Summary List PlacementNot everything is going to change after Election Day — or Election Week, or Election Month, or whatever amount of time passes before the country knows how all of November's races turned out. If elections have consequences and everyone is looking for an edge, it's easy to turn an election into a list of trades to make if one candidate wins or if the Senate flips or way or another. But it might help to focus on the things that aren't going to change. That's what Michael Zezas, head of US public policy and municipal strategy for Morgan Stanley, and chief cross-asset strategist Andrew Sheets are zeroing in on as voting continues and the market slowly gets closer to the answers it's looking for. They say investors can think of asset classes in two ways: "Straightaways" t...

Summary List PlacementWashington Post media columnist Margaret Sullivan said she would never give money to political campaigns and causes. So she was surprised to learn from Insider that she was listed in federal records as having contributed $500 in 2017 to the campaign of Rep. Rosa DeLauro, a Democrat from Connecticut. "That's an error," Sullivan said. Reached by phone Monday, DeLauro campaign manager Sarah Locke concurred: They made a clerical mistake. "We're definitely working to fix that," Locke said. While screw-ups of this kind aren't common, they're not unprecedented, an Insider analysis of Federal Election Commission filings shows. The erroneous records exist alongside dozens of legitimate political contributions that journalists are making during the 2020 election — usually to ...

President Donald Trump’s campaign says it will cap his planned rally Friday in Rochester, Minnesota, to 250 people at the insistence of state and local officials. The campaign said: “Thanks to the free-speech-stifling dictates of Gov. Tim Walz and Attorney General Keith Ellison, only the first 250 people will be admitted.” The announcement comes as Trump’s campaign sought to shift the venue to a nearby business but ultimately reversed course and moved ahead with the rally at the airport. Trump has packed thousands of supporters, most not wearing masks, into similar rallies across the country, despite the raging coronavirus pandemic. In recent months Trump and his campaign have taken to calling their rallies “peaceful protests” as they flout local restrictions on gathering sizes due to the

Summary List PlacementWhat if democracy was truly free, and gourmet too? A new initiative, Feed the Polls, seeks to untangle how COVID-19, voter suppression, and hunger are playing out in the US today, where 1 in 6 children are food insecure.  Business Insider spoke virtually with Chris Stang, co-founder and CEO of The Infatuation, a restaurant recommendation website and messaging service, and Nasser Jaber and Daniel Durado, founders of The Migrant Kitchen, a nonprofit food relief kitchen employing undocumented immigrants in New York City. Together as Feed the Polls, they've raised more than $300,000 and will be distributing at least 35,000 meals on election day. Feed The Polls will operate meal distribution sites in the following cities on Election Day:  Philadelphia, PA - 34 locations...

Click here for a complete list of our election recommendations. This is an election like none before. Not just the presidential race, but also the way we are voting in California and the makeup of the ballot. Chalk it up to the pandemic and to an accelerated state push for local government elections by district to increase minority representation. For three months now, we’ve been interviewing candidates and reviewing ballot proposals to bring you what is now a list of recommendations for 166 races and measures. We’re done. We didn’t get to as many as we would have liked. We never do. But this year was harder than ever. There were more contested races than in the past; fewer incumbents coasted to reelection without opposition. The surge in district elections meant that for many local ag...

Summary List PlacementSimilar to the many aspiring real-estate investors that came before him, Steven Pesavento — the founder of VonFinch Capital and host of "The Investor Mindset" podcast — suffered from a pervasive feeling of skepticism. And who could blame him? He had no experience, was strapped for cash, and when it came to connections that could help further his journey along, he came up empty-handed as well. But that initial hesitancy only lasted so long.  "Finally, I took action and jumped into real estate from the perspective of becoming a flipper," he told Business Insider. "But it took me quite a long time from that moment of deciding, 'hey, this is something I want to do,' to believing that I could actually do it." He continued: "The thing that really solidified me actually ta...

Summary List PlacementMusician Kanye West bought wife Kim Kardashian West a hologram of her late father, lawyer Robert Kardashian, to celebrate her birthday. The hologram, made in part using "deepfake" tech, spoke about Kardashian West's childhood, before saying: "I am so proud of the woman you have become." It also said she married "the most, most, most, most genius man in the whole world, Kanye West." For my birthday, Kanye got me the most thoughtful gift of a lifetime. A special surprise from heaven. A hologram of my dad. ✨🤍 It is so lifelike! We watched it over and over, filled with emotion. pic.twitter.com/jD6pHo17KC — Kim Kardashian West (@KimKardashian) October 29, 2020 Production company Kaleida made the hologram using a gauze it calls "Holonet." This contains real...

