Новости за 10.11.2017

EA

• EA announced the acquisition of Respawn Entertainment on Thursday night.
• The purchase price was $455 million in total — a combination of cash, equity, and performance-based bonuses.
• More than just a development studio, Respawn is responsible for an upcoming "Star Wars" title.

EA is buying Respawn Entertainment for $455 million — a move aimed at securing the future of EA's license to make games based on the "Star Wars" franchise.

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• Special counsel Robert Mueller is investigating an alleged plan that former White House National Security Adviser Mike Flynn discussed with the Turkish government to forcibly remove a Muslim cleric from the US. 
• Flynn and his son were allegedly to be paid as much as $15 million by the Turkish government. 
• Mueller has reportedly compiled enough evidence to bring charges against Flynn and his son, who worked with him on his lobbying work. 

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• Special counsel Robert Mueller is investigating an alleged plan that former White House National Security Adviser Mike Flynn discussed with the Turkish government to forcibly remove a Muslim cleric from the US. 
• Flynn and his son were allegedly to be paid as much as $15 million by the Turkish government. 
• Mueller has reportedly compiled enough evidence to bring charges against Flynn and his son, who worked with him on his lobbying work. 
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The global app economy is poised to explode, and the competition for users' attention is intense. 

ComScore recently surveyed app users ages 18-34 about the apps they "can't go without." The top 10 includes the likes of Instagram, YouTube, and Gmail.

The list "speaks to a broader insight, which is that millennials seem to recognize the importance of the more functional apps, like Amazon, Gmail and Google Maps," Andrew Lipsman, the senior vice president of insights and marketing at comScore... Читать дальше...

DogPound

The head of the New York Stock Exchange, a famous actor, and a Victoria's Secret model walk into a gym. 

That may sound like the beginning of a bad joke, but it's not. It's The Dogpound, an exclusive Manhattan gym that caters to New York's crème de la crème.

The gym opened up in March of last year, and is a favorite with Wall Streeters and Victoria's Secret models.

Some of the original members include Tom Farley, the president of the New York Stock Exchange, and actor Hugh Jackman. Читать дальше...

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• A new treatment for postpartum depression just got one step closer to approval after succeeding in a late-stage clinical trial on Thursday. 
• The drug, brexanolone, is given as an infusion to new mothers who experience long-lasting symptoms of depression after giving birth. 
• If the FDA give it the OK, it would be the first drug specifically approved to treat postpartum depression.

Postpartum depression, a condition that happens... Читать дальше...

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• Banks are closed on Thanksgiving, but open on Black Friday. 
• While Thanksgiving is a national holiday, Black Friday is an unofficial celebration of deals. 
• The unofficial nature of Black Friday has allowed it to lose some of its power as a single day. 

As retailers extend Black Friday earlier and earlier, banks are refusing to fall into the same trap. 

All major banks including Wells Fargo, Chase, and Bank of America will be closed on Thanksgiving Day... Читать дальше...

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I remember the days of coming home from school and tuning into MTV's "TRL," a program that counted down the top music videos in front of screaming mobs of adolescent girls.

Today, teens are finding the same guilty pleasure in an app. Musical.ly is a video network app, where users — or "musers," as they're called — create 15-second videos of themselves lip-syncing and dancing along to popular music. You can "heart" videos and create digital duets with your "BFFs," or people you follow and who follow you back. Читать дальше...

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I remember the days of coming home from school and tuning into MTV's "TRL," a program that counted down the top music videos in front of screaming mobs of adolescent girls.

Today, teens are finding the same guilty pleasure in an app. Musical.ly is a video network app, where users — or "musers," as they're called — create 15-second videos of themselves lip-syncing and dancing along to popular music. You can "heart" videos and create digital duets with your "BFFs," or people you follow and who follow you back. Читать дальше...

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I remember the days of coming home from school and tuning into MTV's "TRL," a program that counted down the top music videos in front of screaming mobs of adolescent girls.

Today, teens are finding the same guilty pleasure in an app. Musical.ly is a video network app, where users — or "musers," as they're called — create 15-second videos of themselves lip-syncing and dancing along to popular music. You can "heart" videos and create digital duets with your "BFFs," or people you follow and who follow you back. Читать дальше...

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Chinese tech giants are increasing their artificial intelligence (AI) investments as they vie to stay competitive in the burgeoning space, according to South China Morning Post.

China is the world’s second-largest investor in AI after the US — 66% of AI investments in 2016 were in US-based companies.

And although investments in Chinese companies are growing quickly... Читать дальше...

Business Insider

Business Insider executive editor Sara Silverstein talks to Jeff Rosenberg, chief fixed-income strategist at BlackRock, about where he sees opportunities in the market. Rosenberg says that conditions are shaping up to encourage a rotation back to safety assets, since they'll yield more on the heels of the Fed's planned rate hikes in 2018. He makes a specific recommendation for investment-grade floating rate instruments.

