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Gawker Is Filing to Unseal the $10 Million Lawsuit Bill O’Reilly Wants to Keep Secret

Gawker Is Filing to Unseal the $10 Million Lawsuit Bill O’Reilly Wants to Keep Secret : Just this week, O’Reilly criticized Michelle Obama for her speech at the Democratic National Convention, where she spoke of watching her two daughters grow up in the White House, which was erected in the 18th century with the labor of enslaved Africans. “Slaves that worked there were well-fed and had decent lodgings provided by the government,” he said on The O’Reilly Factor, as if the perceived lack of food and shelter was the main disadvantage of chattel slavery, which did more to destroy black families than any other American institution.
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SiriusXM Tops 25 Million Paid Subscribers, 10% Revenue Growth - hypebot

SiriusXM Tops 25 Million Paid Subscribers, 10% Revenue Growth - hypebot : Satellite radio broadcaster Sirius XM Holdings (NASDAQ: SIRI) announced this morning that it added a net of 587,000 new subscribers in the 2nd quarter of 2016. It's total subscribers now totals a record high 30.6 million, which after subtracting its 5 million free new car trial users nets�a total of 25.1 million paid subscribers.
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Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System

Abstract. A purely peer-to-peer version of electronic cash would allow online payments to be sent directly from one party to another without going through a financial institution. Digital signatures provide part of the solution, but the main benefits are lost if a trusted third party is still required to prevent double-spending. We propose a solution to the double-spending problem using a peer-to-peer network. The network timestamps transactions by hashing them into an ongoing chain of hash-based proof-of-work, forming a record that cannot be changed without redoing the proof-of-work. The longest chain not only serves as proof of the sequence of events witnessed, but proof that it came from the largest pool of CPU power. As long as a majority of CPU power is controlled by nodes that are not cooperating to attack the network, they'll generate the longest chain and outpace attackers. The network itself requires minimal structure. Messages are broadca...
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Last Yahoo CEO standing: Here’s Marissa Mayer’s letter to employees on the sale - Recode

Last Yahoo CEO standing: Here’s Marissa Mayer’s letter to employees on the sale - Recode : This sale is not only an important step in our plan to unlock shareholder value for Yahoo, it is also a great opportunity for Yahoo to build further distribution and accelerate our work in mobile, video, native advertising, and social. As one of the largest wireless and cable companies in the world, Verizon opens the door to extensive distribution opportunities. With more than 100 million wireless customers, a shared view of the importance of mobile and video ad tech, a deep content focus through AOL, Verizon brings clear synergies to the table. And with their aggressive aims to grow global audience to 2B users and $20B in revenue within the mobile-media business by 2020, Yahoo’s products and brand will be central to achieving these goals. Joining forces with AOL and Verizon will help us achieve tremendous scale on mobile. Imagine the distribution challenges we will solve, the scale we will achie...
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Pangea split apart way faster than we thought - Business Insider

Pangea split apart way faster than we thought - Business Insider : "A critical point is reached when the connection between the two continents becomes so weak it can no longer resist the forces trying to pull it apart,” Dr. Dietmar Muller, a geophysicist at the University of Sydney and an author of the paper, told the Times. "This acceleration is directly related to the thinning of the crust."
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'Trainspotting' sequel trailer - Business Insider

'Trainspotting' sequel trailer - Business Insider : In the brief new teaser, a train rambles along a track before revealing the film's four stars, Spud�(Bremner), Renton (McGregor), Sick Boy (Miller), and Begbie (Carlyle), standing together alongside the railway.�
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Rio Olympic Village sounds like a disaster - Business Insider

Rio Olympic Village sounds like a disaster - Business Insider : "Problems include blocked toilets, leaking pipes, exposed wiring, darkened stairwells where no lighting has been installed and dirty floors in need of a massive clean," she added. "In operations areas water has come through the ceiling resulting in large puddles on the floor around cabling and wiring."
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Last Yahoo CEO standing: Here’s Marissa Mayer’s letter to employees on the sale - Recode

