Новости за 25.03.2018

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President Donald Trump's legal team experienced a shakeup this week. He considered hiring former US attorney and conservative media personality Joseph diGenova, and is said to be considering firing White House lawyer Ty Cobb.

John Dowd, Trump's personal defense attorney, resigned on Thursday because he was reportedly at odds with Trump over agreeing to an interview with special counsel Robert Mueller. That handed Mueller a huge win — Dowd was the biggest roadblock... Читать дальше...

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• A number of President Donald Trump recent White House hires had previously appeared on Fox News as contributors or commentators.
• The latest is former UN ambassador John Bolton, who Trump has named to be his national security adviser.
• Many people have sought to get airtime on Fox News to get the president's ear.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's favorite TV network is increasingly serving as a West Wing casting call, as... Читать дальше...

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• The 72-year old Errol Musk admitted to the Daily Mail that he has fathered a child with his stepdaughter, who is 30.
• This has caused tension in the Musk family, which reportedly went "berserk."
• Errol's son Elon, billionaire CEO of SpaceX and Tesla, has called his father "evil" in the past.

The Daily Mail has revealed the reason for the bitter rift between the billionaire Elon Musk and his 72-year old father, Errol Musk... Читать дальше...

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• Technology stocks have been under pressure during the past few days as Facebook's recent scandal has spooked investors.
• Amid the turmoil, Bank of America Merrill Lynch has noticed traders reacting in surprising fashion.

There's no denying Facebook's recent privacy woes have hurt the broader technology sector. Just look at the Nasdaq's rough last couple days for evidence of that.

But Bank of America Merrill Lynch has crunched data that reveals something surprising... Читать дальше...

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The voice app ecosystem is booming. In the US, the number of Alexa skills alone surpassed 25,000 in January 2018, up from just 7,000 the previous January, in categories ranging from music streaming services, to games, to connected home tools.See the rest of the story at Business Insider

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• Hong Kong had a million millionaires as of last year.
• The city's population in 2017 was 7.36 million — meaning one in seven Hongkongers are millionaires.
• The Hang Seng Index rose 36 per cent in 2017 while property prices rose 14 per cent, creating more wealthy men and women in Hong Kong.

Hong Kong had a million millionaires last year, up 15 per cent from a year earlier, 68,000 of whom have at least HK$10 million (US$1.27 million)... Читать дальше...

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The way incumbent banks onboard and verify the identities of their customers online is inconvenient and insecure, resulting in lowered customer satisfaction and loyalty, and security breaches leading to compensation payouts and legal costs.

It’s a lose-lose situation, as consumers become disgruntled and banks lose business. Читать дальше...

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• Trump's tariffs pose risks on both sides of General Motors' supply chain, according to Cox Automotive economist Charlie Chesbrough.
• The cost increases that GM passes onto consumers will lower demand for its cars.
• Those cost increases that aren't passed onto consumers will impact GM's bottom line.

President Donald Trump's tariffs pose a risk to General Motors on two levels, economist Charlie Chesbrough of Cox Automotive told Business Insider. Читать дальше...

Just three months in to 2018, and we've already got a must-play game: "A Way Out" is here, and it is like nothing I've ever played before.

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• Pope Francis had a message to youth on Palm Sunday: Keep raising your voices, and pushing for change.
• His words came a day after tens of thousands of young people led the March for Our Lives protests in the US to call for gun control.

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis on Palm Sunday urged young people not to be silent and let their voices be heard, even in the face of corrupt or silent elders.

The pope's message comes on the... Читать дальше...

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Startups with robo-advisor products are failing to live up to their initial promise.

As solutions proliferate and consumer adoption remains slower than expected, many firms are re-examining and updating their strategies to survive.  See the rest of the story at Business Insider

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• Smartphones and tablets are irresistible to children, but many parents aren't sure how to responsibly manage their use.
• Plus, scientists don't really know how using interactive screens influences brain development.
• Meanwhile, screen-time guidelines have struggled to keep pace.
• The good news: Experts are beginning to discover some potential benefits for kids from interactive media.
• This is an installment of Business... Читать дальше...

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World heavyweight boxing champion Anthony Joshua has proven he can stomach a fight — but this diet plan shows he can stomach a massive amount of food, too.

