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• Burgerville, a popular regional chain, says it's closed a Portland branch after finding human excrement, drug gear and weapons on its premises

  08-08-2021 14:51 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Burgerville has many branches across Oregon and Washington.
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  ABurgerville branch has temporarily closed due to crime and vandalism in the area.
  The company said weapons were among the items found onsite, Portland Business Journal reported.
  Staff will be paid for scheduled shifts and offered positions at nearby locations, the company said.
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  Fast-food chain, Burgerville announced it is temporarily closing its restaurant in southeast Portland
  
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• Joe Rogan says having vaccine passports would move the country 'one step closer' to a dictatorship

  08-08-2021 14:41 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Joe Rogan.
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  Joe Rogan said implementing vaccine passports would move the US "one step closer" to dictatorship.
  Rogan criticized the passports, which will be used in New York City, on his podcast on Friday.
  His comments were shared by some right-wing figures, including Donald Trump Jr.
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  Podcast host Joe Rogan criticized the idea of having vaccine passports, saying the requirement would mean the country is "moving one ste
  
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• A new airline wants to connect the US and Asia with low fares and Alaskan stopover programs: Meet Northern Pacific Airways

  08-08-2021 14:35 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Northern Pacific Airways will soon fly between Asia and North America.
  Northern Pacific Airways
  Northern Pacific Airways is a new low-cost airline looking to connect the US and Asia through Alaska.Asian destinations as far as Tokyo, Japan and Seoul, South Korea are planned for a 2022 launch.
  Travelers will be encouraged to spend a day or two in Alaska on their way to or from Asia.See more stories on Insider's business page.
  Conventional wisdom dictates that the quickest way to fly between the U
  
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• Robinhood gets paid for each trade on its platform. Regulators are skeptical of the practice, but what retail traders think is more complicated.

  08-08-2021 14:30 via feedproxy.google.com
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  Robinhood offers free trading to customers because much of its revenue is derived from a practice known as payment for order flow.A week after the brokerage app's volatile IPO, questions about the practice are coming back into focus.
  Insider spoke with retail investors, advocacy groups, and market makers to understand the mechanics and sentiment around PFOF.Sign up here for our daily newsletter, 10 Things Before the Opening Bell.
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• How the reshaping of work made the 'exurbs' the place to be, and left the suburbs and cities behind

  08-08-2021 14:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Huntington, N.Y.: Photo of home for sale in Huntington, New York on August 5, 2020.
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  The not-quite-urban, not-quite-rural "exurbs" are booming in popularity after the pandemic.
  The pandemic-era shift from a daily to a weekly commute made them suddenly viable.
  It's early, but city dwellers' migration to exurbs resembles the suburban boom of the 1950s.
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  In the 1950s, Americans left densely packed cities for a
  
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• 12 bankers, investors, and lawyers helping engineer the next big boom in the $1 trillion world of CLOs

  08-08-2021 14:27 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  From left: Lauren Basmadjian of Carlyle Group, Lauren Law of Octagon Credit, Eugene Ferrer of Paul Hastings, Rob Zable of Blackstone, and Rachel Russell of Morgan Stanley.
  Carlyle Group; Octagon Credit; Paul Hastings; Blackstone; Morgan Stanley; Skye Gould/Insider
  Collateralized loan obligations, or CLOs, are a nearly $1 trillion asset class.
  Dealmakers, traders, and investors told us how they made a career in CLOs.
  They explained how they were winning investors over to a space that has a fair
  
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• 10 people disrupting the legal industry with everything from AI research to new pricing models

  08-08-2021 14:25 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Connie Brenton, Vincent Cordo, Laura Safdie, and Bryon Bratcher.
  Courtesy of Connie Brenton; Holland & Knight; Courtesy of Laura Safdie; Reed Smith; Shayanne Gal/Insider
  The traditionally conservative legal industry is undergoing changes.
  Insider surveyed dozens of industry experts about people making changes in the industry.
  From AI-fueled legal-research companies to legal-ops veterans, here are ten innovators in law.
  Lawyers can be cynical when it comes to innovation. But things are chang
  
