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• A psychiatrist shares 5 tips for calming anxiety and easing the transition back to in-office work

  30-08-2021 13:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Dr. Rachelle Scott.
  Rachelle Scott
  As offices reopen across the nation, some employees are hesitant about going back to in-person work.
  Dr. Rachelle Scott, director of psychiatry at Eden Health, shared tips with Insider for people worried about returning to the office.Ease back into it slowly, communicate your boundaries and needs, and be prepared to feel more tired than usual as you adjust.
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  Many employers throughout the United States are asking thei
  
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• Top Stories this AM: 100,000 more US COVID deaths by December; EU moves to block US travel over COVID numbers;

  30-08-2021 13:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Good morning and welcome to your weekday morning roundup of the top stories you need to know.For more daily and weekly briefings, sign up for our newsletters here.What's going on today: COVID cases spike up. The US could record another 100,000 COVID-19 deaths by December if more isn't done to reduce the spread of the virus. " We can save 50,000 lives simply by wearing masks," Ali Mokdad, a professor of health metrics sciences at the University of Washington said. Travel tamp down. The EU looks s
  
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• How Wells Fargo CEO Charlie Scharf overhauled the bank's leadership

  30-08-2021 13:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Wells Fargo CEO Charlie Scharf, pictured, joined the bank from BNY Mellon in 2019.
  Wells Fargo; Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images; Samantha Lee/Insider
  Wells Fargo's leadership has changed significantly since CEO Charlie Scharf took over in 2019.
  Wells has hired many prominent executives from his former firms JPMorgan and BNY Mellon.
  Insider has tracked in the deepest detail yet how he overhauled leadership after years of scandal.
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• Olympic gold medalist Eliud Kipchoge explains how he was able to run a sub-2-hour marathon

  30-08-2021 12:40 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Kenyan runner Eliud Kipchoge.
  Courtesy of the DDA Group/"The Last Milestone"
  Eliud Kipchoge is the only person who has ever run a marathon in under 2 hours.
  A documentary shows how Kipchoge relied on pacers, a flat course, and Nike shoes for that event.
  Kipchoge told Insider that he doesn't think he'll be the last person to run a marathon that fast.
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  Imagine running about the length of a football field in 17 seconds - then doing that 422 times in a ro
  
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• Amazon's future is in flux under new CEO Andy Jassy

  30-08-2021 12:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Amazon CEO Andy Jassy
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  Andy Jassy took over as CEO from founder Jeff Bezos earlier this year.A slew of executive reshuffles and departures have followed this leadership switch.
  AWS, the main profit engine, is seeing the most turmoil. Other business units are in flux, too
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  Amazon is in the midst of the biggest leadership overhaul in its history. That's put the future in flux and sowed seeds of doubt about the western world's largest e
  
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• PE training overhaul - Blackstone ramps up life-sciences investing - Gensler's crypto plans

  30-08-2021 11:50 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Welcome to Insider Finance. If this was forwarded to you, sign up here. Plus, download Insider's app for news on the go - click here for iOS and here for Android.On the agenda today:Talent wars are transforming the way training happens at private-equity firms.Blackstone is beefing up its life-sciences investing.SEC chairman Gary Gensler taught a course on cryptocurrency - now, he may be tasked with regulating it.Let's get started. Talent wars are transforming private-equity trainingWall Street P
  
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• The UK is considering incorporating Afghan special forces evacuated from Kabul into the British army

  30-08-2021 11:35 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  British troops boarding one of the final flights out of Kabul on August 28.
  Jonathan Gifford/Ministry of Defence via AP
  Afghan troops evacuated from Kabul could be incorporated into the British Armed Forces.
  UK ministers are currently considering the proposal, according to the Telegraph.
  Seven Afghan officer cadets are already enrolled at Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.
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  Afghan special forces could join the British Army as part of a new regiment bei
  
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• How to find meme stocks like GameStop and AMC: Your complete guide to spotting and profiting from hot stocks on social media and Reddit's Wall Street Bets

  30-08-2021 11:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Meme stocks have been arguably the biggest market trend of 2021.
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  Meme stocks like GameStop and AMC Entertainment have taken the investing world by storm in 2021.
  Small-time retail traders have banded together in a rebellion against Wall Street hedge funds.
  Insider regularly interviews experts who share how to spot meme stock surges.
  Below is a compiled list of stories covering everything you need to know about meme stocks. You can read all about the trend by subscribing to Insider.
  
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• Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick failed to disclose a meeting set up by Conservative lobbying forum, breaching government-transparency rules

  30-08-2021 09:35 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick.
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  Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick failed to disclose a meeting with members of the housing industry.
  The meeting was set up by The Enterprise Forum, a Conservative lobbying forum.
  Government rules say ministers' meetings with external organisations must be disclosed.
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  Boris Johnson's housing secretary failed to disclose a meeting with representatives of the housing industry set up by
  
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• Rand Paul claims scientists won't study horse deworming drug ivermectin's use as a potential COVID cure because of their 'hatred for Trump'

  30-08-2021 06:57 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky said he was "in the middle" about whether ivermectin should be used, but said researchers did not want to study the drug because o their "hatred for Trump."
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  Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul said researchers won't study ivermectin because of their "hatred for Trump."
  Paul said he was "in the middle" on whether ivermectin should be used and wanted more research done.
  This is despite the FDA and CDC asking people to avoid the drug, which is used to dew
  
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• The US could record another 100,000 COVID-19 deaths by December if more isn't done to reduce the spread of the virus

  30-08-2021 06:47 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Chaplain Kristin Michealsen holds the hand of a deceased COVID-19 patient while talking on the phone with the patient's family member at Providence Holy Cross Medical Center in the Mission Hills section of Los Angeles on January 9, 2021.
  Jae C. Hong/AP Photo
  A popular forecast model is estimating another 100,000 COVID-19 deaths in the US by December 1.
  Experts told the Associated Press human behavior can alter the death toll.One expert said wearing masks in public spaces can alone cut the death
  
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• Fauci says it's a 'good idea' to mandate COVID-19 vaccines for kids going to school

  30-08-2021 01:21 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, adjusts a face mask during a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing on the federal coronavirus response on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 18, 2021.
  AP Photo/Susan Walsh, Pool
  Dr. Anthony Fauci said he's in support of COVID-19 vaccination mandates for kids going to school.Fauci told CNN's Jake Tapper vaccine mandates for students aren't new.Currently, only those above th
  
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• North Korea seems to be ramping up its nuclear arsenal by restarting a reactor that's been inactive for years, UN says

  30-08-2021 00:49 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Close-up of Radiochemical Laboratory complex, March 2, 2021.
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  North Korea appears to have reactivated a nuclear reactor in Yongbyon, The Wall Street Journal reported.An International Atomic Energy Agency report said the reactor has shown activity since early July.The reactor had been inactive since December 2018.See more stories on Insider's business page.
  North Korea appears to have reactivated a plutonium-producing reactor at Yongbyon th
  
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