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“One repays a teacher badly if one always remains nothing but a pupil.” ― Friedrich Nietzsche
CHICAGO NEWS
• The lineup for this year’s Chicago Ideas Week has been announced and some of the headliners include Martha Stewart, Cynthia Rowley, Sal Khan, Michael Strahan, David Gregory and many more. CIW will run from October 12-18 at various locations in the city. Congratulations to the Chicago and Chicago area companies that made this year’s Inc 5000 list of the fastest growing private companies in America.
NATIONAL NEWS
• Former President, Jimmy Carter who is the second-oldest living former U.S. president, disclosed in a statement Wednesday he has cancer which was found during recent liver surgery and will undergo treatment by physicians at Emory Healthcare. [BLOOMBERG]
WORLD NEWS
• A warehouse explosion in Tianjin, China,one of the world’s busiest port cities 90 miles from Beijing, has resulted in at least 50 dead including 12 firefighters and injured up to 700 people. Executives of Ruihai Logistiscs, the company that owns the warehouse were arrested.
SPORTS
• The PGA Championships at Whistling Straits will begin today and go until Sunday with top players Rory McIllroy, Jordan Speith, vying for the Wannamaker Cup. We were there as the players took in their final practice rounds(check instagram/facebook/snapchat)
BUSINESS
• NBC Universal has invested $200million in digital publishing company Vox Media (SB Nation, Polygon, The Verge, Vox.com, Eater, Racked, Curbed and Re/code) and unconfirmed reports state same amount has been invested in BuzzFeed as well. The investment in Vox which nows values it at $1b (unicorn status), means that the two companies will now have commercial partnership collaborating on digital, video advertising and programming. [RE/CODE]
ENTERTAINMENT
• The nanny that may be part of the Jennifer Garner-Ben Affleck breakup just got a new Lexus but who paid for it? [DAILYMAIL]
FASHION
• In cover that declares Just B Beyonce” Beyonce Knowles nabs the coveted cover of Vogue Magazine’s September Issue. The exodus of the fashion publicist turned social media personalities will now include Erika Bearman known as the voice behind @OscarPRGirl. Most recently Aliza Licht aka @DKNYPRGirl left her post.
LOOK OF THE DAY
•Yasmin Le Bon in @ Winser London’s A/W ’15 campaign
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