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Sydney FC striker Adam Le Fondre bows and applauds to empty grandstand after scoring in local derby

While European leagues are currently in shutdown, the A-League is going ahead but with with games played behind closed doors. Adam Le Fondre scored the opener during the Sydney derby.




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Meet 2019's Rising Stars of Wall Street from firms like Goldman Sachs, Blackstone, and Apollo shaking up investing, trading, and dealmaking




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Offices are transforming forever. Here's what to expect when you go back to work — and why it won't be like you remembered.

The coronavirus pandemic is transforming how employers, real-estate services providers, and landlords are thinking about the office.Architects are already laying out the floorplans of the near-future. And companies are rethinking how much office space they really need.Many experts see the very concept of the office transforming from a place you go every day to more of a hub for high-stakes meetings and collaborative work.Business Insider has talked with dozens of experts to learn what offices will look like when you go back to work, and what it will take to return to normal.Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories.The coronavirus pandemic is proving to be a huge catalyst that's transforming how employers, real-estate services providers, and landlords are thinking about the office.Top




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JPMorgan and Goldman Sachs-backed Members Exchange just got a green light from the SEC to go head-to-head with giants like NYSE and Nasdaq

The Members Exchange just received approval from the US Securities and Exchange Commission to operate as a national securities exchange.As a result, the startup exchange said it's on track to go live during the third quarter of 2020. MEMX is backed back some of the biggest firms are on Wall Street, including JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs, and Charles Schwab. Click here for more BI Prime stories.An upstart stock exchange backed by some of Wall Street's biggest names just got approval from the industry's top regulator.The Members Exchange, a startup exchange backed by JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, and Charles Schwab, among others, said on Tuesday it received approval from the US Securities and Exchange Commission to operate as a national securities exchange.MEMX's approval comes less than




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Nottingham Forest striker Ben Brereton agrees to join Blackburn Rovers

Nottingham Forest striker Ben Brereton has agreed personal terms with Blackburn Rovers ahead of a proposed £6million transfer, Sportsmail understands.




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Blackburn Rovers complete the initial loan signing of Nottingham Forest striker Ben Brereton

Blackburn Rovers have completed the loan signing of Nottingham Forest striker Ben Brereton on an initial loan which can be made permanent on January 1, 2019.




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No sign of Nike and Umbro dominance... Premier League 92-93 kit makers

The Premier League of 1992-93 - the first season after the split from the Football League - feels a world away from the glitz and sheen of today. Just look at the kits, for example. 




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Blackburn 2-4 Newcastle (AET): Joselu and Ayoze Perez striketo book spot in FA Cup fourth round

CRAIG HOPE AT EWOOD PARK: Newcastle booked their place in the fourth round of the FA Cup thanks to extra-time goals from Joselu and Ayoze Perez on Tuesday evening.




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I'm A Celeb's Charlotte Crosby reveals she's been 'searching for someone like Ryan' her whole life

Things are heating up between Charlotte Crosby and Ryan Gallagher on I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! Australia.




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Kerry Katona apologises to Charlotte Crosby after claiming she 'looks like a cross eyed fish'

The former Atomic Kitten singer, 39, used her magazine column to explain her previous remarks insisting her comments were supposed to be 'tounge-in-cheek'.




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Charlotte Crosby reveals what ex-boyfriend Gaz Beadle was REALLY like in the bedroom

Charlotte Crosby's turbulent five-year on-off relationship with ex-boyfriend Gary 'Gaz' Beadle came to an end in 2016.




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5 guests were stuck at a wine farm in South Africa when the country went into lockdown. The owners provided pizza nights while the stranded families gardened and enjoyed live music - and said they became like family.

Anna Punke-Dresen and her family were staying at the Spier Hotel and Wine Farm in South Africa when the country went on lockdown in March in response to COVID-19.The German family's return flights were suddenly canceled and they found themselves stuck, with no idea how or when they could return home.The wine farm's hotel manager decided to stop charging the stranded families, and set social distancing rules in place to protect the hotel staff and remaining guests.Despite the plunge in business, the wine farm is also still paying all of its employees, both part and full-time, whether or not they're working.Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories.Spier Wine Farm was going to be the cherry on top of Anna Punke-Dresen's family trip to South Africa. This luxe wine-farm hotel (one of




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How a local upstate New York fitness studio designed their own at-home bike delivery service in just a few days and boosted revenues while their doors remain shut during the pandemic

