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2023-03-13 23:07:01 What questions do you have about the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank? Let us know!

Only last month, Silicon Valley Bank ranked among the top 20 in Forbes' list of best US banks of 2023. By Friday afternoon, the once-trusted bank of venture capital investors and tech startups was closed down by regulators, in what has now become the second-largest bank failure in the US.

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2023-03-13 14:02:55 Wondering what the hell just happened at Silicon Valley Bank?

The California bank was closed by regulators on Friday and put under the control of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC). That followed a tumultuous few days, including a botched capital call and a rush of depositors withdrawing their funds. So how did it come to this? Read more here.

We're also live-blogging the fallout from SVB imploding and authorities swooping in to guarantee its deposits. Experts are bracing for more bank runs.

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2023-03-10 13:19:01 Ivana Moral, 48, did all of the household chores during her marriage to her now ex-husband. And a Spanish court says she ought to be paid for it.

In a decision that became public on Tuesday, a court in Velez-Malaga, southern Spain, ruled that Moral should be paid Є204,624.86 ($215,664) by her ex-husband in compensation for unpaid housework during their 25-year marriage.

The groundbreaking ruling means that she will receive the equivalent of Spain’s minimum monthly professional wage for the years they were married. Read more here.

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2023-03-10 01:16:01 China's so desperate to boost its birth rates, it's even cracking down on customary betrothal gifts for brides to help people get married more easily.

These betrothal gifts include cash, jewelry, cars, and even real estate.

But, the custom can be onerous for some as it could cost tens of thousands of dollars. Read more here.

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2023-03-09 13:03:01 People say new research proves masks don’t work. That’s bogus.

A new review of mask studies by the prestigious Cochrane Collaboration suggests they only perform so-so. The review caused a media frenzy about the face coverings that have been such a central and political feature of our lives for the past three years.

But, we have a lot of evidence about what masks can and can't do — and this new review has been taken wildly out of context. Read more here.

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2023-03-09 00:53:01 Are left handed people more creative? Lefties’ creativity may have something to do with navigating a world designed for righties — but it’s also because their brains are different.

Left-handed people display less brain lateralization than right-handers, meaning the different sides of their brains are less distinct and tasks often cross over between the two hemispheres. Read more here, and share with any lefties you know!

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2023-03-08 13:09:01 Clinics are trying to sell trendy weight-loss injections by flooding TikTok with videos about semaglutide.

Novo Nordisk, which makes the drug under the names Ozempic and Wegovy, said it has no role in posts.

Meanwhile, patients are clamoring for information on medical weight loss, doctors told Insider. Read more here.

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2023-03-07 22:27:01 An elite Russian tank unit was meant to be equipped with advanced T-14 Armata tanks. Instead, it's relying on 60-year-old T-62 tanks, according to a UK Defense Ministry update.

Russia has retrieved about 800 T-62 tanks from storage since summer, the update said. Read more here.

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2023-03-07 14:14:57 Elon Musk publicly trolled a Twitter employee who wanted to know if they still had their job.

He told the employee to justify their work, and posted laughing emojis and memes when they answered.

The employee later confirmed he was laid off, but doesn't know if he'll be paid severance per his contract. Read more here.

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2023-03-06 23:23:01 A dog that was onboard the Lufthansa flight that made an emergency landing in Washington, DC, last week, after hitting severe turbulence, has finally been reunited with his owners.

A video of the reunion, provided exclusively to Insider, shows the heartwarming moment the Goldendoodle and its owners reconnected in Singapore after the traumatic travel ordeal.

The flight was hit by severe turbulence that led to seven people being sent to the hospital. Read more here.

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