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• Meet the typical McDonald's customer, a middle-aged white woman buying breakfast

  08-08-2021 14:24 via feedproxy.google.com
  
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  The average McDonald's customer is a married Gen X white woman in the suburban southeast.
  McDonald's has over 36,000 locations and nearly $20 billion in revenue in 2020.
  The typical customer makes 44 trips per year and spends about $8 per trip.
  See more stories on Insider's business page.
  McDonald's is one of the most recognizable brands in the world and is often synonymous with fast food in general. The chain has more than 36,000 locations in more than 100 countries, inc
  
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• Workers in these US cities will have the cheapest commutes as companies prepare to bring staff back to the office

  08-08-2021 14:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Boise, Idaho.
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  Workers in these 20 US cities have the least costly commutes in the nation, a new analysis says.
  Tulsa, Oklahoma, has the shortest and least costly commute, at 37 minutes round-trip and $13 a day.
  Half of the cities with the 10 least costly commutes are also in the bottom 10 for median earnings.
  See more stories on Insider's business page.
  Getting to the office each day can cost a lot of time and money. As companies draw up plans to bring staff back to in-p
  
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• The NFT space is booming again, but experts say there are 5 challenges the digital collectibles space still needs to overcome

  08-08-2021 14:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  Digital artist FEWOCiOUS auctions five new unique NFT works of art.
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  NFTs have exploded in popularity in 2021, soaring to an eye-popping $2.5 billion in sales volume in the first half of 2021.
  Still, the industry is still very early on in the adoption curve and is yet to break into the mainstream.
  Here are five things experts say the market still needs to do in order to expand further.Sign up here for our daily newsletter, 10 Things Before the Opening Bell.
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• Costco is quietly the perfect road trip pit stop

  08-08-2021 14:11 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Cars line up to fill their gas tanks at a COSTCO at Tyvola Road in Charlotte, North Carolina on May 11, 2021.
  Photo by LOGAN CYRUS/AFP via Getty Images
  Costco doesn't advertise itself as a road trip stop, but it's a key part of my ideal road trip.
  The big-box store has discounted gas and food, plus clean bathrooms.
  I stopped at several Costcos while driving 2,000 miles around the country, and I'd do it again.See more stories on Insider's business page.
  There are plenty of reasons to be a Costco
  
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• I flew on JetBlue founder David Neeleman's new airline, Breeze Airways, and saw how easy it is to have a great experience for dirt cheap

  08-08-2021 14:09 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The inaugural flight of David Neeleman's Breeze Airways.
  Thomas Pallini/Insider
  David Neeleman's Breeze Airways is an ultra-low-cost carrier that's directly the opposite of his famed JetBlue Airways.Flyers pay low fares but are then enticed to spend more on extras like baggage and seat assignments.Avoiding extra fees on Breeze is quite easy, as I found when taking two flights on the airline.See more stories on Insider's business page.
  Flying during the summer of vaccinated travel doesn't have t
  
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• Elon Musk reportedly lives in a $50,000 prefab tiny home that already has a 100,000-unit waitlist - see inside

  08-08-2021 14:08 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A photo shared with Insider appears to show Boxabl delivering a Casita to SpaceX.
  Jorge Ramirez
  Las Vegas-based Boxabl is creating the $49,500 Casita, a 375-square-foot prefab tiny home.
  Elon Musk reportedly lives in a Casita, which already has a 47,000-person waitlist.
  Take a tour inside the tiny home, which has a bedroom, bathroom, living room, and kitchen.
  See more stories on Insider's business page.Tiny homes have become an undeniably popular alternative to the classic family home or apartm
  
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• Jobs growth has been driven by vaccination rates, not expiring unemployment benefits, says the White House

  08-08-2021 14:03 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Press secretary Jen Psaki at the White House on Friday.
  Susan Walsh/AP Photo
  The White House said July jobs gains were led by vaccination rates, not expiring unemployment.
  Many Republican governors have begun cutting the $300 weekly federal payments.
  There's "no evidence" that cutting unemployment led job growth, press secretary Jen Psaki said.
  See more stories on Insider's business page.
  The White House on Friday said expiring state unemployment benefits haven't been a driving force in job gro
  
