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• The day before Christmas eve saw largest number of travelers passing through airports since March

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  Travellers wear facemasks at Miami International Airport on December 24, 2020, amid the coronavirus pandemic.
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  A total of over 1.19 million travelers passed through checkpoints at airports across the country on Wednesday, according to the Transportation and Security Administration.
  This is the largest number of travelers since March, topping 1.17 million travelers who passed through airports on the Sunday after Thanksgiving, according to data from the TSA. 
  
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• Jon Ossoff has raised more money than any Senate candidate in US history in heated Georgia runoff election

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  FILE: Democratic candidate for Senate Jon Ossoff, right, and Democratic candidate for Senate Raphael G Warnock, left, arrive before they speak to a crowd during a "Get Out the Early Vote" event at the SluttyVegan ATL restaurant on Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2020, in Jonesboro, Ga.
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  John Ossoff, the Georgia Democrat vying to oust the incumbent Republican Sen. David Perdue, has become the highest-funded candidate for Senate in US history, The New York Times first reported.
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• Year in review: From downplaying the coronavirus to pushing Congress for $2,000 stimulus checks, here's how Trump responded to the pandemic

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  President Donald Trump.
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  President Donald Trump's response to the coronavirus pandemic has been largely inconsistent over the course of 2020. 
  He started out the year claiming the US had it "totally under control." 
  Meanwhile, confirmed coronavirus cases and death rates rose sharply in the United States, and the pandemic became an emergency that several states are still battling. 
  Still, Trump continued to insist repeatedly that it would just "disappear" or "
  
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• Biden says Trump's 'abdication of responsibility has devastating consequences' as the president neglects to sign bipartisan stimulus

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  President Donald Trump, left, and former President-elect Joe Biden, right, appear during the October 22, 2020 presidential debate.
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  President-elect Joe Biden on Saturday said Trump's 'abdication of responsibility has devastating consequences' as Trump neglects to sign the bipartisan stimulus package.
  Trump has called for a direct relief payment of $2,000 to Americans, a significant increase from the $600 payment presently included in the existin
  
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• What's inside a blobfish, the 'world's ugliest animal'

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  The blobfish was crowned the world's ugliest animal in 2013 — a title it still defends today.
  But drop this fellow 9,200 feet below sea level, and the water holds up all that flab like a push-up bra, making the fish a little more handsome.
  Between the skin and the muscles is a lot of fluid. And that's the secret to the fish's distinct appearance — and its survival.
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  Following is a transcript of the video.Narrator: This creature was
  
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• Cambridge becomes the 1st US city to require stickers warning the threat of climate change at gas pumps

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  A view of Harvard's campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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  Cambridge, Massachusetts, will require yellow stickers that warn of the harms of climate change to be posted on gas pumps, The Guardian reported.
  Other US cities like California's Berkeley and San Francisco have proposed similar ideas in the past, but Cambridge will be the first to put the mandate into action.
  Reducing gas emissions by taking public transportation or even restricting the amount you step on th
  
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• Dr. Fauci says up to 90% of population needs to get vaccinated for herd immunity against virus

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  Dr. Anthony Fauci, Director of National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, in Washington DC on September 23, 2020.
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  Dr. Anthony Fauci said that it could take up to 90% of the US population to get vaccinated to reach herd immunity against the coronavirus. 
  "We really don't know what the real number is," Fauci said in an interview with The New York Times. "I think the real range is somewhere between 70 to 90 percent. But, I'm not going to say 90
  
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• Tennessee Gov asks Trump for emergency aid after a parked RV exploded in downtown Nashville in an incident police say was 'intentional'

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  Smoke billows from the site of an explosion in the area on Friday, Dec. 25, 2020 in Nashville, Tenn. Buildings shook in the immediate area and beyond after a loud boom was heard early Christmas morning.
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  An RV exploded in downtown Nashville on Friday morning, according to local reports.
  Buildings are damaged, and three people were taken to hospitals. 
  Local authorities told CNN that they believe the act was done intentionally.
  A video circulating online a
  
