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Police officer Constable Joshua Prestney is honoured with a moving funeral service

Constable Joshua Prestney was killed on duty after a truck crashed into him and his three colleagues on a Melbourne freeway two weeks ago.




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Ayda and Robbie put on a cosy red carpet display after jibing fun at each other on X Factor

Ayda and Robbie Williams looked loved up as ever as they stepped out on the red carpet at the Pride of Britain awards at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London.




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Incredible pictures emerge of MLK's 4-mile-long funeral procession

New photos have emerged of the day 200,000 people gathered in Atlanta in April 1968 for Martin Luther King Jr's funeral. The images were released on the 50th anniversary of is death.




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Thousands gather at ultra-Orthodox funerals to mourn two Jewish victims in Jersey City

Both Ultra-Orthodox services were held on Wednesday evening, in keeping with Jewish custom to conduct burial services as soon as possible after death.




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Rachel Brosnahan has fun in a flirty pink skirt in a lipstick pattern at Independent Spirit Awards

The House Of Cards actress, 29, topped off her look with a maroon leather crop top that showed off her shoulders, chest and bare midriff.




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Liam Payne makes a bold statement in funky shirt at surprise gig

The Strip That Down singer, 26, cut a fashionable figure in a bold floral patterned shirt as he surprised fans at a listening party of his new record in London on Thursday night.




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Giuliana Rancic suffers wardrobe malfunction as Oscars dress splits live on television

The Australian fashion industry got a big tick of approval on the Oscars red carpet this year.




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Rita Ora and Dakota Johnson pose for fun snap with Stella McCartney

The two co-stars crossed paths on Sunday at the Glastonbury Festival, where they were amongst the celebrity revellers at a wet and muddy Worthy Farm.




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Aston Villa goalkeeper Pepe Reina takes part in funny 'egg challenge' during coronavirus lockdown

Aston Villa keeper Pepe Reina was often the joker of the dressing room, particularly while on Spain duty earlier on his career. But his antics do not appear to be a thing of the past after his latest video.




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Carrie Fisher's brother Todd shares a funny and prescient letter the late actress wrote about death

It's like a message from the great beyond, suffused with the Force itself. Fallen actress Carrie Fisher's brother Todd Fisher has shared a letter he only recently found that she wrote about death.




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Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher poke fun at split reports

Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher have poked fun at rumours of a split by sharing a lighthearted video.




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Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher take their two children for fun breakfast with friends and family

The celebrity couple met up with Mila's dad Mark Kunis and a group of other family and their friends at the wildly popular Nate 'N Al's Delicatessen in Beverly Hills on a sunny Saturday.




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Gigi Hadid goes green while Bella Hadid sports faux piercings at 2019 CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund Awards

Gigi and Bella Hadid led the fashion stars at the 2019 CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund Awards. Gigi was clad in a sheer olive dress while Bella wore a black velvet suits with faux piercings.




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Corona Crash: Your Mutual Fund Questions Answered

This is a truly unprecedented scenario with no historical parallel, and investors are buzzing with questions. Here are a few of them, answered.




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European Tour chief warns of reduced prize funds and job cuts due to coronavirus

Count the previously buoyant European Tour as another branch of sport staring into a financial black hole owing to the effects of coronavirus.




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Moderna's potential coronavirus vaccine just got a huge funding boost from the US government

ModernaThe biotech Moderna is developing experimental cancer vaccines.The leading coronavirus vaccine candidate just got up to $483 million in additional funding from the US government.The cash will pay for future trials to see if the vaccine works in humans, as well as for simultaneously ramping up production of the vaccine. "This allows us to go full speed and very aggressively," CEO Stephane Bancel told Business Insider in a Thursday video interview, saying the vaccine program will now go "as fast as humanly possible."The upstart biotech Moderna developed the vaccine candidate in record time using its technology platform called messenger RNA. The new technology has yet to produce an approved vaccine, but has shown promise in its potential to quickly respond to new viruses. The first human




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Hollyoaks stars wear blue in honour of late cameraman Felix Schroer on the day of his funeral

Cast members including Sarah Jayne Dunn and Stephanie Waring honoured their colleague by wearing blue in snaps they shared to Instagram, after his death in March of suspected coronavirus.




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Coronation Street's Alan Halsall and girlfriend Tisha Merry dress to impress for fun quiz night

The Coronation Street actor, 37, and his girlfriend, 26, donned their glad rags on Wednesday for a fancy-dress themed quiz night.




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International Monetary Fund expects Australian economy to lag behind Greece in 2019

The International Monetary Fund is so downbeat about Australia it has downgraded its growth forecasts for 2019 - expecting it to do even worse than Greece which has debt problems.




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Kim Kardashian shares throwback snap with BFF Alison Statter and pokes fun at herself

On Monday the reality star shared another throwback snap with her pal and poked fun at her past fashion choices.




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Kim Kardashian suggests 'fun things' for fans to do... including 'try new fun things'

With the coronavirus pandemic leaving many of us stuck at home for weeks on end, boredom seems inevitable.




