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The surge in oil prices on the back of war in Ukraine is pointing to potential 22% downside for airline stocks, Barclays says

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An airplane takes off at Seville Airport in Spain on March 3. Joaquin Corchero/Europa Press via Getty Images Airline stocks ...

Biden’s Education Department is waiting for a student-loan borrower’s cancer treatment to progress before taking her to court over her $100,000 debt cancellation request

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President Joe Biden. AP Photo/Alex Brandon Heather Smart filed for bankruptcy to get rid of her nearly $100,000 student-debt load. ...

How to keep up with today’s smartest identity thieves

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Getty Images Cybercriminals represent some of today’s most prolific tech innovators. Deep fakes and AI audio manipulation are just some ...

Kroger sued by environmental lawyer claiming the grocery giant’s salad kits, fruit, and graham crackers contained lead levels that were too high

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A nonprofit has sued Kroger. Stephen Zenner/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images An environmental nonprofit filed suit against Kroger over claims ...

Tesla is addressing one of the biggest complaints about its odd steering yoke, Elon Musk says

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Tesla is addressing one of the biggest issues owners had with its new yoke steering wheel. Tesla Elon Musk said ...

Did law that protects car dealers keep NC from landing a 10,000-job car factory?

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Rivian, which makes electric trucks, expressed concerns about North Carolina’s existing laws on automobile sales. Powered by WPeMatico

Did law that protects car dealers keep NC from landing a 10,000-job car factory?

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Rivian, which makes electric trucks, expressed concerns about North Carolina’s existing laws on automobile sales. Powered by WPeMatico

The Ukraine war has sent oil soaring to its highest since 2008 and sparked fears about ‘stagflation’. Here’s what that is, and why it’s investors’ worst nightmare.

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Stagflation is a nightmare scenario for investors. Spencer Platt/Getty Images The war in Ukraine has sent oil prices soaring and ...

Global shares plunge and oil surges to almost $140 a barrel, as US and Europe consider a ban on Russian energy exports

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An oil rig used in drilling at the Ngamia-1 well on Block 10BB, in the Lokichar basin, which is part ...

Elon Musk says he will travel to a high-radiation location and ‘eat locally grown food on TV’ after his tweet calling for more nuclear-powered energy in Europe draws criticism

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A sign for a nuclear fallout shelter outside a residential block in Brooklyn. Epics/Getty Images Elon Musk has called for ...

Elon Musk says Europe should restart its dormant nuclear power stations amid fears the Russian invasion of Ukraine will trigger a gas-supply shortage

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Tesla CEO Elon Musk said Europe should restart dormant nuclear power plants and boost the output of those that are ...

A former NATO commander says Russian President Vladimir Putin ‘may be the best thing that ever happened to the NATO alliance’

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Former NATO Supreme Allied Commander James Stavridis said Putin’s Ukraine invasion pushed Germany to increase its defense budget within 48 ...

2 intruders passed a security checkpoint at Joint Base Andrews. One was apprehended with a weapon but the other remains at large.

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President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden arrive to board Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland ...

The price of gas broke $4 per gallon on average across the US for the first time since 2008

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Prices for gas and diesel fuel, over $5 a gallon, are displayed at a petrol station in Monterey Park, California ...

A new sign placed in front of the Russian embassy in DC dubs the road ‘President Zelensky Way’ in honor of Ukraine’s leader

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A “President Zelensky Way” sign placed in front of the Russian embassy in Washington, DC, on Sunday, March 6, 2022. ...

A French restaurant says it received insults and threats from customers who thought its signature Quebecois dish poutine was named after Putin

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French restaurant La Maison de la Poutine sought to clarify that its name has nothing to do with Russian President ...

Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich is trying to sell his assets as the country’s oligarchs are hit by sanctions. Take a look at his luxury empire, including the 3rd-largest yacht in the world.

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In 2008, Abramovich’s net worth peaked at a reported $23.5 billion. Reuters Billionaire Roman Abramovich was once the richest known man ...

Get all the healthcare coverage you need with the Digital Health Briefing from Insider Intelligence

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Healthcare has finally begun to embrace digital transformation after years as a stubborn holdout. The coronavirus pandemic has only accelerated ...

The cocaine trade is booming, and smugglers have their eyes on a new market

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Bricks of cocaine found in the sea off the coast of Livorno, Italy, in May 2017. Laura Lezza/Getty Images Europe ...

THE ONLINE GROCERY REPORT: The market, drivers, key players, and opportunities in a rising segment of e-commerce

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Business Insider Intelligence This is a preview of The Online Grocery Report from Business Insider Intelligence. Purchase this report. Business ...

Trump told RNC donors that the US should put China’s flag on planes to bomb Russia

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Former President Donald Trump Brandon Bell/Getty Images Trump told RNC donors in New Orleans the US should bomb Russia using ...

Trump says the GOP needs to get ‘tougher’ at the ballot box: ‘The vote counter is often more important than the candidate’

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Former President Donald Trump waves to the crowd at the end of a rally in Perry, Ga., on September 25, ...

Visa, Mastercard, American Express say they’re suspending operations in Russia amid its invasion of Ukraine

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Yelena AfoninaTASS via Getty Images Visa, Mastercard, and American Express announced they would suspend their operations in Russia. Mastercard has ...

‘Go, go, go!’: Video shows Ukrainian residents and journalists fleeing a town north of Kyiv amid Russian shelling

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The dead body of a person killed by Russian shelling lays covered in the street in the town of Irpin, ...

TikTok suspends all livestreaming and content sharing in Russia in response to the country’s new controversial ‘fake news’ law

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TikTok (rightmost icon in the second row) has said that it would ban Russia-backed news outlets such as RT (icon ...

THE DIGITAL HEALTH ECOSYSTEM: An in-depth examination of the players and tech trends reshaping the future of healthcare

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This is a preview of a research report from Business Insider Intelligence, Business Insider’s premium research service. To learn more ...

Moscow police are stopping people and demanding to read their text messages, reporter says

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A detained demonstrator shows a sign ‘No War!’ from a police bus in St. Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, Feb. 24, 2022. ...

Ukraine has ‘plans in place’ to ensure ‘continuity of government one way or another’ if Zelensky dies, Blinken says

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Sergei Supinsky / Getty Images Antony Blinken said Ukraine has a plan for “continuity of government” ...

Silicon Valley’s Congressman Ro Khanna says his solution to fixing social media companies would be to ‘hire 100 philosophers’ and ‘liberal arts thinkers’

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Ro Khanna on Center Stage during day two of Web Summit 2019 at the Altice Arena in Lisbon, Portugal. Cody ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says an expected Russian assault on the key port city of Odesa ‘will be a war crime’

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Demonstrators march along the street in Odessa, Ukraine, on February 20, 2022. AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti Ukrainian President Zelensky said Russian ...