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☆ A Connecticut home with a private FAA-approved airstrip and hangar has hit the market for $2.9 million. Take a look.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-27 | by ( Lauren Edmonds | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

A three-bedroom, four-bathroom home has hit the market in Connecticut for $2.9 million. The home features the only FAA-approved private paved airstrip in the state. NEW LOOK Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. AdvertisementConnecticut's only home with an FAA-approved private paved airstrip is selling for $2.9 million. AdvertisementTake a look inside.

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☆ Why are prices still so high? Corporate greed, some say.
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-11 | by ( Tami Luhby | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

While supply chain problems and high demand may have helped spur inflation early in the pandemic, Rosolino believes there’s another key reason why prices have soared and remained high: Corporate greed. It’s corporate greed.”Nick Rosolino feels businesses won't lower their prices as long as consumers keep spending. “Too many corporations raise prices to pad their profits, charging more and more for less and less,” Biden said. Companies are typically slower to reduce their prices when costs decline than they are to raise prices when their expenses jump. Corporate profits have contributed to inflation, though experts differ on the extent.

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Republican Sen. James Lankford of Oklahoma has taken on one of Congress’s most thankless and politically risky jobs: leading negotiations to overhaul the country’s immigration laws. Democrats and Republicans agree that a fix is overdue—the last major changes were passed in 1986. Past rounds of talks have gotten nowhere because the issue is so charged and the system so legally complex that any rewrites of the law risk cascading and unintended effects. Now Lankford is one of a trio of senators taking another crack at it, as migrant apprehensions at the Southern U.S. border hit a record 250,000 a month.

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☆ Republicans Take Hard Line on Border as Ukraine Vote in Senate Looms
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-05 | by ( Siobhan Hughes | Michelle Hackman | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

House Speaker Mike Johnson describes the border situation as an unsustainable catastrophe. Photo: Drew Angerer/Getty ImagesWASHINGTON—House Speaker Mike Johnson (R., La.) Johnson said in a letter to the White House that “supplemental Ukraine funding is dependent upon enactment of transformative change to our nation’s border security laws,” and pointed to House Republicans’ H.R. 2 immigration bill as a starting point. That bill passed the GOP-led House in May with no Democratic support and never got a vote in the Democratic-controlled Senate.

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☆ Senate Races to Finish Border Talks, Pass Ukraine, Israel Aid
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-28 | by ( Lindsay Wise | Michelle Hackman | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

President Biden’s foreign-aid proposal includes money to speed up processing of migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border. Photo: mike blake/ReutersWASHINGTON—Senate Republicans and Democrats are headed for a showdown over the government’s power to admit immigrants into the U.S. on humanitarian grounds, one element of tougher border restrictions GOP lawmakers are demanding to win their support for President Biden’s aid package for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan. While bipartisan talks have made progress on tightening the initial screening process for migrants seeking asylum—a central demand of Republicans—a separate policy known as humanitarian parole has now emerged as a sticking point in negotiations, lawmakers said.

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☆ Senators’ Top Target in Border Talks: Tighter Asylum Rules for Migrants
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-26 | by ( Michelle Hackman | Lindsay Wise | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Overhauling the immigration system has long been one of the thorniest tasks before Congress. Photo: Go Nakamura/ReutersWASHINGTON—Tightening the initial standard immigrants must meet when applying for asylum could form the basis of a bipartisan border agreement in the Senate, where a group of lawmakers is racing to strike a deal before the end of this year that could unlock billions of dollars in aid to Ukraine. Senate Republicans have demanded a crackdown on asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border as a condition for backing President Biden’s request for emergency funding for Ukraine, part of a $106 billion proposal that also includes aid for Israel and Taiwan as well as money to bolster the immigration system. Senate Democrats have acknowledged that changes to border policy will likely be part of any deal.

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☆ 5 essential books and articles that are required reading for Hollywood up-and-comers, according to a top TV agent at WME
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-24 | by ( Reed Alexander | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

In the end, though, motivated by his fascination with the business side of entertainment, he'd choose a different path: to become an agent at WME, the powerhouse Hollywood talent agency he joined through its storied mailroom training program. Singer advises industry newcomers to read as much as they can to get ahead. WME partner Bradley Singer maintains a list of must-read books and articles for industry newcomers. "When Hollywood Had a King by Connie Bruck" (2004): "You can't understand modern Hollywood without understanding Lew Wasserman, who revolutionized both the talent agency business and the studio business between MCA and Universal. "The Agency: William Morris and the Hidden History of Hollywood" is one of WME partner Bradley Singer's must-read book recommendations.

