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• One of the world's most famous restaurants is cutting meat and fish from its menu

  03-05-2021 16:52 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The meal follows recipes by chef Daniel Humm.
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  Eleven Madison Park will no longer serve its famous lavender-and-honey glazed duck or butter-poached lobster.
  The restaurant will be entirely vegan except for the option to have milk with tea and honey.
  It will be the first three-Michelin-star restaurant to do away with meat and seafood.
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  Daniel Humm, a world-renowned chef and the owner of one of the world's most
  
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• The best deals and sales happening on Amazon right now - save on a Kindle Paperwhite, Cricut Air 2, and Beats Flex

  03-05-2021 16:46 via feedproxy.google.com
  
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  We update this list of Amazon deals every day with the new discounts as they crop up.
  You can sign up for a free 30-day membership trial to get Prime shipping along with other perks.Visit Insider Reviews' deals page for more sales.
  Amazon's dynamic pricing strategy can make shopping tricky for the average consumer, but if you know where to look⁠ - and when to act fast⁠ -
  
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• 10 pieces of neutral furniture for your home

  03-05-2021 16:44 via feedproxy.google.com
  
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  A neutral color scheme is timeless.
  We rounded up 10 pieces of neutral furniture for your home, making it easy to create a blank canvas for interior design adventures to come.
  From dressers to bed frames, find all of our picks below.
  If you want furniture that's a bit brighter, check out these 10 pieces of orange accent furniture we found on Amazon.
  Neutral, technically speaking, means a hue that appears w
  
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• Warren Buffett says Greg Abel is his likely successor as Berkshire Hathaway CEO

  03-05-2021 16:31 via feedproxy.google.com
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  Billionaire Warren Buffett told CNBC that his likely successor as Berkshire Hathaway's CEO will be Greg Abel.Abel, 59, serves as vice chairman of the conglomerate's non-insurance operations.Buffett made the confirmation following remarks by vice chairman Charlie Munger during the company's annual meeting Saturday.See more stories on Insider's business page.
  Berkshire Hathaway's Greg Abel, who serves as the conglomerate's vice chairman of its non-insurance business, would
  
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• Robinhood says people are tired of Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger acting like they're the only oracles of investing

  03-05-2021 16:19 via feedproxy.google.com
  Robinhood co-founder Vlad Tenev, Warren Buffett, and Charlie Munger.
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  Robinhood lashed out at Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger for criticizing its business model.
  People are tired of them acting like the only investing oracles, a company executive said.
  Both billionaire investors have dissed the brokerage for treating the stock market like a casino.
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• Right-wing media keeps trying to force easily-debunked Biden scandals instead of focusing on actual policy

  03-05-2021 16:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  President Joe Biden.
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  President Joe Biden continues to prove difficult for Republicans to attack.
  Several recent purported scandals that dominated right-wing media have been easily debunked.
  Attacks on Biden are not sticking like they did for Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton.
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  Ever since the 2020 campaign, Republicans have struggled to land the same kinds of attacks on Joe Biden that worked on Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton.In
  
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• A non-profit will launch 5 pilot programs over the next year to test the viability of a central bank digital currency in the US

  03-05-2021 16:07 via feedproxy.google.com
  Photo taken on Nov. 5, 2020 shows the U.S. Federal Reserve in Washington, D.C., the United States.
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  The non-profit Digital Dollar Project will launch five pilot programs to test the viability of central bank digital currencies in the next 12 months.
  The initiative is backed by a partnership between Accenture and the Digital Dollar Foundation.
  CBDCs are digital versions of a banknote.
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  The non-p
  
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• China is sending ships to help recover Indonesia's lost sub and potentially study the area where it wrecked

  03-05-2021 16:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The KRI Nanggala-402 submarine went off the grid during a training exercise near Bali, with 53 crew members on board.
  M. Risyal Hidayat/Antara Foto via Reuters
  China's Defense Ministry says that the vessels will help efforts to recover the KRI Nanngala 402.
  Indonesia expects three Chinese navy ships to join international efforts to salvage the lost sub.
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  China is sending rescue vessels to help retrieve the Indonesian submarine that sunk with the loss
  
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• Robinhood's biggest business tripled in the 1st quarter as Reddit-fueled day-trading ran wild

  03-05-2021 15:59 via feedproxy.google.com
  Co-founder of Robinhood, Vladimir Tenev.
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  Robinhood's revenue soared in the first quarter as a result of the early 2021 social-media fueled day-trading mania.The trading app's payment for order flow business generated $331 million in revenue during the period, per the WSJ.That was more than triple the amount the amount generated in the first quarter of 2020.
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  The Reddit-fueled trading
  
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• I'm a former hacker and I believe the current round of digital vaccine passports pose real security risks. But a safe, effective vaccine passport is possible.

