Новости за 13.06.2016

The special giveaway is in promotion of the upcoming Disney Pixar film, 'Finding Dory.'

The 2016-17 Nebraska women's basketball schedule is beginning to take shape.

The Nebraska State Fair will be hosting Nebraska High School Sports Hall of Fame prep volleyball scrimmages as part of the Bill Marshall Volleyball Classic Aug. 26-27 at Grand Island’s Heartland Events Center.

The Government Accountability Board asked for the funds to air TV and radio ads created in 2011 to educate public.

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Legendary private equity chief Henry Kravis has a tip for young entrepreneurs.

He talked a great deal about the culture and investing decisions at the private equity firm KKR, which he cofounded with his cousin George Roberts, in an interview with Bloomberg's Jason Kelly.

KKR has enjoyed spectacular growth since it was founded in 1976. The firm was once the most feared leveraged buyout firm on Wall Street, as documented in the book "Barbarians at... Читать дальше...

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Work is stressful. That's true for everyone, even if you love your job.

At Salesforce, CEO Marc Benioff runs a company that employs 22,000 people and will do $8.3 billion in revenue this year. Business Insider's Matt Rosoff asked him what he does to deal with the stress of his job, and the answer was surprisingly simple: "mindfulness."

"I have a mindfulness practice, and I try to practice mindfulness formally a few times a week. Like yesterday I... Читать дальше...

Microsoft agreed to pay $26.2 billion in cash for LinkedIn, the Redmond, Wash. software giant’s largest acquisition to date. The deal brings together an established tech powerhouse that made its name on desktop PCs and a Web upstart that grew out of the ashes of the first dotcom boom. [...] over time, the companies will build ties between LinkedIn’s database of users and Microsoft’s software that make it an even more powerful challenger to the likes of Google, Salesforce, and Oracle. In announcing the transaction... Читать дальше...

KIESTER, Minn. (AP) — The small town of Kiester is embracing the attention from a national TV commercial for hemorrhoid medication set in their town.

LinkedIn co-founder and Executive Chairman Reid Hoffman said he backs Microsoft’s proposed deal to acquire the professional social-network, calling it a ‘re-founding moment.’

With interest rates near zero in the United States and below it in many other major economies, it’s easy to blame central banks for lousy retirement returns. But panelists took a different view. It’s not monetary policy that’s crushing retirement returns, or even interest rates, they agreed.

WASHINGTON (AP) — A Democratic congressman frustrated with inaction on gun control said Monday he's done with the moments of silence typically held on the House floor after mass shootings, calling them "obnoxious expressions of smug incompetence." Connecticut Rep. Jim Himes says he will leave the House floor when the chamber pauses to honor 49 people killed at an Orlando nightclub early Sunday morning. The Democrat's Connecticut district is close to Newtown, where a gunman killed 20 first-graders... Читать дальше...

Microsoft unveiled during its Monday media briefing at the Electronic Entertainment Expo a new, slimmer version of the video game console coming later this year and a more powerful one that's due in 2017. Other changes include moving the USB ports to the front of the console, adding a built-in infrared blaster and eliminating the port for the motion-detecting Kinect camera system. During the presentation, Microsoft also heavily promoted its new Xbox Play Anywhere initiative, which will allow users... Читать дальше...

MOSCOW (AP) — The Russian Orthodox Church said on Monday it would not go to a historic meeting of all of the world's Orthodox churches because other churches have walked out.

Sarah Piampiano left a demanding job on Wall Street for an equally demanding job training 40 hours a week as a top competitor on the triathlon circuit.

On Thursday, Russia grounded it's entire fleet of Su-27s, believed to be more than 300 planes, after a jet from the Russian acrobatic team crashed and killed the pilot.

The presumptive Republican embraces the politics of fear in the wake of the worst shooting in American history, as he and Hillary Clinton give dueling terror addresses.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Lake Michigan regulators are recommending a large reduction of Chinook salmon with hopes of averting a population collapse similar to the one that hit Lake Huron.

David Beckham says watching his son Romeo play tennis with Andy Murray at Queen's Club was "surreal".

Laws would standardise the age of consent for all sexual acts.

No, Donald Drumpf, a shootout at the OK corral would not have happened, no matter what Ann Coulter says.

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Singer and former "The Voice" contestant Christina Grimmie was tragically killed this past Friday night in Orlando while signing autographs. Following her death, fans and fellow singers alike have gathered to pay tribute to the star.

Now, one of them is giving back in a big way. 

Adam Levine, who was Grimmie's coach on "The Voice," was incredibly close with the singer.

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The government will introduce a new expired drugs disposal policy to clear huge stocks of expired medicines piling up in warehouses of the state health department.

Donald Trump thinks Hillary Clinton has finally agreed to adopt his approach. Once again, he appears to have reality backwards.

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