Monthly Archives: September 2022

It’s just not the British pound that’s getting pummeled. Bond yields in the UK are now trading at Global Financial Crisis levels

Downing Street And Parliament Richard Baker / In Pictures via Getty Images UK bond yield traded at levels not seen since the global financial crisis on Tuesday.  The two-year gilt’s yield jumped as high as 4.761%, the most since 2008.  Meanwhile, the UK’s 30-year bond yields topped 5% for the first time since 2007.  Yields…

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Healthcare has finally begun to embrace digital transformation after years as a stubborn holdout.The coronavirus pandemic has only accelerated adoption of technologies such as telehealth and remote patient monitoring.Insider Intelligence covers these topics and more each morning in our Digital Health Briefing email newsletter. Healthcare has been through quite the journey in the last few…

Binance is launching a training program for law enforcement to catch crypto criminals around the world

Yuichiro Chino Binance has launched a program to train law enforcement on how to spot cyber crimes, moving in response to greater demand for help.  The world’s largest crypto trading platform said Tuesday its investigations team has responded to more than 27,000 law enforcement requests since November. The FBI recently warned about cyber criminals increasingly exploiting…

How to watch Marilyn Monroe’s most iconic movies, from ‘Some Like It Hot’ to ‘Gentlemen Prefer Blondes’

Marilyn Monroe in “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes.” 20th Century Fox/TCM When you buy through our links, Insider may earn an affiliate commission. Learn more. Marilyn Monroe is well remembered for her iconic movies from the 1950s. Monroe appeared in over 20 films, including hits like “Some Like It Hot” and “The Seven Year Itch.” You can…

Meet the ideal political candidate: An educated, healthy millennial with business experience, per a new poll

A person casting their ballot. Rick Wilking/Reuters A poll found that the prototypical congressional candidate is a healthy, educated, millennial with business experience. The Morning Consult/Insider survey asked more than 2,000 Americans what they value in a candidate. The poll found that American adults care less about political experience and more about how ‘in touch’…

Mitch McConnell is ‘proudly’ supporting a bill that aims to prevent another Trump-style coup, saying January 6 ‘underscored the need for an update’

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell outside the Senate on September 20, 2022. Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call via Getty Images McConnell endorsed a bill to reform the Electoral Count Act, aiming to prevent another Trump-style coup. “The chaos that came to a head on January 6… underscored the need for an update,” he said. The bill’s aim…

US stocks mixed with S&P 500 hitting a new low in 2022 as Fed officials defend hawkish policy

Drew Angerer/Getty Images US stocks ended mixed on Tuesday with the S&P 500 falling to a new 2022 low intraday as Fed officials defended their hawkish stance.Tuesday’s decline marked the sixth consecutive fall for the the S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average.Fed President Neel Kashkari said the central bank’s current pace of hiking interest…

Putin’s draft is a ‘recipe for slaughter’ in Ukraine because he’s sending Russians with little to no training to war, former US general says

Russian President Vladimir Putin talks during his press conference at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Summit, on September 16, 2022, in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. Getty Images Retired Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling said in a Washington Post op-ed Putin’s draft is a “recipe for slaughter.”  “They will not be prepared for what they will encounter,” said Hertling, former…

Adam Schiff and Jerry Nadler clashed over Trump’s first impeachment with Nadler saying Democrats’ plans were ‘unfair’ and ‘unconstitutional’

Democratic Reps. Adam Schiff of California and . Jerry Nadler of New York attend the 2020 State of the Union. Mario Tama/Getty Images Two powerful House Democrats disagreed on how to handle Trump’s first impeachment. At issue was which of their committees would take the lead in the investigation. Rep. Jerry Nadler also reportedly pushed…