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☆ A millennial couple details how they went from $150,000 in debt to a net worth of $1.5 million in a decade without elite jobs or risky investments
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-30 | by ( Noah Sheidlower | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Lawrence Delva-Gonzalez and his wife went from being $150,000 in debt to having a net worth of $1.5 million. AdvertisementLawrence Delva-Gonzalez, 41, was $150,000 in debt in 2012, working a job that paid $27,000 a year. A little over a decade later, he and his wife grew their net worth to over $1.5 million. By 2017, the two of them could pay down debt to the point of having a net worth of zero. Their net worth grew to over $450,000 in January 2021, over $650,000 in January 2022, over $800,000 in January 2023, and $1.53 million in August 2024, according to his blog The Neighborhood Finance Guy.

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☆ China's $114 billion stimulus package immediately boosted its stock market. But can it last?
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-30 | by ( Dan Defrancesco | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

AdvertisementUS financial firms' interest in China was on its last legs, but a new stimulus package has some investors excited again. The immediate impact of China's $114 billion package, which includes cutting interest rates and reducing the amount of money banks need to keep in reserve, has been big. Traders, investors, and speculators have sent China's stock market to its best month in nearly a decade , signaling that the market players think that Beijing's moves are a "bazooka." Our annual list of Wall Street rising stars is here. According to a new report from The Wall Street Journal, executives attempted to woo the AI researcher back before rescinding the offer.

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☆ Killing of Nasrallah is a key prize for Israel, but it’s too early to write off Hezbollah
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-29 | by ( Peter Bergen | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

In 2008, Israel killed Hezbollah’s military leader, Imad Mughniyeh, in Damascus, Syria, yet the group only gathered strength in the years that followed. Four years earlier, Israel killed a founder of Hamas, Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, in an airstrike. The US has its own history of killing terrorist leaders in the hope that it will cripple its foes. ISIS also carried out devastating terrorist attacks in the West, for instance, in Paris in 2015 that killed 130 people. The UN estimates there are about four hundred members of al Qaeda living in Afghanistan today.

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☆ What to know about Arch Manning as he makes his first start for Texas
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-21 | by ( The Athletic College Football | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +10 min

Arch Manning, the most famous backup quarterback in football, will make his first college start Saturday night for No. Here’s a guide to what to know heading into the Longhorns’ game against the Warhawks, which will be streaming on ESPN+ at 8 p.m. Manning enrolled at Texas in 2023, redshirted and saw minimal time as the third-string quarterback behind Ewers and backup Maalik Murphy. For the season, Manning is 14-of-18 passing for 318 yards and five touchdowns and has two touchdown runs. He completed his first five pass attempts in a 52-0 Week 1 win against Colorado State, notching his first career touchdowns.

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☆ Al Mawasi: Dozens killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza humanitarian zone
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-09 | by ( Mohammed Tawfeeq | Irene Nasser | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

More than 60 people were also wounded in the strike, according tothe Gaza Civil Defense, as rescuers raced to recover victims buried under sand and debris. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said Monday evening that it “struck significant Hamas terrorists who were operating within a command-and-control center embedded inside the humanitarian area” in Khan Younis, Gaza. Gaza Civil Defense spokesman Mahmoud Bassal said Palestinians in the area were not warned of the strike in advance. “Ambulance and civil defense crews were mobilized to the site, and there is talk of a large number of killed and wounded,” he said. Video circulating on social media, and shared by Hamas media outlet Al Aqsa TV, showed Gaza Civil Defense members digging in the sand as they search for missing people.

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☆ Woman Was Scammed Out of Over $300K, Had to Lie to Family
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-29 | by ( Jane Zhang | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +16 min

After I told him I didn't know any of them, he said they'd investigate and help me clear my name. But because I was a suspect, I needed to send daily updates about my whereabouts and activities to ensure I didn't flee. He agreed the next day but said I needed to send money for collateral to ensure I didn't escape while he was representing me. I feel like I'm the scammer because I scammed my family, in a sense, by lying to them. But it said sometimes clients neglect warnings, lie about the purposes of withdrawals, and proceed with the transactions anyway.