Joshua is best known for rising off from the canvas to knock Wladimir Klitschko down and out in a heavyweight fight for the ages last year.

The hulking heavyweight puts his WBA, IBF, and IBO titles on the line once again when he returns to the ring on Saturday, March 31 for a fight against WBO champion Joseph... Читать дальше...

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Digital disruption is rocking the payments industry. But merchants, consumers, and the companies that help move money between them are all feeling its effects differently.See the rest of the story at Business Insider

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• The fintech ecosystem explained
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• Re-introducing a hard border in Ireland after Brexit would be like re-opening a "gaping wound," a leading expert has warned.
• Prominent Northern Ireland academic Katy Hayward said a harder border with technology could destabilise Ireland's highly sensitive peace process.
• Her warnings echo those from senior police chiefs who say that border posts would become a target for dissident terrorists.
• The UK government has committed to avoiding a hard border... Читать дальше...

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• Badoo CEO Andrey Andreev eats at Michelin-starred restaurants almost every day.
• Andreev often adds his own dishes and cocktails to restaurant menus.
• The tech CEO doesn't like to spend over 30 minutes in a restaurant if he's there for lunch — or over an hour if he's having dinner with friends.

Walk into the kitchens at Novikov in London at 11am and the wall of heat hits you as if you've stepped off a plane in a tropical country. Читать дальше...

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• Vote Leave — one of the main pro-Brexit campaign groups — has been accused of bending spending rules during the referendum campaign.
• Whistleblower Shahmir Sanni told Channel 4 that Vote Leave used a smaller organisation called BeLeave to bypass spending limits.
• "I know that people have been lied to and that the referendum wasn’t legitimate," Sanni said.

The officially designated Brexit campaign, Vote Leave, "cheated" during the European... Читать дальше...

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Britain and Russia are in the middle of their most intense diplomatic crisis since the Cold War over the poisoning of ex-spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter in Salisbury earlier this month.

Theresa May expelled 23 Russian diplomats from the UK earlier week, prompting a reciprocal action from Moscow. Despite losing about 30% of its staff, though, activity in the embassy still seemed like business as usual.

Business Insider attended a press conference on Thursday with Russia's ambassador to the UK... Читать дальше...

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What is eSports? History & Rise of Video Game Tournaments

Years ago, eSports was a community of video gamers who would gather at conventions to play Counter Strike, Call of Duty, or League of Legends.See the rest of the story at Business Insider

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Tech-driven disruption in the insurance industry continues at pace, and we're now entering a new phase — the adaptation of underlying business models. 

That's leading to ongoing changes in the distribution segment of the industry, but more excitingly, we are starting to see movement in the fundamentals of insurance — policy creation, underwriting, and claims management. 

This report from Business Insider Intelligence, Business Insider's premium research service... Читать дальше...

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• The RAM full-size pickup is the perennial third-best-seller in the US, behind the Ford F-150 and the Chevy Silverado.
• We spent a week with a well-appointed version of the truck.
• And we were mighty impressed.

We certainly live in a Golden Age for luxury pickups, which are becoming America's latest obsession. Detroit can't sell enough of them. In the first two months of 2018, Ford has already moved 127,000 F-150s. And everything truly is better. Читать дальше...

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• President Donald Trump said having "highly trained" teachers armed with guns in class could help prevent tragedies like the deadly Florida school shooting.
• Trump said he'd support spending federal dollars to give "expert teachers" special training to carry guns in the classroom.
• Shortly after Trump's announcement, a California high school teacher accidentally fired a gun his classroom, injuring a student.
• Scientific research suggests... Читать дальше...

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Insurance companies have long based their pricing models and strategies on assumptions about the demographics of their customers. Auto insurers, for example, have traditionally charged higher premiums for parents of teenage drivers based on the assumption that members of this demographic are more likely to get into... Читать дальше...

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• Qantas will launch its first non-stop route that will connect Australia and Europe.
• The Aussie airline will use a fleet of Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners to inaugurate its nonstop service from Perth, Western Australia, to London.
• Qantas took delivery of its first Dreamliner last October.
• Business Insider went along for a portion of the plane's delivery flight from the Boeing factory in Everett, Washington, to Honolulu, Hawaii.

This weekend... Читать дальше...