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Friday weather: Rain showers likely

«Gazette Times» (gazettetimes.com) 

Expect rain showers throughout the mid-valley on Friday, a precursor to a rainy weekend.

Reviled pharma bro Martin Shkreli wants to 'buy' Kanye West's new album for $10 million

BusinessInsider.com 

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Martin Shkreli, the "pharma bro" who price-gouged a life-saving AIDS drug medicine and caught charges of securities fraud and laughed through his testimony with Congress and weirdly started beef with Wu Tang member Ghostface Killah, has found his next trick. 

He wants to "buy" the new Kanye West album, "The Life of Pablo."

"I believe you (and your partners) will find this financial arrangement more attractive than your current course of action," Shkreli writes. Читать дальше...

Aziz Ansari confirms second season of 'Master of None'

United Press International (UPI.com) 

Marilyn Malara
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 12 (UPI) -- Aziz Ansari will be bringing his Netflix Original, "Master of None," back for a second season in 2017, the actor announced Thursday night.



As gold price soars, Indian and Chinese buyers hold off

«The Times of India» (indiatimes.com) 

As gold trades near its highest in a year on a wave of safe-haven buying, traditionally active buyers of physical gold in the major Asian markets have shown little interest so far. Consumers in India and China tend to typically buy gold in jewellery form.

Deutsche Bank Announces $5 Billion Debt Buyback In Bid To Reassure Investors

International Business Times 

Deutsche Bank announced Friday it would buy back more than $5 billion in outstanding debt. The news comes at the tail end of a week that saw Deutsche Bank's shares battered by investors concerned over the German lender's ability to meet its bond payments and legal costs.  “The bank’s strong liquidity position allows it to repurchase these securities without any corresponding change to its 2016 funding plan,” the bank said in a statement.

Apple is unlikely to include noise-canceling headphones with the iPhone 7 (crus, aapl)

BusinessInsider.com 

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Apple is unlikely to include noise-cancelling headphones with the iPhone 7, according to a Barclays analyst note published on Friday.

The note covers Cirrus Logic, a key Apple supplier and one of the companies most likely to benefit if Apple were to ditch the traditional headphone jack, as is expected, which would force headphones to connect through Bluetooth or Apple's proprietary Lightning connector instead. 

According to Blayne Curtis and Christopher Hemmelgarn, the analysts who wrote the note... Читать дальше...

Pacific Pathways kicks off; 3 missions this year

Stars and Stripes 

Elements of several brigades will deploy for a dozen exercises across the Pacific this year as part of a program designed to boost the Army’s engagement in the region.

Kanye West defends vulgar lyric about Taylor Swift: 'It's actually something Taylor came up with'

BusinessInsider.com 

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Kanye West took to Twitter on Friday morning to defend a song released on his new album, "Famous," that makes an unflattering reference to Taylor Swift.

"I made that b---- famous," he says on "Famous," referring in the lyrics to a "Taylor" who is clearly Swift and saying he might still sleep with her.

Swift, through a publicist, has already denied giving her blessing for the track and says she instead cautioned West against such a "misogynistic" message.

Now West is saying that isn't true at all. Читать дальше...

Vikings offseason primer: the offensive line

«Star Tribune» (startribune.com) 

Two days after the season-ending loss to the Seahawks, coach Mike Zimmer made it clear that changes would be coming to the subpar Vikings offensive line, starting with the parting of veteran line coach Jeff Davidson. No quarterback was pressured more frequently than Teddy Bridgewater, who was under duress on 46.9 percent of his dropbacks, according to Pro Football Focus. He was sacked 44 times, sixth-most in the league. The offensive line’s run blocking was better, paving the way for running back... Читать дальше...





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