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More and more merchants are introducing subscription services to take advantage of consumers' growing appetite for the services and to reap the benefits of recurring revenue.
Business Insider Intelligence estimates that B2C e-commerce, video streaming, and music streaming alone will bring in over $54 billion in payments volume in the US in 2020, highlighting the market's value. With additional opportunities in industries like health and fitness, video games, and transportation, there's ample opportunity for merchants to attract revenue and for subscription solutions providers to add more volume.See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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Plans to place London into "lockdown" to prevent the rapid spread of the coronavirus could be announced as early as Friday as officials consider drastic plans to impose tough new measures for the UK capital
The Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon revealed on Wednesday that the UK government are developing plans for "stringent measures" for the city, which would be announced imminently.
According to multiple reports, the measures under consideration included:
A Downing Street spokesperson on Thursday denied the government has any plans to restrict movement in and out of the city, or that limits would be placed on how many people could leave their homes.
However, they signalled that further restrictions on pubs and restaurants were being considered.
Keep on reading below for the latest information on potential plans to put London into lockdown.
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The Telegraph reports that the UK government continues to draw up plans to forcibly close London businesses, such as pubs and restaurants if Londoners continue to flout the guidance to stay at home.
It comes as anecdotal reports of pubs and gyms continuing to be rammed throughout the city.
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Another 18 people have died in London hospitals in the past 24 hours as coronavirus cases in the city continue to surge well above the level found in the rest of the UK.
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London Mayor Sadiq Khan is due to meet with Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Thursday, Bloomberg reported, as discussions continue about what new measures to impose on the capital.
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Officials in Australia are scrambling to round up thousands of passengers who disembarked from the Ruby Princess cruise ship on Thursday in Sydney after four people who were on board tested positive for coronavirus.
Princess Cruises, which operates the Ruby Princess cruise, announced on Friday that three passengers and a crew member who traveled on the ship have tested positive for COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus. See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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Originating from Wuhan, China, the novel coronavirus, labeled as SARS-CoV-2, causes a disease known as COVID-19.
Despite the scientific classifications, some people latched onto one name for the coronavirus with racist implications: "Chinese Virus."See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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Two of the volunteers who received the first shots of a clinical coronavirus vaccine shared why the signed up to test out the safety and efficacy of the recently developed vaccine.
Neal Browning and Jennifer Haller are among 45 volunteers who received a trial vaccine developed by the National Institute of Health and private biotech company Moderna.See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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As influencers become more plentiful and proven, brand dollars have flooded into the space. Brands are set to spend up to $15 billion on influencer marketing by 2022, per Business Insider Intelligence estimates, based on Mediakix data. 
Partnering with influencers is already familiar to many brands, but the market is undergoing constant change: Brands must continually evolve their strategies accordingly. The market is rapidly expanding as influencer types have proliferated, with influencers filling every conceivable niche and sub-niche interest. Each of these types offer distinct benefits and trade-offs for brands. In addition to celebrities with massive followings like Kim Kardashian West and Kylie Jenner, brands are increasingly tapping other key influencer types, including micro- and nanoinfluencers, kidfluencers, gaming influencers, and virtual (computer-generated) influencers.
As social media becomes more entrenched in people's lives and takes on more functional uses beyond communication, like shopping, the role of influencers is set to only grow. And as e-commerce and social media converge, influencers will become increasingly vital intermediaries, helping to connect brands with consumers on social media in highly resonant, authentic ways that can deliver immediate returns.See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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The US has reported 211 deaths from the coronavirus as of March 19. The country's case tally is more than 14,280, with patients reported in all 50 states and Washington, DC. The illness has also spread to Guam, Puerto Rico, and the US Virgin Islands.
The World Health Organization declared the outbreak a pandemic on March 11, and two days later President Donald Trump declared a national emergency.
Because county- and state-level health authorities are reporting the latest case counts before the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) does, Business Insider is tallying those local reports and updating this story regularly to give a comprehensive picture of where the virus is spreading in the US.
The virus originated in Wuhan, China, in December. It causes a respiratory disease known as COVID-19.
For the latest global case totals, death tolls, and travel information, see Business Insider's live updates here.
Here's everything we know about the coronavirus in the US — in the list below, states are ordered by their number of cases.
Note: This post was last updated at 1:00 a.m. ET on Friday, March 20.