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Kim Kardashian shares funny throwback snap with her sisters for National Sibling Day

The reality star, 39, took to Instagram to share a hilarious snap with her family dressed in matching leopard print onesies as part of a gallery for her family.




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Steve Price pokes lighthearted fun at The Project's Waleed Aly

Steve Price, 63, pokes lighthearted fun at The Project's Waleed Aly, 39, during his first stand-up comedy skit on Tuesday's program.




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Waleed Aly says Israel Folau's GoFundMe page shouldn't have been removed

Speaking to the Israel Folau saga on Monday evening, Project Host Aly said he struggled to fathom the purpose of removing the GoFundMe page.




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Taylor Swift shares funny photo of her cat Olivia Benson to Instagram

On Wednesday, the pop superstar posted a photo to her social media showing the cat flopped down on a sofa on her back and looking at the camera.




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Kelly Rowland risks wardrobe malfunction in silver gown at Logie Awards

The Voice coach slipped into a daring silver gown, which featured a very daring thigh high split.




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Rita Ora her inner Marilyn Monroe as she narrowly avoids a wardrobe malfunction in billowy dress

The Lonely Together singer, 29, gave her latest photoshoot as she posed against the backdrop of the Atlantic Ocean.




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Rita Ora and Salma Hayek attend International Women's Day Caring Foundation fundraiser

She was seen storming the runways of the French capital as she walked for Miu Miu during the recently-concluded Paris Fashion Week.




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Gabrielle Union enjoys festive fun with daughter Kaavia, 13 months, and stepson Zion amid AGT row

In one cute snap, Union holds Kaavia on her hip with her other arm draped around Zion's shoulders and all three smile for the camera. 'Family Time Is The Best Time,' she wrote in the Instagram caption.




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Zoom funerals are a new reality in quarantine. This is what they're like.

Many mourning families and friends are having to lay their loved ones to rest through Zoom, as they're unable to convene in person due to COVID-19 lockdown laws.David Kessler, a grief expert, says it's important to maintain rituals during this time of mass grieving.Zoom funeral attendees are finding both comfort and difficulties in having to participate in a ceremony of grief while also being socially distant.Visit Insider's homepage for more stories.Few words mark the bleakness of the COVID-19 era more than "Zoom Funeral."In another time, the words "Zoom" and "funeral" together might have been just a dark mad-lib, but with over 258,000+ COVID-19-related deaths (on top of deaths from other causes) to date and a ban on large gatherings in many states, digital funerals are a reality for many




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American billionaire hedge-fund manager Julian Robertson took $800,000 in COVID-19 aid from New Zealand's government to pay the staff at his luxury resorts

Hedge-fund billionaire Julian Robertson received a total of $1.2 million NZ ($800,000 USD) from the New Zealand government to pay employees at his luxury resorts.Not unlike the Paycheck Protection Program that helps American businesses affected by the coronavirus crisis, New Zealand's wage subsidy has been hit by allegations of fraud and favoring large businesses. Robertson has amassed a $4.4 billion fortune running hedge fund Tiger Management.Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories.A billionaire former hedge-fund manager took hundreds of thousands of dollars from New Zealand's government to pay the staff at the luxury resorts he owns there, data from New Zealand's Ministry of Social Development shows.Julian Robertson's luxury resorts and golf courses received more than $1.2 million




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National Lottery announces £355m of funding ahead of Brazil 2016

The National Lottery has announced £355million of funding to over 1,300 elite athletes across the four year Olympiad ahead of Rio 2016.




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Fungi that EATS radiation could be used like a 'sun block' for humans to protect against deadly rays

In 1991, five years after the disaster which rocked Ukraine, the black fungi was found sprouting up the walls of the abandoned reactor which had been flooded with gamma.




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Robinhood just raised a $280 million round of funding led by Sequoia Capital, making it worth over $8 billion

Investing app Robinhood just announced a $280 million Series F at a $8.3 billion valuation.Previous investor Sequoia Capital led the round, with participating from NEA, Ribbit Capital, 9Yards Capital, and Unusual Ventures.Robinhood has added three million funded accounts since the start of the year. Investors continue to pour money at rising valuations into Robinhood despite the popular investing app facing multiple outages on some of the most volatile trading days in market history earlier this year.The fintech nabbed $280 million in Series F funding at an $8.3 billion valuation in a round led by previous investor Sequoia Capital. NEA, Ribbit Capital, 9Yards Capital, and Unusual Ventures also participated in the round. Robinhood's most recent round comes after a $323 million Series E in July




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This is the 19-slide pitch deck two 22-year-olds used to nab $57 million in funding from Silicon Valley

Technology is shattering legacy financial systems that can't keep pace with market demand — and Brex is at the forefront. It's one of fintechs buzziest startups, aiming to rebuild B2B financial products starting with corporate cards for technology companies.The company was quietly launched in 2017 by Henrique Dubugras and Pedro Franceschi, two 22-year-old engineers who previously founded Pagar.me, one of Brazil's largest payment processors.Brex already has more than 1,000 customers signed up with the help of backing from investors including PayPal co-founders Peter Thiel and Max Levchin, early Facebook investor Yuri Milner, former Visa CEO Carl Pascarella, and esteemed startup incubator Y Combinator.And we caught a glimpse of the Series B pitch deck Dubugras and Franceschi used to win them




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Chloe Ferry almost suffers a wardrobe malfunction in perilously low-cut top on night out

The Geordie Shore star, 24, left little to the imagination as she donned a skintight all black outfit for the An Evening With Floyd Mayweather event at Newcastle City Hall on Saturday.




