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Senate votes to award Capitol Police Officer Eugene Goodman with Congressional Gold Medal

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U.S. Capitol Police Officer Eugene Goodman stands during a dress rehearsal for the 59th inaugural ceremony for President-elect Joe Biden ...

THE USAGE-BASED AUTO INSURANCE REPORT: How innovative insurers are using IoT to transform auto coverage

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Insider Intelligence publishes thousands of research reports, charts, and forecasts on the Fintech industry. You can learn more about becoming ...

Wall Street’s SPAC craze scales new heights with record filings

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(Reuters) – Richard Branson and Barry Sternlicht were among more than two dozen investor groups that filed with U.S. regulators ...

How 1.1 billion flowers are imported and inspected in the US for Valentine’s Day each year

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Most Valentine’s Day flowers in US grocery stores come from farms in Colombia. Roses, daisies, and other flowers have as ...

ProcessMaker, a Durham maker of no-code automation software, raises $45M

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This is the first time ProcessMaker has taken money from investors. The Durham-based company has 140 employees. Powered by WPeMatico

ProcessMaker, a Durham maker of no-code automation software, raises $45M

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This is the first time ProcessMaker has taken money from investors. The Durham-based company has 140 employees. Powered by WPeMatico

US stocks close at record highs as traders weigh recovery optimism against valuation concerns

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Traders gather at the post where Valeant Pharmaceuticals is traded on the floor of the NYSE Thomson Reuters US stocks ...

Financial Services: 6 Key Attributes to Attract Gen Z

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Now the largest generation worldwide, Gen Z accounts for nearly 68 million people in the US alone. As Gen Zers ...

Archaeologists discovered 2 ancient graves near Stonehenge, containing bones of a young woman and baby

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Inside the sarsen circle at Stonehenge. James Davies/English Heritage Diggers in England unearthed two 4,500-year-old graves near Stonehenge. Archaeologists are ...

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 ...