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• With less than a month left in office, Trump lashes out at 'totally incompetent' Supreme Court for refusing to overturn his election loss

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  People participate in a "Stop the Steal" protest outside the U.S. Supreme Court in support of U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington, U.S., December 8, 2020.
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  President Donald Trump on Saturday lashed out at the US Supreme Court in his latest outburst stemming from his loss in the 2020 presidential election. 
  The president repeated his previous complaint that he lacks legal "standing:" the legal concept of whether a person has the right to bring a particular lawsuit.
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• PRESENTING: The 12 most prestigious preschools in New York City

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  West Side Montessori School.
  Courtesy of Amy StoneyNew York City is arguably one of the most competitive landscapes for private preschools in the US. With limited class sizes, legacy policies, and religious affiliations, it's no wonder why every year, parents fight for a singular spot. "In order to get into private school kindergarten in NYC, children must have preschool experience so that they have social skills, pre-reading and math skills, and have the ability to share, be independent,
  
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• I used Tiktok to promote sexual health education after my herpes diagnosis. Here's how I did it - and my advice for others trying to boost their brand or business.

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  Jenelle Marie Pierce is the creator of The STI Project.
  Jenelle Marie Pierce
  Jenelle Marie Pierce is the creator of The STI Project and an educator and speaker on STIs and sexual health.
  In January 2020, she decided to begin using TikTok as a platform to promote STI awareness and education, and soon one of her videos sharing her own personal history with herpes racked up over one million views.
  Pierce encourages other non-Gen Z entrepreneurs to not be afraid of using TikTok, and to learn the fo
  
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• Lindsey Graham says Trump is 'more determined than ever' to secure $2,000 checks as COVID-19 relief bill lingers in limbo

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  President Donald Trump's motorcade drives to the Trump International Golf Club, Friday, Dec. 25, 2020, in West Palm Beach, Fla.
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  President Donald Trump spent part of his Christmas with ally, Sen. Lindsey Graham, in Palm Beach, Florida, amid his awaited decision to sign the COVID-19 relief bill.
  Trump has previously expressed his support to provide Americans $2,000 in COVID relief funds, instead of the proposed $600 package. 
  "After spending some time with President
  
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• Trump will cost jobless workers a week of $300 federal unemployment benefits if he doesn't sign the relief bill by the end of Saturday

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  The president could cost jobless workers a week of $300 federal unemployment benefits if the relief legislation is not signed by midnight Saturday.
  State agencies can only distribute benefits for weeks the legislation is enacted, experts say.
  Nearly 14 millions Americans are threatened with the loss of all their unemployment aid this weekend.
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  President Donald Trump has suggested he may reject the $900 billion coronavir
  
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• Photos show vaccines arriving at hospitals across Europe, after regulators finally approved the Pfizer shot

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  Franck Huet, head of the hospital pharmacy division of Paris Hospitals, seen with boxes of Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccines in Paris on December 26, 202.
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  Saturday marked the day that the first vaccines for the coronavirus were rolled out across Europe.
  The European Medicines Agency approved a vaccine from Pfizer and BioNTech on Monday, joining the US and UK in doing so.
  The EMA has taken much longer to approve the vaccine, and the European Commiss
  
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• A Boston physician said he had a severe allergic reaction to Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine, the first reported case of its kind for the shot. Moderna is looking into it.

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  Lab tech Sendy Puerto processes blood samples from Moderna's coronavirus vaccine clinical trials study participants September 2, 2020 in Miami, Florida.
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  Boston physician Dr. Hossein Sadrzadeh on Thursday said he had a severe allergic reaction to receiving Moderna's COVID-19 shot.
  He told the New York Times that he felt dizzy and his heart began racing shortly after receiving the shot. He was taken to the emergency department and later discharged, and is now doing well.
  It is be
  
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• We need to prioritize incarcerated people as the COVID vaccine is distributed

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  A protester holds a placard declaring that Incarcerated Black Lives Matter during the demonstration.
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  Prisons are some of the most dangerous places for spread of COVID-19.
  COVID outbreaks in prisons can also endanger the surrounding communities.
  Incarcerated people are also part of our society and deserve to be kept safe, despite terrible conditions during the pandemic. 
  We should follow the advice of health experts and distribute the vaccine
  
