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San Jose Sharks need a game they can be proud of on Patrick Marleau’s big night

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April 18, 20210

Nothing is going to diminish Patrick Marleau’s historic achievement Monday night when the Sharks play the Vegas Golden Knights at T-Mobile Arena and he becomes the NHL’s sole career leader in games played. With 1,768 regular season games to his credit by that point, Marleau will be setting a new standard for durability and perseverance in the NHL that may never be surpassed. It would be preferable from the Sharks perspective, though, to at least show up with a more complete performance for three periods than they did against the Minnesota Wild on Saturday night, when Marleau tied Gordie Howe on the NHL’s all-time list with his 1,767th career game. Once again, the Sharks could not prevent the Wild from scoring another barrage of goals in a short amount of time, allowing three in just a 72-s

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How a college YouTuber made $90,000 and gained 388,000 new subscribers from a single video

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April 18, 20210

Summary List PlacementElliot Choy, 22, is a YouTuber who balances vlogging with studying at Vanderbilt University where he is a business senior.  His YouTube content is a blend of Choy documenting his daily life at Vanderbilt, as well as offering tips on productivity.  He began posting regularly in 2018 but the channel really took off In late 2019, when he published the video "Giving Harvard Students an iPhone 11 If They Can Answer THIS Question." In it, he awarded the smartphone as a prize to Harvard students who could answer five quiz questions correctly.  The students who didn't win iPhones were given bananas as consolation prizes. The deciding factor came down to one question: "Which music video on YouTube has the most views?" (Answer:"Luis Fonsi - Despacito ft. Daddy Yankee," which...

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CASE STUDY: How Goldman Sachs changed the retail banking game — by entering it (GS)

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April 18, 20210

Summary List PlacementDigital-only banks are redefining retail banking in major markets around the world. Spurred on by consumer frustrations with incumbents and growing willingness to use digital channels for accessing financial services, these tech-savvy players have acquired customers at pace and ramped up pressure on established firms. In the US, these challengers got off to a slower start than elsewhere, especially compared with Europe. But they've begun gaining traction in the last year. One of the most unique players at the forefront of this disruption, though, is challenger brand Marcus, launched not by a startup, but by Wall Street giant Goldman Sachs. To understand why Goldman launched Marcus and how it's disrupting retail banking in the US, Business Insider Intelligence spoke w

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Bay Area high school football: Weekend scoreboard, how Top 25 fared

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April 18, 20210

Bay Valley Friday Liberty 30, Heritage 21 Deer Valley 34, Freedom 32 Saturday Pittsburg 47, Antioch 8 BVAL Mt. Hamilton Friday Oak Grove 26, Leland 9 Live Oak 41, Lincoln-San Jose 6 Santa Teresa 13, Overfelt 0 Silver Creek at Piedmont Hills, canceled BVAL Santa Teresa Saturday Leigh 34, Branham 6 Willow Glen 22, Independence 6 Sobrato at Pioneer, not reported BVAL West Valley Thursday James Lick 30, Yerba Buena 17 Prospect 32, Del Mar 20 Evergreen Valley 29, Gunderson 19 DAL Foothill Friday Campolindo 44, Miramonte 0 Benicia 13, Las Lomas 7 DAL Valley Friday Mt. Diablo 60, Concord 13 EBAL Mountain Saturday De La Salle 21, Clayton Valley Charter 7 San Ramon Valley 28, Monte Vista 21 EBAL Valley Saturday Livermore 27, Granada 0 Dublin at Dougherty Valley,

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Latest line: A good week for Christine Wormuth, bad one for Fremont schools superintendent

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April 18, 20210

Christine Wormuth California native and former undersecretary of defense, who helped lead the Pentagon’s counter-ISIS campaign. is nominated by President Biden to be the first female Secretary of the U.S. Army.               C.J. Cammack Fremont Unified School District superintendent gets strong criticism and parents’ lawsuit threat after announcing schools won’t open in person until next fall over a failure to make a deal with the teachers’ union.                 PG&E California Public Utilities Commission tightens oversight of the utility, saying despite starting multiple deadly fires, it’s still doing a poor job trimming and removing trees near the most hazardous power lines. ...read more Source:: The Mercury News – Latest News...

