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The 50 most expensive colleges in America

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If you want to go to college these days, it's more expensive than ever to attend. 

Tuition at both public and private schools continues to rise at a fast clip, and Americans collectively owe more than $1.3 trillion in student loan debt. 

Using data from the College Board's Trends in College Pricing and The Chronicle of Higher Education's helpful interactive chart, Business Insider rounded up the most expensive colleges in America. The ranking uses tuition data from the 2016-17 academic year and looks at each school's full sticker price — published tuition and required fees, as well as room and board— rather than tuition numbers alone.

Harvey Mudd College earned the top spot with a total cost of $69,717, but it's high price wasn't an outlier. Every school on the list holds a price tag well over $60,000, with the most expensive schools coming in closer to $70,000. 

Read on to see how much it costs to go to the most expensive schools in the US, if you're paying full sticker price. 

SEE ALSO: The most expensive college in every state

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50. Brown University

Location: Providence, Rhode Island

Total cost: $64,566

Tuition: $51,366

Room and board: $13,200



49. Hobart and William Smith Colleges

Location: Geneva, New York

Total cost: $64,573

Tuition: $51,523

Room and board: $13,050



48. Bucknell University

Location: Lewisburg, Pennsylvania

Total cost: $64,616

Tuition: $51,960

Room and board: $12,656



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The 12 cities with the most trees around the world

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There's a global movement to encourage cities to grow more trees and plan more parks. But which ones have the most green space today?

To get a clearer picture, MIT's Senseable Lab partnered with the World Economic Forum (WEF) to create Treepedia, a site with interactive maps that show the density of greenery in major cities around the world. 

The researchers used information from Google Street View to determine what they call the "Green View Index," a rating that quantifies each city's percentage of canopy coverage based on aerial images. When it launched in 2016, Treepedia featured 10 cities, but the team has since added five more to its list. 

The goal of Treepedia is to make make urban planning more accessible to those outside the field, MIT's Carlo Ratti said in a press release.

Check out which cities boast the highest Green View Indexes below.

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12. Los Angeles, California — 15.2%

Check out the interactive map of Los Angeles



11. Tel Aviv, Israel — 17.5%

Check out the interactive map of Tel Aviv



10. Boston, Massachusetts — 18.2%

Check out the interactive map of Boston



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11 insider facts most flight attendants know — and you probably don't

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No one has more insider knowledge about flying than flight attendants.

But by talking to these veteran globetrotters, as well as scouring Reddit and various articles, we were able to unearth 12 lesser-known facts about flying.

Whether you want more attentive service or to avoid getting kicked off your flight, read on for the inside scoop:

SEE ALSO: One woman takes us inside the mysterious world of a flight attendant, from unruly passengers to 3-inch heels

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You can't physically open a door mid-flight — and trying could get you kicked off the plane

Annette Long, a flight attendant with 13 years of experience, tells Business Insider that, though opening a door mid-flight is impossible to do, trying it will still get you into trouble. As we've seen in previous incidents, passengers who try to make a jump for it while the plane is in the air usually wind up restrained mid-flight and in handcuffs once the plane lands. In some cases, pilots will make an emergency landing to get the passenger off the flight.

"I don't make those decisions," Long says. "I convey the information to the cockpit and the chief flight attendant, and they make the decision about whether or not we're going to land and get someone off the plane.

"Most of the pilots say to us, 'If you've got a problem with them, I've got a problem with them,' and they will back us up 100%," Long says.



Airplanes aren't nearly as clean as they look

As Business Insider previously reported, microbiologists have found tray tables to be the least hygienic surface on an airplane.

As one flight attendant writes on Reddit, people change their babies' diapers on their tray tables all the time. And then, not every tray table gets wiped thoroughly between each flight. 

What's more, "remember, they're using a rag to start row one, and when they end up in row 35, that rag has wiped a lot of tables," Long says.

The flight attendant writing on Reddit also says that many unsanitary incidents occur on the plane that passengers rarely see or consider, like accidents in the lavatory or a passenger's seat. "Just so you know, when you go to the bathroom and you're barefoot or you're in your socks, that's not water on the floor," Long says.

"It's just not the cleanest environment," she says.

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You can bring your e-cigs, but the plane won't take off with a Samsung Galaxy Note 7 on board

A few exploding items have been banned from airplanes in recent years, though some not in their entirety.

Last March, a Delta Air Lines flight was delayed at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport after an e-cigarette belonging to a passenger ignited on board the flight.

