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• May's government quietly slips out a long trail of inconvenient announcements as MPs head for parliamentary recess.
• EU law will continue to apply for years after Brexit, despite May's promise otherwise.
• Courts and military bases are to be sold off.
• Funding for free nursery milk is set to be cut.
• Childhood obesity is at an all time high.
• May's government accused of burying bad news over the summer.

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• 11 members of the Wild Boars Thai soccer team are being ordained as Buddhist novices. 
• Their coach, 25-year-old Ekapol Chanthawong, has lived as a Buddhist novice for a decade and will be ordained as a monk.
• The gesture is meant to honor those who took part in rescuing the group from Tham Luang Cave in northern Thailand earlier this month.  

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• Fast-food chains like Sonic spend months inventing and testing craveable creations before they hit the menu. 
• We visited Sonic's test kitchen inside its headquarters in Oklahoma City to get an inside look at how the hot dogs get made.
• Sonic's chef, Scott Uehlein, fed us new and upcoming menu items, from a pickle juice slush to a Philly cheesesteak on a hot-dog bun with Baja sauce. 

The idea of putting pickle juice... Читать дальше...

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• Baltimore wants a surge of homeowners to bring life to its abandoned, historical row houses. 
• The Vacants to Value program gives eligible homebuyers $10,000 towards closing costs to purchase a formerly vacant home.
• Many of the deteriorated row houses have a listing price in the $5,000 to $10,000 range — once purchased, the homeowner is responsible for the renovations. 
• Other city- and business-sponsored incentives are available too... Читать дальше...

Das Silicon Valley wird häufig als vielversprechendstes Ökosystem für ambitionierte Gründer bezeichnet, nicht zuletzt wegen der großen Konzentration an Venture Capital (VC). Der Gründer des AI-Startups maiot, Adam Probst, hatte alle Voraussetzungen, um im Valley durchzustarten — er hat in Stanford studiert und vor Ort bereits wichtige Kontakte geknüpft. Er hat sich jedoch bewusst gegen das Valley entschieden und hat sein Startup im Mobility Hub München gegründet. Warum muss es nicht immer das... Читать дальше...

Im seit Jahrzehnten andauernden Lebensmittelkrieg haben sich zwei Finalisten herauskristallisiert: Zucker und Fett.

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• Disney fired director James Gunn from "Guardians of the Galaxy 3" on Friday after old offensive tweets resurfaced. 
• A petition to rehire him has over 250,000 signatures and is almost at its goal of 300,000 as of Tuesday morning.
• The petition states, "If you do this to Gunn you have to do it for all the other directors who have said some crappy joke sometime in their life."

Not everyone is happy about Disney's decision... Читать дальше...

Vor knapp zweieinhalb Jahren war Chinas Börse schon einmal dort, wo sie jetzt ist: auf dem Weg nach unten. Damals war eine Spekulationsblase in China geplatzt, die Aktienkurse stürzten ins Bodenlose. Nur mit intensiven Interventionen gelang es der Zentralbank und der politischen Führung, einen Börsen-Crash zu vermeiden. Nun aber ist Chinas wichtigste Börse in Shanghai wieder auf die Tiefstände von damals gesackt. Der Hauptschuldige steht für die Aktionäre schon fest: US-Präsident Donald Trump.

Joe Shelton begann am 30. April 1979 bei Apple zu arbeiten, als das Unternehmen noch weniger als 100 Mitarbeiter hatte. „Ich stolperte dort hinein“, nachdem er zuvor sechs Jahre bei der US-Navy gewesen war, sagt er Business Insider. „Sie machten etwas, das ,Heimcomputer' genannt wurde. Meine Mutter sagte dazu nur: ,Ich weiß nicht, warum jemand einen Heimcomputer haben wollen würde'“, erzählt Shelton heute. Aber: „Ich stürzte mich in den Job, weil er nach einer Menge Spaß aussah.“

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• Alphabet on Monday shrugged off a $5 billion fine to crush Wall Street estimates.
• Shares rose nearly 5% in early trading following the earnings beat, hitting a new record high. 
• Follow Alphabet in real-time here.

Google parent-company Alphabet on Monday crushed Wall Street's earnings estimates despite a hefty fine from the European Union's competition regulator. Shares are set to open at an all-time high, up about 5% ahead of Tuesday's opening bell. Читать дальше...

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While it might seem like royal gossip is at a fever pitch these days, it’s nothing compared to what’s come before.

