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Die Übernahme des Medienkonzerns Time Warner durch den Telekomriesen AT&T ist trotz Widerstands der US-Regierung genehmigt worden. Der zuständige Richter Richard Leon entschied am Dienstag in Washington, dass der rund 85 Milliarden Dollar (73 Mrd Euro) schwere Mega-Deal nicht gegen US-Wettbewerbsrecht verstoße. Zuvor hatten die Parteien in einem sechswöchigen Gerichtsprozess ihre Argumente vorgebracht - dass Unternehmen solche Auseinandersetzungen mit der US-Regierung wagen, kommt nur sehr selten vor. Читать дальше...

Vor 100 Jahren hat Albert Einstein gesagt, dass eine Kollision zweier schwarzer Löcher eigentlich hier auf der Erde zu spüren sein müsste. Das klingt verrückt, hat sich aber doch als wahr herausgestellt.

Elon Musk hat mit dem holprigen Produktionsstart von Teslas Hoffnungsträger Model 3 alle Hände voll zu tun, dennoch will der umtriebige Star-Unternehmer jeden neunten Mitarbeiter feuern. Die Entscheidung sei „schwierig, aber notwendig“, heißt es in einer E-Mail an die Tesla-Kollegen, die Musk am Dienstag (Ortszeit) bei Twitter teilte. Der Firmenchef begründete den Schritt mit der „Notwendigkeit, Kosten zu senken und profitabel zu werden“. Noch in dieser Woche würden die entlassenen Mitarbeiter informiert. Читать дальше...

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• Troops backed by a Saudi-led coalition started an assault on Wednesday on Yemen's main port city of Hodeidah, which is held by the Houthi movement.
• The news came Wednesday night after US military officials said that the US is helping the Saudi-led coalition choose targets that will minimize civilian casualties.
• The United Nations and aid groups have been scrambling to stall the attack, warning that an assault on Hodeidah could spiral out of control, compounding... Читать дальше...

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• It’s the second major investment in ride-share giant by Toyota
• Values Grab around $7 billion
• Recently booked its one-billionth ride

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It hasn't been smooth sailing for telecoms in recent years. Native voice and messaging services, which once accounted for the vast majority of telecoms' subscriber revenue, are struggling to compete with over-the-top (OTT) apps, like Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, and Viber — and they're... Читать дальше...

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• The goal of denuclearization is just as far away as it was before President Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un met, a national security expert told Business Insider.
• Trump has praised the "great progress" he and Kim made towards denuclearization at Tuesday's summit in Singapore.
• But the joint statement the two world leaders signed is little different from April's Panmunjom Declaration and years of pledges from North Korea.

Despite... Читать дальше...

US Customs and Border Patrol

• A Customs and Border Protection agent is being investigated by the agency on accusations that he questioned the New York Times reporter Ali Watkins about her confidential sources.
• Agent Jeffrey Rambo reportedly approached Watkins by email and questioned her about her relationship with James Wolfe.
• Wolfe, the longtime security director for the Senate Intelligence Committee, was arrested on charges of lying to the FBI about giving "nonpublic information" to reporters. Читать дальше...

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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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• House Republicans say they failed to reach an immigration compromise.
• Three Republicans involved in the talks said centrist lawmakers had coalesced around a proposal that would give young "Dreamer" immigrants a chance to eventually become citizens.
• In exchange, the moderates were reportedly willing to make concessions to conservatives on security issues, including providing all $25 billion for President Donald Trump's proposed border wall... 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... Читать дальше...

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• The leaders of Macedonia and Greece reached an agreement on Tuesday to end a 27-year feud surrounding the Balkan country's name. 
• The prime ministers have agreed to refer to Macedonia as the Republic of Northern Macedonia or Severna Makedonija, in the Macedonian language. 
• The move aims to appease Greece, which had opposed the Republic's use of Macedonia, because it sees it as an implication to territorial claims over Greece's northern region of Macedonia. Читать дальше...

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Of the many technologies reshaping the world economy, distributed ledger technologies (DLTs) are among the most hyped. DLTs are most often associated with cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, but such coverage sidelines the broader use cases of DLTs, even though they stand to make a far bigger... Читать дальше...

