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A story is told about a reporter who was interviewing a successful bank president. He wanted to know the secret of the man’s success. "Two words,” he was told. “Right decisions.”

“And how do you make right decisions?” asked the reporter. The reply: “One word: experience.”

The reporter pressed on. “And how do you get experience?” he asked. To which the banker replied, “Two words: wrong decisions.”

We all recognize the importance of job and life experience... Читать дальше...

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BRUSSELS (Reuters) - When Donald Trump called the European Union "wonderful" and said he was "totally in favor of it", some Brussels officials feared the headline was a hoax, given the U.S. president's earlier apparent disdain for the bloc.

Trump's remarks in an interview with Reuters late on Thursday appeared to contrast sharply with comments he made last month when he labeled the EU a "vehicle for Germany", called Brexit a "great thing" and said more countries would follow Britain out of the bloc. Читать дальше...

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Meg Whitman, CEO of Hewlett Packard Enterprise, said she is concerned about the proposed border adjustment tax being pushed by Republicans in Congress, one day after US President Donald Trump spoke favorably about it.

"[M]y view is that this actually does not create jobs," she said when asked about the proposal during an interview with CNBC's David Faber. "It actually lowers the number of jobs for many, many companies."

She explained in more detail:

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Bloomin' Brands, the parent company of the Outback Steakhouse, Carrabba's, Bonefish Grill, and Fleming's Steakhouse chains, has announced plans to close multiple restaurants.

Last week, the company said in a presentation to investors announcing a loss of $4.3 million in the fourth quarter that it would close 43 underperforming restaurants. Overall, profit in 2016 dropped to $41.7 million from $127.3 million in 2015.

Bloomin' Brands is suffering from... Читать дальше...

Ever drove down the countryside and wondered why all the barns are painted red? The answer, like most things, lies in our history. 

New England settlers didn't have enough money to paint their farms. So they needed a cheap way to protect the barns' wood. They mixed skimmed milk, lime, and red iron oxide to make a red, plastic-like coating. The coating protected the wood and kept barns warmer in the winter. Soon, manufacturers began preparing paint with chemical pigments. Red became the... Читать дальше...

Chevrolet

When it comes to buying a used car, reliability is paramount. Fortunately for car buyers, J.D. Power released its 28th annual Vehicle Dependability Study this week. The study examines the reliability of 2014 model-year cars over the past 12 months — giving car buyers a glimpse at the type of problems these three-year-old cars are likely to experience. 

"We find buyers are increasingly avoiding models with poor reputations for dependability, so manufacturers can’t afford to let quality slip... Читать дальше...

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Throughout the US, immigrants living in the country without permission have begun changing their routines, avoiding public spaces, and even seeking refuge in churches following the Trump administration's recent directives cracking down on illegal immigration.

Fears had begun sinking in by early February, when US Immigration and Customs Enforcement conducted a series of raids across the country, but the tension escalated this week after the Department of... Читать дальше...

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Bank of America officially integrated Zelle, the peer-to-peer (P2P) payment feature, into its own banking app to allow users to send real-time payments, according to The Boston Globe.

Bank of America and 18 other banks have partnered with Zelle developer Early Warning to launch this P2P app, which will allow them to attract users to their mobile banking apps. Читать дальше...

Fashion designer and mogul Tommy Hilfiger is looking to offload his uniquely designed Miami mansion.

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White House officials strongly pushed back Friday on the characterization of a CNN report that said the FBI refused White House requests to publicly shoot down stories about connections between some of President Donald Trump's associates and Russian officials.

"What you guys have done is indefensible and inaccurate," the White House press secretary, Sean Spicer, told reporters Friday, according to a pool report.

CNN on Thursday evening reported that the White House had reached out to the FBI... Читать дальше...

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On Thursday's "Late Show," Stephen Colbert took a swipe at President Donald Trump's rolling back of former President Barack Obama's guidelines allowing transgender students to use school bathrooms according to their gender identity.

Before even taking the stage, CBS's late-night show opened with an animated segment in which bathroom signs were given a chance to register their own complaints about Trump's decision.

In it, the male and female signs join together on one sign... Читать дальше...

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I've long held the position that even though we live in one of the wealthiest, most financially blessed countries ever, as a society, we also live a life of serious financial stress.

I often joke that it's probably less stressful to live in the rain forests of South America, hunting and gathering, than to live in our modern, tech-savvy society, paycheck to paycheck.

A lot of this stress stems from the fact that, as a society, we just don't save money very well. Читать дальше...

