Subject: Daily Skimm: So much funukah
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Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2018 06:28:01 -0500 (EST)

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NOVEMB=R 30, 2018

Skimm'd with gifts th=t give back

QUOTE O= THE DAY

"Girls want to rock the Curry 5s too" – A nine-year-old asked Steph Cu=ry to make his sneaker line accessible for girls. Because girls can be War=iors too.

THINGS TRUMP IS HEADLININ=

The G20

The Story

G20 lead=rs are having an off-site in Argentina today.

Remind me what that is.

A meet-u= for the world's biggest economies. Every year, 19 countries plus the =U get together and talk policy on a wide range of issues. This year's meeting is about development, =nfrastructure, food security, and gender equality. But everyone's focused =n the side convos.

Juicy, what are they about?

Trade…as in the US and China have a lot to work through. Like ta=iffs, and accusations that China's been stealing US intellectual property.=Today, the US, Canada, and Mexico are planning to officially sign their new trade deal. Congress wil= still have to approve it.

R=ssia…as in it still hasn't returned the Ukrainian ships and sailors it captured earlier =his week – and the added tension is putting everyone on edge. Trump says he canceled his one-on-one with Russian Presi=ent Vladimir Putin because of it. German Chancellor Angela Merkel says she=ll bring this up with Putin....

S=udi Arabia…as in this is Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's fi=st big trip abroad since the =hashoggi killing. He migh= get called out for it – and for Saudi Arabia's role in the Ye=en war.

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The goal of the summit is to get a joint statement ev=ryone can sign off on. But recent global summits have been tense and somet=mes even unproductive (G7= NATO, APEC). Eyes are on whether these world leade=s can put their differences aside for something other than the photo op.

The Mueller Investigation

The Story

Yesterday, we got a bunch of info about possible conn=ctions between Russia and the Trump campaign during the 2016 election.

What came out?

A lot of it has to do with a Trump Tower deal in Moscow that got dropped. Yeste=day, Michael Cohen – President Trump's former lawyer-slash-Ray Don=van – pleaded guilty<=a> to lying to Congress about it. He originally said talks ended months ea=lier in the campaign than they had. Now, Cohen (who already faces up to fi=e years in prison from other charges related to Trump) is facing new charg=s from special counsel Robert Mueller. Trump isn't pleased and called Cohe= a "weak person." But tha='s just the beginning.

Go on…

It also came out yesterday that as part of this propo=ed deal, Cohen was offering Putin the $50 million penthouse suite. For reference, the deal was still=in talks in June 2016, when Trump was expected to be the GOP nominee. This=was also around the time when it came out that Russia hacked the DNC. The =mails from that hack would be published through WikiLeaks – anothe= detail that's now getting a =ot of attention.

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There's now a report that Trump is a central figure in special counsel Robert M=eller's investigation, and not just a part of it. All of this is hanging =ver his meeting at the G20 this week...and also his presidency.

REPEAT AFTER ME...

What to say when you get bad news…

Bayerlawsuits. Now Bayer's trying to take control of the=situation – read: cutting about 12,000 jobs and maybe selling busi=esses like Coppertone sunscreen and Dr Scholl's. Digital publisher Mic is saying 'we know how you fe=l.' The co announced it's laying off most of its staff. Mic raised about $=0 million in funding, but had a hard time coming up with a sustainable biz=model. After the layoffs were announced, Bustle Digital Group said it's sn=tching Mic up. Mic drop.

What to say when spam accounts start following you on=Insta…

Going private. Yesterday, NASA announced private comp=nies will help out with the n=xt moon landing. Last year, President Trump told NASA to pull off another trip there, ASAP. Now,=the agency's getting an assist from the private sector. The short-term goa=: get astronauts to the moon quickly and make it safer for them once they'=e there. The long-term goal: do some more experiments there that could hel= with a future mission to Mars. Nine US companies will compete to help get=it done. That doesn't include SpaceX. Sorry, Elon. They could shoot for th= moon as early as next year – aka the 50th anniversary of of that =iant leap for mankind.

What to say after seeing those Cyber Monday purchases in=your bank account…

Charged. The SEC is charging DJ Khaled and Floyd Mayweather with cryptocurrency=fraud. Sounds like the start of a bad joke. It's not. The allegations: the= didn't reveal that they were being paid to promote initial coin offerings=aka ICOs. Yes, it's kinda like an IPO for the cryptoworld. It's the first =ime the SEC has brought charges around ICOs. So...that's exciting.

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What to say when your friend asks if they can bring a=plus one to brunch…

It can be us and only us.

THING TO KNOW

Undercapitalization

Not just what happens in a lazy text. It's when a bus=ness doesn't have enough money to support its operation because of things =ike little access to capital. FYI, a survey shows that women-owned busines=es have raised less than half the capital of their male-owned counterparts=(in the US alone). Gender pay gap...meet gender growth gap.

=strong>PS: Goldman Sachs 10,000 Wo=en wants to help fix this. It's a program that supports female entrepr=neurs around the world by providing them with the resources to grow their =usinesses. Learn more here.

SKIMM READS

"Come wit= Me" by Helen Schulman

Imagine all the paths you could've taken. Now imagine=a product that could let you live them out. In this book, a tech startup d=velops an algorithm that does just that and uses one of its employees as t=e guinea pig. Think: "Sliding Doors" meets "Silicon Valley." Get it here.

=strong>PS: Want more Skimm Reads? Here you go.

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