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• Republicans are winning political battles by arguing against nonexistent boogeymen

  08-08-2021 14:02 via feedproxy.google.com
  
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  The right argues against ideas that don't exist, because they can't argue against the ones that do.
  Fabricating problems and attaching them to liberalism makes it easy for Republicans to engage with their audience.
  Without any merit to their actual politics, this is the only way they can maintain their followings.
  This is an opinion column. The thoughts expressed are those of the author.
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  The Democrats are about to chang
  
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• I tried Golden Corral's to-go buffet and while I think the chain is poised for huge success, I won't be back

  08-08-2021 14:02 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Golden Corral now has to-go options.
  Mary Meisenzahl/Insider
  Traditionally sit-down buffet chain Golden Corral launched a new to-go option.
  I was shocked at how busy the restaurant was with dine-in customers midday on a Wednesday.
  I'm convinced fears of the Delta variant can't stop people's desire to get back out to their favorite restaurants.
  See more stories on Insider's business page.Golden Corral locations in New York were closed for much of the last year.
  Golden Corral now has to-go option
  
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• Open letter criticizing Apple's plan to scan iPhones for child sexual abuse material attracts 5,000 signatures

  08-08-2021 13:42 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  An Apple store employee in New York.
  Mark Lennihan/AP Photo
  An open letter signed by 5,000 asked Apple to rethink photo scans for child sexual abuse material.
  The scanning "threatens to undermine fundamental privacy protections," the letter said.
  WhatsApp chief Will Cathcart and NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden voiced concern.
  See more stories on Insider's business page.
  An open letter asking Apple to rethink its rollout of photo scanning to identify child sexual abuse material has been signed
  
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• Rihanna is officially a billionaire. Here's how her game-changing beauty and fashion lines helped her land among the world's wealthiest entrepreneurs.

  08-08-2021 13:26 via feedproxy.google.com
  
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  Rihanna has officially become a billionaire, Forbes reported this week.The singer, actress, and entrepreneur derives most of her wealth from her two businesses.
  Lingerie brand Savage X Fenty is valued at $1 billion, while Fenty Beauty is worth $2.8 billion.
  See more stories on Insider's business page.
  Robyn Rihanna Fenty has officially reached billionaire status. The Barbados-born singer, actress, and entrepreneur is now worth $1.7 billion, Forbes reported this
  
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• Jeffrey Clark, Trump-appointed DOJ official, claimed Chinese thermostats changed votes in 2020 election, reports say

  08-08-2021 13:26 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Former Acting Assistant US Attorney General Jeffrey Clark.
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  A Trump-appointed DOJ official asked his superiors to look into "foreign election interference issues."
  Newly released emails reveal Jeffrey Clark claimed China had changed voter ballots using thermostats.
  Clark also urged Georgia to investigate voter irregularities, despite DOJ stating there were none.See more stories on Insider's business page.
  Jeffrey Clark, a Donald Trump-appointed Justice Department offic
  
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• NASA wants paid volunteers to spend a year living in a 3D-printed Martian habitat in Texas, where they will carry out spacewalks and research using VR tech

  08-08-2021 12:19 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  An artist's rendering of astronauts and human habitats on Mars.
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  NASA is looking for volunteers to live on a fake Martian surface for 12 months.The analog mission will take place inside the Johnson Space Center, in Texas.
  Applicants must be aged between 30-35 and in good physical health.See more stories on Insider's business page.
  NASA is looking for applicants to spend a whole year pretending they live on Mars. The 1,700 square-foot Martian surface is located inside the Johnson Space C
  
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• Trump claims 100 million people would have died from COVID-19 if it wasn't for him

  08-08-2021 11:58 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Former US President Donald Trump leaves Trump Tower in Manhattan on July 19, 2021.
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  Donald Trump said that 100 million people would have died from COVID-19 if it wasn't for him.The former president missed his own vaccine rollout targets.Upon taking office, Biden called Trump's vaccine rollout a "dismal failure."
  See more stories on Insider's business page.
  Donald Trump has said that 100 million people would have died from COVID-19 if it wasn't for his vaccine rollout oper
  
