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• Costco is known for offering its shoppers great deals on products in bulk.
• However, Amazon offers the convenience of ordering the same products without the hassle that sometimes comes with buying in bulk.
• To see who truly offers the best deals, we analyzed Amazon and Costco prices on 100 items across four areas: household staples, baby and pet, beauty and toiletries, and health — and Costco was the clear winner. 

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We like to think of America as a melting pot, one where those of us who live in or visit big cities can taste many of the rich cuisines the world has to offer. Of course, some are more authentic than others — and some take significant liberties with the foods they're trying to represent.

Finding American food abroad — as refracted through other cultures — is similarly much different than what you might expect.

Here are 10 examples of other countries' interpretations of popular American foods. Читать дальше...

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• SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk is famously productive.
• Musk recently told Tesla employees they'd be moving to an ambitious 24/7 schedule to get Model 3 production on track.
• In a letter announcing the changes, Musk offered employees a list of his own productivity tips.

Elon Musk gets a lot done.

The 46-year-old entrepreneur and CEO is revolutionizing the spaceflight industry with SpaceX, transforming the world of the electric car at Tesla... Читать дальше...

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• Travel app Hopper recently analyzed 15 billion daily flight searches to identify the 10 most common booking mistakes that its users make.
• Making even one of these common booking mistakes could cost you hundreds of dollars when you travel.
• If you're an impulse buyer, for example, you could lose as much as $46 on domestic trips and $139 on international trips.
• But while it's good to plan ahead, you could actually lose money if you... Читать дальше...

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• Kate Middleton is set to give birth to her third royal child any day now. 
• While the hospital staff is busy preparing, Kate Middleton has apparently already taken the time to pack her bag with special trinkets. 
• The Duchess of Cambridge reportedly packed a pendant from the queen and her mother's black onyx beads to keep close at the hospital. 
• Prince George and Princess Charlotte also threw in a few of their favorite stuffed animals. Читать дальше...

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Following North Korea's overtures of reconciliation beginning in January, the regime has made several diplomatic moves to indicate it is willing to resume talks between the US and neighboring South Korea.

After sending a delegation of athletes and members of the ruling family to the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea, North Korea has made significant strides in thawing relations — though some political observers remain skeptical of the regime's motives.

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• The Bon-Ton Stores is preparing to wind down its business after two liquidation firms — Great American Group and Tiger Capital Group — won a bankruptcy auction Tuesday.
• In a bankruptcy filing on Wednesday, the company detailed the addresses of the stores that would be closing. 
•  212 stores across the company's brands are included on the list.

The Bon-Ton Stores is on its way out.

Just two months after it filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection... Читать дальше...

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• The missile developer MBDA has a new Selective Precision Effects At Range 3 (SPEAR 3) missile, which is an upgrade to the SPEAR 2. 
• The new SPEAR is small, weighing just 220 pounds, but can take out tanks and naval vessels up to 80 miles away.
• It uses a combination of inertial navigation and GPS guidance as well as a multi-mode seeker and a two-way datalink to accurately find its target.

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• Trade tensions between the US and China have been escalating.
• Both countries have recently slapped billions of dollars of tariffs on one another.
• What has led up to these circumstances goes much deeper than President Trump's policies. 

International trade policy shouldn’t be headline news. We just need stability, so everyone can conduct business—but that’s not where we are.

Trade and tariffs are all over the news because President Trump is going after China. Читать дальше...

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• Darrin Francois, a senior at International High School of New Orleans, has been accepted to 83 colleges and offered $3 million in scholarships.
• The teen said he lost track of the number of schools he'd applied to.
• He hasn't decided where he wants to go just yet.

The college application process can be expensive, time-consuming, and super stressful, but one student in New Orleans, Louisiana, just made it look like a breeze.See the rest of the story at Business Insider

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• In her first interview since leaving Yahoo, Marissa Mayer said selling the company's stake in Alibaba was a mistake.
• Mayer blamed shortsighted activist investors for pressuring the company to do the deal.
• Yahoo sold half of its 40% stake in Alibaba for $7.6 billion in 2012. Yahoo obtained the entire stake for $1 billion in 2005.