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• Insiders cash out via IPOs as investor optimism becomes excessive, NDR says

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  Spencer Platt/Getty ImagesInsiders are taking advantage of "excessive optimism" among investors and cashing out via IPOs and secondary offerings, according to a note from Ned Davis Research.A survey by the National Association of Active Investment Managers has been above 100% for five straight weeks, NDR observed, showing signs of record optimism from active investors.The high optimism is prevalent as IPO and secondary stock offerings hit $150 billion over the past 13 weeks, according to NDR.&nb
  
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• It is time to end period poverty once and for all. Women have suffered enough.

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  Nearly two-thirds of working-class and poor women in the United States can't afford pads, tampons, or other menstrual products.
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  Women have been disproportionately affected by the pandemic and the continued tax (known as the pink tax) on menstrual products and products marketed to women only makes things worse. 
  Last month, Scotland voted to make all period products free and became the first country in the world to do so.
  As millions more women fall into poverty
  
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• Why some Americans don't believe in election results, according to a researcher who says it's related to the psychology of fairness

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  A new survey from NPR, PBS NewsHour, and Marist found that nearly three-quarters of Republicans didn't trust the election results.
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  When people don't get the outcome they want after a decision is made — one that is central to their identity — they tend to look for unfairness in the decision-making process, says psychology researcher David M. Mayer, PhD. 
  Even when an unfavorable result comes out of an objectively fair process, p
  
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• These are the Wall Street stories our readers loved in 2020

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  Keith Bedford/ REUTERSWhat a year.That's probably the best way to sum up 2020, which was an absolute whirlwind. And while most of us will be happy to close the book on what has been a difficult and trying year, we'd like to take a look back at some of our top stories from the past 12 months. Below you'll find some of our best work, from in-depth profiles of big personalities to deep-dive investigative pieces on widespread power struggles at the highest of levels.If you're not yet a sub
  
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• The story behind the decline of advertising agency Crispin Porter Bogusky

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  CPB co-founder Alex Bogusky.
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  Crispin Porter Bogusky was the hottest agency of the aughts, and regularly pushed zeitgeist-hitting work for big-name clients like Burger King, Microsoft, and Volkswagen.
  At its peak, it boasting more than 1,100 employees across 10 offices, and revenues of more than $175 million.
  But it's faltered after its founder and early partners left, struggled under a parent company that tried to grow it too fast, and faced a revolving door of manag
  
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• Meet the astrology entrepreneurs who turned an awful 2020 into a boom for the $2.2 billion industry

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  Kirah Tabourn.
  Kirah Tabourn
  During the coronavirus pandemic, the astrology business has been booming.
  The industry was already on the rise, and, with daily life so altered and unclear, more people are turning to astrologers for clarity and guidance.
  Insider spoke with five astrologers and the CEO of an astrology company about the business of interpreting the stars during a pandemic.
  Astrologers say they've seen huge increases in demand, booked-up schedules, and more people than ever trying to
  
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• $8 billion was spent on political ads during 2020. The election proved that money was mostly wasted.

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  People sit and watch a broadcast of the first debate between President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden on September 29, 2020 in West Hollywood, California.
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  The 2020 election shows the value of traditional TV advertising is declining. Despite spending more on political ads than any election prior, neither the Democrats nor Republicans had much to show for it. 
  Public content faces fiercer competition for audience attention than ever before.
  
