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• The EU is suing AstraZeneca, saying the drugmaker delayed deliveries of its vaccines

  26-04-2021 13:48 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A box containing vials of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine.
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  The European Commission has launched legal proceedings against AstraZeneca.
  AstraZeneca has delivered far fewer doses to the EU than initially promised.
  AZ told the EU in January that it had to cut its first-quarter deliveries by 60%, citing supply-chain issues.
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  The European Commission is suing AstraZeneca, saying the drugmaker delayed deliveries of its COVI
  
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• Legendary investor Bill Miller says bitcoin and Amazon stock have made him a billionaire

  26-04-2021 13:46 via feedproxy.google.com
  Bill Miller.
  Heidi Gutman/CNBC/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal/Getty ImagesBill Miller has become a billionaire thanks to Amazon and bitcoin.The value investor's Amazon stake made up 83% of his personal portfolio last year.Miller's bitcoin holdings are now worth more than his Amazon position.See more stories on Insider's business page.Bill Miller, a star fund manager who was brought to his knees during the financial crisis, has staged a remarkable comeback and become a billionaire thanks to Amazon
  
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• Facebook and Google are failing to crack down on scam ads, new research suggests

  26-04-2021 13:39 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  More than a quarter of people that reported a scam ad to Google said it was not taken down.
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  Facebook and Google are failing to clamp down on reports of fraudulent ads, new research shows.
  Consumer group Which? called for new laws to force the tech giants to monitor fraud more closely.
  Both firms said scam ads were not allowed on their platforms and would take action where necessary.
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• The 7 best places to buy women's sunglasses, and the 28 best shades to shop

  26-04-2021 13:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  If you buy through our links, we may earn money from affiliate partners. Learn more.Ray-BanSunglasses double as a fun fashion statement and protective eyewear.Investing in a quality pair will be long-lasting and less prone to break, like cheaper options may.Below, see advice from the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) on selecting effective, protective frames.Whether you're someone who believes in a wardrobe of shades, or you're a loyalist who wears the same pair every day, you can't undere
  
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• Staying 6 feet apart indoors does almost nothing to stop the spread of COVID-19, MIT study finds

  26-04-2021 13:27 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  People eat behind individual plastic screens at a restaurant in Bangkok, Thailand, on May 8, 2020.
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  The widely-used 6 ft rule does little to prevent COVID-9 exposure indoors, MIT researchers found.The risk of exposure from an infected person is similar at 6 ft and 60 ft, one researcher said.
  The study said that mask-wearing, ventilation, and what a space is used for are bigger variables.
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• The owner of Louis Vuitton and Dior is now selling unused luxury fabrics and leathers online from $4 a meter

  26-04-2021 13:22 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Models walk the runway during the Louis Vuitton Menswear Fall/Winter 2021-2022 show as part of Paris Fashion Week.
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  LVMH - the luxury giant behind Dior, Louis Vuitton, and Celine - is now selling fabrics at discount prices.
  The new online store, Nona Source, sells leftover fabrics and leathers from $4 a meter.
  These unused fabrics come from LVMH's high-end brands.See more stories on Insider's business page.
  LVMH has started selling unused fabrics from its
  
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• NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity took its first aerial color photos of the Red Planet's surface. Take a look.

  26-04-2021 13:17 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter, photographed on Mars by the Perseverance rover’s rear Hazard Camera on April 4, 2021.
  NASA/JPL-Caltech
  NASA has released the first color photos that the Ingenuity helicopter took of the surface of Mars.
  Ingenuity took three photos during its second successful flight, when it was 5.2 meters above Mars' surface.
  The photos show the tracks of the Perseverance Mars rover, which carried Ingenuity to the planet.
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• Things to Know: Chloe Zhao's monumental 'Nomadland' win, Chadwick Boseman's shocking loss, European travel is back on - if you're vaccinated