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• Golf courses that aren't in use anymore could be great building cites for real-estate developers.
• They're open for development by nature, surrounded by wealth, and therefore in demand. 

With about 10 million less golfers than there were circa 2002, the question of what to do with hundreds of acres of former courses has revealed something of a dilemma.

Former golf courses are arguably the best sites for new housing developments; as City Lab puts it... Читать дальше...

Nintendo

It's E3 2018, the biggest week for the video game industry, and Nintendo's presentation on Tuesday did not disappoint.

Big players like Microsoft, Sony, and publishers like Ubisoft and Bethesda had already debuted their new titles coming to game consoles over the past several days, but all eyes were on Nintendo as the only big presentation on Tuesday.

In case you missed the presentation, or you just want to get straight to the highlights, these were the 3 biggest announcements... Читать дальше...

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• Kim Kardashian says she lobbied Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey for the ability to edit tweets — and thinks he was receptive. 
• Twitter users have been asking for the ability to edit tweets since the service was founded. As it is, you have to delete a tweet and start all over if you want to correct a typo or mistake.

Kim Kardashian is taking on a new cause: Getting Twitter to let you edit tweets. 

Over the weekend,... Читать дальше...

• NASA's Mars Opportunity rover has hit a problem: A dust storm the size of North America.
• The exploration rover has been forced into hibernation mode since last week by the raging Red Planet storm.
• It requires solar power to operate, and there are concerns the storm could plunge it to dangerously low temperatures.

NASA's little Mars rover is battling a fierce dust storm the size of North America which is raging over the surface of the Red Planet.

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• President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo appeared to discuss whether notes were taken from a one-on-one meeting with Kim Jong Un during a press conference.
• The exchange was recorded in the White House's transcript for the Singapore press conference on Tuesday.
• Trump asks, apparently referring to Secretary of State Pompeo: "Mike, do they have a transcript?" before telling a reporter "No, they didn’t record it. I don’t think they recorded it. Читать дальше...

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• The Texas Bullion Depository, which stores gold in various forms, opened last week.
• The depository is the first of its kind and might encourage other states to look into following suit.
• It has the potential to attract even more investors to precious metals.

If you live in Texas and have any extra gold bars, coins and/or jewelry lying around that need safekeeping, you’re in luck. The Texas Bullion Depository, the first of its kind in the U.S.... Читать дальше...

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Nearly every major messaging platform has spent the past few years rolling out tools to attract new users and give businesses tools to reach those users.See the rest of the story at Business Insider

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Fintech broke onto the scene as a disruptive force following the 2008 crisis, but the industry's influence on the broader financial services system is changing. 

The fintech industry no longer stands clearly apart from financial services proper, and is increasingly growing embedded in mainstream finance. Читать дальше...

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• Surveillance video captured a fiery SUV crash in Florida that launched a driver out of the windshield of the vehicle.
• The white Cadillac SUV collided with a toll booth in Osceola County on June 3. Police told a local news station the driver may have been "fatigued."
• The driver was lying motionless on the ground for several minutes after the crash, but survived, and so did the rest of the passengers, who had been visiting from Canada according to Florida Highway Patrol Lt. Читать дальше...

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• The host country of the World Cup sees hugely outperforming stock gains for the year it hosts the Cup.
• Russia, which is hosting this year, is only outperforming marginally. 
• Russia has likley already seen most of its gains from the Cup. 

On June 14, the FIFA World Cup will kick off.

The World Cup is the world’s biggest single sporting event… by far.See the rest of the story at Business Insider

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• President Donald Trump has accepted an invitation to North Korea, according to Pyongyang's state-run media outlet.
• Trump also extended a White House invitation to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, which Kim accepted, the propaganda outlet said.
• Trump first mentioned his intent to invite the Kim to the White House during their historic summit in Singapore a day earlier.

President Donald Trump has accepted an invitation to North Korea, according to Pyongyang's state-run media outlet. Читать дальше...

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To keep pace with the ongoing shift toward e- and m-commerce, retailers are turning to chat apps, where smartphone users spend considerable time each day.

One way they’ve been accessing consumers on these platforms is through chatbots, or software programs that use business-to-consumer... Читать дальше...