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WATCH: SoFla developers, strategists on why hotel-branded condos continue to win

At The Real Deal‘s fifth annual Miami Real Estate Showcase & Forum, South Florida's managing editor Ina Cordle moderated a discussion among some of the region's top players in...
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Smoke from the California fires blots out the sun, ruins air quality, and gives the Bay area a bizarre glow

5 minutes ago | Business Insider

Thick smoke drifting from the California wildfires has blacked out out the sun - leaving cities and steeped in dangerous clouds of smoke. Photos show the effect of the ash and...
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10 things you need to know before the opening bell

5 minutes ago | Business Insider

Here is what you need to know. Trump seems to be backing down in the trade war with China. President Donald Trump and his administration have taken a softer tone against China...
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How Japan Airlines Plans to Solve Its Drunk Pilot Problem

6 minutes ago | Fortune

Japanese air carriers have an issue with drunk pilots, but they and the Japanese government are moving to fix it. Last month, a Japan Airlines pilot was arrested at London's...
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SAP defends $8 billion Qualtrics deal

9 minutes ago | Reuters | 3 articles

Germany's SAP hit back at suggestions that the German business software group is paying too much for Qualtrics, a U.S. company that specializes in tracking consumer sentiment...
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'Mission Impossible' powers Viacom revenue jump

9 minutes ago | Reuters

Viacom Inc , the owner of MTV, Comedy Central and Nickelodeon, reported a 5 percent rise in quarterly revenue on Friday, as its Paramount Pictures division gained from the...
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Scientists' Long Wait to Redefine the Kilogram Is Finally Over

35 minutes ago | Fortune

For decades, scientists have known that the kilogram has a weight-loss problem. And yes, they know that kilos actually refer to mass, not weight. But the platinum-iridium...
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The world has a new most expensive living artist after Christie's sale estimate is smashed

38 minutes ago | Business Insider | 3 articles

The sale of David Hockney's work smashes auction estimates with $90.3 million sale Hockney is now the most expensive living artist in the world, overtaking Jeff Koons. A...
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'Amazon will fail. Amazon will go bankrupt': Jeff Bezos makes surprise admission about Amazon's lifespan

38 minutes ago | Business Insider

Jeff Bezos told Amazon employees that he predicts "one day Amazon will fail," according to a recording of an internal meeting heard by CNBC. Bezos added that Amazon's job is to...
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DealBook Briefing: Facebook Is on the Defensive

45 minutes ago | NY Times

The company says that allegations that its management ignored and concealed warning signs of looming crises are “unfair.”
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Mark Zuckerberg says stepping down as Facebook chairman would be a bad idea

Mark Zuckerberg said he has no intention of stepping down as Facebook chairman. That's despite fresh calls from investors to split his dual role as CEO and chairman after an... Read more ...

A '21st century Animal House': 7 women accuse Dartmouth professors of sexual...

Seven women filed a lawsuit against Dartmouth College, on Thursday, alleging they experienced sexual assault, harassment, and discrimination by professors in the school's... Read more ...

Popular watch startup MVMT is kicking off Black Friday early with a huge...

The Insider Picks team writes about stuff we think you'll like. Business Insider has affiliate partnerships, so we get a share of the revenue from your purchase. MVMT is one of... Read more ...

Mark Zuckerberg says he didn't know Facebook hired a research firm that...

Mark Zuckerberg says he didn't know that Facebook hired a opposition research firm that attempted to discredit critics of the company by linking them to George Soros. George... Read more ...

US hits 17 Saudis with sanctions over Khashoggi, including crown prince's...

The Trump administration on Thursday hit 17 Saudi officials with sanctions over their alleged involvement in the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Among those... Read more ...

Facebook to create ‘independent panel' for appealing content moderation...

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg previously floated the idea of creating a "social media supreme court," and Facebook says it will be testing the idea in 2019. Read more ...

This wildly popular mattress startup is offering up to $235 off a new...

The Insider Picks team writes about stuff we think you'll like. Business Insider has affiliate partnerships, so we get a share of the revenue from your purchase. Right now, you... Read more ...

A New York man won a $343 million Powerball jackpot after playing the same...

A Manhattan man won an October Powerball jackpot after playing the same numbers every week for 25 years, according to The New York Times . However, the rules of probability and... Read more ...

Crown Prince Mohammed comes out on top of Khashoggi case that could see 5...

Saudi officials on Thursday claimed that Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman was innocent in the death of Jamal Khashoggi, and said it requested the death penalty of five people... Read more ...

The government wants to crack down on candy-flavored e-cigs and menthol...

America's food and drug regulator is proposing to crack down on the sale of flavored e-cigs like the Juul at convenience stores and gas stations, citing their skyrocketing... Read more ...