But while the lithium ion batteries in e-cigarettes have shown a propensity to ignite if they are damaged, battery-powered portable electronic smoking devices are permitted on planes as long as they're not checked or being used.

Your exploding Galaxy Note 7, however, is a different story. These smartphone devices are completely banned by the Department of Transportation from air transportation to, from, or in the US.



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NBA POWER RANKINGS: Where all 30 teams stand at the All-Star break

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This year, the NBA's most compelling races may come from the East, as opposed to the West.

The West is mostly locked up, with the Warriors leading the way, the Spurs trailing, followed by the Rockets, Clippers, Jazz, Grizzlies, and Thunder. There is a race for eighth place to see who will be knocked in four games by the Warriors in April.

But out East, things get interesting. The Cavs are vulnerable, with Kevin Love and J.R. Smith out and LeBron James shouldering a worrisome workload.

The Raptors just swung a deal to land Serge Ibaka to make things tighter. The second-place Celtics have chips to cash, and the Wizards have given the Cavs their toughest test of the season. Oh, and there are six teams within 4.5 games of each other jockeying for playoff position.

With the All-Star Break here and the season more than halfway over, take a look at where each team stands now.

30. Brooklyn Nets

Record: 9-47, 15th in East

Offensive rating: 101.3 (28th)

Defensive rating: 109.3 (28th)

One thing to know: The Nets will once again send their draft pick to the Boston Celtics this year, thanks to the infamous Kevin Garnett-Paul Pierce trade in 2013. They're reportedly trying to shop Brook Lopez for a draft pick this year, but may not get one.



29. Los Angeles Lakers

Record: 19-39, 14th in West

Offensive rating: 103.6 (24th)

Defensive rating: 110.4 (29th)

One thing to know: The Lakers recently hired Magic Johnson to a front-office role. It didn't take him long to say he wants to eventually call "the shots." Why does it feel like this may end poorly?



28. Phoenix Suns

Record: 18-39, 15th in West

Offensive rating: 104.0 (22nd)

Defensive rating: 109.0 (27th)

One thing to know: Though he's played in just seven games, Suns rookie Derrick Jones Jr. may be a star of the All-Star Weekend, as his impressive leaping ability has made him a dark horse to win the dunk contest.



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Here are all the controversial things the Trump administration has done so far

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Over the last several weeks, the Trump administration has endured a hurricane of controversy.

Key resignations, challenges in filling his Cabinet, and other crucial federal positions, fights with the press, US intelligence agencies, and his critics have all culminated thus far in a tumultuous first month in office for President Donald Trump.

Inside the eye of this hurricane, however, Trump could soon face critical issues that have yet to fully materialize — like next week's planned replacement of his rejected immigration executive order that is likely to be challenged in courts throughout the country.

Trump was named in 42 federal lawsuits in his first 11 days as commander-in-chief, CNN reported earlier this month. Those lawsuits focus mostly on the president's original travel ban and accusations of conflicts of interest, but other questions surrounding the legality of some of the White House's statements and actions may follow.

In an interview with Business Insider, UCLA School of Law professor Jon Michaels offered insight into whether the Trump administration has been acting consistently with the rule of law. "I wouldn’t say that we can make a big deal of one particular deviation from custom," Michaels said, "but patterns of it? Then it looks a little different."

Noting what seemed to be repeated missteps in rolling out various initiatives, Michaels said "the additive effect of all these questionable moves raised serious questions about the integrity of the decision-making of the executive branch these days."

Here are some of the controversial and legally questionable actions the Trump administration has taken, and the ramifications he could face.

SEE ALSO: Here's what each one of Trump's executive actions does

Trump's original executive order targeting refugees and travelers from seven majority-Muslim countries

On January 27, Trump signed an executive order that temporarily barred people from majority-Muslim Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, and Yemen from entering the US. Syrians were banned indefinitely.

Although Secretary of Homeland Security John Kelly rejected the notion that the original order was a ban on Muslims specifically, Trump's December 2015 demand for a "total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States," would eventually complicate the defense of his travel ban in court.

"Leaving aside the merits of it … It was a sheer act of unprofessionalism to issue the memo the way he did," UCLA law professor Jon Michaels said. "By all reports, he did not consult with the Justice Department, the State Department, or the Department of Homeland Security."

Michaels explained why that matters:

  • "The reason why this custom makes sense is because the Justice Department vets the law. [The Justice Department] aren't just presidential aides ... They have constitutionally sworn duties to make sure the government follows the law."
  • "The State Department needs to make sure that ... at the very least, they're able to communicate with our allies and to the affected countries so that there’s a diplomatic 'heads up' to manage the fallout."
  • "If you don’t tell the Department of Homeland Security, you don't have the operations on the ground to handle demand — and we saw this incredible chaos."

