Stanford and UC Berkeley affiliated banking startup Firstcard is launching its debit card aimed at helping students save money and learn about personal finance.

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The COVID-19 dashboard reported six new cases in students, marking an uptick in student cases, with seven students currently in isolation on campus. The dashboard also reported ten total cases in employees, seven of whom were last on campus within two weeks of their diagnosis.

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The COVID-19 dashboard reported two new cases in students and nine total cases in employees, seven of whom were last on campus within two weeks of their diagnosis. This marks the lowest case count in eight weeks according to University testing counts.

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Tenev reaffirmed that he was not influenced by hedge funds to limit the trade of certain securities on the platform and answered over a dozen questions, ranging from where he feels the company’s criticism is deserved, to improvements to the financial system, to his sleep schedule.

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With seven new cases in students and 13 total cases in employees, nine of whom were last on campus within two weeks of their diagnosis, the University continues to report no evidence of on-campus community spread.

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With the latest student cases, Stanford’s “contact tracing and other observations do not provide evidence of on-campus community spread during this period of time,” Stanford said, without specifying the source of the infections.

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Milgrom and Wilson were jointly awarded the 2020 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences — worth $10 million Swedish kronor (about $1.1 million USD) — on Monday for their work on auction theory and their invention of new auction formats, which the Royal Swedish Academy of Science said have "benefitted sellers, buyers and taxpayers around the world.”

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Lighthouse is an app that aims to “help users kickstart connections by allowing people to passively broadcast their availability” through the push of a button, according to Fischer.

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