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• San Francisco startup Bumblebee Spaces can make small apartments livable for remote work by turning studios into offices and storing furniture in the ceiling - see how it works

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  Bumblebee 2177 San Francisco.
  Bumblebee
  Smart-home robotics company Bumblebee was started by an Apple and Tesla veteran.
  The company's robot technology stores furniture in the ceiling when not in use.
  Bumblebee can convert bedrooms into offices, exercise studios, and more.
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  The COVID-19 pandemic and stay-at-home orders have made the case for Bumblebee Spaces, a modular smart-home robotics startup staffed by Apple and Tesla alums. The company is
  
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• Google tapped this 29-year-old producer to create its Year in Search song and he brought together over 80 Black artists, engineers, producers, and managers

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  Music producer Peter CottonTale.
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  Google's 2020 Year in Search campaign featured a song by music producer Peter CottonTale, the first original song ever commissioned for the campaign, the company confirmed to Business Insider. 
  The song features Chance the Rapper, singer and actress Cynthia Erivo, and the Chicago Children's Choir, among others. 
  The 29-year-old CottonTale told Insider the song's goals were both to highlight Black creatives and the narrative of loss
  
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• A self-made millionaire who retired at 33 says it took him months to adjust - here's how he schedules his days to enjoy retirement

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  No two days in early retirement are the same for Justin McCurry.
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  Justin McCurry retired at 33 as a self-made millionaire.
  However, he was in for a bit of an early-retirement shock — he said he didn't realize it would take him months to become comfortable "doing nothing."
  McCurry found he needed to live by a schedule in early retirement, so he made time for everything from planning vacations and surfing to playing video games and socializing. 
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• Meet post-pandemic Gen Z, the most unemployed generation, now in danger of repeating millennials' struggles

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  The oldest Gen Zers graduated into a crippled economy.
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  Gen Z has been grappling with the coronavirus pandemic during a critical time as its members figure out their identities.
  The pandemic has been hard on Gen Z financially: they've been hardest hit in the labor market and are now on track to repeat millennials' money problems.
  But 2020 has also made Gen Z more politically and socially active as it seeks change in the world.
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• The COVID-19 pandemic had a profound effect on the way we eat. Here are 2020's biggest food and drink trends, according to Kroger

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  Kroger
  Kroger's list of the top 10 trending foods and beverages of 2020 shows how people's eating habits have changed during the pandemic.
  People bought premium burger buns and fresh ground beef to prepare their favorite restaurants meals at home, Kroger said.
  Plant-based foods will be among the top food trends of 2021, the grocer giant added.
  Scroll down to see Kroger's ranking of this year's top food and drink trends.
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  What people ate and dran
  
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• Sales of sex toys have boomed during lockdown - and people are getting kinkier than ever, according to Ann Summers data

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  Since the pandemic first hit, people round the world have been buying more sex toys as they stay at home.
  And people have been choosing kinkier options than usual, UK sex toy retailer Ann Summers told Insider, with sales of BDSM and high-tech equipment up in 2020.
  "It appears we've been using our extra time to escape reality and try out new things in the bedroom," the retailer said.
  Sales of sex dolls have risen in the US this year, but the apparel industry has taken a
  
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• The US wasn't equipped for 2020's cycling boom. Its failures stem from a century of leaving bikes behind.

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  US cities have designated temporary bike lanes amid the pandemic, but many cities around the world already had permanent infrastructure in place.
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  The pandemic forced cities to remold their streets to give more room to pedestrians and bikes, but it also thrust their longstanding lack of good biking infrastructure into the spotlight. 
  A natural ebb and flow in cycling popularity, car-centric and unsustainable planning practices, and the auto industry's effort to claim
  
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• Trump slams US fashion magazines for not giving Melania a single cover shoot while he has been in office

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  US President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump in the White House on July 7, 2020.
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  President Donald Trump has criticized glossy US magazines for not offering his wife Melania Trump a single cover shoot while he has been in office. 
  Trump on Friday retweeted a Breitbart post that said "elitist snobs in the fashion press" were snubbing the "most elegant First Lady in American history."
  Trump wrote that the First Lady was "the greatest of all time" and
  
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• What happened last week? Pfizer's and Moderna's vaccine rollout widened, China targeted Jack Ma's Alibaba, and the UK border with Europe closed.