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• After this CEO raised his company's minimum wage to $70,000, he said the number of babies born to staff each year grew 10-fold and revenue soared

  08-08-2021 11:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Dan Price, CEO of Gravity Payments.
  Dan Price
  Gravity Payment's CEO Dan Price introduced a minimum wage of $70,000 in 2015.In the years afterwards, revenue rose, and staff had more babies and bought more homes, he said.Amid the pandemic, revenues dropped 50% but Price said the company was able to recover.
  See more stories on Insider's business page.
  Six years ago, Dan Price, the founder and CEO of credit-card processing company Gravity Payments made waves when he announced that he was raising t
  
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• These high-tech, unstaffed stores are tiny, and open 24/7 to help residents get their groceries in rural Sweden. Take a look inside.

  08-08-2021 11:05 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Inside a Lifvs store.
  Jonathan NACKSTRAND / AFP
  Stockholm-based startup Lifvs created technology to run self-service grocery stores in Sweden.
  These stores are unstaffed and run remotely, which means they can be open 24/7.Low labor and rental costs enabled Lifvs to open stores in low traffic areas and rural communities.
  See more stories on Insider's business page.Stockholm-based startup Lifvs set up and runs mini grocery stores in rural parts of Sweden.
  The company launched in 2018.
  Lifvs Press
  
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• A 42-year-old fitness fanatic was 'beating himself up' over his decision not to get vaccinated during his final days, his family said

  08-08-2021 11:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  John Eyres from Southport, Merseyside.
  Jenny MCann
  A 42-year-old British man who loved exercise and eating healthy died of COVID-19 last week.
  John Eyers didn't get vaccinated because he "felt that he would be ok," his family said.
  The father-of-one told doctors in his final days that he regretted his decision not to get a vaccine.
  See more stories on Insider's business page.
  An unvaccinated 42-year-old fitness fanatic who regularly climbed mountains and competed in the ironman has died of COVI
  
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• I went to a fancy $100 cocktail-making class for non-alcoholic drinks. I discovered that a 'virgin' Rose and Pine Martini tasted just as good - without the headaches.

  08-08-2021 11:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  The French Riviera cocktail is made using honey and apricot jam.
  Insider
  London bar TT Liquor says its alcohol-free cocktail classes are increasingly popular with customers.I went along to make some booze-free cocktails after England lifted nearly all pandemic rules.The bar used to be a Victorian police station, and now hosts tasting classes in its old jail cells.See more stories on Insider's business page.
  Many have predicted that the end of the COVID-19 pandemic will bring about a new "roarin
  
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• Oatly trademark lawsuit against rival PureOaty thrown out after judge says the smaller brand's carton and name were not too similar to Oatly's

  08-08-2021 10:54 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Oatly brought the case against Glebe Farm Foods, which makes PureOaty.
  Oatly
  Oatly loses trademark lawsuit against PureOaty, made by Glebe Farm Food in the UK.
  PureOaty had no intention "to take advantage of the distinctive character" of Oatly, a judge said.
  "[S]maller independent companies CAN fight back and win," said Philip Rayner, of Glebe Farm Foods.See more stories on Insider's business page.
  A judge has thrown out a trademark case Oatly had brought against the maker of PureOaty, a simila
  
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• Snickers pull TV ad featuring a man who stops flirting with another man when he eats a Snickers bar

  08-08-2021 10:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Boxes of Snickers bars.
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  Snickers posted an advert for their chocolate bar, which was slammed for being homophobic.Critics included Spain's Minister for Equality and the Spanish LGBT State Federation.The advert was pulled by the company, and they apologized for any misunderstanding.See more stories on Insider's business page.
  A Snickers advert in Spain has been pulled by the company after widespread backlash for homophobia was received. The
  
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• Biden told the US Olympic athletes over a Zoom call that he is 'so damn proud' of them for their 'grace' and 'decency'

