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• The White House had to row back Biden's comments after he suggested the US would defend Taiwan from an attack by China

  22-10-2021 13:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  President Joe Biden.
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  Biden told a CNN town hall on Thursday the US would defend Taiwan from a Chinese attack.
  The White House later clarified that the US policy of "strategic ambiguity" had not changed.
  China's recent military activity has raised fears it will try to seize the island, which it considers its own.
  The White House clarified President Joe Biden's comments after he said the US would defend Taiwan if it was attacked by China, in what appeared to be a sign
  
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• Digital World Acquisition stock surges 94% as Trump SPAC rally continues for a second day

  22-10-2021 13:05 via feedproxy.google.com
  Donald Trump.
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  Digital World Acquisition stock surged as much as 94% in premarket trading Friday.
  The SPAC's shares rose 357% on Thursday after it struck a deal to acquire Trump's media startup.
  Trump's company plans to disrupt Big Tech and become a hub for conservative voices.
  Digital World Acquisition shares jumped as much as 94% in premarket trading Friday, as investors piled into the special-purpose acquisition company set to take former US President Donal
  
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• Biden says he's open to removing the Senate filibuster to help Democrats push through voting rights legislation

  22-10-2021 13:05 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  President Joe Biden at a CNN town hall in Baltimore, Maryland.
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  President Joe Biden addressed the Senate filibuster rules at a CNN town hall Thursday.He said he was open to plans to removing the filibuster to help Dems pass voting rights legislation.
  The filibuster has been used as blocking tactic by Senate minority parties in recent years.President Joe Biden told a Thursday CNN town hall event that he was open to ending the Senate filibuster in order to help D
  
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• Top Stories this AM: Biden goes head to head with Manchin on child tax credit; Evergrande pays off $83.5 million; Meghan McCain calls Trumps "funeral crashers";

  22-10-2021 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: Biden wants no strings on child tax credit. Biden pushes back against Joe Manchin, saying he doesn't think people need to work to get the expanded child tax credit. Biden flatly responded "no" when asked if he backs a work requirement for the child tax credit, which provides monthly checks to families.McCain says
  
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• Evergrande's last-gasp interest payment gives Chinese developer stocks and Asia bonds a lift

  22-10-2021 12:59 via feedproxy.google.com
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  Evergrande's surprise payment on a missed dollar bond coupon lifted regional property stocks and bonds on Friday.
  The Chinese developer's shares rose as much as 7.8%, before closing 4.2% higher.
  Hong Kong's property developer index rose 3.3%, notching its biggest weekly gain in a month.
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  A surprise interest payment from Evergrande has lifted Chinese property stocks and risk-sensitive
  
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• Biden's 24/7 port schedule is pointless when warehouses aren't open at 3 a.m. and there aren't enough truckers to collect cargo, logistics exec says

  22-10-2021 12:44 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A truck drives past cargo containers stacked at the Port of Los Angeles, the nation's busiest container port, on October 15, 2021.
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  A logistics exec says Biden's 24/7 California port schedule won't fix the supply chain crisis on its own.
  Brian Bourke, from Seko, said extended port hours were "moot" without longer warehouse hours.
  "If there are no trucks coming to pick-up or no warehouses open at 3 a.m., it's kind of a moot point."
  President Joe Biden's plan to run Califor
  
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• 10 Things in Politics: Dem donors snipe over 2024

  22-10-2021 12:22 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Welcome back to 10 Things in Politics. Sign up here to receive this newsletter. Plus, download Insider's app for news on the go - click here for iOS and here for Android. Send tips to [email protected]'s what we're talking about:Buttigieg's 2020 donors are talking 2024. They aren't happy with Kamala Harris' performance and think a contingency plan should be ready in case Biden backs out.​​Investigators say Democratic lawmaker's stock trades most likely violated federal lawA
  
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• US stock futures lag as relief over Evergrande bond payment fails to outweigh downbeat tech earnings

  22-10-2021 12:20 via feedproxy.google.com
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  Nasdaq and S&P futures dipped Friday as Snap and Intel earnings reports soured sentiment.
  Asian and European stocks rose after Chinese property giant Evergrande made an $83.5 million bond interest payment on time.
  "That should give a temporary reprieve to the China financial-system contagion fears," an analyst said.
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  US stock futures dipped on Friday as disappointing tech earnings soured the mood, even as European and
  
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• Asset manager Valkyrie's bitcoin futures ETF will start trading on Friday, reports say

