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• The millennial generation generally includes people born between 1981 and 1996.
• Through their sheer size, they've affected industries such as fast food, fast fashion, and higher education.
• They parent differently from their parents — and run their lives differently too.

Everyone loves to hate millennials.

The Pew Research Center recently defined this generation as people born between 1981 and 1996. And boy, are they shaking things up. Читать дальше...

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• In the past week, there has been a flurry of analysis from Wall Street on how Amazon could affect various industries, including banking, healthcare, logistics, and online travel.
• All the analyses are at least partly based on Amazon's flywheel model built on offering "Earth's biggest selection," using scale to lower the cost of goods and delivery, and providing a great customer experience.
• Through this lens, it appears there are few businesses Amazon couldn't upend. Читать дальше...

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• Russian President Vladimir Putin made controversial statements about Jews and several other groups in Russia, shifting the blame to them for Russia's interference in the 2016 US election.
• Jewish groups condemned Putin's remarks.
• Putin also suggested that it was unclear who was financing the interference, and maintained that they had no ties to the Russian state.
• The main financier of the Russian effort is a close Putin ally, US intelligence agencies have said. Читать дальше...

China is 'weaponizing capital' — and it's keeping the head of the US Navy awake at night

• When Congress passed the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act, they gave the general attorney authority to apply the act retroactively to those convicted prior to its passage.
• Herman Gundy, who was convicted of a sex offense before the law was passed, has disputed the federal law's retroactively under the nondelegation doctrine.
• Concerns have been raised over whether reviving nondelegation principles will threaten economic regulations.

On Monday, the Supreme Court agreed to hear Gundy v. Читать дальше...

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"Westworld" has come to Austin, Texas, for the SXSW film festival.

HBO created an entire theme park set in the American frontier, where "Westworld" fans can experience what it's like to be a guest of the sci-fi show's park. Actors playing the town's residents live out elaborate storylines, and visitors interact with them like they're AI hosts from the show.

It's like Disney World's Frontierland with gunslingers, prostitutes, and booze — lots of it.

A... Читать дальше...

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• L.L.Bean has long been known for its lifetime return policy, which it ended in February.
• The store now offers a still-generous one-year window for returns. 
• It's not the only US retailer with an extremely generous return policy.

In February, L.L.Bean ended its legendary lifetime return policy to clamp down on customers who were taking advantage and using it to replace heavily worn products.

"Increasingly, a small, but growing... Читать дальше...

LinkedIn

• LinkedIn has hired the Bloomberg deals editor Devin Banerjee to lead its finance coverage, LinkedIn's editor-in-chief, Dan Roth, told Business Insider.
• LinkedIn is also expanding its newsroom globally, Roth said, having hired new editors and writers in France, Germany, Australia, Brazil, and the UK in recent months.
• LinkedIn sees itself as a key player in business news because it is not besieged by fake news, Roth told Business Insider.

As Facebook distances itself from news... Читать дальше...

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Want an all-natural way to lift your mood, improve your memory, and protect your brain against the decline that comes with aging?

Get moving.

Exercises that get your heart pumping and sweat flowing — known as aerobic exercise, or "cardio" — have significant and beneficial effects on the brain and body, according to a wealth of recent research, including a  new study published Thursday.

"Aerobic exercise is key for your head, just as it is for your heart,"... Читать дальше...

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• Twitter banned a slew of popular accounts known for stealing other people's tweets.
• A Twitter spokesperson said the suspensions are part of a larger crackdown on spam.
• The accounts have long been the ire of original comedians and content creators on the site.
• Now they're celebrating the joke-stealers' demise.

Twitter enacted a sweeping ban on Saturday that suspended @Dory, @CommonWhit Girl... Читать дальше...

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• Twitter banned a slew of popular accounts known for stealing other people's tweets.
• A Twitter spokesperson said the suspensions are part of a larger crackdown on spam.
• The accounts have long been the ire of original comedians and content creators on the site.
• Now they're celebrating the joke-stealers' demise.

