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Yahoo Finance'No-brainer' for White House to seek private sector help on critical infrastructure, ex-NSA hacker explains
As tech and other industry CEOs visit the White House for a summit on cybersecurity, one NSA hacker-turned-security researcher stressed that the private sector can play a key role in protecting the U.S. grid.
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Student loan repayment pause extended to January 2022 by Biden administration
The Biden administration has extended the pandemic payment pause related to federally-backed student loan debt to January 31, 2022.
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'Biden needs Putin more than Putin needs Biden,' expert argues
U.S. President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin met in Geneva, and one expert argued that the Kremlin has some leverage when it comes to the relationship between the two world leaders.
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McDonald's is raising hourly wages for 36,500 employees across the U.S.
McDonald’s (MCD) will raise hourly wages "by an average of 10 percent" for more than 36,5000 employees at more than 660 U.S. restaurants.
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President Trump's demand for in-person debate wasn't unreasonable, doctor explains
Dr. Roger Klein, a former FDA and CDC adviser, noted that the president had a decent argument for being able to debate in person.
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Coronavirus stimulus: Romney and other GOP senators propose extending extra unemployment benefits through 2020
U.S. Senators Mitt Romney (R-UT), Susan Collins (R-ME), and Martha McSally (R-AZ) introduced legislation on Wednesday that would extend the currently expired extra unemployment benefits (UI) through the end of the year.
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'They want to play soldier': Experts weigh in on the program militarizing American cops
Police chiefs and experts detail a federal program to transfer surplus equipment from the military to civilian law enforcement agencies for domestic counter-drug and counter-terrorism activities.
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Bill Gates on a coronavirus vaccine: The major issue is time
Microsoft (MSFT) founder and billionaire Bill Gates wants life to get back like it was before the global coronavirus outbreak. The only way to truly do that is with a vaccine — and that will take time.
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Hydroxychloroquine 'not likely to be a silver bullet' for coronavirus, former White House medical official says
U.S. President Donald Trump has been pushing for the use of an anti-malarial drug hydroxychloroquine against the coronavirus, and one prominent doctor says that could be a problem given the lack of data available.
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Coronavirus crisis: Health care workers sound alarm from 'the front lines'
As the virus spreads, some hospitals could soon be overwhelmed by the number of coronavirus patients.
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The U.S. is suing Snowden over the publication of his autobiography
The U.S. government is suing former NSA contractor Edward Snowden over the publication of his autobiography in an attempt to block the American from profiting from the project.
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Snowden’s book doesn’t mention a job at ‘one of Russia’s biggest websites,’ and former CIA officials suspect a darker reality
For more than three years, the Russian lawyer of exiled NSA leaker Edward Snowden told reporters that the former U.S. intelligence contractor held an IT job in the country.
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MacKenzie Bezos to give half of her $36 billion fortune to charity
MacKenzie Bezos, worth more than $36 billion after divorcing Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, announced that she will give half of her fortune to charity.
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Government shutdown cost U.S. more than Trump's wall demand
Lost productivity from furloughed workers and weakened economic activity during the 35-day partial government shutdown cost the U.S. economy at least $6 billion, according to a new analysis from S&P Global Ratings.
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Here’s what Apple’s China nightmare scenario looks like
Apple's problems in China could get even worse, according to a scenario laid out by Citi analysts involving the company's sales going to zero.
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'His world is closing in': 3 key Trump fixers are now potential foes
Michael Cohen, David Pecker, and Allen Weisselberg have served all as Trump fixers, and now all three are in a position to provide valuable information to federal authorities.
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Map: Why Trump needs Canada in any North American trade deal
"It is difficult to see a meaningful trade deal replacing NAFTA without Canada being involved."
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Elon Musk sued by British cave diver over 'pedo guy' tweets
Vernon Unsworth, a British cave diver who helped rescue 12 Thai children trapped in a cave in July, is suing Tesla CEO Elon Musk for libel and slander, according to the lawsuit filed in a U.S. district court in California.
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There are now 2 ways the Mueller probe can go for Trump
“Manafort’s cooperating with Mueller may be the motherlode.”
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Amazon (briefly) joins Apple in the $1 trillion club
At about 11:42 a.m. ET, Amazon (AMZN) briefly became the second U.S.-listed company to be worth $1,000,000,000,000. The stock fell back below the threshold.
