2015年7月11日 星期六

2015-07-12 U.S. Spotlight


New York Times
   
How Iceland Emerged From Its Deep Freeze   
New York Times
When the financial crisis hit Iceland seven years ago, Gudmundur Kristjansson, a 55-year-old fisherman with a wide smile, weathered face and mischievous eyes, almost lost his business. Interest payments on his loans soared 300 percent. He had to sell ...

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Daily Beast
   
Why Consumers Should Care About Apples War on Big Data   
Daily Beast
Tim Cook has launched an assault on Google and Facebook's Big Data model, even as most consumers remain in the dark about how companies use their personal information. In recent remarks to the Electronic Privacy Information Center, Apple's CEO Tim ...


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Dallas Morning News
   
Mark Cuban wants Chandler Parsons in charge of sales for all of his companies ...   
Dallas Morning News
Dallas Mavericks forward Chandler Parsons (25) and Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban talk before game 1 against the Houston Rockets in the first round of the NBA playoffs at Toyota Center in Houston on Saturday, April 18, 2015. (Vernon Bryant/The ...


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TechCrunch
   
Arcade Dreams   
TechCrunch
Summer always makes me think of the 7-11 at the end of East Lakeview in Columbus, Ohio. I was about eight. My grandmother took us there every week to get comic books, which were near the front window, by the counter. In the back corner, in darkness, ...


   


Why CBT is falling out of favour   
The Guardian
Everybody loves cognitive behavioural therapy. It's the no-nonsense, quick and relatively cheap approach to mental suffering – with none of that Freudian bollocks, and plenty of scientific backing. So it was unsettling to learn, from a paper in the ...

   


blogs.hbr.org (blog)
   
What Apple, Lending Club, and AirBnB Know About Collaborating with Customers   
blogs.hbr.org (blog)
The idea of “co-creating” with customers has been circulating for years, but until recently few companies effectively exploited its power or understood its contribution to the bottom line. True, customers can customize their M&Ms, build their own bikes ...

   


Business Insider
   
Why Elon Musk's Hyperloop may be built overseas before it comes to the US   
Business Insider
When Musk first proposed his Hyperloop idea in 2013, he called for it to be built between San Francisco and Los Angeles. But his futuristic tube travel vision will likely be built far from California first. While a few US companies are currently ...

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Entertainment Weekly (blog)
   
Kelly Clarkson, Ed Sheeran, and more top moments from Macy's 4th of July ...   
Entertainment Weekly (blog)
It was a star-spangled (and star-filled) evening Saturday as Macy's 4th of July Fireworks Spectacular treated viewers to a bevy of musical performances and, of course, those fireworks over the New York City skyline.

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ESPN
   
Arthur Ashe - Finding my godfather   
ESPN
Chris Evert, LZ Granderson and Pam Shriver reflect on Arthur Ashe, the only black man to win a Wimbledon title, and discuss the social justice he fought for and his everlasting legacy. Nic Atkin. Close. • ESPN.co.uk Assistant Editor • Joined ESPN in 2013.

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Obama looks like he's actually having fun being president   
Yahoo News
President Obama sang in public again this week, hung out with the Girl Scouts, and made fun of the large Republican presidential field. Christian Science Monitor. By Linda Feldmann July 3, 2015 4:49 PM.  ·  ·  ·  · Content preferences ...


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