Mark Dellas PhotographyErika Brason.Companies shut down by the pandemic have had to come up with alternative revenue streams, including Rebel Ride, a local fitness studio in East Amherst, New York. Owner Erika Brason decided to make the studio's classes virtual and rent out her equipment. Renting out 59 bikes for delivery and pickup as well as making 34 workout videos took her and her team just two weeks to put together."This is the time to get noticed in ways you haven't in the past," Brason explained. "You basically have to reinvent your marketing strategies so that when the time comes, you can give people a really good reason to come back."Click here for more BI Prime stories.With the COVID-19 pandemic rattling businesses big and small - from bookstores and restaurants to shops and gyms




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Why independent restaurant owners are fighting third-party delivery platforms like Grubhub and Uber Eats

Mark Lennihan/AP ImagesThird-party delivery services are often seen by restaurant owners as a necessary evil.Third-party delivery platforms like Grubhub and Doordash claim to be helping restaurants through the pandemic, but restaurant owners say they're doing the opposite.Most delivery platforms charge restaurants a roughly 30% commission on every order, and restaurant owners say platforms have been slow to offer support and even pay what they owe.On Monday, Doordash announced it would slash fees by 50% through the end of May, but Grubhub is fighting a similar order in San Francisco.Business Insider spoke to restaurant data and marketing entrepreneur Abhinav Kapur, who said, "If there was ever a time to prove that you were a partner to the industry, now it would be the time to do it."Visit




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SBI Cuts Benchmark Lending Rate By 0.15%, Loans Likely To Get Cheaper

SBI also introduced special deposit scheme for senior citizens with higher interest rate.




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The Proposal's Mike Crowe and Monica Villalobos recreate their dating show engagement

They became engaged within minutes of meeting each other face-to-face for the first time. 




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Viral photo of Justin Bieber eating a burrito sideways was a PRANK shot with a Bieber look-a-like

Justin Bieber seemingly sparked a worldwide debate last week about the proper way to eat a burrito after he was pictured eating one like a complete fool. Turns out it was all a hoax.




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The Bachelor franchise creator Mike Fleiss files for divorce from second wife Laura Kaeppeler

The 55-year-old writer and producer was married to Kaeppeler for five years and reportedly has a prenuptial agreement with his second wife.




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Mike Pompeo holds crisis talks with Iraq keaders as mob storms American embassy in Baghdad

The secretary of State talked to Iraq's prime minister and president separately by phone Tuesday on the heels of the American embassy in Baghdad being stormed by an angry mob.




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Mike Pompeo slaps aside French warning that killing Qassem Soleimani makes the world more dangerous

France's top European diplomat said Friday that 'we have woken up to a more dangerous world.' Pompeo fired back on CNN . 'Yeah, well, the French are just wrong about that,'




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How airstrike on Iranian general unfolded in Baghdad

Qassem Soleimani, head of Iran's feared Quds force, had just arrived at Baghdad airport early on Friday morning when a US Reaper drone fired four guided missiles at two cars, killing him.




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CCTV of US drone strike that killed Qassam Soleimani of Iran

This is the moment and American guided missile slammed into a convoy carrying Iranian Quds commander Qassem Soleimani, killing him along with four other high-ranking figures.




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U.S. stocks slump after American air strike kills Iran general

U.S. stock index futures shed about 1 percent on Friday in the aftermath of the air strike in Baghdad that was authorized by President Donald Trump.




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Australians in Middle East told they should LEAVE NOW after US drone strike kills top general

Australians in the Middle East have been told they should leave now after rising tensions following the killing of an Iranian general by a US drone strike. 




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America DENIES conducting second airstrike in Iraq

'The Coalition did NOT conduct airstrikes near Camp Taji (north of Baghdad) in recent days,' said Colonel Myles B. Caggins III, spokesman for Operation Inherent Resolve.




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Benjamin Netanyahu 'was warned by US of plans to kill Qassem Soleimani ahead of drone strike'

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo spoke to Netanyahu on the phone on Wednesday night, and the following morning the Israeli leader tweeted about 'very, very dramatic things' in the region.




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US secretary of state Mike Pompeo slams European response to assassination of Qassem Soleimani

Mike Pompeo has accused European allies including the UK, France and Germany of 'not being helpful enough' over the attack while heaping praise on regional allies including Israel.




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White House formally notifies Congress of airstrike that killed Iranian general

The notification is classified and likely describes Trump's justification for the attack that killed the high-level Iranian official, who was considered second in power to the Ayatollah.




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Palestinians burn US flags: World reacts to airstrike death of Iran commander Soleimani 

Protesters across the West have gathered today to condemn the US drone strikes following the death of Iran's highest ranking general Qassem Soleimani in Baghdad.




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US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo sends prayers to Australia amid bushfires

Pompeo said the US-Australian alliance was unbreakable and American firefighters had flown to Australia to help.




