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• Google hid another nerdy math joke in its latest earnings report (GOOG, GOOGL)

  01-02-2018 23:56 via finance.yahoo.com
  Google announced a very specific share buyback in its earnings report.Google has a history of making mathematical references.In its Q4 earnings report on Thursday, Google's parent company Alphabet announced plans to buy back some of its stock — $8,589,869,056 of stock to be exact.
  
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• Netflix Thinks Its Product Will Eventually Sell Itself

  01-02-2018 23:33 via finance.yahoo.com
  But for now, its marketing expense is exploding.
  
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• It’s high time for restaurants to pay attention to marijuana

  01-02-2018 23:23 via nrn.com
  As restaurants wrestle with regulations and how to reach the cannabis crowd, chefs experiment with infusions and edibles
  
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• iPic IPO to fund theater-restaurant expansion

  01-02-2018 23:23 via nrn.com
  CEO Hamid Hashemi says company plans four new units a year
  
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• The Freedom Caucus Is Flirting with Another Government Shutdown

  01-02-2018 23:22 via finance.yahoo.com
  Congress has a week to avert another government shutdown — but only three working days since both parties are taking time to go on retreats to plan their legislative strategies for the year.The most likely path to keeping the government running involves yet another short-term spending bill — the fifth since September.This one would keep the government running until sometime in March, though the length of the extension reportedly has yet to be finalized.
  
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• Early bitcoin investor sees $20,000 by year end

  01-02-2018 23:19 via finance.yahoo.com
  Ran Neu Ner, ONchain Capital founder and CNBC Africa ‘Cryptotrader’ host, discusses the run in bitcoin and his call on the cryptocurrency.
  
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• US: Puerto Rico lacked leadership, communication post-storm

  01-02-2018 23:13 via finance.yahoo.com
  SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Federal officials on Thursday blamed a lack of leadership, money and communication in Puerto Rico for setting back hurricane recovery efforts in the U.S. territory.
  
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• Why Ford's U.S. Sales Are Stalling

  01-02-2018 23:03 via finance.yahoo.com
  There's a big reason why Ford is lagging in some of the market's hottest segments.
  
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• How Much Are Super Bowl Rings Worth? We Asked a ‘Pawn Star’

  01-02-2018 22:56 via finance.yahoo.com
  It's not just the players who get rings
  
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• 2 economists just eviscerated bitcoin, saying it should be trading at $20

  01-02-2018 22:56 via finance.yahoo.com
  Richard Jackman, an economist at the London School of Economics, and Savvas Savouri, an economist at Toscafund Asset Management, however, estimate the coin is still trading far higher than it should."We often read in your pages the view that bitcoin has no value and therefore, in a rational market, would have no price, but that surely is wrong," the duo said Thursday in the Financial Times.
  
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• Airbnb says no listing in 2018, CFO to leave, names first COO

  01-02-2018 22:43 via finance.yahoo.com
  Short-term home rental service Airbnb Inc will not go public this year, the company said on Thursday, and it also announced a change in executive leadership with the loss of its chief financial officer and appointment of its first chief operating officer.San Francisco-based Airbnb, a service where homeowners and renters can post their house, room or apartment for rent, had been on a list of anticipated initial public offerings this year.In line with a number of changes to help prepare the compan
  
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• Leslie Jones Joins NBC's Olympics Coverage

  01-02-2018 22:18 via finance.yahoo.com
  Leslie Jones Joins NBC's Olympics Coverage
  
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• Vertex Pharmaceuticals Picks Between "Sirloin Steak and Filet Mignon"

  01-02-2018 22:17 via finance.yahoo.com
  Solid fourth-quarter earnings get topped off by impressive phase 2 data for the biotech's next-generation cystic fibrosis drugs.
  
