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Here's how Waymo's brand new self-driving cars see the world (GOOGL)
Business Insider - 18 Jan 2017 16:06
Waymo, Google's self-driving-car company, will release a fleet of brand new autonomous cars on public roads in Arizona and California by the end of the month. The hybrid minivans, supplied by Fiat Chrysler, are the first...
Main Chip Stories: China and Google
Barron's - 18 Jan 2017 19:52
Two important themes from the SEMI ISS conference are Chinese chip growth and Google's Tensor Processing Unit.
Will Trump give banks a break on BSA? Don't bet on it
American Banker - 18 Jan 2017 22:08
While the Trump administration could relax other bank regulations, it is unlikely that it would ease up when it comes to money-laundering compliance.
Citigroup Is the Last of the Cheap Banks
Wall Street Journal - 18 Jan 2017 22:32
Citigroup is the last major bank trading at an ultracheap valuation.
Economic Report: Rent in December soars to highest growth since start of recession
Market Watch - 18 Jan 2017 16:55
The cost of rent has been accelerating for years as supply dwindles and demand strengthens.
Goldman Sachs profit soars on post-election surge in trading
Reuters - 18 Jan 2017 15:59
(Reuters) - Goldman Sachs Group Inc reported a nearly fourfold rise in quarterly profit on Wednesday, benefiting from a surge in trading following Donald Trump's surprise win in the U.S. presidential election.
11 books President Obama thinks everyone should read
Business Insider - 18 Jan 2017 20:39
Pool/Getty Images Barack Obama is a major bookworm. In his book "Dreams from My Father," he reflected on his lifelong love of literature: "When I wasn't working, the weekends would usually find me alone in an empty apart...
Being a Strategic Leader Is About Asking the Right Questions
Harvard Business Review - 18 Jan 2017 15:05
It’s what your team really needs.
Will U.S. have access to China's markets?
CBSNews - 18 Jan 2017 07:28
Rob Kapito co-founder, president and director of BlackRock and chairman of the global operating committee talks about trade with China and tensions surrounding China's markets.
A dietitian put 2 daily meal plans side-by-side to show the shortcomings of counting calories for weight loss
Business Insider - 18 Jan 2017 18:20
If I told you that a ham sandwich with potato chips and a can of soda had the same amount of calories as a quinoa salad and a glass of fresh carrot juice, which would you prefer to eat? You might be tempted to pick the s...
How to Change Your Entire Life in One Hour
inc - 18 Jan 2017 17:00
Chinedu Echeruo, founder of networking platform Gigameet, tells the crowd at Inc's GrowCo conference that everyone has one person somewhere in the world with the ability to profoundly affect their fortunes.
Here's why your cell phone might cost more than it should
New York Post - 18 Jan 2017 06:09
Your cell phone may have cost more than it should have. President Obama's regulators, in their last days, have taken one of their boldest actions -- suing dominant cell phone chip maker Qualcomm for being a monopoly. The...
Why the political mainstream keeps failing America's workers
Business Insider - 18 Jan 2017 05:57
AP Photo/Evan Vucci Millions of Americans spend every day preoccupied with whether they can make a better life for themselves than their parents did, and whether they can pass on that opportunity to their children. They ...
Iran Sabotages Its Own Economy To Spite The West
Forbes - 18 Jan 2017 00:19
Iran continues to falsely imprison westerners with dual Iranian citizenship. Now, the reactionary judiciary's recent decision to revoke the citizenship of dual nationals threatens to hijack Iran's opportunity to attract ...
Senate GOPers Aren't Sure Of Trump's O'Care Plan But Swear It's Like Theirs
TPM - 18 Jan 2017 22:34
Congressional Republicans aren't sure what President-elect Donald Trump's "plan" for replacing Obamacare is, but many were perfectly confident that it would fit in neatly with their effort to dismantle the Affordable Car...
Reinventing a 32-year-old multi-account card for the EMV era
American Banker - 18 Jan 2017 22:08
Achieving the coveted "top of wallet" status is tough for banks, not least because their own credit and debit cards often compete with one another for priority status with the same customers.
Martin Shkreli's complaint leads to FTC drug price settlement
New York Post - 18 Jan 2017 21:22
Martin Shkreli . . . whistleblower? The Federal Trade Commission, following an exclusive report by The Post, has settled charges against UK-based drug maker Mallinckrodt for allegedly creating a monopoly to jack up the p...
10 Things We've Learned About Donald Trump
Barron's - 18 Jan 2017 20:11
The president-elect is detail-oriented, has a vision for the job, and is dead serious about tariffs.
A regional Midwest chain was just named one of America's best burger restaurants
Business Insider - 18 Jan 2017 19:43
Culver's/Facebook A Midwestern burger chain was just named one of Americans' most loved restaurants. Culver's ranks as the country's second-favorite burger chain, losing only to the West Coast icon In-N-Out, according to...
Microsoft's LinkedIn open-sources Bluepill for testing iOS apps
Venture Beat - 18 Jan 2017 19:00
LinkedIn is announcing today that it has open-sourced a piece of software it uses to run multiple tests for iOS apps before deploying updates to apps. The Bluepill code, which is written in Objective-C, is now available ...
This millennial kitchen has beer robots and lots of cereal
USA Today - 18 Jan 2017 18:26
What kind of a kitchen would millennials design for themselves?
Meet Gabe Newell, the richest man in the video game business
Business Insider - 18 Jan 2017 18:08
The wealthiest man in the video game industry has a name you likely haven't heard; he runs a company you probably haven't heard of; he wears a wild beard and, often, the same black polo. Yet, Gabe Newell is worth over $4...