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Australian soldiers WON'T be pulling out of Iraq immediately in wake of Iran strike

Iran on Wednesday launched more than a dozen missiles against two US-led military bases in response to the US assassination of an Iranian military chief.




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Iran 'was prepared to kill 5,000 Americans' during missile strike

Abdollah Araghi said more attacks are coming after a strike on US bases failed to kill anyone, while air force commander Amir Ali Hajizadeh (pictured) said Iran was ready to kill up to 5,000 Americans.




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Missiles strike US base in Iraq that also houses 200 British personnel

No coalition troops were injured in the Soviet-made Katyusha rocket attack on Camp Taji north of Baghdad on Tuesday night.




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US military lost contact with drones overhead during Iranian ballistic missile strike

At the time the attack was launched at 1.35am on January 8, the US Army was flying seven unmanned aerial vehicles over Iraq to monitor bases where US-led coalition forces are deployed.




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Taylor Swift feared her career would end like the Dixie Chicks if she spoke out politically

Taylor Swift has revealed she stayed politically silent for years, fearing that her career would come to a screeching halt like the Dixie Chicks if she spoke out.




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Kourtney Kardashians says she felt like she was on a 'hamster wheel'

The 40-year-old reality TV star - who has Mason, 10, Penelope, seven, and Reign, five, with ex-boyfriend Scott Disick - has revealed she felt like she was 'on a hamster wheel' earlier in her career.




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Kim Kardashian looks like she can barely sit down in her skintight Latex outfit

Kim Kardashian has already said she had a hard time getting into a mustard-colored Latex outfit by Balmain. And in new images shared by the star, it appears as if she had difficulty sitting down.




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Kim Kardashian reveals she loves Tristan Thompson 'like a brother'

Kim Kardashian loves Tristan Thompson 'like a brother' even though he was serially unfaithful to her little sister Khloe Kardashian, she revealed on Twitter after the new premiere of her show.




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Rob Kardashian likens his sisters Kim and Kourtney to the 'Bad Girls Club' after their fistfight

Fights between siblings are most often the most intense type of altercation out there, as was seen on Thursday night's no-holds-barred premiere of Keeping Up With The Kardashians.




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At least 29 Turkish soldiers are killed in 'Russian' airstrike on their positions in Syria

The governor of Hatay Doğa said the soldiers had been attacked in Idlib by regime forces and as a result 'twenty-nine were martyred'.




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Erdogan threw Trump's letter in bin then launched Syria air strikes

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan 'thoroughly rejected' Donald Trump's letter, dated October 9, and promptly threw it in the bin, officials have revealed.




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Mike Bloomberg is hit with a class action lawsuit from a former campaign organizer

Grette Fernandez filed a class action lawsuit against Mike Bloomberg on Monday in the Southern District of New York. This is the third class action lawsuit against Bloomberg.




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Bethenny Frankel embraces her natural side under quarantine: 'This is what I look like most days'

While pulling back the curtain on Instagram versus reality, Bethenny Frankel shared an ultra-glamorous throwback in a sequined, minidress and another in sweats.




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Nanny for ultra-rich NYC family details what it's been like to work during the pandemic

The nanny spoke anonymously about her work conditions. Her 'ultrahigh-net-worth' Manhattan employers gave her no choice but to follow them to the Hamptons.




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New York City's heart attack spike could have been early sign of COVID-19

A spike in heart attacks in mid-February could have been an early sign that the coronavirus was starting to spread in New York City before it became the epicenter for the illness in mid-March.




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Leader of Bronx biker gang 'shot dead by two masked men in targeted hit'

Francisco Rosado, head of the Bronx chapter of the Pagan Motorcycle Club, was gunned down in the borough's Allerton neighborhood at around 3.20pm on Saturday, law enforcement sources say.




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Two masked gunmen aim pistols with silencers and execute Bronx biker gang leader

A newly released surveillance video shows the moment two men wearing surgical masks jumped out of a Jeep with guns drawn and attacked Francisco Rosado, of the Pagan Motorcycle Club.




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Alberto Salazar used his athletes like 'lab animals'

While the sport reels from Tuesday's ruling that Salazar has been banned for four years, the US Anti-Doping Agency CEO Travis Tygart discussed further details about the Nike Oregon Project.




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It's ugly at Nike, they're heading for a monumental fall

There was a time, long before their visceral hatred of adidas fuelled a desire to become the biggest, brashest sports brand of all, when Nike had something resembling a soul.




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Athletics is dying and yet people like Paula Radcliffe and Lord Coe blame... Gabby Logan

OLIVER HOLT - CHIEF SPORTS WRITER: To say Radcliffe's performance when asked about the ban handed down to Salazar by USADA was awkward would be an understatement.