  08-08-2021 07:17 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden walk on the South Lawn of the White House after stepping off Marine One, Sunday, July 18, 2021, in Washington. The Bidens are returning to Washington after spending the weekend at Camp David.
  AP Photo/Patrick Semansky
  President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden met with Team USA on a Zoom call Saturday.
  The president told the olympians he was proud and that they "represent the soul of the country."
  He also praised specific athletes, including swim
  
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• Photos show the Martha's Vineyard that welcomed guests to former President Barack Obama's scaled-down 60th birthday bash

  08-08-2021 05:55 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Passengers travel on a ferry en route to Martha's Vineyard.
  David Degner/Insider
  After a plan to host hundreds for his 60th birthday, former President Barack Obama held a "significantly" scaled-back event.
  The outdoor celebration on Saturday was "planned months ago in accordance with all public health guidelines," a spokeswoman for Obama said.
  But Obama faced pressure to cut down his party size amid concerns over the hyper-contagious delta variant.Photos show guests arriving at Martha Vineyard
  
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• 6 members of one Florida church died from COVID-19 in 10 days according to its pastor, who is encouraging people to get vaccinated

  08-08-2021 03:34 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A medical assistant administers a COVID-19 vaccine dose to a woman at a clinic in Los Angeles on March 25, 2021.
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  Six members of a Jacksonville, Florida, church died from COVID-19 over ten days, the pastor said.
  He said the one thing they all had in common was that they were unvaccinated.
  The church, which held a vaccine event in March, is holding another one in light of their deaths.
  See more stories on Insider's business page.
  A pastor in Jacksonville, Florida, is encou
  
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• UFC 265 will decide the interim heavyweight champion - you can stream the PPV match live tonight on ESPN+

  08-08-2021 03:05 via feedproxy.google.com
  
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  UFC heavyweight Derrick Lewis (right) will fight Ciryl Gane for the title of interim champion at UFC 265.
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  Derrick Lewis and Ciryl Gane will fight for the title of interim heavyweight champion at UFC 265.
  UFC 265 will be held in front of a full crowd in Houston, Texas, tonight at 10 p.m. ET.
  The UFC 265 main card PPV costs $70 and requires an ESPN+ subscription ($6/month) to watch.
  Ta
  
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• Rudy Giuliani is being investigated by the FBI over a film he was trying to make about the Bidens and Ukraine, report says

  08-08-2021 02:45 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The FBI is investigating Rudy Giuliani's dealings in Ukraine.
  Jacquelyn Martin/AP
  The FBI is investigating Rudy Giuliani over a Biden-Ukraine film project, Mother Jones reported.
  Giuliani is also being probed over his efforts to urge Ukrainian officials to dig up dirt on Biden.
  Audio from 2019 showed Giuliani pressed Ukrainian officials in exchange for better relations with the US.
  See more stories on Insider's business page.
  The Federal Bureau of Investigation is looking into Rudy Giuliani ove
  
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• A lone GOP senator is slowing down the Biden infrastructure bill he's already opposed to

  08-08-2021 00:22 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Sen. Bill Hagerty (R-TN) walks through the Senate Subway for a series of amendment votes in the Capitol Building on August 03, 2021 in Washington, DC.
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  One Republican senator is holding up President Joe Biden's bipartisan infrastructure bill.
  The bill is anticipated to pass this weekend, but one senator is refusing to fast-track it.
  "I'm not slowing the bill down," Sen. Bill Hagerty of Tennessee told Insider.
  See more stories on Insider's business page.
  Sen. Bill Hag
  
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• NFTs are skyrocketing and everyone from Katy Perry to the NBA is selling them - but they've got a long way to go before they really go mainstream, Rarible's co-founder says

  08-08-2021 00:00 via feedproxy.google.com
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  Despite the buzz, NFTs have a long way to go before becoming mainstream, Rarible cofounder Alex Salnikov said.They have to become more affordable and accessible, and companies figure how they might appeal to consumers, he told Insider.Interest in the digital assets has skyrocketed, prompting celebrities and leading corporates to put out their own NFTs.Sign up here for our daily newsletter, 10 Things Before the Opening Bell.
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