  26-04-2021 13:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Good morning and welcome to your weekday morning roundup of the top stories you need to know.Download Insider's app here. For more daily and weekly briefings, sign up for our newsletters here. What's going on today:Americans will be allowed to visit the European Union this summer, The New York Times reports. But only if you're fully vaccinatedAll Oscars everything: Here are the 2021 Academy Awards winners (including one of the biggest upsets of the year) and all the best-dressed stars.Who's doin
  
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• Beavers shut down the internet for 36 hours in a small Canadian town by chewing through fiber cables while looking for materials to build their dam

  26-04-2021 12:51 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Beavers shut down the internet in Tumbler Ridge, Canada on Saturday.
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  Beavers cut the internet for 900 people in Tumbler Ridge, Canada while searching for materials to build their dam.
  Internet provider Telus said the beavers chewed through a 4.5-inch thick protective tube to reach the cable.
  Telus spokesperson Liz Sauvé described it as"a very unusual and uniquely Canadian turn of events."
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  A small Canadian town lost i
  
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• A 33-year-old Dogecoin investor shares how he became a millionaire in 2 months after Elon Musk inspired him to pile into the meme currency

  26-04-2021 12:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  Glauber Contessoto.
  THE DOGECOIN MILLIONAIRE/YouTube
  A Dogecoin investor shared how his $180,000 investment led to him becoming a millionaire.
  Elon Musk is the key reason why he piled all of his savings into the meme currency, he said.
  Los Angeles-based Glauber Contessoto posted a screenshot of his Robinhood balance on Reddit.
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  A 33-year-old Los Angeles resident, Glauber Contessoto, claims to have become a Dogecoin million
  
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• Alaska Airlines banned a GOP state senator after a video showed her arguing with airport officials over mask rules

  26-04-2021 12:19 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A file photo of Sen. Lora Reinbold, a Republican, at a committee hearing in Juneau, Alaska, in January 2021.
  AP Photo/Becky Bohrer
  Alaska Airlines banned state Sen. Lora Reinbold for refusing to follow COVID-19 mask rules.A video last week showed Reinbold, a Republican, arguing with staff at an airport in Juneau.Reinbold has long fought mask rules, leading to rebukes and demotions.See more stories on Insider's business page.
  Alaska Airlines announced a ban on state senator Lora Reinbold, citing
  
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• Rick Scott says he gave Trump 'Champion for Freedom' award after the Capitol insurrection because he 'worked hard'

  26-04-2021 12:09 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., speaks to reporters following a Republican policy luncheon on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021, in Washington.
  AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta
  Florida GOP Senator Rick Scott said he gave Trump the 'Champion for Freedom' award because he "worked hard."
  Scott was asked why he had awarded Trump with the award even though the former president "continues to spread lies about the election and insurrection."
  "I gave him the award for the right reasons... He worked hard," Scott
  
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• Indonesia is promoting all 53 crew members of its missing submarine, who were declared dead when wreckage was found on the ocean floor

  26-04-2021 11:54 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  An underwater photo showing parts of the Indonesian Navy KRI Nanggala-402 submarine off Indonesia.
  Indonesian Navy via AP
  Indonesia on Sunday declared its missing submarine sunk and all 53 crew members presumed dead.
  On Monday the country's president posthumously promoted all the crew members.
  Joko Widodo said the state would guarantee their children's education to university level.
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  The Indonesian government is promoting all 53 crew members of the su
  
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• India recorded more than 350,000 new COVID-19 cases in 24 hours, setting a devastating world record for the 5th day in a row

  26-04-2021 11:53 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A COVID-19 patient gets admitted to a government hospital in Kolkata, India, 22 April, 2021.
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  India recorded more than 350,000 daily COVID-19 cases on Sunday.
  This is the fifth day in a row India has broken the world record for daily COVID-19 cases.
  Hospitals in India are full and oxygen is running low. Other nations, including the US, have pledged to help.
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  India has set a world record for the most new coronav
  
