1. As the calendar flips to December it’s not too early to think about the inevitability of tanking. Who should do it, who should wait, and who shouldn’t ever consider it. Flanns and Zillz discuss.

2. 遗憾的是，随着乌拉圭在当地时间周六（6月28日）被哥伦比亚淘汰出局，本届世界杯决赛将不再是巴西和乌拉圭之间的再次对话。如果巴西杀入7月13日的决赛，对手将可能是墨西哥、荷兰、哥斯达黎加、希腊、美国、比利时、阿根廷和瑞士中的一支（译注：1/8决赛中，墨西哥与希腊分别不敌荷兰与哥斯达黎加，憾别世界杯）。

3. 1. Love what you do.

4. The Warriors played pre-season games in China in 2013 against the Los Angeles Lakers, but it will be the first time the Timberwolves visit China.

5. 这个夏天，诺埃尔将成为受限制自由球员，考虑到他公认的防守能力、未开发的潜力和乐透秀身份，他期望得到一份慷慨的补偿合同，即使他的职业生涯上场时间还不足5000分钟。

6. 《不可思议的杰西卡?詹姆斯》

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1. Spotify, the music streaming service, plans to list existing private shares directly on the New York Stock Exchange as soon as the fourth quarter rather than doing a formal IPO, while other large, well-known tech companies for now were seen as more likely prospects for 2018, bankers said.

2. What deserves to be mentioned the most is, Uber and Tesla Motors Inc did not make it to the list. "Both Uber and Tesla do innovate, but not at a sufficient level to feature in the Top 100 list of innovative organizations around the globe as measured by patent metrics of volume, success, globalization and impact. They neither have sufficiently large portfolios to qualify for inclusion with less than 100 granted inventions during 2010-2014," Stembridge said.

3. But whether another hit product can emerge to fend off questions about Apple’s life after Jobs, Mr Cook learnt long ago to be patient and trust his instincts, just as he did when he ignored the doubters to join the then-struggling company in 1998.

4. 中国银行业监管机构的数据显示，去年中国商业银行的净利润总量增长了2.4%。中小银行的利润增长继续加速，而大型银行的利润增长则放慢了。

5. 狄娜莎(Tinashe)与德文戴·西尼斯(Devonté Hynes)，《打赌》(Bet)， RCA

6. 时隔多年，贝尔蒙特如今已是一位白发苍苍的老人。没能现场观看1950年世界杯的决赛，他从不感到后悔。那次决赛过后没几天，他的母亲就去世了。“我当时决定放弃观看比赛的机会，事实证明这样做是正确的。”他对记者说。

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1. Forbes said that much of the decline in Trump's net worth is due to softness in the midtown Manhattan real estate market.

2. 瑞典

3. They will get more creative in 2018, including on non-cash benefits. Bank of America, for example, has just introduced a programme allowing employees of the global banking and markets unit to take a sabbatical — on full pay — for up to six weeks in a year. There are conditions: people must have been with the bank for at least a decade, and can request the time once every five years, to a maximum of three. But in a memo circulated this week, seen by the Financial Times, chief operating officer Tom Montag urged eligible employees to consider it.