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Snap - owner of popular messaging app Snapchat - is going public on Thursday. And it expects anyone buying up to a quarter of its shares to agree not to sell them for a year. Applying lock-ups helps companies moderate stock volatility. A year-long lock-up period is atypically long, potentially signifying strong demand for the IPO, says Lauren Hirsch who covers the story for Reuters. "There is at least one investor who, we're hearing from our sources, have asked to buy a really big chunk in the Snapchat IPO... Читать дальше...

GENEVA (AP) — A U.N. panel said Wednesday the evacuation of eastern Aleppo, after months of siege and aerial bombing by Russian and Syrian forces, was one of many war crimes committed by those fighting for control of Syria's largest…

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Pizza Hut has long been a fine dining champion for college students around the world.

A Taliban leader who led a takeover of the city of Kunduz in a key, if fleeting, victory for the Islamist group was killed in a U.S. airstrike over the weekend, the U.S. military said.

In a separate vote, league coaches picked Notre Dame's Brianna Turner as the defensive player of the year for the second straight year and also chose Florida State center Chatrice White as the top reserve. Moore became the first N.C. State coach to win the women's award, leading the Wolfpack (22-7) to the No. 4 seed in this week's ACC Tournament.

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President Donald Trump's proposed $54 billion bump to defense spending may be a good idea — but cutting foreign aid and funding for the State Department to pay for it may actually undermine US national security interests.

In 2013, current-Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis put the need for diplomacy over strict military power succinctly, saying: “If you don’t fund the State Department fully, then I need to buy more ammunition ultimately."

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Recent data from YouGov BrandIndex shows that millennials, ages 18-34 who earn $100K+ annually and are aware of each retailer, hold starkly different attitudes toward some of the leading luxury department stores.

BOSTON (AP) — The Latest on the double-murder trial of ex-NFL star Aaron Hernandez (all times local):

BLOOMSBURG, Pa. (AP) — A Swiss company says income tax information was stolen for about 2,400 workers in the United States, putting them at risk of identity theft just as many are awaiting tax refunds.

Former Blink-182 singer and guitarist Tom DeLonge has been named UFO Researcher of the Year by UFO website and YouTube channel Open Minds TV.

VIENNA — Security guards at an Austrian court might need to put up a sign at the screening gate to let the public know about another item prohibited on the premises — cockroaches. State broadcaster ORF said Wednesday that security personnel in the western city of Linz turned away a man a day earlier after

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This piece explores the manner in which digitalization--the use of analytics, big data, the Internet of Things, cloud, and mobile--gives enterprises new opportunities to propel their business. At the same time, "digital" transforms operations processes, business processes, and customer experience.

WIERDEN/RIJSSEN - Mirko Zwiers (25) van eersteklasser SVZW maakt komend seizoen de overstap naar hoofdklasser Excelsior'31. De multifunctionele speler is blij met de overgang. "Ik wil laten zien dat ik een toegevoegde waarde ben."

A spring-like storm system that killed at least three people as it spawned tornadoes and destroyed more than 100 homes in the central U.S. rumbled eastward Wednesday, putting about 95 million people in its path, forecasters said. The compact but strong storms, known as supercells, moved into ...

The president addressed immigration, national security and job growth.

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When your boss offers you a new project — whether it's managing another department or taking on a new client overseas — a natural impulse is to say, "Yes! Of course!" and scurry back to your desk to get started.

The idea being, of course, that the best way to please your boss is to do whatever they ask of you, and do it with a smile — even if the minute you get back to your desk you have a freak-out because you're not sure where to begin.

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VIENNA (AP) — Security guards at an Austrian court might need to put up a sign at the screening gate to let the public know about another item prohibited on the premises — cockroaches.

VIENNA (AP) — Security guards at an Austrian court might need to put up a sign at the screening gate to let the public know about another item prohibited on the premises — cockroaches. State broadcaster ORF said Wednesday that security personnel in the western city of Linz turned away a man a day earlier after he tried to enter the court building with a sack full of the six-legged pests. ORF did not say why the man had the roaches or what he planned to do with them.

Drop some pan-European policies and ‘do less more efficiently’, says commission chief

Drop some pan-European policies and ‘do less more efficiently’, says commission chief