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• Liquidity in the bitcoin market should recover quickly after the futures-driven price crash, JPMorgan says

  26-04-2021 11:52 via feedproxy.google.com
  Bitcoin picked up on Monday after sliding the previous week.
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  Liquidity in the bitcoin market should recovery quickly after the recent price falls, JPMorgan said.
  The bank's analysts said activity in the spot and futures markets is growing more resilient.
  They said the recent price falls were worsened by the liquidation of futures contracts.
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  Liquidity in the cryptocurrency market should recover r
  
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• Insider finance: JPMorgan's tech overhaul plans

  26-04-2021 11:50 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  US stock markets hit new all-time highs this week, but were set to fall on Wall Street on Friday
  Shannon Stapleton/ReutersGood morning and welcome to Insider Finance. I'm Dan DeFrancesco, and here's what's on the agenda today:Inside the super-secretive world of investment consultants, the powerful group that advises the biggest asset managers.JPMorgan Chase is hiring engineers to overhaul its massive deposit system. Blackstone's Jon Gray prepares for higher inflation. If you're not yet a subscr
  
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• Despite a few rich countries doing well, global COVID-19 cases are the highest they've ever been

  26-04-2021 11:06 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A COVID-19 patient admitted to the hospital in Kolkata, India.
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  Daily new COVID-19 cases remain at an all-time high, a WHO chart shows.
  The number of daily new cases recorded in South-East Asia is rising especially fast.
  India is battling a devastating surge while vaccinations are underway in the US and Europe.
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  Global COVID-19 cases remain at an all-time high even as some rich countries report fewer and fewer.
  
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• 10 Things in Politics: This brash GOP rep. voted to impeach Trump

  26-04-2021 10:58 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Republican Rep. Peter Meijer of Michigan.
  Tom Williams/CQ-Roll CallGood morning! I hope you had a nice weekend. Welcome back to 10 Things in Politics, your weekday look at the biggest stories in DC and beyond. Sign up here to receive this newsletter.Send tips to [email protected] or tweet me at @BrentGriffiths.Here's what we're talking about:Meet Peter Meijer, a brash Republican who voted to impeach TrumpFully vaccinated American tourists will be allowed to visit the European Union this su
  
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• Global stocks trade near record highs, but surging cases of COVID-19 in India and Japan hit oil

  26-04-2021 10:54 via feedproxy.google.com
  Traders and financial professionals work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange
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  US futures held flat despite mixed market performance in Asia and falling oil prices.Rising Covid-19 cases and concerns about economic recovery in Asia affected local markets and oil prices.
  A flurry of earnings, economic data and policy announcements is expected this week.Sign up here for our daily newsletter, 10 Things Before the Opening Bell.
  Global stocks held near record highs on
  
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• Boris Johnson said he'd rather 'let the bodies pile high in their thousands' than allow a second lockdown, report says

  26-04-2021 10:28 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  "No more f*****g lockdowns - let the bodies pile high in their thousands!" Boris Johnson reportedly said.
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  Boris Johnson reportedly said he would rather 'let the bodies pile high' than impose a second lockdown last year.
  Sources told the Daily Mail that Johnson made the comments at a meeting in October.
  A senior UK government minister on Monday denied the claims, which he described as "gossip."
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  UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson allegedly said he w
  
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• Bitcoin jumps 10% after hitting its lowest level in about 2 months as buyers swoop in after the price drop

  26-04-2021 10:17 via feedproxy.google.com
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  Bitcoin jumped 10% on Monday as investors used its recent price drop as a buying opportunity.
  The cryptocurrency had tumbled to its lowest level since early March last week.
  Tesla billionaire Elon Musk asked followers over the weekend: "What does the future hodl?"
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  Bitcoin rose as much as 10% on Monday, as investors used last week's slide as a buying opportunity.The digital asset was la
  
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• A 'FinTok' star decided to buy tickets to see Dallas Mavericks with Dogecoin and Mark Cuban stepped in to help - here's what she told us about the experience

