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• A COVID-19 vaccine will trigger a stock-market rotation into these 7 sectors, Goldman Sachs financial adviser says

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  THIBAULT SAVARY/AFP via Getty ImagesGoldman Sachs' Erin Riley said the announcement of a COVID-19 vaccine will trigger a stock-market rotation into sectors that have been "deeply depressed" by the pandemic. The sectors are: transportation, sports, hotels, restaurants, hospitals, food, and beverages. This rotation could occur as early as the beginning of next year 2021, Riley said, citing super forecasters who expect enough doses of a vaccine to inoculate 25 million people to be ready b
  
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• REVIEW: The Audi S7 is just about the closest thing to luxury sedan perfection that almost $100,000 can buy

  04-10-2020 14:10 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The Audi S7 is, in a word, gorgeous.
  Matthew DeBord/Insider
  I tested a 2020 Audi S7, a suave fastback luxury sedan that was priced at a well-optioned $89,990, just slightly higher than the already well-optioned base of $83,900.
  The updated S7 has lost a V8 engine choice, but a 444-horsepower, twin-turbo V6 is a perfectly satisfying alternative.
  The S7 also has one of the best technology packages in the auto industry.
  I couldn't find anything to dislike about the Audi S7 — and the car rema
  
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• The best 20 airports in the world for 2020 according to expert reviewers

  04-10-2020 14:03 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The Jewel at Singapore Changi Airport.
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  Aviation rating firm Skytrax has released its list of the top 100 airports in the world with European and Asian airports dominating the list.
  Singapore Changi Airport once again took the top prize for the eight consecutive year.
  Only one airport in the Americas was in the top 20 with Vancouver International Airport ranking highest in North America and Houston's George Bush Intercontinental Airport highest in the US. 
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• In the wake of Trump's COVID-19 diagnosis, the White House has yet to mobilize a CDC tracing team to contact hundreds of people who were in the president's company

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  President Donald Trump and Judge Amy Coney Barrett in the Rose Garden at the White House on Saturday, Sept. 26, 2020.
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  The White House is yet to deploy a 'test and trace' team of CDC experts following the president's COVID-19 diagnosis, reported The Washington Post. 
  The team's function is to trace test those the president came into contact with while infected to stop the disease spreading further. 
  Trump attended a fundraiser with 200 people and was in frequent c
  
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• This one-off, record-holding boat has a Ferrari race engine and a $12 million price tag — see the 1952 Arno XI

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  1952 Ferrari Arno XI Racing Boat.
  DuPont Registry
  The 1952 Ferrari Arno XI is a record-holding race boat that uses the engine from a Ferrari Formula One race car.
  It currently still holds the world record in the flying kilometer, according to its sale listing at DuPont Registry.
  The Arno XI is for sale for $12 million.
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  Here's a boat that you've probably never heard of before, or seen in even your most bizarre dreams: the 1952 Ferrari Arno XI.
  
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• People on social media think President Trump's distinctive tan has disappeared in his hospital video

  04-10-2020 12:45 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  President Trump speaks during a news conference in the White House on September 27, 2020 in Washington, DC. (L), President Trump speaks from Walter Reed Hospital on October 4, 2020.
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  In a four-minute video on Saturday, President Donald Trump said he was "starting to feel good" after being treated for coronavirus at the Walter Reed Military Medical Center.
  While the president appeared to speak and breathe well, he looked a lot paler.
  People on so
  
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• The White House released photos of Trump working in hospital that critics say appears to be a publicity stunt

  04-10-2020 12:20 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  In this image released by the White House, President Donald Trump works in the Presidential Suite at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Md. Saturday, Oct. 3, 2020, after testing positive for COVID-19.
  Joyce N. Boghosian/The White House via AP
  The White House released pictures apparently showing Trump hard at work in the Walter Reed medical center where he is being treated for COVID-19. 
  The images are designed to show the president on the road to recovery, as contrad
  
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• Most business leaders are resorting to a healthier work-life balance after pandemic triggers poor mental health

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  Approximately 8 out of 10 top executives across the world have been suffering from poor mental health during the coronavirus pandemic, according to a survey by Bupa Global on Monday. 
  Over 90% of those interviewed said that they are determined to boost their work-life balance by spending more time with family and exercising more regularly.
  Bupa’s CEO Sheldon Kenton told Business Insider that the health insurer has always ensured mental health support was availab
  
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• Easily overblown, little-understood, and dangerous: Why we need to understand political microtargeting

  04-10-2020 11:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg leaving The Merrion Hotel in Dublin after a meeting with politicians to discuss regulation of social media and harmful content in April 2019.
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  We learned this week that the Trump campaign may have tried to dissuade millions of Black voters from voting in 2016 through highly targeted online ads.
  The investigation, by Channel 4, highlighted a still little-understood online advertising technique, microtargeting.
  This targets ads a
  
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• Republicans seek to call off Senate work, but not hearings for Amy Coney Barrett

  04-10-2020 05:57 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., meets with Supreme Court nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2020.
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  A number of Republican lawmakers have now tested positive for the coronavirus, prompting the GOP to call off lawmaking.
  But Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said the party would still proceed with hearings for President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee, Judge Amy Coney Barrett.
  McConnell called off
  
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• Trump's doctor says in an update that he's 'not yet out of the woods' as the White House releases photos from his hospital suite

  04-10-2020 05:43 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The White House released two photos late Saturday evening showing President Donald Trump signing papers from his suite at Walter Reed.
  White House/Joyce N. Boghosian
  President Donald Trump's main doctor said in an update on Saturday he's "cautiously optimistic," but that the president is "not yet out of the woods."
  Earlier that evening, Trump tweeted out a lengthy video updating Americans on his condition and saying he hoped to "be back soon" but that the coming days would present "the real tes
  
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• Lindsey Graham's Democratic challenger, Jaime Harrison, shielded himself with a plexiglass partition during their first debate

  04-10-2020 05:04 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Democratic challenger Jaime Harrison speaks during the South Carolina U.S. Senate debate with Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., at Allen University in Columbia, S.C., Saturday, Oct. 3, 2020.
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  Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham faced off with his Democratic challenger, Jaime Harrison, in their first debate on Saturday, amid record-shattering fundraising efforts from Democrats.
  Harrison's podium was set 13 feet away from Graham's, and shielded with a plexiglass
  
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• Trump releases 4-minute video from Walter Reed saying he's 'starting to feel good,' but the coming days will be 'the real test'

  04-10-2020 01:43 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  President Donald Trump tweeted out a four-minute video assuring the public he was "starting to feel good" after being taken to hospital with coronavirus symptoms.
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  President Donald Trump said in a four-minute video he was "starting to feel good" after being treated for coronavirus at the Walter Reed Military Medical Center.
  Trump acknowledged that he "wasn't feeling so well" when he arrived at the hospital, and that the coming days will be "the real test."
  The president
  
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• Chris Christie says he checked into a hospital as a precaution hours after testing positive for coronavirus

  04-10-2020 01:16 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie listens as U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference in the Briefing Room of the White House on September 27, 2020 in Washington, DC.
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  Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said Saturday he was experiencing mild coronavirus symptoms and had checked himself into a hospital as a precaution.
  Christie noted in a tweet that he has a history of asthma, and he and his doctors made the decision to take the precaution
  
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• How CBS is advancing diversity and inclusion

  04-10-2020 01:15
  
  CBS, the broadcast television network, is taking various steps to advance diversity and inclusion, right through from executive appointments and writers’ rooms to how it approaches measurement.
  
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