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I flew on Southwest and Alaska, the two airlines competing to be the best of the West Coast and the winner is abundantly clear

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April 18, 20210

Summary List PlacementThe West Coast of the US stretches more than 1,000 miles with no shortage of major cities from San Diego to Seattle. All the major US airlines serve this important region of the country but two are battling for dominance, Southwest Airlines and Alaska Airlines. Alaska is based in Seattle, although its name suggests otherwise, and is a mid-tier US airline with the bulk of its operations on the West Coast. Southwest, on the other hand, is the country's largest low-cost carrier with a nationwide presence. And while the West Coast is an important region for the airline, it's just one of many Southwest serves. Both carriers have sought to grow market share on the West Coast during the pandemic. Southwest added Santa Barbara and Fresno to its California route network whil...

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Fleeing Bulgaria as a child and living on little in the US taught me 2 valuable money lessons I live by

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April 18, 20210

Summary List PlacementWhen I was a kid, my father gave me a weekly $7 allowance so I could practice spending and saving money. It was the summer after fourth grade, and as soon as I had cash in hand, I would ride my bike to the local bulk candy store, Sticky Fingers, and spend it all. I bought Jelly Bellies, sour strawberry belts, gummy sharks, chocolate malt balls, even ice cream if I had the funds. Then I'd eat all of the candy in one day. I had lessons to learn when it came to managing money. Those lessons would come from my parents' experiences living through the Cold War in eastern Europe and the realization of their lifelong dream to live in America. Lesson No. 1: Always save money When I was three years old, my parents and I escaped Bulgaria as political asylees. ...

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I visited the newly renovated AmEx Centurion Lounge at Las Vegas airport and it was the best way to spend a layover in Sin City

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April 18, 20210

Summary List PlacementLas Vegas is home to one of American Express' 14 Centurion Lounges, widely considered to be the gold standard of airport lounges because of their high-end offerings including complimentary and meticulous crafted food items and alcoholic beverages. The lounge is located in the airport's D gate concourse, home to United Airlines, Frontier Airlines, and JetBlue Airways, among others. Passenger on any airline can access the lounge, however, if they have the American Express Platinum or Centurion card. American Express Delta Skymiles Reserve cardholders can also use the lounge when flying Delta or a Delta-marketed flight. I had a six-hour layover in the airport so I headed straight to the lounge. Departing passengers are normally only allowed to enter within three hours ...

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A grocery delivery startup has raised $14.5 million by aiming squarely at market leader Instacart’s most annoying flaw

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April 18, 20210

Summary List PlacementYahoo! engineer Pradeep Elankumaran said he found himself hitting the grocery stores two to three times a week in early 2016. His daughter, then a toddler, was going through a growth spurt and drinking crazy amounts of milk.  Looking to save trips to the market, Elankumaran turned to online grocery apps like Instacart to try and automate his shopping. But he said on-demand grocery delivery services would constantly fail him by not having the foods he wanted, like his daughter's whole milk. He grew frustrated by "out of stock" and "replacement" messages. "Who doesn't have whole milk?" Elankumaran told Insider. "It wasn't a pleasant experience." The engineer set out to build a better system. He left Yahoo and later that same year he launched Farmstead with his busine...

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ADP has developed a workforce-diversity tool that lets you compare your company’s progress with others

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April 18, 20210

Summary List PlacementHR-tech company ADP has launched a new platform that lets employers compare their workforce's diversity to similar companies. The tool also lets companies see whether they're retaining and promoting employees from marginalized communities at the same rate as others. This development comes as the pandemic continues to widen healthcare, employment, and financial inequalities. The World Economic Forum said closing the global gender gap would take an extra 36 years, due to the impact of the pandemic, during which 5% of all employed women lost their jobs, compared with 3.9% of employed men. Meanwhile, staff have slammed BlackRock, McDonald's, and Salesforce for their slow progress in improving workplace diversity – and DEI executives told Insider's Marguerite Ward they'...