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☆ Israel and US brace for Iranian attack as diplomats push hard for Gaza ceasefire
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-12 | by ( Christian Edwards | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —Israel and the United States are preparing for a potential Iranian attack on Israel as efforts to secure a ceasefire in Gaza intensify, with talks set to resume this week amid intense diplomacy to avert a wider regional war. A major Iranian attack reprisal against Israel could risk derailing the ceasefire talks that US officials have said were at an advanced stage prior to the assassination of Hamas’ political leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran, which Iran blamed on Israel. But the country’s mission to the United Nations said on Saturday that Tehran’s retaliation to Israel’s suspected killing of Haniyeh is “totally unrelated to the Gaza ceasefire,” adding that it has a right to self-defense. Palestinians pray next to the bodies of those killed in an Israeli strike on a school sheltering displaced people in Gaza City on Saturday. Egyptian and Qatari mediators have told Israel that Sinwar wants a deal, an Israeli source familiar with the matter told CNN.

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☆ Hamas leader Sinwar wants a ceasefire deal, mediators say, but Netanyahu’s stance unclear
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-11 | by ( Jeremy Diamond | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

“Nobody knows what Bibi wants,” one Israeli source said, referring to Netanyahu by his nickname. The Hostage and Missing Families Forum, a powerful voice in Israel, has also called on Israel and Hamas to finalize a hostage and ceasefire deal. At the same time, Netanyahu’s coalition partners have made it clear they do not want Israel to strike a deal with Hamas. Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich called the proposed ceasefire deal a “surrender deal” on Friday. But negotiations are already underway with technical delegations working “around the clock” through key details ahead of Thursday’s meeting, the Israeli source said.

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☆ Israel-Hamas War and Gaza Latest News
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-15 | by ( Riley Mellen | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +7 min

The strike, which the Israeli military says targeted a Hamas leader, took place in an area designated as a humanitarian zone. Earlier assassination attempts against Mr. Deif are believed to have left him disabled, and he may be missing an eye and limbs. They became more confident that Mr. Deif might enter Mr. Salameh’s compound after a growing cache of evidence suggested that he placed unusual trust in his subordinate. The official, Khalil al-Hayya, who lives in exile, said in an interview with Al Jazeera Arabic that Mr. Deif was listening to Mr. Netanyahu’s words and “mocking” them. Mr. Netanyahu himself, in a televised news conference on Saturday night, said there was still no “absolute certainty” that Mr. Deif had been killed.

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CNN —Israel has announced that a Hamas commander was killed in Saturday’s strike on southern Gaza, but the fate of the major target, Hamas military chief Mohammed Deif, remains uncertain. The Israeli military is verifying whether he was killed while Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu also acknowledged it is uncertain whether he died. The Ministry of Health in Gaza said the strike killed at least 90 Palestinians and injured 300 others in Al-Mawasi, a designated humanitarian zone. If his death is confirmed, Deif would be the highest profile Hamas leader killed since the war in Gaza began nine months ago. Israeli intelligence services said this past week they killed a total of 25 Hamas operatives involved in the October 7 attacks.

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☆ Who is Mohammed Deif, the Hamas military chief targeted by Israel?
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-14 | by ( Sophie Tanno | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Israel has targeted Hamas’ military chief Mohammed Deif in a strike on a designated humanitarian zone in southern Gaza which killed at least 90 Palestinians. He has led the Palestinian militant group’s armed wing for more than two decades. This image taken from video and released by Hamas on August 26, 2005, shows a man identified as Mohammed Deif. He became a founding member of Hamas’ armed wing, the Qassam Brigades, in the early 1990s. Deif, a man who lives his life in the shadows, has managed to survive for decades while running Hamas’s armed wing.

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☆ A former Bill Clinton advisor says it's 'inevitable' that Biden drops out
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-10 | by ( Kwan Wei Kevin Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

James Carville was one of the masterminds behind Bill Clinton's winning presidential campaign in 1992. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementA former advisor to Bill Clinton doesn't think President Joe Biden will be on the ballot this November. I'm just telling you it's inevitable," James Carville, 79, told NewsNation's Chris Cuomo on Monday. His family will understand," Carville, who is best known for masterminding Clinton's winning presidential campaign in 1992, said of Biden.

Persons: James Carville, Bill Clinton's, Biden, Carville, —, Bill Clinton doesn't, Joe Biden, I'm, NewsNation's Chris Cuomo, masterminding Clinton's Organizations: Democratic, Service, Business

☆ Melinda French Gates shares the best lesson she got from Charlie Munger: ‘What a thing to aspire to’
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-30 | by ( Ashton Jackson | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Charlie Munger wasn't just an acclaimed investor, one of the masterminds behind Berkshire Hathaway's decades of financial success. He also gave great life advice, according to billionaire philanthropist Melinda French Gates. French Gates, 59, shared her favorite lesson of Munger's during a recent commencement speech at Stanford University. "As a society, we aren't always set up to feel responsibility for the person who's next to us or the person who's on the other side of a divide or a debate," French Gates added. Similarly, French Gates urged her audience to make "strong, reciprocal bonds with other people, even if they disagree on issues big or small."

