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• Parler website appears to back online and promises to 'resolve any challenge before us'

  17-01-2021 23:16 via feedproxy.google.com
  
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  The website of controversial social media platform Parler was back online Sunday, following a nearly week-long outage after it was booted from Amazon Web Services and kicked off Apple and Google's app stores.
  The website popped back up on Sunday with a message from CEO John Matze, asking "Hello, world. Is this thing on?"
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• An associate of Rudy Giuliani told a former CIA officer that a Trump pardon would 'cost $2 million': report

  17-01-2021 23:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Giuliani disputes the Times' account of events.
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  An associate of Rudy Giuliani's told a former CIA operative seeking a pardon that it would cost $2 million, The New York Times reported. 
  Giuliani disputed the ex-CIA officer's account, telling the Times he doesn't remember the meeting and that helping someone obtain a pardon would be a conflict of interest.
  The Times reported that several people with connections to Trump have accepted large sums of money from peopl
  
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• GOP Rep. Nancy Mace said that Trump 'put all of our lives at risk' during the Capitol riots, but rejected impeachment, calling the process 'rushed'

  17-01-2021 22:53 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Rep. Nancy Mace (R-South Carolina).
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  Freshman GOP Rep. Nancy Mace of South Carolina said on Sunday that President Donald Trump's actions related to the Jan. 6 Capitol riots "put all of our lives at risk."
  "We feared for our lives, many of us that day, and our staff," she said. "My children were supposed to be up there. If they had been there like they were supposed to be, I would have been devastated, so we do need to find a way to hold the president accountable."
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• All US special operators train for combat diving, but Navy SEALs take it to another level

  17-01-2021 22:37 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Navy SEALs.
  U.S. Navy photo by Senior Chief Mass Communication Specialist Jayme Pastoric
  Special-operations units from each US military service branch train to conduct combat diving as a part of their missions.
  Navy SEALs take that capability further, however, practicing not only to travel through the water but to conduct underwater missions as well.
  With the military refocusing for a potential conflict in the vast Pacific region, that diving capability is taking on new importance.
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• Calculating crypto - 6 stocks for the next 10-15 years - 10 top forecasts for 2021

  17-01-2021 22:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Dear Readers,Has the stock market gotten too predictable for you? Indexes have hovered near record highs for months, and it's been the usual suspects driving moves: stimulus updates, economic-growth prospects, regulation and tax concerns, and maybe a dash of company earnings here and there.Those looking for a little more excitement would be well-advised to look towards cryptocurrencies, which are constantly rewriting the record book amid unprecedented volatility.Bitcoin in particular has been on
  
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• Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene was suspended by Twitter for 12 hours not long after she told Trump supporters to 'mobilize' in a deleted tweet

  17-01-2021 21:37 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene seen here on the floor of the US House wearing a mask that incorrectly states "Trump won."
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  Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, a Republican from Georgia known for her promotion of the baseless QAnon conspiracy theory, was suspended by Twitter for 12 hours, her office said in a statement.
  Twitter confirmed to Insider that Greene had been temporarily "locked out" from the account, citing violations of its civic integrity policy.
  On Saturday, Green
  
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• Photos show ramped-up troops and barriers locking down Washington, DC, ahead of Biden's inauguration

  17-01-2021 21:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  National Guard Citizen-soldiers stand guard downtown on January 17, 2021 in Washington, DC.
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  Local and federal officials in the city of Washington, DC, are on high alert ahead of this week's inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden.
  Fears stem following the deadly insurrection earlier this month at the US Capitol led by supporters of President Donald Trump.
  From non-scalable fencing around the US Capitol to the closure of the National Mall and streets in downtown DC, p
  
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• TSA 'significantly increased' security at DC airports ahead of Inauguration Day

