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• Some companies in Florida and Alabama are still struggling to find staff months after the states cut enhanced COVID-19 unemployment benefits

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  Enhanced jobless benefits have been cut nationwide as of Monday.
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  Some companies are struggling to hire staff months after their states cut enhanced jobless benefits.
  One Florida restaurant said it hired high school students and got staff to work more overtime.
  Workers say they want higher pay, better benefits, and a different work environment.
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• Oil prices drop 1% after Saudi Arabia cuts prices for Asian buyers, intensifying worries about demand

  06-09-2021 13:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  Saudi Aramco said it would cut oil prices for Asia.
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  Oil prices fell around 1% on Monday after Saudi Arabia cut prices for the Asian market.
  The move sparked concerns about demand in Asia, where the Delta variant is hitting economies.
  Investors also worried about the slowdown in the US labor market recovery in August.
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  Oil prices fell on Monday after Saudi Arabia cut prices for the Asian market by more than expected, intensifying
  
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• Top Stories this AM: Kinzinger goes for the GOP's jugular; Israel opens up borders; an epidemic of COVID-related school closures

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  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: Kinzinger wants "real conservative values." Adam Kinzinger says the GOP shouldn't win a majority in the House if it's "pushing division and pushing lies." Kinzinger said he wanted to see "actual Republican values" in a GOP majority, adding that the GOP must "turn away from conspiracy.""If it is as terrible as peo
  
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• As many as 48,000 civilians have been killed by US airstrikes since 9/11: monitor

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  Caskets for the dead are carried towards the gravesite as relatives and friends attend a mass funeral for members of a family that is said to have been killed in a U.S. drone airstrike, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Aug. 30, 2021.
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  Since the 2001 terrorist attacks, the US has conducted major airstrikes in at least seven countries.
  Most civilians were killed during the wars of Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as the strikes on ISIS in Syria.
  The deadliest years for ci
  
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• 3 ways to reach Elon Musk's level of productivity by breaking old habits

  06-09-2021 13:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Tesla CEO Elon Musk.
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  Habits allow us to automate many actions to avoid endless decision making.
  But they can also keep us stuck, so leaders like Elon Musk learn to welcome the unknown.
  Stay open-minded by arguing like you're right, listening like you're wrong, and thinking backward from the solution.
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  We are, as they say, creatures of habit. Elon Musk may seem to be a different sort of creature compared
  
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• Ark Invest's Cathie Wood says Robinhood's payment-for-order flow is so good that she'd be surprised to see SEC scrutiny change it much

  06-09-2021 12:50 via feedproxy.google.com
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  Cathie Wood said she'd be surprised to see Robinhood's payment-for-order flow system change, even as it faces a potential ban.
  "The system has been so good from an execution point of view for the end investor," she said.
  Robinhood would remain a high-conviction bet for Wood even if the PFOF system is banned.
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  Ark Invest founder Cathie Wood praised Robinhood's payment for order flow in a recent inter
  
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• I quit my job to travel and work remotely 5 years ago - here's what I wish I knew about the digital nomad lifestyle before becoming one

  06-09-2021 12:28 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Stephanie Smolders recommends saving as much as possible before starting a digital nomad lifestyle.
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  Stephanie Smolders is a marketing and business coach, writer, and digital nomad.
  She and her partner have been traveling the world full time while working remotely since 2016.
  If they were to start over, Smolders says they'd bulk up on savings and be more flexible with travel plans.
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  It may sound idyllic to be a remote worker and log
  
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• A California drive-thru is overcoming the labor shortage by installing a voice assistant robot to take orders, a report says

  06-09-2021 12:27 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  An Arby's drive-thru installed a voice assistant robot to help with the shortage of workers, AP reported.
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  A California Arby's drive-thru installed a voice assistant robot to take orders, AP reported.
  Franchisee Amir Siddiqi said the restaurant has redistributed workers to the drive-thru's kitchen.
  A number of US restaurants have turned to automated technology as they grapple with labor shortages.
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• Jeff Bezos has reportedly invested in an anti-aging biotech startup

  06-09-2021 12:25 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Jeff Bezos laughs as he speaks about his flight on Blue Origin’s New Shepard into space during a press conference on July 20, 2021 in Van Horn, Texas.
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  An anti-aging research company called Altos Labs was founded earlier this year.
  Sources told MIT Tech Review the company claims Jeff Bezos as one of its investors.
  Altos Labs hopes to develop technology to reprogram human cells, sources told MIT Tech Review.
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• 251 medical journals warned world leaders not to wait until COVID-19 is over to address the climate crisis, calling it the 'greatest threat to global public health'

  06-09-2021 12:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A wildfire in the mountains above Colorado Springs, which forced the evacuation of more than 32,000 residents.
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  251 medical journals published a rare joint article warning about the climate crisis.
  The editors urged governments not to wait until COVID-19 is under control to tackle it.
  The consequences of ignoring it could be "catastrophic" and irreversible, they wrote.
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  The editors of the world's top medical journals have wr
  
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• Israel's coronavirus czar is calling for preparations for a 4th vaccine dose

  06-09-2021 11:48 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Rabbi Yisrael Meir Lau receives a COVID-19 coronavirus vaccine in Tel Aviv, Israel.
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  Israel's coronavirus czar suggested that people may need a fourth shot of COVID-19 vaccine.
  He said the country needs to "prepare" for that, but didn't give a timeline.
  Israel is currently giving most people third vaccine doses as a booster.See more stories on Insider's business page.
  Israel's coronavirus czar has called for the country to prepare to roll out a fourth coronavirus vaccine d
  
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• Binance will end all crypto trading in Singapore dollars after a clampdown by the local regulator