  03-05-2021 15:59 via feedproxy.google.com
  
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  Vaccine passports are not yet safe and secure enough to be widely distributed.Many of the options available today present security risks for sensitive personal information.
  To successfully implement vaccine passports, data-tracking guidelines, government policies, and online behavior must change.
  Mary Writz has 19 years' experience in the field of cyber security and is the vice president of product at ForgeRock.T
  
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• 1 in 3 women of color are planning on leaving their jobs by next year, according to a new survey. Here's what employers should do to help.

  03-05-2021 15:55 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Many women of color are often the 'first' or one of a 'few' in their corporate environments and the challenging dynamics that come with that are exhausting.
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  Women of color often feel unheard, unseen, and mentally and physically burned out at work.
  A new survey found that nearly "two-thirds of women of color are not satisfied with their company's diversity and inclusion initiatives."
  Women of color don't feel safe talking about their challenges or saying they need
  
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• Hedge funds are poaching top volatility traders from Wall Street banks

  03-05-2021 15:50 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  From left to right: Millennium founder Izzy Englander, Citadel founder Ken Griffin, Balyasny founder Dmitry Balyasny, Citigroup CEO Jane Fraser, Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon, and Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan.
  Phil McCarten/Reuters; Lucy Nicholson/Reuters; Erin Scott/Reuters; Michael Kovac/Getty Images; Denis Balibouse/Reuters; Samantha Lee/Insider
  Buy-side trading firms have poached a slew of star derivatives traders from investment banks.
  The defections, which follow blowout volatilit
  
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• Wall Street legend Jim O'Shaughnessy talks Bitcoin, the psychology of stocks, and what young people should know about investing

  03-05-2021 15:42 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Jim O'Shaughnessy.
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  Jim O'Shaughnessy is a Wall Street legend and the founder and CIO of O'Shaughnessy Asset Management.
  In March, O'Shaughnessy participated in an hour-long live Q&A with readers of The Profile.In the Q&A, O'Shaughnessy talks investing, timing the stock market, and avoiding blind spots.See more stories on Insider's business page.
  Jim O'Shaughnessy is a Wall Street legend and the founder, chairman, and chief investment officer of
  
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• Fidelity cuts Ant Group's valuation in half to $144 billion after regulatory crackdown in China

  03-05-2021 15:38 via feedproxy.google.com
  Jack Ma, executive chairman of the Alibaba Group.
  Mark Schiefelbein/AP PhotoFidelity cut Ant Group's implied valuation to $144 billion from $300 billion, according to regulatory filings.The decline in valuation comes after China imposed a regulatory crackdown on the fintech giant.Fidelity initially invested in Ant Group in June 2018 at a $150 billion valuation.Sign up here for our daily newsletter, 10 Things Before the Opening Bell.China's regulatory crackdown of Ant Group in recent months has
  
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• US stocks edge higher as investors brace for another wave of corporate earnings

  03-05-2021 15:36 via feedproxy.google.com
  AP Photo/Richard DrewUS stocks edged higher on Monday as investors await another round of corporate earnings this week.A third of the S&P 500 will report earnings this week, including Tesla, Apple, and Alphabet.Sign up here for our daily newsletter, 10 Things Before the Opening Bell.US stocks edged higher on Monday as investors anticipate another flood of first-quarter earnings that are set to be released this week. Earnings reports from Pfizer, General Motors, PayPal and Etsy among others w
  
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• Ethereum shoots past $3,000 in a major milestone, outperforming bitcoin's year-to-date gains

  03-05-2021 15:21 via feedproxy.google.com
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  Ether hit a new record above $3,000 for the first time on Monday.
  Investors are betting interest in decentralized finance applications will propel Ethereum's growth.
  Transactions on the Ethereum blockchain hit an all-time high of 41.7 million in April.
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  Cryptocurrency ether, native to the Ethereum blockchain, hit a new all-time high above $3,000 on Monday in a standout performance that has outpaced rival currency bitcoin's gains so f
  
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• Tyson Foods's first foray into alternative meats included half-meat, half-plant burgers. An executive explains why the newest products under its Raised & Rooted brand are 100% plant-based.