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CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. (AP) — A Marine Corps drill instructor was convicted by a military jury of physically abusing young recruits, sometimes while drunk, and focusing his fury on three Muslim-American military volunteers.

The eight-man jury at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, determined Thursday that Gunnery Sgt. Joseph Felix was guilty of hazing and maltreatment of recruits at the Marine Corps' Parris Island, South Carolina, boot camp.

The jury of five sergeants and three officers decided Felix punched... Читать дальше...

• The number of Americans in prison jumped over the past few decades amid the tough-on-crime policies of the "war on drugs" era.
• The share of the male adult population of former prisoners has risen from 1.8% in 1980 to 5.8% in 2010, according to data from Bank of America Merrill Lynch.
• High incarceration rates are likely to have contributed to the US's decline in prime-age labor-force participation rates relative to other countries.

The United States is an... Читать дальше...

North Pole Blockbuster

Sometimes the next big thing isn't easy to spot. This is especially true when you have a massive legacy enterprise to protect.

Research firm CB Insights compiled some of the most outrageous times bosses laughed in the face of disruption. We're publishing them here with permission.

Some of the predictions are old enough that they're obviously wrong — people dismissed personal computers and streaming video. And some of those making the predictions ran... Читать дальше...

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Digital is dismantling the retail industry brick by brick. The most successful retailers are the ones with thriving digital businesses, while physical stores are becoming more liabilities than assets. 

However, e-commerce isn't without its challenges. In contrast to waning demand for in-store retail, rising... Читать дальше...

• Disney reported earnings that fell short of expectations, sending the stock down after hours Thursday.
• But the shares were rising in early trading Friday after the company's conference call during which CEO Bob Iger said the company's streaming service will be priced "substantially below" Netflix. 
• Iger also said ESPN will offer its own streaming service next year. 
  

Shares of Disney rose more than 2% on Friday, reversing late losses from the night... Читать дальше...

In 1992, the legendary NBA superstar Shaquille O'Neal (then only 20 years-old) made a financial mistake that forever changed the way he handled his money.

Shaq stopped by Business Insider to talk about his collaboration with home security technology company Ring, to raise awareness about how homeowners can better protect their property this holiday season. Shaq recently kicked off a campaign with Ring's CEO Jamie Siminoff around protecting holiday package deliveries - specifically as National Package Protection Day approaches on Nov. Читать дальше...

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• A study showed that hiring managers were more likely to give a higher salary to candidates who joked about salary expectations.
• Joking can offset some of the awkward tension, especially when a hiring manager is aware of your previous salary.

You made it to the job interview early, were respectful to the receptionist and nailed the "What’s your greatest weakness?" question. You’re on a roll — that is... Читать дальше...

Hollis Johnson

Editorial note: Business Insider will name its 2017 Car of the Year on November 14, based on 15 finalists. Each day this week, we're taking another look at the five vehicles that were runners-up. Thus far, the Acura TLX A-Spec, the McLaren 720S, the Lexus LC500h/LC500, and the Chevrolet Bolt have been named runners-up. Today, we present the fifth and final runner-up, the Volkswagen Atlas. 

• The 2018 Volkswagen Atlas is a German take on the mid-size American crossover SUV. Читать дальше...

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• Nvidia reported earnings and revenue that were both above analyst expectations, sending shares to a record high.
• Nvidia is one of the main beneficiaries of a "tectonic shift" in computing because it's graphics processing units are designed to handle artificial intelligence training better than traditional central processing units.
• Nvidia's stock has a lot more room to move higher, according to an analyst from Jefferies. 
• Watch Nvidia's stock move in real time here. Читать дальше...

Thomson Reuters

(Reuters) - The US Air Force's failure to report the criminal record of Devin Kelley, the man who shot dead 26 people and wounded 20 more at a Texas church, could expose the service to liability, legal experts said.

Kelley was convicted five years ago of assaulting his then-wife and child while he was in the Air Force, offences that made it illegal for him to possess a firearm.

The Air Force said on Monday it did not enter that information into a federal database... Читать дальше...

Dylan Love

• Writer and academic Joelle Renstrom contemplates the implications of the singularity and suggests that the rise of machines will result in a personal erosion of purpose  and deepening sense of human isolation.
• Renstrom suggests that it's important to consider emergent technological trends from a liberal arts perspective and consider the ways that the machines we create affect our minds. 

The technological singularity has a human ambassador in Boston University writing professor Joelle Renstrom. Читать дальше...

Business Insider

• The FundStrat cofounder Tom Lee says: "If you build a very simple model valuing bitcoin as the square function number of users times the average transaction value, 94% of the bitcoin movement over the past four years is explained by that equation."
• This model is based on Metcalfe's law, which says the value of a network is proportional to the square of the number of users on the network.
• Bitcoin has been trading at a level above the price projected by the model. Читать дальше...