Last Yahoo CEO standing: Here’s Marissa Mayer’s letter to employees on the sale - Recode : This sale is not only an important step in our plan to unlock shareholder value for Yahoo, it is also a great opportunity for Yahoo to build further distribution and accelerate our work in mobile, video, native advertising, and social. As one of the largest wireless and cable companies in the world, Verizon opens the door to extensive distribution opportunities. With more than 100 million wireless customers, a shared view of the importance of mobile and video ad tech, a deep content focus through AOL, Verizon brings clear synergies to the table. And with their aggressive aims to grow global audience to 2B users and $20B in revenue within the mobile-media business by 2020, Yahoo’s products and brand will be central to achieving these goals. Joining forces with AOL and Verizon will help us achieve tremendous scale on mobile. Imagine the distribution challenges we will solve, the scale we will achie...
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Here's rare video of Apple designer Jony Ive talking about a gorgeous Ferrari - Yahoo Finance

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What Is the Most Annoying Sound in the World? | Science | Smithsonian

What Is the Most Annoying Sound in the World? | Science | Smithsonian : Even more interesting than the rankings were the parts of the brain that lit up with activity when the research participants heard the irritating noises. The MRI scans revealed that along with the auditory cortex (which processes sounds), activity in the�amygdala—the region of the brain responsible for producing emotions—increased in direct proportion to the perceived unpleasantness of the sound. The researchers found that the amygdala interacted with signals coming from the auditory cortex, increasing the amount of unpleasantness conveyed by sounds at the top of the list, which all happen to occur in the�frequency range�between 2,000 and 5,000 Hz.
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What Is the Most Annoying Sound in the World? | Science | Smithsonian

What Is the Most Annoying Sound in the World? | Science | Smithsonian : Even more interesting than the rankings were the parts of the brain that lit up with activity when the research participants heard the irritating noises. The MRI scans revealed that along with the auditory cortex (which processes sounds), activity in the�amygdala—the region of the brain responsible for producing emotions—increased in direct proportion to the perceived unpleasantness of the sound. The researchers found that the amygdala interacted with signals coming from the auditory cortex, increasing the amount of unpleasantness conveyed by sounds at the top of the list, which all happen to occur in the�frequency range�between 2,000 and 5,000 Hz.
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UEFA Euro 2016 By The Numbers - Forbes

UEFA Euro 2016 By The Numbers - Forbes : The expanded tournament format has been a subject of much debate among the soccer world, however. Many top analysts preferred the 16-team format as the ideal number for a tournament bracket, and also as the best way to ensure top teams played against each other in the group stages.
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Richard Wilson (sculptor) - Google Search

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The network of global corporate control

Stefania Vitali 1 , James B. Glattfelder 1 , and Stefano Battiston 1 ⋆ 1 Chair of Systems Design, ETH Zurich, Kreuzplatz 5, 8032 Zurich, Switzerland , ⋆ corresponding author, email: sbattiston@ethz.ch Abstract The structure of the control network of transnational corporations affects global market com- petition and financial stability. So far, only small national samples were studied and there was no appropriate methodology to assess control globally. We present the first investigation of the architecture of the international ownership network, along with the computation of the control held by each global player. We find that transnational corporations form a giant bow-tie struc- ture and that a large portion of control flows to a small tightly-knit core of financial institutions. This core can be seen as an economic “super-entity” that raises new important issues both for researchers and policy makers. 
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Project Titan, SixtyEight & SG5: Inside Apple's top-secret electric car project

Project Titan, SixtyEight & SG5: Inside Apple's top-secret electric car project : The City of Sunnyvale has issued a number of permits to Apple at the site, proving the company leases at least three of the campus's seven properties. Apple has taken residence in the building with the largest footprint, which is outfitted with a battery room, reliability lab, water ingress lab, 2,000 gallon tank, conference room, break room, computer labs, and test chambers. Outside are bicycle parking facilities, while two large loading areas flank a row of overhead doors installed to the rear of the building.
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Apple rival Samsung posts high Q2 profits on rebounding phone division