  06-09-2021 11:29 via feedproxy.google.com
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  The exchange said on Sunday it would limit its offering of products in Singapore dollars.
  The Singaporean regulator put Binance.com on its investor alert list Thursday.
  Binance has upped its efforts to comply with regulators around the world following a series of crackdowns.
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  Cryptocurrency exchange Binance will not offer products in Singapore dollars and will stop all online communication operations in th
  
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• Goldman Sachs plans a London IPO for its $5 billion Petershill spin-off as it cashes in on the private equity boom

  06-09-2021 11:11 via feedproxy.google.com
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  Goldman Sachs plans to list asset management unit Petershill on the London Stock Exchange.
  The listing could reportedly value Petershill Partners at more than $5 billion.
  The investment vehicle holds stakes in 19 alternative asset managers worth a combined $187 billion.
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  Goldman Sachs plans a listing for its asset management unit Petershill Partners on the London Stock Exchange that could valu
  
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• Global stocks rally after weak US jobs report cools concerns about a faster shift in Fed policy

  06-09-2021 11:10 via feedproxy.google.com
  Stocks have risen sharply in Japan in the last two sessions.
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  Global stocks rose on Monday despite the US jobs recovery slowing sharply in August.
  Investors think the weak jobs report will cause the Fed to keep up its support for the economy and stocks.
  Elsewhere, Brent crude oil fell on Monday after Saudi Arabia cut prices to woo Asian buyers.
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  Global stocks climbed on Monday after a disappointing US jobs report eased investor conc
  
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• The Taliban say they have taken control of the last Afghan province rejecting their rule, but local resistance fighters deny it

  06-09-2021 10:35 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Afghan resistance movement and anti-Taliban uprising forces take part in a military training at Dara district in Panjshir province on September 2, 2021.
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  The Taliban claimed control of Panjshir, the last province resisting their Afghanistan takeover.
  But local resistance fighters denied the Taliban's claim and say they're still fighting.
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  The Taliban say they have seized control of the last province in Afghanistan
  
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• Vietnam's biggest island long held onto a seductive image as the country's 'last paradise.' Then came the clubs, a casino, and a safari.

  06-09-2021 07:44 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Travelers who arrive on the Southeast Asian island of Phu Quoc may be forgiven for thinking they are in Venice, the Amalfi Coast, or Paris - anywhere but Vietnam.
  Alex Robinson Photography / Getty ImagesWhen Ken Atkinson first visited the Vietnamese island of Phu Quoc in 2003, he was struck by its beauty."It was similar to Phuket or Samui when these Thai islands started from nothing," Atkinson said of the island, which is southwest of Vietnam. The executive chairman of Grant Thornton Vietnam, A
  
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• COVID-19 cases rose among students as schools began to reopen in late July. Since then at least 1,000 schools have closed.

  06-09-2021 07:13 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Principal Nathan Hay checks the temperatures of students as they return to school on the first day of in-person classes in Orange County at Baldwin Park Elementary School on August 21, 2020 in Orlando, Florida, US. Face masks and temperature checks are required for all students as Florida's death toll from COVID-19 now exceeds 10,000, with some teachers refusing to return to their classrooms due to health concerns.
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  There's been a recent rise in C
  
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• Adam Kinzinger says the GOP shouldn't win a majority in the House if it is 'pushing division and pushing lies'

  06-09-2021 06:51 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Rep. Adam Kinzinger told CNN on September 5 that he did not think the GOP should win a majority in the House if it pushes "division" and "lies."
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  Rep. Adam Kinzinger told CNN he does not think the GOP should win the House if it pushes "division" and "lies."
  Kinzinger said he wanted to see "actual Republican values" in a GOP majority.
  But he said the GOP should not have a majority unless it "fights for real conservative values."See more stories on Insider's business page.
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• Melania Trump is telling friends she has no interest in being first lady again despite her husband's 2024 teases, report says

  06-09-2021 03:43 via feedproxy.google.com
  
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  Melania Trump is telling friends she's not interested in being first lady again, according to CNN.
  Donald Trump continues to tease a 2024 run, telling supporters they will be "very happy."
  But sources told CNN the former first lady didn't plan to help with another campaign.
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  The former first lady Melania Trump is not interested in taking back the title, sources told CNN, despite her husband dangling the possibility of another Trump campaig
  
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• There are more states with full mask mandates now than there were in July

  06-09-2021 02:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  
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  Seven states, Washington D.C., and Puerto Rico, now have full mask mandates, NBC News reported.That's six more states requiring both vaccinated and unvaccinated people to wear masks since July.
  An additional six states require masks for unvaccinated people.See more stories on Insider's business page.
  There are six more states that have full mask mandates, for the vaccinated and unvaccinated, than there were at the end of July, NBC News rep
  
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• Exiled activist says that disabled Afghans are at grave risk under Taliban rule

  06-09-2021 01:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Afghan siblings who lost their legs while handling an unexploded mortar bomb walk outside their house after a class in Nangarhar province, Afghanistan, in 2018.
  NOORULLAH SHIRZADA/AFP via Getty ImagesBenasfha Yaqubi spoke to Insider from London after escaping Afghanistan following the Taliban's takeover.
  She was in hiding for more than a week.Yaqubi warned that the Taliban will have no regard for their lives of disabled Afgans and may target activists.
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• A GOP Senator said the Supreme Court will eventually 'swat' away Texas' restrictive abortion law

  06-09-2021 00:48 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., takes an escalator from the Senate subway on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, July 30, 2021.
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  A restrictive abortion law went into effect on Wednesday in Texas.The Supreme Court refused to block the law in a 5-4 ruling.
  A GOP senator said they'll eventually "swat it" away and that it's being used to distract from other issues.See more stories on Insider's business page.
  GOP Senator Bill Cassidy said he expects the US Supreme Court will "s
  
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