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• Tesla just made a big change to how it sells its at-home batteries — and it could be great for business (TSLA, HD)

  01-02-2018 22:01 via finance.yahoo.com
  Tesla is also reportedly in talks with Lowe's to sell solar products in the home improvement chain's stores.By selling Tesla solar products in third-party stores, the company will be able to reach more people and sell more products.The company will set up designated spaces in over 800 Home Depot stores that will highlight its renewable energy products like solar panels and its Powerwall home battery, both companies told Business Insider.
  
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• There’s a brilliant $150 million ‘Teachers Village’ in Newark

  01-02-2018 21:56 via finance.yahoo.com
  A Newark-based developer is going big on mixed-use spaces focused on teachers, offering everything from subsidized housing, nail salons and fitness centers.
  
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• UPS shares slide on 2018 outlook, spending plans

  01-02-2018 21:34 via finance.yahoo.com
  The rapid rise in online shopping has been a boon for shipping demand, but UPS has struggled to bring down the extra costs of making more smaller deliveries to households, compared to businesses that on average receive more parcels at once.The investments show UPS is betting that if it can handle more volume it can increase the number of packages it delivers to households, and eventually improve margins and profitability, versus pushing for higher prices and less volume, said Stephens analyst Ja
  
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• Confessions of a former college admissions officer: 5 ways to ace your college application

  01-02-2018 21:28 via finance.yahoo.com
  A former Yale admissions officer shares his tips for acing your college application.
  
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• Apple sold fewer iPhones than expected during the holiday quarter, but Wall Street is looking on the bright side (AAPL)

  01-02-2018 21:26 via finance.yahoo.com
  Apple beat Wall Street expectations for both revenue and earnings per share when it announced December quarter earnings on Thursday.However, Apple's iPhone sales were down from the same period last year. Investors are happy. The stock rose over 3% in after-hours trading. 
  
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• Apple delivers record sales and profit and the stock is spiking (AAPL)

  01-02-2018 21:26 via finance.yahoo.com
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• Uber and Waymo are finally going to trial. Why we should care

  01-02-2018 21:23 via finance.yahoo.com
  A San Francisco federal court will seek to determine whether former Google engineer Anthony Levandowski stole trade secrets from Waymo, a self-driving car technology spun out from Google, and if they were used to help develop Uber’s own self-driving car technology.
  
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• Stocks weak as rates keep rising; Apple, Amazon, Alphabet earnings on the way

  01-02-2018 21:12 via finance.yahoo.com
  Stocks giving up big gains here as rates keep ticking higher. Plus - all eyes on tech - Apple, Alphabet, and Amazon reporting any minute now - we'll have them, live.
  
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• Jaguar F-Pace vs Porsche Macan | Performance Luxury Crossover Comparison

  01-02-2018 20:53 via finance.yahoo.com
  Jaguar F-Pace or Porsche Macan, which performance luxury SUV is better? Senior Producer Chris McGraw takes both vehicles out on the roads of Michigan in this comparison review video. Watch to see which SUV we choose. Read more at http://bit.ly/2BKAgyu
  
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• Three Big Stock Charts for Thursday: General Electric Company (GE), Apple Inc. (AAPL) and First Solar, Inc. (FSLR)

  01-02-2018 20:27 via finance.yahoo.com
  The move was a response comments from Alan Greenspan that suggested that both the stock and bond markets are in bubbles.Today’s Three Big Stock Charts takes a technical read from General Electric Company (NYSE:GE), Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) and First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ:FSLR), three stocks finding themselves in a must-win situation to avoid another 5%-10% decline over the next month.The stock has been in a bear market since April 2017, but the next move is likely to shave another six percen
  
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• Starbucks debuts rewards credit card

  01-02-2018 20:20 via nrn.com
  Co-branded Visa card allows holders to earn more rewards points
  
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• Kruse/Thorn: Does high tech also require high touch?

