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Trump’s defense team took under 3 hours to make its oral arguments in his impeachment trial. Here are the biggest takeaways.

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David Schoen, left, and Bruce Castor Jr., center, lawyers for former President Donald Trump, left, arrives for the second impeachment ...

The best iPads

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Table of Contents: Masthead Sticky The 2020 10.2-inch iPad is best for most people with its sharp screen, fast processor, ...

This NC home with a concert hall lists for $1.5M — and catches Twitter’s attention

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Yours for $1.5 million: A Raleigh tech entrepreneur has put his home on the market, complete with a world-class concert ...

This NC home with a concert hall lists for $1.5M — and catches Twitter’s attention

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Yours for $1.5 million: A Raleigh tech entrepreneur has put his home on the market, complete with a world-class concert ...

Canada approves first bitcoin ETF, raising hopes that the US SEC will soon follow

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Bitcoin. KTS Design/Science Photo Library/Getty Images Canada’s financial regulator approved the first publicly traded bitcoin ETF in North America.  The ...

Donald Trump reportedly called Mark Zuckerberg and asked him to make changes to the panel that’s now responsible for reviewing Trump’s ban from the platform

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Donald Trump Mark Zuckerberg Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images/JOSH EDELSON/AFP via Getty Former President Trump reportedly called Mark Zuckerberg to critique Facebook’s ...

WATCH NOW: IT leaders discuss how collaborating with sales can lead to a better customer experience

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Getty Images As more businesses go digital, many sales teams could benefit from working with IT to improve processes. Leaders ...

Insider Cannabis: WallStreetBets comes for weed – Cannabis hedge funds post eye-popping returns – What to know about psychedelics

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Crystal Cox/Business Insider Welcome to Insider Cannabis, our weekly newsletter where we’re bringing you an inside look at the deals, ...

CDC to release new guidance telling schools how to reopen

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Amid mounting tensions about reopening schools, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention planned to release long-awaited guidance Friday on ...

One chart shows how Main Street feels blue as Wall Street hits record highs

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Labor organizations called for car caravan demonstrations across the US to protest record unemployment on June 17. OLIVIER DOULIERY/AFP via ...

PPP SMALL BUSINESS LOANS: How $525 billion in coronavirus-linked loans were spread across lenders, states, and industries

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Business Insider Intelligence This is an update to our May and July PPP Small Business Loans reports. You can purchase all three ...

Churchill Capital IV rallies 13% amid new signs it’s seeking to acquire Lucid Motors from an investing consortium led by Venrock Associates

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Lucid Air. Lucid VC firm Venrock Associates and a consortium of investors proposed the sale of Lucid Motors to CCIV, ...

Spotify to allow employees to work from anywhere

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(Reuters) – Spotify Technology SA is introducing a “work from anywhere” policy for its employees, allowing them to work from ...

Meatballs now, pay later: Ikea takes a big step into consumer banking

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Ikea’s owner acquired a 49% stake in Ikano Bank. The bank’s retailer-friendly products could enable Ikea to follow the lead ...

CEOs are joking about GameStop, worrying it signals a bubble, and preparing for the next meme-stock boom

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Reuters CEOs are still chattering about GameStop and meme-stock mania. Some have joked about it, while others fear the frenzy ...

[FREE SLIDE DECK] Accelerator Snapshot: Wells Fargo

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A number of major banks have launched fintech accelerator programs in recent years, likely in response to the need to ...

GameStop situation unlikely in France, says market regulator

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PARIS (Reuters) – France is unlikely to see a situation similar to the volatile trade in shares of U.S. video ...

Court: Nigerian farmers can sue Shell in UK over pollution

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LONDON (AP) – Britain’s Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a group of Nigerian farmers and fishermen can sue Royal Dutch ...

Darknet crypto kingpin JokerStash retires after illicit $1 billion run: research

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By Tom Wilson LONDON (Reuters) – The kingpin or kingpins of the world’s biggest illicit credit card marketplace have retired ...

India’s top court takes up social media content

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NEW DELHI (AP) – India’s top court on Friday sought the government and Twitter’s response to a petition seeking a ...

Twitter suspends Project Veritas account over privacy violations

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(Reuters) – Twitter Inc said on Thursday it suspended the account of conservative activist group Project Veritas for repeated violations ...

The UK economy suffered the biggest slump in the G7 in 2020, shrinking a record 9.9% as COVID-19 hit hard

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UK GDP grew in Q4, but the country’s economy contracted sharply overall in 2020 Tolga Akmen/Getty Images The UK economy ...

10 things in tech you need to know today

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Bumble CEO Whitney Wolfe Herd. Evan Agostini/Invision/AP Good morning! This is the tech news you need to know this Friday. ...

Cuomo’s office released more than 9,000 COVID-19 patients back to nursing homes early in the pandemic, AP finds

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New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is seen attending a press conference on September 29, 2020. Lev Radin/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty ...

Lawyer who defended Trump accustomed to political disaster

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HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) – Bruce L. Castor Jr. answered his cellphone, but he had no time to talk. “I’m 12 ...

Trump returns to spotlight in trial – but not on his terms

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WASHINGTON (AP) – His rallying cry to supporters has been dissected. His videos, press conferences and calls to Fox News ...

After Democrats’ visceral presentation, Trump team on stage

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WASHINGTON (AP) – After a prosecution case rooted in emotive, violent images from the Capitol siege, Donald Trump’s impeachment trial ...

What to watch as Trump’s lawyers deliver impeachment defense

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WASHINGTON (AP) – Donald Trump’s lawyers have a simple objective as they open their defense at the former president’s impeachment ...

Australia to introduce landmark Google, Facebook legislation to parliament next week

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By Colin Packham CANBERRA (Reuters) – Australia will introduce landmark legislation to force Alphabet’s Google and Facebook to pay publishers ...

Florida man arrested after Facebook posts appear to show him entering the US Capitol, including a photo of broken furniture with a ‘US SENATE SERGEANT AT ARMS’ sticker

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In this Jan. 6, 2021, file photo, Trump supporters try to break through a police barrier at the Capitol in ...