The controversial travel ban led to massive protests nationwide, but in the background, legal proceedings ensued to challenge the constitutionality of Trump's executive order. The order's confusing provisions created chaos that briefly denied the entry of both green card holders and dual citizens alike.

Michaels said: "Regardless of whether you think it’s a good or bad policy, it was very poorly implemented. And that’s not the Department of Homeland Security's fault per say ... they were caught off-guard when planes were already in the air."

Judges from lower courts eventually blocked parts of the executive order, ruling that it violated due-process and equal protection rights guaranteed by the Constitution. After being blocked by federal judges in Washington state and Minnesota, the ban was eventually slapped down by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, freeing people from the affected countries to continue traveling into the US..

The White House has since planned to try again with a new executive order.



An ethics pledge and lobbying the government

In another executive order, Trump began weakening the ethics firewalls put in place by the Obama administration — one of which prevented lobbyists from joining the administration if they were registered lobbyists the year prior.

Trump's ethics pledge issued last month, as noted by Politico, prevents White House officials from lobbying the same agency for which they worked for five years after they leave, however, this still leaves open the possibility to lobby other parts of the government.

Additionally, the pledge prevents lobbyists-turned-staffers from working on issues for which they lobbied for two years. That stands in contrast to Obama's blanket-ban from 2009 which said lobbyists were entirely banned from joining the administration if they were registered lobbyists in the preceding year.

Trump also changed Obama's rules meant to prevent staffers-turned-lobbyists from contacting their former government agencies. Under Obama, the ban was for two years. Trump knocked it down to one. And while Obama's order applied to all staffers, Trump's rules do not apply to cabinet-level appointees.

“There’s every reason to expect this administration will be the most scandal-ridden in history, and [the] executive action does nothing to change that,” said Robert Weissman, president of the watchdog Group Public Citizen, in an interview with Politico.

Norm Eisen, the Obama administration's ethics attorney gave this assessment of the matter to Politico:

"The single biggest insulation that we had, in retrospect, against scandal in the Obama administration was the two-year exit ban," Eisen said. "People will pay you to put you on ice for one year and then after that year is up to ply your contacts. But no one wants to pay you to put you in cold storage for two years."


"Go buy Ivanka’s stuff": A top White House adviser's "free commercial" for Trump's retail brand

After Nordstrom dropped Ivanka Trump's brand due to poor sales, President Donald Trump aired his grievance about it on Twitter: "My daughter Ivanka has been treated so unfairly by Nordstrom. She is a great person -- always pushing me to do the right thing! Terrible!"

The president's public criticisms have raised ethical concerns, but the actions of his counselor, Kellyanne Conway, prompted calls for a government ethics investigation.

Conway, in an interview on the Fox News program, "Fox and Friends" declared "Go buy Ivanka’s stuff … I’m going to give a free commercial here. Go buy it today, everybody; you can find it online."

Legal experts were quick to point out that Conway's statements violated the Office of Government Ethics' rules governing the use of a public office. Here's the most relevant portion of that rule:

"An employee shall not use his public office for his own private gain, for the endorsement of any product, service or enterprise, or for the private gain of friends, relatives, or persons with whom the employee is affiliated in a nongovernmental capacity ..."

Conway drew criticism from Republicans and Democrats over her remarks. Republican Rep. Jason Chaffetz of Utah, the C hairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee , said Conway was "wrong" to promote Ivanka Trump's brand. Rep. Elijah Cummings of Maryland, the Democratic chair on the House oversight committee, called it a " textbook violation" of ethics rules.



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7 details you may have missed on Sunday's 'The Walking Dead'

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Warning: There are spoilers ahead for "The Walking Dead."

"The Walking Dead" continued its return to television with another action-packed episode. 

As Rick was hatching a plan to get in the good graces of another group and Daryl reunited briefly with Carol, there were a few callbacks throughout the episode to season's prior you may have missed along with an Easter egg from a '70s classic.

Keep reading to see the details on Sunday's episode you may have overlooked.

One of the Saviors takes Morgan's fighting stick with him.

Morgan tells him someone gave it to him who's gone.



We saw Morgan receive that bō stick back in season six, episode four.

Eastman teaches Morgan Aikido and that every life is precious, no matter the harm they deliver. After adopting his teachings as his own, he starts using the bo stick. Eastman met his demise after saving Morgan and being bitten by a walker.



