Новости за 18.12.2017

Somehow, the private equity industry became part of Wall Street, despite its decades of investing in Main Street.

Paul Shirley has been called the worst player to ever play in the NBA. Even his books fails to argue he was good at basketball. But Shirley could be thought of as "good" at basketball (if we just focus on what he did in college!).

Human beings are never entirely rational. We have the capacity for rational thought, but this is intertwined with other motivating forces including emotion, fantasy and "self-states." Increasing self-knowledgable about the interplay of these complex internal forces leads to better decisions.

The U.S. banking industry has seen net interest margins gradually improve from the all-time lows it reached in early 2015 thanks to the series of rate hikes implemented by the Federal Reserve since December 2015.

The disparity seems to be coming from shifting trends in the retail industry, though just what trends are causing it are up for debate.

While their sales have slowed the combined sales of the iPhone 8, 8 Plus and X are above 1 million per day

Unilever recently announced that it will be selling its spreads business to KKR for about $8 billion (€6.825 billion) on a cash-free and debt-free basis. The deal is expected to close by the middle of 2018. Unilever had announced its plans to divest the spreads business in April.

Canada 2018 looking to be a $5B Cannabis green rush and entrepreneurs are panning for gold

Your LinkedIn can be a powerful career advancer when it exudes these eight key attributes. How does your profile stack up?

Why are we still spinning our heads doing traditional drug discovery when we know that it’s not working?

It's the fourth day of my 12 Days of Charitable Giving for 2017. Readers have suggested deserving charities over the past few weeks, and I’ll be posting one a day for – well, 12 days (I’m clever that way). Today's charity is Women's Lunch Place.

A British professor, David Nutt claims to have perfected a synthetic compound that delivers alcohol's pleasures without its side effects.

Turning a monster into a character, and giving water a shape.

Be like Meghan Markle and Prince Harry and visit one of the many London high jewelers who can provide an engagement ring with royal tradition, modern flair or a little of both

Congress is about to approve the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, but it falls far short of President Trump's promises.

New tips for gamers who aspire to join the NBA 2K League.

Angels Stadium in Anaheim will be getting a massive upgrade to their video boards, and the addition of ribbon boards around the ballpark. All told, there will be 14 video displays that will equal 23,000 square feet. Here's the details.

It is clear that President Donald Trump is set to save millions if he signs the Republican tax plan, but exactly how much? Forbes crunched the numbers: It looks like up to $11 million a year from a single rule change.

One new song continues to rise, hitting the top 10, while another finally does so after more than 20 years of trying.

According to Hulu, we spent a lot of 2017 watching our favorite TV shows and movies. For the first time ever, Hulu has made its proprietary data available and here are some of their findings.

The top Chinese smartphone vendors are looking to make deeper inroads into the U.S. market as early as next year, with Bloomberg reporting that Huawei and Xiaomi are in talks with U.S. wireless carriers, including AT&T and Verizon about selling their flagship smartphones.

The 10th annual Cayman Cookout at the Ritz-Carlton may just sink Grand Cayman under the sheer weight of Michelin stars. To mark 10 years, the celebrity chef talent is completely over the top, the likes of Sean Brock and Emeril Lagasse in the same place as Daniel Boulud and Dominque Crenn.

Why Berkshire Hathaway's surge beyond $300,000 a share proves sanity is prevailing in 2017, despite growing signs of mania in crypto assets.

K-pop singer-songwriter and SHINee member Kim Jonghyun was confirmed dead on Monday.

Under the current setup, roughly 44 percent of U.S. homes are worth enough for it to make sense for a homeowner to itemize their deductions and take advantage of the mortgage interest deduction. Under the new bill (as reported), that proportion of homes drops to 14.4 percent.