  17-01-2021 21:25 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Transportation Security Administration agents process passengers at the south security checkpoint at Denver International Airport in Denver.
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  The Transportation Security Administration has 'significantly increased' security at DC airports ahead of Inauguration Day. 
  Following the attacks at the Capitol building two weeks ago, TSA is processing hundreds of names with law enforcement agencies for a thorough risk assessment, according to a statement published Friday.
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• Rep Jamie Raskin says an 'assassination party' of insurrectionists hunted Pelosi and Pence during Capitol siege

  17-01-2021 20:47 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  House Impeachment Managers Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) (R) and Rep. Madeleine Dean (D-PA) wear protective masks while walking to the House Floor during a vote on the impeachment of President Donald Trump at the U.S. Capitol on January 13, 2021 in Washington, DC.
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  Rep. Jamie Raskin on Sunday said US Capitol rioters were violently seeking House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Vice President Mike Pence during the Capitol siege on January 6.
  "They built a gallows outside the Capit
  
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• Rep. Jamie Raskin on Trump impeachment: 'I'm not going to lose my son' in 2020 and 'lose my country' in 2021

  17-01-2021 20:45 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Maryland).
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  Rep. Jamie Raskin of Maryland on Sunday said that he's "not going to lose my son at the end of 2020 and lose my country and my republic in 2021" as he reflected on the recent death of his 25-year-old son, Tommy, and his own role as the lead House manager in President Donald Trump's second impeachment trial.
  On CNN's "State of the Union" with host Jake Tapper, Raskin said that the memory of his son drove him to accep
  
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• GitHub reverses course, cites 'significant errors of judgment' in firing of Jewish employee

  17-01-2021 20:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  GitHub CEO Nat Friedman.
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  GitHub admitted on Sunday that it made "significant errors of judgement" when it fired an employee who suggested that "Nazis" were among the Capitol rioters. 
  The company said its head of HR stepped down on Saturday, and that it is offering the employee his job back. 
  "To the employee we wish to say publicly: we sincerely apologize," Erica Brescia, GitHub's COO, said in a statement. 
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• GitHub reverses course, cites 'significant errors of judgement' in firing of Jewish employee

  17-01-2021 20:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  GitHub CEO Nat Friedman.
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  GitHub admitted on Sunday that it made "significant errors of judgement" when it fired an employee who suggested that "Nazis" were among the Capitol rioters. 
  The company said its head of HR stepped down on Saturday, and that it is offering the employee his job back. 
  "To the employee we wish to say publicly: we sincerely apologize," Erica Brescia, GitHub's COO, said in a statement. 
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• Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny detained upon returning home following poisoning

  17-01-2021 19:49 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Alexei Navalny gives an speech during a demonstration for the release of the arrested activists during the summer riots in Moscow, on September 29, 2019.
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  Alexei Navalny, the Russian opposition leader and critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin, has been detained after flying back to Russia on Sunday.
  The longtime critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin's regime nearly died after being poisoned in late August and spent the last five months recoverin
  
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• A Poshmark seller nabbed over $12,000 by buying stock in the company's successful IPO. Here's how she did it.

  17-01-2021 19:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Tiffany Wood, Poshmark seller
  Tiffany Wood
  Poshmark seller Tiffany Wood now has a $12,000 nest egg because she bought stock in the company's initial public offering.
  Poshmark reserved 330,000 shares in the IPO for super users, according to the S1 filing.
  In a leaked email to Insider, Wood shared details of how Poshmark allowed her to buy into the IPO. 
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  Tiffany Wood, 30, has been a Poshmark seller since December, 2015, spending an average
  
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• Trump administration staffers are getting snubbed while hunting for jobs

  17-01-2021 19:13 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Hello everyone! Welcome to this weekly roundup of stories from Insider from Business co-Editor in Chief Matt Turner. Subscribe here to get this newsletter in your inbox every Sunday.Read on for more on Trump administration staffers getting snubbed while hunting for jobs, Cathie Wood's predictions for 2021, and tension at The New York Times.Read time: 5 minutes. 
  President Donald Trump
  AP Photo/Patrick SemanskyHello!The US developed coronavirus vaccines in record time last year.But
  