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  Tyson's Raised & Rooted plant-based ground
  Tyson Foods
  Tyson Foods is adding burgers, sausages, and grounds to its Raised & Rooted plant-based brand.
  The brand dropped products that were a mix of plant- and animal-based ingredients last year.
  Raised & Rooted is trying to take on rivals like Impossible and Beyond, including on price.
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  One of the world's biggest meat companies is moving further into the plant-based world. Tyson Foods is addi
  
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• Uber and Lyft will outperform despite US Labor Secretary's comments that gig workers should be treated as employees, Wedbush says

  03-05-2021 14:57 via feedproxy.google.com
  The future of Uber and Lyft drivers - and the companies - will likely hinge on a hugely important vote in California this November.
  Brian Snyder/Reuters
  Wedbush's Dan Ives maintained his "outperform" ratings for Lyft and Uber in a note to clients on Sunday.
  The managing director of equity research said the rideshare giants are ideal reopening stocks.
  Based on checks with industry legal experts, Ives believes federal involvement in gig workers' status is "highly unlikely."
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• Fears of a Chinese attack on Taiwan are growing, and Taiwan isn't sure who would help if it happened

  03-05-2021 14:54 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A concrete bunker and anti-landing barricades on a beach facing the Chinese city of Xamen, on the Taiwanese island of Little Kinmen, April 20, 2018.
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  China has been expanding its influence and taking a more aggressive posture toward Taiwan.That has raised concerns that Beijing will attempt to retake the island by force.
  Whether the US and other countries would help, and what help they would offer, remains in doubt.
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• Verizon just sold AOL and Yahoo for $5 billion, and the new company will be known as 'Yahoo' going forward

  03-05-2021 14:43 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  REUTERS/Denis BalibouseJust shy of five years since buying them, Verizon is selling AOL and Yahoo for $5 billion.
  The new owner is private equity firm Apollo Global Management.
  Going forward, AOL and Yahoo will be known solely as Yahoo.
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  After just over five years of ownership, Verizon has sold its ownership stake in Yahoo and AOL for $5 billion, the telecom giant announced on Monday morning.The new company formed by AOL and Yahoo will be kn
  
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• Everyone's waiting to see what digital health pioneer Omada's next move will be

  03-05-2021 14:42 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Hello,Welcome to Insider Healthcare! I'm Megan Hernbroth, a senior reporter on the healthcare team covering startups and venture capital. Today in healthcare news:Everyone in healthcare is waiting for digital health pioneer Omada's next move;A new report shows health insurers are moving beyond just paying medical claims;Experts debate whether coronavirus vaccines should be mandated. If you're new to this newsletter and want more healthcare news in your inbox, sign up here. If you have any tips o
  
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• Read the 2 a.m. declaration of war Apple CEO Tim Cook got from the billionaire CEO behind 'Fortnite' before the companies head to court this week

  03-05-2021 14:36 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Apple CEO Tim Cook in Austin, Texas, on November 20, 2019.
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  The upcoming legal battle between Apple and the maker of "Fortnite" was sparked by a 2 a.m. email.Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney sent a 2 a.m. email on August 13 to Apple CEO Tim Cook and other execs.
  "Epic will no longer adhere to Apple's payment processing restrictions," Sweeney said.
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  Apple and "Fortnite" maker Epic Games are going to court this week
  
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• 4 ways to get to know your target audience before launching a side hustle - and actually get them to buy into your product

  03-05-2021 14:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Entrepreneur Jen Glantz says knowing your audience is key to launching a side hustle.
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  Jen Glantz is an entrepreneur and founder of the company Bridesmaid for Hire.
  She says studying your customer base is key before launching a side hustle or small business.
  Use social media to engage with your target audience and ask for feedback on products and services.
  See more stories on Insider's business page.
  One of the biggest mistakes people make when starting a side hustle is that they do
  
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• Chinese government authorities deleted posts mocking India's COVID-19 tragedy after receiving backlash

  03-05-2021 13:23 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A mass cremation of victims who died due to COVID-19 is seen at a crematorium ground in New Delhi, India on April 22.
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  Official Chinese government accounts have deleted posts that seemed to mock India's COVID-19 crisis.
  One was seen comparing China's module launch of its first space station with mass cremations in India.
  "China lighting a fire versus India lighting a fire," a post was captioned.
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• Blinken says China is 'acting more repressively at home and more aggressively abroad'

