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(AP) — The Latest on a former University of Mississippi student who was charged with placing a noose on a statue of the school's first black student (all times local): A former University of Mississippi student is pleading guilty to placing a noose on the statue of the school's first black student. Edenfield admitted taking part in a February 2014 incident during which a noose and a former Georgia state flag with the Confederate battle emblem were placed on an Ole Miss statue of James Meredith. Читать дальше...

IAG chief spends £270,000 following upbeat results

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In a conversation with Fortune, Instacart's top data scientist Jeremy Stanley explained how the company is profitable, in an attempt to counter widespread skepticism about the grocery delivery business model. 

But the profitability claim is subject to a number of caveats.

The first is that Instacart is only "unit economic profitable" in a few select markets. That means that it makes money on average orders. Also, they're only unit profitable in 10 of their 19 markets;... Читать дальше...

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BEND, Ore. (AP) — Higher minimum wages are expected to affect about 11 percent of jobs in central Oregon.

The Rev. Bernard Hebda has been named archbishop of the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis. Hebda has been the acting leader of the archdiocese since June 15.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska voters will not weigh in on a constitutional amendment restricting state influence in agriculture this November.

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In a new teaser trailer of deleted scenes that will be available on the Digital HD and Blu-ray releases of The Force Awakens, we see some VERY interesting scenes left out of the film.

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We see a bit more of Maz Kanata, teaming up with Han, Finn and Chewie to take on a group of stormtroopers invading the castle...

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...but most importantly, we see KYLO REN BOARD THE MILLENNIUM FALCON. Читать дальше...

NEW YORK (AP) — The CEO of a firm with the largest stake in troubled Valeant Pharmaceuticals is retiring after punishing losses due to that investment.

NEW YORK (AP) — The CEO of a firm with the largest stake in troubled Valeant Pharmaceuticals is retiring after punishing losses due to that investment. While Bill Ackman's Pershing Square Capital Management has been the public face of Valeant investor pain, Ruane, Cunniff & Goldfarb holds a 10.4 percent stake in the drug company, compared with Pershing's 9 percent. According to the company, over 45 years through 2015, it has had a return of 14 percent per year.

With one or two exceptions, restrooms are fast becoming an amenity-free wasteland for many travelers.

Starboard Value LP wants to replace Yahoo's board of directors with a crew of new directors that analysts say would likely steer the ailing company away from growth and into a more austere realm. "If you want the company to just downsize, set itself up for a sale, figure out all the inefficiencies in the business, sell off assets, this board that's being proposed is very good for that," RBC Capital Markets tech analyst Mark Mahaney told CNBC Thursday.

Robbie Keane and Anthony Pilkington are ruled out of the Republic of Ireland's friendly with Switzerland through injury.

WASHINGTON (AP) — America's substantial support for NATO, both in money and military aid, has long been a source of frustration for U.S. leaders, and some have questioned the organization as a throwback to the Cold War era.

Making menstrual products tax-exempt has become an activist priority in the last year.

Givenchy’s artistic director talks about sunsets, streetwear and why all of us (men included) should cultivate our maternal sides.

The president visited a memorial to the 1976 military coup.

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By the time Bernie Madoff was arrested in December 2008, it was estimated that his Ponzi scheme had grown to $64.8 billion.

Madoff admitted to have stopped actual trading in the early 1990s, but investigators argued he may have begun his scam to some degree since founding his firm in 1960.

What's notable about the case, writer and psychologist Maria Konnikova told Business Insider, is that Madoff didn't con a bunch of rubes, hidden from the public eye. Читать дальше...

A "range-bound" market could soon swing more dramatically in either direction, Mohamed El-Erian says.

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It should come as no surprise that first-quarter results will be pretty horrendous for Wall Street.

A collapsed oil price, concerns around Chinese growth and negative rates combined to create "a perfect storm", according to Macquarie's banks analyst, David Konrad. Читать дальше...