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Buy these 16 stocks with more than 10% upside that are set to increase dividend payments for years to come, UBS says

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April 18, 20210

Summary List PlacementWhile fourth-quarter earnings in 2020 set the bar pretty high, the first-quarter season got off to a good start as big Wall Street banks crushed analyst estimates. JPMorgan surprised analysts by reporting $33.1 billion in revenue, which exceeded the $30.4 billion estimate. Goldman Sachs also beat average analyst estimates by posting $17.7 billion in revenue versus the expected $12.6 billion. Citi came in strong as well. These results, as well as strong economic data, helped US equity indexes jump to record levels. And while many publicly traded companies have still not filed their first-quarter earnings, investors are confident that they will deliver superior results that could ultimately lead to nice dividend payouts. According to FactSet, the S&P 500 is expec...

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AllBright’s CEOs explain how they grew the community of its women-only club tenfold during the pandemic

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April 18, 20210

Summary List PlacementAt the start of the pandemic, women's careers and networking club AllBright around 40,000 people in its community, which it defines as paying members, app users, newsletter subscribers, and social media followers. Members predominately connected with the company through its three club buildings – two in London and one in West Hollywood. A year on, its buildings have been closed for the best part of 12 months. But the business now has an audience of 400,000 thanks to a rapid pivot online — and it's expanding into new markets, too. Since its launch in 2017, it's raised $42 million in funding to date in three investment rounds led by private investment firm Cain International. It's launching operations in India, and already has a presence in the UK, US, and Australia....

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Today’s mortgage and refinance rates: April 18, 2021 | Rates swing

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April 18, 20210

Table of Contents: Masthead StickySummary List Placement Mortgage rates have decreased since last Sunday. Some refinance rates have gone down, while others have gone up. You might want to lock in a low rate with a fixed-rate mortgage instead of risking your rate going up later with an adjustable-rate mortgage. Mortgage rates are usually low when the economy is struggling. The coronavirus pandemic has hurt the US economy, and it's taking a while for the country to recover. Christian Wallace, Head of Real Estate Services at Better.com, told Insider that rates will probably stay low while the US waits to see if there is a fourth wave of coronavirus. A fourth wave could hurt the economy by causing more people to stay home. It could be a good day to get a low mortgage rate. But don't worry if y

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Jailed Putin critic Alexei Navalny could ‘die at any minute,’ doctors warn

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April 18, 20210

Summary List PlacementDoctors for jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny said he could die imminently unless he receives medical treatment.  Four doctors, including his personal physician, Anastasia Vasilyeva, requested to see Navalny urgently in prison, writing to officials that his potassium levels were dangerously high, leaving him at risk of severe heart problems, the BBC reported. And one of those doctors, cardiologist Yaroslav Ashikhmin, wrote on Facebook that "Our patient can die any minute," The Guardian reported. Ashikhmin said that Navalny should be moved to intensive care, writing that "fatal arrhythmia can develop any minute." Navalny said he was wa going on a hunger strike on March 31 in protest for not getting medical treatment. Navalny, a critic of Russian Presi...

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NASA’s Ingenuity Mars helicopter is due to take off on Monday on its landmark flight, following several delays

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April 18, 20210

Summary List PlacementNASA on Saturday said its Ingenuity helicopter may take flight on Mars as soon as Monday.  A flight is planned for 3:30 am EDT after a series of delays pushed the scheduled take-off back. Data is expected to arrive on Earth a few hours later, the agency said in a press release.  "We are optimistic that the helicopter will be able to take off from the Martian surface at this time; however, this is a test and we are prepared that it may not occur," wrote MiMi Aung, a project manager at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, in a Saturday blog post.  Aung added: "Ingenuity is a technology experiment. As such, our plan is to push the envelope and learn by doing. We take risks that other missions cannot, weighing each step carefully." NASA will launch a livestream at 6:15 am E...