  03-05-2021 13:18 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Antony Blinken speaks during his confirmation hearing to be Secretary of State before the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee on January 19, 2021 in Washington, DC.
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  The U.S. Secretary of State warned that China had started acting "more aggressively abroad."
  He told CBS News that he wanted to avoid military confrontation between the two superpowers.
  "What we've witnessed over the last several years is China acting more repressively at home and more aggressively abroad
  
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• 10 Things in Politics: Big problems may await the economy

  03-05-2021 13:05 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Good 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:America is getting ready for its post pandemic glow-upThese nine chiefs of staff counsel House Republicans' unruliest conspiracy theoristsSpace agencies couldn't stop a simulated asteroid from crashing in EuropeOne thi
  
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• Insider finance: Top fintech recruiters

  03-05-2021 11:50 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Lucky-photographer/ShutterstockGood morning and welcome to Insider Finance. I'm Dan DeFrancesco, and here's what's on the agenda today:Meet 10 of the top fintech recruiters helping startups like Chime and Coinbase staff up.Hedge funds like Citadel and Millennium are poaching top volatility traders at banks. Meanwhile, investment banks are rushing to add more junior bankers as deal volumes surge. If you're not yet a subscriber, you can sign up here to get your daily dose of the stories dominating
  
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• Sen. Joe Manchin said he wanted to 'to stay and fight' during Capitol riots

  03-05-2021 11:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Senator Joe Manchin.
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  West Virgina Sen. Joe Manchin said he wanted to "stay and fight" during the deadly Capitol riot.
  "My intention was to stay and fight: 'Let 'em in. Let's go at it,'" he told USA Today.
  He and other trapped lawmakers were eventually removed from the building by police officers.
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  West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin said he wanted to "stay and fight" during the deadly Capitol riot on January 6 before he
  
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• Ex-national security adviser Michael Flynn, who pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI about his contact with Russia, doesn't know the Pledge of Allegiance, video suggests

  03-05-2021 01:56 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  In this Feb. 11, 2014, file photo, then-Defense Intelligence Agency Director Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington.
  AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke, File
  Former national security adviser Michael Flynn appeared at a campaign event for Lin Wood onSunday.
  Flynn began reciting the Pledge of Allegiance for the crowd but stopped after starting the wrong word.
  Flynn plead guilty in 2017 to lying to the FBI about contact with Russia, but was pardoned by Trump.
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• The Air Force's brand-new F-15EX fighter jet is about to have its first major exercise

  03-05-2021 01:48 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The first F-15EX is delivered to its new home at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida, March 11, 2021.
  US Air Force/Tech. Sgt. John McRell
  The US Air Force is sending its new F-15EX fighter to a large-scale exercise around Alaska.
  The top commander in Alaska said the F-15EX will try out its Eagle Passive/Active Warning Survivability System, designed to increase its threat assessment and survivability.
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  The US Air Force is sending its new F-15EX fourth-plus
  
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• China's new digital currency will be another tool for its police state

  03-05-2021 01:34 via feedproxy.google.com
  
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  China's central bank is currently conducting trials for its digital currency.
  Privacy advocates worry that Chinese authorities will be able to collect even more data through the new digital yuan.
  See more stories on Insider's business page.
  China's central bank is currently conducting trials for its digital currency, which it hopes to have available for widespread use by the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.But many privacy advocates are alarmed at the amount of data tha
  
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• Japan is rethinking how to use its tanks to prepare for a potential clash with China

  03-05-2021 00:42 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Japanese tanks during a live-fire exercise at the foot of Mount Fuji, August 22, 2019.
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  Japan built a large and capable armored force to counter the Soviets during the Cold War.
  But a rising China poses a new challenge, and Japan is changing how it designs and uses its armor.
  See more stories on Insider's business page.
  Despite a few successes early in World War II, Japanese armor was hopelessly outclassed by Allied tanks as soon as they arrived in large numbers.Thos
  
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• Facebook puts ad agencies under the microscope

  03-05-2021 00:20 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Hi and welcome to Insider Advertising for May 3. I'm senior advertising reporter Lauren Johnson, and here's what's going on:Facebook's agency audit.The power players of IPG.The ad execs helping with the cookie crash.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.
  Facebook CEOP Mark Zuckerberg in New York City on Friday, Oct. 25, 2019.
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