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• Apple CEO Tim Cook says Parler could return to the App Store 'if they get their moderation together'

  17-01-2021 18:55 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Apple boss Tim Cook said Parler still has a chance to return to the App Store.
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  Apple may add Parler back to its App Store if the app steps up its moderation efforts, Apple CEO Tim Cook said on Fox News Sunday.
  Apple removed Parler from its platform in the wake of the deadly Capitol siege after it found the network did not adequately police content that promotes violence. 
  Google and Amazon also both removed Parler from their
  
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• The Trump ban across social media wasn't censorship - it was a series of editorial decisions by media companies that call themselves social platforms

  17-01-2021 18:46 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey.
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  Becca Lewis is a PhD candidate in communication at Stanford University who researches online social movements and extremist groups.
  She says decrying Trump's bans on social media as censorship distracts from the real issue: that companies like Facebook and Twitter are really simply media companies who use editorial intervention and oversight.
  We've begun to see platforms make decisions that implicitly, if not explicitly, acknowledge this, she wri
  
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• Every single passenger on board 2 international flights to Canada informed that they were potentially exposed to COVID-19

  17-01-2021 18:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  An Air Transat plane in Canada.
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  All passengers on board two Air Transat flights from Haiti to Montreal have potentially been exposed to COVID-19, the Toronto Sun reported.
  Passengers seated in "all rows" have been notified by the Canadian government's exposure tracking system that they need to monitor their symptoms.
  The Canadian government announced on January 7 that a negative coronavirus test is required to fly. Haiti, where these passenge
  
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• Trump's habit of tearing up papers could leave a 'hole' in history as White House records may never be complete, worried experts say

  17-01-2021 18:17 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  President Donald Trump holds piece of paper saying its his deal with Mexico as he speaks with reporters at the White House, in Washington, DC, on June 11, 2019.
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  Several historians are voicing concern about collecting Trump's White House records because of the administration's bad track record of preserving documents.
  The president is also known to have a tendency of ripping up documents before throwing them away, previously forcing aides to spend hours tapin
  
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• First-term GOP Rep. Peter Meijer says he 'may very well have' ended his political career by voting to impeach Trump

  17-01-2021 18:10 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Rep. Peter Meijer (R-Michigan).
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  GOP Rep. Peter Meijer of Michigan said on Sunday that he might have ended his political future by voting to impeach President Donald Trump.
  During an appearance on ABC's "This Week," host George Stephanopoulos asked Meijer if he potentially damaged his career beyond repair in joining nine of his Republican colleagues in voting to remove Trump from office.
  "I may very well have," Meijer said. "But I think it's also important that we have ele
  
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• After Trump's Twitter ban, critics want other populists like Brazil's Jair Bolsonaro and India's Narendra Modi booted from social media

  17-01-2021 17:41 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  President Donald Trump and Indian prime minister Narendra Modi.
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  Trump was banned from Twitter on January 8, and heavily restricted on other platforms.
  Activists are urging similar action against other populist leaders, The Observer reported.
  Those leaders include Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro and Indian PM Narendra Modi.
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  President Trump's social media ban has opened a can of worms for tech firms who face call
  
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• We're freelancers who relocated to a tiny town in Maine during the pandemic. Here's how we earned over $150,000 in 2020 while raising our toddler and enjoying local adventures.

