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Patty McCord

• Netflix encourages employees to interview at other companies, and to talk with their managers about what they learn.
• The company's former chief talent officer, Patty McCord, says it can help you learn how much you're worth and clarify your professional goals. It can even help you find people to recruit to your current company.
• The main idea is that your company is a team, not a family, so no one has any real allegiance to each other.

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• While some publishers question the contributor model, others seem to be embracing it.
• Tronc — publisher of the Chicago Tribune and the Los Angeles Times among others —  is considering launching a contributor network, an investor presentation suggests.
• The presentation, given on Thursday, appears in stark contrast to other publishers including HuffPost, which announced that it was shutting down its contributor blogging network.

For years, contributor networks... Читать дальше...

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We live in a world where good health is usually equated with a certain kind of appearance. Instagrammers with thigh gaps are held up as exemplars of wellness. "Health" magazines publish cover lines about flat stomachs and getting lean. Reality TV shows celebrate punishing, unsustainable weight loss programs. 

Yes, some healthy people have flat abs and thigh gaps and thin bodies. But that doesn't mean these qualities are necessary for good health. 

In fact... Читать дальше...

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• A former teammate of Burnley FC manager Sean Dyche said Dyche used to eat worms.
• Dyche on Thursday clarified that he used to only suck on worms and then spit them out as a joke.

Burnley FC manager Sean Dyche has an unusual method of messing with teammates and players.

In December, Søren Andersen, a former teammate of Dyche's on Bristol City, said on a Danish podcast that Dyche used to eat worms. Anderson said that eating the worms caused Dyche's notoriously gravelly voice. Читать дальше...

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We are still three months from the 2018 NFL Draft, but players and teams are already jockeying for position, and experts are starting to weigh in on their early predictions with mock drafts.

We surveyed eight NFL Draft experts who have released mock drafts recently to get a consensus prediction for which players teams might be considering with all 32 first-round picks. Under this format, it is possible for the same player to appear in multiple spots and for... Читать дальше...

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• Justin Timberlake released a new music video for "Supplies," a new song off his next album.
• The video begins with Timberlake looking at television screens showcasing Trump, images from the #MeToo movement, and messages about ending racism. Harvey Weinstein, Kevin Spacey, and Freddie Gray appear briefly on the TV screens too.
• Timberlake then appears to flash forward to some point in the future where the world is in a post-apocalyptic state. Читать дальше...

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• A couple in California was arrested on Sunday for alleged torture and abuse of their 13 children. 
• David and Louise Turpin were charged with 12 counts of torture on Thursday. They face 94 years to life in prison.
• The 13 victims were found extremely malnourished. 

The parents of 13 malnourished children found in alleged captivity in Southern California have been charged with committing years of torture and abuse and could face up to life in prison. Читать дальше...

Amazon

• Amazon has announced a list of the 20 cities it's considering for its second headquarters.
• Amazon has promised a $5 billion investment and up to 50,000 high-paying jobs in the city it ultimately chooses.
• We combined seven different rankings to come up with a list of the cities that could be most likely to land Amazon's HQ2.

Amazon announced its shortlist of the North American cities that are still in the running for its second headquarters on Thursday. Читать дальше...

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After another wild weekend of football that exceeded all expectations, there's only four teams remaining and three games left until a Super Bowl champion is crowned.

Sadly, that means there's just three more games left for bettors to gamble on before the long offseason. But there's no time to fret about the offseason yet — there's still money to be made before we pack up our winnings and head home.

Last week we put about $1,000 hypothetical dollars... Читать дальше...

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• Lawmakers usually camp out in the same seat for hours every year in order to shake hands with the president when he enters the House chamber for the annual State of the Union address.
• But many lawmakers who have held the same seats for years will be abandoning their posts for Trump's first official State of the Union.

WASHINGTON — Getting an aisle seat in the House of Representatives' chamber on the day the president of the... Читать дальше...

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• Many seniors around the country have embarked on their final semester in college.

• LinkedIn compiled a list of the jobs that grads tended to take in 2017.

• Many of the roles were in the finance sector.

College seniors have some important questions to answer. Mainly, what comes next?

Searching for your first job out of college can be overwhelming. It can often seem like there are simultaneously too many and too few options out there. Читать дальше...

