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All it takes is a keystroke, maybe two, to hurt your chances of borrowing money from online lender Basix.Like a growing number of personal and small-business lenders, Basix looks at much more than your financial history when determining whether you're likely to repay a loan.Among thousands of factors...

Editors note: This column first appeared in 1994, and "is easily the most requested reprint of anything I’ve written," columnist Alan Guebert says.

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The Food and Drug Administration proposed a sea change to American diets last month, recommending we limit our sugar intake to 50 grams — roughly the amount in a can and a half of Coke — a day.

Not surprisingly, soda companies are less than pleased. But their strategy to apeal to consumers and avoid the regulations is eerily reminiscent of another industry: Big Tobacco.

"Soda follows tobacco's playbook to the letter," Marion Nestle, a professor of nutrition, food studies... Читать дальше...

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Business Insider recently released its sixth annual list of the best business schools in the world, and this year graduates' starting salaries were a crucial component of our ranking. Among the top-50 schools, there were 22 programs where students went on to earn an average base salary — before any bonuses or benefits — of $110,000 or more after graduation.

Although Stanford placed fourth on the overall list, its graduates earn the highest... Читать дальше...

Iran's third generation humanoid robot is coming incredibly close to imitating human behaviour. So close that it's a little scary.

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Podcasting is a great way to learn and be inspired. It's a new use of technology that hearkens back to the original social medium, storytelling.

If you have an interest in entrepreneurship, tech, leadership, business, creativity, or just learning and expanding your mind, here are 100 podcasts that can help you bring your best to all you do.

Pick out a few to start with, then get ready to listen and learn while you're in the car, on the treadmill, or during your morning commute. Читать дальше...

At 7-foot-6 , 15-year-old Robert Bobroczkyi is already taller than New York Knicks sensation Kristaps Porzingis.

Harry Kane scores on his 100th Tottenham appearance as they move into the Premier League top four with victory at Southampton.

As the Bengals prepare to play their first game since the Carson Palmer era ended with a quarterback other than Andy Dalton, it’s unknown how A.J. McCarron will perform with a full week to prepare. Fans may be concerned, but McCarron won’t be. As one source explained it this week to PFT, the team isn’t…

Fly-half Jimmy Gopperth scores 23 points as Wasps beat Bath to extend their lead in Pool Five in the European Champions Cup.

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PepsiCo is going to launch an organic Gatorade, as the company increasingly looks outside of the soda industry for growth.

Al Carey, the CEO of PepsiCo Americas Beverages, said that the company would debut an organic version of the sports drink next year.

“It’s a consumer interest,” Carey said at Beverage Digest’s Future Smarts conference on Monday. “I think they’re very interested in non-GMO and organic, and to the degree you can make it meaningful to the consumer ... Читать дальше...

Beijing’s second red alert for smog of the month went into effect in the Chinese capital, forcing many cars off the roads and restricting factory production.

The ball bounded out right, well beyond the 18. The Seoul-born 27-year-old hit an absolute wonder that saw its way into the goal.

The central government on Saturday said that BJP leader Subramaniam Swamy, who filed a complaint against Congress chief Sonia Gandhi and vice chief Rahul Gandhi in the National Herald case was alloted a government accommodation because of security reasons.

CALGARY, Alberta - Erin Hamlin and Summer Britcher of the U.S. finished second and third in women's World Cup luge Friday.

Governor Ram Nath Kovind on Saturday said schools help in nation building by making kids worthy citizens of the society

The Democratic race for president unexpectedly exploded with rancor as Hillary Clinton's campaign accused rival Bernie Sanders of stealing millions of dollars worth of information about potential voters.

By Chang Jae-soon WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 (Yonhap) -- The U.S. Defense Department rejected accusations that U.S. Forces Korea lied about a record of anthrax shipments to South Korea, claiming that the first anthrax-involved training mentioned in a May pre

Amid the horrors of Syria's war, Christians and Muslims have shown each other true compassion

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Facebook wants to be the place you go to for everything: news, friends, videos, and now even Uber rides.

But sometimes you don't want that. Sometimes you just want Facebook to do what it used to do: show you what your friends were up to.

Now there's a new Google Chrome extension called "Facebook Friends Feed" that does just that.

The extension, created by Juraj Ivan, cuts down your Facebook feed so it only shows you posts from your friends or pages you follow. Читать дальше...

KIGALA, Rwanda (AP) — Burundi's government on Saturday rejected the African Union's plans to deploy a 5,000-strong peacekeeping force to stop escalating violence triggered by President Pierre …

KIGALA, Rwanda (AP) — Burundi's government on Saturday rejected the African Union's plans to deploy a 5,000-strong peacekeeping force to stop escalating violence triggered by President Pierre …

KIGALA, Rwanda (AP) — Burundi's government on Saturday rejected the African Union's plans to deploy a 5,000-strong peacekeeping force to stop escalating violence triggered by President Pierre …

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