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Better Buy: Shopify Inc. vs. eBay Inc.

«FOX Business» (foxbusiness.com) 

Between the established e-commerce auctioneer and an upstart growing like a weed, here's the tiebreaker that seals it.

Billionaire Icahn Steps Down as Trump Adviser

Voice of America 

Billionaire investor Carl Icahn on Friday ended his role as a special adviser to U.S. President Donald Trump after facing criticism that his recommendations on policy could help his own investments. Some Democratic lawmakers and biofuels advocates had argued that Icahn's policy recommendations to the Republican administration created a conflict of interest with his businesses, including oil refining company CVR Energy Inc. Icahn denied any conflict of interest. "I chose to end this arrangement... Читать дальше...



How Al Pacino...

BBC 

Sensing an epileptic fit is imminent Frank turns to a tried and tested way of controlling his episodes and leans on Al Pacino in a pub.

How Al Pacino came to my rescue

BBC News (UK) 

Sensing an epileptic fit is imminent Frank turns to a tried and tested way of controlling his episodes and leans on Al Pacino in a pub.

Attack in Spain could have been more devastating

«SFGate» (sfgate.com) 

BARCELONA, Spain — A cell of at least nine extremists meticulously plotted to combine vehicles and explosives in a direct hit on tourists and managed to carry off most of their deadly plan, killing 14 people, authorities said Friday. Police in Spain and France pressed a manhunt for any remaining members of the group, which Islamic State claimed as its own. Only flawed bomb construction avoided a more devastating attack, authorities said after taking a closer look at a blast Wednesday... Читать дальше...

Confederate monuments removed or vandalized across the US

McClatchy DC Bureau 

Confederate monuments are being removed around the country under pressure from those who say they honor a regime that enslaved African-Americans. The pace has increased, however, in the wake of … Click to Continue »

Waiting to see which Arrogate shows up

«SFGate» (sfgate.com) 

Is Arrogate the horse that finished a distant fourth at odds of 1-20 in the San Diego Handicap or the one that won his seven previous races, including the world’s three richest? The answer should come in the Grade 1, $1 million Pacific Classic on Saturday at Del Mar. And it could determine whether Arrogate gets the chance to defend his Breeders’ Cup Classic title and become the world’s first thoroughbred to pass $20 million in earnings. The Breeders’ Cup (also at Del Mar) is Nov. Читать дальше...

Bannon or no Bannon, Trump will be Trump

GantDaily.com 

In any normal White House, in any normal week, the ouster of the President’s political and ideological guru would signal a major course correction. Though Steve Bannon has been a force of disruption in President Donald Trump’s tumultuous seven months in power, the now former chief White House strategist is unlikely to take the chaos […]

New Confederate monuments are going up and these are the people behind them

GantDaily.com 

Since 2007, John Culpepper had been anticipating this moment: the unveiling of a statue to the common Confederate soldier in his hometown of Chickamauga, Georgia. In November of last year, three days before Donald Trump won the presidency, it became a reality. Culpepper founded the local chapter of the Sons of Confederate Veterans, the self-described […]

Evidence of a toxic environment for women in economics

«SFGate» (sfgate.com) 

A pathbreaking new study of online conversations among economists describes and quantifies a workplace culture that appears to amount to outright hostility toward women in parts of the economics profession. Alice Wu, who will start her doctoral studies at Harvard next year, completed the research in an award-winning senior thesis at UC Berkeley. Her paper has been making the rounds among leading economists this summer and prompting urgent conversations. David Card... Читать дальше...

Lucchesi, Reyes fuel 4-2 San Antonio win over Springfield

«Gazette Times» (gazettetimes.com) 

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) -- Franmil Reyes hit a solo home run in the eighth inning, and Joey Lucchesi struck out nine over 6 2/3 innings as the San Antonio Missions defeated the Springfield Cardinals 4-2 on Thursday.

Lucchesi, Reyes fuel 4-2 San Antonio win over Springfield

JournalStar.com 

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) -- Franmil Reyes hit a solo home run in the eighth inning, and Joey Lucchesi struck out nine over 6 2/3 innings as the San Antonio Missions defeated the Springfield Cardinals 4-2 on Thursday.





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