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Bitcoin burgernomics: This is how many Big Macs you can buy with 1 BTC
Coin Telegraph - 11 Nov 2020 19:05
How many Big Macs does 1 Bitcoin buy, and why is this important?
White Sox legend Frank Thomas sells Libertyville home for $1.36 million -- losing $420K in the deal
Chicago Tribune - 11 Nov 2020 05:13
Retired White Sox slugger Frank Thomas and his wife sold their Libertyville home for $420,000 less than they paid for it in 2007.
Billionaire investor Bill Ackman is hedging the pandemic again after raking in $2.6 billion from a similar bet in spring
Business Insider - 11 Nov 2020 13:29Key Words: 'Lockdown' is named 2020's 'word of the year' by Collins Dictionary
Market Watch - 11 Nov 2020 01:05
'Lockdown' was used over a quarter million times this year vs. just 4,000 last year: Collins
AT&T Communications Hires Former Hilton Exec as New Chief Marketing and Growth Officer
AdWeek - 11 Nov 2020 20:45
AT&T Communications announced today that it has appointed Kellyn Smith Kenny to the newly created position of chief marketing and growth officer. Smith Kenny was most recently global CMO at Hilton, a role she held for tw...
This Startup Is Helping Elon Musk Keep His Promise Of An Affordable Tesla
Forbes - 11 Nov 2020 18:41Tampa Bay Rays' Kevin Cash Wouldn't Change Fateful World Series Decision
Forbes - 11 Nov 2020 16:50Ethereum Infrastructure Provider Down; Binance Disables Withdrawals
Crypto News - 11 Nov 2020 11:53
Source: Adobe/stockphoto-graf Ethereum (ETH) infrastructure provider Infura went down a bit more than an hour ago, resulting in a price feed delay of ETH and ERC-20 tokens, as well as some exchanges disabling withdrawals...
Call for Biden Gave Networks Prime-Time Attention on a Saturday Morning
The New York Times - 11 Nov 2020 00:02
Ratings surged, with 21 million watching six networks, but Fox News viewers tuned out at a higher percentage as the coverage went on.
How to account for a gap caused by COVID-19 on your résumé
Fast Company - 11 Nov 2020 09:00
With unemployment rates reaching an all-time high earlier this year due to the pandemic, lots of people have a gap in employment. Gaps in a résumé once were a red flag for employers, and job candidates have always been...
These Norwegian designers rethought how to treat an opioid overdose
Fast Company - 11 Nov 2020 08:00
The Norwegian studio ANTI designed a naloxone nasal spray that is easier to use than existing devices—and could save more lives. In 2018, more than 46,000 people died of opioid overdoses in the United States. One of th...
Yes, happiness has a downside according to a positive psychologist
Fast Company - 11 Nov 2020 07:00
Nick Holton, Ph.D., outlines four reasons why the pursuit of pleasantness isn’t always good for your self or your business. For years now I’ve taught leaders and students about the well-being boost. A reference to th...
New Owner Steve Cohen's Mets Fandom Highlights Official Introduction
Forbes - 11 Nov 2020 04:31Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick Offering Up To $1 Million For Evidence Of Voter Fraud
Forbes - 11 Nov 2020 00:46'I Trust Pfizer': Fauci Says He Would Take Coronavirus Vaccine Upon FDA Approval
Forbes - 11 Nov 2020 00:35Ethereum 2.0 Deposit Contract Tops $22.5M One Week After Launch
Coin Desk - 11 Nov 2020 00:24
The deposit contract for Ethereum's 2.0 upgrade now holds over 50k ETH - 10% of the threshold needed to activate the watershed update.
In One Chart: Nervous about tech stocks as investors rotate to value? This chart won't help
Market Watch - 11 Nov 2020 23:39
Investors spent the earlier part of this week chewing on the promise of a viable vaccine as they exited tech stocks and threw money at companies that have suffered the most under coronavirus restrictions. Wednesday put a...
Google's AI lets users search language-agnostic knowledge bases in their native tongue
Venture Beat - 11 Nov 2020 22:10
Google researchers developed an AI model that can link entities in 104 languages to entries in language-agnostic knowledge bases.
Dating Material: Places You'll Find My Hair, Six Months After We Break Up
The New Yorker - 11 Nov 2020 21:53
I don't know how that happened. I'm sorry.
: Will Trump quit? A chess master, pro poker player, boxing coach and Monopoly champ on the art of throwing in the towel
Market Watch - 11 Nov 2020 20:56
Making sense of the president from Queens' gambit
Why PPP fraud hit fintechs harder than banks
American Banker - 11 Nov 2020 19:35
Scammers may have had more success at duping fintechs than banks in obtaining Paycheck Protection Program loans. But there are reasons for this apparent disparity.
You don't have to own houses to profit from real estate. Here's how wealth advisor Josh Brown invests in different properties
CNBC - 11 Nov 2020 19:32
Choosing investment properties is better left to the professionals, according to wealth advisor Josh Brown. Here's how Josh Brown invests in real estate.