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☆ Real-estate agents are now TV stars as big as the homes they sell, according to 2 men who saw potential 20 years ago
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-30 | by ( Dan Latu | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

AdvertisementBut the process sparked an idea: Real-estate brokers might be stars who are just as big as the homes they sell. Real estate was not an easy sell to TV executives at firstThe cast of Barbato and Bailey's new show, "Owning Manhattan," on Netflix. For "Owning Manhattan," the duo said they filmed 20 different sales listings represented by Serhant and his fellow brokers, but only seven resulted in deals. In the first episode of "Owning Manhattan," Serhant shows off a listing atop the world's tallest residence, the three-story penthouse at Central Park Tower, asking $195 million. Viewers will follow Serhant in "Owning Manhattan" as he attempts to make his namesake brokerage firm the No.

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☆ Before MoviePass (and since), Ted Farnsworth has had a string of failed businesses. Here's a timeline.
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-30 | by ( Jason Guerrasio | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Ted Farnsworth is the former CEO of Helios and Matheson Analytics, which previously was the parent company of MoviePass. The documentary "MoviePass, MovieCrash" shows how he blew through hundreds of millions of dollars. He and former MoviePass CEO Mitch Lowe are awaiting trial on charges of securities fraud. AdvertisementIn the new HBO documentary "MoviePass, MovieCrash," Ted Farnsworth is the CEO of the publicly traded Helios and Matheson Analytics (HMNY) when the company takes a majority stake in the movie-theater-subscription startup MoviePass in 2017. Under Farnsworth's watch, MoviePass became a sensation after he and then-CEO Mitch Lowe dropped the monthly subscription fee from $30 a month to $10.

Persons: Ted Farnsworth, Helios, Matheson, Mitch Lowe, —, MoviePass, Farnsworth, Lowe Organizations: Matheson Analytics, Service, HBO, Netflix, Business

☆ Swifties who met at the Eras Tour last year just got engaged. Their proposal involved a friendship bracelet.
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-21 | by ( Julia Pugachevsky | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

But on June 3, 2023, the two finally made it to the second night of Swift's Eras Tour in Chicago. After almost a year of dating, including attending three more Eras Tour shows together, the two got engaged this past weekend. Advertisement"At an Eras Tour in SoFi, I gave her a friendship bracelet to ask her to be my girlfriend," McCarty said. "I remember that one time you gave me a bracelet," Messinger said in her proposal. They named their dog August after the song, and plan to attend the Eras Tour show in London this summer to celebrate their engagement.

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We have all the details on where to watch American Horror Story, including both new episodes and past seasons. Where to watch American Horror Story in the USAmerican Horror Story: Delicate airs Wednesdays at 10 p.m. For those who don't have cable, this will mean trying out a live TV package like Sling TV or Hulu + Live TV. Hulu + Live TV Hulu + Live TV includes over 90 channels, along with Hulu's on-demand library and access to Disney Plus and ESPN Plus. Shop at HuluWhere to watch American Horror Story in the UKDisney+ is home to American Horror Story in the UK.

Persons: it's, masterminds Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk, Emma Roberts, She's, Kim Kardashian, Cara Delevingne, Danielle Valentine, Hulu's, Murphy, Anna, Roberts Organizations: Business, FX, Hulu, Disney, ESPN, AHS, Disney Plus, Glee Locations: Roanoke, Hulu

☆ How lawyers in the Trump ballot case are training for the Supreme Court arguments
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-02 | by ( Joan Biskupic | Cnn Senior Supreme Court Analyst | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

Mitchell joined the case on behalf of Trump around the time arguments were underway at the Colorado Supreme Court. Georgetown’s Supreme Court Institute, for instance, relies heavily on attorneys who have served in the US solicitor general’s office, the government’s top lawyers before the Supreme Court. (The Institute, which operates on a non-partisan basis and offers its sessions for free, declined to comment on the Trump case arrangement.) Particularly valuable for any moot court, along with former members of the solicitor general’s office, are former Supreme Court law clerks. In that November 2021 controversy, the Supreme Court allowed Mitchell 10 minutes as an an intervenor on the Texas side.