  01-02-2018 20:20 via nrn.com
  Nancy Kruse and Bret Thorn discuss how to make restaurant visits memorable
  
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• Best Practices Conference digs into workforce issues

  01-02-2018 20:20 via nrn.com
  Session topics range from sustainable sourcing to employee benefits
  
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• 50 ways operators are scoring big during the Super Bowl

  01-02-2018 20:20 via nrn.com
  Game day brings big tailgating spreads and deals on catering and drinks
  
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• 'We'll get 'em even lower' – Trump suggests 'phase 2' for tax reform

  01-02-2018 19:54 via finance.yahoo.com
  President Trump suggests there could be a "phase two" of tax cuts coming down the pike.
  
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• Boeing's jumbo jet got a new lease on life with order from UPS (BA, UPS)

  01-02-2018 19:31 via finance.yahoo.com
  UPS ordered 14 Boeing 747-8 freighters worth $5.65 billion.Since 2016, UPS has ordered 28 Boeing 747-8 freighters. These aircraft are essentially all that is left of Boeing's 747 order book. UPS also ordered four Boeing 767 freighters worth $848.8 million.
  
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• 21 Types of Onions and How to Use Them

  01-02-2018 19:30
  Get to know the different types of onions and exactly how to use them in the kitchen. From classic yellow onions to sweet vidalia onions, know them all.
  
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• US STOCKS-Tech, bank stocks lead Wall Street higher

  01-02-2018 19:12 via finance.yahoo.com
  Wall Street rose in early afternoontrading on Thursday, reversing from earlier losses, as strongreports from Facebook and Microsoft led the technology sectorhigher and hawkish comments from the Federal Reserves liftedbank stocks.Facebook rose 4.3 percent after the company said itexpects ad sales to rise despite a dip in usage on the socialmedia network.
  
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• DowDuPont's earnings forecast misses estimates, shares fall

  01-02-2018 18:51 via finance.yahoo.com
  Shares of the company, formed by the merger of chemical giants Dow Chemical and DuPont, were down 2.5 percent at $73.56 on Thursday.DowDuPont said it expected earnings per share to grow in the mid-to-high teens percentage range, implying earnings of $3.90-$4.05.The chemicals giant said it raised prices by about 5 percent across markets in the fourth quarter, while volumes - a proxy for demand - rose 6 percent.
  
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• Warren Buffett has enough firepower to do a $160 billion deal this year

  01-02-2018 18:07 via finance.yahoo.com
  Warren Buffett's firm Berkshire Hathaway is sitting on a record amount of cash.Berkshire Hathaway has never had this much cash, so naturally people have wide-ranging ideas for how the Warren Buffett-led juggernaut may use it.The bank arrives at that figure by factoring in the record $109 billion of cash Berkshire has on hand and combining it with the company's strong free cash flow.
  
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• Has The Saltbae Gone Too Far?

  01-02-2018 18:00
  The latest video posted by the internet star, Saltbae, has everyone questioning the meat man's tastes. Has the U.S. cheese slice gone to his head?
  
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• Was the collusion to influence the election in the FBI, not Russia?

  01-02-2018 17:56 via finance.yahoo.com
  Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, (R-Ga.), on the potential fallout if the FISA memo is released.
  
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• Take-Two drops after it says the highly anticipated game Red Dead Redemption 2 is delayed

  01-02-2018 17:42 via finance.yahoo.com
  Take-Two Interactive stock dipped on Thursday on news that its highly anticipated new game Red Dead Redemption 2 has been delayed.
  
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• 'Disgraced' : Pelosi demands removal of Rep. Nunes as House Intelligence chair over Russian probe

  01-02-2018 17:32 via finance.yahoo.com
  Pelosi's outrage was sparked by claims that Rep. Devin Nunes sent the White House a different version of a classified memo that was approved for release.
  
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• Donald Jr.’s emails about Russia meeting ‘will never get out,’ Trump aide reportedly told president

  01-02-2018 17:23 via finance.yahoo.com
  Hope Hicks reportedly told Trump in a phone call that emails written by Donald Jr. "will never get out," The New York Times reports.
  
