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“Excellence is never an accident. It is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, and intelligent execution; it represents the wise choice of many alternatives – choice, not chance, determines your destiny.”
― Aristotle
Birchbox will start selling its own in-house makeup line Love of Color…genetic-testing company 23andMe Inc, co-founded by Anne Wojcicki, ex-wife of Google co-founder Sergey Brin raised $115 million in Series E with a valuation of $1.1 billion
CUBS
October 13, 2015 will now be known in Chicago history books as the day the maligned Cubs made team history by making it to the National League Championship Series at Wrigley Field after a 6-4 victory over St. Louis Cardinals. Homeruns by Anthony Rizzo, Kyle Schwarber and Javier Baez; Jake Arrieta sprayed champagne into the crowd.
#DEMDEBATE
The first presidential debate for the Dems was held last night in Las Vegas and if you were the betting type with your money on Hillary, she came out a winner. Tackling questions including Benghazi, email gate, planned parenthood and more but the best was when she was challenged by Lincoln Chafee who tried to imply her email problem indicates she does not have strong ethical standards, when asked whether she wanted to respond, Clinton simply said “No.” Bernie Sanders also put on a good performance and was the most google searched candidate. O’Malley re: Wall Street raised the possibility restoring the Glass-Steagall act, which which had separated commercial and investment banking until it was repealed during President Bill Clinton’s administration. Chafee and Webb? Well there’s a reason consolation prizes exist. [WASHINGTON POST]
CHICAGO
Yesterday IL Gov. Bruce Rauner announced/proposed the Helmut Jahn designed Thompson Center would be sold and likely demolished to be rebuilt as a privately owned residential, office and retail space. “It’s just not usable for much of anything. The good news is it’s really just structural beams and some glass so it doesn’t cost that much to take down, and it could be replaced by a very positive, very impactful new building.” Chicago society fixture Bunky Cushing has died…Pitchfork, founded in 1995, announced yesterday they are being acquired by Condé Nast publisher of publications such as Wired, Vogue and Vanity Fair; sum of the transaction is undisclosed.
APPLE
The Cupertino, California-based tech giant just lost a patent lawsuit after it was found they used technology owned by the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s licensing arm, in chips found in many of its most popular devices, without permission. Though the trial will now move to determine how much Apple will owe in damages as they could face up to $862 million. Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, sued Apple in January 2014 alleging infringement of its 1998 patent for improving chip efficiency. [REUTERS]
ENTERTAINMENT
• Lamar Odom was found unconscious in a Nevada brothel…Taylor Swift will be the celebrity chair of the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute Met Gala next year with the theme “manus x machina: fashion in an age of technology,” celebrating the tech world’s impact on fashion with co-chairs Idris Elba and Apple’s chief design officer Jonathan Ive….Jennifer Lawrence is saying screw being nice, pay me in her equal pay essay for Lenny.
LOOK OF THE DAY
Ciara @ The Last Witch Hunter NYC premiere
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