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University of New Hampshire gets big donation

«SFGate» (sfgate.com) 

The lab's executive director Jennifer Seavey says the "transformational gift" could be used for things such as a new research vessel and faculty housing.

Ray Dalio is stepping down from managing the world's biggest hedge fund firm amid a company-wide shake-up

BusinessInsider.com 

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Ray Dalio, who oversees the world's biggest hedge fund firm, is stepping down from management amid a company-wide shake-up.

Dalio will stop managing Bridgewater Associates by mid-April, according to a client note Wednesday reviewed by Business Insider. Dalio said in the note that he had "temporarily stepped back into management" 10 months ago to help transition Greg Jensen's co-CEO role.

Dalio will remain co-chief investment officer along with Bob Prince and Jensen. Читать дальше...

Real woman seeks donations to counter ‘Real women’ billboard

TheRepublic.com 

RALEIGH, N.C. — A North Carolina woman is raising money to pay for a new billboard to counter one criticized as sexist and misogynistic. The billboard that appeared in February alongside a highway between Winston-Salem and Greensboro reads: “Real men provide. Real women appreciate it.” The News & Observer of Raleigh reports (http://bit.ly/2lWqenD) that Paula



IOC strips Ukrainian of 2008 Olympic medal for doping

TheRepublic.com 

LAUSANNE, Switzerland — The bronze medalist in women’s modern pentathlon at the 2008 Beijing Olympics has been disqualified for doping. The IOC says Viktoriya Tereshchuk of Ukraine tested positive for the anabolic steroid turinabol in retests of a urine sample given at the time. The 35-year-old Tereshchuk, the 2011 world champion, loses her medal and

New Trump travel order will aim to short circuit legal challenges

Yahoo! News 

In formulating a new executive order limiting travel to the United States, President Donald Trump has promised to make the directive harder to fight successfully in court than the one he issued in January. One way the administration will likely try to do that, legal experts say, is to shape the order more narrowly to undercut the opportunity for states and other opponents to sue by showing courts they have "standing," or the ability to argue the president's order causes them harm. More than... Читать дальше...

Saudi King Kicks Off 12-Day Indonesia Trip

WSJ.com 

King Salman of Saudi Arabia began a 12-day visit to Indonesia Wednesday meant to cement plans for a $6 billion refinery project and build up ties between the two Muslim-majority countries.

The Next Dilemma of the Republican Tax Overhaul

WSJ.com 

House Republicans haven’t ironed out how to treat hedge funds, law firms and the millions of other business owners whose income passes through to their individual tax returns.

Afghan spokesman raises death toll in Kabul attacks to 16

McClatchy DC Bureau 

An Afghan health official says that at least 16 people have been killed in twin Taliban suicide bombings and a shootout that followed one of the attacks in the country's … Click to Continue »

Trump Congressional Address Sets Twitter Record

Voice of America 

President Donald Trump set a record on Twitter Tuesday night as his speech before a joint session of Congress became the most-tweeted presidential Congressional speech ever, the company said. According to Twitter spokesman Nick Pacilio, 3 million people tweeted about Trump’s speech Tuesday night, beating out the previous record of 2.6 million held by former President Barack Obama for his 2015 State of the Union speech. Twitter launched in 2006, making it a relatively new phenomenon in U.S.... Читать дальше...





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