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☆ Stream These 11 Movies Before They Leave Netflix in February
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-31 | by ( Jason Bailey | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Family fun, action epics, historical dramas, teen comedy — there’s a little something for everyone among the titles leaving Netflix in the United States in February. ‘Chicken Run’ (Feb. 14)Stream it here. With the long-awaited made-for-Netflix sequel “Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget” having hit the service barely six weeks ago, you’d think Netflix would have licensed the original installment for a bit longer. ‘Prometheus’ (Feb. 14)Stream it here. ‘Real Steel’ (Feb. 14)Stream it here.

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☆ The conservative legal world lines up behind Donald Trump at the Supreme Court
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-26 | by ( Joan Biskupic | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

CNN —As Donald Trump wages a Supreme Court battle to stay on state presidential ballots, a potent contingent of the conservative legal world has united behind him. The new filings in the case of Trump v. Anderson also reinforce the tight world of Supreme Court lawyering. From the start, the Colorado voters trying to keep Trump off the ballot, and who won at the state Supreme Court level, have been represented by former US Supreme Court clerks who’ve become prominent advocates. In this screengrab from video, Jonathan Mitchell speaks during a panel on Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia's legacy in April 2016. A decision could come any day, and when that happens, the case of United States v. Trump would, no doubt, return to the justices.

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☆ Exclusive-One-Month Gaza Truce Focus of Intensive Talks, Sources Say
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-23 | by ( Jan. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +8 min

Asked about the negotiations, senior Hamas official Sami Abu Zuhri told Reuters on Monday the organization was open to discussing ideas but that no deal was yet in place. One offer by Israel is to end the war if Hamas removes six senior leaders from Gaza, said a seventh source, a senior Hamas official. Five of the sources said Israel had refused to discuss any end to the war that did not include Hamas being dismantled. Israeli government spokesperson Eylon Levy said at a press conference on Tuesday that efforts were ongoing to secure the hostages' release. The official briefed on the talks said Hamas had since softened that demand, which would likely be vehemently opposed by Israel.

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On Nov. 18, China’s Ministry of Public Security announced that authorities in northern Myanmar had handed over some 31,000 suspects. The Kokang Self-Administered Zone and the Wa Self-Administered Division both share a border with China and are heavily influenced by their bigger neighbor. The Ming family are not the only powerful Kokang families caught up in the drive. Wa police handed 194 Chinese nationals to Chinese authorities on Nov. 28, according to Wa's state media, Voice of Wa State. Others say that China is showing it won't tolerate the scams anymore, regardless of how powerful are the people behind them.

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☆ Hey Elon – what's up with all the scammy ads for Louis Vuitton bags on X?
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-01 | by ( Jyoti Mann | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Some X users say they're seeing lots of ads for likely fake Louis Vuitton handbags on the platform. After Elon Musk told major advertisers to "go fuck yourself" and "don't advertise" at The New York Times' DealBook summit Wednesday, some X users saying they're seeing lots of ads for Louis Vuitton bags that are probably fakes. "X prohibits the sale of or promoting the sale of counterfeit goods on the platform," according to its counterfeit policy . "Twitter had resorted to letting people place ads for their fake Louis Vuitton bags. According to a X business blog post , Louis Vuitton ran an ad campaign for its collaboration with Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama in January, but it's unclear if it's an ad partner or big spender.

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CNN —The president of Sierra Leone has described a foiled assault on a military barracks in the capital Freetown as an “attack on democracy.”In a video statement posted on X, formerly Twitter, late Sunday, President Maada Bio said most of the ringleaders had been arrested and calm restored. The news sparked fears of another potential coup attempt in West Africa. A nationwide curfew was imposed following an attack in the early hours of Sunday on the military barracks, leading to widespread flight disruption. Authorities revised the indefinite curfew, saying it would now run from 9:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. daily local time, starting Monday. A divisive electionPresident Bio described the incident as an “attack on democracy,” but did not state outright that it was a coup attempt.

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The theme of the next Met Gala has been unveiled: “Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion.”The Costume Institute of the Metropolitan Museum of Art revealed the theme of its spring 2024 exhibit, which is launched by the huge party known as the Met Gala, on Wednesday. The “sleeping beauties” referred to in the title of the show are actually treasured garments in the museum’s collection that are so fragile, they need to be housed in special glass “coffins,” curators said. Garments will be displayed in a series of galleries organized by themes of nature. Curator Andrew Bolton, who masterminds all the Met Gala exhibits, explained that the show includes both rare historical garments and corresponding contemporary fashions. Political Cartoons View All 1237 Images“When an item of clothing enters our collection, its status is changed irrevocably,” Bolton said in the statement.

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