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The $300 billion breakthrough that gave us frozen food
From frozen pizza to Eggo waffles, frozen food has taken over the grocery store. But it wasn’t always this popular. ...
Why plane tires don’t explode during landing
Plane tires can handle thousands of pounds of weight and high speeds — and it’s mostly due to how they’re ...
Ex-Fed Chair Janet Yellen says extraordinary stimulus is needed so long as the pandemic presents an economic threat
Janet Yellen, vice chair of the Board of Governors of the U.S. Federal Reserve System REUTERS/ Robert Galbraith Additional fiscal ...
Google rolls out new program with HBCUs to help Black job seekers secure in-demand jobs
Google’s digital skills program will be available at all HBCUs in 2021. Alex Wong/GettyImages Google is rolling out a new ...
Pivoting solely to semiconductors, Cree sells its LED business for up to $300M
The move marks the final move for Durham-based Cree away from its LED business. Powered by WPeMatico
Tesla will gain another 14% as company closes in on 500,000 annual deliveries, Wedbush says
Odd Andersen/AFP via Getty Images Strong third-quarter deliveries set Tesla up for a healthy earnings beat on Wednesday and a ...
Hillsborough’s historic Colonial Inn was almost demolished. Here’s how it looks now.
“It predates all of us. I very much hope it will outlive all of us,” says general manager Elise Tyler. ...
Pivoting solely to semiconductors, Cree sells its LED business for up to $300M
The move marks the final move for Durham-based Cree away from its LED business. Powered by WPeMatico
Hillsborough’s historic Colonial Inn was almost demolished. Here’s how it looks now.
“It predates all of us. I very much hope it will outlive all of us,” says general manager Elise Tyler. ...
Most bosses think they’re doing a better job leading than they actually are. Here are some ways to close the gap.
Bosses now have to learn how to lead their teams from home. staticnak1983 / getty images A recent survey from ...
How 2 million puzzles a month are made in the middle of a pandemic
During the pandemic, many people stuck at home picked up puzzling, causing an estimated 300% spike in demand for companies ...
Warren Buffett may have slashed his Wells Fargo stake because the bank ignored his advice and hired a Wall Street CEO
Bill Pugliano / Stringer / Getty Images Warren Buffett may have cut his Wells Fargo holdings because the bank’s board ...
Goldman Sachs’ top economist says the size of a Democratic majority win in the Senate would be critical to the amount of stimulus it passes
The U.S. Capitol is seen from the Russell Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill. AP Photo/Patrick Semansky Goldman’s Jan Hatzius ...
US stocks climb on investor hopes for stimulus ahead of Tuesday deadline
Getty Images US stocks gained on Monday as investors maintained optimism that Democrats and Republicans will pass fresh stimulus ahead ...
Wales will go into national coronavirus lockdown for a 2 week ‘fire-break’ from Friday
Getty Wales will go into national coronavirus lockdown from Friday. First Minister Mark Drakeford said pubs, restaurants and non-essential shops ...
The EU is investigating Instagram for allegedly exposing the contact data of up to 5 million underage users
Instagram is being investigated over whether it exposed children’s data. Getty The EU is investigating whether Instagram broke data-privacy laws ...
Fauci said he was ‘absolutely not’ surprised Trump caught the coronavirus after shunning social distancing and masks
Anthony Fauci looks on before testifying at a U.S. Senate Hearing to examine COVID-19, September 23, 2020. Graeme Jennings/Pool via ...
Why the biggest battle in naval history was also the last hurrah for the battleship
An armada of US ships sail along the coast of Leyte Island on the way to landing operations in the ...
Disney Plus now warns viewers of racist stereotypes in older films, including ‘Peter Pan,’ ‘Dumbo,’ and ‘The Jungle Book’
Walt Disney Pictures Disney Plus now features stronger advisory messages about racist stereotypes on its older films, including “Peter Pan,” ...
Global stocks jump after Pelosi sets Tuesday deadline for US stimulus vote; China posts strong economic data
Reuters / Richard Drew Global stocks jumped on Monday, after Democrat House Speaker Nancy Pelosi set an end-Tuesday deadline to ...
Corporate giant Deloitte is permanently closing 4 offices, putting 500 staff on work-from-home contracts
Carlos Osorio/Getty Images Deloitte said Saturday it would close four of its 50 offices in the UK — but staff ...
10 things in tech you need to know today
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey. PRAKASH SINGH/AFP via Getty Images Good morning! This is the tech news you need to know ...
Some journalists at the New York Post were reportedly skeptical of publishing ‘smoking gun’ stories about Hunter Biden
The New York Post Some New York Post journalists had doubts about publishing the “smoking gun” reports on the emails ...
A top White House counterterrorism official reportedly met with the Assad regime in Syria for US hostage talks
Austin Tice, a freelance journalist and former Marine, went missing in Syria in 2012 and has not been heard from ...
The New York Post’s ideological split
Hi! Welcome to the Insider Advertising daily for October 19. I’m Lauren Johnson, a senior advertising reporter at Business Insider. ...
National steelworkers union shines ‘Biden Harris’ sign on Trump Tower in Chicago
USW beamed a “Biden Harris” sign on Trump Tower in Chicago. @USWBat/Twitter The United Steelworkers cast a Biden-Harris “batlight” on ...
Top infectious disease expert says ‘the next 6 to 12 weeks are going to be the darkest of the entire pandemic’
Dr. Michael Osterholm during an appearance on NBC News’ “Meet the Press” on Sunday, October 18, 2020. Meet the Press/NBC ...
HHS secretary Alex Azar says wearing masks is ‘a difficult message for all Western democracies’
US Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar. Pete Marovich/Getty Images Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar on Sunday ...
Local officials are investigating an explosion at a Virginia strip mall that injured at least 5 people
Officials are still investigating the cause of the explosion at the strip mall in Harrisonburg, Virginia. Ian Munro/Daily News-Record via ...
What would happen to you if you never washed your hands
Your hands can have anywhere from 100,000 to a few million germs at any given time. Some of those germs ...