Apple rival Samsung posts high Q2 profits on rebounding phone division : Although the company won't post in-depth results until later this month, Samsung said that its Q2 profits are estimated to have grown 17.4 percent year-over-year to 8.1 trillion won ($7 billion), according to Reuters. The company's mobile division is thought to have been the top profit driver. It took hits from several directions in 2015, as Apple ate into high-end phone sales with the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus, while Chinese firms advanced into the budget market. The Galaxy S6 meanwhile had a botched launch, with too few of the most popular models available. The company responded by streamlining its product lineup — thereby improving profit margins — and releasing the Galaxy S7, which has proven the success it was originally hoping for from the S6. The iPhone 6s and 6s Plus also haven't been as popular as might have been anticipated. Apple posted its first-ever decline in iPhone sales during the March...
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New Trump Campaign Capability Should Have Clinton Worried | Campaign Trail - AdAge

http://adage.com/article/campaign-trail/trump-campaign-capability-hillary-worried/304831/?utm_source=digital_email&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=adage&ttl=1468431777 ********************************************************************** The information contained in this message may be privileged, confidential and protected from disclosure. This message is intended only for the use of the addressee(s) herein. If you are not the intended recipient, please do not save, copy, use, distribute or disclose the information (message and/or attachment(s)) contained herein and please notify the sender of this error by replying to this message or call (+41.848.00.27.27) and then immediately delete it from your system. Unencrypted Internet communications are not secured. As a result UEFA does not guarantee that the sender and/or the content shown is/are the actual sender and/or content. **********************************************************************
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Messi handed prison sentence in tax fraud case | SportBusiness Group

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Five questions boards should ask about IT in a digital world | McKinsey & Company

http://www.mckinsey.com/business-functions/business-technology/our-insights/five-questions-boards-should-ask-about-it-in-a-digital-world?cid=other-eml-alt-mip-mck-oth-1607#0 ********************************************************************** The information contained in this message may be privileged, confidential and protected from disclosure. This message is intended only for the use of the addressee(s) herein. If you are not the intended recipient, please do not save, copy, use, distribute or disclose the information (message and/or attachment(s)) contained herein and please notify the sender of this error by replying to this message or call (+41.848.00.27.27) and then immediately delete it from your system. Unencrypted Internet communications are not secured. As a result UEFA does not guarantee that the sender and/or the content shown is/are the actual sender and/or content. **********************************************************************
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• Chart: These Devices Rule the American Home | Statista

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Nike: +5.8% in turnover in 2016 (€29.2bn), -4.6% in "football" revenues (€1.93bn)

Nike: +5.8% in turnover in 2016 (€29.2bn), -4.6% in "football" revenues (€1.93bn) Alert #72639 Go to the site - Change the format - Choose Categories Nike: +5.8% in turnover in 2016 (€29.2bn), -4.6% in "football" revenues (€1.93bn) S&P - Paris - Tuesday, July 5 2016 - Highlights #72639 Nike achieved a turnover of $32.4bn (€29.16bn) in the 2016 financial year (from 01/06/2015 to 31/05/2016), up 6% (+12 % excluding currency effects) compared to 2015 ($30.6bn / €28.15bn), announced the US sports equipment brand on 28/06/2016. The Nike brand accounts for 94.2% of group's revenues in 2016 ($30.5bn / €27.45bn), with the footwear brand Converse contributing the remainder ($1.96bn / €1.76bn, 5.8% of the total). While North America is the Nike brand's top market with $14.7bnin revenues (€13.2bn, +7%), the ...
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How great leaders inspire action

How great leaders inspire action https://www.ted.com/talks/simon_sinek_how_great_leaders_inspire_action?language=en&utm_source=tedcomshare&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=tedspread Igor
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