Новости за 01.07.2017

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Pope Francis has dismissed the church's chief of doctrine, Cardinal Gerhard Mueller — one of the most powerful cardinals at the Vatican — and appointed a Spanish archbishop to the role, the Vatican said Saturday.

German conservative Mueller, 69, who served a five-year posting as head of the powerful department responsible for church doctrine, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF), had clashed with the pope over key reform issues.

He was one... Читать дальше...

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Twenty-five Democratic lawmakers now back a bill that would give them a path to impeach President Donald Trump, Axios reported.  

The bill would create an Oversight Commission on Presidential Capacity, and it appears to be based on a loophole in the 25th Amendment which allows for the president to be removed from office if the Vice President and either a majority of Trump's cabinet or a majority of Congress sign off on it.

The specific language of the relevant section of the amendment reads... Читать дальше...

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A new trading platform focused on hard-to-trade segments of one of the most important markets has raised $10 million from private investors.

OpenDoor Securities will use the funds to improve its connectivity to current customers, according to a statement.

The platform is auction based and is what's called an all-to-all marketplace for off-the-run Treasurys and Treasury Inflation Protected Securities (TIPS). In plain English, that means the platform hosts auctions for instruments at a particular time. Читать дальше...

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On the one hand, we're told, robots are coming to take all our jobs any day now. But then there are six million job openings in the US, and large companies in a range of industries are telling us they are running out of humans to perform labor.

The reality, of course, is somewhere in between. Automation is substituting for human labor in ways large and small. The productivity engine isn't completely broken. The volume of coal mined this year is up 17 percent, though employment... Читать дальше...

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James Hodgkinson's wife, Suzanne Hodgkinson, spoke out in her first sit-down interview since her husband opened fire during congressional baseball practice last month and wounded several people before police killed him.

"I get up every morning feeling guilty because I didn't stop it," Hodgkinson told The New York Times in an interview. "I wake up with hot sweats, thinking: 'You should have known. You should have known.'"

James Hodgkinson... Читать дальше...

There are still some question marks about whether bitcoin is in a bubble. But the speed of its price growth is already nearly unmatched.

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With a flurry of recent updates to its ad products, Snapchat is inviting marketers of all sizes to buy ads on the social app. But the company still seems intent on keeping its sanctity intact.

In other words, despite opening up its doors to the ad masses, it still wants Snapchat to look like Snapchat.

Come July, advertisers will have access to a slick new creative tool called Snapchat Publisher, which will let them create ads in less than two minutes. But before the tool is widely rolled out... Читать дальше...

At the June FOMC meeting, the Fed established a gradual reduction of its treasury and agency holdings with initial caps of USD 6B for treasuries and USD 4B for mortgage backed securities (MBS) per month. Furthermore, the Fed will increase the runoff over time to a maximum of USD 30B per month for treasuries and USD 20B per month for MBS.  Adding those numbers up, the Fed will reduce their MBS balance from roughly USD 1.8T to USD 1.0T by the end of 2021 (depending on your interest rate forecast). Читать дальше...

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Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway is now the biggest owner of two of the world's largest banks: Bank of America and Wells Fargo.

On Wednesday, the Federal Reserve cleared the way for Buffett to become Bank of America's largest shareholder.

It passed all the big banks on their so-called stress tests, giving them permission to use their capital for things beyond buffering against disaster, including share buybacks and dividend payments.

Bank... Читать дальше...

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Steve Ballmer's Los Angeles Clippers took free agency to a new level recently as they attempted to convince Blake Griffin to re-sign and stay with the team. 

After Griffin had a meeting with the team about his future, Clippers employees wore t-shirts likening Griffin to some historical "pioneers," according to Marc J. Spears of ESPN.

The image on the shirts shows Griffin, along with Muhammad Ali, President John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King, Jr, Nelson Mandela... Читать дальше...

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It's Canada's birthday!

July 1, also known as Canada Day, marks the 150th anniversary of the confederation. An estimated half a million people are expected to attend celebrations in the capital Ottawa, where the government spent approximately half a billion Canadian dollars (US $386 million) on the festivities.

See how Canadians and a couple of royal visitors celebrated.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau kicked off the festivities in a visit with Prince Charles... Читать дальше...

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When Chris Sacca took the stage at the South by Southwest conference in March, the "Shark Tank" judge kicked off his talk by doling out cans of beers to the women sitting in the front rows. 

"We’re going to do this unlike Uber. The women get them first," Sacca said to the crowd of fans that would mob him like a celebrity afterwards. 

The beer stunt was a snipe at one of his early portfolio companies that had come under internal investigation for claims of sexism in the workplace. Читать дальше...

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Wearing a full face of makeup or a $5,000 custom-fit suit might very well make you more attractive — for a day.

If you're looking to make yourself more appealing for the long term, focus on developing a stellar personality.

