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How to Spend Money on Politics Like a Billionaire
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#Vidéo #corruption_légale #achat_de_lois #etats-unis

Life Inside China’s Total Surveillance State
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China has turned the northwestern region of Xinjiang into a vast experiment in domestic surveillance. WSJ investigated what life is like in a place where one’s every move can be monitored with cutting-edge technology. Video : Clément Bürge/WSJ ; Image : DeepGlint

#algorithme #CCTV #biométrie #facial #Islam #surveillance #vidéo-surveillance

How a Steel Box Changed the World: A Brief History of Shipping
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How a Steel Box Changed the World: A Brief History of Shipping
A simple idea transformed the way goods are shipped around the world. This video explains how

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By Thomas Di Fonzo and Liliana Llamas Costas Paris
Jan. 24, 2018 11:25 am

As the container shipping industry continues to boom, companies are adopting new technologies to move cargo faster and shifting to crewless ships. But it’s not all been smooth sailing and the future will see fewer players stay above water.

#transport #transport_maritime #container #commerce_mondial

Donald Trump Plans to ‘Pare Back’ Top U.S. Spy Agency
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Donald Trump has spent much of the past month assailing America’s intelligence agencies over Twitter. But now, he’s plotting to hit them where it hurts – right in their budgets.

The Wall Street Journal reports that the president-elect is working with his top advisors on a plan to “restructure and pare back” the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, which they believe has become “bloated and politicized.”

Trump’s team is also, reportedly, drafting a similar plan for the CIA – one that would cut staffing at the agency’s Virginia headquarters and send more agents out into the field.

“The view from the Trump team is the intelligence world [is] becoming completely politicized,” an individual close to Trump’s transition operation told the Journal. “They all need to be slimmed down. The focus will be on restructuring the agencies and how they interact.”

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Donald Trump Plans Revamp of Top U.S. Spy Agency - WSJ
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President-elect Donald Trump, a harsh critic of U.S. intelligence agencies, is working with top advisers on a plan that would restructure and pare back the nation’s top spy agency, people familiar with the planning said.

Facebook Discloses Another Metrics Mishap Affecting Publishers
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Several media companies experienced traffic shortfalls exceeding 10% due to error Facebook continued its series of metrics mishaps, disclosing in a blog post Friday that it undercounted traffic from some publishers who posted content to its Instant Articles platform. ComScore, a measurement firm that has partnered with the social media giant, said mobile traffic from iPhone users was being undercounted from Sept. 20 to Nov. 30, while traffic from Android devices and iPads wasn’t impacted. (...)

#Facebook #Twitter #publicité

##publicité

The World’s Largest Hedge Fund Is Building an Algorithmic Model From its Employees’ Brains - WSJ
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Bridgewater wants day-to-day management—hiring, firing, decision-making—to be guided by software that doles out instructions

#finance #algorithme #management #beurk

Russia Signs Cooperation Agreement With Anti-Immigrant Party in Austria

Accord with Austria’s Freedom Party is one of clearest signs of Moscow’s efforts to forge closer ties to nationalist, antiestablishment forces in Europe

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Bhopal : une fusion pourrait-elle permettre à #Dow d’échapper définitivement à ses responsabilités ?
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Tandis que veillées, manifestations et rassemblements aux flambeaux signalent qu’une année de plus est passée depuis la tragique fuite de gaz de Bhopal, la zone demeure contaminée et une troisième génération de citoyens souffre de problèmes de santé dus à la catastrophe. Trente-deux ans après l’accident, les survivants de la ville indienne de Bhopal, située dans l’État de Madhya Pradesh, au centre du pays, attendent toujours que justice soit faite. Mais un projet de fusion semble sur le point d’aider les (...)

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/ #Inde, Dow, #Chimie, #responsabilité_juridique_des_entreprises, #Equal_Times

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Bernard Hopkins Throws One Final Punch at Father Time - WSJ
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One of the common attributes of long-lasting boxing greats is that they never get out of shape between fights. Hopkins is always in the gym. He doesn’t drink alcohol or even eat sweets.

“If I had the willpower that Bernard has, I would still be fighting too,” former foe Oscar De La Hoya said. “Bernard lives, eats, and breathes boxing.”

When asked about the secret to his longevity, Hopkins credited his diet and regimen but also how he changed his workouts as he got older. “Making them more efficient. I do much less sparring and always with the purpose of working on something in particular,” Hopkins said. “And I do a lot more flexibility and reactions drills.”

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U.S.-French Operation Targeted Elusive North African Militant, U.S. Says - WSJ
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AMBOULI, Djibouti—French aircraft struck and likely killed one of the most wanted senior al Qaeda operatives in southern Libya this month, marking a new level of cooperation between France and the U.S. on targeting militants, U.S. officials said.

