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Cooking oil prices are surging so much that thieves are stealing used oil from dumpsters and selling it for $1,500 a day

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Gordon Chibroski/Portland Portland Press Herald via Getty Images The price of vegetable oil has spiked, creating headaches for restaurants who ...

How to spot fake Amazon reviews and avoid scammers

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Knowing how to spot fake reviews on Amazon can help you make more informed purchases. Tirachard/Getty Images You can spot ...

US stocks trade mixed as rising COVID-19 cases weigh on economic recovery prospects

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New York Stock Exchange on Nov. 20, 2018. Xinhua/Wang Ying via Getty Images US stocks traded mixed Friday as rising ...

Healthcare Ecosystems that Connect Care and Meet Patients Where They Are

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Healthcare Ecosystems that Connect Care and Meet Patients Where They Are Read the original article on Business Insider Powered by ...

‘Billion-to-one shot’: How an RDU cleaning crew mishap left travelers powerless

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‘Billion-to-one shot’: How an RDU cleaning crew mishap left travelers powerless

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Water spilled by a cleaning crew found a hole in the floor inside a news shop. Powered by WPeMatico

12 tips and tricks to use your Roku remote

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Different Roku remotes have a number of different capabilities. Hollis Johnson/Business Insider To use your Roku remote to the fullest, ...

Kamala Harris became the first woman to have control over US nuclear weapons, but only briefly

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Kamala Harris is sworn as vice president at the US Capitol, January 20, 2021. Alex Wong/Getty Images President Joe Biden ...

Janet Jackson’s ‘wardrobe malfunction’ is the focus of a new documentary on FX and Hulu — here’s how to watch on November 19

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The NFT market is now worth more than $7 billion, but legal issues facing the nascent sector could hinder its growth, JPMorgan says

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REUTERS/Tyrone Siu/File Photo A recent boom in NFT sales has catapulted the nascent market to a value of $7 billion, ...

Aspiration risks its reputation by not living up to its green marketing

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A ProPublica investigation finds Aspiration’s legal disclosures don’t match its green marketing. The gaps between Aspiration’s marketing and the reality ...

InvestCloud eyes IPO to become wealthtech platform of choice

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InvestCloud considers IPO following a record year. An IPO would be an effective way for InvestCloud to draw the necessary ...

Practices that enable short-selling could become more transparent under a new SEC rule in response to GameStop mania

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Ben Gilbert/Business Insider Ben Gilbert/Business Insider The SEC proposed a new rule that would make short selling more transparent The ...

House Democrats pass Biden’s $2 trillion bill with child allowance and social benefits, sending it to the Senate where Manchin may still sink it

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Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) talks to reporters during her weekly news conference. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images House Democrats ...

A Downtown South without a stadium? Raleigh isn’t ready to help, say developers.

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“The stadium is in our long-term plans,” said Bonner Gaylord, chief operating officer of Kane Realty Corporation. “We don’t have ...

A Downtown South without a stadium? Raleigh isn’t ready to help, say developers.

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“The stadium is in our long-term plans,” said Bonner Gaylord, chief operating officer of Kane Realty Corporation. “We don’t have ...

6 tips for planning a fun virtual goodbye party for a coworker

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Personalizing a virtual goodbye party to the individual will make the event will make it less awkward and more memorable. ...

Meet the Gen Z founders who created a music app to help combat pandemic-induced anxiety and depression

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(L) Travis Chen and (R) Brian Femminella SoundMind Travis Chen and Brian Femminella are the founders of the mental health ...

10 things before the opening bell

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Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) questions Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and Federal Reserve Chairman Powell during a Senate Banking, Housing and ...

Kirsten Gillibrand annoyed 10 GOP senators by giving Meghan Markle their numbers to lobby them about paid parental leave, report says

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Meghan Markle. Chris Jackson/Getty Images Meghan Markle called GOP senators, hoping to win their support for paid parental leave, Axios ...

US futures trade mixed after stocks hit record highs, while bitcoin continues to slide

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A strong earnings season has boosted optimism on Wall Street. JOHANNES EISELE/Getty Images US futures were trading mixed on Friday, ...

House Democrats trashed McCarthy’s ‘rambling’ and ‘unhinged’ speech to obstruct Biden social spending bill

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House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of California speaks at the Capitol on July 21, 2021. AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana Democrats ...

Nancy Pelosi trolls Kevin McCarthy in real time during his hours-long floor speech, calling it a ‘temper tantrum’

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One statement from Pelosi’s office titled “McCarthy Needs a Reality Check” called the speech a “temper tantrum” full of “unhinged ...

Even CEOs are joining the Great Reshuffle, as new ways of working and communicating are burning them out

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Burnt out CEOs are joining the Great Resignation too. fizkes/Getty Images CEO turnover spiked in the first half of 2021 ...

Evergrande is asking Hong Kong property agents to sell more apartments to get paid for the commissions they are owed for previous sales

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An advertisement for China Evergrande’s Emerald Bay property development in Hong Kong. Tyrone Siu/Reuters With $300 billion in liabilities, Evergrande ...

Kevin McCarthy said in an hourslong floor speech that no one elected Biden to be FDR, prompting AOC to shout ‘I did!’

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Rep. Kevin McCarthy; Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Aaron P. Bernstein/Getty Images; J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo Rep. Kevin McCarthy gave a rambling ...

House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy has spent more than 3 hours delivering a rambling, erratic speech referencing Elon Musk, Abraham Lincoln, China, and Afghanistan in bid to delay passage of Biden spending bill

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Tesla CEO Elon Musk and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif. Patrick Pleul, Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images ...

Legal experts reignite calls for ethics investigation into Trump lawyer who encouraged Pence to overturn the 2020 election

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John Eastman appeared alongside Rudy Giuliani at a pro-Trump rally on January 6. Jim Bourg A nonpartisan legal organization published ...

Florida becomes first state to impose fines on businesses and hospitals that require the COVID-19 vaccine

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Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida. Paul Hennessy/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images A new law will impose fines on Florida businesses ...

Trump endorsed Rep. Gosar for reelection one day after the House censures him for sharing an anime edit portraying him killing Rep. Ocasio-Cortez

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Republican Rep. Paul Gosar of Arizona rides alone on a subway car to the Capitol Building on November 17, 2021. ...