  26-04-2021 08:46 via feedproxy.google.com
  Kayla Kilbride
  Financial TikTok star Kayla Kilbride bought tickets to see Mark Cuban's Dallas Mavericks using Dogecoin.
  Mavericks owner and cryptocurrency fan Cuban helped her make the purchase.Dogecoin, often referred to as a meme coin, rose by as much as 600% this month to record highs.
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  TikTok star Kayla Kilbride, known online as 'Robinhoodkid', isn't just a Dallas Mavericks fan with a fascination for financial markets.M
  
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• The CEO of Emergent, the company that ruined 15 million J&J vaccine doses, sold more than $10 million in stock before prices fell

  26-04-2021 08:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Employees work in a lab at Emergent Biosolutions, which is manufacturing vaccines for AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson on February 8, 2021 in Baltimore, Maryland. There are millions of doses in the building which are awaiting FDA approval to be distributed. The botched rollout of vaccines in Maryland has put more pressure on getting more vaccines out into circulation.
  Michael Robinson Chavez/The Washington Post via Getty Images
  Emergent BioSolutions stock prices fell by over 50% on Februar
  
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• Fox News host Larry Kudlow rages that Biden's climate plan will force Americans to drink 'plant-based beer'

  26-04-2021 06:08 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Larry Kudlow participates in coronavirus economic "relief update" virtual event at the White House in Washington
  Reuters
  Former Trump economic adviser Larry Kudlow raged against the idea of "plant-based beer" on Fox News.
  He also cited false claims that Americans must stop eating red meat to meet Biden's new climate goals.
  Kudlow neglected to mention that all beer is made from plant-based ingredients like grain and yeast.
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  Fox News host and former Tru
  
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• Daily Mail and Fox News pushed misleading claims about Biden limiting meat consumption. Conservatives like Lauren Boebert and Marjorie Taylor Greene lashed out at the president over it.

  26-04-2021 04:39 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Rep. Lauren Boebert of Colorado at the Conservative Political Action Conference in the Hyatt Regency on February 27 in Orlando, Florida.
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  False claims spread recently about President Joe Biden limiting Americans' meat consumption.
  Biden has not released any plans related to meat consumption.
  Prominent conservatives amplified the misleading claims online with widely shared tweets.
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  False claims about President Joe Biden's plans f
  
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• Kevin McCarthy walks back initial claims on Trump's role in Capitol riot, defending the former president

  26-04-2021 03:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif., Thursday, April 15, 2021, speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington.
  AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin
  GOP Rep. Kevin McCarthy said Trump was unaware that the Capitol siege was happening on January 6.McCarthy previously told other lawmakers that he had a heated call with Trump to call off the riot.Trump was also watching the siege unfold on TV but did not issue a statement until hours later.See more stories on Insider's business page.
  
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• The New York Times is readying a newsletter push

  26-04-2021 01:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Hi and welcome to Insider Advertising for April 26. I'm senior advertising reporter Lauren Johnson, and here's what's going on:The New York Times' newsletter push.iAd pitch deck.Shopify's C-suite exodus.If this email was forwarded to you, sign up here for your daily insider's guide to advertising and media.Tips, comments, suggestions? Drop me a line at [email protected] or on Twitter at @LaurenJohnson.Dmitry Brizhatyuk/ShutterstockThe New York Times is readying a big newsletter push as Substa
  
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• Fully vaccinated American tourists will be allowed to visit the European Union this summer, The New York Times reports

  26-04-2021 00:37 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Tourists wait in line to visit the Louvre museum, the world's most visited museum, in Paris, Wednesday, May, 29, 2019.
  AP Photo/Thibault Camus
  The European Union will allow vaccinated Americans to visit this summer, a top official told The New York Times.
  EU and US officials are in talks about methods that could prove tourists' vaccination status.
  It would be a change from existing policy that restricts nonessential travel from the US.
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  The European U
  
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