  22-10-2021 12:19 via feedproxy.google.com
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  Valkyrie's bitcoin futures ETF will start trading in the US on Friday, October 22, media reports said.
  The Valkyrie Bitcoin Strategy ETF will trade on the Nasdaq under the ticker "BTF", according to an SEC filing Thursday.It will compete with ProShares' bitcoin futures ETF, the first in the US and the fastest ETF to top $1 billion in assets under management.
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  Valkyrie, a traditional US
  
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• Salmonella from Mexican onions has infected more than 650 people in 37 states, CDC says

  22-10-2021 12:12 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A customer buys onions at the "Central de Abasto" wholesale market in Mexico City on January 14, 2019. - Some 500,000 people and 62,000 vehicles a day visit the Central de Abasto market on the east side of Mexico City to buy and sell avocados, tomatoes and about 15,000 other products.
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  At least 652 people in 37 states have caught salmonella from onions imported from Mexico.
  Throw away any onions that don't have a
  
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• Hackers broke into Donald Trump's upcoming social media site, creating fake accounts for Trump and Steve Bannon and posting a photo of a defecating pig

  22-10-2021 12:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Former President Donald Trump.
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  Hackers from Anonymous told The NYT they had created fake accounts on Trump's Truth Social site.
  On a fake Trump account, they posted a photo of a defecating pig, the publication reported.
  "We had a fun time trolling it to high heaven," one of the hackers said.
  Former President Donald Trump's upcoming social-media site, Truth Social, was hacked just a few hours after the announcement of its launch.Hackers claiming affiliation with the group Anonymous created
  
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• Blackstone scouts hot tech deals - Deutsche's new office - Las Vegas dealmakers

  22-10-2021 12:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Hi, and welcome to Insider Finance. This is finance editor Dan DeFrancesco. In case you missed it, the Insider Finance newsletter is going on hiatus after today. It's been a pleasure sharing the fantastic stories from our team with you all. I'd also like to give a big thanks to Jordan Erb and Lisa Ryan, who both played a huge role in the newsletter. But don't worry! You can still get your dose of finance stories by following us on Twitter. Be sure to also sign up for "Insider Exclusives," our em
  
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• A Harvard freshman made a social networking app called 'The FaceTag.' It's sparked a debate about the ethics of facial recognition.

  22-10-2021 12:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Harvard freshman Yuen Ler Chow on campus.
  Yuen Ler Chow
  The FaceTag lets users sign up, scan the face of another user, and exchange contact information.
  The app is only available to Harvard students, echoing Zuckerberg's initial creation, TheFacebook.
  TikTok videos Chow made about The FaceTag collectively have almost a million views.
  Harvard freshman Yuen Ler Chow created an app in his dorm room that lets students sign up, scan the face of another user, and exchange contact information like pho
  
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• China's Lipstick King sold an astonishing $1.7 billion in goods in 12 hours - and that was just in a promotion for the country's biggest shopping day

  22-10-2021 08:45 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Austin Li Jiaqi.
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  China's livestreaming star Austin Li Jiaqi - also known as the "Lipstick King" sold about $1.7 billion worth of goods in 12 hours.
  He was livestreaming for on Alibaba's Taobao shopping platform to usher in China's shopping season.
  Single's Day on November 11 is akin to Black Friday in the US.
  There are still three more weeks to go China's annual mega shopping event on November 11, but one of China's top livestreamers has already sold some $1.7 billion worth of
  
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• Meghan McCain said Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner were 'funeral crashers' and 'had no goddamn business' being at her father's memorial service

  22-10-2021 07:52 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Meghan McCain said she was angered to see Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner at her father's memorial service in 2018.
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  Meghan McCain said Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner "should never have come" to her father's memorial service in 2018.
  McCain told Bravo's Andy Cohen that she suspected the duo wanted to attend the event because it "ended up being this enormous moment."
  She said the duo's attendance at the memorial service is someth
  
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• Evergrande has reportedly paid off $83.5 million worth of interest in dollar bonds ahead of deadline to avoid default

  22-10-2021 04:35 via feedproxy.google.com
  Evergrande Center in Shanghai, China.
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  China Evergrande has transferred funds to pay $83.5 million in bond interest payments ahead of a weekend deadline.
  It had already missed the payment on Sept. 23, but had a 30-day grace period before it's considered a default.
  News of the payment sent Evergrande's dollar bonds up, Bloomberg reported.
  Embattled real estate giant China Evergrande has wired $83.5 million to pay the interest on an offshore dollar bo
  
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• Biden pushes back against Joe Manchin, saying he doesn't think people need to work to get the expanded child tax credit