Throughout history, Europe’s royal families, in particular, have been plagued by scandals, controversy, and just plain bad press. From phone sex to affairs with the staff, the royals are one of the only groups of people who seem to become tamer with each generation.

King Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn’s romance caused the entire UK to split from the Vatican. Читать дальше...

Goldfish crackers

• Goldfish crackers — including Flavor Blasted and Xtra Cheddar — are being recalled over food-poisoning fears. 
• Pepperidge Farm voluntarily recalled the crackers due to potential salmonella contamination. 
• Over the weekend, Mondelez Global LLC — Ritz's parent company — announced it had issued a recall of certain Ritz cracker sandwiches and Ritz Bits products, also due to salmonella concerns. 

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We’ve all been there: You’re running late for work, stuck on the train, or hurrying to a meeting when you suddenly notice that a button has popped off your favorite blazer. With no sewing kit or extra button in your bag, what do you do?

Thankfully, there are a number of helpful hacks to fix these common clothing mishaps. For those who are constantly on the go without a second to spare, fixes like these can be lifesavers before a big meeting or function. Читать дальше...

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• Morgan Stanley's James Gorman has the highest approval rating of any major bank CEO.
• That's according to the UBS Evidence Lab, which partnered with jobs-ranking site Glassdoor to look at industry trends.
• Deutsche Bank's newly-appointed boss Christian Sewing is at the bottom of the pile, alongside Credit Suisse's Tidjane Thiam.

In the lavishly-compensated world of banking, job satisfaction can often take a backseat to how much money one earns. Читать дальше...

Kano

• British tech startup Kano has partnered with Warner Brothers to release a build-it-yourself Harry Potter wand to teach children coding.
• The wand will work in conjunction with an app which requires children to solve coding puzzles to perform spells in the world of Harry Potter.
• The wand kits are currently only available for preorder, and will be released on October 1.

London-based startup Kano has announced that it's launching a build-it-yourself wireless Harry Potter wand... Читать дальше...

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Tech companies and auto companies are all racing to be the first to roll out self-driving cars onto the road.

The stakes are high for everyone involved. The self-driving revolution and the prevalence of ride-hailing services such as Uber and Lyft threatens to reduce individual car ownership, which would eat into a sizable piece of automakers' core business.See the rest of the story at Business Insider

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In 2018, more than 2,100 people live on the streets of Vancouver, Canada — a record number for the city.

Over the past three years, homelessness in the Greater Vancouver area has also increased by 30%, a figure that's on-par with other major North American metro areas struggling with their own growing homelessness crises, like New York City, San Francisco, and Seattle.

The reasons behind urban homelessness are complicated. But experts have pointed to income inequality and gentrification... Читать дальше...

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Five years ago, in 2013, Sony's PlayStation 4 and Microsoft's Xbox One were on the verge of launch. 

Now, in 2018, the two consoles have come into their own — and they're more distinct from each other than ever before. 

They're also more affordable than ever before. But which to buy?

The answer isn't so clear.

1. Price.

The Xbox One and PlayStation 4 cost approximately the same amount of money: The base... Читать дальше...

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• The FDA just approved elagolix, a new treatment for women living with endometriosis.
• Endometriosis, a condition that affects millions of women, occurs when tissue from the uterus grows outside of it, leading to cysts, heavy bleeding, and scarring. 
• It's the first new treatment in a pill form for the disorder in more than a decade. 

The FDA just approved a new treatment for endometriosis. 

The drug, elagolix — now marketed as Orilissa ... Читать дальше...

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• It's crucial to know how to ask for a raise, but many Americans have never done it.
• Knowing when to ask for a raise can also be tricky.
• Asking for a raise could improve your income in the short- and long-term. And if you don't ever ask, failing to negotiate could potentially cost you more than a million dollars over the course of your career.

It's crucial to know how to ask for a raise and negotiate your salary.

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Beim irischen Billigflieger Ryanair hat es auf einem Urlaubsflug von Budapest zu den Kanarischen Inseln großen Ärger mit mehr als 100 Passagieren gegeben. Unter Berufung auf das überschrittene Maximalgewicht ließen die Piloten an den vergangenen beiden Sonntagen das bereits eingecheckte Gepäck von jeweils 50 bis 80 Passagieren wieder ausladen, wie ungarische Medien berichteten. Am letzten Sonntag weigerten sich demnach mehrere Dutzend betroffene Fluggäste daraufhin, die Reise in die Kanaren-Hauptstadt Las Palmas ohne ihr Gepäck anzutreten. Читать дальше...

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