#al-qaeda #Lybie

Fentanyl Billionaire Comes Under Fire as Death Toll Mounts From Prescription Opioids - WSJ
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Before they were arrested last year, Alabama doctors John Couch and Xiulu Ruan were prized customers of Insys Therapeutics Inc., maker of a powerful and highly addictive type of synthetic opioid known as fentanyl.

Drs. Couch and Ruan prescribed a combined $4.9 million of the painkiller, called Subsys, to Medicare patients in 2013 and 2014, among the most of any doctors in the U.S., federal data show.

Insys, based in Chandler, Ariz., went to unusual lengths to keep these high-prescribing doctors happy. Insys Executive Chairman John N. Kapoor, the company’s billionaire co-founder, personally traveled to Mobile, Ala., to attend a business dinner with them, said people familiar with the matter. The doctors were also frequent speakers and consultants for Insys, which paid them $270,700 in combined fees over 21 months, according to government data.

@fil #cadeau

Theranos Whistleblower Shook the Company—And His Family - WSJ
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After working at Theranos Inc. for eight months, Tyler Shultz decided he had seen enough. On April 11, 2014, he emailed company founder Elizabeth Holmes to complain that Theranos had doctored research and ignored failed quality-control checks.

« le poisson pourrit par la tête »

Imagining a Good Islamic State - WSJ
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In 2013, when the Egyptian military toppled president Mohammed Morsi, the country’s two most famous theologians offered starkly contrasting views of the shake-up. Ali Gomaa, formerly Egypt’s highest religious official, claimed that since Mr. Morsi no longer had power, he was no longer legitimate. Yusuf al-Qaradawi, a Qatar-based sheik with a global public following, retorted that the military had committed “rebellion,” a grievous sin in Islam. But the theologians were in total agreement about one thing: Mr. Morsi was an “imām”—a key term in the language of political Islam and often a synonym for an even more weighty word, “caliph.”

#is Syrie #isis

Donald Trump, in Exclusive Interview, Tells WSJ He Is Willing to Keep Parts of Obama Health Law
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Les #banksters ont le soutien de Trump

On domestic policy, Mr. Trump said he is eager to focus on the 2010 Dodd-Frank financial-overhaul law, which he called “a tremendous burden to the banks.” He said: “We have to get rid of it or make it smaller.… Banks are unable to lend. It’s made our country noncompetitive. It’s slowed down growth.”

Secret Recordings Fueled FBI Feud in Clinton Probe
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Tu sais comment on reconnaît un pays du tiers monde qui sera bientôt la cible d’une opération de changement de régime ? C’est facile : la presse libre du monde libre se met à titrer sur le fait que son leader « défie l’Occident » et « favorise le terrorisme ». Ici : la Grèce (oups).

Greece Defies EU, U.S. on Sanctions for Iran’s Bank Saderat
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Athens bucks allies by vetoing renewal of sanctions against bank U.S. accuses of financing terrorism

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Greece has spurned its European allies and Washington by blocking European Union sanctions on an Iranian bank the U.S. accuses of financing terrorism, officials familiar with the move say.

Athens’s action last month marked the first time a European country has picked apart the sanctions regime meant to remain in place after the July 2015 nuclear accord with Tehran. The regime is designed to constrain Iran’s ability to resume illicit activities and pressure it to stick by the rules.

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras’s government undertook to end the sanctions on Bank Saderat, a partly state-owned company that runs Iran’s largest banking network, as Athens seeks to rebuild close economic ties with Iran, a key source of cheap energy for the country in the past. Athens has also been critical of EU sanctions on Russia.

But the stance is potentially risky for Greece, which will host President Barack Obama this month. U.S. Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew warned last year that any firm that deals with Bank Saderat “will risk losing its access to the U.S. financial system.”

GIF Site Giphy Is Valued at $600 Million
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But Giphy faces challenges in building a business. It hasn’t figured out a way to bring in revenue, and it doesn’t own many of the GIFs or have exclusive distribution partnerships.

Overburdened German Cities Tell Refugees to Move Out

So when parliament passed a law this summer allowing overburdened cities to send jobless refugees back to the states where they were first assigned, Mr. Kufen thought he had found the solution to his problem.

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#réfugiés_urbains #réfugiés #Allemagne #asile #migrations #villes #urban_matter #travail #chômage #hébergement #logement

Turkey and Iran Draw Closer, Despite Syrian War
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Rapprochement defies the easy characterizations of the region’s mayhem as a sectarian conflict