Jerry and King Ezekiel bring Carol a cobbler from the Kingdom.

Jerry says he heard she was a big fan of it. 



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This Chick-fil-A menu is unlike anything we’ve seen from the fast-food chain

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Chick-fil-A is well known for its advertising touting chicken over beef.

But at a handful of restaurants, the chain has been quietly serving steak and hamburgers for decades.

The restaurants also serve a host of other exclusive dishes, such as fried okra and collard greens, that aren't available at Chick-fil-A restaurants nationwide.

We visited one of the locations in Hapeville, Georgia to get a taste of the menu.

This is the first Chick-fil-A in the country. When it opened in 1946, it was called the "Dwarf Grill." Now it's one of 12 Chick-fil-A "Dwarf Houses" in the country that serve the chain's original menu.



The restaurant offers full table service. This is the menu you get when you sit down.



It features sides like macaroni and cheese, corn bread, collard greens, green beans, and sweet potato soufflé, none of which are available at Chick-fil-A restaurants nationwide.



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What the 'Tinder for TV shows and movies' has learned about what people want to watch

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As streaming services like Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon Prime Video become a bigger part of our media diet, it can get annoying to switch between all the interfaces to find your next show or movie to watch.

So when the MightyTV applaunched last year, its goal was to make that process enjoyable, by leveraging Tinder’s famous “swipe left or right” interface. You tell MightyTV which services you subscribe to, and then it uses machine learning to feed you titles you might like, getting a better sense of your taste the more you swipe. (You can then add them to a unified watch list.)

The result of the MightyTV experiment is a world where preferences for shows are stripped of interfaces. For instance, Netflix isn’t pushing its originals to the front of the line like it does in its own system.

And over the last few months, that natural experiment has yielded some insightful data about how having great shows and movies compares to a service’s popularity.

Though 94% of MightyTV users are Netflix subscribers, Netflix titles made up only 34% of those on watch lists. Contrast this with Hulu, which only 47% of users had, but made up 23% of watch lists.

Here’s a quick rundown of how each of the services stacked up on watch lists:

  • Netflix: 94% of users have the service, and it makes up 34% of watch lists.
  • Amazon Prime: 60% of users have, and it makes up 24% of watch lists.
  • HBO: 49% of users have, and it makes up 19% of watch lists.
  • Hulu: 47% of users have, and it makes up 23% of watch lists.

One big takeaway is that in the MightyTV world, Hulu definitely punches above its weight. This suggests that one main barrier for Hulu isn't having shows and movies people are interested in watching, but rather getting customers onto the service.

Quality matters

Another insight MightyTV gleaned from its data is that bigger doesn't always mean better. While HBO's catalog is small at about 850 titles, it makes up 19% of watch lists. Compare that to Amazon Prime, which has a whopping 10,000 titles on MightyTV, but makes up 24% of watch lists. "The big difference in those numbers tends to be quality," MightyTV cofounder Brian Adams told Business Insider. Almost 80% of HBO's catalog appears on at least one user's watch list, he continued.

Adams also found evidence of the "Netflix effect," or the idea that having previous seasons on streaming services can spur catch-up viewing. With "Mr. Robot," as the second season came out, the first season was made available on Amazon Prime. MightyTV saw a big spike in people adding it to watch lists.

But perhaps the most relevant data point is that many of the titles people put most on MightyTV watch lists are movies. Netflix content boss Ted Sarandos said in December that movies make up about a third of Netflix watching, whereas on MightyTV, seven of the top 10 titles most frequently put on watch lists are movies. That suggests that the problem of finding new titles to watch is more pressing for films than shows. 

This makes intuitive sense: you have to find a new movie every ~2 content hours, whereas with a show you might be locked in for five or more seasons. But it also highlights that streaming movies are an area where technology that helps people more easily discover new titles might provide a lot of value.

Here are the top shows and movies people have added to their MightyTV watch lists:

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No. 10: "The Big Short"



No. 9: "Interstellar"



No. 8: "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy"



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Step inside Slack's light-drenched New York City office

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Slack is one of the most closely watched startups in Silicon Valley, and now it has a home base in New York, too. 

The three-year-old chat app maker boasts 4 million daily users, from employees at media companies like Business Insider, to workers at companies like IBM, who use it to coordinate code-building. 

The San Francisco-based company has raised $539 million dollars from investors including Accel Partners, GV (formerly Google Ventures), and Thrive Capital. 

