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- Donald Trump holding onto lead over Joe Biden in Utah President Donald Trump, left, and Democratic presidential candidate, former Vice President Joe Biden, right, are pictured in this composite photo, both speaking in 2020. | Associated Press Majority of Beehive state voters approve of president’s job performance SALT LAKE CITY — President Donald Trump may be trailing former Vice President Joe Biden nationally, but he’s holding onto his lead in Utah over the Democratic challenger, according to a new Deseret News/Hinckley Institute poll. The survey also shows a majority of the state’s voters like the job he’s doing, including his handling of the pandemic. Half of the registered voters polled…
- Fox CEO Lachlan Murdoch says remote staffers will continue working from home until the end of 2020, even as primetime hosts push to reopen the country Fox Corporation CEO Lachlan Murdoch told employees on Thursday that the company anticipates that non-production staffers who are working remotely “will continue to do so for the remainder of the calendar year,” according to The Washington Post’s Jeremy Barr. Murdoch’s memo comes as popular hosts on Fox News continue pushing for states to reopen schools and businesses, even as new coronavirus cases spike across the country. As of Thursday evening, nearly 4.9 million Americans had been infected with coronavirus and almost 160,000 had died, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. Visit Business Insider’s homepage for more stories. Lachlan Murdoch,…
- Protesters stage ‘die-in’ at University of Georgia over plans for in-person classes as an apparent photo from the school of plexiglass being held up by painter’s tape on a desk spreads on social media Protesters staged a “die-in” Thursday at the University of Georgia over plans to resume in-person instruction. The protesters delivered an open letter calling for “face-to-face instruction” to be made optional for teachers, the Athens Banner-Herald reported. On social media, photos circulated of a plexiglass window on a teachers’ desk held up by painter’s tape. Colette Arrand, a UGA graduate student who posted the photos, told Business Insider that she would be “absolutely horrified” to teach classes under such conditions. Visit Business Insider’s homepage for more stories. Students, faculty, and campus employees staged a “die-in” Thursday at the University of Georgia,…
- Trump’s attempt to ban TikTok and WeChat could face legal trouble for infringing on free speech, according to a First Amendment expert Trump signed executive orders Thursday attempting to ban TikTok and WeChat from operating in the US, citing national security concerns. In the orders, the president invoked a 1977 law that gives him the authority to block foreign transactions that pose national security risks. But a legal expert told Business Insider that the orders are “likely to have First Amendment problems” because they attempt to restrict speech. The Trump administration also faces practical and technical challenges in implementing a ban that actually keeps Americans from using the apps. Visit Business Insider’s homepage for more stories. After weeks of ramping up his…
- FINTECH MEGADEALS: How FIS-Worldpay, Fiserv-First Data, and Global Payments-TSYS will reshape the payments landscape This is a preview of Fintech Megadeals research report from Business Insider Intelligence. Purchase this report. Business Insider Intelligence offers even more fintech coverage with Fintech Pro. Subscribe today to receive industry-changing finance news and analysis to your inbox. Mergers and acquisitions (M&As) in the payments industry reached a record high in 2019. M&A deals spiked from $31.8 billion in H1 2018 to a total of $116.6 billion in H1 2019, per Dealogic. Three deals made up the majority of funding activity: Fiserv bought First Data for $22 billion, FIS acquired Worldpay for $43 billion, and Global Payments scooped up…