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AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP via Getty Images Protesters have stormed the US embassy in Baghdad, setting fire to a reception area. The demonstrations were sparked by US attacks on a militia in Iraq and Syria Sunday, in which 25 were killed. President Trump in a tweet accused Iran of being behind the attack on the embassy, and said the US had launched the strikes in retaliation for an attack in which a US contractor was killed.  Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories . Supporters of Shia militias in Iraq have stormed the US embassy in Baghdad, setting fire to a guard tower and reception area, according to reports.  An Associated Press reporter at the scene reported seeing flames rise from inside the compound, and at least three US soldiers on its roof. See the rest of the story at Business Insider NOW WATCH: How Ocean Spray cranberries go from the bog to your Thanksgiving table See Also: Greta Thunberg will interview David Attenborough in a special edition of the BB...

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REUTERS/Rick Wilking Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger may be hoarding cash in case they get sick and need to reassure investors, Bill Smead told Yahoo Finance this week . "When one of them has a medical malady, they've got that bazooka loaded to buy back Berkshire Hathaway stock if people panic," said the founder and investment chief of Smead Capital Management. Berkshire boasted $128 billion in cash and liquid assets at the end of September, a 15% increase from the end of 2018. View Business Insider's homepage for more stories . Warren Buffett may be hoarding cash in case he's hospitalized and needs to reassure his shareholders, Bill Smead, the founder and investing chief of Smead Capital Management, told Yahoo Finance this week . Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway boasted $128 billion in cash and liquid assets at the end of September, a 15% increase from the end of last year, the conglomerate's last earnings report showed . See the rest of the story a...

Small-business victims were involved in 43 percent of data breaches over the course of a year, according to a recent report.

It’s a new decade. Time to get these privacy-invasive, depression-causing, money-sucking apps off your phone for good. The modern smartphone app has existed for almost a dozen years now—ever since Apple launched the App Store back in 2008. In that time, apps have become a part of our daily lives, and some of them have even become essential for communication and work-related tasks.  According to Variety , the average American checks their phone 52 times a day. App analytics and market data firm  App Annie says that amounts to three hours a day of smartphone usage per person. And what’s taking up all the smartphone time? The apps, of course. Matter of fact, the average smartphone user uses 30 different apps a month and nine different apps a day . Read Full Story

The future of retail is looking bright. So bright that   Business Insider Intelligence , Business Insider’s premium research service, expects the industry to top $5.5 trillion by 2020! While in-store and desktop purchases are certainly helping the retail industry boom, the biggest factor for this incredible growth is in your pocket. See the rest of the story at Business Insider See Also: A Harvard professor says most of us overlook a simple way to be happier because it costs money This is how the world's 5 youngest billionaires spend their time and money We compared the Chase Sapphire Reserve and Amex Gold to determine the ultimate dining rewards card

Sundar Pichai got a promotion. Google’s gadgets reached more people. And AI and content moderation continued to create new dilemmas. For the past few years, one of the highest compliments you could pay Google was to say it wasn’t making the same mistakes as Facebook. The two companies are similar in many ways: For instance, both make most of their money by monetizing their users’ data, a business model with fundamental privacy issues. And both are reliant on algorithms that are prone to abuse by those who would use them to spread hate and misinformation. But in general, Google has been far more adept at sidestepping the kind of controversies that Facebook walked into every week. Read Full Story

Chris Porsz British photographer Chris Porsz has traveled the world taking pictures of adorable dogs for his new book " Barking ." Porsz first began his photography career taking pictures of the interesting characters who stood out in the streets of the UK in the 1980s.  Recently he decided to focus on candid canine shots, traveling everywhere from Manhattan and London to Rome and Budapest .  Porsz spoke to Insider about his career, why he loves taking dog photos, and just how he captures those picture-perfect shots.  Visit Insider's homepage for more stories. Have you ever seen a man with a camera kneel down low, almost to the floor, and let out a little "woof" to capture the perfect picture of a pup? If you have, then you may have come across British photographer Chris Porsz , who has traveled hundreds of miles to take pictures of adorable dogs all around the world.  And all his hard work has paid off in the form of "Barking," a new ...