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Two people died inside a vehicle that crashed and exploded at the Rainbow Bridge U.S.-Canada border crossing, according to New York Gov. Kathy Hochul. Photo: Saleman Alwishah/ReutersTwo people died inside a vehicle traveling toward Canada that exploded Wednesday at a U.S.-Canada border crossing, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said, adding that a preliminary investigation found no indication the incident was a terrorist attack. The Federal Bureau of Investigation is investigating the incident, which forced authorities to shut down the Rainbow Bridge border crossing between Niagara Falls, N.Y., and Niagara Falls, Ontario.

Persons: Kathy Hochul, Saleman Organizations: Rainbow Bridge, New York Gov, Federal Bureau of Investigation Locations: Canada, U.S, Niagara Falls, N.Y, Niagara Falls , Ontario

☆ Senate Republicans Demand U.S. Border Clampdown as Condition for Ukraine Aid
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-06 | by ( Michelle Hackman | Lindsay Wise | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Illegal border crossings have reached records over the past two years. The one-page proposal, put forward by a group of Republican senators including Sens. James Lankford (R., Okla.), Lindsey Graham (R., S.C.) and Tom Cotton (R., Ark. ), represents the opening bid in negotiations with Senate Democrats and the White House, which has signaled some openness to immigration-policy changes. Biden’s request included money for border operations, but didn’t include any policy changes.

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☆ H-1B Visa Program Changes Aimed at Stopping Applicants From Gaming Lottery
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-23 | by ( Michelle Hackman | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

The H-1B visa is one of the few that allow foreign employees to eventually become U.S. permanent residents and citizens. Photo: etienne laurent/ShutterstockWASHINGTON—The Biden administration is proposing major changes to the H-1B visa program for high-skilled foreign professionals, after the government found earlier this year that companies had colluded to try to increase their chances of winning a coveted visa. The proposal, published by the Department of Homeland Security in the Federal Register on Monday, would revise how the H-1B visa lottery is run.

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☆ Biden Administration to Resume Border Wall Construction in Policy Reversal
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-05 | by ( Michelle Hackman | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Migrants Overwhelm Texas City of Eagle Pass
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-21 | by ( Alicia A. Caldwell | Michelle Hackman | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Biden Administration to Offer Work Permits to Roughly 470,000 Venezuelan Migrants
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-20 | by ( Michelle Hackman | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Why Biden’s Border Policies Aren’t Working
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-15 | by ( Michelle Hackman | Tarini Parti | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Judge Rejects DACA Immigration Program Again
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-14 | by ( Michelle Hackman | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Texas Ordered to Remove Buoy Barrier From Rio Grande
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-06 | by ( Michelle Hackman | Alicia A. Caldwell | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ More Migrant Families Are Getting Ankle Monitors—and Rapid Deportation
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-31 | by ( Alicia A. Caldwell | Michelle Hackman | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Smuggler With Islamic State Ties Helped Uzbeks Cross Into U.S. From Mexico, Officials Say
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-29 | by ( Michelle Hackman | Sadie Gurman | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ William Friedkin, director of 'The Exorcist' and 'The French Connection,' dies at 87
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-07 | by ( Daniel Arkin | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

William Friedkin, the maverick film director who helped revolutionize 1970s Hollywood with the electrifying, era-defining classics "The French Connection" and "The Exorcist," died Monday, a representative from his office told the Associated Press. Friedkin won an Academy Award for directing "The French Connection," a white-knuckle 1971 crime thriller about a brash New York City narcotics detective played by Gene Hackman. Friedkin got his big break in 1971 with "The French Connection," a smash with audiences and critics alike. "The French Connection" catapulted Friedkin to the top ranks of American filmmakers, putting him in league with other New Hollywood rising stars like Martin Scorsese, Peter Bogdanovich and Francis Ford Coppola. Friedkin leaped from "The French Connection" to "The Exorcist," adapted from William Peter Blatty's novel of the same name.

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☆ William Friedkin, acclaimed 'Exorcist' director, dead at 87
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-07 | by ( Will Dunham | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

[1/3] Director William Friedkin attends a walking tour around Georgetown that focused on some of the film locations from the original Exorcist in Washington D.C., U.S. April 17, 2018. "The French Connection" won five Academy Awards, including best picture, best director for Friedkin and best actor for Gene Hackman, who Friedkin initially did not want in the memorable role of New York narcotics detective Popeye Doyle. "The Exorcist" was nominated for 10 Academy Awards, including best picture and best director for Friedkin. In "The French Connection," cops played by Hackman and Roy Scheider in the decaying New York City of the early 1970s track a French heroin smuggler. William David Friedkin was born on Aug. 29, 1935, and grew up in Chicago, the son of poor Ukrainian immigrants.

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