Business Insider was recently invited to tour the company's new East Coast headquarters in New York City. According to Slack, this is where its search, language, and East Coast sales teams will be based. 

Check out the highlights below:

SEE ALSO: Step inside Spotify's New York City office, where you'll find an airy roof deck, cold brew coffee, and a secret recording studio

Welcome to Slack's New York headquarters in the city's East Village neighborhood.



The newly opened 15,000-square-foot office was designed by Snohetta, an architecture firm, who wanted to the space to mirror the city it's in. Renovations were handled by SPK Lewis.



The office faces Lafayette street and large windows let light stream in.



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There are 5 places in the US where you need to make over $100,000 to afford a home

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Several of the priciest housing markets in the country are found in the American West.

In the last quarter of 2016, the median cost of a single-family home in the region rose to $348,800, up nearly 8% from the previous year and a greater increase than any other region, according to the National Association of Realtors (NAR).

By contrast, the current US median home price is $232,200.

"Depressed new and existing inventory conditions led to several of the largest metro areas seeing near or above double-digit appreciation, which has pushed home values to record highs in a slight majority of markets," said Lawrence Yun, NAR chief economist.

As supply lags behind demand, and prices and mortgage rates continue to rise, homebuyers entering the market may find it increasingly unaffordable to buy a home.

Using NAR's data on housing affordability, we discovered the top-five US metro areas where the minimum salary required to qualify for a mortgage, with 20% down, is above $100,000. NAR assumes a mortgage rate of 3.9% for all areas, with the monthly principle and interest payment limited to 25% of income.

While the salary needed to buy in these areas is exceptional, purchasing a home in a number of markets across the country remains affordable, with required salaries at or below the median household income of $70,831. The average qualifying income for the US as a whole is $42,962.

Below, check out how much you need to earn to buy a home, and what the median home will cost you, in the most expensive markets.

The following markets are based on metropolitan statistical areas, with the exception of Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine, which is a metropolitan division.

SEE ALSO: The salary you need to earn to buy a home right now in 23 of the most expensive housing markets in America

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5. San Diego-Carlsbad, California

Population: 3,299,521

Median home cost: $593,000

Salary needed to buy: $108,410



4. Urban Honolulu, Hawaii

Population: 998,714

Median home cost: $740,200

Salary needed to buy: $135,320



3. Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine, California

Population: 3,169,776

Median home cost: $745,200

Salary needed to buy: $136,234



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Here's how Hyperloop One's massive, high-speed transport system will work

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Hyperloop One is facing some potential competition from its former co-founder and CEO Brogan BamBrogan.

BamBrogan and three other former Hyperloop One employees launched a Hyperloop startup, Arrivo, last week. The move came after the four former employees settled a lawsuit they had filed against Hyperloop One alleging executives misused funds and assaulted at least one employee by leaving a noose on his desk.

But while Arrivo works toward building two test tracks and getting its startup off the ground, Hyperloop One has already mapped out how its transit system will work. Scroll down for a closer look:

SEE ALSO: Airbus is building flying taxis so that it can become the Uber of the skies

The start-up announced in early November that it signed an agreement with Dubai Roads and Transport Authority to evaluate using the Hyperloop between Dubai and Abu Dhabi.

Hyperloop One will conduct the feasibility study with McKinsey & Co. and the Bjarke Ingels Group, which will be sponsored by the Dubai Roads and Transport Authority.

As part of that announcement, Hyperloop One unveiled its concept for the futuristic transport system that it claims can travel at roughly 700 mph and take passengers from Dubai to Abu Dhabi in 12 minutes, which is normally a two-hour drive. 



Here we begin the breakdown of Hyperloop One's concept for the system. First, passengers will use an app to see their transportation options that day.



If a Hyperloop is available, the app will list it alongside other transportation options. If a passenger clicks the Hyperloop option...



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This is the greatest Corvette ever - and it's only $70,000 (GM)

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I'm not going to get into the long and illustrious history of the Chevrolet Corvette, in continuous production since the 1950s and now into its seventh generation. You can look it up.

Suffice it to say that we really, really like Vettes. The C7 Stingray was our 2014 Business Insider Car of the Year. It set a whole new standard for this most American of vehicles (still bolted together with patriotic care in beautiful Bowling Green, Kentucky). 

Since we got behind the wheel of the glorious Stingray with a 7-speed manual transmission, we've sampled the same car in a convertible version with an automatic — and outfitted with Apple CarPlay — and taken a rocket-ship ride on the supercar-defying Zo6, a 650-horsepower monster of a machine.