  22-10-2021 04:05 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  President Joe Biden participates in a CNN town hall at the Baltimore Center Stage Pearlstone Theater, Thursday, Oct. 21, 2021, in Baltimore.
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  Biden pushed back against Manchin's efforts to restrict eligibility for the child tax credit on Thursday.
  The president responded "no" when asked if he backed work requirements.
  Biden pitched a one-year extension of the CTC, which was slammed by Democrats for being too short.
  President Joe Biden said at a CNN town hall on Thursday eveni
  
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• Marjorie Taylor Greene got into a screaming match with Rep. Cheney over 'Jewish space lasers' comment

  22-10-2021 04:02 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., holds a news conference to apologize for her recent remarks equating mask mandates with the Holocaust in Washington on Monday, June 14, 2021.
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  Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene and Liz Cheney argued about Greene's "Jewish space laser" Facebook post.
  Rep. Raskin said that Greene shouted at Cheney during a House vote to hold Steve Bannon in contempt.
  The final vote was 229-202, and nine Republicans broke ranks to vo
  
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• 43 members of Congress have violated a law designed to stop insider trading and prevent conflicts-of-interest

  22-10-2021 03:50 via feedproxy.google.com
  
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  Insider and other media have identified numerous US lawmakers not complying with the federal STOCK Act.
  Their excuses range from oversights, to clerical errors, to inattentive accountants.
  Ethics watchdogs - and even some in Congress - want to ban lawmakers from trading individual stocks.
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  Insider and several other news organizations have this year identified 43 members of Congress who've failed to properly report their financial
  
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• Biden says it's 'a reach' for expanded Medicare benefits to be included in spending bill due to Manchin opposition

  22-10-2021 03:47 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  President Joe Biden talks with audience members as he waits for a commercial break to end during a televised town hall event at Pabst Theater, Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021, in Milwaukee
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  During a CNN Town Hall Thursday, President Biden said that expanded medicare coverage was 'a reach.'
  He said chances of the provision making the bill were slim because of Sen. Joe Manchin's opposition.
  The touted expansion would cover dental, vision, and hearing benefits for Medicare recipients.
  During a
  
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• How to download files from Google Docs for offline use or sharing

  22-10-2021 01:55 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  You can download Google Doc files on any computer or mobile device.
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  You can download a Google Docs file on your computer by opening the document in a web browser and using the File menu.
  Both Android and iPhone owners can download Google Docs as a Microsoft Word file or PDF, or make a document available offline.
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  Want to make a Google Docs document available offline? Downloading a document from Google Docs makes th
  
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• The 5 best hammers of 2021

  22-10-2021 01:49 via feedproxy.google.com
  
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  A good hammer is essential to have at home, but you need to choose the best style and size for you.The Irwin 16-ounce Claw hammer is a great overall choice for nearly everyone.
  It's fairly light but well constructed, and it has a rubber grip to help you hold onto it.
  Few hand tools provide more bang for your buck than a basic hammer. They don't weigh much and take up minimal space, and their simple design allows users to generate a huge amount of force without
  
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• Lawmakers ask Biden administration to terminate ICE contracts, saying immigrants faced 'retaliation after reporting sexual assault'

  22-10-2021 01:48 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  In this May 26, 2010 file photo, men sit in the sun in the health ward at the Otay Mesa immigration detention center in San Diego.
  AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File
  Lawmakers say three facilities in California should no longer be used to detain immigrants.
  Two of the facilities are run by for-profit prison companies: CoreCivic and The GEO Group.on
  Detainees have reported abuse and retaliation at the detention centers.
  Two dozen Democrats have signed on to a letter urging the Biden administration to c
  
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• How to create, edit, and customize a Google Form

  22-10-2021 00:23 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Google Forms can help you collect survey responses from many people all in one place.
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  You can create a Google Form via the Google Forms site, Google Drive, Google Sheets, or your mobile device.
  You can edit your form after sending it, including adding things like images and videos.
  Responses to forms are saved within the "Responses" section of the form itself.
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  When a meeting would be too much, but an email chain wo
  
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• The best mattress in 2021 for every sleeping preference and budget

  22-10-2021 00:22 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  When you buy through our links, Insider may earn an affiliate commission. Learn more.James Brains/Insider
  A great mattress should offer an excellent balance of comfort, support, and motion isolation.
  The DreamCloud Premier Hybrid performed well in every category we test and is our best overall pick.
  We also outlined picks for different sleep styles, body types, and preferences.
  Table of Contents: Masthead StickyYour mattress is the most important part of your sleep setup, so finding the right on
  
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