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  A medical worker inside an intensive care unit on December 22.
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  What happened last week?
  By late Wednesday, the US hit a milestone: 1 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine had been administered in 10 days. 
  This week brought further scrutiny of Alibaba and Ant Group leader Jack Ma, both inside and outside China.
  After being closed for days, the border between the UK and EU reopened. Of 2,637 drivers who had been tested by midday Thursday, only three tests came back positi
  
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• A Boeing 737 Max suffered a mid-air engine issue and was forced to make an unscheduled landing in Arizona

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  An Air Canada Boeing 737 Max 8.
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  An Air Canada Boeing 737 Max aircraft flying from Arizona to Montreal, Canada, was forced into an unscheduled landing because of an engine problem, the airline said Friday.
  The aircraft was diverted soon after take off on December 22 when the crew received an "engine indication" and "decided to shut down one engine," the airline said.
  The three crew members were the only people on board.
  Boeing 737 Max aircraft were grounded for 18 mont
  
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• Inside a massive transformation at powerhouse Wall Street bank Goldman Sachs

  26-12-2020 12:39 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon.
  Getty ImagesGoldman Sachs has been going through some massive changes under CEO David Solomon.It's taken big steps involving transparency and inclusion to change up its culture. After its first-ever investor day in early 2020, the firm is looking to execute on targets including multi-year cost-cutting plans. And it's making big pushes into businesses like wealth management and consumer banking. Solomon, who took the reins as CEO in 2018, has also looked to
  
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• Biden ally Larry Summers, a former treasury secretary, said $2,000 stimulus checks would be a 'serious mistake' that could overheat the economy

  26-12-2020 12:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Former Treasury secretary Larry Summers
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  Former US treasury secretary Larry Summers told Bloomberg on Friday that $2,000 stimulus checks for Americans would be a "pretty serious mistake."
  Summers, who was reportedly an adviser to President-elect Joe Biden's campaign, said boosting consumer spending was the wrong route to economic recovery.
  The checks could overheat the US economy, he told Bloomberg.
  US President Donald Trump has so far refused to sign a pandemic rel
  
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• Warren Buffett swapped stock for cocoa in the 1950s. Here's the story of the billionaire investor's chocolate arbitrage.

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  Warren Buffett
  Rick Wilking/ReutersWarren Buffett took advantage of an arbitrage opportunity involving cocoa beans in 1954.Rockwood & Company, a chocolate maker led by Jay Pritzker, was buying back its shares in exchange for cocoa beans, as it wanted to capitalize on sky-high cocoa prices without incurring a huge tax bill.The future Berkshire Hathaway boss spent several weeks buying Rockwood shares, swapping them for cocoa beans, and selling the beans on a commodities exchange."The profits
  
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• Warren Buffett's daughter-in-law couldn't think of a good Christmas present - so she showed her company's finances to him

  26-12-2020 11:20 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Paul Morigi/Getty Images for Fortune/Time IncWarren Buffett's daughter-in-law couldn't think of a good Christmas present for him, so she showed him her company's finances.Mary Buffett was married to the famed investor's son Peter from 1980 to 1993, and the pair owned a music business together."I didn't know what to get him, so I put together our music company's balance sheet to show him that we were making money," she told ThinkAdvisor. "I just wanted to show him, 'Look, we're doing good.'"View
  
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• Elon Musk says it's now 'impossible' to take Tesla private - and that a Starlink IPO is likely

  26-12-2020 10:07 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Tesla CEO Elon Musk.
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  Elon Musk said Friday that it's now "impossible" to take Tesla private.
  "Tesla public company duties are a much bigger factor, but going private is impossible now (sigh)," Musk tweeted.
  In response to another user, Musk said that "engineering, design & general company operations" were a "fundamental limitation" to spending more time on innovation.
  He also said it was "likely" that Starlink, SpaceX's internet satellite project, would
  
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• Jobless benefits for about 14 million Americans expire, as Trump still refuses to sign the pandemic aid package containing $600 stimulus checks

  26-12-2020 09:05 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  US President Donald Trump.
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  Jobless benefits for millions of Americans expired Saturday.
  A $2.3 trillion pandemic aid and spending package approved by Republicans and Democrats would extend special unemployment benefits, but President Donald Trump has so far refused to sign it.
  Trump is unhappy with the massive bill, in part because he says that one-off $600 stimulus checks for struggling Americans are not large enough. He wants $2,000 checks.
  Trump has not vetoed the bill
  
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