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Geordie Shore's Dee Nguyen risks a wardrobe malfunction as she works out in a racy bikini

Her wild antics helped her land a role on the hit British reality TV show, Geordie Shore. 




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States and cities are stepping up to help businesses survive. Here are the best funding programs nationwide to help you pay rent, keep employees, and restructure your debt.

States and city governments are offering millions in loans and grants to businesses affected by the coronavirus pandemic. California's IBank is offering up to $50,000 in direct loans and loan guarantees for companies with fewer than 750 employees, while Maryland is granting $100,000 to manufacturers that can quickly pivot to make personal protective equipment (PPE) and other critical needs items. Most applications are submitted online and require basic business information as well as proof of how business revenue declined due to COVID-19.This piece will be updated as new information becomes available.Click here fore more BI Prime stories.As the coronavirus pandemic continues to disrupt the lives and operations of millions of American business owners, more state and local governments are offering




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How a data storage startup reached unicorn status by closing a new $100 million funding round during the coronavirus pandemic

GoogleSolutions like those from VAST Data can make AI adoption easier.Accessing stored data is a major problem that companies face in the quest to adopt artificial intelligence and other advanced analytical tools. VAST Data's all-flash storage solution makes it easier for corporations to quickly and continuously analyze large sets of information. The startup just raised $100 million, bringing its total valuation to $1.2 billion. This is on top of a recent $80 million funding round, of which $40 million still remains. "We did this to offer the peace of mind that we're here to stay forever," CEO Renen Hallak told Business Insider.Click here for more BI Prime stories.Artificial intelligence continues to be a major investment for companies, but enterprises are, in many cases, finding it exceedingly




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Billionaire Mark Cuban told us his plan to save America's entrepreneurs now that the federal relief fund has run dry - and the biggest disasters the government must fix immediately

In less than 13 days, all $349 billion allocated for small business relief under the CARES Act were used up.But the funds barely scratch the surface of the 60 million employers and freelancers who were expected to apply.Mark Cuban told Business Insider that major changes need to be implemented to address the problems with the most recent package.Before the next round of funding, Cuban says businesses will need enough money to cover an extended re-opening period as well as an effective testing strategy that instills confidence in returning workers. Visit BI Prime for more stories.Following a rocky rollout of the Payroll Protection loan program, all $349 billion of the funds allocated for small businesses in the $2 trillion CARES Act have been committed - and Mark Cuban says it's too late to




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Jane Fonda, 82, recreates her iconic 80s fitness routine in fun TikTok video

The Grace and Frankie star looked incredible as she displayed her age-defying figure in a red leotard and black flared gym leggings.




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Twin Peaks Director David Lynch Receives 2016 Namaste Award from Yoga Gives Back fundraiser

He is known for giving back to the community




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DNCE, Fifth Harmony and a host of stars team up on Christmas fund-raising record Santa Claus Is Coming To Town!

Stars of iHeartRadio' Jingle Balls, set to kick off on Friday night at New York's Madison Square Garden, have recorded the seasonal classic to raise funds to fight poverty and home-lessness in New York.




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Kristen Stewart is 'happy' and 'having a fun time dating' Victoria's Secret model Stella Maxwell

They've been spotted out together many times since they were first seen at New York's Met Gala in May. On Thursday an insider revealed what many had suspected...the 26-year-olds are an item.




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Fun in the sun! Natasha Oakley and boyfriend Theo Chambers kick back on a boat in the Whitsundays 

They've been happily dating for several months.




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Iraq veteran hit by PTSD 'takes his own life' after attending funerals of nine fallen comrades

Lance Shingler, pictured, died after being found collapsed at his Birmingham home. He went to memorial services for each of his fallen colleagues and bravely battled a mental condition.




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New York is sending bodies out of state to be cremated to ease strain on overwhelmed funeral homes

The death toll from the coronavirus outbreak in New York City is forcing officials to send bodies out of state to be cremated to help ease the strain on overwhelmed funeral homes.




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Mayor Bill De Blasio instructs police to ARREST mourners at funerals and large gatherings

NYC Mayor De Blasio personally showed up at an Orthodox Jewish funeral in Williamsburg Tuesday and threatened mourners with arrest for ignoring social distancing.




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Bill de Blasio apologizes for shutting down Jewish orthodox funeral attended by hundreds in Brooklyn

New York City mayor Bill de Blasio has apologized for singling out 'Jewish community' after Hasidic funeral of Rabbi Chaim Maertz saw thousands gather in Williamsburg NYC Tuesday night.




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NYPD cops run after hearse and arrest teen at Jewish funeral after de Blasio told them to crack down

Chaos broke out between law enforcement and mourners at the Orthodox Jewish funeral of Rabbi Cheskel Wagshel in Borough Park Thursday.