  17-01-2021 17:27 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Kearl and her family at Beth's Farm Market in Warren, Maine.
  Mary Kearl
  In 2019, Mary Kearl and her family traveled to 12 countries while working remotely. As COVID-19 spread, they decided to move from Los Angeles to Maine to shelter in place.
  While following social distancing regulations, Kearl and her family found safe ways to adventure locally while she and her husband kept their freelance businesses afloat.
  Kearl says the time she's able to dedicate to family by being a freelancer has prove
  
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• 'It feels like we're just not cared about': Healthcare staff speak out about how the UK's chaotic vaccine rollout means they're treating patients without getting the vaccine themselves

  17-01-2021 17:17 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A doctor prepares to administer a COVID-19 vaccine at the Sunrise Care Home in Sidcup, south east London
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  The UK government says it will vaccinate all health and social care workers by February 15.
  This is looming closer, and many workers still don't know when they're getting the shot.
  Five frontline workers spoke to Insider about being left in limbo.
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  Healthcare workers in the UK are getting increasingl
  
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• The Florida data scientist who claims she was fired by the health department for refusing to alter COVID-19 data said she'll turn herself into police after a warrant was issued for her arrest

  17-01-2021 17:08 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks during a news conference in December 2020 at Tampa General Hospital in Tampa, Florida.
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  Rebekah Jones, the Florida data scientist, last year fired by the Department of Health, said Saturday she would turn herself in to authorities Sunday after they last week issued a warrant for her arrest. 
  Jones, who worked on the state's COVID-19 dashboard, was fired in May after she said she refused to alter data related to the COVID-19 pandemic in
  
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• Selena Gomez emailed Sheryl Sandberg months before the Capitol siege to highlight US militia group activity on Facebook

  17-01-2021 17:06 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Selena Gomez seen on the set of "Only Murders in the Building."
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  Selena Gomez told Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg in September about militia groups on the site.
  The star told AP this week that, in the wake of the Capitol riots, she was frustrated tech platforms failed to heed warnings.
  "Facebook continues to allow dangerous lies about vaccines and COVID and the US election..." she said.
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  Selena Gomez emailed Facebook chief op
  
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• Norwegian health officials have adjusted their advice on who gets a COVID-19 vaccine as 29 frail elderly people die

  17-01-2021 16:59 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Svein Andersen, 67, is first in Norway to receive the Pfizer-Biontech COVID-19 vaccine in Oslo, Norway, on December 27, 2020.
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  Norwegian health officials have changed their advice on who gets a COVID-19 vaccine after more than 25 elderly people with underlying health conditions died.
  According to the agency, "all deaths" are linked to the Pfizer vaccine, which was the only one available in the country until Friday.
  However, Norwegian officials maintain they
  
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• What happened last week? Biden introduced a $1.9 trillion stimulus plan, Parler sued Amazon, and Loews Hotels cancelled a fundraiser for a senator.

  17-01-2021 16:55 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Vice President Mike Pence elbow bumps with a member of the National Guard outside the U.S. Capitol on January 14.
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  What happened last week? President-elect Joe Biden introduced a $1.9 trillion stimulus plan.
  Parler filed a lawsuit against Amazon, alleging antitrust violations.
  Loews Hotels said it cancelled a February fundraiser for Senator Josh Hawley.
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  What happened last week?As Washington last week readied for th
  
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• Messaging app Signal is back up and running after being down for more than 24 hours

  17-01-2021 16:35 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Signal came back online Saturday evening after an outage that started Friday morning.
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  Signal said on Saturday that it had restored service following an outage that began Friday morning.
  The app began experiencing technical difficulties as its new users skyrocketed after competing service WhatsApp announced controversial new changes to its privacy policy.
  Signal said some users may notice errors in their chats, but that those issues would be resolved in an upcoming
  
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• As a child of immigrants, this is not the American dream I was sold on

  17-01-2021 16:33 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Pro-Trump supporters storm the U.S. Capitol following a rally with President Donald Trump on January 6, 2021 in Washington, DC.
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  My mother and her family immigrated to the United States from the Dominican Republic in the 1980s in pursuit of opportunity.
  The attempted coup at Capitol Hill threatened the fabric of the "American dream" for millions of immigrants who've come to the US for a better life.
  I used to think this was the beauty of being an American: if I studied
  
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• Meena Harris, niece of Vice President-elect Kamala, wants her new children's book to inspire ambitious women (and girls) everywhere