Business Insider asked a panel of dating and relationship experts for their best tips on becoming more attractive — without changing your physical appearance. Each one came up with creative and easy-to-implement strategies that will help you a) score... Читать дальше...

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This May, Greece’s parliament passed yet another austerity bill in the hopes of securing more European debt relief.

For nearly seven and a half years, creditors have held the country in an economic stranglehold. Along the way, they’ve offered a series of lessons in adding insult to injury.

Political cartoons abroad portray Greeks as lazy, corrupt and fiscally reckless.

Comedy sketches call upon the Olympian gods to lampoon the Greek people for childish irresponsibility. Читать дальше...

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Vacations are an essential part of staying productive and happy at work.

Most Americans could seriously use more time off.

Like any major life event, vacations deserve some thoughtful planning.

That's why the week before your big trip is crucial. If you dart out for a week or two without any preparation, you could find yourself swamped when you get back.

Fortunately, there are numerous steps you can take ahead of time to curb potential problems. Читать дальше...

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To say the retail industry is changing would be an understatement. Rapidly evolving consumer habits and the rise of e-commerce have put new stresses on brick-and-mortar retail.

And as a result, lawyers are in high demand, for everything from compliance to bankruptcy.

More than a dozen major companies, including Limited Stores LLC and Payless Inc., have already declared bankruptcy this year. Others, such as Sears, Roebuck & Co. and Macy's Inc.... Читать дальше...

HBO

There are a lot of great titles coming to your favorite streaming services in July.

You can decide for yourselves if the critics were wrong and titles like “Ghost in the Shell” and “Snatched” are any good. And there are a bunch of “Star Trek” movies coming to Amazon and Hulu to help fill the void until "Star Trek: Discovery" arrives in October.

But let’s face it, you all are waiting to start season 7 of HBO’s “Game of Thrones,” which will kick off July 16. Thankfully, the wait is almost over. Читать дальше...

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In August, Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor will enter the ring for what will surely be the most-watched fight of the boxing year.

Despite McGregor's reputation as one of the best strikers in mixed martial arts, people that know boxing aren't giving him much of a chance in the fight. Even Manny Pacquiao told reporters, "There is no way he will be able to land a meaningful punch on Floyd. How could he? He has no professional experience in boxing."

McGregor has been welcoming the doubters... Читать дальше...

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Emotional infidelity is murky territory — which is why it's easy to lie to yourself about the way your relationship with a "friend" is progressing.

Yes, your heart skips a beat when you see a message from them and yes, the time you spend with your partner is starting to look increasingly dull. But it's not like you've confessed your love to each other or anything, so you're not guilty of any wrongdoing. Right? Right?!

This is where it helps to bring in someone more objective. Читать дальше...

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Instagram Stories may be on the upswing, but advertisers are not entirely discounting Snapchat, at least not yet.

Since its launch in August 2016, Instagram Stories has had Snapchat in the crosshairs, and has even surpassed it in some respects. The feature, which allows users to post ephemeral stories for a 24-hour period just like Snapchat, has not only accumulated more users using it daily (250 million as of June versus Snapchat’s last reported 166 million), but also attracted a growing chunk of ad dollars. Читать дальше...

Goldman Sachs is slashing its three-month price forecast for WTI to $47.50 a barrel from $55, seeing output gains in Libya and Nigeria as jeopardizing OPEC’s efforts to reduce global inventories, so the cartel may have to cut deeper in order to prop oil prices. “This threatens to close the window of time for stocks to normalize before OPEC cuts end and raises the concerns that OPEC will then ramp up production to defend market share,” Goldman analysts Damien Courvalin and Jeff Currie said in a report, as quoted by Bloomberg. Читать дальше...

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When you go outside, it's vital to wear sunscreen, slather on enough, apply it frequently (about once every two hours), and use the right kind.

But it's easy to forget to protect ourselves, especially as the summer months begin and we crawl out of our dark homes, schools, and offices and run toward a sunny beach.

As a result, millions of people each year are kissed by the sun's damaging ultraviolet light and get sunburns.

Sunburns are painful and can last for more than a week... Читать дальше...

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Hackers believed to be Russian discussed how to steal Hillary Clinton's emails from her private server and transfer them to Michael Flynn via an intermediary, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday, citing reports compiled by US intelligence agencies investigating Russia's interference in the 2016 election.

One of those intermediaries, according to The Journal, may have been a GOP operative named Peter Smith — an 80-year-old opposition researcher who assembled a team of technology experts... Читать дальше...

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Here's a completely heretical idea, especially on the eve of Tesla launching its long-awaited $35,000 Model 3 in July and the stock rallying almost 80% over the first half of 2017:

Tesla should think about getting out of the car business.

Crazy, right? This is the first new American automaker in decades — and investors are so bullish on it that even though it has made money in exactly two quarters since its 2010 IPO and sold less than 80,000 vehicles in 2016... Читать дальше...