We thought we'd seen it all, Vette-wise. And then an Arctic White 2017 Corvette Grand Sport Convertible paid us a brief visit. Too brief — we had it for only about a day and half. But we lucked out on the weather in the Northeast, before some harsh winter conditions set in. 

There aren't too many cars available right now that are this good. And there are none that are this good for a base price of about $70,000. Ours stickered at $85,910, and it was nicely appointed (the "Black Suede Design Package" alone added four grand) . 

Here's what we thought:

SEE ALSO: Corvette might be on the verge of the biggest change in its history

For starters, this thing looks great in white.



The seventh generation of Corvettes was inaugurated by the exquisite Stingray and its 460 horsepower V8.

Read the review here, as well as our 2014 Car of the Year commendation.



We later sampled the convertible version and got a taste of how happy the Vette's engine is when paired with an automatic transmission. It's actually FASTER than with the manual.

We tested out Apple CarPlay on this Vette.



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These are the watches worn by some of the most powerful men in finance

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Since it was invented over 200 years ago, the wristwatch has been an integral component of men's fashion.

In addition to their practical functionality of telling time, a watch serves as a collectible piece of art that communicates the personality and style of its wearer.

With the help of Crown and Caliber, an Atlanta-based preowned-luxury watch marketplace, we've put together a list and commentary about the wristwatches worn by nine of the most powerful men in the financial services industry.

Anthony Scaramucci, formerly of SkyBridge Capital

Anthony Scaramucci had been expected to serve in the Trump administration as the director of the office of public liaison and intergovernmental affairs, and won plaudits for his performance in Davos. He sold his alternative investment fund Skybrige Capital, which he founded in 2005, in January. It's now unclear whether Scaramucci will take up a role with the administration.

 



Breitling Avenger - $5,835

Scaramucci was seen during the World Economic Forum sporting a Breitling Avenger, a luxury watch that retails for $5,835.



Clifford Asness, AQR Capital

Cliff Asness is one of the co-founders of AQR Capital Management, a global investment firm based in Connecticut, US. The firm manages $180.6 billion as of December 31, 2016.

 



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The 20 biggest Oscar upsets of all time, ranked

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Regardless of if you love watching the Oscars or love to hate-watch it, the highlight is always when there's an upset winner.

With months of being told why a person or film is going to win, there's nothing like watching the genuine surprise and spontaneous, authentic reaction when someone seems to steal away Hollywood's biggest prize. That can range from Roberto Benigni standing on his seat after winning best actor in 1999 to Adrien Brody planting a big kiss on presenter Halle Berry when he won the award in 2003.

Here are the 20 biggest upsets in Oscar history ranked:

SEE ALSO: RANKED: The 10 worst movies to win the best picture Oscar — and what should have won

20. Marcia Gay Harden wins best supporting actress for "Pollock" (2001)

A big indicator of who will win on Oscar night comes from the nominations and wins before that night, which is what makes Harden's win so shocking. Her performance as Lee Krasner did not get recognized at the Golden Globes, SAG Awards, or BAFTAs. But her name was called on the biggest night.



19. Anna Paquin wins best supporting actress for "The Piano" (1994)

Rarely does the Academy award children, but at 11 years old Paquin took the award, beating out Emma Thompson ("In the Name of the Father"), Winona Ryder ("The Age of Innocence"), Rosie Perez ("Fearless"), and Holly Hunter ("The Firm"), who was also nominated in the best actress category for playing opposite Paquin in "The Piano." She would win in that category.



18. "The King’s Speech" wins best picture (2011)

What was thought to be a film that would showcase Colin Firth's talents to earn him an Oscar (and it did), the movie shocked the likes of nominees "The Social Network,""The Fighter," and "127 Hours" to win the top prize.



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Architect Richard Landry shares 6 of his favorite Asian properties

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Los Angeles–based architect Richard Landry (a five-time recipient of Robb Report’s Ultimate Home Award) has made a name for himself building high-end homes that display impeccable design and cutting-edge technology.

Since opening Landry Design Group in 1987, the affable architect has designed residences all over the world–and his Asian projects display his particular prowess.

“Asia is always open and looking at what’s next–you know, what’s the next thing that’s going to be really cool and different?” Landry says.

“[Asian clients] like what we do in California, the open-floor plans…the idea of outdoor living, creating outdoor covered areas that are heated with fireplaces and heaters so you can extend the seasons.”

Accordingly, Landry combines innovative designs, outdoor amenities, and open-concept floor plans to create sophisticated sanctuaries.

