Новости за 05.05.2018

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• Hall of Fame jockey Victor Espinoza, who won the Triple Crown on American Pharoah, follows a strict diet and training regimen.
• Espinoza eats mostly everything, but only eats one meal per day and has small portions.
• Espinoza does the same training routine five days a week — a three-mile run up and down a hill, low-weight, high-rep weight training, and a swim.

Victor Espinoza knows what it takes to be one of the top jockeys in the world. Читать дальше...

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• Special counsel Robert Mueller's team has interviewed one of President Donald trump's closest friends and confidants, The Associated Press has learned.
• California real estate investor Tom Barrack was a top fundraiser in the 2016 election for Trump after three decades of friendship.
• The specific topics covered by Mueller's team were not immediately clear.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Investigators working for special counsel Robert Mueller... Читать дальше...

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Pet fitness classes seem to have become all the rage.

You can work out with your dog, cat, bunny and hamster. Ok, maybe not your hamster. But you can definitely do yoga with some baby goats.

I got the chance to try goat yoga or "goga" on a recent trip to Austin, Texas, where I attempted to do some sun salutations and other asanas with a baby goat plonked on my back.

Contorting your body in awkward poses isn't easy in the first place, so doing... Читать дальше...

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The downfall of US brick-and-mortar commerce is overblown — despite sharp gains in e-commerce, which will nearly double between now and 2021, the lion’s share of purchasing continues to take place in-store. And that’s unlikely to change anytime soon, since the online environment can’t... Читать дальше...

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Over the course of five years, Brad Stevens has helped transform the Boston Celtics from a lottery team to a title contender.

Stevens' rise, along with the Celtics, has been stunning. He began his career as a volunteer at Butler University, became an assistant coach, then head coach, and teams from around the world tried to poach with him million-dollar offers.

Stevens eventually took an offer from the Celtics. He has installed a motion offense and stingy... Читать дальше...

• Asylum seekers from Central America arrived at the US and Mexico border on Sunday, April 29, 2018. 
• Migrants seeking asylum in the US have the lawful right to a fair process, which involves surrendering to US Customs & Border Protection, a series of interviews to determine "credible fear" of persecution, and a judicial review if not granted asylum. 
• Immigration attorney, Mana Yegani, breaks down the process and explains how politicians, including President Trump, villianize... Читать дальше...

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• Artist and illustrator Andhika Muksin  Photoshops iconic Disney characters into live-action movie screencaps, paparazzi photos of celebrities, and more.
• The self-described "Disney dork" has over 69,000 followers on Instagram and Facebook combined.
• Muksin told INSIDER that he started creating these digital collages two years ago, as a "therapeutic" side project.
• Take a closer look at his playful work below. Читать дальше...

China's latest triumph over Taiwan points to its growing influence in the US's neighborhood

YouTube

• The classic 1980s movie, "The Karate Kid," gets a reboot with the original cast members in the YouTube Red series, "Cobra Kai."
• If you were a fan of the movie you really need to see this.

YouTube Red has been trying to get into the original content space with something that would grab a big audience, and may have finally got it with "Cobra Kai."

The 10-episode series dusts off the classic 1984 movie, "The Karate Kid," and brings it to the... Читать дальше...

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• White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders was reportedly so frustrated at being kept in the dark during yet another White House scandal earlier this year that she publicly erupted at the White House counsel.
• The confrontation occurred in February, according to The Washington Post, while the White House was grappling with media reports detailing allegations of domestic abuse against then staff secretary Rob Porter.
• Sanders reportedly... 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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• Ripple took some criticism during the UK Parliament hearing
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• Trump appealed to voters during the 2016 Presidential Election through a slogan that hit the core of American manufacturing and its demise to globalism.
• Although unemployment rates are slowly declining, companies continue to outsource American jobs to other countries and more workers are being replaced by robots and AI than ever. 
• The history of US industrialism and the current state of manufacturing can be explained... Читать дальше...

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• At Berkshire Hathaway's annual shareholder meeting on Saturday, Warren Buffett echoed his criticism of stock pickers' fees when he compared them to what brokers charge.
• The Berkshire Hathaway CEO said brokers' fees are not "crazy" compared to the value they add by helping change peoples' lives through homeownership. 
• Buffett said Berkshire may have "another couple" more brokerage acquisitions to announce soon. 
• He has famously criticized hedge funds' two-and-20 fee structure  ... Читать дальше...

