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• Cashmere products can range from as little as $40 to as much as $2,400.
• Cashmere made with Mongolian goat wool is considered the highest quality, having the longest and most resilient fibers.
• Buyers should beware of counterfeit cashmere or "cashmere blends," which may be lower in price but not made of 100% cashmere.
• In 2016, $1.4 billion worth of cashmere items were exported across the globe. 

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Der Amazon-Geschäftsführer Jeff Bezos ist kein Fan des Ausdrucks „Work-Life-Balance“.

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Top US officials are sending fresh warnings about the massive new trade deal between the US, Canada, and Mexico. US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer said at a Chamber of Commerce event that a new NAFTA deal must be reached in the next two weeks — or approval by the current Congress would be "on thin ice."

Here comes the Fed. Markets are pricing in a 34.2% chance the Fed hikes at Wednesday's meeting, Bloomberg's World Interest Rate Probability data shows. Читать дальше...

Am vergangenen Samstag brachte Russland mit der „Akademik Lomonossov“, einem schwimmenden Atomkraftwerk, ein unter Umweltschützern höchst umstrittenes Projekt auf den Weg.

Wenn ihr täglich viele Stunden im Büro am Schreibtisch sitzt und euch nicht viel bewegen könnt, habt ihr mit dieser einfachen Übung die Möglichkeit, eure Knochen, die Muskeln und das Herz zu stärken: Springen.

Es klingt vielleicht einfach, aber es ist sehr effektiv. Getestet wurde diese Übung im Deutschen Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt in Köln, denn gerade Astronauten können sich während ihrer Missionen kaum fit halten und belasten ihren Körper durch die Schwerelosigkeit und fördern somit den eigenen Knochenabbau. Читать дальше...

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• MDMA could be used as a treatment for PTSD, according to a new study.
• Most of all 26 participants had few or no PTSD symptoms a year after taking MDMA with therapy sessions.
• The response to the results has been mixed, and some researchers are skeptical.
• Another larger clinical trial will take place in the summer.
• Researchers are hopeful that if the trial is successful, MDMA could be FDA approved by 2021.

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• Choose Water's "plastic-less" bottle is made of recycled and natural materials which can purportedly decompose within three weeks.
• British inventor James Longcroft hopes this will replace single-use plastic bottles and help save oceans from plastic waste.

A British scientist claims to have invented a plastic-free, single-use water bottle that can decompose within three weeks.

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• Roger Federer has reached yet another massive career milestone — he has spent a total of 900 weeks ranked within ATP's list of top current male tennis players.
• From Monday, Federer will also have spent 900 consecutive weeks in the top 25.
• This is something no other male player has ever managed to accomplish.

Roger Federer's legacy gets bigger by the day.See the rest of the story at Business Insider

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Die weltweiten Rüstungsausgaben sind im vergangenen Jahr weiter gestiegen, doch verantwortlich sind dafür nicht zuerst die USA und Russland, sondern die aufsteigende Weltmacht China. Im vergangenen Jahr flossen 1,7 Billionen Dollar ins Militär, wie eine neue Studie des international renommierten Friedensforschungsinstituts Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (Sipri) zeigt. Das sind 1,1 Prozent mehr als im Vorjahr.

In Deutschlands Großstädten steigen die Preise für Immobilien immer weiter. Das macht es vor allem Menschen, die eine günstige Wohnung suchen, immer schwerer. Denn diese Angebote sind kaum noch vorhanden. Stattdessen drängen immer mehr Investoren auf den Markt, die mit modernen und luxuriösen Immobilien Geld verdienen wollen. 

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Nearly every global bank is experimenting with blockchain technology as they try to unleash the cost savings and operational efficiencies it promises to deliver. 

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Der Streit zwischen Edeka und Nestlé ist offenbar beigelegt. Am heutigen Mittwoch sollen die Edeka-Kaufleute eine Mitteilung ihrer Großhandlungen erhalten. Demnach können sie die zuletzt rund 200 Nestlé-Produkte, die von einem Bestellboykott betroffen waren, wieder nachbestellen. Das berichtet die „Lebensmittelzeitung“. Über Details der Einigung sei Stillschweigen vereinbart worden.