  17-01-2021 16:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Meena Harris.
  Meena Harris
  Meena Harris, niece of Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, has written her second children's book, entitled "Ambitious Women." Illustrations were done by artist Marissa Valdez. 
  In the book, a young girl watches a woman on television be called "too ambitious" and "too assertive." In response, she vows to become a persistent, assertive, confident, and proud individual. 
  Harris has been working to get this book — in addition to her last one — into
  
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• Kamala Harris will resign from her Senate seat on Monday ahead of inauguration as vice president

  17-01-2021 16:16 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Vice President-elect Kamala Harris.
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  Vice President-elect Kamala Harris will resign from her Senate seat on Monday, two days before a historic inauguration where she and President-elect Joe Biden will take the reins from President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence.
  Harris informed California Gov. Gavin Newsom of her decision, which paves the way for the appointment of California Secretary of State Alex Padilla to the seat.
  Harris, who won her first Senate race in 20
  
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• FINDING A JOB IN 2021: Your guide to making big career moves and landing the role you've always wanted

  17-01-2021 16:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Job seekers line up to apply during "Amazon Jobs Day" at a fulfillment center in Fall River, Massachusetts, in August 2017.
  Brian Snyder/Reuters
  January is prime time to start a job search — it's usually when companies get new budgets and start ramping up their hiring. 
  However, job searching might look a little different this year because of the pandemic. 
  Insider has compiled a guide for anyone who is looking for a job right now, from early searching to nailing the interview.&
  
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• Kellyanne Conway told Bill Maher that she's 'disappointed' that Trump's accomplishments have been overlooked because of the Capitol riots

  17-01-2021 16:10 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  White House Senior Counselor Kellyanne Conway speaks to members of the media in the White House press briefing room on January 10, 2020.
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  Former Trump advisor Kellyanne Conway said she believes the president's legacy will survive despite the US Capitol siege last week.
  In an interview with HBO's "Real Time" host Bill Maher on Friday, Conway said she is "disappointed" at the fact that many of Trump's accomplishments in the last four years have been overlooked.
  Conway condemned the
  
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• The Big Law career guide for law school students, graduates, and young lawyers, from landing a job at elite firms to picking a practice area

  17-01-2021 16:07 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  While interviews for law firms' summer associate programs are taking place virtually this year, recruiters and hiring partners say there are ways to establish meaningful connections and impress interviewers.
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  Law school students and aspiring lawyers faced a tumultuous year as the pandemic caused setbacks with recruiting and bar exams.
  The legal industry has weathered the initial storm well, and is looking to attract top talent.
  Hiring partners and recruiting chairs at some of the to
  
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• America's soaring national debt is a looming disaster

  17-01-2021 16:04 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Passengers wearing face masks wait for their bus in front of a national debt display on Pennsylvania Ave. NW in Washington on Monday, May 18, 2020.
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  Even as we deal with the economic problems of the pandemic, there's another crisis looming: our national debt.
  The problem in the US is our debt isn't the "good" kind of debt. Our debt continues to rise without promise of repayment, and a majority of tax dollars are spent on mandatory spending.
  The debt
  
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• Meet the millennial CEO who wants to redefine the ownership of men's clothing, and convinced Alexis Ohanian and Nas to invest

  17-01-2021 15:53 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Regy Perlera.
  Courtesy of Seasons
  Regy Perlera, 28, is the founder and CEO of Seasons, a menswear rental platform. 
  Seasons raised $4.3 million in 2019 from investors such as Alexis Ohanian's Initialized Capital, Notation Capital, and the rapper Nas. It currently offers over 500 products and has 18 official brand partners.
  Perlera launched the company in November 2019 after noticing many rental platforms were targeted toward women, but few were focused on men. 
  In an interview with Bu
  
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• I'm a former NFL pro who started a winery with two of my teammates - here's how we carried lessons from football into our business strategy

