation memo because it contained improper information about confidential "sources and methods" that need to be redacted.
• Trump had previously authorized the Nunes memo, against the warnings of intelligence agencies, reportedly without even reading it.
• Ranking Democrat on the committee Rep. Читать дальше...

• The organizers of the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics have confirmed that a cyber attack took place during the Opening Ceremony on Friday.
• The organizers refused to reveal the source, but are dealing with the issue.
• Russia has already come out swinging, saying they were not responsible for the attack.
• Some cybersecurity researchers said they had some evidence that Russia was planning such attacks in response to being banned from the Olympics due to a doping scandal at the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. Читать дальше...

Trump reportedly jokingly referred to Iraqi officials as 'the most accomplished group of thieves he'd ever met'

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• A growing number of brands and social stars that have built followings on Instagram now fear that the platform is killing their business.
• They are certain that fewer people are seeing their posts in recent weeks, and fear that Instagram could follow in the footsteps of Facebook's News Feed change.
• But Instagram says it has not rolled out any changes that would impact reach for a particular type of account, and that its algorithm is based on machine learning and is constantly evolving. Читать дальше...

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• Don't confuse Exchange-Traded Products with Exchange Traded Funds.
• Over 97% of the $5 trillion global ETP market consists of exchange traded funds (ETFs), which are plain vanilla, traditional, liquid funds.
• ETP's are financially engineered investments that bet on against the very indexes that they track.

As the recent market volatility made clear, there’s a big difference between plain vanilla ETFs and leveraged products making big bets with big risks. Читать дальше...

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• The phrase 'starve and stack' means to aggressively cut down on your spending for a fixed period, in order to save for retirement. 
• The younger you are, the easier it is to carry out the 'starve and stack' strategy, as you have fewer financial responsibilities and burdens.
• There are a number of ways to execute the plan, from maxing out employee 401(k) contributions, to eating out fewer times a week. 

If you want... Читать дальше...

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• Cody Shearer reportedly spent at least six months in Eastern Europe attempting to purchase compromising information from a Russian on President Donald Trump.
• He is a political operative and author of a second Trump-Russia dossier.
• The development comes amid news that American spies also attempted to cut a deal with a shadowy Russian that involved dirt on Trump.

An American political operative with ties to the Democratic... Читать дальше...

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Traditional consumer lenders, like banks and credit unions, have historically served segments of the population they can conduct robust risk assessments on. 

But the data they collect from these groups is limited and typically impossible to analyze in real time, preventing them from confirming the accuracy of their assessments. Читать дальше...

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• The Middle East peace dialogues initiated by Russian President Vladimir Putin was an unabashed failure. 
• The meetings were bedeviled in its early organizational stages by entirely avoidable controversies.
• Russia's goals for the summit were also needlessly lofty. 

SOCHI, Russia — The Russian government billed the Syrian National Dialogue Congress, which it held last week in the Black Sea city of Sochi, as a watershed moment in the Syrian conflict. Читать дальше...

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Don't move to New York City if you value balance in your life.

At least that's a takeaway from a list by Magnify Money which evaluated cities across the United States on the lifestyle residents live. New York, New York, with an expensive cost of living and only slightly more than one-third of people in good health, ranked dead last. (Methodology here.)

The list looked to seven indicators of balance to put together it's list: income spent on housing, hours worked compared to earnings... Читать дальше...

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Kim Yo Jong, the sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, made the most of her three-day trip to the Winter Olympics in South Korea.

A high-ranking advisor in the North Korean government who runs the "Propaganda and Agitation Department", Kim has been under the media microscope during her trip to Pyeongchang.

From her "side-eye" of US Vice President Mike Pence to hints at Korean unification, Kim has stolen the spotlight at the Winter Olympics. Читать дальше...

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• The CEO of Burger King, Daniel Schwartz, always asks this question in an interview: "are you smart, or do you work hard?"
• He prefers to hire hard-workers, as it shows humility, passion and perseverance — as opposed to arrogance. 
• Having experience and qualifications means little to employers if you are not willing to continue learning and improving.

Most job interviewers ask at least a few of the most common interview questions. Читать дальше...