Project Trumpmore

• A Finnish climate group is attempting to raise half a million dollars in order to carve President Donald Trump's face into a glacier.
• The glacial art project, spearheaded by the Finland-based group Melting Ice, has been dubbed "Project Trumpmore."
• Trump has frequently exhibited scepticism about climate change, at times referring to it as a "hoax."

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• New Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrived at the State Department on Tuesday vowing to reinvigorate US diplomacy and help get "back our swagger."
• A top Pompeo priority is to work quickly to stem the morale crisis at the State Department, which has lost relevance under Trump.
• Pompeo was confirmed by the Senate last week and left immediately on his first foreign trip, visiting Belgium, Saudi Arabia, Israel and Jordan. He returned late Monday. Читать дальше...

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Fintechs have found a way to serve small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) while still making a profit, and now incumbents want in on the action. See the rest of the story at Business Insider

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• Theresa May is heading for crunch talks with Brexiteer ministers today over plans for a "customs partnership" with the EU after Brexit.
• Reports suggest Boris Johnson, Liam Fox, and David Davis could quit their jobs if the plan goes ahead, risking a full-blown crisis that would threaten May's survival.
• Sixty Tory Brexiteers have also threatened to withdraw their support for the PM over the proposals. 

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• After recent peace talks, the possibility of economic liberalisation and expansion in North Korea has been mooted by many pundits.
• UBS economist Li Zeng, however, believes there is limited upside to North Korea (and wider Asia's) economy in the near term.
• "The potential spillover from its growth to other economies in the region will likely be quite limited in the near to medium term," he wrote on Tuesday.

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EU-Haushaltskommissar Günther Oettinger hat von den EU-Ländern mit Blick auf seine Haushaltsplanungen für die kommenden Jahre Flexibilität und rasche Entscheidungen gefordert. Von Deutschland erwartet er sich dabei vor allem eines: mehr Geld.

EU-Haushaltskommissar Günther Oettinger hat von den EU-Ländern mit Blick auf seine Haushaltsplanungen für die kommenden Jahre Flexibilität und rasche Entscheidungen gefordert. Von Deutschland erwartet er sich dabei vor allem eines: mehr Geld.

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• South Korea said on Wednesday the issue of US troops stationed in the South is unrelated to any future peace treaty with North Korea, and they should stay in the country even if a peace deal happens.
• The Blue House was responding to media questions about a column written by South Korean presidential adviser which said the US may have to withdraw after peace.
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Das Unternehmen PMD Technologies ist ein deutscher Mittelständler, der zwar in seinem Segment schon lange erfolgreich war, aber keine große Bekanntheit hatte. Doch das hat sich vor wenigen Monaten schlagartig geändert.

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• The White House brushed off a major "typo" in the statement it issued on Iran's nuclear weapons program.
• The White House put out a now-amended statement, which read that Iran "has" a secret nuclear weapons program.
• Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders later took a jab at the Obama administration for signing the 2015 deal altogether, and described the mistake as a "typo".
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• Standard Chartered sees profits increase 20% as a turnaround programme takes effect.
• The bank, which deals largely in emerging markets, has targeted efficiencies of nearly $3 billion over the last four years, and is close to reaching that target, it said.
• "This encouraging start to the year shows that we are firmly on the path laid out in February that will take us above an eight per cent return on equity in the medium term," said chief executive Bill Winters. Читать дальше...

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• Texas and six other Republican-governed states on Tuesday sued the Trump administration to try to end DACA, a program that protects immigrants brought to the US illegally as children.
• Trump said in September he would terminate DACA and end its protections for the immigrants, but gave the Republican-controlled Congress until March 6 to replace it, which they didn't get to.
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• 26-year-old Aileen Gilani quit her law degree to launch The Luxury Student.
• It's a digital private members club and concierge service targeted at wealthy students and bloggers living in London.
• Packages start at £20 a month and go up to £400 for a Platinum package.
• There's no application form and anyone can apply.
• The only request she has is that members love the luxury industry — and that they post about the service on Instagram.

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