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This undated photo released by Christie’s on Thursday, March 11, 2021 shows a digital collage titled â€œEverydays: The First 5,000 Days,” by an artist named Beeple. Christie’s says it has auctioned off a digital collage by an artist named Beeple, whose real name is Mike Winkelmann, for nearly $70 million, in an unprecedented sale of a digital artwork that fetched more money than physical works by many better known artists. The piece sold for $69.4 million in an online auction, â€œpositioning him among the top three most valuable living artists,” Christie’s said via Twitter on Thursday. (Christie’s via AP) AMB808 AMB808

March 21, 2021 at 11:00 am

Buyer who spent $69M for digital art by Beeple may have profited from the sale

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March 4, 2021 at 2:00 pm

Congress questions drug companies on opioid settlement tax deductions

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December 15, 2020 at 4:42 pm

Investors in breached software firm SolarWinds traded $280 million in stock days before hack was revealed

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October 5, 2020 at 10:30 am

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September 29, 2020 at 2:24 pm

Silicon Valley surveillance company Palantir to go public on New York Stock Exchange

The secretive data and surveillance company Palantir will offer its stock to public investors for the first time Wednesday, a long-anticipated move that promises to...

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In this June 10, 2011 file photo former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley speaks during the dedication of Boeing Co.’s $750 million final assembly plant in North Charleston, S.C. Haley has resigned, Thursday, March 19, 2020, from the board of Boeing Co., cutting ties with a company she long supported as South Carolina governor because of her opposition to a bailout of the airplane manufacturer that is in the works amid the growing coronavirus outbreak. (AP Photo/Bruce Smith, file) NYPS204 NYPS204

March 19, 2020 at 11:36 pm

Nikki Haley quits Boeing board, citing disagreement with company’s bailout request

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January 8, 2020 at 7:48 am

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The sun sets behind the Mormon Temple, the centerpiece of Temple Square April 27, 2006, in Salt Lake City. Utah’s hottest tourism destination is Temple Square and the campus around it, headquarters of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Covering three city blocks, the church’s grounds in downtown Salt Lake City draw 3 to 5 million visitors a year, the church and the state Office of Tourism said. (AP Photo/Douglas C. Pizac)

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December 17, 2019 at 9:15 am

Mormon Church has misled members on $100 billion tax-exempt investment fund, whistleblower alleges

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October 14, 2019 at 2:50 pm

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In Person: Twitter CFO’s knack for explaining will be handy in IPO

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