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Pandora adds last of 'big three' to licensing deals for streaming service

MarketWatch.com 

Pandora Media Inc. landed a licensing deal with the third of the "big three" music labels Thursday, one of the final steps for the company's planned on-demand streaming service. The online-radio pioneer announced a direct licensing deal with Warner Music Group on Thursday, two days after announcing similar agreements with Sony Corp.'s Sony Music and Vivendi SA's Universal Music Group, as well as the independent collective Merlin Network. The deals, which allow the company to stream music on-demand in the United States... Читать дальше...

A traveler’s guide to haggling

BusinessInsider.com 

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Plenty of travelers prefer to just pay the listed price of the item and be done with it, but bargaining a price down is expected in many cultures — especially at flea markets and bazaars, where vendors often inflate prices and expect potential buyers to argue them down.

There’s no better way to awaken your inner haggler than to seek inspiration from someone who not only bargains well but loves to do it. Master haggler Tim Chan, Public Relations Manager at G Adventures, has traveled and shopped around the world. Читать дальше...

One for the books: Novelist runs into fiery home for laptop

TheRepublic.com 

NEW ORLEANS — Avoiding a nasty real-life plot twist, a writer dashed past firefighters into a burning New Orleans house Thursday to rescue two completed novels stored on his laptop. “Anybody that’s ever created art, there’s no replacing that,” Gideon Hodge, 35, told The New Orleans Advocate (http://bit.ly/2chyJqg) after safely making it out of the

Bank of Japan split over easing program: WSJ

MarketWatch.com 

Policy makers at the Bank of Japan are divided over whether to make the central bank's bond-buying program more flexible, threatening to add to investor jitters over the path of bond yields, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. While seven members of the bank's nine-person board back easing, they have split over where to go next, the report said, citing people familiar with their thinking. At least three favor sticking with the current program of asset purchases, fearing that tinkering with it could send the yen soaring... Читать дальше...

'Keep the focus where it belongs': Ivanka Trump lashes out at Cosmo after contentious interview

BusinessInsider.com 

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Ivanka Trump criticized Cosmopolitan magazine on Thursday for the supposedly negative questions about her father's previous comments on the "inconvenience" of pregnancy.

In a series of tweets Thursday afternoon, the daughter of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump suggested that a tense exchange between herself and Cosmo writer Prachi Gupta about the real-estate mogul's position on paid family leave unfairly politicized an issue she' wants to raise awareness for. Читать дальше...

It’s Oklahoma’s Mayfield vs. Ohio St’s Barrett in QB battle

TheRepublic.com 

NORMAN, Okla. — A quarterback matchup the likes of Saturday’s showdown between Oklahoma’s Baker Mayfield and Ohio State’s J.T. Barrett is rare, especially in the regular season. Barrett finished fifth in the Heisman Trophy balloting in 2014, Mayfield finished fourth last year, and both are in the discussion this year. The most recent matchup between

'It's great to be back': Clinton returns to campaign trail after health episode

BusinessInsider.com 

Associated Press

Hillary Clinton returned to the campaign trail Thursday after taking a few days off to recover from pneumonia, and while she addressed questions about why she didn't reveal the diagnosis sooner, she didn't specify when she told her running mate, Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine, about her illness.

The Democratic presidential nominee spoke in the battleground state of North Carolina and talked about her reluctance to take time off the trail while she was sick.

"I have to say... Читать дальше...

Samsung Note 7: CPSC Issues Official Recall

International Business Times 

UPDATE: 6:15 p.m. EDT — Reuters said Samsung would provide refunds or replacements for 1 million Samsung Galaxy Note 7s. Replacement devices are expected to be available at U.S. retail outlets no later than next Wednesday. Original story The Consumer Product Safety Commission issued a recall Thursday for the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 smartphone because the device’s batteries could catch fire and explode while charging.

The Latest: Washington State president, AD meet with police

«Seattle Post-Intelligencer» (seattlepi.com) 

(AP) — The Latest on a meeting between Washington state's president, athletic director and Pullman police to discuss the legal woes of football players (all times local): Washington State University President Kirk Schulz has met with Pullman's police chief to discuss recent incidents involving Cougar football players. Washington State University's president and athletic director are set to meet with the local police chief two days after football Coach Mike Leach suggested his players were being unfairly targeted by law enforcement.





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