The following six projects showcase Landry’s immense diversity and creativity.

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Private Residence (China)

Throughout the years, Landry has designed dozens of homes in Shanghai, Beijing, and Qingdao. “We’ve done about 8 million square feet of projects in China,” he notes. “Our clients in China are typically coming to us for the more traditional work that we do. We do a lot of French-influenced architecture, and a lot of European-influenced architecture.”

Case in point: a colossal French-inspired abode surrounded by formal gardens, fountains, and manicured shrubbery. With sweeping staircases, ornate carvings, majestic balconies, and chandeliers in almost every main room, the two-story mansion is both stately and sophisticated. The large basement houses an indoor lap pool, ballroom, theater, underground garage, spa, and salon. (landrydesigngroup.com)



Shanghai Clubhouse (China)

The Shanghai Clubhouse is a formal French manse with atrium-like glass enclosures. “The building is a marriage of the community’s formal French style with the sculptural modern architecture that has become so popular in Shanghai,” Landry says. “During the day, the building can be viewed as a deconstructed modernist vision of a traditional French Palace. At night, the Clubhouse becomes a jewel box, illuminating the evening sky through the modern glass elements.”

Equipped with a spa, bowling alley, art gallery, and Olympic-sized swimming pool, the elaborate edifice lacks for nothing. Residents can dine on the loggia while admiring the star-speckled sky or retire to the cigar lounge with their friends–welcome reprieves from the busyness of the city. (landrydesigngroup.com)



Private Residence (Singapore)

Long a haven for expatriates, Singapore’s diverse homes reflect its global community. Perhaps no home represents this diversity better than a Beaux‐Arts French private residence that draws inspiration from classic European architecture. The courtyard home is equipped with a tiled pool. “Custom bronze doors, windows and architectural bays [and] decorative interior plasterwork [are placed] throughout,” Landry says. (landrydesigngroup.com)



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10 jobs that will make you happy and rich

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Many people believe a happy career and a fat paycheck are mutually exclusive, but online jobs community CareerBliss has found that these two things can go hand in hand.

CareerBliss compiled its new list of jobs that can make you happy and rich by analyzing more than 20,000 employee reviews of companies with at least ten reviews.

The reviews are from employees all over the US who evaluated 10 factors that affect work happiness on a five-point scale: one's relationship with their boss, relationship with coworkers, workplace environment, job resources, compensation, growth opportunities, company culture, company reputation, daily tasks, and job control over the work performed on a daily basis.

CareerBliss combined those numbers to find an average rating of overall happiness for each respondent and then sorted the results by job title and salary to determine which jobs pay well and make professionals the happiest.

Here are the happiest high-paying jobs in 2017:

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10. Director of IT

Bliss score (out of 5): 3.05

Average salary: $115,643

Directors of IT manage the information technology strategy of an organization, assuming responsibility for the hardware and software used to achieve the organization's objectives.



9. Product manager

Bliss score (out of 5): 3.12

Average salary: $120,229

Product managers are responsible for promoting or introducing a product or service to the public. Typically they will assemble advertising teams, meet with account representatives, and give presentations.



8. Vice president (VP) of sales

Bliss score (out of 5): 3.22

Average salary: $162,600

VPs of sales, who are accountable to the company's president on all sales matters, will ensure the company is meeting its sales projections and oversee a department of sales managers.

 



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A startup has a grand vision to make hydrogen trucks a reality by 2020 — here's its plan

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The hydrogen-powered-vehicle industry is still a nascent field that has yet to show real signs of going mainstream.

Yet, major automakers are exploring the technology because it gives vehicles shorter re-fill times and longer ranges than plug-in electric vehicles. General Motors and Honda, for example, are investing $85 million as part of a joint venture to mass produce hydrogen fuel cells in 2020.

Honda's hydrogen car, the Honda Clarity, has the longest range of any zero-emission vehicle at 366 miles. Toyota also leases its hydrogen car, the Toyota Mirai, in California.

But without the necessary infrastructure to support the vehicles, they stand little chance of being used outside of California. For reference, there are 15,510 electric charging stations in the United States, and only 33 hydrogen stations in the entire US, according to the US Department of Energy.

Startup Nikola Motor Company, which unveiled its hydrogen-electric truck in December, plans to change that. Nikola plans to build over 300 hydrogen stations so that its trucks can travel across the country.

Nikola plans to build over 300 hydrogen stations so that its trucks can travel across the country. 

