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Rep. Elise Stefanik backs the controversial GOP-sanctioned recount of 2020 election ballots in Arizona
In this Nov. 20, 2019 file photo, Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., listens during a House Intelligence Committee hearing on Capitol ...
Goldman Sachs is offering bitcoin derivatives to investors as it expands its offerings in the $1 trillion market
Representations of virtual currency bitcoin are placed on US dollar banknotes taken May 26, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic Goldman Sachs on ...
Social Commerce 2021: Social media and ecommerce convergence trends brings growth opportunity for brands
Brands are leveraging social media checkout and shopping integrations as tech-savvy consumers engage with social commerce more often. Insider Intelligence’s ...
Can’t find chicken wings, diapers, or a new car? Here’s a list of all the shortages hitting the reopening economy.
Empty shelves and shoppers at a Target store in Dublin, California, on March 15, 2020. Photo by Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images ...
BVI transformed from producing surgical knives to treating eye diseases as a next-generation company. Here’s how the business is still innovating.
Getty Images Eye disease affects an aging population. The ophthalmic-device company BVI addresses a market gap: listening to customers and ...
Used-car prices just saw their biggest monthly price increase in at least 68 years, UBS estimates
Spencer Platt/Getty Images Used cars are the latest product seeing a record price increase from a supply shortage. Researchers at ...
10 leather chairs you can buy from Amazon
If you buy through our links, we may earn money from affiliate partners. Learn more. Amazon Something about a leather ...
US Banking Channel Forecast: How shifting consumer habits and the coronavirus pandemic are reshaping banking usage
Digital banking channels are celebrating increased momentum as a result of the pandemic. This digital banking behavior will likely continue ...
SEC chief Gary Gensler says 7 factors were behind the GameStop frenzy, and rules may need to be updated to address new market dynamics
Former Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chairman Gary Gensler testifying before the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee on July ...
Peloton will face investors one day after it recalled thousands of treadmills. Here are the top questions executives will face.
Peloton Peloton recalled its treadmills on Wednesday, following pressure from federal regulators. The company is set to hold its quarterly ...
Sharks are among a group of animals with a 6th sense that humans don’t have – they use Earth’s magnetic field to navigate
Bryan Keller holding a bonnethead shark. Colby Griffiths Some shark species swim thousands of miles back to the same feeding ...
Bank of England boosts 2021 UK growth forecast to 7.25% in wake of successful vaccine rollout
The Bank of England kept interest rates on hold. John Sibley/Reuters The Bank of England sharply increased its forecast for ...
COVID-19 long-haulers are showing early signs of neurological disorders: at least 1 in 5 still report brain fog after months
A COVID-19 patient recovers at home in Brooklyn, New York on November 21, 2020. Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis/Getty Images Around 1 in ...
Coinbase is shutting its former San Francisco HQ as it plans for a decentralized, and remote-first, workplace
Coinbase Founder and CEO Brian Armstrong attends Consensus 2019 at the Hilton Midtown on May 15, 2019 in New York ...
A 7-foot-long, 240-pound sturgeon has been caught in Michigan. Scientists believe she’s more than 100 years old.
A US Fish and Wildlife Service member lying next to the sturgeon. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service via AP A ...
Google ‘arguably violated’ labor law when it fired employees involved in unionizing, says NLRB chief
The National Labor Relations Board has said Google “arguably violated” US labor laws when it fired three employees involved in ...
Bill Gates transferred stock worth about $2.4 billion to Melinda Gates on the same day they announced their divorce
Melinda and Bill Gates. Michel Euler/AP Images Tech billionaire Bill Gates transferred stock in two of Mexico’s largest companies to ...
Lyft says that its drivers are making ‘record earnings’ amid a driver shortage
Lyft stock rose earlier this week after the company’s first-quarter earnings beat estimates. Mario Tama/Getty Images Lyft said that ride ...
New rules could tackle the ‘gamification’ of trading on popular apps following GameStop, SEC chief Gary Gensler says
Gary Gensler is the new head of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Evan Vucci/Associated Press SEC chief Gary Gensler said ...
China is now the world’s biggest market for Cuban cigars
A man samples a Cuban Cohiba cigar, made by Habanos, at an event in Shanghai in June 2006. REUTERS/Aly Song ...
10 things in tech you need to know today
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images/JOSH EDELSON/AFP via Getty Good morning and welcome to 10 Things in Tech. If this was forwarded to ...
A GOP-backed auditing group in Maricopa County is burrowing through ballots in search of bamboo fibers and Chinese paper to prove a far-fetched theory votes were flown in from Asia
Contractors working for Cyber Ninjas, who was hired by the Arizona State Senate, examine and recount ballots from the 2020 ...
Arkansas governor said he doesn’t think it’s ‘healthy’ for GOP to consider ousting Liz Cheney over Trump criticism
Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson speaks at a news conference at the Arkansas state Capitol in Little Rock, Ark., Tuesday, Aug. ...
US Justice Department expresses ‘concerns’ over the GOP’s Arizona election audit being conducted by Cyber Ninjas
Cyber Ninjas owner Doug Logan, left, a Florida-based consultancy, talks about overseeing a 2020 election ballot audit ordered by the ...
An article published in 1997 revealed that Bill and Melinda Gates had an agreement where he could spend one long weekend with his ex-girlfriend at her beach house in North Carolina
Getty Images/Getty Images for Global Citizen A 1997 Time Magazine profile of Bill Gates delved into his love life and ...
If you were overpaid unemployment insurance, the Biden administration says you should be able to keep some
A person files an application for unemployment benefits on April 16, 2020, in Arlington, Virginia. OLIVIER DOULIERY/AFP via Getty Images ...
Rep. Liz Cheney says House GOP leader Kevin McCarthy ‘changed his story’ on the Capitol riot
Rep. Liz Cheney speaks during a news conference with House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy on July 21, 2020. Photo by ...
Amazon offers the Prime subscription at a discount for EBT and Medicaid cardholders – here’s how to sign up
If you buy through our links, we may earn money from affiliate partners. Learn more. Michael Siluk/Getty Images EBT or ...
The COVID-19 pandemic put such a strain on nurses on the frontlines that many are considering leaving the profession
Dania Lima, right, helps fellow nurse Adriana Volynsky put on her personal protective equipment in a COVID-19 unit at Providence ...
AI in Insurance: How three forward-looking insurers are infusing AI into their front, middle, and back offices
As the coronavirus pandemic continues to drive consumers online, the pressure for incumbent insurance companies to adopt digital technology is ...