Here are the death tolls by state:
Washington: 74
New York: 38
California: 18
Georgia: 10
Louisiana: 10
Florida: 9
New Jersey: 9
Texas: 5
Illinois: 4
Oregon: 3
Michigan: 3
Colorado: 3
Virginia: 2
Indiana: 2
Kentucky: 2
Vermont: 2
Wisconsin: 2
Connecticut: 3
Nevada: 1
Kansas: 1
South Dakota: 1
South Carolina: 1
Maryland: 1
Oklahoma: 1
Pennsylvania: 1
Missouri: 1
Ohio: 1
Mississippi: 1
Some of the following state-by-state case counts come from an online database that compiles reporting from state agencies and local news organizations.
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The ship unloaded the passengers at the Port of Oakland. Two passengers and 19 crew members tested positive, but it is still unclear how many of those factor into the country's total number of cases.
The healthy US passengers were quarantined at military bases in California, Texas, or Georgia. Crew members — including some who tested positive — stayed on the ship.
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The state's first case was a 39-year-old Manhattan healthcare worker who had recently traveled to Iran.
On March 10, Gov. Andrew Cuomo enforced a one-mile "containment area" around New Rochelle, which is believed to be the epicenter of the state's outbreak.
State officials declared a state of emergency on March 8.
At a news conference on March 17, Cuomo said experts project that New York's coronavirus outbreak will peak around the start of May and overwhelm the state's healthcare system. The only way to mitigate this, he said, is diligently observed social distancing.
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Business Insider IntelligenceThe UK's top banks are going to new lengths to make their mobile channels more attractive to customers, as customers stream into digital channels and as the challenger bank threat looms larger.
In Business Insider Intelligence's first annual UK Mobile Banking Competitive Edge Study, exclusive data shows that 72% of all UK respondents surveyed use mobile banking. Of those that use mobile banking, 82% said mobile was their primary banking channel and 62% said they would even change banks if the mobile banking experience fell short.See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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Saying the Department of Justice has failed to take the minimal steps necessary to protect public health, Judge Dana Leigh Marks, a sitting justice in San Francisco's immigration court, told Business Insider that she is calling on the state of California to demand the immediate closure of her courtroom.
Marks, who serves as President Emerita of the National Association of Immigration Judges, said she is "concerned that DOJ has taken the position that federal law supersedes local law. In this unique situation of a public health crisis, we think this is wrong."See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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The wealthiest member of the US Senate sold off over a million dollars worth of shares ahead of the stock market drop, after being briefed on the likely impact of the COVID-19 outbreak, The Daily Beast revealed on Thursday.
Sen. Kelly Loeffler, a Republican from Georgia appointed to her office by the state's governor, then turned around and invested in a company well-positioned to capitalize on the impending crisis: a technology firm that sells telecommuting software.See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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The novel coronavirus has infected at least 244,517 people and killed at least 10,030 worldwide as of March 19.
The World Health Organization declared it a pandemic on March 11, and since then, it has spread further and faster than ever. At least 160 countries and territories have reported cases.
Europe is the new epicenter of the disease, which is also infecting increasing numbers of people in the US.
China — where the virus first began to spread in late 2019 — has seen a sharp drop-off in its rate of new cases. On March 19, Italy recorded 3,405 deaths, overtaking China as the country with most coronavirus-related deaths. In China, 3,249 people have died.
More than 85,000 people known to be infected have since recovered, mostly in China.
Many countries have declared nationwide lockdowns and states of emergency to slow the spread of the virus, including the US.
The US, the EU, and many nations have closed their borders or otherwise dramatically restricted international travel.
Governments worldwide have committed more than $1 trillion to mitigating the economic fallout of the virus and of widespread quarantining, which is expected to bring about a global recession.
The US has reported cases in every state and has confirmed 158 coronavirus deaths. Click here for Business Insider's live updates about the US outbreaks.
Here's everything we know.
Outside China, cases have been reported in:
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Italy announced 475 deaths on March 18. That's much larger than China's highest single-day death toll, which was 150 on February 23.
Data compiled by the statistics website Worldometer, which uses data from organizations like the United Nations Population Division and World Health Organization, shows that March 18 was the deadliest day so far, with 973 new coronavirus deaths reported around the world.
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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 TSYS for $21.5 billion. Of note, although these deals didn't close until the back half of the year, Dealogic includes the activity in H1 2019's total, when the deals were presented; Dealogic's deal values also differ slightly from the closing values.See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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Several US cities and states have taken major steps meant to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus, including shutting down nightclubs, canceling holiday festivities, and forcing restaurants to serve food by delivery or takeout only.