We spoke with the startup's founder and CEO Trevor Milton and he shared more details about how his company's plans to build out these stations, while also disrupting the trucking industry. 

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Behold, the Nikola One hydrogen-powered truck. Milton told Business Insider the truck can drive 800 miles on average with a single tank of hydrogen.

For reference, that's a much longer range than other zero-emissions, heavy duty vehicles. In the trucking space, we can really only compare the Nikola One to Mercedes' all-electric truck, which only has a range of 124 miles.

Startup Proterra is making strides with its electric bus that has a range of 350 miles. That's an impressive range for a bus that can fit 77 people, but still falls short of Nikola One.

 



The Nikola One will be powered by a stack of hydrogen fuel cells, as well as a 320 kWh battery, to achieve its range. The startup said it will have over 1,000 hp and 2,000 ft.-lb. of torque.

The startup plans to have 12 trucks driving on public roads in 18 months for testing. The trucks will officially come to market in 2020, Milton said.



Nikola Motor Company said the truck will have a refueling time of just 15 minutes, edging out plug-in EVs that take at least an hour to charge when using a fast-charging network. With a typical outlet, a plug-in EV can take many hours to recharge.



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The 11 states that benefit most from immigration

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President Donald Trump has not relented on the hardline immigration positions that served as the cornerstone of his presidential campaign.

Since his inauguration on January 20, the president has signed an executive order to bar entry of immigrants from seven Muslim-majority countries for 90 days. That followed an executive order signed on January 25 to begin the construction of a concrete wall along the US southern border with Mexico. 

While many of the president's supporters view his actions as a fulfillment of his campaign promises, some are concerned about the economic ramifications of a decline in immigration and a spike in deportation.

In light of these developments, WalletHub, the personal finance website, has released a report that shows certain states benefit from "foreign born populations" more than others.

"We determined which states benefit the most - and the least - from immigration using 18 key indicators, ranging from median household income of foreign-born population" to "jobs generated by immigrant-owned businesses as a share of total jobs," they said. 

Based on their analysis, these states benefit the most from immigrants:

11. Maryland

Rank: 11

Score: 48.00



10. Hawaii

Rank: 10

Score: 50.37



9. Illinois

Rank: 9

Score: 52.58



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The 21 most expensive countries in the world to live in

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LONDON — The world's most expensive countries to live in were calculated by MoveHub, a company dedicated to helping people move abroad, in a new survey.

MoveHub based its assessment on a range of costs, such as the price of groceries, transport, bills, restaurants and how much renting somewhere to live is. These figures are then compiled into an index, using the notoriously expensive city of New York as a benchmark. 

New York was given an index score of 100, and countries were then ranked based on this. So a country with a score higher than 100 is more expensive than New York, while below signals that it is cheaper.

As a reference point, the average score for the United Kingdom was 51.03, making it the 29th most expensive country in which to live.

You can see the top 21 countries below:

T=20. Ghana — 53.89: Ghana is one of Africa's more prosperous nations, and this is reflected in the cost of living, which is higher than any other African nation, according to MoveHub.



T=20. Italy — 53.89: The cost of living in Italy is higher than in the eurozone's two largest economies, Germany and France.



19. Israel — 54.11: Israel is, comparatively speaking, pretty inexpensive compared to other states in the region like Kuwait and the UAE.



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The cheapest house in Mayfair is going for £500,000 and is targeted at rich Arab students

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Mayfair is one of the most affluent and expensive areas in London to buy a home.

The average property price in London is at £484,000, according to the Office for National Statistics, so buying in a richer area will likely cost you a lot more. 

And according to luxury estate agents Wetherell, less than 5% of homes sold in Mayfair were priced below seven-figures and none were priced below £750,000 in 2016.

However, there is a property on the market right now going for £500,000, which Wetherell says is "pocket money" for wealthy students from Qatar or Saudi Arabia. 

"This apartment would be ideal as a university or college student pad for a young student from a wealthy family from the Middle East, Africa or Asia," said James McManus, Managing Director of Wetherell.

"Many flats like this one get snapped up by overseas families who want a smart and safe base for their student offspring whilst they study in London."

Take a look inside:

The £500,000 flat is located in one of the most expensive areas of London — Mayfair. It is near Buckingham Palace and its local shops include luxury shops in Bond Street.



The property in question is Erskine House, 59 Davies Street, which is just down the road from the famous 5 star hotel Claridges.



The two bedroom, 956 square feet flat has spacious rooms. Usually flats of this kind, in this area, can command £1,300 per week in rent.



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