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Over the last three years, pharmaceutical companies have mounted a public relations blitz to tout new cures for the hepatitis C virus and persuade insurers, including government programs such as Medicare and Medicaid, to cover the costs.

That isn't an easy sell, because the price of the treatments ranges from $40,000 to $94,000 2014 or, because the treatments take three months, as much as $1,000 per day.

To persuade payers and the public, the industry has deployed a potent new ally... Читать дальше...

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Bryan Goldberg, 33, is the founder of Bustle, a digital-media startup with 55 million monthly readers that covers everything from politics to "The Bachelor." Its latest valuation puts it on par with Goldberg's last startup, Bleacher Report, which sold for about $200 million to Turner Broadcasting.

In his 20s, Goldberg cofounded Bleacher Report, a sports website, with three middle-school friends. After the sale to Turner, Goldberg did what successful 20-somethings should do to celebrate... Читать дальше...

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CANNON BALL, N.D. (AP) — Oil could be flowing through the $3.8 billion Dakota Access pipeline in less than two weeks, according to court documents filed by the developer just before police and soldiers started clearing a protest camp in North Dakota where pipeline opponents had gathered for the better part of a year.

Energy Transfer Partners has finished drilling under Lake Oahe and will soon be laying pipe under the Missouri River reservoir, the Dallas-based company said. Читать дальше...

Tesla

Tesla will begin selling and installing its solar roof later this year, the company wrote in its fourth-quarter investor letter.

Tesla unveiled its solar roof product in late October, about a month before the company acquired SolarCity in a deal worth $2.1 billion. Tesla CEO Elon Musk has said it looks "quite promising" that the solar roof could be cheaper than a normal roof, factoring in the price of labor.

Here's everything we know about the new solar roof product:

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Instagram has added a new way for posting photos and videos on its platform. Users can now upload up to 10 photos and videos in a single post. The images are combined into a carousel where users swipe to see them all. Users can change the order of the images in the carousel when creating a multi-image post, and apply filters to either all images at once or one by one. Читать дальше...

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The most important habit I've formed in the last 10 years of forming habits is meditation. Hands down, bar none.

Meditation has helped me to form all my other habits, it's helped me to become more peaceful, more focused, less worried about discomfort, more appreciative and attentive to everything in my life. I'm far from perfect, but it has helped me come a long way.

Probably most importantly, it has helped me understand my own mind.

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Kids are shamelessly curious.

So don't be surprised if your child turns to you with wondering eyes and asks, 'Are we rich?'

Once kids grasp the basic concept of money, they'll naturally have questions, explained personal finance writer Beth Kobliner in a recent Facebook Live interview with Business Insider.

"Sticking to the truth is good when it comes to money, but so is adapting your message to your kid's level," Kobliner writes... Читать дальше...

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The fight to liberate the Iraqi city of Mosul from the clutches of ISIS is poised to enter its sixth month.

And Iraqi forces in recent days have advanced on the western half of the city, the last part of Mosul still held by the terrorist group.

A coalition of more than 60 countries, led by the US, has assisted the Iraqi government's efforts since the beginning of the Mosul campaign in October, targeting ISIS weaponry, equipment, and infrastructure across northern Iraq. Читать дальше...

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Sweden isn't just good at helping parents care for their babies, as demonstrated by its generous parental-leave policies.

A local Swedish official also wants to help people create those babies.

Per-Erik Muskos, a councilman from the small town of Övertorneå, has announced plans to give the municipality's 550 employees paid time off to have sex.

"There are studies that show sex is healthy," Muskos told AFP, adding that couples in Sweden weren't spending enough time together. Читать дальше...

Hollywood's depictions of the future are usually pretty far-fetched — like the flying cars of "Blade Runner" and the hoverboards in "Back to the Future II." The World Economic forum surveyed over 800 experts and executives to find out what the future will actually look like. Here are 7 amazing technologies they think the world will see by 2030.  

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• Economists agree that immigration is good for the economy
• Immigration is a source of labor-force growth, Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen said recently
• The right-leaning Cato Institute says the deportation of "Dreamers" could cost $60 billion
• Trump's other policies could hurt US workers by making businesses less competitive
  

Economists disagree on a lot of issues. Immigration is not one of them.

Almost unequivocally... Читать дальше...

Smart Vision Labs

If you've ever been to the eye doctor, you are most likely familiar with the big metal fixture patients peer through while answering questions about the letters on the chart.

That experience could be heading for a massive makeover, complete with an iPhone-powered device that's a fraction of the size.

The technology, from the New York-based Smart Vision Labs, is designed to complete an eye exam in just a few minutes and doesn't require the in-person assistance of an eye doctor. Читать дальше...

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