As of March 19, the US had confirmed more than 14,000 cases of the disease COVID-19, including over 200 deaths.
Public-health experts and government officials have stressed the importance of social distancing to slow the spread of airborne infections. The term refers to bread measures meant to keep people away from one another, including canceling sporting events, closing schools, having employees work from home, and maintaining distance from sick people.
On March 15, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention put forward new guidelines recommending that all gatherings and events of 50 people and more be postponed until May. It stressed that large gatherings included "festivals, parades, concerts, sporting events, weddings, and other types of assemblies."
The CDC said the recommendation "does not apply to the day to day operation of organizations such as schools, institutes of higher learning, or businesses," but local and state governments are already heeding the CDC's advice.
On March 16, President Donald Trump said Americans should "avoid gathering in groups of more than 10 people" in order to stop the disease spread.
And on March 19, California became the first US state to order all residents to stay at home.
Here are some of the measures local and state governments are taking to limit public gatherings.
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom issued a state-wide order for all 39 million California residents to stay at home.
"This is not a permanent state, this a moment in time," he said. "And we will look back at these moments as a critical decision."
As a result, this also means that all non-essential businesses will close.
Newsom said that those who work in critical sectors should go to work and that grocery stores, pharmacies, and banks will stay open.
Newsom said the order would last for at least eight weeks starting immediately but said that he could not give a concrete end date.
"We could not give you a deadline that we really could believe in," he said. "This is a dynamic situation."
The "stay at home" order supersedes local measures already in place.
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The governors announced the closures in a joint statement on March 16.
As part of the announcement, public gatherings were reduced to 50 people or less, restaurants and bars will only be allowed to offer takeout and delivery, and gyms, casinos, and movie theatres would be closed.
"I have called on the federal gov't to implement nationwide protocols, but in their absence we are taking this on ourselves," Cuomo said in a statement posted to Twitter.
"The #Coronavirus doesn't care about state borders, so this agreement with @GovNedLamont & @GovMurphy will help protect the entire Tri-State Area. These temporary closures will last as long as is necessary to protect public health. Grocery stores will remain OPEN."
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Mayor Bill de Blasio of New York City announced on March 15 that he would sign an executive order limiting all restaurants, bars, and cafés in the city to food takeout and delivery.
In addition, all nightclubs, movie theaters, small theater houses, and concert venues will be forced to close to prevent the spread of disease.
The order was set to take effect March 17 at 9 a.m. ET.
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Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, signalled on Twitter that his factories were working to produce ventilators as the US faces a possible shortage because of the coronavirus pandemic.
"We're working on ventilators, even though I think there will not be a shortage by the time we can make enough to matter," Musk tweeted on Thursday in response to a Twitter user urging him to assist in tackling the outbreak.See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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A bombshell report indicating Republican Sen. Richard Burr of North Carolina had dumped his stock holdings after he gave glowing remarks about the emerging coronavirus caused outrage from politicians and pundits, including at Fox News.
Fox News opinion host Tucker Carlson on Thursday responded to the findings from ProPublica's report on Burr's trading activity, which has since come under intense scrutiny and bipartisan condemnation.See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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Email is still at the center of marketers' digital programs. No surprise there; it offers several benefits: It's an owned communications channel, it's permissioned—meaning consumers have opted in and indicated interest—and it's a traditional marketing channel that most marketers are thoroughly experienced with.
"We treat our email marketing program as an opportunity to strengthen and deepen engagement with our most loyal users," said Lawrence Scotland, senior vice president of digital and brand marketing at frozen meal brand Luvo. "And we use it as an outlet to solidify and drive credibility in the nutrition and health and wellness space, which is the area that we play in."
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez called for the resignation of Sen. Richard Burr after a ProPublica report revealed the US Senator sold off up to $1.72 million in stocks after reassuring the public of the United States' preparedness during the coronavirus outbreak.
Burr, who serves as chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, sold between $628,000 and $1.72 million of stock before the market fell as a result of mounting fears from the coronavirus pandemic, ProPublica reported.See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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The Big Four tech companies — Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, and Microsoft — are accelerating their pursuit of the healthcare market, and they're starting to hone their strategies in on specific corners of the ecosystem.
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom issued a state-wide order for all residents to stay at home in order to stop the spread of COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus.
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