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Australian drone firm reshapes strategy over Google pull-out threat
By Jill Gralow SYDNEY (Reuters) – Instructors gaze watchfully from the shade of a tree as men in neon-green vests ...
Retail frenzy stalls as focus falls on regulator meeting
LONDON (Reuters) – Stocks at the heart of a recent buying frenzy driven by social media slipped in thin European ...
Uighur women fleeing Xinjiang detention camps say they were victims of systemic rape: BBC report
Ethnic Uighur demonstrators take part in a protest against China, in Istanbul, Turkey October 1, 2020. Murad Sezer/Reuters Several women ...
NatWest latest UK bank to switch to Mastercard debit cards from Visa
LONDON (Reuters) – NatWest has become the latest British lender to switch to issuing Mastercard debit cards from Visa, in ...
INSURTECH DISRUPTORS: Here’s exactly what full-stack insurtechs are doing to beat incumbents on customer acquisition, personalization, and claims processing
Business Insider Intelligence This is a preview of the Insurtech Disruptors research report from Business Insider Intelligence. Purchase this report. ...
CEO of social media app Parler says board fired him
NEW YORK (AP) – John Matze says he has been fired as CEO of Parler, which was among social media ...
Rep. Maxine Waters says she wants Redditor Keith Gill, Robinhood, and GameStop at a congressional hearing
Rep. Maxine Waters, seen in a June 25, 2020 photo, was the subject of a viral video after she stopped ...
Defend or rebuke? House GOP faces difficult vote over Greene
WASHINGTON (AP) – House Republicans will be forced to go on the record, defending or rebuking Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, ...
Takeaways from legal filings for Trump’s impeachment trial
WASHINGTON (AP) – The legal sparring around Donald Trump’s impeachment trial is underway, with briefs filed this week laying out ...
Two Google engineers resign over firing of AI ethics researcher Timnit Gebru
By Jeffrey Dastin and Paresh Dave SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – An engineering director and a software developer have quit Alphabet ...
Ford Motor terminates electric vehicle plans with China’s Zotye
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Ford Motor has decided to terminate plans to launch electric vehicle joint ventures with China’s Zotye Automobile ...
Alibaba sets initial price guidance on $5 billion bond offering: term sheet
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Alibaba Group Holding Ltd on Thursday set initial price guidance on its $5 billion bond offering, according ...
Why are Apple Pay, Starbucks’ app, and Samsung Pay so much more successful than other wallet providers?
BI Intelligence This is a preview of a research report from Business Insider Intelligence, Business Insider’s premium research service. To learn ...
Oil rises after OPEC+ alliance of major producers maintains oil output cuts
By Jessica Jaganathan SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Oil prices edged higher on Thursday after the OPEC+ alliance of major producers stuck ...
These are the top 5 UK financial institutions ranked by the mobile banking features consumers value most
This is a preview of Insider Intelligence’s second annual UK Mobile Banking Competitive Edge Study, available exclusively to enterprise subscribers. ...
Parler terminates CEO John Matze
(Reuters) – Social media platform Parler has terminated CEO John Matze, according to a text by Matze to Reuters. (Reporting ...
Fauci said baseball fans will likely be able to attend games this summer – and he wants another shot at pitching after his ’embarrassing’ appearance last year
Alex Trautwig/MLB Photos via Getty Images, Rob Carr/Getty Images Dr. Anthony Fauci totally botched his ceremonial first pitch for the ...
Apple is reportedly nearing a deal to build its autonomous electric car with Hyundai
Apple is near closing a manufacturing deal with Hyundai Motor Group, CNBC reported. Karl Mondon/Digital First Media/The Mercury News via ...
Andrew Cuomo’s ‘hero’ rise and fall is a lot like Rudy Giuliani’s
. Rudy Giuliani/Andrew Cuomo Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images/REUTERS/Brendan McDermid Andrew Cuomo, like Rudy Giuliani after 9/11, was ...
Your tax liability is the amount of taxes you owe to the IRS
Certain deductions and credits can help reduce your tax liability. shapecharge/Getty Your tax liability is the amount of taxes you ...
Qualcomm sees strong quarter ahead as 5G ramps up
By Stephen Nellis (Reuters) – Qualcomm Inc on Wednesday forecast fiscal second-quarter sales and profits above Wall Street expectations, driven ...
The poorest 40% of Americans could receive benefits of over $3,000 under Biden’s stimulus plan, new report finds
President Joe Biden speaks before signing executive orders on his first day in White House on January 21, 2021. (Photo ...
Get a sneak peek into the most trusted social media platforms of 2020
Stephen Lam/Getty Images Digital trust is the confidence people have in a platform to protect their information and provide a ...
Why the Navy ditched its flying boats
A Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina in flight. US Navy Flying boats like the Consolidated PBY Catalina were crucial to many World ...
Pairwise, a Durham startup using gene editing on crops, raises $90M from investors
The young agtech startup has partnerships with some of the biggest names in the agriculture world, including Bayer Crop Sciences. ...
Pairwise, a Durham startup using gene editing on crops, raises $90M from investors
The young agtech startup has partnerships with some of the biggest names in the agriculture world, including Bayer Crop Sciences. ...
SoFi Invest is a worthwhile investment app for beginners without a ton of money to invest
SoFi; Alyssa Powell/Business Insider SoFi Invest is best for beginner investors, or those who already have other SoFi accounts. ...
Triangle grocery wars continue as Apex gets first store from chain known for low prices
The German chain made Food & Wine’s 2020 Top 10 list of Best Supermarkets in the US, beating out Trader ...
Triangle grocery wars continue as Apex gets first store from chain known for low prices
The German chain made Food & Wine’s 2020 Top 10 list of Best Supermarkets in the US, beating out Trader ...
These are the winning strategies for AI in banking
Artificial intelligence (AI) applications are estimated to save banks $447 billion by 2023, and front- and middle-office AI improvements could ...