Summary List Placement Australian design unicorn Canva recently raised $60 million in fundraising – doubling its valuation to a massive $6 billion.  The Sydney-based startup – known as the design platform for non-designers – boasts more than 30 million users in businesses and schools around the world.  Canva has faced skepticism from some investors who want to see the profit margins to accompany its ballooning valuation. We got an exclusive look at the first pitch deck Canva used on the road to becoming a tech unicorn.  Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories. Canva, the Australian tech unicorn, recently raised $60 million in a fundraising round backed by Sequoia Capital, Bond, and General Catalyst – and doubled its valuation in the process.  The Sydney-based startup, dubbe...

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Millie Wetterberg places her ballot into an official ballot drop box at the Salt Lake County Offices in Salt Lake City on Friday, Oct. 16, 2020. | Scott G Winterton, Deseret News The system is orderly, allows for all contingencies and should instill confidence in anyone who submits a ballot this year The Pew Research Center released a poll several weeks ago that found 61% of people in the five states that regularly conduct elections by mail expected voting this year to be easy. We can’t speak for any other state, but in Utah, which is one of those five, the percentage ought to be much higher. We were given a tour this week of the ballot processing and counting center in Salt Lake County. Not every county in the state has the sophisticated equipment we saw, but then Salt Lake County ha

Summary List PlacementGlobal shares fell on Friday, on course for their worst monthly slide since March, after worldwide daily cases of COVID-19 topped half a million and as investor caution mounted, just days ahead of an uncertain US presidential election. US stock futures fell between 0.6-0.7%, with futures on the technology-heavy Nasdaq 100 showing the largest decline, down 1%, following a slew of quarterly earnings the previous day from some of the index's mega-caps, including Apple, Facebook and Google parent Alphabet. On the European markets, Stoxx 600 was down 0.2%, with declines in retail and healthcare shares acting as the biggest drags on the overall index, while travel and leisure and oil stocks -- some of this month's worst laggards -- remained in the black.  National lockdow...

Maestro Dobel just released a particularly complex "50 Cristalino" tequila to celebrate company founder Juan Dobel's 50th birthday.  For the uninformed, "Cristalino" describes tequilas that have had all color completely removed without sacrificing complexity. Maestro Dobel actually spearheaded the category with the launch of its flagship Diamente expression in 2008. Despite having the appearance of a blanco, Cristalino 50 is a rich extra anejo blend that's crafted from 100 percent Blue Weber agave, distilled twice in copper stills, and aged in oak casks sourced from Eastern Europe and the United States.  The resulting spirit varied and complex, with an initial notes of fruit that give way to spice and conclude with Maestro Dobel's characteristically smooth finish. See the the official tas...

Summary List PlacementA number of major banks have launched fintech accelerator programs in recent years, likely in response to the need to introduce new digital financial services. In accelerator programs, banks provide startups with access to mentorship, development resources, and sometimes funding opportunities. In return, banks can leverage the innovative solutions that fintech startups offer to support their own digital transformation efforts and remain competitive. In 2014, US-based bank Wells Fargo, which spends billions of dollars on technology initiatives annually, launched the Wells Fargo Startup Accelerator. In this Accelerator Snapshot, Insider Intelligence details the goals, operations, and notable participants of Wells Fargo's accelerator program. This exclusive report can b

Seattle’s CenturyLink Field is the NFC West’s ultimate battleground. Playoff fates are often determined there amid Richter-scale vibrations from the Seahawks fans’ “12th Man” screams. The 49ers secured a No. 1 playoff seed there in last December’s regular-season finale, utilizing a goal-line tackle to stun and silence Seattle’s crowd. Sunday, the 49ers return, but the fans will not. That guarantees a visit unlike any other since the stadium opened in 2002, when the Seahawks converged within the 49ers’ division. Seattle (5-1) is in first place. The defending NFC champion 49ers (4-3) are in last, but they’re coming on strong with a two-game win streak. Coach Kyle Shanahan said it’s “way too early” to look at playoff posturing. “That’s stuff that I leave for my wife and for friends and for pe