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• Uber CEO: CEOs are paid too much The Uber CEO said CEOs are paid fairly based on the market, but shouldn't be valued so highly by society. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi thinks his fellow C-suiters are overpaid, he told The New York Times. He made around $12 million in 2020 and more than $42 million in 2019, when you include stock bonuses. CEO pay rose sharply in 2020, with several executives raking in paydays in excess of $100 million. See more stories on Insider's…
• After three California venues refused to host Matt Gaetz and Marjorie Taylor Greene's 'America First' event, the duo is having a 'protest' instead Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images, Alex Wong/Getty Images Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene and Matt Gaetz are in California for their "America First" tour stop. Three event venues in Southern California have canceled hosting the event. Greene and Gaetz will now have a "Freedom of Speech Peaceful Protest" at Riverside City Hall instead. See more stories on Insider's business page. Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene and Matt Gaetz are holding a "Freedom of Speech Peaceful Protest" in Riverside, California on Saturday evening after three…
• A second California venue refused to host Matt Gaetz' and Marjorie Taylor Greene's 'America First' tour Matt Gaetz and Marjorie Taylor Greene Drew Angerer/Getty Images; Joe Raedle/Getty Images A convention center in Riverside, California, has refused to host Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene and Matt Gaetz' "America First" event. The decision was made by a private company that operates the venue, the Riverside mayor said. A hotel last week said it wouldn't host the event once it realized that Gaetz and Greene were the featured speakers. See more stories on Insider's business page. A convention center in…
• A third California venue has nixed Matt Gaetz' and Marjorie Taylor Greene's 'America First' tour stop Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga. Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images A third venue has canceled Reps. Matt Gaetz and Marjorie Taylor Greene's "America First" event in California. A spokesperson for the city of Anaheim said the event venue decided to scrub the event over safety concerns. Last week a hotel declined to host the event and a convention center in Riverside canceled the event on Friday. See more stories on Insider's business page. A third event venue has…
• Employees aren't as optimistic about company diversity efforts as managers. Consultants explain why, and how to change that. Getty Images One year after a wave of civil rights protests pushed CEOs to double down on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), Insider surveyed workers on how they think corporate leaders are doing to fulfill their promises. As part of a series called Cost of Inequity, Insider conducted a survey of over 1,000 professionals, the majority of American workers think business leaders are motivated to improve DEI in the workplace. However, managers are significantly more hopeful than rank-and-file employees. About…
• Deontay Wilder’s fiancee claims Tyson Fury is ‘buying time’ after positive COVID-19 test delays trilogy fight Deontay Wilder’s fiancee Telli Swift has hit out at Tyson Fury following the postponement of his trilogy fight with the Bronze Bomber. (Picture: Getty)Deontay Wilder’s fiancee has hit out Tyson Fury, claiming that he is ‘buying time’ by delaying the trilogy fight after reportedly tested positive for COVID-19.  The fight, which was due to take place on July 24 in Las Vegas, has been pushed back to October 9 in order to give Fury ample time to recover from the…
• Scientists spotted jets of hot gas whizzing out of a supermassive black hole at the heart of a nearby galaxy A composite image of Centaurus A, revealing plasma jets emanating from the galaxy’s central black hole. ESO/WFI; MPIfR/ESO/APEX/A.Weiss et al.; NASA/CXC/CfA/R.Kraft et al. Astronomers imaged jets of hot gas swirling out of a black hole at the heart of a nearby galaxy. Their findings suggest that all jets resemble one another, regardless of their black hole's mass. In 2019, the same researchers zoomed in on a black hole 6.5 billion times the mass of our sun. See more stories on…
• Sue Perkins confirmed as host of Radio 4’s Just A Minute after death of Nicholas Parsons Sue has a new gig (Picture: Dave J Hogan/Dave J Hogan/Getty Images)After appearing as a panellist a roaring 58 times, Sue Perkins has been announced as the next host of Just A Minute, following the death of Nicholas Parsons. Primed to rule on cases of hesitation, repetition or deviation, the former Great British Bake Off host takes the chair for the 87th series of the series, and will keep in check fellow long-time participants Paul Merton, Gyles Brandreth and whoever…
• 10 things before the opening bell Entrance into an office building on Wall Street Shannon Stapleton/Reuters Welcome to 10 Things Before the Opening Bell. If this was forwarded to you, sign up here. Plus, sign up here for Insider Investing, our weekly markets analysis newsletter. Let's jump in. 1. Stocks dipped as Fed Chair Powell made more remarks on hot inflation. Prices pulled back further from their record highs earlier in the week. But the good news is that weekly jobless claims fell to a pandemic-era…
• Third strike: Anaheim venue latest to cancel Reps. Gaetz and Greene’s America First rally Less than 10 hours before Reps. Matt Gaetz and Marjorie Taylor Greene were scheduled to host an America First rally in Anaheim, the city announced that the planned venue had canceled the event. “We as a city shared our public safety concerns with the operator and the operator shares the concerns,” Anaheim spokesman Mike Lyster said Saturday morning. This is the third time Gaetz and Greene’s planned rally Saturday night has been canceled, with protesters and city leaders speaking out…