  17-01-2021 15:51 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Former NFL players Tony Moll and Jason Vince holding a bottle from their winery.
  Courtesy of Tony Moll
  Tony Moll is a former Green Bay Packers player who opened a winery in Sonoma, California with his former teammates, Daryn Colledge and Jason Spitzs. They named it Three Fat Guys.
  Lessons from football — like coordination, quick thinking, and rolling with the punches — have helped the cofounders tackle challenges.
  This is his story, as told to freelance writer Molly O'Brien.
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• The top 9 shows on Netflix this week, from 'Lupin' to 'Bridgerton'

  17-01-2021 15:45 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  "Lupin."
  Emmanuel Guimier/Netflix
  "Lupin" debuted on Netflix's popularity rankings this week but couldn't top "Bridgerton."
  Netflix introduced daily top lists of the most popular titles on the streaming service in February.
  Streaming search engine Reelgood keeps track of the lists and provides Business Insider with a rundown of the week's most popular TV shows on Netflix.
  Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories.
  Netflix's new French series "Lupin" debuted last week to criti
  
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• The EU could throw out its landmark trade deal with China over concerns about Beijing's human rights record

  17-01-2021 15:45 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Chinese President Xi Jinping.
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  A leading member of the European Parliament has raised significant concerns about the EU's landmark investment deal with China over its alleged human rights abuses and fears that it could harm relations with the new Biden administration.
  The EU-China investment deal aims to liberalize trade between Beijing and Brussels and was struck in the last days of December after last-minute concessions from Chinese premier Xi Jinping.
  But there is moun
  
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• Cryptocurrencies and SPACs show signs of 'irrational exuberance,' but the stock market is not in a bubble, says UBS

  17-01-2021 15:38 via feedproxy.google.com
  Traders working on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange are blur in this time exposure, just before the opening bell, 11 May, 2004.
  Stan Honda/AFP/Getty ImagesUBS's Mark Haefele said in a Friday note that while cryptocurrencies and SPACs show signs of "irrational exuberance," investors shouldn't worry that the whole stock market is in a bubble. Within the IPO and SPAC market and cryptocurrencies, prices are discounting future rapid price appreciation, a factor that's typically present
  
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• One measure of unemployment suggests Biden's $1.9 trillion stimulus plan could do more harm than good, says one top Wall Street strategist

  17-01-2021 15:37 via feedproxy.google.com
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  The U-6 unemployment rate — a less popular reading than the commonly cited U-3 — suggests additional fiscal support could be unnecessary and pose serious risks, says James Paulsen, chief investment strategist at The Leuthold Group.
  The gauge — which includes those working part-time for economic reasons and workers only partially participating in the labor force — currently sits at 11.7%.
  While elevated, five of the past six rece
  
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• Warren Buffett blasted Bitcoin as a worthless delusion and 'rat poison squared.' Here are his 16 best quotes about crypto.

  17-01-2021 15:36 via feedproxy.google.com
  Warren Buffett
  Getty Images / Spencer PlattWarren Buffett has repeatedly criticized Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies as risky and worthless."I can say almost with certainty that they will come to a bad ending," the billionaire investor and Berkshire Hathaway CEO said.Bitcoin has skyrocketed as much as 350% in the past year to record highs.Here are Buffett's 16 best quotes about crypto.Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories.Warren Buffett has been a vocal critic of Bitcoin in recen
  
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• Republicans and conservatives are whining about being 'silenced,' but these complaints are completely detached from reality

  17-01-2021 15:35 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  An image on a monitor shows US President Donald Trump speaking during a video posted on the White House Twitter feed, in the empty Brady Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, DC on January 13, 2021
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  Conservatives have complained about being "silenced" in the wake of Trump's boot from Twitter and the Parler ban.
  But Fox News, the highest rated news channel, is conservative and GOP officials and conservative pundits have a variety of outlet
  
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• US small-cap stocks have raced ahead of their bigger peers in 2021. Experts say a number of factors could send them higher.

