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The Navy’s new nuclear-armed ballistic missile submarines will incorporate a stealthy “X”-shaped stern and noise-reducing electric drive technology as a way to try to engineer the quietest and least-detectable submarine in the history of the world, senior service officials said. 

The emerging Ohio Replacement Program ballistic missile submarines, designed to patrol the undersea domain performing a crucial strategic deterrence missions, is slated to be operational by the 2030s and serve through the 2080s. Читать дальше...

The remains of a German U-boat have lain undisturbed off the coast of North Carolina since the second World War. Now, for the first time naval scientists in U.S. are exploring the historic wreck with laser-equipped submarines

Just because the cash is free, it doesn’t make it tax-free

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Volkswagen is appealing a National Labor Relations Board ruling allowing a small group of employees at the German automaker's lone U.S. plant to be represented by the United Auto Workers union.

Volkswagen is appealing a National Labor Relations Board ruling allowing a small group of employees at the German automaker's lone U.S. plant to be represented by the United Auto Workers union.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Volkswagen is appealing a National Labor Relations Board ruling allowing a small group of employees at the German automaker's lone U.S. plant to be represented by the United Auto Workers union.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Volkswagen is appealing a National Labor Relations Board ruling allowing a small group of employees at the German automaker's lone U.S. plant to be represented by the United Auto Workers union.

WrkRiot is a familiar tale to many who arrive with the dream of creating the next tech juggernaut, The New York Times reports.

Pakistan pace bowler Mohammad Irfan bowls "the widest wide" that Test Match Special commentator Simon Mann has ever seen.

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You've probably found yourself at a networking event for your industry, looking out at a crowd of strangers.

If you're lucky enough to be with a friend, the two of you will probably only talk to each other the whole night. If you're feeling particularly ambitious, you loosen up and go home with a pocket full of business cards — belonging to people you'll never speak to again.

If that sounds like you, you shouldn't consider yourself some awkward anomaly... Читать дальше...

Google seems to be telling us all to get lost — in a book. The search engine is honoring “The Neverending Story” on Thursday with a Google Doodle marking the 37th anniversary of the publication of the children’s book.

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The world's biggest hedge fund firm thinks that China is preparing for a bust.

Ray Dalio's Bridgewater says that China has experienced an "unsustainable buildup of credit," which is "typical of debt boom and busts," according to a private note to investors viewed by Business Insider.

"This rapid expansion in credit looks like it has created significant vulnerabilities in the Chinese financial system at a time when the economy is still near the front end of a material loss cycle," the note added. Читать дальше...

“Mia Madre,” about an overtaxed film director trying to cope with the terminal illness of her mother, is an odd movie: Director Nanni Moretti goes back and forth from serious hospital scenes to slapstick antics at Margherita’s movie set — and the effect is jarring. The good news is that Buy makes us care about this film director, and Moretti is wise enough to keep the Italian star’s considerable skills on display in almost every frame.

Nov. 10, 1961 — Aug. 27, 2016

Will the 2016 Rio Olympic Games be remembered as a success or a failure? It’s hard to know the answer yet.

TOPEKA, Kan. — Commercial contractors in Kansas are struggling to fill construction jobs, a national trade association reported Wednesday. The Associated General Contractors of America said that 83 percent of surveyed construction firms say they are facing difficulties filling in hourly craft positions, even though Kansas lost over 4,000 construction jobs from July 2015 to

Sales at Gap Inc. fell 2% to $1.17 billion in August, with sales at its Banana Republic brand falling the most, off 10% for the month, the company said in a statement late Thursday. Sales at Old Navy rose 1%, while sales at the eponymous Gap stores fell 5%. "While we are pleased with the continued progress at Old Navy, we remain focused on improving results across our global brands," Gap said. In the same statement, the San Francisco-based company said it was "still assessing" the impact of a... Читать дальше...

ZURICH — Olympic 200-meter champion Elaine Thompson ran the second fastest time in the world this year to edge great rival Dafne Schippers at the Weltklasse Diamond League meeting on Thursday. Thompson led only in the final five meters to clock 21.85 seconds — .07 outside the new Jamaican star’s gold medal-winning time in Rio

City Controller Scott Stringer administered a dose of tough talk Thursday to the beleaguered makers of the EpiPen.

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If you live on the East Coast and are counting down the days until the crispness of fall finally sets in, you’ll have to be patient.

The autumn forecast for the US indicates that the season’s temperatures will be far above average in the Northwest and Mid-Atlantic, with few of the usual cold bursts that pepper the early fall months. In the Midwest, the beginning of the new season is also expected to feel like an extension of summer — temperatures could still creep into the 90s during September. Читать дальше...

A California artist is suing the state of California for refusing to let him display a Civil War painting at a state-run fair because it shows a Southern soldier holding a Confederate flag.

A couple of weeks ago I received a call from an accountant wanting to discuss her job search and sure enough when I asked about her last job, her response was: “I was fired” and later softened it  by saying she was “let go.” Either one of those responses immediately sent a perception that something

There isn’t a single state in the United States with an adult obesity rate under 20 percent.

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Commercial contractors in Kansas are struggling to fill construction jobs, a national trade association reported Wednesday.