Twitter enacted a sweeping ban on Saturday that suspended @Dory, @CommonWhit Girl... Читать дальше...

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• In 2015 women held just 16.6% of seats in American corporate boardrooms, even though they make up 56.7%  of the labor-force.
• In most states companies have at least one woman in the boardroom, however few companies have more than three women on their boards — a quantity considered as 'critical mass.'
• Companies headquartered in states with protective policies for women were more inclined to have an increased share of female directors on their boards. Читать дальше...

BI Intelligence

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The “pivot to video” is digital media's megatrend of the moment. Globally, 47.4 minutes of online video will be watched daily in 2017, a 20% year-over-year (YoY) increase, driven primarily by mobile, where viewing times will reach 28.8 minutes per day, a 35% increase from 2016. See the rest of the story at Business... Читать дальше...

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• FBI Director Christopher Wray made a statement warning American colleges of the risk of Chinese intelligence in an "academic setting," saying that the country poses a "whole-of-society threat."
• In recent years, the Chinese Students and Scholars Association have payed students of American universities to show support for the Chinese President Xi Jinping.
• While CSSAs are an important support system for Chinese students, the CSSAs have also felt... Читать дальше...

The military is looking for ways to slow down 'biological time' in order to save wounded soldiers

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• The 1918 influenza pandemic killed between 1 and 2% of the world's population.
• Recent studies have discovered patterns in the effects of the virus — it affected communities in waves, and fatality was at its highest among adults in their late 20s.
• This suggests that a person's susceptibility to infection is determined by prior exposure to the virus.

One hundred years ago, a novel pandemic influenza virus spread rapidly around the world. Читать дальше...

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• US senators and representatives are paid vastly different salaries across state lines.
• Career site Zippia estimated how much state politicians earn — a complicated feat because each state calculates salary differently.
• State politicians in California make the most money, while legislators in New Hampshire only make $100 a year.

Politics doesn't always pay — at least, not on the surface.

The US does not have a uniform method... Читать дальше...

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• The man suspected of killing three people and himself at a veterans home in northern California on Friday served in Afghanistan, and had struggled for years with PTSD.
• Albert Wong was a former patient at the home, and had reportedly been expelled days earlier by one of his eventual victims.
• Wong was unable to get the treatment or help he needed after returning from Afghanistan, but seemed hopeful about his future at the home, friends told local media. Читать дальше...

BII

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What is eSports? History & Rise of Video Game Tournaments

Years ago, eSports was a community of video gamers who would gather at conventions to play Counter Strike, Call of Duty, or League of Legends.See the rest of the story at Business Insider

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• Many supermodels swear by boxing to sculpt their lean physiques.
• We visited a boxfit studio in London to meet trainers Antoine Dunn and Toby Huntington-Whiteley, brothers to former Victoria's Secret models Jourdan Dunn and Rosie Huntington-Whiteley.
• They talked to Business Insider about the benefits of boxing, the foods they won't eat, and the most important thing to do after a workout.

Antoine "A Train" Dunn and Toby Huntington-Whiteley share a couple of things in common. Читать дальше...

Boeing's struggling Air Force tanker program may be headed for more trouble

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• Members of Neo-Nazi group Atomwaffen Division have been charged with five murders.
• Activists and journalists have vocally criticized the tech companies and platforms that allowed Atomwaffen to conduct its operations online.
• At least four tech companies, including YouTube, Steam, Discord, and Inktale, have taken steps to bar the violent group from spreading its message on their sites.

At least four technology companies have taken steps to bar Atomwaffen Division... Читать дальше...

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• Goldman Sachs has some ideas for how companies can offset higher rates by pursuing internal growth.
• The firm sees 4% as a crucial threshold for the US 10-year Treasury yield.

If US companies are going to withstand the pressure of Federal Reserve monetary tightening, they're going to have to grow.

So says Goldman Sachs, which sees 4% as a crucial threshold for the US 10-year Treasury yield. If rates exceed 4%, the firm estimates... Читать дальше...