  17-01-2021 15:34 via feedproxy.google.com
  Small-cap stocks have outshined their bigger peers so far this year on Wall Street.
  Seth Wenig/AP
  US small-cap stocks suffered in the first COVID wave but are now powering ahead.
  The Russell 2000 index has jumped more than 10% in 2021 already.
  A number of factors, from stimulus to vaccines to tech regulation, could push them higher.
  The stock market recovery from the coronavirus crash in the spring of 2020 was all about the biggest US names: Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google, and Netflix.But the
  
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• Following Trump's YouTube ban, it is feared his supporters are migrating to a 'Wild West' of video-sharing, mingling with far-right and neo-Nazis terror groups

  17-01-2021 15:25 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  It is feared that Trump's supporters are migrating to websites such as BitChube.
  APThe crackdown by social media giants following the siege of the US Capitol building has prompted some of Trump's followers to migrate to new 'free speech' platforms.
  BitChute, a video-sharing website, is one of the websites that pro-Trump supporters are increasingly viewing as a suitable alternative to YouTube.
  Despite guidelines existing, it appears that BitChute is doing little to remove hateful content.
  On the
  
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• The FBI is probing whether foreign governments, groups or individuals funded Capitol rioters using Bitcoin, says report

  17-01-2021 14:53 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Barbed wire, is seen atop security fencing, with the dome of the U.S. Capitol Building on Saturday, Jan. 16, 2021 in Washington, DC.
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  The FBI is probing whether foreign actors provided funding to groups and individuals who helped insitgate the Capitol riots on January 6, reported NBC News. 
  According to a report by Bitcoin experts last week, $500,000 in the currency was transferred to US far-right groups and individuals by a now deceased F
  
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• Parler attracted senior members of the UK government before it shut down, according to reports

  17-01-2021 14:48 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  This illustration picture shows social media application logo from Parler displayed on a smartphone with its website in the background.
  Olivier Douliery/AFP via Getty Images
  More than a dozen politicians from the UK's ruling Conservative party joined Parler before the social network went offline, according to The Observer. 
  They included Michael Gove, Chancellor of the duchy of Lancaster, and foreign minister James Cleverly, the newspaper reported Sunday.
  In June, Conservative lawmaker Ste
  
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• The maker of this $220,000 camper van says interest tripled during the pandemic and its waiting list now stretches into 2022

  17-01-2021 14:39 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  allyThe Lucy camper van by Boulder Campervans.
  Boulder Campervans
  Colorado-based Boulder Campervans recently unveiled a $220,000 custom smart camper van named Lucy.
  The van was built for a couple that wanted to do full-time #VanLife in Alaska.
  Boulder has seen almost triple the number of nationwide build inquiries compared to pre-pandemic times.
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  Boulder Campervans, a company that recently skyrocketed in popularity nationwide, unveiled its lates
  
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• Inside the world of a haute couture collector who has bought dresses that cost more than the average US home

  17-01-2021 14:35 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Christine Chiu.
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  Christine Chiu is a producer, philanthropist, and collector of haute couture. She is also the cofounder of Beverly Hills Plastic Surgery, the practice she opened in 2006 with her husband, Dr. Gabriel Chiu.
  Chiu typically attends at least 30 fashion shows a year, and tries to buy something from each. Haute couture can cost over $100,000, and Chiu says her most expensive piece is worth more than the average US home.
  She is also a philanthropist and is on
  
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• The world's youngest self-made billionaire hopes to power every future self-driving car with a technology that Elon Musk says is 'doomed'

  17-01-2021 14:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Austin Russell, the founder and CEO of the self-driving-car tech startup Luminar, is the youngest billionaire.
  Luminar
  Luminar CEO Austin Russell is the youngest self-made billionaire after taking his company public via a special-purpose acquisition company merger last month.
  The 25-year-old's net worth is estimated at $3.2 billion.
  It's a Silicon Valley tale: Russell has built inventions since his childhood and dropped out of Stanford when he got the Thiel Fellowship to work on Luminar.
  He dis
  
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