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• The median beer price per pint in major US cities is $5.70. 
• Cost of living is certainly a primary factor in beer prices.
• Taxes, availability, type of establishment, and type of beer are also factors.

Whether you’re sipping a pint of kölsch in Germany or drinking a Heineken at a hotel bar in Hong Kong, there are a number of factors that can influence how much your beverage will cost. Cost of living is certainly a primary factor... Читать дальше...

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Social networks are here to stay, and they're constantly evolving. Globally, more than 2.8 billion people — or 37% of the world's population — use social media, but the way those users interact with each other, and the platforms they adopt, vary widely.See the rest of the story at Business... Читать дальше...

• There could be reasons to believe Amazon will issue its own cryptocurrency. 
• They might issue a finite number of Amazon-coins or employ a slightly inflationary monetary policy, something aligned with Amazon’s rate of growth over time.
• When this happens, it will signal the institutional adoption of blockchain technology.

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• Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi told the New York Post on Monday that New York City should impost a fee on Uber rides to help taxi drivers.
• The admission comes as taxi drivers in the city have been struggling as the value of medallions has plummeted — mostly due to ride-hailing apps like Uber.

NEW YORK (AP) — The chief executive of Uber said New York City should impose a fee on app-hailed rides and taxis to help... Читать дальше...

Nintendo

• The world's most popular video game, "Fortnite: Battle Royale," is officially coming to the Nintendo Switch, with cross-platform play with players using iOS, Mac, Windows PC and Xbox One.
• PlayStation 4 owners, however, will not be able to play online with Switch players, and are restricted from bringing their Fortnite progress and Battle Passes between the two consoles.

Nintendo announced at E3 on Tuesday that the world's favorite video game, "Fortnite... Читать дальше...

Nintendo

• The world's most popular video game, "Fortnite: Battle Royale," is officially coming to the Nintendo Switch, with cross-platform play with players using iOS, Mac, Windows PC and Xbox One.
• PlayStation 4 owners, however, will not be able to play online with Switch players, and are restricted from bringing their Fortnite progress and Battle Passes between the two consoles.

Nintendo announced at E3 on Tuesday that the world's favorite video game, "Fortnite... Читать дальше...

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• Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham told reporters that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un should not cross President Donald Trump.
• Graham pointed to Trump's trade fight with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as an example of what happens when a foreign leader tries to "play" Trump.

GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham on Tuesday suggested that if North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attempts to renege on a deal with Donald Trump, he could end up on the US president's bad side ... Читать дальше...

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USMC photo by Cpl William J. Jackson

Every Marine is a rifleman — we all know this to be true. One Marine and his rifle can deliver a world of hurt unto the bad guys. But it's been a long time since Marines have relied on rifles alone to complete the mission.

In fact, Marines often employ guns that are a heck of a lot bigger than an M16 rifle, like the M777 howitzer. The M16 fires a 5.56mm round. The M777 fires 155mm rounds — nearly 28 times larger. If a Marine delivers a world of hurt with a rifle... Читать дальше...

Nintendo

• Fans are really happy about Nintendo's E3 presentation, which lasted only 42 minutes but packed a punch.
• Other game companies could learn a thing or two from how Nintendo approaches E3, the biggest industry event of the year.

Nintendo just delivered an incredible presentation at E3 2018 — and it pulled it off by keeping it simple, and focusing on games that are actually arriving in the next six months.

At first blush, it looks like fans are... Читать дальше...

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• Kanye West has been working on a prefabricated affordable housing scheme.
• He said in a recent interview he wants to build a real estate empire. 
• He wants to be "one of the biggest real estate developers of all time."

Forget about albums, Kanye West now drops renderings.

The rapper turned designer, entrepreneur and now developer revealed his newly-formed architecture studio’s first project, a prefabricated affordable housing scheme... Читать дальше...

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Regtech solutions seemed to offer the solution to financial institutions' (FIs) compliance woes when they first came to prominence around 24 months ago, gaining support from regulators and investors alike. See the rest of the story at Business Insider

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• You can find the letter and numbers A113 in Pixar movies.
• There's a reason it's a part of the movies. 
• A113 is a reference to the California Institute of the Arts, where many animators attended college.
• You can see it at the end of "Incredibles 2."

Pixar has been known for its Easter eggs— hidden messages in films — but one of its best has to do with A113.

The letter and numbers can be found in almost all of Pixar's films... Читать дальше...

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• There's a recent meme that assures parents their kids don't have a secret relationship.
• Instead, they're probably looking at pictures of celebrities.
• The meme taps into the deep loneliness of fandom.
• It originated from South Korean boy band fans and spread to more mainstream fandom communities.

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• Mars Inc is one of the biggest family-owned companies in the world, with more than $35 billion in annual sales.
• The 106-year-old company is known for its iconic candy brands, including Snickers, M&Ms, Milky Way, and Twix. But the company's biggest business is its pet-care business.
• Business Insider spoke to Mars chairman Stephen Badger, the great-grandson of founder Franklin Mars... Читать дальше...

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• President Donald Trump took to Twitter on Tuesday to wade into a feud with the actor Robert De Niro.
• An outspoken critic of Trump since the 2016 presidential election, De Niro has chastised Trump in multiple public appearances in the past few days.
• De Niro said "f--- Trump" on stage to a standing ovation at the Tony Awards on Sunday night, and then apologized for "the idiotic behavior of my president" in a speech in Toronto on Tuesday. 
• "Robert De Niro... Читать дальше...

Associated Press

• Taliban fighters killed a district governor in northern Afghanistan on Tuesday and kept up the pressure to seize control over some parts of Faryab province.
• The killing happened on the same day that the ceasefire announced by the government came into effect.

• At least eight Afghan security officials have been killed in the ongoing clashes, and the center of the Kohistanat district center in Faryab province has fallen to the Taliban.

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• Don & Millie's, a fast-food restaurant chain with eight locations in Nebraska, sells a deep-fried grilled cheese sandwich called the Cheese Frenchee.
• The Cheese Frenchee was originally invented in the 1950s by a restaurant called King's Food Host in Lincoln, Nebraska.
• Although King's Food Host disappeared in the early 1970s, the Cheese Frenchee can still be found at various restaurants across Nebraska.
• Don & Millie's serves the Cheese Frenchee for $4.59... Читать дальше...

Reuters

• CVS Health and Aetna are planning to merge in a deal that would create a new, vertically integrated company containing a health insurer, a retail pharmacy, and a pharmacy benefits manager, which negotiates prescription-drug prices with drugmakers.
• While CVS and Aetna shareholders have approved the deal, it remains to be seen whether federal or state regulators will step in to block it.
• On Tuesday, a judge approved the merger of Time Warner and AT&T, a similar merger. Читать дальше...

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• When NASA's Apollo astronauts landed on the moon, they drilled probes into the ground to monitor the moon's temperature.
• Apollo mission researchers later noticed that the probes recorded peculiar warming on the surface of the moon.
• New data suggests that by walking around and poking into the lunar surface, the astronauts themselves changed the temperature on the moon.

The old explorer's adage says to "take only photos, leave only... Читать дальше...

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