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• U.S. distilled spirit sales and exports rise to record high in 2017

  01-02-2018 17:15 via finance.yahoo.com
  Spirits companies sold 4 percent moreliquor in the United States in 2017, hitting a record $26.2billion, fueled by high-end brown liquor and a big thirst forTequila and Vodka, an industry group said.The Distilled Spirits Council, which represents companiessuch as Diageo PLC, Pernod Ricard SA andBrown-Forman Corp, said volumes rose 2.6 percent to 226million 9-liter cases, reflecting millennials' taste forhigh-end and super-premium blended scotch and whiskey products.The spirits companies also exp
  
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• Trending this week: The 50 most influential people in foodservice; National Hot Chocolate Day

  01-02-2018 16:59 via nrn.com
  See what's trending on NRN.com this week
  
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• Sentinel Capital Partners sells Huddle House

  01-02-2018 16:59 via nrn.com
  Private-equity firm acquired chain in 2012
  
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• Doctors warn of heart risk from some breast cancer therapies

  01-02-2018 16:47 via finance.yahoo.com
  Save your life but harm your heart? Health experts are sounding a warning as potential side effects of a growing number of breast cancer treatments come to light.
  
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• Google just beat the airlines at their own game — and it reveals a huge shortcoming (GOOGL)

  01-02-2018 16:45 via finance.yahoo.com
  Google will add new features to its travel search engine, Google Flights, that may allow it to notify users of flight delays before airlines do.Google Flights will use historical data and knowledge of current conditions to determine the likelihood of a flight being delayed.If it thinks there's at least an 80% chance of a delay, it will flag the relevant flight and include its predicted reason for the delay.
  
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• Allergan (AGN) to Report Q4 Earnings: What's in the Cards?

  01-02-2018 16:42 via finance.yahoo.com
  While Allergan's (AGN) Q4 sales are likely to be driven by new as well as established products like Botox and international growth, generic competition for some key products will hurt sales.
  
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• Nokia CEO sees networks recovery as patents boost results

  01-02-2018 16:39 via finance.yahoo.com
  HELSINKI/LONDON (Reuters) - Telecom network gear maker Nokia posted better-than-expected 2017 profits on Thursday and said it rebounded from costly prior sales hiccups, encouraging investors spooked by a weakening equipment market and acquisition integration missteps.Nokia shares bounded 15 percent higher on results which showed fourth-quarter group operating profit rising 7 percent to 1.0 billion euros ($1.2 billion), well ahead of a Reuters poll forecast of 888 million euros.The network indust
  
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• 1 Thing Kinder Morgan Inc. Has to Prove in 2018

  01-02-2018 16:33 via finance.yahoo.com
  The natural gas pipeline giant has delivered on all its promises last year, leaving it with only one thing to prove this year.
  
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• Oil rises as OPEC compliance eclipses boom in U.S. output

  01-02-2018 16:11 via finance.yahoo.com
  Oil rose on Thursday after a survey showed OPEC's commitment to its supply cuts remains in place, even as U.S. production topped 10 million barrels per day for the first time since 1970.Brent April crude futures rose 59 cents to $69.48 a barrel by 1438, while NYMEX crude for March delivery also rose 59 cents to $65.32.Brent crude rose by 3.3 percent in January, its strongest start to the year for five years, in line with a broad rise in other risk-linked assets such as U.S. equities, which hit r
  
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• Energy Transfer Shares Profit, Raises Distribution by 3.4%

  01-02-2018 15:55 via finance.yahoo.com
  Energy Transfer Equity (ETE) continues to reward unit holders with a distribution hike. The partnership's development projects are expected to provide funds for further distribution hikes.
  
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• Report: Robert Wagner Named ‘Person of Interest’ in Natalie Wood’s Death

  01-02-2018 15:52 via finance.yahoo.com
  The case has consumed Hollywood since 1981.
  
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• Report: Robert Wagner Named 'Person of Interest' in Natalie Wood's Death

  01-02-2018 15:52 via finance.yahoo.com
  Report: Robert Wagner Named 'Person of Interest' in Natalie Wood's Death
  
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