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German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who is serving her final term after 14 years in power — will be Harvard's guest graduation speaker in the spring, according to a press announcement.
Details: Harvard president Larry Bacow said Merkel is "one of the most widely admired and broadly influential statespeople of our time...She continues to play a central role in confronting some of the great challenges of our era."
Voters wait in line at John F. Kennedy Public Library in Hialeah, Florida on Oct. 19. Photo: Eva Marie Uzcategui/AFP via Getty Images
More Floridians cast early ballots for the 2020 election on Monday than in the first day of in-person early voting in 2016, shattering the previous record by over 50,000 votes, Politico reports.
The big picture: Voters have already cast over 31 million ballots in early voting states as of Tuesday, per the U.S. Elections Project database by Michael McDonald, an elections expert at the University of Florida.
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The Justice Department will unveil its long-awaited antitrust lawsuit against Google today, according to reports in the Wall Street Journal and other outlets, charging the company with abusing a monopoly position in search and search advertising.
Details: Justice Department lawyers are expected to outline their monopoly case against the search giant in a call with reporters Tuesday morning.
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The SPAC boom is beginning to show its first cracks, as several private equity-sponsored efforts have needed to downsize.
Driving the news: Cerberus yesterday shrunk the anticipated IPO for its telecom-focused SPAC from $400 million to $300 million.