Before Yahoo was swallowed up by Verizon, it was a struggling internet company led by CEO Marissa Mayer, trying to bring back its glory days. Читать дальше...

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• Southwest Airlines Flight 1380 suffered an engine failure that smashed a plane window, sucking a passenger halfway out of the plane in midair.
• Passenger planes are pressurized to an equivalent of about 8,000 feet above sea level. At cruising altitude, about 36,000 feet, the air pressure is much lower.
• Air pressure has a tendency to equalize, so when a hole is ripped in the plane, it causes a strong sucking force that originates outside the aircraft.
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• People often think that cutting calories means eating less or giving up our favorite foods.
• But there are plenty of ways you can slash calories without drastically changing what you eat.
• To show this, dietitian Paula Norris posts photos of the same meals to Instagram— one of which has nearly half the calories of the other. 
• Her tips for cutting calories from meals include reducing portions, cooking with less oil, and adding more non-starchy vegetables to dishes. Читать дальше...

Stocks closed mixed Wednesday and oil hit its best level in three-years. 

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• California's Division of Occupational Safety and Health said it is investigating workplace conditions for Tesla employees, Bloomberg first reported on Wednesday.
• On Sunday, the Center for Investigative Reporting’s Reveal released a report that claimed Tesla has misreported workplace injuries and failed to take some workplace safety measures at the Fremont, California, factory where it builds its cars.
• Tesla denied the report's claims on Monday in a blog post... Читать дальше...

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• Pittsburgh police have alerted detectives and officers of potential protests if Special Counsel Robert Mueller is fired by President Donald Trump.
• The police have been told to be in uniform and have riot gear ready beginning Thursday.

The Pittsburgh police department has reportedly alerted its officers and detectives of potential protests if President Donald Trump fires the special counsel Robert Mueller, and is preparing for riots if he does. Читать дальше...

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• Britney Spears took to Twitter to share a cover of Aretha Franklin's "Think" with a little help from a high-pitch Snapchat filter. 
• Most fans were left feeling very confused, but others were quick to request a full album of chipmunk remixes. 
• Spears is no stranger to having a little bit of fun on social media and her fans are loving it. 

Could Britney Spears please get a little r-e-s-p-e-c-t? The superstar covered the legendary... Читать дальше...

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• A date is not an opportunity to assess whether the person is "The One," as tempting as that might be.
• That's according to Joanna Coles, the former editor of Cosmopolitan and Marie Claire magazines, the chief content officer at Hearst Magazines, and the author of the new book "Love Rules."
• Instead, Coles said, you should use a date as a chance to see if you actually like the person and would want to befriend them.
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• Norwegian teens on the cusp of graduating high school celebrate "russefeiring" or "the russ" — a celebration like no other in the world. 
• The wild month-long event is centered on drinking, party buses, and wild challenges. 
• The russ dominates teens' social media in Norway for the month, giving outsiders a window into the wild party. 

Forget the "American Pie" movies — American teens can learn a thing or two about partying from their Norwegian counterparts. 

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• Under Armour is losing ground in sports apparel to old brands like Puma and New Balance. 
• The company dealt with inventory problems for a period in 2017. 
• Competition may increase going forward, as strengthening brands enter markets Under Armour has a footprint in. 
• Watch Under Armour stock trade in real time here. 

Not too long ago, Under Armour was the darling of the athletic apparel industry, and was viewed as a threat industry giants Nike and Adidas. Читать дальше...

• A woman working as a lawyer in Chicago tells us what she spends in a week. 
• This week, while keeping track of her spending for Money Diaries, her boyfriend of three years dumped her.

Welcome to Money Diaries, where we're tackling what might be the last taboo facing modern working women: money. We're asking millennials how they spend their hard-earned money during a seven-day period — and we're tracking every last dollar.

• A woman working as a lawyer in Chicago tells us what she spends in a week. 
• This week, while keeping track of her spending for Money Diaries, her boyfriend of 3 years dumped her.

Welcome to Money Diaries, where we're tackling what might be the last taboo facing modern working women: money. We're asking millennials how they spend their hard-earned money during a seven-day period — and we're tracking every last dollar.