Natural Cycles

• Birth control app Natural Cycles is under fire in Sweden after 37 women reported getting pregnant while using the app as contraception.
• Södersjukhuset hospital in Stockholm reported the cases to the national medical device regulator, who has begun an investigation.
• The app uses an algorithm to tell women when they have the highest and lowest chances of getting pregnant, but ultimately, it relies on men and women changing their behavior.

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• SoftBank's big deal with Uber has closed: The firm now owns about 15% of shares in the ride-sharing company, purchased at a 30% discount.
• SoftBank will also invest $1.25 billion into Uber directly. 
• Former Uber CEO Travis Kalanick is said to be making $1.4 billion off this deal, with influential Uber investor Benchmark making as much as $900 million.

Uber's massive, multi-pronged deal with SoftBank has officially closed... Читать дальше...

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• Investors expect a fairly subdued short-run impact on markets and the economy from a possible US government shutdown, which now looks increasingly likely. 
• The dysfunction of brinkmanship politics is further bruising America's already dented image as a global leader.
•  Standard & Poor's estimates a government shutdown would cost $6.5 billion per week 

Investors are right, that this week’s widely-watched budget negotiations in Washington ... Читать дальше...

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• Airline passengers are used to hearing someone say the cheapest day to book a flight is on a Tuesday. 
• The most important trick to snagging cheaper airfare is to book your ticket precisely 54 days in advance. 
• Plane tickets tend to hover at a static mark until they begin to drop at the 105-day mark. 

What’s the deal with airfare prices? Over the past two years, ticket prices have declined by 3%, while passengers are slammed... Читать дальше...

Let's Go Digital

• In a patent application published Thursday, Samsung showed off what its Galaxy devices might look like if they had edge-to-edge displays.
• In the proposed design, Samsung would place sensors such as the front camera under small holes in the devices' displays.
  
• The design would allow Samsung to avoid having to carve out of its phones' screens a notch like the one found on Apple's iPhone X.

Take that Apple — Samsung has come up... Читать дальше...

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• Experts commonly advise that everyone get seven to eight hours of sleep, but your personal sleep needs can vary.
• INSIDER spoke with sleep specialist Michael Breus to learn about the physical signs that you're well rested (or sleep deprived).
• Your sleep habits and your eating habits could say a lot about how much more (or less) sleep you need.

Everyone knows to aim for seven or eight hours of sleep per night. But that number is a general benchmark ... Читать дальше...

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• Salesforce just issued $11.3 million in equity to an undisclosed entity.
• Analysts familiar with the company said it's likely related to the purchase of Attic Labs, a young data start up that Salesforce acquired on January 8. 
•  Attic Labs is Salesforce's first acquisition in almost a year.

Salesforce issued $11.3 million in equity to a mysterious recipient, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Tuesday. Читать дальше...

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The use of visual communication tools like video chat, emojis, and AR filters is gaining steam on Messenger, according to a post by Facebook Messenger VP David Marcus.

The head of Facebook’s massively popular chat app — which boasts more than 1.3 billion monthly active users globally and over 200,000 active bots ... Читать дальше...

A Rake's Progress

• The Obamas celebrated Michelle's birthday at A Rake's Progress, a trendy restaurant in Washington, DC.
• A Rake's Progress isn't even open to the public yet — but it's one of the most anticipated restaurant openings of the year.
• Here's what we know about the buzzy restaurant so far.

Being the former president of the United States has some culinary perks.

Barack and Michelle Obama celebrated the former first lady's birthday at At Rake's Progress on Wednesday... Читать дальше...

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• Walmart's stock jumped after Goldman Sachs upgraded the company to "Buy" from "Neutral."
• Goldman added Walmart to its "Americas Conviction List," a group of the bank's favorite stocks to buy.
• Goldman said that Walmart will be a big beneficiary from the GOP's tax reform law.
• View Walmart's stock price here.

Shares of Walmart popped on Thursday after it got a blessing from Goldman Sachs, which cited tax reform as a big boon for the stock. Читать дальше...

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• You should ask yourself a few questions to help you determine where, when, and how to retire.
• People who feel secure and happy in retirement know how they will get around, who will help them maintain their homes, and what they want their communities to look like. 
• They also know that retirement is the next phase of life, and have set goals for themselves. 
• It's also important to know how retirement will or could affect your family. Читать дальше...