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• Earlier this week, Blake Lively mysteriously deleted her Instagram and unfollowed everyone except for a user named Emily Nelson, including husband, Ryan Reynolds.
• Five days later, Blake Lively has started following Ryan Reynolds again.
• We've now learned that the dramatic social media move was to promote her new thriller, "A Simple Favor."

Unfollowing a spouse on social media is serious cause for speculation in this day and age... Читать дальше...

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• 94% of accidents are blamed on human mistakes, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
• This is one of the many reasons that technology embraces the self-driving car: accident prevention.
• But a common problem facing our future is determining what happens if two autonomous cars collide, and who will claim responsible for the damage.
• It's thought that insurance companies will begin to capitalize on these issues... Читать дальше...

Staranleger Warren Buffett hat beim jährlichen Aktionärstreffen seiner Investmentgesellschaft Berkshire Hathaway einen seltenen Verlust vermeldet. Im ersten Quartal fiel unter dem Strich ein Minus von 1,2 Milliarden Dollar (1,0 Mrd Euro) an, wie das Unternehmen am Samstag mitteilte. Im Vorjahreszeitraum hatte es noch einen Gewinn von 4,1 Milliarden Dollar gegeben.

Staranleger Warren Buffett hat beim jährlichen Aktionärstreffen seiner Investmentgesellschaft Berkshire Hathaway einen seltenen Verlust vermeldet. Im ersten Quartal fiel unter dem Strich ein Minus von 1,2 Milliarden Dollar (1,0 Mrd Euro) an, wie das Unternehmen am Samstag mitteilte. Im Vorjahreszeitraum hatte es noch einen Gewinn von 4,1 Milliarden Dollar gegeben.

Marvel

• Thanos is one of the most complex and fully formed villains ever put on screen.
• Because of that, "Avengers: Infinity War" is the MCU's "The Empire Strikes Back."

Warning: Major spoilers ahead if you haven’t seen “Avengers: Infinity War.”

Villains in superhero movies are usually forgettable.See the rest of the story at Business Insider

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• Special counsel Robert Mueller's team has reportedly interviewed one of President Donald trump's closest friends and confidants.
• California real estate investor Tom Barrack was a top fundraiser in the 2016 election for Trump after three decades of friendship.
• The specific topics covered by Mueller's team were not immediately clear.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Investigators working for special counsel Robert Mueller have interviewed one... Читать дальше...

• On Tesla's recent earnings call, CEO Elon Musk called one of Warren Buffett's core investment principles "lame."
• Buffett responded by reiterating the importance of the so-called strategic moats he's touted for many years.
• Follow Business Insider's coverage of Berkshire Hathaway's annual meeting 2018.

Warren Buffett doesn't have any time for Elon Musk's criticisms.

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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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• Freelancers are predicted to become the US workforce majority within a decade.
• People with side hustles — or passion-driven side jobs they do outside of their 9-5 — work around the clock to make time for their projects.
• Being a side hustler isn’t easy and requires certain qualities to reach success: Here are the 5 qualities that rockstar side hustlers possess.

According to research conducted by freelance platform UpWork, freelancers are... Читать дальше...

NBCS

• It is expected to rain all day at Churchill Downs leading up to the Kentucky Derby.
• The track could be muddy and as a result gamblers have started betting heavily on My Boy Jack, dropping him from 20/1 to 5/1 and the second favorite.
• My Boy Jack is one horse with a proven track record on the mud having won the Southwest Stakes pulling away.

One horse in the Kentucky Derby already made a surprising move on race day at Churchill Downs, hours before the race was set to begin. Читать дальше...

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• Warren Buffett, Berkshire Hathaway's CEO, said on Saturday that his personal views on gun control do not reflect the company's thinking. 
• "I do not believe in imposing my political opinions on the activities of our businesses," Buffett told shareholders at the annual meeting. 
• About two weeks after the Parkland, Florida high school shooting, Buffett said it would be "ridiculous" for Berkshire not to do business with gunmakers. 

Berkshire... Читать дальше...

LinkedIn

• Guggenheim Securities has hired a senior healthcare dealmaker from Bank of America Merrill Lynch.
• Mandar Vadhavkar is joining Guggenheim after more than a decade at Bank of America. 
• Guggenheim has been actively hiring to build out its investment-banking platform, and healthcare has been the hottest sector in mergers-and-acquisitions in 2018.

Guggenheim Securities has hired a senior healthcare banker away from Bank of America Merrill Lynch, as dealmaking in the sector remains red hot. Читать дальше...