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A Republican candidate won the gubernatorial race in Virginia, a state President Joe Biden secured by 10 points in 2020, while the New Jersey gubernatorial vote remains too close to call. We’re also covering Elon Musk hitting a new wealth milestone despite a hiccup with Tesla's Hertz tie up, and unveil the inaugural ranking of the World’s Top Female-Friendly Companies. Finally, don’t miss this behind-the-scenes look at what was happening inside the Trump hotel on the days surrounding the storming of the Capitol.

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Facebook has pulled the plug on the use of facial recognition technology on its platform—for now—following multiple lawsuits over the tool that tagged people when photos or videos of them were posted to the social network.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed above 36,000 for the first time ever on Tuesday—two decades after the release of the notorious ‘Dow 36000’ book—as investors eye the Federal Reserve’s decision today on tapering its asset purchase program.

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Elon Musk crossed another personal net worth’s milestone on Tuesday, when he solidified his position as the richest person in modern history to become the first worth more than $300 billion. That was despite a tweet from Musk warning that a contract had not been signed on Hertz’s 100,000 vehicle order—but Hertz says the first vehicle deliveries have already started.

Republican candidate Glenn Youngkin, the former Carlyle Group CEO with a net worth of $440 million, defeated Democrat Terry McAuliffe in Tuesday’s race for governor of Virginia. Here is who won the mayoral races in Boston, New York, and Buffalo.

The Centers of Disease Control and Prevention recommended the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine for children as young as 5, enabling the first shots to be administered as early as this week.

At a time when investors worried about inflation are considering putting money into everything from bitcoin to commodities, there’s an old-fashioned—and safe and simple—way to keep at least some of your cash from losing value: U.S. Savings Bonds.

Nuro, a developer of autonomous driving technology, hauled in a $600 million Series D funding round to speed up efforts to commercialize its robotic delivery services, bringing its total funding to more than $2 billion and adding a new investor: Google.

After a year that has seen nearly 3 million American women leaving the workforce, Forbes teamed up with market research company Statista to identify the companies leading the way when it comes to trying to support women inside and outside their workforces for the inaugural ranking of the World’s Top Female-Friendly Companies.

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