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Dow tumbles on first trading day of 2021

It was a rocky first trading day of the year for Wall Street as stocks fell sharply and investors grew worried about the the pandemic and the economic recovery in 2021. Investors took profits off the market’s record highs set last week, and they took a more cautious position ahead of the high-stakes runoff election

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Bitcoin’s bubble could burst, warns Anthony Scaramucci. But he’s still a mega-bull

Bitcoin prices more than quadrupled in 2020 and surged to a new record above $30,000 this year, but many investors think there’s still room for the cryptocurrency to run. Anthony Scaramucci has become the latest bitcoin bull hoping to give the digital currency some legitimacy. Scaramucci’s firm, SkyBridge Capital, officially launched the SkyBridge Bitcoin Fund

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Slack welcomes workers back with a service outage

New year, same telecommuting headaches. Slack, a popular workplace communication platform, confirmed a service interruption for some users on Monday morning as many workers returned from the holiday break. “Customers may experience issues connecting to Slack to loading channels at this time,” the company said. “Our team is on the case and we will keep

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MGM makes $11 billion bid for UK gambling group

MGM Resorts International is attempting to buy the owner of British gambling brand Ladbrokes, making it the latest US casino operator to place a significant wager on the fast-growing online betting industry during the pandemic. Ladbrokes owner Entain said in a statement Monday that it has received an £8.1 billion ($11.1 billion) proposal from MGM.

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Pay attention to the propaganda, and other ways to cover an attempted coup in America

A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. You can sign up for free right here. Sunday showed how. With President Trump’s anti-democratic conduct front and center, reporters and anchors used blunt language; challenged complicit politicians; and relied on primary source material, including Trump’s own words from his damning call with

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